Plans For 1944 Blows Against Japs Outlined
Los Angeles officials and industry leaders heard Navy officers outline aggressive 1944 war plans. General Thames Holcomb stressed relentless advances to reclaim territory seized by Japan, with island hopping and massive blows to converge on Japan. Navy leaders said new shipbuilding would focus on aircraft carriers and destroyer escorts to sustain the push.
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Japan
United Nations
Thames Holcomb
Marine Corps
James V. Borrestr
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McCain
Naval Operations
Guadalcanal
Holcomb
Central Pacific
Rpan
Tealot
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Slovaks Join Red Army After Nazi Alignment
The Czech Press Bureau said a 2,140 strong Slovak unit recently armed by Germany defected to the Red Army in southern Russia. Company commanders led by Lieut. Narel Schavanee reported to Moscow that the force joined at the last moment to resist a Nazi attack.
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Russia
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Yanks Advance as Marines Reach Hill in New Britain Push
Allied forces report 260 Japanese killed as Marine units drive inland from Bargen Bay toward Hil Wo Gap on New Britain. Total enemy losses exceed 2,000 in Cape Gloucester sector. Solomons air forces down 40 Nipponese planes in 16 days. Treasury Island base opens bringing heavy bombers closer to Rabaul.
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South Pacific
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Yugoslav Troops Press Through Snow to Hit Nazis
Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito pushed through snow and ice in the Dimitrian mountains to assault Germans south of Trares while forces north battled Nazi thrusts from Banja Luka. General Mihailovic urged readiness as Tito’s army faced house to house fighting and continued sabotage across Yugoslavia.
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Draja Mihailovic
Cairo
Army of Uberation
Ensanska Gradiska
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
12Th Slavonian
Simplification Of Tax Laws Slated As Number One Task
The Ways and Means Committee plans rapid study of simplifying tax laws. Chairman Coughston says experts are ready to propose methods and the panel will begin after Congress reconvenes. About 50 million payers affected.
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Coughston
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Yanks Forge Relentlessly Into Cassino Plain
Allied forces push through a maze of German fortifications on the Cassino plain following hard won successes at San Vittore and Mt. Porchia. The fall of these strongpoints controls routes to Cassino as advances continue after days of heavy fighting.
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Thursay
Maio
Viticusm
Cassina
Mt. Ralmo
Vitietso
Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Drastic Curb On Deferments For Young Men
The selective service announces a sharp limit on occupational deferments for registrants ages 18 through 21 effective Feb 1. Most under 22 will not get deferments even with critical skills or father status, with small exemptions for farm workers and some college or professional students.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hia Atate Selective Service
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Ots
Hue
Hershey
Eruhey
American Submarines Claim Ten More Japanese Ships Sunk
Admiral Wing reports new patrol results showing ten additional Japanese ships sunk in Pacific and Far Eastern waters. The tally includes a tanker and freighter along with several freighters and a transport, bringing total Pacific losses to 544 ships sunk or damaged with 396 definitely sunk and 214 damaged.
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Ernest J. Wing
Navy
Pacific
Far Eastern
Japan
Pacific Islands
Silence of Nazi Radios Signal Major Allied Raid
Wartime report notes Nazi radio stations fell silent across Belgium Vichy France and Berlin as Allied air forces possibly renewed strikes on Hitler's fortress after a short pause. The Vichy network and long wave Berlin station went quiet while Allied daylight raids over northern France claimed enemy losses and a German fighter downed near Paris.
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se—Nasi
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Hitler
France
Paris Brea
Congress Gears Up For High Stakes War Year
Congress returns to work with unity on victory and postwar finance in focus. Key items include soldiers discharge pay, soldiers vote, subsidies limits, wartime taxes, labor dispute measures, price controls, and a national service training proposal. The Senate and House face fiery battles on these stakes as Roosevelt’s address looms.
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von Mittary
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Senate
House Military Committee
Office of Price Administration
Army
Rep
Wadsworth
Snow Blankets State Regions Ahead of Sunday Freeze
FlurriesSaturday blanketed Nashville for the first snow of 1944 while other Tennessee cities saw light accumulations. Traffic not halted yet Nashville Automobile Club advised avoiding unnecessary trips as temperatures dip to 20 to 25 below with expected freezing roads.
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Tennessee
Nashvile Automobile Cluny
U. S
First Army Widens Polish Spearhead Toward Rumania
Soviet and Polish front forces push deeper into Old Poland and toward Rumania as Kirovograd falls to the Red Army. Stalin praises the victory while German defenses collapse under a four-day drive. Reports claim 140 towns taken and 300,000 Germans in retreat, with major tank and infantry offensives illuminating the Dnieper front.
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An Smile
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Viry
Rudnya i Bobrovskaya
Red
Hend
Losomas
Ig Fall
Presmier
Josep Stalin
Stalin
Dean Paqui
Paris
Garman
Ludwig Sertorious
Berlin
Kirovos Rad
Husslang
Legion Drives Aide for World War II Veterans Reform Bill
The American Legion seeks a broad veterans bill with congressional backing to aid World War II veterans through demobilization pay up to 600, doubled unemployment, federal home buying help, government financed education, and Veterans Bureau oversight as a top service agency. The plan proposes demobilization scales from 100 to 600, hospital construction priorities, doubled unemployment credits, state build funds, monthly education stipends, and full education costs up to four years plus welfare for disabled veterans.
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G. J. Jane
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Veterans Bureau
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Yanks Sink Nazi Blockade Runner
US planes and warships attacked a German blockade runner in the South Atlantic, with Brazilian ships and planes participating. The Brazilian service Arencia Nacional reported the action but gave few details, noting the ship carried war supplies to Germany from Japan.
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Brasil
South Atlantic
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Saturda
Arencia Nacional
Faral
Navy Department
Agenda Nacional
Recife
Germany
Japan
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Bay of Biscay
U S Papers Cut Own Revenues To Give Full News
War era measures by U S newspapers reduce advertising space and issue size to preserve news coverage. Papers trim fiction, features, headlines, and margins while stretching newsprint, rerouting ads, and using lighter stock and recycled paper to maintain daily and Sunday editions.
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WPA
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Hearst
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Artower
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Fla
Daily News
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Newa
FOR Extends Rail Unions Terms Across The Board
President Roosevelt announced Saturday that railway conductors firemen and switchmen may receive the same wage terms as trainmen and engineers if their strike order is canceled. The award provides five cents an hour and a week’s paid vacation per year effective December 27 1943. Chiefs were unavailable for comment and a subcommittee of general chairmen planned a Sunday report.
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Rooosevelt
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Veil
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