India Defence Strong as War Clouds Recede
Dewitt Mackenzie reports from New Delhi that nine months into the war India now appears secure with a large army under arms and improved defenses. He notes Japanese invasion remains unlikely but propaganda efforts continue, while Allied air and naval advances in the Pacific and North Africa bolster supply lines and morale for India and the United Nations. In a separate note, Philadelphia Commercial Bank reports Victory Fund subscriptions exceeding expectations across 13 Pennsylvania counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Victory Fund
Pennsylvania
Edward G. Beneree
Third
Federal Reserve District Victory Fund Committee
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bucks
Cambria
Columbia
Elk
Lehigh
McKean Montgomery
Snyder and
Tioga
Smallpox on the Increase in Amish Valley
In Kishe coquillan Valley an Amish settlement, 31 residents are ill as Lancaster County tests a first case outside Mifflin area. Health officials vaccinate about 5,000 of 8,200 in a quarantined 40 square mile zone. several new cases, including Mrs Kore Peachey of Springs, Somerset County, traced to prior outbreaks. No deaths yet. quarantine causes protest over business impact. milk shipments may resume in 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Kishecoquillan Valley
Lancaster County
S. J. Dickey
State Healthy Department
Lancaster ‘County
Lancaster
A. H. Stewart
A. L. Greenleaf
Lancasterlea
Kore Peachey
Springs
Somerset
Mifflin County
Velleville
Brown
Rationing list outlines February items and exclusions
Wickard and Davis say advance announcement helps the public learn the point rationing system. The Office of Price Administration lists proposed February rationed foods and excluded items, detailing canned and frozen fruits and vegetables, soups, dried fruits, and blends, with notable omissions like candied fruits and jams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickard
Davis
Office of Price Administration
New York Governor Poletti Urges Italians to Oppose Hitler
Albany dispatch reports Governor Charles Poletti, first Italian American state chief, broadcast a wartime message urging Italians to throw out Hitler and Mussolini. He lauds Garibaldi as a freedom champion and notes his own Italian heritage in the appeal recorded for the Office of War Information and aired in England for transmission to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Garibaldi
Charles Poletti
New York
Malian
Office of War Information
England
Poletti
United States
Allies Bombard Tunis Area as Fortresses Fall
Allied raids set fires at Tunis and Bizerte port facilities while two fortress bombers were lost. Ground forces near Medjez El Bab cling to a key height taken Christmas Day after fierce fighting. German mobile pillbox tanks impede Tunis and Bizerte approaches though bridges and terrain limit their offensive use. Mines and trenches litter the Medjez El Bab area as German armor fights to hold ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Bizerte
Sfax
Medjez-El-Bab
Medjez-El- Bab
Hizerte
Medjez El-Bab
Allied Air Power Offense in Pacific
Allied air power across the southwest Pacific from Burma to the Solomon Islands claimed 33 to 34 Japanese aircraft down, damaged ships, and bombed eight or more bases in weekend operations. Tojo warned of continuing war develop ments as Allied air forces reportedly attacked Buna in New Guinea and Raabau in New Britain while Chiang Kai-shek's forces reported success in Yunnan Province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pacific
Burma
Solomon Islands
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Diet
Japan
Aleutiang
Sotomons
New Guinea
India
Guadalcanal
Aleutian Islands
Buna
New Guiana
Tojo Plans Quiet War Ahead For Japan
In an analysis of Japan under Tojo, the military leader signals a shift to a defensive phase after early conquests. He warns of brutal conditions at home and forecasts a weary war tied to keeping spoils and extended European conflict, hoping for a stalemate favorable to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Nations
Tojo
Philippines
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Japan
India
Siberia
Europe
Pacific
Ration Points System Outlined For OPA Food Purchases
The plan sets up a blue stamp based point system for processed foods, with points designated by stamp letters A through F and others. Points per civilian depend on period validity, with 968 blue stamps printed and each stamp showing its value and letter. Households may shop anywhere, pay in dollars and cents, and see posters displaying current point values with updates as supplies shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Tojo signals shifting war aims and Russia caution
The article explains that Japan’s strategy emphasizes a defensive war with little public excitement. It notes Tojo’s claim that India will become a base for Wavell’s million-man forces in Southeast Asia, while Japan fortifies the Kwantung Army on the Soviet border to deter Soviet action. It suggests the army may have chosen to avoid trouble with Russia if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tojo
India
Wavell
Asia
Japan
Kwantung Army
Siberian
Russia
Jap air force wanes as U S gains in Pacific
JAP AIR FORCE reports indicate losses with two Americans dead. In a recent attack 14 enemy planes were shot down and 10 destroyed on the ground while no American planes were lost. Munda raids followed by Rabaul fighter activity showed Japanese pilots inferior to American fighters. Zero maneuverability is questioned against updated U S tactics. Some say Japan may develop new planes, but others warn they may be losing the air war fast as Allied forces outpace them.
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Munique
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Buna
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Claire L. Chennault
Burma
RAF
India
Heho
Calcutta
Tokyo
Bangkok
Thailand
Munda
Guadalcanal
Japan
Pacific
Reed forecasts flour price rise to avert bread shortage
Senator Reed predicts the Office of Price Administration will raise flour ceilings to avoid a looming bread shortage. He notes that mills quit taking orders weeks ago and wheat prices have surged from 1.22 to about 1.31 a bushel, making current flour pricing unsustainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
R-Kas
Office of Price Administration
Kansas
Kansas City
OPA
Obituary notes from Punxsutawney area obits and services
Obituaries record Fitzsimmons of Punxsutawney who worked in mines and fire boss roles, born Crory Scotland 1862, married Catherine Short in 1884, survived by three sons and a daughter, funeral held today. Frank G. St Clair of Punxsutawney, long DuBois industrial figure, died after a year illness, burial at Morningside. served as bank and company director, married Emma Noerr with one daughter and two grandchildren. George William Kebler of Blairsville died at home, survived by wife Laura, son George Jr, daughter Mary Jane, brother and sister, former employee of American Locomotive, services Tuesday at home conducted by Rev. Zandel. Burial in Blairsville cemetery.
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Fitzsimmons
Punxsutawney
Thomas
Sara
Thomas J
New York State
Patrick E
Sara Ann
Hugh P
Marion Center
Frank G. ST. Clair
DuBois
Morningside Cemetery
Deposit National Bank
Triangle Saving Company
Brockway Glass Company
Rotary Club
Acorn Club
DuBois Country Club
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company
Emma Noerr
Edward Tfarly
Richard St. Clair
Martha St. Clair
Riverside
Cal
H. Neal
Watsonville
Was
George William Kebler
Johnson Avenue
Blairsville
Theodore and
Jennie
McConnell) Kebler
Laura
Rowland} Kebler
George T
Mary Jane
C. J. Stiegfried
Vail
Mr. Kebler
American Locomotive Company
Latrobe
Lutheran Church
F & A *L 955
W. W. Zandel
Blairsville Cemetery
Wartime delays alter Pennsylvania Senate start in 1943
The Pennsylvania Senate will shift its Monday start time for the 1943 General Assembly from 4 to noon to match the House, due to wartime transportation. Republican leaders announced plans to reconvene at the same hour, with Ealy reappointed as President Pro Tempore and Heyburn named Floor Leader. The session opens January 5, followed by a recess until Governor-elect Edward Martin’s inauguration on the 18th to outline wartime and postwar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Senate
House of Representatives
Charles HW. Ealy
General Assembly
Somerset
Ira T. Piss
Snyder County
House
Senate
Tower
Ealy
Wiss
Assembly
Edward Martin
Martin
Commonwealth
George F
Homes
Philadelphia
William J. Ridge
Tioga
Fiss
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
Lehigh
Walter E. Rose
Cambria
William @. Habbyshaw
Dauphin
William R. Roan
Luzerne
Barney B. McGinnis
Allegheny
Fran Tempore
Harry O'Neill
Lackawanna
Reuben E. Cohen
Thomas J. Callahan
Wilkes-Barre
Dennis J. Mulvihill
Pittsburgh
School Girl Laura Mathas Charged With Murder
Laura Mathas, 11, an active high school student in East Rutherford New Jersey, is held on murder charges for the fatal stabbing of her father during a struggle between her parents. Detective Guidetti said the family story indicates she stabbed him with a bread knife when she found him choking her mother.
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East Rutherford
N. J
Laura Mathas
Attr
John E. Guidetti
Bergen County
Stell
Laure
Yeper
Eastern Front and North Africa Drive Axis Back
Soviet forces tighten ring around the Stalingrad salient as 22 German divisions face doom while Allied advances press toward Tripoli. Battles rage from Rostov and the Ukraine to Tunisia, with French North African troops and Rommel’s forces clashing in hard air and ground fighting along coastal fronts and inland fronts near Sousse, Bizerte, and Medjez El Bab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Red Army
Stalingrad
Tsarilyansk
Lower
Don
Rostov
Hitler
North Africa
Tripoli
Rommel
Tunisia
Cairo
Wadi Bei el Chebiy
Sirte
el Agheila
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Bizerte
Sfax
Tunis
Sousse
Henri Honore Giraud
Font-Du-Fahs
Ukraine
Mostow-Rostov
Likhaya
Tatsingskaya
Velikie Luki
Moscow
Gulf of Hammamet
Tunisian
Kairouan
Giraud
French Africa
Jean Derlyn
Medjez-El- Bab
Andreanof Base Told As Army Settlement Chronicle
A wartime reminiscence describes the Andreanof Islands landings and the rapid transformation of a barren shore into a bustling air base. Marines and engineers moved hills, redirected streams, built airfields, and erected gun emplacements as postwar tales of hardship give way to a fledgling frontier outpost.
Massachusetts Judicial Council Urges Strong Press Freedom
Boston, Dec 28 AP says the Massachusetts Judicial Council warns libel law uncertainty hampers the press. The council, at the Legislature request, studied libel and related statutes and urged that the press remain the public's best protection against wrongdoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Judicial Council
Eight cargo ships sunk in Atlantic amid Axis attacks
United Nations cargo ships including eight vessels were sunk in Western Atlantic waters last week by enemy action. American, British, Panamanian, and two unidentified Allied crews were aboard. Fifty two sailors were killed or missing raising total Allied losses to 572 since Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile Soviet forces seized villages Biriukov and Solonetzky as Don Bend operation nears closure. German losses in a night raid near Low Don exceed six hundred.
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Associated Press
Wightmore
United Nations
Atlantic
United States
Caribbean
South America
Associated
United
Pearl Harbor
Don Bend
Biriukov
Solo_netzky
Tsimlyansk
Don
Kotelnikovski
Solonetzky
Hiiiukov
T Don
Moscow
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New Delhi
Bay of Bengal
Hindustan
Indonesia
Caucasus
Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
South Africa
N. Y
Allied Air Power
Gen
JAP Air Force
Sne Reduciny
Rad & Sts Am Smelt & R
T& SF
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Borden Co
Boeing Airplane
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el i
Cami Solvents
Con Edison
Curtiss-Wrightly de Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eggtman Kodak
Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Harvester BO
Nick Can
Tel &Tel
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cap
Kresge
Liggett & Myers
Loew's Inc
Monigom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Distillers
Central
Param Pictures
Pub
Sqn
Pullman
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuch
Socony+Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand
Gas & el
Oil Cal
Gil Inet Ag
Studebaker Corp
Swifk & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gasling
US Steel
West Union Telat
West el & Mig
Woolworth
Tr &C
Youngs
Sh & T
Curb— Ark
Nat Gus
Cities Service
Elec Bond & Share Am
Pennroad Cory
Finn
Finland
Julio Rangell
Hawaii
Nippon
Velsinkombungsy
Rangell
Order of the Rising Sun
Andreanof Base
Andreanof Islands
United States Army
Aleutians
Kiska
Hvng
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