Three More Villages Fall as Ruthenia Conquered
Moscow reports Russian mountain troops push across Slovakia frontier after sealing the conquest of Ruthenia with Umgvar captured. General Ivan Petrov secures a southern supply route through the Carpathians via Uzok pass, aiding operations toward Banska Bystrica to unite with Czechoslovak resistance.
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Moscow
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Umgvar
Ivan Petrov
Carpathian Mountains
Uzok
Banska Bystrica
Mies Weist
Gasoline Well Struck During Ogden Foundation Dig
Workers digging foundation found a gasoline well in Ogden Utah causing a leak from storage tanks. Firemen reported the liquid flowed into the sewer then people used it, while OPA warned that gasoline must be surrendered with coupons but none did.
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Ogden
Utah
OPA
Roosevelt Heads to Chicago for Induction Tax Policy
President Roosevelt tours key states en route to Chicago's Soldier Field to unveil an inducement tax plan aimed at keeping private industry at full wartime employment into the postwar era. He criticizes Republicans in Philadelphia for political advantage and notes 27 successful D-days in the past year as commander in chief. He will stop at Fort Wayne and pass Lima and Gary before arriving in Chicago.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Chi
Soldier Field
Indiana
Illinois
West
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lima
Ohio
Gary
Rarge Shibe Park
Dewey Urges Higher Food Production at New York State Fair
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey told a crowd at the New York State fair that peace time farm policy requires a larger food output. He warned against returning to New Deal price scarcities and urged expanding the market for farm products through improved diets.
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Syracuse
Thomas E. Dewey
America
British Forces Close On German Units Near Kozane
Athens report says a British force with Greek Andartes contacted retreating German troops around Kozane fifty miles northwest of Larisa and near the Yugoslav frontier. Skirmishes reported near Laconika, with air operations hampered by weather. Salonika smoke hung after Nazi demolitions precede evacuations.
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Athens
Andartes
Kozane
Larisa
Laonika
Elasson
Yesteray
Salonika
Katerine
Arise
Irak
Kadrini
T Formation Used to Route Japanese Naval Battle
Allied warships shattered a Japanese task force at Surigao Straits using the classic tactic of crossing the T. Rear Admiral Jed Oldendorf said the move, later used historically by Jellicoe at Jutland, required speed and maneuvering to deliver a knockout blow as the fleet pressed the Leyte operation near the Philippines.
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Russell Brines
Associated Press
Surigao Straits
Japan
Togo
Tsushima
Jesse Oldendorf
Leyte
Philippines
Tokyo
Jellicoe
Jutland
Russians Open New Offensive in Latvia Seaward of Liepaje
German commentator Col Ernest Von Hammer said Russia launched a new carefully prepared offensive southeast of Liepaje and east of Auce in southern Latvia. He reported several breaches were opened but beaten back by German tank counterattacks after a long artillery barrage and repeated air raids.
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London
Ernest von Hammer
Liepaje
Libau
Auce
Ltvia
Latvia
Baltic
Soviet Advances Push Nazi Forces Across East Prussia
Soviet units north of Um gvar penetrate six miles into Slovakia seizing Starina and nine miles north west of Ulic along with 48 localities. Cherniakhovsky’s forces push on three Baltic village fortresses near Insterburg and Pillkallen, while Russians claim 3,000 German deaths overnight and 5,800 in two days. Czech partisans awaiting Petrov face rising danger as the Soviet move threatens their position and potential overrun by German forces.
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Umgvar
Petrov
Slovakia
Starina
Chroka
Ulic
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Ebenrode
Insterburg
Tilsit
Pillkallen
Russen
Cherniakhovsky
Gumbinnen
Air Attacks Hit Berlin After Gobbels Plea
Two Mosquito bomber raids struck Berlin last night soon after Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels urged a "battle to the death." A stronger force bombed the capital with a second strike an hour later, part of a sixth nightly raid this month.
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London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Gobbels
Gobbels
Hoffie
Germany
Britain
Italy
RAF
Yanks 275 Miles From Manila
General MacArthur's invasion forces reach within 275 miles of Manila aided by Filipino guerrillas. On Leyte American air and ground units push forward as Japanese casualties mount and Samar comes under Allied control up to Lu won proximity. Catbalogan falls to Maj. Gen. Franklin C. Sibert's 10th corps while Tacloban serves as provisional capital for the Philippines government.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Engu Samar Island
Manila
Leyte
Nippon
Bataan
Samar
Luwon
Capita
Catbalogan
Franklin C. Sibert
Tacloban
Sergio Osmena
Stilwell Relieved Of Far East Commands In War Shift
General Joseph W Stilwell has been relieved of his triple command in the Far East and recalled to Washington The China Burma India theater will be split into two theaters each with its own commander May A C Wedemeyer will lead the China theater and Lt Gen Daniel I Sultan will command the India Burma theater Both assignments place Wedemeyer deputy to Admiral Mountbatten and Sultan as deputy commander of the C R I theater
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Washington
Joseph W. Stilwell
Far East
White House
Stilwell
China
A May
A. C. Wedemeyer
Oe Sang
Generalismo Wai- Shek
China Theater
Wedemeyer
Admiral Mountbatten
India- Burma
Daniel I. Sultan
Drive is on its way across Rhine says war column
The War Today columnist says the Allied offensive in Western Europe is imminent despite winter weather and supply bottlenecks. He notes Allied air and road transport kept moving, but the Siegfried Line requires heavy equipment, railways, and ports to sustain a large push. The piece hints a crossing toward Unter Den Linden when supplies and logistics align.
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Europe
Ike Hag
Hitlér
Belahewer
Rhine
Unter den Linden
West Wall
France
Argentina asks Pan American conference on status
Argentina asked the Pan American Union in Washington to convene a conference of foreign ministers from all American nations to discuss Argentina's international status and seek an adequate solution. The memo says the issue concerns the entire continent and allows all states to present views with full information, while internal measures remain separate.
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Buenos Aires
Pan-American Union
Washington
Argentina
Planes Collide In Air Both Pilots Safe
Two Corsair fighters from Kinston airfield collided seven miles southeast of Seymour Johnson field near Goldsboro. One Corsair hit the tail of the other and the pilot of the second bailed out safely. The burning plane returned to Kinston. both pilots were uninjured. The incident was disclosed by the Marine Air Station public relations office.
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Cherry Foint
Kinston
Inch Air
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
Japanese Troops Will Run Says Yankee General
Leyte campaign described as the fastest in the Pacific war by Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge, commander of the 24th corps. He noted Japanese forces would "run if they have a place to run to" as the 96th Division expands its directions on Leyte.
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Leyte
P. I
John R. Hodge
96Th
Battalion Lives In Tanks For 19 Days By The Front
A battalion of Sherman tank crews endured 19 days in frontline positions 300 yards from German lines in Palenburg Germany. They slept upright in steel or crouched positions and ate K and C rations while daily shelling and sniper fire raged around them. Despite harsh quarters the crew laughed through the siege with no major disputes as German civilians complained about bread in refugee camps nearby.
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Wes Gallagher
Palenburg
Germany
Hgt
James Rose
Beaumont
Tex
T . James I. Harris
Hartwell
Rose
William F. Hobbs
Fort Smith, Ark
Aroun
Elwood Hall
Moline
Japanese Open All-out Drive On Kwe lin
Japanese forces launched an all-out offensive against Kweilin and attacked Chinese positions on the city’s outskirts. They pushed six miles west from Pingnam and struck from Foochow while aiming to encircle Kweilin, with fighting reported along the Hu Nan Kwangsi railway and westward flanking moves. US bombers damaged a Japanese destroyer, tanker, and cargo vessel near Lui Chow peninsula.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Pingnam
East China
Foochow
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kwangyang
China
Stalingrad
Hunan Province
Yungming
Kwangsi
Fuchwan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Luichow Peninsula
Joseph W. Stilwell
Polio Cases Rise in Southeast Asia Command Area
Six new polio cases were reported, state officials said most cases this year will be scattered. Dr Carl V Reynolds, State Health Officer, commented on the expected pattern for the remainder of the year.
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Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
Allies Close In On German Holdouts in Southwest Holland
British and Canadian forces surged toward the Maas crossings in southwestern Holland as Germans collapsed their last escape routes. Canadians seized Bergen op Zoom without resistance and moved within a mile of Roosendaal while British units reached five miles from Breda after capturing Tilburg and Hertogenbosch.
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London
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Bergen Op Zoom
Roosendaal
Breda
Tilburg
Hertogenbosch
Walter Vor Model
Moerdijk
Geertrui-Denberg
Antwerp
Vlissingen
Flushing
Walcheren
Schelde
Associated Press
William F. Roni
Aloe
Beveland Island
Beveland
Breda- Tilburg
Bulgarian Armistice Accepted by Allies as Antwerp Drive Advances
The Moscow radio said Bulgaria accepted armistice terms proposed by Britain the Soviet Union and the United States with terms to be published. Allied armor and infantry rapid progress forced German withdrawals from key positions near Moerdijk Geertruidenberg and Antwerpen as the campaign narrows toward the Maas bridges.
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London
Moscow Radio
Bulgaria
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Italian Front Drive Stalled by Weather and Floods
Gales and floods halt operations along the Italian front with German forces reinforcing south and southeast of Bologna. Allied air activity limited. a fighter bomber strike hit a northern bridge, and losses included three missing planes. Fifth army wheels bogged near Bologna while Rocca San Casciano and Indianar area see limited resistance. Ferries aid forced supply lines under flood conditions.
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Rome
Bologna
Mediterranean
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ronco River
Forli
Fifth Army
Highway 67
Rocca San Casciano
Indianar
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