Poland's postwar map triggers fear and hope in wartime
A Moscow sourced piece calling for Polish westward expansion at German expense sparks debate among Allies. It argues Russia will not return eastern Polish lands, suggesting Germany’s拆 reallocation as compensation. The column notes risks of renewed war and ponders humane population shifts as a possible remedy, while acknowledging fierce nationalist claims on both sides.
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Poland
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Red
America
Britain
Reich
East Prussia
Silesia
Danzig
Europe
Power To Tax Is Power To Destroy Warns Martin
IMTISBURGH Jan 7 Governor Martin warned the danger to free government from rising governmental costs and the need to overhaul the tax system. He said all budgets must be balanced and taxes must not confiscate wealth, asserting the power to tax equals the power to control.
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Martin
Imtisburgh
Jovernor Martin
Allegheny County
League of Women Voters
America
Week of Prayer and Shipyard Strike Update
The article describes a Week of Prayer in London with religious reflection led by Rev. Marshall and others, alongside a major labor strike in a Pittsburgh shipyard where 2,100 workers voted to stay away from work amid a dispute over spray gun versus brush painting. Union leaders claim 8,500 workers were locked out, while company officials cite a broader walkout tied to grievances and pay disputes.
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Angu J
United States Navy
Colby
Cmdr
J. M. L. Joslin
Fourth Naval District
War Labor Board
Pittsburgh
Western
Pennsylvania
E. McDonald
Army
Navy
Dresser Manufacturing Co
Bradford
Dresser
AFL
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Donora
American Steel & Wire Co
AWLB
Shipyard Strike May Bite Cramp Company As 17000 Walkout
Strikes continued from page one as about 17 000 Cramp Shipbuilding Company employees indicated today they would remain out. The movement widens labor pressure on ship production and could affect wartime output.
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Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Baltic port Stettin bombed as 60,000 left homeless
STOCKHOLM reports 60,000 homeless after a raid on Stettin, Germany’s Baltic port, while London says American marine bombers hit northern France objective. RAF Mosquitos raided western Germany for a sixth night, with Marauders returning from cross channel sweeps unscathed. Allied air command notes six Allied aircraft missing, enemy planes downed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tidningen
Stetkin
Ceremany
Baltic
RAP
London
American Marineer
France
Germany
Succers
Sion
Geneva
Paris
Boyington Led Men in Guadalcanal Sweep and Zeros
The Guadalcanal report says Greg Boyington led a flight with over 50 fighters that downed six of 20 intercepting Zeros, with several probable. Squadron mates say he destroyed as many as 40 across his career, though only crashes seen are confirmed. He earned six kills as a Flying Tiger in China and later after rejoining the Marines.
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Greg Boyington
Arn
Guadalcanal
Lave
Boyington
Blacksheen
China
Marine Corps
Plane hits flock of seagulls at LaGuardia Field
A Canadian airliner, grounded for three days by bad weather, took off from LaGuardia. It struck about 100 seagulls, flattening the edge of a wing and forcing a precautionary landing to avoid further damage.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Rank
Tree shipment sparks Christmas display in Boston area
The Booston and Maine Railroad announced today it was routing a center of 21 carloads of Christmas trees that never reached a market. The unexpected surplus raises questions about seasonal demand and distribution priorities.
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Boston
Booston and Maine Railroad
Woman Demands Gas Coupons for Maternity Trip in Salt Lake City
An applicant at a Salt Lake City gas station threatened she would have her baby on the spot if not issued extra gasoline ration coupons to reach a maternity hospital. The procedure was sped up and the woman departed with several coupons clutched in her hand.
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Salt Lake City
FDR SCARED BY CLARE LUCE IN LA RALLY
Clare Booth Luce, Republican from Connecticut, says history will record the Roosevelt era as a "bloody and low in spirits" period marked by humiliating failures and bloodshed. She claims the 1944 poll outcome will reflect this era and criticizes Franklin D Roosevelt and his personal ambitions.
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Los Angeles
Jan. T
Clare Booth Luce
R-Conn
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano
Halsey Sees Tokyo Celebration Near as War Progress Accelerates
Allied forces close on Saidor on the Huon Peninsula as Australian veterans push Japanese units into a shrinking pocket. Halsey predicts a future Tokyo celebration while praising American troops for jungle warfare progress and Seabees at Munda airport. He notes Japanese naval guns rarely engage by day and commends carrier air power and fighter sweeps over Rabaul.
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Saidor
Huon Peninsula
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Uciiie
Kavieng Marbor
Ha i
Southwest Pacific
Rabael Arcs
Rabaul
Tokyo
Los Angeles
South
Halsey
H, BH
Arnold
Army Air Forces
Catlic Corps
Seabees
Munda
United States
Partisans claim Banja Luka attacked. Nazi losses tallied
European report says partisans attacking Banja Luka, headquarters of the second German tank army, abandoned the fight after six days with 80 Germans killed, 720 captured and 700 wounded. Russian advances ten miles into Poland at Rakitne cited by a German spokesman as pressuring a potential full Soviet push.
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Banja Luka
Old Poland
Rakitne
Russia
U S Rocket Plane Pronounced Success
A joint U S Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force announcement described a jet propulsion fighter plane as developed and tested with hundreds of flights and near high altitude extreme speed. The twin engined craft, based on Frank Whittle designs, signals wartime secrecy and potential secret weapon status.
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Washington
Army Aim Forces
Royal Air Force
Thei Speculint
Ags Peen Pepardest
Gaehuily
United Nations
RAF
RAP
Frank Whittle
Whittle
Ramsey Black Seen as Senate Prospect in Democrat Push
In Harrisburg on January 7, Ramsey S. Black Assistant Postmaster General emerged as a possible Democratic candidate for the U S Senate after talks with county leaders. Guffey and Lawrence signaled no commitment while Rhodes was favored for re election and Duff pondered a possible Republican bid. National notes feature Senator Vandenberg challenging Democratic Chairman Walker to act on a four month old invitation to drop foreign policy from the campaign.
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Harrisburg
Ramsey S. Black
U. S. Senate
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
David L. Lawrence
Jus. J. Davis
Martin
Duff
theSenate
Davis
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Midh
Frank Walker
Walker
Democratic Party
Mackinac
Michigan
Congress
Fifth Army drives near Cassino make limited gains
American forces report progress on the Cassino front in Italy as Monte Malo is captured and the drive along the via Casilino toward Rome yields only minor gains. The San Vittore village remains fiercely contested, while the British Eight Army improves positions near the Adriatic. Mosquito bombers conduct night raids on Western Germany and naval air operations target northern France and German waters. In the east, Russian advances push toward Warsaw and Berlin, with Stalingrad, Kiev, and Dnieper bend theaters highlighting heavy fighting and heavy losses for German forces.
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Black Sea
Monte Malo
Italy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Via Casilino
Rome
Venafro
San Vittore
Adriatic
Eight Army
Germany
France
Channel
Rekitne
Stalingrad
Volga
Warsaw
Berlin
Raikitno “2
Rovno
Poland
Russia
Kiev
Dnieper Bend
Vatutin
Bulge
Ivan Koney
Zaporozhe
Cherkasy
Livovets
Koy
Vinnitsa
Warsaw- Odessa
Lower
Dnieper
London
Baltic
Stettin
Stockholmn
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
KAP
Judge laments attire of feminine clients in court
Portia's St Louis reports Circuit Judge Eugene J Sartorious in a domestic relations court paused proceedings yesterday. He urged lawyers to ensure their female clients dress properly in court and said if they are dressed inadequately it is hard to tell litigants from attorneys.
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ST. Louis
Eugene J. Sartorious
Domesic Relations Court
Proveciings
Arrested as Nippon Agent in New York
Arthur Clifford Read, 32, American born, held on $10,000 bail on charges of being an unregistered agent of Japan. Read, on furlough from Camp Croft, was arrested after admitted receiving 15000 from Japanese authorities in Hong Kong Seattle and New York for propaganda work. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover confirmed the admission.
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New York
FBI
U. S S. Army
Arthur Clifford Read
Camp Croft
S.C
U. S
Garret W. Cot
Tractor sold by lottery at OPA price draw
In Tallula J ATTRACTIVE TALLULA announces a tractor sale drawing drew 121 prospective buyers. Bidders contributed a total of 101640 dollars and names were entered in a hat. The winner obtained the tractor at the ceiling price of 840 dollars through a draw conducted under OPA rules.
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Tallula
Father of Five Soldiers Dead in Influenza Epidemic
Frank J. Wrobel Sr. of Big Run died Wednesday night at 7:30 in a Dubois hospital after a brief illness. The first influenza death in the Big Run area, he leaves a widow, six sons and two daughters. Five sons Edward John Frank Joseph and Terome are overseas. Stanley and the daughters Maryl and Sophia are at home. Funeral arrangements set for 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Assumption Church Sylkesville with interment at Soldiers Hill Cemetery.
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Big Run
DuBois
Frank J. Wrobel
R. D
Poland
United States
St. Benedict
Edward
John
Frank
Joseph
Terome
Stanley
Maryl
Sophia
Assumption
Obituary notices from Elderton to Glen Campbell
Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery for Mrs Mary Frances Carmichael Black born March 30 1852 daughter of Andrew and Jane Hathaway Carmichael. Surviving are daughters Mary Clarus Ruth London and sons Roy Bun, with 13 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Services at Elderton United Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Reynald and J Henderson. Burial in Atwood Cemetery. Mary Kernissick born October 13 1883 near Gypsy died at home. Requiem high mass at St Michael Glen Campbell with interment in Glen Campbell Cemetery. Clothing drive notes follow with Red Cross efforts and Greek War Relief details. Ms Lean Berwick died in Staford at 2:15 pm. Lena Belle Young Blood and Irene Mitchell presences noted. Stella Shirley and William A Glenn obituaries listed with funeral plans and interments. Bees lifespan noted as about eight years.
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Marshall
Nicodemus
Mark
Christ
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Kingdom of God
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Christ Episcopal Church
Arthur J. Pfobl
Host’ Church
Vanessa Meadelay
Caroline Thomas Holstein
Dichnont
Jane Buchanan
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Frances {Carmichael
Women's Missionary Society
Black
Old Homestead
Jennie Pike
Hutchinson Ran
Mary Clar
Ruth London
Angola
Ind
Roy Black
Grove City
Bun Black
Rural Valley
Paul
Farl
Clark
Ebderton J
Elderston United Presbyterian Church
Messrs
Charles F. Reynald
Elderton
J. R. Henderson
Turtle Creek
Atwood Cemetery
Mary Kernissick
Smigie
Austria
Gipsy
Stephen Kernissick
Annie Stozak
Arcadia
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Glen Campbell
Father
Anwsztiewicz
Glen Campbell Cemetery
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Eleanor Roosevelt
Greece
Lean Berwick
Davies
Wales
Naphew
James Jones
Stafford
Jones
Claytat
Stiew
Cockport
Irene Mitchell
Mullen Avenue
St. Louis Catholic Church
Leeernemines
M. Roset.tvat
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Tudiana
Stella
Shirley
Rose Parerong
Clune
St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church
Wormner City
St Bernard's Cemetery
Indiwth
William A. Glenn
Glenn
Alverda
McDowell Cemetery
Church
Joseph and
Mary
Garner) Glenn
Pine Township
Catherine
Martin) Glenn
Nannie Pickup
Edward Good
H. A. Davis
John Adams
Barnesbera
R. D
Beers Obituary Continues With Family Ties and Services
The obituary notes long life of Beers with garden work and a greenhouse at his residence. Surviving are widow Euwna Beers, married in 1898, and children Lisle G. Beers, Grace Beers, Wayne Beers, A Sloan Beers, and Jean Bowen. California son en route. Friends may visit after 7:30 p m Saturday at home. Services set for 2 30 p m Monday with Rev Artur J Pioh officiating.
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Euwna Snyder
Lisle G. Beers
Haddonfield
N.J
Grace Beers
Georgetown
Del
Wayne Beers
Los Angeles
Calif
A. Sloan Beers
Indiana
Jean Bowen
State College
California
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