War analysis clarifies German strength and Allied progress
The piece argues that German forces in Western Europe are weaker in material and manpower than at D-Day, despite a concentrated front. It notes Allied leadership praise, the now slowed but ongoing battle, and Montgomery's pragmatic view. It stresses no reason for pessimism, while acknowledging potential fierce German resistance.
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France
Roosevelt
Centralisenshower
Allied A
Allied
Ike J
Ham Thig
Battle of the Bulge
Tne
Shal Montgomery
Monty
Sback
Rommel
Western
Europe
Reich
Nazidam
Normandy
Marshal von Rundstedt
Germany
Wnelthar
Reich Bulge Troops In Danger Pocket Behind Ardennes Fight
Allied forces pushed the German salient in the Ardennes on multiple fronts. U S Seventh Army, First and Third Armies, Ninth Army and British Second Army pressed the advance through the Wissembourg Gap and toward Haguenau, Bastogne, Wiltz, and La Roche. American units cut key routes, captured towns, and tightened the encirclement as German countermeasures emerged along the Rhine.
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Wissembourg
Haguenau
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardognnes Bulge
Lierneaux
U. S. First Army
Falaise
Fraiture
St. Vithshe Roche
Cs Y
Fiamierge
Bastogne
Piile
Mande
St. Etienne
F Willard S. Paul
Witz
Luxembourg
Wiltz
Second
Marche
Strasbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Hips
Hotton Road
Marcourt
la Roche
82Nd Airborne Division
Third Army
Orreux
Jong
Bernard L. Montgomery
von Rundstedt
la Rothe
Houffalize
Ambleve
Poe
Stavejot
Lady of the Pub Lays Low Nazi Drive in Belgium
In Celles Belgium on January 3 a Belgian saloon keeper halted a German tank advance during Von Rundstedt's counteroffensive. She claimed miners had laid mines on the route, prompting the officer to turn back the tank, a deception that masked no such minefield.
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Belgium
Celles
Marshal von Rundstedt
Heroic 28th Halts German Drive in Luxembourg Night Battle
The 28th Division held a key crossing five days after Rundstedt opened a major push. Surviving soldiers report relentless German waves and brutal close combat near Residorf as they defended against armored and infantry assaults for days without rest. About 2,000 Germans were killed as the Allied resistance halted the thrust toward Arlon and Luxembourg.
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Germany
Rundstedt
Qure
Luxembourgh
Hisieged Bastogne
Residorf
Plo
Harry Stutz
de Wweit, Mich
Corp
Ben Bertram
Chicagdy Tl
Grosbous
Foulen
Luxembourg
Hitler
Arlon
Lower 13 Slayer Dies in Oregon Gas Chamber
Robert E. Folkes died in Oregon's gas chamber at 2:13 p.m. for the lower 13 slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, still protesting his innocence. He claimed racial bias in conviction and recounted the berth slashing aboard a Southern Pacific train car in 1948. Edna St. Vincent Millay is noted as previously published under Nancy Boyd.
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Salem
Ore
Robert E. Folkes
Martha Virginia James
Oregon
Oourder
Navy
Norfolk
Southern Pacific
Richard F. James
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nancy Boyd
Massive Pittsburgh fire engulfs two brick blocks on First Avenue
A six alarm blaze in Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle destroyed two brick buildings including William Renton shop and Pittsburgh Office Furniture. Fire lines protected nearby acetylene gas stores as 150 firefighters fought late morning flames. Damages pegged at over 200000 with onlookers watching from Mt. Washington.
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Pittsburgh
First Avenue
Monongahela River
Mt. Washington
This War Is Not a Young Man's War
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey says in the official Selection Service publication that the war can no longer be regarded as a young man's war. He notes that the young man is the best warrior if fit, unless irreplaceable in critical production, and urges older registrants who can contribute to war work to be made available for military service where possible.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Son-in-Law of Col Adams Killed in Pacific War
Lt W W. Go Richard W. Shelley of Forksville, commander of a Navy plane, was killed in action in the south Pacific. The Navy notified his wife Mrs Ruth Adams Shelley. Shelley, son-in-law of Col Lynn G Adams, former State Police Commissioner, had earlier joined the service while employed by the State Forests and Water Department near Williamsport. His brother Kenneth Shelley, a member of the Army Air Corps, was killed six months ago.
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Harrisburg
Jan
W W. GO
Richard W. Shelley
Forksville
Navy
South Pacific
Ruth Adams Shelley
Lynn G. Adams
Shelley
State Forests and Water Department
Williamsport
Lir
Kenneth Shelley
Scion
Army Air Corps
Reds Driven Back By Nazi Power Drives
Nazi counter-offensive claims 25 miles gained toward Budapest while Soviet reports say Russians crossed the Hron and Danube fronts near Esztergom. The Budapest garrison faces renewed German attacks as 1,400 Germans are reported killed with 49 tanks and 16 armored troops carriers knocked out.
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London
Jan
Budapest
Berlin
Baranov
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Krakow
Danube
Esztergom
Sohutl
Moscow
Red Army
Hron
Garom
Kemarom
Buda
Pest
Air Cargo Rates Compared With Sea Freight After War
The America Merchant Marine Institute reports air transport carries far less total cargo than sea yet commands higher unit value. For each 1.5 pounds flown,Freighters haul 2000 pounds, and per passenger, the Merchant Marine moves 1000 pounds across seas. A cross- Himalaya air route plane leaves every 12 minutes, yet one Liberty ship per month could match its cargo. Lt. Langdon Marvin notes air cargo value is 6.42 percent of sea value, while unit value is 80 times higher. Sea and air services supplement each other as fuel and supplies for airlines come by sea. Nine shipping firms have applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for postwar services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America Merchant Marine Institute
America
Merchant Marine
Institute
American Steamship Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pope Message Is Attacked By Soviet Press
Moscow reports condemn editorial in Pravda calling Pope Pius XII a defender of democracy if democracy means supporting a fascist regime. It cites New York World Telegram and others claiming the Pope aims to distract believers from war and peace. London notes War and the Working Class open letter against Cooper free press campaign while CBS notes response.
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Moscow
Pravda
Tmhannel
Communist Party
New York World- Telegram
Washington Eivening Star
New York Sun
Pope Pius XII
Pape
London
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
CBS
George Moorad
Monitor
Cooper
Moorad
Russia
Georgeville 4-H Club to Meet January 9 at 8 PM
Smyrna-Georgeville 4-H members and families gather Tuesday evening January 9 at 8:00 p.m. at Horace Kinter's Georgeville home. Reports by members followed by Ralph Peters presenting a new colored sound motion picture Fortress in the Sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna-Georgeville
Horace Kinter
Georgeville
Ralph BR. Peters
Gazette
Tourists in 1950 to spend a billion dollars abroad
A National Planning Association forecast predicts postwar travel will surge, with American tourists spending about $1 billion overseas by 1950, rivaling prewar peaks and supported by steamship capacity. Foreign visitors will spend about $406 million in the United States, totaling roughly $1.01 billion in global travel services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Planning Association
American Merchant Marine Institute
Two Romanians Sentenced in Pro Carol Restoration Plot
In Detroit federal court, Rev. Glighach Moraru, Rev. Stephan Opreanu, and publisher George Zarafir were sentenced to prison terms from two to five years and fines from 300 to 3,000 dollars for failing to register as agents of exiled King Carol of Romania. The trio pleaded no defense and had been denied permission to withdraw the plea. The government said they led a movement to restore Carol to the throne. last word placed him in Mexico.
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Detroit
Carol of
Romania
United States
Edward J. Moinet
Noto
Glighach Moraru
SS. Peter and Paul Romanian Orthodox Church of
Moinet
Stephan Opreanu
St. George Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
George Zarafir
the Voice of
Carol
Mexico
Bar Association Cancels Annual Convention in Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvania Bar Association called off its June 27 to 30 gathering in Pittsburgh amid a government suggestion for a voluntary ban on such events. The group empowered its executive committee to handle all business, including officer elections, until the next annual meeting possibly in 1646. A plan to establish small claim divisions in Pennsylvania common pleas courts except Allegheny and Philadelphia was approved in principle, to speed disputes up to 300. The 1945 General Assembly was urged to form a commission to codify laws on deceased estates. No action on amending banking and building codes to implement the GI Bill of Rights. The joint medico legal committee deferred a proposed system of pre sentencing medical clinics pending study of a statewide reception center near Harrisburg for convicted criminals.
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Hershey
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pittsburgh
Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Martin
Joint Medico Legal Committee
Harrisburg
Nazis Exporting Funds For 3d War
German industrialists are allegedly exporting funds for safekeeping and arranging development of new weapons for a future war, driven by Nazi party leadership to stay secretly in power after defeat. The shift marks a policy reversal from prior ban on moving money out of the Reich.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Belgium
Nazi Party
Germany
Reich
Weather Western Pennsylvania Ends With Light Snow Tonight
Occasional freezing drizzle of rain diminishes this afternoon with little temperature change. Cloudy tonight gives way to light snow and much colder conditions by late Bay War Bougs and Stampa.
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Pennsylvania
Should the GOP Change Its Methods
Washington January 8 Rep Clare Hollman of Michigan argues the Republican party’s failures stem from leadership and committee assignment practices. He sent a 1200 word letter urging reforms at the next conference including limits on major committees and increased minority participation. He cites weak opposition and senior members hoarding power as a problem facing the party.
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Washington
Clare Hollman
ReMich
Michigan
Hoffman
House
Obituary notices recount Meadville man and others
Obituary items recount the death of Harry William Rowland in Aspinwall Pa a veteran of World War I who was a meat cutter and will be honored by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Interment is at Oakland Cemetery in Meadville with military honors Also noted are deaths of Minnie Catherine Conner Smith and Charles H Drake with service details and surviving relatives from Indiana and nearby communities
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Harry William Rowland
Meadville
Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
John D
Elizzabeth (McMillen) Rowland
Marion Center
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Indiana Post
American Legion
Courmont Club
Uniteed States Army
110Th Infantry
Margaret Kennedy Rowland
J. C. Wolfe
Harold van Dyke
Earl Ingram
Atlanta
Georgia
Robinson Funeral Home
James K. Leitch
United Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Minnie Catherine (Conner) Smith
Montgomery Two
Indiana Co
Benjamin Pearce
Youngstown
Herbert Smith
Robert and
Elizabeth (Walker) Conner
Maj
Edward
Sgt
Glenn
Mildred Pearce
Smith
Mary Bennett
R. G
Simon Conner
Ada Duck
Cherry Tree
Levi
Glen Campbell
Lilly Jacoby
Dixonville
Ella Meekins
Commodore
Baptist Church
Ed C. Gray
IL Oo
O. F
Burnside
Meardell Funeral Home
Learfield Co
Charles W. Drake
Salem
Charlies H. Drake
Greenwood Avenue
Emsworth
Standard Steel Spring Company
New York City
Church of the Assumption
Sprague Street
Drake
Standard Steel Spring
Oliver Building
Aileen Walker Drake
Benjamin F. Drake
A. B
Detroit
Paul A. Drake
Kingston
Qontania
George H. O'Niel
William Pear
H. M. ‘Walker
Indiana, Pa
Calvary Cemetery
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NEA
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Pacific
Clyde Bass
Cincinnati
Ohio
Penna
S. Heroic
Col. Adams
Pope
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Lebach
Ostweiler
Jutlinger, Saarlautern
Volklinger
Saarbrucken
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Sorreguemines
St.ngbert Blieskaste
Kitch
Puttelange
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Gros
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Neustadt
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Miles
Karlsruhe
Benestroft A
Dieuze
Sarre- Union
Saar
Sarrebourg
Wingen Vga
Iege
Ingwiller
Reichshotten
Bischweiler
Strasbourgs
Wis ‘Philippsbourg
Enoultz
Lauterbourg
Sgambshein
Baden Baden
Gambshein
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Kerlsruhe
Harry Byers
Columbus
Harry E. Byers
Byers
Bar Association
GOP
West Point
Benedict Arnold
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