Third Army Breaks Into Wiltz Amid Ardennes Drive
Allied air forces blasted 3000 German vehicles during a daylight attack aimed at disrupting a German retreat from the Ardennes. The US Third Army moved into Wiltz Luxembourg while the First Army pressed from St Vith. Allied planes found two traffic jams of 1500 vehicles each, pausing only briefly as bombs rockets and machine guns swept the roads.
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Paris
Ardennes Salient
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Seine
Falaise
von Rundstedt
Third Army
Wiltz
Luxembourg
U. S
St. Vith
Roer
Maas
Meuse
Roermond
Holland
Mulhouse
Strasbourg
Ardennes
Survivor of Bataan Death March Recalls Hard Years
Corp. Gerald G. Wade of Idaho, an army air mechanic, recounts his three year ordeal after the Bataan surrender on April 9 1942. He describes hunger malnutrition beatings and the brutal march to a prison camp as American forces were subjected to mistreatment by Japanese captors.
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MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon Island
Philippines
Bataan
Was Corp
Gerald G. Wade Iston
Idaho
Wade
South Luzon
Ten Gold Bricks Plowed Up By Alabama Farm Hand
In Eufaula Alabama a Black farm worker unearthed ten gold bricks near a broken stone vault on land owned by A S Jones. Banker L Dean valued the ingots at 7500 dollars each marked 1709 and an Indian head with bow and arrow. Treasury rules require turning the treasure into currency before claim. attorneys say finder may own under the Treasure Trove law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Eufaula
Ala
L. ¥. Dean
A. S. Jones
Faula Lumber
Phenix
Yanks Poorly Equipped For Fighting
United States Army on the western front is underdressed for winter warfare. Despite being the best fighting force, shortages of white snowsuits leave troops vulnerable to cold and snow. Soldiers improvise widely but some units resemble Valley Forge conditions.
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U. S. First Army
United States Army
Arnhem
Belfort Gap
Tarlac Falls to American Forces on Manila Road
Gen MacArthur announced Tarlac, 65 air miles from Manila, fell to advancing American troops after Japanese forces left the city in ruins. The seizure of the rail and highway hub pushed U S forces toward Manila from Lingayen Gulf, with Clark Field nearby and Fort Stotsenburg in the area.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Tarlac
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Clark Airfield
Northern Burma Battle Nears Conclusion With Ledo Road Link
New Delhi reported the northern Burma battle neared completion as converging Chinese forces broke Japanese defenses near the China Burma border and aimed for Mongyu where the Ledo road meets the old Burma road. British amphibious troops seized Ramree island in the west, threatening Japanese positions.
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New Delhi
Burma
China
Ramree
China-Burma
Mongyu
Fight Looms On Ousting Of Jones
Henry A. Wallace urged full and efficient employment nationwide as opposition to Jesse Jones’s appointment as Secretary of Commerce spread on Capitol Hill. A Senate protest statement supported the President’s choice, saying the post promises ongoing activity in the public welfare.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Capitol Hill
Ryo
Jesse Jones
Senate
Move to Strip Wallace From Control of Loan Agencies
Senate Finance Committee chairman George introduces legislation to reestablish the Federal loan agency as an independent arm, opposing Henry A. Wallace's nomination as Commerce Secretary. Southern Democrats and Republicans voice opposition amidst President Roosevelt's rejection of keeping Jones as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and subsidiaries.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Wallace
Federal Loan Agency
Roosevelt
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Capitol Hill
Wallace nomination aims to boost national employment
The Senate received Wallace's formal nomination from the White House and he framed his role as expanding private business driven employment. He urged government to ensure full employment for healthy men and outlined a four point program to extend free enterprise, especially for small businesses. Republican opposition appeared to form over the appointment to the multi billion dollar lending post.
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Senate
Wallace
White House
Iowan
United States
Jones
Frontline Distances Reported To Berlin
Eastern Front distance to Berlin 165 miles from Gniezno. Western Front 310 miles from Linnich Julich Duren area. Italian Front 544 miles from Reno river.
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Associated Press
Gniezno
Linnich-Julich- Duren
Reno River
Germans face decisive war turning point as Soviet push nears Breslau
War analysis notes Red Army gains in Silesia and East Prussia threaten Breslau and Berlin. It cites Stalingrad as the turning point, explains Hitler's strategy of holding occupied lands while retreating to fortified borders, and warns against premature optimism about German collapse.
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Germany
Silesia
Breslau
Berlin
Prussia
East Prussia
Tannenberg
Russia
Valhalla
Europe
Poland
Reich
Normandy
Stalingrad
Mediterranean
Africa
Italy
Hitler
Vistula
Stra
Marshall Rtind
War Act Seeks Anti Closed Shop in Draft Legislation
The House military committee added an anti closed-shop amendment to manpower bills and rejected designating agriculture as a critical industry. The 14 to 10 vote in a closed session bars draft board directed workers from being forced to join unions.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Andrews
R-Ny
Representative Stewart
D-Okla
Selective Service
Tydings
Hamburger Cast In Front Lines War Role
The army announced a new pre cooked meat packed two to a can for field use. The hamburger in front line service can be eaten cold and heated for better flavor.
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Hamburger
Chicago
Nazis Alarm as Red Army Advances Into Silesia
Berlin officials acknowledge the Russian siege as Moscow’s forces push toward Poznan and threaten Berlin. Nazi broadcasts call for all citizens to arm and defend the Reich amid fast Soviet infantry gains and uncertain front lines.
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Reich
London
Silesia
Berlin
Poznan
Poland
Stockholm
Second and Third Armies Drive Into East Prussia
Russian forces advance rapidly through East Prussia driving from the southwest and northwest. Insterburg falls as the Red army seizes Gniezno and pushes toward Berlin, with the Vistula region breached and a junction 80 miles from severing East Prussia.
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Associated Press
London
Insterburg
East Prussia
Vistula
Poland
Berlin
Soviet Drive Near Bydgoszcz Advances in War News
Marshal Zhukov's central offensive overruns Labisz 182 miles from Berlin and nears Bydgoszcz on the Vistula elbow. Allenstein, Inowroclaw, Argenhau captured as Stalin reports major railway gains and tank advance toward Konigsberg. Berlin calls for defences as Moscow dispatches praise generals.
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Gregory Zhukov
Labisz
Berlin
Bydgoszcz
Vistula
Danzig
Bromberg
Poland
Pomerania
Allenstein
East Prussia
Stalin
Inowroclaw
Argenhau
Zhukov
Warsaw
Insterburg
Moscow
Cheremiakhovsky
Konigsberg
Euriches Haff
Reich
Marshall Stalin
Raids On Italian Front Continue Despite Snow
Snowbound mountains limit patrol activity on the Italian front on the first anniversary of Anzio landings. In the Adriatic sector an enemy raiding party pushed into Allied lines near Alfonsine but was repelled by the Eighth Army. Patrols remained active along the Senio line and in the Fifth Army sector near Vergemo and Gallicano with light contact reported.
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Rome
Anzio
Adriatic
Alfonsine
Eighth Army
Senio
Fifth Army
Vergemon
Gallicano
Servicie River
Bologna
78th Division Rescues 70 Trapped Soldiers in German Cellar
In a six day urgent rescue near Kesternich south of Aachen, 70 men of the 310th Infantry Regiment held a cellar in a German town while fighting off captivity. Sergeant Chester C. Scurlock led patrols to save all, earning a promotion to second lieutenant. The 78th Division, reactivated in 1942 under Gen. Parker, pursued amid heavy combat including roles in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy before engaging near Botgen and Kesternich.
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Lon
78Th Division
Germany
H Division
Kesternich
Aachen
310Th
Chester C. Scurlock
Detroit
Mich
Scurlock
Maldwin C. Parker
St. Mihiel
Limey Sector
Meuse-Argonne
Camp Dix
N. J
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsyl
Vania
New York
Union
Camp Butner
N. C
Parker
George Washington Univerisity
Artillery
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Newa Bougainville
Kiska
Itu
78Th
Botgen
Rollesbroich
Simimerath
Bickerath
Talion
Emmett R. Culbreth
Bainbridge
Clyde Baden
Maryland
Baden
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France
Chu
Romania
Jaroslaw
Red Army
Belgium
Roer River
Manila Road
Dewitt MacKenzie
E. Prussia
Red
Capt. R. Miner
Cincinnati Post
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