Roosevelt Inaugural Address Sets War Time Tone
The article details Franklin D. Roosevelt's wartime inauguration on an overcast day with a simple ceremony on the White House portico. It notes his pledge to achieve total victory and durable world peace, the restrained pageantry, the presence of veterans and dignitaries, and plans for meetings with Churchill and Stalin to shape postwar peace.
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America
Truman
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White House
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Abra- Lincoln
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Washington
Congress
Ratho National Committee
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Supreme Court
Armed Service
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Jesus Christ
Roosevelt
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Roosevelt
Republic
Churchill
Stalin
Ross T. McIntire
Allied reparations role shaping postwar Europe control
The United States targets reparations under a joint Allied control commission with Britain. Russia faces reduced demands and larger Western oversight. Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia payments, tied to postwar stabilization, should be included. Russia retains primary responsibility for armistice terms in Hungary.
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United States
Allied Control Commission
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Europe
Control Commission
Aaa
Britain
Bulgaria
Hungary
Neutrality pact risk amid Japan Russia tensions
Army analysis notes possibility of April notice to end the five year neutrality pact between Japan and Russia tied to Matsuoka. The agreement required a year's notice for termination, and its status, given World War II alignments, could be seen in Tokyo as edging toward war.
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Matsuoka Manor
Russia
Germany
Japan
Axis
Tokyo
Technology May Be Handicap To Farmers
Warfront report details see saw battles across Alsace and Rhine fronts with Allied and German forces clashing as Eisenhower pursues the German retreat. British Second Army advances into western Germany. U.S. First and Third Armies press toward the Reich border amid heavy fighting and river crossings. In the Pacific, Luzon advances split Japanese forces, while Peleliu and Southeast Asia actions continue with air and sea campaigns shaping supply lines and retreat routes.
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Belgium
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Alsace
Eisenhower
Hitler
Alexander M. Patch
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Germany
Holland
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
Reich
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Northernbourg
Vianden
Siegfried Line
Third Army
Our River
First Army
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Luxembourg
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Tettingen
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Weyersheim
Maas
Wurm
Roer
Echt
Maas River
Roermond
Domei
Luzon
Leyte
Pacific Uarters Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu Island
Palaus
Peleliu
Philippines
Japan
Chungking
China
Burma
Thailand
Admiralty
London
East Indies
Ipon
Corporal Receives Nine Months Back Pay At Camp Gordon Johnston
Cpl. James Connelly of Sayville New York a North Africa campaign veteran and Purple Heart recipient received 962.33 dollars covering back pay from February 1 1943 to October 31 1943. He was captured after a night patrol encountered a German outpost spent nine months in an Italian prison camp escaped with three buddies then wandered behind German lines for nine more months before reaching the British Eighth Army.
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Gordon Johnston
Fla
Cpl
James Connelly
Sayville
Long Island
Connelly
Italy
Pase
British Reaction To Roosevelt Inaugural Address
London reports that on January 20 the British press reacted to President Roosevelt's inaugural speech. They quoted his line that Americans have learned they must live as men and not as ostriches or dogs in a manger, noting the striking metaphor and its political tone.
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London
Roosevelt
Wallace Jones clash over RFC control may shape nomination
Wallace would lose control of the lending agencies if Jones remains RFC chief and a cabinet reshuffle places the purse strings under Jones. A Wallace confirmation hinges on whether the new portfolio includes authority over the lending bodies, with opposition tied to past Roosevelt actions and potential support from small business, labor, and minority groups.
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Jones
Roosevelt
Commerce
Ones
Board of Economic Warfare
Senate
Edward Flynn
Demorome
Von Schleich Removed as German Air Force Commander in Norway
Moscow radio said Ritter von Schleich was removed as commander of the German airforce in Norway and to be replaced by an SS Elite Guard officer.
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von Schleich
London
Moscow
Ritter von Schleich
Norway
Soviet drive in Poland pushes toward Berlin and Tilsit prize
The Soviet communique reports 65 000 Germans killed and 25 000 captured in Poland from Jan 12 to Jan 19 with 480 tanks and 1 079 guns seized. Zhukov and Rokossovsky advances reach near Tilsit and Insterburg while Konev’s forces push into Silesia and Namslau Kepno area. Berlin notes Rokossovsky’s troops near East Prussia and Danzig. Ehrenburg cites German captives fearing worse to come.
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Kolo
Stalin
Re K. Zhukov
Warta
Warsaw
Berlin
Warsaw-Berlin
Poznan
Posen
Germany
Zhukov
Wloclawek
Torun
Brzesc- Kujawski
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Silesia
Namslau
Kepno
East Prussia
Baltic
Memel
Kaukehnen
Tilsit
Insterburg
Gross Skaisgirren
Konigsberg
Szillen
Aulowonen
K. K. Rokossovsky
Gilgenburg
Chorzele
Danzig
Neidenburg
Mlawa
Rokossovsky
Tarnenberg
Goebbels
Breslau
Volkssturm
Home Army
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Presov
Kassa
Kosice
Bardejov
Slovakia
Nowy Sacz
Carpathian Mountains
Fallen Kraow
Petrov
Sloboda
Moravia
Williamson Named Public Works Chief in Raleigh
Roy F. Williamson, former Raleigh public works commissioner, has assumed duties as property and equity officer after joining the State C position. He began with the city as city engineer on July 1 1925, later directing utilities until 1938 and serving as commissioner of public works since then. Williamson is a 1917 graduate of State College.
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Roy F. Williamson
Raleigh
City of
Williamson
Montreal Gazette Reports Conscription Crisis Flares
The Montreal Gazette ties insurrection and desertion rumors to Camp issues in Military District No 4. About 60 000 draftees of nearly 1 000 000 may be sent overseas under a new policy as AWOL soldiers face possible desertion classifications and ongoing apprehension efforts.
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Montreal Gazette
Military District No. 4
Montreal
Canada
Armed Services
McNaughton
Britain
Family Trouble Listed as Cause of Nazi POW Death
At Camp Butner North Carolina Kilian Kernberger a German prisoner of war hanged himself with a GI shoe string in a barracks after reports of being very low in spirits and having family trouble. He was found by two other German prisoners while they were to return for the noon meal.
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Durham
Kilian Kernberger
Butner
Kernberger
Unoce
12Th and
E Streets
Churchill Taken To Task By Laborite
London January 20 Labourite critic Emanuel Shinwell challenged Prime Minister Churchill in a Durham speech. He called the Greece vote of confidence monstrous and said British troops should not back a right wing government or suppress the Greek resistance for political reasons.
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Emmanuel Shinwell
Churchill
Durham Today
Greece
Shinwell
Baylor Rejects $25,000 Whiskey Gift
Baylor University trustees refused a $25,000 donation from the Dallas Retail Liquor Dealers Association intended for the hospital nurses home and dentistry school. The decision follows likely concerns over alcohol funding.
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Dallas
Tex
Baylor University
Dallas Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Nurses’ Home and Dentistry School
Machinery May Yield An Epic of Farm Mechanization
Washington dispatch reports farm leaders fear postwar agriculture will hinge on new farm tools and better tractors. Officials estimate 1945 equipment spending could top a billion dollars with 1.3 million tractors in use in 1942 and expected to double by 1950.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Department of Agriculture
Emi
America
Agriculture Department
Radio Schedule Notes and Evening Program Changes
The schedule lists radio programs for an Eastern War Time night, noting one hour reduction for CW T and two hours for MW T, adjustments due to late network corrections, and a sequence of concerts, news, dramas, talk shows, and musical performances from 12:30 to 11:00 pm with multiple stations and hosts. The dense lineup includes Lavalle, Andrini, Hie Continentales, Murrow, Ed Murrow, Max Hill, the National Philharmonic, NBC Symphony, Jack Benny, Dorothy Thompson, and James Melton among others.
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Dis Andrini
Hie Continentales
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sStopak’s
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Church of the All
Coe
John B. Kennedy
Blu Stanley Dixon
Amer
United
A.P.L
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Chicago
Nbe
Cbs
Sammy Kaye
Ed Murrow
Jim
A.S.A
Sky Riders
John Chas
Thomas & Song
News of World
Olin Downes
National Vespers
Max Hill
N. Y
Cba
Charlotte Greenwood
A.A.F
The
Army
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Hattie
Nick Carter
New England
America
Agnewe
Nelson Eddy Acert
Andrews Sisters
NBC Symphony
Ormandy
Patrice Munsel
Cbs Mary Mall
M'tropolitan Opera
Blu the Shadow
Bill Shirer
Catholic Radio Service
Ozzie and Harriet
Cba All of Fame
Paul Whiteman
Bdlu
Mbs
Gildersleeve
Fannie Brice
Upton Close
Dick Brown
Jack Benny
Kate Smith
Drew Pearson
Cleveland Orchestra
Bandwagon Orchestra
Nbe Quis
Joe Kelly
Has
McCarthy
E. Race
Greenfield Chapel
James Melton
Alec Templeton
Cedric Foster
Jimmie Fidler
Jerry Cooper
Phil Spitalny
Girl Orch
Phil Baker
Life of Riley
Wm. Bendix
bin Earl Wilson
Walt, Hampden
Leonidas
Vermonters Go To Work On Streets
Newport Vermont reports a snowy blizzard aftermath with 100 men from merchants bankers lawyers and dentists set to swap their Sunday dress for work clothes to clear streets. Drifts four to six feet have paralyzed city streets and hindered city employees amid manpower shortages.
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