War Today Outlook Across Europe and Asia
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie weighs the global Allied position amid Von Rundstedt’s counteroffensive and Japanese gains in China. He suggests a middle course between optimism and pessimism, notes potential quick shifts from a Soviet Vistula offensive, and cites British naval moves and Indian troop readiness as factors shaping the protracted war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Agsoelanrd
United Nations
Europe
Orient
China
von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Rhine
War Production Board
Vistula
Poland
Reich
Hungary
Slovakia
Germany
Burma
East Indies
Causes Of Nazi Successes In German Offensive
WASHINGTON December 28. General Peyton C March on his 80th birthday compares German success to a hidden force of 200000 men, noting intelligence failures and Hitler’s purge of underground elements. He says Allied delays depend on how long Eisenhower can blunt the thrust and that Allies are striking on the sides, not the nose.
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Hitler
Germany
March
Eijsenhower
Washington
Stimson
France
Secon
Seventh Army
Wester Front
Postwar Agriculture Plan Outlined By Penn Commission
Harrisburg December 28 An agricultural development program from the Pennsylvania postwar planning commission urges delaying milk price regulation after the war and calls for creating a commission to push conservation. It also proposes land restoration for strip mining, state land acquisition for recreation, farmer co op tax law changes, rural health survey, rural zoning aid for veterans, private forest fire protection, more recreation areas, and tighter cattle disease control plus improved fruit and vegetable grading.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Farmer T
Wards Seizure Ordered By President Today
Washington reports indicate the seizure will affect Ward plants and stores in Chicago Detroit Denver St Paul Portland San Rafael and Jamaica as unions strike at several locations. Pickets formed early morning with police detail assigned. no disturbances reported. Union leader Leonard Levy said seizures would be carried out under White House authority with War Department designated to execute orders.
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Washington
Chicago
United Retail, Wholesale and Department
Spe! Jeink
Leonard Levy
Union International
Ward
Detroit
Kansas City
Montgomery | Ward
Denver
St. Paw
Portland
Ore
Sim Rafael
Calif
Jamaica
N. Y
WLI
Campmon
War Department
White House
Weather in Western Pennsylvania turns cold and windy
Falling temperatures bring wind and snow today with far colder conditions tonight. Friday brings likely snow and continued cold as the forecast remains wintry across the region. Carol Joy of Salinas California found a large abalone shell measuring 29 inches containing ample meat to feed a family. Subscribe for the Gazette.
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Pennsylvania
Carol Joy
Salinas
Calif
Heroic Yanks At Bastogne Relieved Amid Heavy Fighting
American armor moved toward the Meuse as self propelled units fought near Bastogne and Celles amid renewed air attacks. German troops faced supply shortages and desertions while Von Rundstedt’s forces endured a grinding Allied push on the southern flank of the Belgian bulge.
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Celles
de Navy
Meuse
Boyle
von Rundstedt
Bastogne
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Bulge
Berlin
Georges S
Patton
Third Army
Flantic
Greece
Athens
Churchill
Elas
Roosevelt
Stalin
Budapest
Red Army
Danube
Red Air Force
Pest
Italy
Serchio
Fifth Army
Barga
Radio Aids Filipino Moral Radio Programs from KGEI
The article notes KGEI San Francisco broadcasts in Filipino dialects to the Philippines to bolster morale and counter Tokyo Rose. Carmen Ligaya hosts Philippine Hour, linking U S forces with homeland hopes, as OWI plans expand to nine daily hours via KGEX.
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Peter Edson
Washington
United States
Philippines
KGEI
San Francisco
Carmen Ligaya
Tokyo Rose
Untire Pacific
G, I’s
the Pacific
Aleutians
New Guinea
Pacific
MacArthur
Marianas
Army
KGET
KGEX
Office of War Information
Rhine
OWI
Corregidor
Quezon
Leyte
Mindoro
Manila
Housewives Have Been Swindled
Washington December 28 AP. Representative Andresen accuses the Office of Price Administration and Economic Stabilizer Fred Vinson of swindling millions of thrifty American housewives by conspiring to issue a new ration order that canceled unused red and blue stamps. He says the War Food Administration was bypassed, noting the Agriculture Department’s report that 1944 total food production was the highest in history.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fred Vinson
Andresen
R-Minn
Vinson
OPA
Chester Bowies
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
War Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Meat Shops Close in New York Amid Price Protest
In New York City during the fourth day of a retail dealers' protest against CPA regulations, 2142 of 6088 meat shops were closed for lack of meat. The War Food Administration noted several wholesale houses shut for shortages, while officials disputed the claim. A Chicago proposal floated a 17.50 per hundredweight ceiling on live cattle, with further details pending after a conference with producers and slaughterers.
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New York
New York City
CPA
Chicago
John J. Madigan
OPA
Fond Prices
GO Producers and Slaughterers
Kansas City
War Food Administration
Rescued After Being Shot Down Over Balikpapan Raid
Headquartered 13th Air Force reports Liberator tail gunner Robert L. Wingert of Aliquippa Pennsylvania among five crewmen rescued after being shot down over the Balikpapan oil refineries in Borneo. They ditched in the sea, reached a native hut on a sparsely inhabited island, and were later picked up by a patrol vessel responding to their signals.
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13Th Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Robert L. Wingert
Franklin Ave
Aliquippa
Balikpapan
Borneo
Wingert
Duy
U S Major Escapes From Captors Near Stavelot Belgium
U S Major Hal D McCowan of Royston Louisiana described escaping after being prisoner for 72 hours as 800 German survivors tried to slip from an American encirclement near Stoumont Stavelot. He recounted Christmas meals and the German withdrawal amid shelling and a clash with doughboys as he sprinted to American lines.
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Nas Boyle
Associated Press
Stavelot
Belgium
Stim
Hal D. McCowan
Royston
Stoumont
McCowan
la Gleize
Ofclock
Heart of German Army Risked On Western Front
WESS GALAGUER reports from Belgium that Marshal Von Rundstedt assaults Eisenhower on the northern flank as patrols surge from Onschau to Holland. American forces claim 13 German planes shot down and 18 assault guns captured as German losses rise, with efforts centering near Liege, Antwerp, and Bastogne. The high command appears to risk the heart of the German army in the western front, potentially repeating the 1918 Paris offensive setback.
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Signal Corps
NEA
Belgium
Wess Galaguer
Associated Press
United States
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Onschau
Holland
von Rundstedt
Liege
Antwerp
Bastogne
Verduin
von Rundlstedt
Paris
Sleet Storm Doesn't Stop U.S. Bombers
London dispatch reports British and American heavy bombers struck Germany despite a sleet storm that iced ground and cut visibility. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes reportedly hit the Opladen railroad workshops near Cologne Friday dawn. The U.S. Eighth Air Force conducted a sixth straight daytime raid. estimated 2,000 rail and road targets damaged, 90 German fighters shot down, Allied losses 5 bombers and 23 fighters. Astronomers say Mars noon temperature about 50 F, dropping to 40 below by midnight.
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London
Germany
Opladen
Cologne
U. S. Eighth Air Force
U. S
Strategic Air Force
The
Reich
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Dangerous Pennsylvanian highways amid winter storm
Widespread hazardous travel persists as sleet and snow combine with freezing temps across Pennsylvania. Temperatures drop to near zero in places while roadways ice over. An 80 year old man died after being found in a snowdrift near Phillipsville. Allentown Bethlehem transit faced severe delays and United Airlines canceled flights for a second day.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
Venango County
Ebensburg
U. S
Kylertown
Centre County
Martin Ring
Erie
Phillipsville
Erie County
Kane
Morrison Run
Warren County
Allentown-Bethlehem
United Air Lines
Ft Pitt Area Still Short On E Bonds
Pittsburgh area reports a remaining $5,465,600 needed to meet the Sixth War Loan E Bond quota. Allegheny County lacks $3,925,700 while the 18 other counties total $1,539,900. Individual bond sales exceed targets by 4.8 percent, with $118,430,600 sold.
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Pittsburgh
Pitt
War Finance Committee
Allegheny County
Obituary notices from Saltsburg and nearby areas
Several obituaries and funeral notices from Saltsburg and Indiana area communities. J A Tlorrell aged 80 died at home in New Florence with services scheduled. Dennie Smith of Indiana and Sophie Ann Spelock of Saltsburg are remembered with church services and family notices. David Burl Carnes, of Saltsburg, died suddenly in his sleep with private services planned. Funeral arrangements detail survivors, dates, and burial locations including St Bernard's and Edgewood cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Tlorrell
New Florence
Dennie Smith
St. Bernard's Church
Indiana
A. D
Indiana Hospital
Robinson
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Sophie Ann Spelock
Saltsburg
Geo. Pluhar
Austria
Mike Jacob Spelock
John Spelack
Avonmore
Geo
Catherine Pluhar
Margaret Panovich
Salina
Mary Seben
R. D
Anna Forney
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Wm. Goetz
Church
David Burl Carnes
W. D. Sullivan
Derry
Jacob
Katherine Jamison Carnes
Martha Jane Lewis Carnes
Sadie Ross
Pittsburgh
Saltsburg I. 0. O. F
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