Yanks Strike Italian Bearing Plant and Rail Yards
Allied air and ground forces hit Villa Perosa bearing plant near Turin and surrounding rail yards, wiping out a significant bearing facility. Eighth Army Indian troops advanced inland from the Adriatic as patrols probed San Vittore defenses. Allied bombers damaged Yugoslav docks at Split and Sibenik while escorting formations faced German fighters in heavy anti-aircraft fire.
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Algiers
U. S
Villa Ferosa
Fly
Turin
Eighth Army
Adriatic
San Vittera
Rome Road
Naals
Mouintain Passes
Split
Sibenik
1Th
Forea
Wathan Twining
Villa Perosa
Villa’ Perosz Ig
Berlin
Pistoia
Florence
Tomasso
Ortona
Tollo
Fifth Army
Miguano
Villa Porosa
Ville
Perosa
Canat
Prijedor
Yugoslavia
Motor T Rasport
Avenz_ zeno
Cervara
Civitavecchia
Rome
Defenders Bombard Yugoslav Town Amid New Year Combat
German Second Tank Army units along the Adriatic coast face fierce Yugoslav Partisan resistance in Banjatuka. Tito reports brutal street fighting, claim Partisans seized half the city, stormed the prison and town hall killing over 200 German troops. Artillery shells the area as Partisans block rail links and disrupt supply lines.
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London
Banjatuka
Yugoslavian
Adriatic
Josip Broz
Tito
Pardeane
Yaroslav
Alrect
Lows
Palace Hotel
Tto
Banjalukta
Bunjaluks
Prijodor
Baniplubensngrets
Jiqua
NPP
Indictments Link Nazi Propaganda to U S Subversion
Washington reports a grand jury indicted 25 defendants including George Viereck Elizabeth Dilling Joseph E McWilliams and William Kelley Pel ley for conspiring with German Reich officials and Nazi leaders to dissuade military loyalty promote mutiny and aid a Nazi regime in the United States Several named defendants have prior sedition convictions and the case is part of a broader Justice Department probe while a separate bus crash in Harrisonburg Virginia injures 14 people was noted.
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Washington
Justice Department
German Reich
United States
George Sylvester Viereck
Joseph E. McWilliams
Christian Mobilizers
Elizabeth Dilling
Red Network
William Dudley Pelley
Lhe Silver Shirts
George E. Deatherage
Knights of the White Camellia
Dilling
Apanright
Roosevelt
Chicago
Luis de Lafayette Washburn
National Liberty Party
Francia Biddle
Department
Imamet
Japs Pay Big Price In Pacific War Update
Allied forces report heavy Japanese losses across the Southwest and Central Pacific. Allied air power damaged four warships and 33 Japanese planes as U S troops push along New Guinea New Britain and New Ireland fronts. In the Central Pacific a Japanese broadcast claims 14 Mitchell bombers were shot at Taroa. Maj Gen Daniel Isam Sultan, 58, named deputy commander in chief of U S Army Forces In China Burma and India under Lt Gen Stilwell.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Central Pacific
Taroa
U. S. Sixth Army
Afawe
Kavieng
Luakunai
Rabaul
Sotamanabasnd
Huon
Saldor
Madang
Daniel Isam Sultan
U.S. Army
China
Burma
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Czech Leader Foresees Hitler Death Before Trial
Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, predicted Hitler will not live to face Allied trials. He suggested Hitler may die by suicide or be eliminated by the military, and urged swift action against Nazi terrorists. He also called for a firing squad in Prague and noted ongoing efforts to clean up Nazi crimes after the war.
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Washington
Masaryk
Hitler
Magarye
London
United Nations
Atlantic City
Czethoslovakia
Prague
Allied Invasion Council May Hold First Session Today
Dispatches from London report the Allied Invasion Council likely to convene soon with a master plan for a major Europe onslaught. General Montgomery has arrived in London as Allied leaders including Leigh-Mallory and Spaatz prepare to join the invasion command, while British troops in Italy boast progress and resolve.
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Allied Invasion Council
London
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Traftford Leigh-Mallory
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
England
Montgomery
Flo
Italy
Eighth Army
Public Hearings Set For Prohibition Bill
Washington reports a House Judiciary Subcommittee will hold hearings next week on a nationwide prohibition bill. Rep Bryson seeks to outlaw beverages with over 0.5 percent alcohol by volume, aiming to curb absenteeism and boost war production. Mayor supporters back the measure while opponents warn it will silence armed forces voices. Petition totals around 1,000 with as many as 300,000 signers. the chairman estimates about 159,000 signers favor the bill. NAZI COUNTERMEASURES and bootlegging crackdown sections also appear, with Judge Kert urging Davidson County to break up bootlegging networks amid significant liquor related offenses.
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Hobbs
D-Als
Cong
Rep
Bryson
D-5.c
House
Tme
Congress
Ratospeck
Georgia
Mary
William McDermott
Ift
Goose Neck Hollow to Forest View Name Change Sought
In Sullivan County four miles east of Kingsport off Bloomingdale Road residents of Goose Neck Hollow press to rename their valley settlement Forest View by popular vote. The plan, led by the Hume Demonstration group, was discussed at a Brownsville court meeting with deputy sheriff Breeding explaining the history and desire for a modern community name.
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Goose Neck Hollow
Kingsport
Bloomingdale Road
Aee
Vesley
Qialy
Sullivan County
Brownsville
Forest View
Breeding
Sher
Clayman's Road
Clayman’s Branch
Sullivan Democrats Organize County Party Reorganization Meeting
Sullivan County Democrats elected P. H. Spivey as chairman at Blountville in a bid to energize the active election year. Joe Worley was named secretary and Mrs. Mary McKamey vice chairman with nominations unanimous for key posts. Furlow announced a 1925 Senate bid tied to a call for anti-Japan and anti-Germany diplomatic stances, while a finance committee was formed to oversee party funds.
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Front Sinusce Ys Service
Blountville
W. A. S. Furlow
Bristol
Charles B. Worley
Bluff City
Judge Handy
Tex K. Griffth
Bluir City
Mre. Worley
Charles E. Worley, Jr
Stor
Walter Moody
Kingsport
Wise County
Democratic Party
Spivey i
Sullivan County
Eleventh Civ
Tennessee Eastmal) Corporation
W. S. Waddell
Spivey
Sams
Worley
T. R. Bandy
McKamey
Furlow
W. A . Farlow
State Senate
Sullivan
Hawkins
Farlow
Tennessee Senate
Tennessee
United States
Purdow
WW. A. S
Billy Furlow
South Pacific
Furlows
Army Air Forces
K. McLean Purlow
Fort Eustis
Way
Army
Nat Copenhaver
Josephh. Caldwell
T. R.bandy
T. J. Burrow
Soviet Report Says 170 Villages Retaken In Drive
Soviet forces under Gen Nikolai Vatutin push through old Poland after capturing Oleysk and near Olevsk. A Russian communique claims 170 villages recaptured as spearheads advance from Olevek toward Kiev Warsaw railway. German losses cited in the offensive and encirclement threats near Vinnitsa and Zhmeyniks.
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Moscow
Ap—Redy
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiecy
Old Poland
Oleysk
Olevsk
Neovograd-Volynsk
Kiev-Warsaw
Olevek
Kiev
Entechina
Russia
Poland
Warsawy
Fphlainges
Vetutin
Dzerehinse
Zhitori
Fritz von Mannstein
IxXtev
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Riselone
Gorodnits
Slucz
Olevak
von Mannstein
Vatutin
Red Army
Red
Stalin
Novograd-Volytski
Kazatin-Uman
Dnieper
Warsaw-Odessa
Knox says U S softening Marshall Islands air defense
Secretary of the Navy Knox said American air forces continue to soften up the Marshall Islands with weak opposition in the air and ongoing raids on Wotje, Jaluit, Mille, and other bases. He cited New Year’s Day carrier strike near New Ireland sinking two enemy heavy cruisers and damaging destroyers, with Japanese losses and interceptor combat.
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Washington
Knox
Marshall Islands
Wotje
Kwajalemn
Mille
Islait
Tarayra
Makin Island
Eiox
South Pacific
New Ireland
Kavieng
Bombers Raid French Areas by Marauders
American Marauder bombers staged a heavy attack on military objectives in Pas de Calais France today in retaliation for RAF Mosquito raids into western Germany. All planes returned safely after escort by RAF Dominion and Allied fighters. Danish radio ceased and Norwegian signals faded, hinting at enemy disruption.
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United States
Pas de Calaia
France
Germany
RAF
Dominion
Aled
Oslo
Tromesee
James Castle Jr Killed In Action In War Depart Notice
Mr and Mrs James Castle Sr received Tuesday a War Department telegram notifying their son Private James Castle Jr had been killed in action. Castles say he had served in the Marines since 1947 and was a former employee of Tennessee on Corp. He is survived by his parents two sisters Mrs George Leedy and Mrs Clayton Lane and two brothers Luther and Cecil Castle all of Kingsport and Dun Ranston Virginia.
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James Castle
War Department
Private James Castle, Jr
Wellon
Castle
Marines
Tennessee On Corp
Dun Ranston
George Leedy
Clayton Lane
Sid
Luther
Cecil Castle
Kingsport
Green accuses Marshall over anonymous Axis propaganda claim
AFL President William Green attributed a statement to Gen. George Marshall alleging Axis propaganda based on American rail and steel disputes prolonged the war. Marshall offered no immediate comment as Congress and White House officials faced a storm of protest over an anonymous source and imagined liability.
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Washington
George ©. Marshall
AFL
William Green
Marshall
White House
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Diplomats Hope Red Advance To Cause No Trouble
Diplomatic observers monitor the Russian Army westward drive amid hopes no border incidents will heighten tension with the Polish government in exile. The stance of the Polish underground, Red Army conduct, and London policy are cited as key factors shaping any potential outbreak of hostilities.
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Red
Washington
Russia
Poland
Red Army
London
Jan Wapinski
United Natations
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Paris
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Chattanooga
George F. McCanless
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James Castle, Jr
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Rep. Shafer
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House Military Committee
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