Russians Push Westward In Baltic and Ukrainian Fronts
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky advance from Kalinkovichi and Mozy through the Pripet marshes, reporting heavy enemy losses. In the north, Russian offensives near Leningrad and across Old Poland aid Vatutin's wing, while German counterattacks threaten the Odessa region and rail links to Dnieper. Berlin claims a renewed Soviet offensive with initial attacks repulsed.
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London
White Russia
Red Army
Rumania
Moscow
Bertin
Leningrad
Constantine Rokossovsky
Kalinkovichi
Mozy
Pripet
Bkrigalov
Kalinkoyloas
Pinak
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa
Longine
Dnieper
Vinnitsa
Uman
Rovna
Old Poland
Vatutin
Sarny
Germany
Berlin
Ornanienbaura
Lake Tmen
Thoy
Neval
Geman Radio
Martin Hallensleben
French Move to Break Cassino Front in Italy
Allied forces report French troops advancing two to five miles in the Cassino area pushing toward Acquafondata and key heights. American units lie under four miles from Cassino as French gains threaten encirclement. Luftwaffe operations shift to disrupt Allied supply lines and Yugoslav Partisans.
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Algiers
Europe
Ttaly
Cassino
Acquafondata
Acquafondria
Cassini
Mark W. Clark
Alphonse Juin
Fifteenth Army Group
Vitienso
Acquafondanta
Mt. Trocchio
Fifth Army
Yugoslavia
Mostar
Yugslavia Aleield
Adriatic
Sidenile
Semps
Allied Air For
Para
Civitella
Beyand Cassoti
Meager Reports Claim Nazi Troop Build in Balkans
London dispatches report new German troop concentrations along the Bulgarian Turkish frontier and Bulgarian garrisons strengthened after Turkey talks. Sofia bombings killed hundreds, evacuations ordered, ministries and theater damaged. Interior minister vows actions against defeatist alarm spreaders.
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London
Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Timet Tuonu
Turkey
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Buflapext Radio
BOC
Ministries of Interior and Finance
Nation Theater
Jourfow
Tudor Christey
Miss Perkins Sees Peak Wartime Employment, Shifts Ahead
Secretary of Labor Perkins said employment in manufacturing is at a peak with coming months possibly bringing a decline. She noted high overall hiring due to construction and non manufacturing activity, and discussed the draft and national service debate while citing a December drop of 100,000 in manufacturing jobs and a 43,000 rise in total non farm employment from November.
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Washington
Pertttia
Roosevelt
Rexponse
Senate Military Committee
Stimson
Stimson Jong
Man
Swaman
Nrt
UMW Likely to Rejoin AFL This Week
United Mine Workers may win reaffiliation to the American Federation of Labor at the AFL Executive Council winter meeting in Miami opening Monday. Widespread labor leaders expect action amid displeasure with White House wage policy and railway union tensions.
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Washington
John J. Lewis
United Mines Workers
American Federation of Lahn
UMW
AFL Executive Council
Miami
Laberman
White House
Discharge Pay Tops In Congress
A bipartisan push to raise servicemen’s mustering out pay dominates Congressional action with proposals from $100 to $700 debated. Senate favors $200-500, House panel suggests $100-300 as lawmakers plan Monday votes. Veterans groups split with Veterans of Foreign Wars opposing large grants.
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Washington
Lemke
R-Nd
Senate
House Military Committee
House
Omar Beldiyam
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ketcham
Hamilton Accuses Willkie Backers of Blitz Tactics
Former RNC chairman Hamilton charged Saturday that Willkie’s managers pressured party leaders nationwide to pledge delegates before others can be heard. He warned the so called Wilkie blitz aims to foreclose the Republican nomination long before the national convention. Governor Wills had labeled Willkie the only Republican able to beat the likely Democratic nominee, with a 1944 bid expected soon.
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Philadelphia
John D. McAamilton
Republican National Committee
Wendell Ja Willkie
Hamilton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Willkie
Eta
William H. Wills
Vermont
Willie
Willsete
Ration Tokens Introduced for Grocery Purchases Nation wide
The Office of Price Administration outlines how ration tokens will replace fixed stamps starting February 27. Consumers will receive tokens only via change from retailers, with each red and blue stamp now worth 10 points, keeping total monthly points the same while reducing the number of stamps used and easing retailer workload.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Col Matel Tia
Three Rail Unions Say Wage Dispute Is Settled
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors, and the Switchmen Union of North America announced to the War Department that the wage dispute is settled. They reported a nine cent per hour raise and a week of vacation, with further agreements awaited from non-operating unions and management. A presidential board heard claims for benefits from about 1,000,000 clerical and laboring workers.
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Washington
Shyvee Railroad
Brotherhoadly
Lormery
War Department
White House
Brehon
Somervell
Army Service Forces
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fi Ten
Order of
Railway Conductors
Switchmens Union of North America
Tne
Yanks Sink Cargo Ship in New Marshall Raid
Navy report says Seventh Army Air Force bombers hit the Marshalls in multiple raids, sinking a medusa cargo ship at Wolfe and damaging ships off Wotje. One plane returned with a Japanese flag, no interceptions reported, and Mill air base attacked in daylight.
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Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Wolfe
Marshalls
Adm
Chester W. Mimitz
Wotje
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
AAF
Milf
Mill
Gilberts
Watje
Namur
Roi
Kwajalein Atoll
Hickam Wield
Hawaii
Willis H. Hale
Seventh Aaf
Senate Amends Tax Bill To Cap Hobby Loss Deductions
The Senate adopted the Marshall Field amendment to cap hobby enterprise losses at 20,000 per year for five loss years, tightening tax penalties on ventures like horse racing stables. The measure, approved 37 to 28, targets early-year losses to deter long-term profit shaping, with House action still pending.
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Washington + JP
Senate
Marshall Field
Clark
D-Ma
Finance Committee
Havrier
House
Barkley
Scumiers
Field
New York
Chicago
Danaher
R-Conn
Marshell Field
Connecticut
Japs Pull Out Of Last Base On Huon Peninsula
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea reports Japanese defenders at Sio Mission on the Huon Peninsula are retreating ahead of Australian jungle forces under Gen. MacArthur. Allied forces reach outskirts of Sio while Japanese moves north toward Madang appear to be limited to rear-guard actions.
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Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Sio
Douglas MacArthur
Slo
MacAsethur
Safdor
Madang
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Guadalcanal
Raban
Timor
Munda
New Georgia
Bare Koma
Vella Lavell
RAF Drops 87 Tons A Minute On Brunswick
The RAF and Mosquito feints battered Brunswick in central Germany last night with 2 000 long tons of bombs in 22 minutes setting a new concentration record. Night raids, supported by pan heat of fighters and rockets, produced German wreckage including Messerschmitts, artillery and railway equipment while 38 British planes were lost.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Berlin
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Germany
Bersily
Luftwaffe
France
Ge Chemical and Manufacturing
RAF
City
Hannover
Air Ministry
Norway
Black Sea
Bronswiek
OPA to Mail Gas Coupons to Users
The Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide expansion of mailed gasoline ration coupons to motorists. The system, tested in DC since July and later in Rhode Island, will begin in Philadelphia on Monday and New York City around January 22. Local boards will still determine allotments and direct central stations to mail coupons.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
New York City
CFA
State Department Reform Prompts Far Reaching Reshuffle
The State Department outlines a far reaching reorganization to prepare for war duties and postwar peace. Secretary Cordell Hull orders top officers relieved from admin duties, creates new divisions, and consolidates lines of responsibility into three function groups. Two new policy committees will be chaired by Hull with Advisory Council on postwar foreign policy. Norman Davis of the Red Cross and Johns Hopkins President Townsen named to council, with Pasvolsky as a key security officer on postwar planning.
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Washington
State Department
Corde Hul
Tees
Tul
Tuco Pasvalsky
Norman H. Davis
Uo American Red Cross
Myrone, Taylor
Telah Townan
Johns Hop Hing University
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