Byrd Attacks Wallace Nomination Over Roosevelt Plan
James Thrasher critiques President Roosevelt's move to place CIO backed Henry Wallace in charge of the RFC and Commerce Dept borrowing powers. Senator Harry F Byrd denounces the structure as immune from Congress, urging Senate action. The piece also surveys wartime manpower policy and the idea of a national service law, questioning efficiency and fairness of draft penalties.
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Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Department Commerce
RFC
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Reconstruttion Finance Corporation
Congress
Jones
Wallace
Senate of the
United States
Dewey
America
Ike
CIO
United States of America
James Thrasher
Army
Navy
House Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Phil Murray
Labor
Agriculture
House
Besieged by Americans
General MacArthur reports the 14th Army Corps moving to siege Clark Field as Luzon advances drive toward Manila continues. Japanese losses exceed 6,000 dead in 14 days while U S planes dominate the air over Luzon. Bamban airfield overrun reveals 40 wrecked planes as the march toward Bataan begins.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
14Th Army Corps
Clark Field
Manila
Aaa
Ee Gulf
40Th Division
Bamban
Mabalacat
Capas
Pampanga
Oscar W. Griswold
Fort Stotsenburg
America
Philippines
United States
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Japan
35000 Marks Dont Buy Much in U S Exchange Operation
Baton Rouge La Through one of their agents with American forces in Germany Echean staff members at Harding Field last week received lots of German money A worn note printed 20000 zwanzigtaulend mark The local PX will not accept them as legal tender The Eihelon editor finally agreed to accept 35000 marks for a camp weekly subscription
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Baton Rouge
Germany
Eche'an
Staf
Harding Field
Eihelon
Laney Bills Sweep Both State Houses
Governor Laney’s reorganization proposals gained steady support in Arkansas by passing administration bills in both chambers. The Senate approved a state police restructuring giving the governor authority to appoint a police director. A separate consolidation bill created an Arkansas Resources and Development Commission by replacing seven boards with a 90 to 0 House vote.
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Little Rock
Laney
General Assembly
Senate
State Police Department
Police Commission
Arkansas Resources and Development Commission
State Highway Department
Congressional Committee On
Arkansas
Highway Department
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
War Bond offer sparks clash over Army rules in Arkansas letter
Roy Anderson of Hope Arkansas issued a $25 War Bond offer to the first Hempstead County serviceman who writes from German soil. A Francebased Lt Col Jas T Phillips objected citing Army censorship and post rules. Anderson replies defending the project and notes broad local support and many responses from soldiers worldwide.
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Roy Anderson
Hempstead
France
J. L. Thomasson
Brewing Industry Foundation of Arkansas
The
Star
Anderson
Foundation
News of Arkansas
Hugh J. Wharton
Pyramid
Building
Little Rock
U. S
Hope
Ark
Jas. T. Phillips
1Th Armored Division
APO
New York
N. Y
the Star Today
Editor
the Star
J. L. Phillips
Germany
G. I. Joes
St Vith Is Found Ruined As Yanks Retake Town From Nazis
St Vith Belgium reports say American Seventh Armored Division swept past heavy German defenses to retake the ruined city, with tanks and engineers pushing through rubble. Soldiers describe many houses destroyed and the town cleared of German forces, while missing personal items spark small human interest amid the victory. Local lecture series underway in Hope with talks on Australia New Zealand and Pacific islands. Jensen, Greenwood Adams, journalists, and Rotary organizers promote funds for Hope Band Mothers Fund, with matinees for students.
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Hope City
Hope Rotary Club
Institute of International Understanding
M. P. Greenwood- Adams
Flushing
N. Y
Australia
New Zealand
South Pacific
Greenwood-Adams
Melbourne
Pacific Islands
Europe
Wes Gallagher
St. Vith
Belgium
Seventh Armord
Beatz
St. Lo
William Beaty
Baty
Seventh Armored
Seventh Armord Enginers
Beaty
von Rundstedt
Reent Weks
George S. Patton
Maj
Ralph _ Brander
Milwaukee
Wis
Jean Klein
Sikeston
Hunningen
Nort
Joseph B. Lassiter
el Dorado
Ark
Pvt
Emery B. Himes
Shirley
Patrols in Italy Face Sleet and Snow Frontline Activity
American patrols remained active in the Fitton Army salient south of Bologna amid sleet and snow as Fifth Army units engaged along the Adriatic coast. Casualties occurred on two patrol splashes west of San Martino while the Eighth Army front near Alfonsine saw a brief clash. overall front quiet elsewhere.
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Reynold Spackard
Rome
Fitton Army
Bologna
Devy
Adriatic
San Martino
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Alfonsine
Ravecca
Mount Santo Tomasa Height and Bolivia Area Noted
Mount Santo Tomasa on Lingayen Gulf’s eastern side rises 7,400 feet. Bolivia is described as the third largest South American republic with an area of about 510.00 square miles.
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Santo Tomasa
Lingayen Gulf
Bolivia
Germans Break Through Oder Front Toward South Germany
German forces push across the Moder river line into Alsace as part of a broader offensive against the U S Seventh Army and Allied positions. Heavy artillery opens the drive, with tanks and armored vehicles reported damaged. Allied units withdraw in places while British and American forces report advances elsewhere in the Ardennes and Ruhr regions. Weather hampers air support as snow and fog limit reconnaissance and bombing runs.
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Paris
7Th Army
Haguenau
Osges
Moder
France
Hermann Balck
Ardennes Salient
Alsace
Robert C. Wilson
Karlsruhe
Strasbourg
Wilson
Ardennes
Roer River
Dussedorf
Roermond
Moder River
Alexander M. Patch
Hatten
Haguenau Forest
Schweighouse- Senneubourg
Bischholz- Mulhlausen
Palatinate
Vosges
Reipertswiller
Bitche
Colmar-Mulhouse
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Red Army Breaks Oder Line As Berlin Looms
Soviet field dispatches claim the 1st Ukrainian and 4th Ukrainian Armies drive across the Oder toward Breslau and Bohemia while forces threaten Konigsberg and Steinau near Berlin. Moscow reports say Berlin is within reach as Rokossovsky push nears the Baltic coast and Junker country. German commentators acknowledge a major Russian breakthrough and encirclements in Silesia and eastern Germany.
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Assocenda
London
Iran
Red Army
Oder
Germany
East Prussia
Moscow
Berlin
Konigsberg
Galey
Breslau
Lower
Silesia
Reich
Ivan Konev
Konev
Breslalu
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
Steinau
Konve
Oppeln
Moravian
Slovakia
Hungary
Vienna
Jablunka
Moravia
Bismarck
Europe
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baltic
Ernst von Hammer
Junkers
Roads convert to emergency airstrips in Colombia plan
Colombia's highway program will convert straight road sections into emergency aviation landing fields due to mountainous and jungle terrain. Widened shoulders and removed overhead wires will guide motorists to watch for landing planes, with markings on both road and airway signs. The text then oddly shifts to describe the thyroid as a vascular ductless gland on the larynx.
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Bogota
Colombia
American Artillery Observer Breaks Silence Under Fire
Lt. John C. Granville directed over an hour of shellfire from a pillbox observer post, aiding the Second Infantry Division as four Germans were flushed from cover. The story also highlights frontline heroics: Sgts Buford Turner Michael Mumsey and Hugh N Williams, Pvt Eugene W Davis, Lt Lee Rosenfield, and others in action with repairs, grenades, and improvised weapons amid tank and foxhole battles.
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Hal Boyle
First Army
Belgium
John C. Granville
Southerland Drive
St. Louis
Second Infantry Division
Bob Holata
Garfield Heights
Cleveland
Ohio
Holata
Lee Rosenfield
New Haven
Conn
Panic in Berlin as Russian advance drives refugees east
Tens of thousands of German refugees flee east toward Berlin as the Red Army nears the capital while Stockholm dispatches note panic spreading in Nazi centers. Rumors of peace and leadership changes swirl, with Breslau fortified and civilians evacuated. Hitler orders Breslau to be held at all costs amid the eastern collapse.
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London
Berliin
Stockholm
Radio Atlantic
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmier
Free German
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Russia
Ankara
Baron Franz von Papen
Madrid
Germany
Berlin
Breslau
Silesian
Poland
Tidningen
East Prussia
Silesia
Brussels
Paris
Low-Cost Clothing Drive Begun
Washington reports a new government clothing program aims to increase low priced garments, including children and worker clothes, by boosting supply of cheaper items rather than overall total. The plan comes after WPB and OPA alignment, though earlier rules pushed manufacturers to favor higher priced lines, raising living costs. Continued on Page Two.
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James Marlow
Washington
WPB
OPA
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Clarksville
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Chicago
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