The War Today: Rundstedt’s Belgian Bulge Risk and Hope
The piece analyzes Von Rundstedt's Belgian Bulge counteroffensive as a bid to disrupt Eisenhower and buy time. It notes limited success, ongoing threat to Liege and Antwerp, and the fragile German position amid Patton’s Bastogne hold. The outlook: a temporary gain with heavy odds against a breakthrough.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Walge
Eisenhower
Rhineland
Hillerdorm
von Rundstedt
Aachen
Cologne Plain
Liege
Antwerp
Saar
Bulge
Bieha
Patton
Bastogne Salient
Eigenhower
von Rund
Stedt
Alles
Cologne
von. Rundstedt
111 Planes and 95 Ships Destroyed in Major War Action
Report covers early January air and sea battles near Formosa Okinawa and Mindoro Marinduque with tallies of enemy losses. US units claim 27 planes down first day, 70 on ground, 27 ships sunk and 50 ships damaged, plus subsequent days of strikes including 17 more ships damaged. MacArthur announces Allied landings on Marinduque near Manila and Mindoro with control of Sibuyan Sea. US air raids target Kyushu Omura plant, with Gen. Arnold promising details as available.
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China
Lan Kalus
Shinchiko
Formosa
James
MacArthur
Philippines
Marinduque
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Luzon
General MacArthur
U. S
Mindoro
Tayabas Peninsula
Philippine Island
Mar Dndugue
Sibuyan Sea
Buenavista
Dome
Omura
H. H. Arnold
Kyushu
Pacific
FDR Budget Highlights and Postwar Plans
President’s budget outlook advocates unity with the United Nations beyond wartime goals. He warns against power politics, calls for universal military training after the war, and stresses private enterprise to create jobs while avoiding mass unemployment. He envisions 60 million jobs, tax modification after the war, and a 1945 as the year to end Nazi Fascist tyranny and begin organizing world peace.
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Hu Cman
Europe
Japan
Organization of World Peace
WAC Peggy Park promoted to sergeant technician third grade
WAC Peggy Park wife of James IL Park Wake Robin Farm Hume Pa was promoted to sergeant technician third grade serving in the Quartermaster Supply Office of the Peninsular base section Italy. It notes important services for the Fifth Army and for ground crew and installation of the U S Air Corps and Navy in the Italian theatre. Send the Indiana Evening Gazette to your way in the Army or Navy.
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WAC
Peggy Park
James IL. Park
Wake Robin Farm
Hume
Peninsular
Italy
Ime
Fifth Army
U. S. Air Corps
Navy
U S 7th Army Halts German Drive In Ardennes
Allied forces report heavy German artillery and counterattacks around the Bastogne area as blizzards and fog impede movement. U S Third Army conducts an orderly withdrawal from Michamps and Wardin while maintaining strong defenses near Bastogne. RAF strikes target Houffalize as German attempts to widen the salient face stiff resistance around Wingen Sur Moder and Gambsheim.
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von Rundstedt
Ardennes Bulge
United States Navy
U. S. Third Army
Bulge
Michamps
Bastogne
Wardin
Mies
Thursay
Third Army
Houffalize
Bitche
Saverne
Alexander M. Patch
Wingen-Sur-Moder
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Haguenau |S
Wingen-Sur
Sarreguemines
Sarre Union
Sarreguemines-Haguenau
Lemberg
Salient
Baerenthal
Philippsbourg
Rhine
Strasbourg
Gambsheim
Offendorf
Hoerdt
Weyershiem
Prigeners
Neunkirch
Associated Press
Robert Wilson
Department of Psychological Warfare
Grandmenil
Odeigne
Vielsalm
Stavelot
Blairsville Soldiers Wounded In Action
Two Blairsville servicemen are reported wounded Captain Marvini C Mee and Lt L Glenn Moorhead both from Blairsville. Captain Mee was described as slightly wounded with details limited in a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs D R McKee. Lt Moorhead, in Germany, was also reported slightly wounded per word to his wife. Their family roots include three other sons serving in the armed forces Ward Wyther in Southern France Sgt Clarence in Mary and Pvt Ralph in Camp Blanding Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvini C. Meee
L. Glenn Moorhead
Blairsville
Antion
McKee
D. R. McKee
Lt Moorhead
Germany
W. D. Moorhead
Burrell Street
Bhirsville
Pvt
Wyther
Franee
Sgt
Clarence
Mary
Ralph
Camp Blanding
Florida
Pvt Lynn Getty Cited for Combat Infantryman Badge in Italy
Pvt Lynn E Getty son of Mrs Market Getty Hillsdale cited by the 338th Infantry Regiment 8th Custer Division for actual participation in combat against the enemy with Lt General L K Truscott Jr Fifth Army in Italy.
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Pvt
Lynn E. Getty
Market Getty
Hillsdale
338Th Infantry Regiment
8Th
Custer
L. K. Truscott, Jr
Fifth Army
Italy
Snowbound Erie Plies 300 Soldiers To Clear Drifts
ERIE Pa Jan 6 Three hundred soldiers aided Erie County in removing snowdrifts up to six feet deep this winter. The emergency halted roads and delayed war goods valued at over 3 million dollars. Col Lucius Crumrine led the relief with 100 more troops expected and additional snow equipment promised.
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Erie
Erie County
Lucius McK. Crumrine
Pittsburgh
State Farm Show Next Week
Indiana County farmers plan to attend the winter Farm Show meetings at Harrisburg next week. The Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club meeting and luncheon will be presided by Clyde Mc Conaughy. M. C. Stewart will preside at the Christmas Tree Growers Association meeting. County Agent J. W. Warner offers programs. Governor Martin is to address the Tuesday evening general meeting at 7:30 in the Education Building, with Walter D. Fuller of Curtis Publishing Co. as a speaker and regional committee chair.
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Indiana County
Harrisburg
Clyde McConaughey
Smicksburg
R. C
Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club
M. C. Stewart
Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association
J. W. Warner
Martin
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Co
Weather Notes for Western Pennsylvania
Cloudy with intermittent light snow and continued cold today. Snow or rain expected coupling with warmer air tonight and into Sunday, bringing mixed precipitation and a gradual warmup in temperatures across the region.
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Pennsylvania
Worst Winter In 54 Years Hits Pittsburgh Area
Pittsburgh residents face the worst winter in 54 years as heavy snowfalls mount. Weather Bureau figures show Corry 76.5 inches and Erie 53.8 inches, with statewide totals surpassing past records. Meteorologist Bratman cautions floods depend on rapid thaws and heavy rains, but none expected this month.
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Corry
Piptsburgh
Jan
Weaterh Pennsylevania
Brotaman
Brozeman
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Erie County
Erie City
Boswell
Meadville
Carrolton
Kane
Tulueville
Curwensville
DuBois
Somerset
Indiana
Blairsville
Hooversville
Conventions Tabooed After Feb.1
Washington machinists and wartime officials push to end group gatherings. War Mobilization Director James Byrnes urges voluntary cancellation after February 1 of meetings with more than 50 people. Roosevelt backs the plan, aiming to curb nonessential travel and ease hotel crowding for service members and those on war assignments.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt
German Drive Around Budapest Escalates Front Fight
Moscow dispatches report fierce tank and artillerry battles northwest of Budapest as German forces press a bid to break the Budapest garrison. Russian communiques note 309 German tanks yesterday and heavy use of King Tigers and air support in fluid fighting near the Danube Bend.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Budapest
Germains
Komarom
Ingt
Danube
Vienna
Red Army
Federal Laboratories to Open Blairsville Storage Plant
The Federal Laboratories Inc of Tunnelton will establish a storage facility in Blairsville leasing the old ladder works on Morewood Avenue. The adjacent railroad line enhances storage efficiency for Plant No 3 at Tunnelton with guards posted for security. Homer City native Cpl William Mechride has arrived safely in Holland and is in good health.
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Federal Laboratories, Inc
Tunnelton
Blairsville
Morewood Avenue
Homer City
Roy Overseas
William Mechride
Joseph Mechride
Homer’ City
Holland
Roosevelt urges national service for war effort and future peace
President Roosevelt argues for a national service act to ensure correct manpower in war and sustain full production. He says universal training may come after victory, stressing its role as an essential factor in maintaining peace and proving total commitment against Nazi and Japanese aims. Congress resists but he urges action at earliest moment.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Five Years For Evading Draft
Merril T. Dutton, 20, of West Chester, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by a Federal Court jury after being found guilty of evading the draft. Dutton, a self described minister of a religious sect, had been classified as a conscientious objector. FBI agents testified he failed to report at a work camp in Oregon on orders from his draft board.
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Philadelphia
Merril T. Dutton
West Chester
Dutton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oregon
Lt Earl Holt Completes Course at Camp Lejeune
Marine Second Lieutenant Earl Holt son of Mr and Mrs Francis P Holt 391 Elm Street Indiana completed a six week quartermaster Administration course at Camp Lejeune NC The course covered public property subsistence supplies and service freight and passenger transportation transport loading and the table of allowances.
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Marine
Earl £. Holt
Francis P. Holt
Elm Street
Indiana
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Holt
M Sgt Kruskey At Miami Beach
Sgt Robert Kruskey 64 son of George J Kruskey of Buttlesville and husband of Mary Kruskey of Lucernemines Pa has arrived at the Army Air Forces Redistribution station in Miami Beach Fla for reassignment after a 32 month tour in the American theater He was an aircraft mechanic and line chief. Cpl Pearl Dy Lott husband of Evelyn Lott of Indiana was among servicemen awarded Army Good Conduct Medals at the 3384th Service Unit New Cumberland The medal honors at least a year of armed forces service for deserving conduct.
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Robert Kruskey
George J. Kruskey
Buttlesville
Mary. Kruskey
Lucernemines
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
Fla
United States
Set
Kruskey
Lott
Pearl Dy Lott
Evelyn Ki Lott
North Fourth Street
Indiana
New Cumberland
Obituary notices from Indiana Pa and surrounding areas
Obituaries report Clyde W. Byers of 49 South Fifth Street Indiana Pa died Jan 5. Services Feb held at Thompson Funeral Home Vandergrift with interment Apotto Cemetery. Also reported deaths include Frederick E Black Ebensburg cousin of Logan Houck. Lois en route from Santa Barbara. Wary W Rowland Meadville died at Veterans Hospital Aspinwall. funeral details forthcoming. Elizabeth Kerry Barry former Indiana resident died Jan 5 at Memorial Hospital Johnstown. nine children listed and burial Greenwood Cemetery. Elizabeth Ford Condron Grove City died Jan 2 after heart attack. services Jan 4 Grove City. interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Clyde W. Byers
Fifth Street
Indiana
Florence Houston Byers
Thompson Funeral Home
Vandergrift
Apotto
Thompson Funeral
Logan Houck
Frederick E. Black
West High Street
Ebensburg
Lois
Santa Barbara
Calif
Lloyd's Cemetery
Summit Lodge
Warry W. Rowland
Water Street
Meadville
Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
John D
Elizabeth (McMillen) Rowland
Margaret Kennedy Rowland
J. C. Wolfe
Harold van Dyke
Earl Ingram
Atlanta
Robinson
Elizabeth (Kerey) Barry
Johnstown
Hollsepple
Memorial Hospital
Derbyshire
England
John C
Charlotte Kerry
John ‘R
Floyd
Arthur T. Mikesell
Holisopple
George Westerroth
Baltimore
Greenwood Cemetery
Elizabeth Ford Condron
Erin Street
Grove City
Sandusky
William and
Emily
Harrison) Ford
Indiana County
Braddock
Turner Bates
Russell Bates
Pittsburgh
John White
Elwood City
Charles Gilliard
Alison Park
8. W. Condron
Ives
Shelley
Woodlawn
Homer B. Henderson
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Thases
Yasod le May
United Nations
Peggy Park T
Indiana Evening Gazette
Army
101St Airborne Division
U.s.7th Army
Lynn Getty
Brotzman
St. Patrick's Day
D. Lab., Inc
Week of Prayer
Earl Holt
Iala Vee
Moorhead
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