First Infantry Crosses Border at Two Points in German Push
Allied forces press into Germany as First Infantry and 78th Division push through Siegfried defenses near Monschau and Roer river. Canadian, British, American, and French units advance toward Colmar, Strasbourg, and Kapelleschver while 82nd and Seventh Army divisions drive forward amid snow and sparse German resistance. Prisoners flood rear areas as fighters clash along the Rhine frontier.
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Paris
Dan
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Monchay
Underbreth
Germany
Lazerath
Siegfried Barriers
78Th
Siegfried Line
Roer River
Monschau
Cernay
82Nd
Kesternich
Simmerrath
Eicherscheid
Louis A. Craig
Probing Hitler’s Defenses as Berlin Falls Looms
The war briefing analyzes a Russian push toward Berlin cutting routes and forcing Nazi surrender. It weighs where Hitler could pull forces, likely Munich or northern Italy, and examines potential German withdrawals through the Brenner Pass to Austria, with estimates of 400,000 troops in play and risks from Allied advances.
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Hitler
Berlintt
Ett Ley
Munich
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Italy
Bren- Pass
Road To Berlin Distances From Key Fronts
Eastern Front report places Stolzenberg 73 miles away. Western Front distances list 310 miles from the Linnich Jülich Duren area. Italian Front notes 544 miles to the Reno River.
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Associated Press
Eastern Front
Stolzenberg
Western Front
Linnich-Julich- Duren
Reno River
Hopkins And Stettinius In Visit To Italy
Secretary of State Stettinius and Harry Hopkins met Allied leaders in Naples Italy during a two day visit and held conferences ahead of a Roosevelt Stalin Churchill meeting. They then departed for undisclosed destinations after a large dinner at Allied headquarters.
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Rome
Stettinius
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
United States
Allied
Italy
Hopkins
Mediterranean
Ira C. Eaker
Allied Eadquarters
Yest
Naples
Nazi Planes Attack Italian Front In Strong Air Action
Nazi planes conducted nine strafing sorties south of Bologna in the strongest air action on the Italian front in weeks. Allied aircraft shot down one enemy plane and damaged another while anti air craft fire hit several targets. Eighth Army retook a recaptured strongpoint along the Reno river as German patrols remained active near the winter line. American patrols faced German mortar and machine gun fire southeast of Bologna.
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Rome
7Th Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Reno
Caffiano
Fifth Army
Accidental Death Toll in 1944 Drops From 1943
Chicago January 31 The National Safety Council reports a 5 percent drop in accidental deaths in 1944 versus 1943. The total toll for all accidents was 94,000 compared with 99,038 in 1943, saving about 5,000 lives.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Council
Sixteen Babies and Woman Die in Auburn Fire
A blaze swept a children's home in Auburn Maine early today killing sixteen babies and a woman. Eight other children escaped as fire raged at 5 40 a m in a wooden cottage in the New Auburn section. The operator Eva Lacosse and a nurse were on duty. victims were children of war workers from Auburn and Lewiston. Fire Chief Ralph Hardin described a terrible scene with many victims found in cribs and some burned or suffocated. He carried out six children himself.
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Auburn
New Aunm
Lewiston
Ralph Hardin
Hardin
Japanese Clear Chinese From Vital Railway
Japanese forces have cleared the Chinese from the 85 mile Canton Hankow railway. The Chinese high command says only 20 miles remain inside Hunan. Japanese claim capture of Suichwan airfield in Western Kwangsi and a junction formed halfway between Lokchong and Shiuchow to seal the railway gap. The Chinese view the drive as part of a broader effort to fortify southeast China against American landings.
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Associated Press
Canton-Hankow
FCC
Hunan
Suichwan
Kwangsi Province
Lokchong
Shiuchow
Kwangtung Province
China
Surprise Yank Offensive Seals Off Japs Escape
GEN ARTHURS forces pursue toward a juncture with the Sixth Army to seal off the peninsula. Allied troops aim to trap retreating Japanese as they push eastward from the region.
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Arthurs
Lanai
Jon
Ae Nila
Bata = oe
Sixth
American planes dominate Luzon skies as invasion resumes
AP dispatch reports Sixth Army push within 30 miles of Manila as the 38th division and a 24th combat team land ashore in Zambales Province. Survivors of the Death March mingle with guerrillas as American forces seize towns inland and an airfield near Subic Bay, threatening Olongapo naval base.
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Associated Press
Luzon
Comei
Com Today
Federal Communications Commission
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Zambales
Santo Tomas
San Antonio Ao
Bataan
George Crane
Topeka
Kas
Richard C. Kadel
Fort Knox
Winston Jones
Robert L. Eichelberger
Olongapo Naval Base
Subic Bay
San Felipe
Narciso
San Antonio
San Marcelino
Caetillejos
23Rd Air Base
James Hutcheson
Hospital Units Arrive Without A Single Nurse
Paris dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Paul Hawley says 11 US Army general hospitals arrive in the war zone staffed with no nurses due to low volunteer rates. He notes 1940 to 1950 nurse-to-bed ratios and warns 74 nurses cannot care for hospitals with up to 3,000 patients.
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Paris
Paul Hawley
United States Army
United States
War Department
Army General Hospital
Hawley
Records of Dr Meadows Produced In Superior Court Trial
Alleged alterations in receipts and disbursements of special college and student funds entrusted to Dr Leon Meadows former East Carolina Teachers College president are cited in court. State Auditor's official testifies to records mis handling of 18 606 34 not accounted for in a state audit.
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Greenville
Special College
Leon Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
M. L. Widenhouse
Cibnt
Soviets Reach Landsberg Near Berlin As Front Advances
Russian forces under Zhukov report capture of Landsberg 68 miles east of Berlin with Meseritz Schwiebus and Zullichau taken. Berlin said fronts extend toward the Oder as heavy fighting rages on the German defense line along the Berlin Danzig corridor. Weather improves aiding advances as Soldin areas bring troops within 36 miles of Stettin.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Landsberg
Berlin
Stalin
Red Army
Berlin-Danzig
Meseritz
Schwiebus
Zullichau
Zhukov
Frankfurt
Oder River
Soeumns
Zig
Queen City
Zielenzig
Greater Berlin
Germany
Oder
Moscow
Trymen
Soldin
Stettin
Baltic
Wage Bills Move Through North Carolina Legislature
Raleigh January 31 lawmakers introduced bills to admit male day students to Woman's College Greensboro at regular female rates. A 10 percent raise for state employees, plus a wartime bonus, would take effect July 1. Other measures ask Congress relief for counties losing tax base to national forests and shift youth motor court jurisdiction to juvenile courts. Officials toured Dix Hill asylum to inspect conditions amid broad scrutiny of state mental health facilities.
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Raleigh
Woman's College
Greensboro
Hutton and Crissman
Guilford
Greater University
Corey
Pitt
Penland of
Clay
Congress
Matheny
Rutherford
Penland
House
Rep. McDonald
Polk
McDonald
Saluda
Ps. Crissman and Caveness
Capitol Hill
Joint Committee On Institutions For
Asylum For the Insane
North Carolina
Oopenstone
Hitler Defiant In Face Of Eastern Situation
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler urging continued resistance as Germany marks the 12th anniversary of his chancellorship. He vowed to fight to the end despite advancing Soviet forces and promised eventual victory while claiming a divine mission. He asserted Germany would endure and lead Europe against the East.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
Thomasville Defendants Given Terms
Thomasville defendants Whichard and Chappel were sentenced in Lexington Superior Court. Whichard, a former grocery clerk, received 10 to 12 years for incident with intent to commit a reported incident and an additional two year road sentence for an incident upon a female, to run concurrently. Chappel, a factory worker, drew 25 to 30 years on a fire setting case involving passing.
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Thomasville
Tom J. Whichard
Craig Chappel
Lexington
Whichard
Bond
Superior Court
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