MacArthur's Tide In Luzon Presses Toward Manila
Field dispatches report Gen. Douglas MacArthur expanding American columns moving south on Luzon toward Manila as Japanese left flank disintegrates. Chinese forces retake Wanting in Burma aiding a land route to China, while heavy fighting and destruction of tanks and guns occur near Rosario and to the foothills north of Pozorrubi.
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Ray
Chungking
Luzon
Iris Peeene
Rosario
San Felipe
Asingan
Pozorrubi
Roosevelt's Fourth Inauguration Opens War Victory Themed Era
President Franklin D Roosevelt takes the oath for a fourth term on the White House south portico amid a restrained ceremony. Harry S Truman becomes the new vice president as weather turns cold. Roosevelt vows durable peace and total victory, urging unity in a period of war and postwar effort.
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Howard Plieger
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
White House
Rooset
Ostice
Harlan F. Stone
Harry S. Truman
Mis
Third Vest
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Re House
Roosevelt Grand
Road To Berlin Distances Across Fronts
Eastern Front: 210 miles from Kolo Poland with reports of Russian entry into Namslau in Silesia 200 miles from Berlin. Western Front: 310 miles from Linnich Duren area. Italian Front: 544 miles from Reno river.
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Kolo
Poland
Namslau
Silesia
Berlin
Linnichdulich-Duren
Reno River
Army and Navy Journal Praises Red Offensive
The Army and Navy Journal commends the Red army offensive through Poland into Prussia as militarily significant and politically consequential. It asserts Stalin’s aim with the Allies to destroy Hitlerite Germany and notes Japan’s concern about Russia’s moves and past denunciations of Japan.
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Red Army
Poland
Prussia
United Nations
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Japan
Russia
Heart Attack Fatal for John R Purcelle in High Point
John R. Purcelle 59 prominent High Point businessman died suddenly at home 207 Ward Street from a heart attack after returning from a day’s activities. Born December 8 1885 in Kings Mountain he leaves Lydia May Barker born widow two sons John R Jr of High Point and Douglas R Purcelle of Asheboro sister Mrs A W Shull of Lexington. Funeral arrangements pending at Yow Funeral Home.
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John R. Purcelle
High Point
Ward Street
Purcelle
Kings Mountain
Douglas R. Purcelle
A. W. Shull
Lexington
S. C
Itha Yow Funeral Home
Action On 2 Italian Fronts Slowing Down
Rome reports minimal ground fighting on the Fifth and Eighth army fronts as rain and snow create slush. Allied patrols remain cautious while German infiltrations near Fusignano and Riolo dei Bagni are repulsed. Aerial strikes hit Yugoslavia Po Valley shipping and Dalmatian coast targets as weather hampers bombers. The 325th Mustang group claims five of six German planes destroyed near the Danube and Zagreb.
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Rome
Bologna
Senio
Fusignano
Adriatic
Imola
Riolo Dei Bagni
Fifth Army
Monte Grande
Monte Belvedere
Yugoslavia
Po Valley
Ligurian Sea
Balkans
Dalmatian
U. S. 15Th Air Force
325Th Mustang
Danube
Austrian
Zagreb
Allies Sign Armistice With Hungary
The allies signed an armistice with Hungary in Moscow amid lengthy talks. Marshal Kliment Voroshilov signed for the United States Britain and Russia. The pact narrows Hitler's European ties though a Hungarian government under Count Szalasi remains and German satellites persist. The text will be released at noon tomorrow eastern war time.
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Washington
Hungary
Hitler
Moscow
Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
United States
Britain
Russia
Count Szalasi
Slovakia
Bohemian-Moravian
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
European Advisory Commission
London
Germany
French Army Opens New Offensive In South In Alsace
French First Army reported gains of up to three miles in a new south offensive targeting the Colmar Mulhouse pocket about 70 miles south of Strasbourg. German defenses, bolstered by tanks, confronted Allied lines as snowstorms limited air support. The push aimed to threaten Strasbourg from the Colmar pocket region while German forces mass across the Rhine near Weyersheim and St Amarin.
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Paris
Colmar-Mulhouse
Alsace
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
France
Vosges
Rhine
Mulhouse
Zorn
Weyersheim
Karl von Rundstedt
Atlanta Prisoners Adult Malaria Drug Trials Conducted
About 2 000 federal prisoners volunteered for malaria drug trials begun in 1944. Twelve men reported fevers up to 105 degrees after repeated bites by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Prison officials say no clemency was promised and payments are undisclosed.
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Atlanta
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Crisis in Canada over overseas conscription grows
Ottawa reports half of the home defense force of 15 600 is sent abroad as 6 300 remain AWOL. Defence Minister McNaughton says 1 500 have returned or been seized. over 8 300 drafted units have arrived in Britain under the new policy. Public notices indicate widespread unrest across provinces and cities.
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Ottawa
Canada
A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
McNaughton
Defense
Quebec
Montreal
London
Ont
Calgary
Regina
Vancouver
Russian winter offensive dominates the war news
The Russian winter drive from the Baltic to the Danube dwarfs all prior operations in size and speed and holds potential to end the war in Europe. It overshadows the Churchill Roosevelt Stalin meeting and MacArthur’s Luzon campaign as German plans face renewed Allied offensives on the Siegfried Line while Russian forces push toward Warsaw Czestochowa and Breslau.
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Berlin
Konin
Germany
Silesia
Breslau
Opeln
Baltic
Danube
Europe
MacArthur
Luzon
Halsey
Surface
Aii Ae
South China Sea
Belgian Bulge
Eisenhower
Poland
Oder Valley
Pozan
Moscow
Warsaw
Danzig
East Prussia
Reich
Belgium
Siegfried Line
Wallace Gives Gavel To New Vice President
Wallace swore in as vice president at the White House on January 20 1945 as Truman became the new office holder. The scene preceded President Roosevelt's fourth inaugural and included Wallace’s likely move to head the Commerce Department with vast loan authority. Rumors floated about Jones stepping aside, Wallace gaining key control, and possible Reserve Board consideration for Wallace.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Truman
Wallace
Missouri
Iowa
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Texas
Commerce Department
Herbert Hoover
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Russians Sweep West in Eastern Europe Offensive
Soviet forces push from Poland toward Breslau and Konigsberg as 90 000 Germans are reported killed or captured. In Slovakia and Silesia, towns including Kassa Presov Nowy Sacz and Lazy fall as Red Army advances threaten Breslau and Konigsberg, with Berlin noting a critical Silesia front.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Red Army
Poland
Silesian
Reich
German
Tilsit
Konigsberg
Lower East Sian
Berlin
Slovakia
Kassa
Presov
Dejov
Nowy Sacz
Krakow
Breslau
Silesia
Namsiau
Berl
Volsturm
Moscow
Mihai Ivan S. Konev
Mieleszyn
Kiniec
Oppeln
Konev
Southeas
Dabrowa
Lof
Beuthen
Hindensburg
Gleiwitz
Germany
H. Britsche
German Broadcasting System
Arkea
Rman
DNB
Col von Ha Tr
Samuel W Connor Dies in 73rd Year in High Point
Samuel Walker Connor aged 73 died at his home 209 East Burton Street just after 10 pm after two years of ill health. Born March 2, 1872 in Randolph County he was the son of John H. and Margaret Evans Connor. He leaves Daisy Lee Bain his widow and nine children plus siblings and in laws. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Samuel Walker Connor
East
Burton Stree
Randolph County
Mr. Connor
John H
Margaret Evans Connor
Daisy Lee Bain
Georg Thad H
Bob
Carl
Wayne
High Point
Earl Connor
U. S. Army
Denver
Col
Sam, Jr
U.S. Army
Aleutians
Alice Stein
Walter Yow
J. O. Connor
Hi Point
F. Bean
Archdale
A. F. Williams
Central Falls
Connor
High
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High Point Enterprise
Nino Wraronas
Malmedy
U. S
U. S. Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Peleliu
Czechoslovakia
Lopz
O.warsaw
The
Associated Press
ArmyAnd Navy Journal
Army and Navy Journal
Balkan
Baltic States
John Purcelle
By Edward Kennedy
Canadian Home Army
Kirke Simpson
Czestochowa
Vah
Oder
Red
Reds
West
Samuel W. Connor
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