Germans' Belgian Bulge Dwindles Amid Sausage of Supply Lines
Paris report from AP notes the western third of the Belgian bulge nearly severed with one supply road cut in three places and Flamierge captured, two miles south. German gains claimed near Strasbourg and along the Rhine, with renewed pockets and a threatened Maginot line breach. Allied and American forces fight to contain the latest German drives in Alsace and Holland.
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Venlo
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Antwerp
Saverne Pass
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U. S. Seventh Army
Haguenau
Forces push toward Luzon as Mindoro advance reported
United States forces advance on Luzon with carrier air support and Mindoro landings. MacArthur says forces moved within 60 miles of Manila as air and sea operations target Clark Nichols and Neilson Airdromes. Japanese losses and ongoing bombardment cited. Lingayen Gulf actions noted.
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Philippines
Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
Cemminique
Mindoro
Paluan
Peluan
Amirel Chester W. Mitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Radio
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Lingeyen Gulf
John S. McCain
Formosa
Ryukyus
Navy
Clark
Nichols
Neilson
Palyan
Sixth
Lawri
Canadians Drive To Adriatic Sea
Canadians reach a point near the Adriatic after advancing through marshy lands and separating the Cagoons from the Adriatic. Allied patrols report mopping up on Leyte and raids across the Philippines Moluccas and Bougainville. Lieutenant William A. Winslow of Tennessee awarded the Flying Cross. Rome and Aquila wrecks noted by the U S Air Force in Genova harbor.
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Paluan
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Philippines
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Dutch East Indies
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New Ireland
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Solomons
Leyte
Enna Ang
Betsy Man
William A
Cedar Street
Elizas Gang
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Army
Tokyo Declares Yanks On Way To Invade Luzon
Reports say American forces are moving toward Luzon as the Philippines region faces intensified bombardment near Lingayen Gulf north of Manila. Communications assess whether the invasion will pour into the area, with urgent wartime broadcasts emphasizing the plan and the advancing U S troops.
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Luzon
Philippines
Lingayen
Manila
Man
Street Scene Describes Morning After Night Rain
Fragmented lines describe a street scene with a toppled tree near a setout area. Concrete debris and paper winds lie in a parking lot as figures whistling pass by in the rain. The mood is gloomy with rain clouds overhead during early hours.
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Phils
CAP Us
Government Reviews Essentials to tighten war manpower
Government panels review the essential activities list to drop some items and keep most in place while highlighting critical munitions work. Selective Service directs draft boards to draft men up to 38 if they switch jobs without permission and to ease deferments for those in war production, signaling a broader push to curb job shifting and stabilize labor for war needs. Leaders from Taft Kilgore Hayden Bailey push for action within existing laws as war programs intensify.
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Selective Service
Y. Navy
Selective Service, Manpower Commission
War Production Boards
War Food Administration
Taft
Ohio
Kilgore
Hayden
Ariz
Bailey
British Forces Push ELAS Deeper Into Hills Near Athens
British troops and RAF aircraft pressed ELAS units in the hills west and northeast of Athens. In Eleusis area clashes left 63 ELAS dead and 44 captured as truce terms were withdrawn and negotiations tied to British prisoner treatment. Premier Plastiras expanded his cabinet naming John Macropoulos and C. Amandos to key posts, not aligned with EAM.
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Athens
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Tthe
Capitel
Eleusis
Ronald M. Scobie
Nicholas Plastiras
John Macropoulos
Prof
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EAM
National Liberation Front
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Measure Aims to Compensate Localities for Government Parks
Washington notes that a government parks measure would repay up to 25 percent of annual park revenue to states counties and municipalities losing tax income when lands are acquired for national parks or monuments. Roosevelt and Ickes endorse compensation in principle and Rep Peterson will introduce the bill. non retroactive and complex in practice due to potential gains from tourism and reduced local duties.
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Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
Peterson
D-Fla
Hig
Jackson Horn National Monument
Congress
Lineback Credits City For Stunning 1944 Traffic Safety Record
Kingsport safety director Charles L Lineback praised residents motorists and pedestrians for a 1944 record with no fatal traffic accidents the first time in eight years and a 25 percent drop in personal injury crashes from 1943 He credited the newly formed Kingsport Safety Council the Police Department led by Captain John Martin and public cooperation with school patrols The city notes its war industry traffic but plans early this year to inspect brakes lights and other safety features to prevent future accidents
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Lineback
Safety Council
Notwly
Kingsport Safety Council
The
John Martin
Port Haga
Sullivan County's First Traffic Death of Year Reported
Sullivan County reports its first traffic fatality of the year. Rufus Bryan Kindle 16 of Hilltop Street Lynn Garden was killed around 7:30 am as he walked near Gite Cite ve Pony im County. Paul McMurray 28 Morrison City faces involuntary manslaughter charges after an accident near City Cemetery. Kindle identified by brother Glenn Hindle. funeral plans to follow.
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Hilltop Street
Lynn Garden
Im County
Aialice
J. E. Upchurch
Elmer Robinson
D. L. McConnell
Paul McMurray
Morrison City
Ben Leeper
Lovedale
Glenn Hindle
G. W. Fletcher
S. L. McLain
Holston Valley
Farr
Oseca, Vah
Sullivan County
Yanks Wonder What Has Become Of Jap Fighters on Luzon
US bomber crews report no interceptions over Luzon since January while MacArthur notes only one interceptor over the area. December 28 saw 50 enemy fighters over Clark Field with 39 shot down. Despite losses, Japanese air power remains active in Philippine waters.
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Luzon
Leyte
Japan
Lawon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Philippine
Clark Field
Bfanila
Reid
Tuperja High Command
High Command
American Heavy Bombers Strike Reich in Daylight Raid
British based American heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force attacked Germany in daylight as RAF fleets bombed Munich overnight. The 16th raid in 17 days supported Allied ground forces by hitting supply channels and key rail facilities from Hamm to Karlsruhe. Lost aircraft included nine bombers and one fighter in blizzard conditions of 56 below zero.
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London
Germany
Munich
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Rhine
Hamm
Karlsruhe
Nazi Attacks Push Reds From Bastion Esztergom
Soviet dispatches report heavy Nazi counterattacks to relieve the Budapest garrison as Red forces push toward Komarom and Bratislava. Moscows says Germans suffered 1,409 killed and 300 captured with 49 tanks knocked out while Danube bridgeheads expand north and east. Also 630 Jewish refugees arrive in Istanbul en route to Palestine.
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Dannahy
Esztergom
Budapest
Danube
Moscow
Hron
Red Army
Garom
Komarom
Buda
Hron River
Czechoslovakia
Bustergom
Bratislavs
Vienna
Legislature to Act on Governor Pay Increase
Tennessee's 74th General Assembly, reassembling after Gov. Prentice Cooper's farewell, will consider boosting the governor's salary from 4000 to 15000 dollars. Rep. Edward Dotson Be Hickman filed the measure on opening day. Cooper urged tax levels hold and expenditures stay within income, while proposing capital spending and higher annual appropriations. The session also revisited poll tax issues, with a bill exempting women from the levy as a voting prerequisite but not from payment.
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Nashville
Texanessee
General Assembly
Prentied Cooper
Edward Dotson
Hickman
Cooper
Montgomery Praises Yanks After Von Rundstedt Drive Fails
Field marshal Montgomery declared the German offensive in Belgium failed to gain strategic aims and praised American and Allied valor. He noted the initiative had shifted to the Allies, highlighted American divisions and airborne units at St Vith Bastogne and south of Monschau, and said the fight was not over though the worst parts were past.
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21St Army Group
Belgium
Bernard L. Montgomery
von. Rundstedt
Montgomery A5
Serted
Montgomery
St. Vith
Bastogne
Monschau
Werbave
Wislsalm
Roche
Army Corps
Collins
J. Lawton -Gol- Ins
Road To Berlin Front Mileage Report From Duren
The report notes a 344 mile distance to the next objective on the Russian front, with reference to positions north of Warsaw. It places strategic emphasis on the advancing line and logistical signaling from near Duren.
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Warsaw
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