German Armies Face Allied Pressure on Western Front
Allied advances thrust German forces onto the defensive from the Holland border to lower Luxembourg as U S Third Army holds Rosport near Trier and British and American units push through key towns. The Seventh Army reports losses near Strasbourg while German defenses stiffen along the Rhine corridor.
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Bethrown
Holland Panhandle
Luxembourg
Hangen
Reich
U. S. Third Army
Rosport
Trier
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Ardennes
Strashoure
Herrlisheim
Sessenheim
Strasbourg
Auéenheim
Leuterheim
Hatten
Maginot
Rhine
Rundstedt
Holland
Germany
Siang
Ardennes Bulge
Teserve
Dusseldorf
Muzzle Clamped On Mystery Of Dog Assignment
A garbled report discusses a dog assignment tied to Roosevelt era politics and a request to prioritize a unit. The text references Harold L. George and an error, with fragmented mentions of individuals and a dog named Blaze.
Trade union leader visit frowns raise government scrutiny
The article notes officials frowning on a visit by labor leader John L. Lewis to the president amid concerns over national trade unions. The report cites Customs Minister opposition and hints at political tensions within the labor movement and government agencies.
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Council of Trade Unions
Customs
Banc
Labor
John L. Lewis
Poramit P
Lrdng
Thor
Ats
Warsaw Exiles Reported as City Falls Before Surrender
Soviet Moscow reports via Pravda that Germans exiled all residents of Warsaw before surrendering to Red Army. Makerenko describes the city as a vast ruin with no living inhabitants, noting destruction of major landmarks including Royale Castle, Belvedere Palace, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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London
Russia
Warsaw
Red Army
M. Makerenko
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
Ashas
Royale Castle
Belvedere
Jury Deliberations Continue In Kingsport Murder Trial
After about 20 hours of deliberation Enos Young, a Kingsport man charged with murder, and in the case connected to the death of Grant McKessor, remained without a verdict as Circuit Court Clerk Hawk reported no decision by noon. Hearings persisted on Roy Hurd facing whisky possession charges as other cases proceeded Friday morning in Sullivan County.
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State News Service
Blountville
Neary
Enos Young
Kingsport
Sullivas
Hawk
Shelburne Ferguson
Roy Hurd
Kings Port
Young
Grant
McKessor
See
Fats and Oils Rationing Expands to Two Points Per Pound
Washington housewives face new budgeting as fats and oils join rationed foods. The OPA ordered a three day freeze on retail sales of lard shortening and salad and cooking oils, with a two point per pound ration once lifted. The move aims to curb shortages ahead of public rationing and aligns with a War Food Administration directive to reserve 40 percent of lard for the armed forces. Butter and margarine remain already rationed.
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Washington
OPA
Saies Hall
Sheps Tor
War Food Administration
Lord
Chester Bowles
Yanks Win First Big Luzon Fray
American forces battle through Luzon in early combat near Uncanda and Paniqui to seize key highway and rail junctions. Air support from Lingayen and Formosa warns of intensified attacks as Urdaneta resists Japanese counterstrikes. The clash turns on armored and infantry engagements with vehicles and artillery pounded by American fire.
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MacArthur
Tzon P
Uncanda
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Manila-Baguio
Paniqui
Tarlac
Manila
Lingayen
Formosa
China Coast
iThe
Federal Communications Commission
Urdaneta
Lingayen Gulf
Japs Sercem Associated Press
al Copking
Russians Enter Lodz as Nazis Quit Budapest Drive Into Poland
German high command announced Russian troops had entered Lodz and signaled the fall of Budapest as Soviet forces pushed 50 miles into Poland. Stalin reported a deep breakthrough on a 38 mile front in the Carpathians, with Gorlice and Jaslo captured and major river crossings seized. Berlin said German defenses around Pest were withdrawn, while Moscow reported Budapest prisoners rising to 65,000 as a Soviet advance gained speed toward Krakow. The Lodz push and Budapest withdrawal marked a major shift as Red forces crossed rivers and stormed across snowbound lands with 30,000 air sorties.
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Lodz
Poland
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Danube
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Eh Petrov
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Pest
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Lodzin
Berlin
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2Ieteoy
Konstantin Rokossov
Red Air Force
Isse
FBI Alerts Three Nazi Agents Headed For United States
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover issued a nationwide alert for three Nazi espionage operatives believed trained in espionage and sabotage and linked to earlier arrests in New York after allegedly landing on the Maine coast. The men are identified as Max Carlytian Schneemann 44 of Pereira Colombia Hang Rudolf Christin Zuehlsdorer 25 once of Bogota Colombia and Oscar Max Wilims 7 formerly of Managua Nicaragua.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Erich Gimpe
Wiliam C. Celepaugh
New York
Maine
Rebert
Max Carlytian Johannes Schneemann
Pereira
Colombia
South America
Rudolf Christin Zuehlsdorer
Bogota
Oscar Max Wiims
Managua
Nicaraugus
Schneemann
Hoover Si
Nazi Party
Mexico
Brazil
Spain
San Francisco
Coolombia
Germany
Camp Kennedy
Texas
Jersey City
N. J
Hoechst
Main
FDR's Son Flies To Inauguration
Burbank California Colonel James Roosevelt and his wife flew by plane last night to attend the President's inauguration tomorrow. He said he stood beside his father at previous inaugurations and did not want to miss this one. Cal Roosevelt may be the only one of the President's four sons to witness the ceremony. they are all in the armed services.
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Leon LeRoy
Navy
Memphis
Tonn
Elliott Roose
Army
Mra
Hollywood
Burbank
Calif
James
Roosevelt
The
Merines
Cal
Armed Services
Germans Suffer 120000 Casualties in Ardennes Offensive
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced heavy German losses in the Ardennes offensive aimed at splitting the Allied front. Allied casualties reached 56,421, with 16,416 captured.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Dee
Ardennes
16000 Army Men To Work In War Plants
Washington high official said the Army and Navy sent about 16 005 combat capable men to fill labor gaps in critical war production. These troops moved from uniforms to overalls to work on tires copper and foundry products as Congress debates mandatory wartime labor or volunteers. Presidents Roosevelt urged passage of a bill to draft deferred registrants 18 to 48 who refuse essential jobs. Officials say 600 04 additional men are needed overseas by June 30 and 4 000 000 replacements are trained, while 16 000 troops have been recalled from front line duties. Generals Marshall and King note a need for at least 300 600 new munitions workers due to recent production shifts.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Wenk
Congress
Roosevelt
Iin
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Joint Agencies Of War To Remain Until Japs Beaten
The United States Great Britain and Canada vow to maintain the three joint war supply boards CPRB CFB and CRAB after Germany falls to ensure orderly postwar needs. Leaders Krug Wickard Jones Batt will continue to represent the US on the boards and allied chiefs oversee the system.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Japan
Germany
Combined Production and Resources Board
CPRB
Combined Food Board
CFB
Combined Raw Materials Board
CRAB
Munitions Assignment Board
Combined Shipping Adjustment Board
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Marvin Jones
William L. Batt
WPB
CRMB
Tennessee Senate considers high school Bible course proposal
Senator Hayes Gordon of Giles introduced a measure to authorize county or city boards of education in Tennessee to offer a Bible study course in high schools. The bill permits dismissal of teachers who teach sectarian doctrine and would grant course credit toward graduation, determined by local boards.
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Nashville
Tennessee Senate
Hayes Gordon
Red Army advances cut key German oil plants in Poland
The Red Army pushes toward Krakow threatening several I G Farben and Vacuum Oil refineries in Silesia and near Krakow. Eight gasoline sources including coal conversion plants and hydrocarbon facilities are now in Allied reach as German fuel supplies shrink under bombing and ground pressure.
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Washington
Red Army
Poland
Germany
Planta
Silesian
Krakow
Jittie
Blechhammer
L G. Farbén
Auschwitz
I. G. Farben
Deschowitz
Silesia
Highth Air Force
British Critics Move Toward New Greece Showdown
British critics pressed toward a Greece policy showdown as Parliament debated the war issue for a second day. Prime Minister Churchill faced heavy opposition while denouncing ELAS as Trotskyite and dirtier than Germans. Liberal leader Sir Percy Harris accused Churchill of oversimplifying the conflict and said ELAS was a popular movement across Greek factions.
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Greece
House of Commons
Churchill
Labor Party
ELAS
Liberal Party
Percy Harris
Superforts Bomb Japs Home Island On Honshu
United States B 29 bombers attacked industrial targets on Honshu during daylight raids. General H A Arnold announced the Twentieth Air Force based in the Marianas struck in daylight under Brig Gen Haywood Rangell. Tokyo confirmed some damage near Kobe, with no further details released pending operational reports.
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Washington
Japan
Honshu
Tokyo
Enbe
Army
Are Inold
Twentieth Air Force
Haywood S. Rangell
Twenty- First Bomber Command
Marianas
War Department
Las Kobe
Sari
Roosevelt to take fourth term oath in plain ceremony
Roosevelt moves to a wartime inaugural with a brief noon oath for a fourth term. About 5 000 to 6 000 invited, 1 500 guests plus 11 000 at a reception, with 200 yard viewing from iron fences. Radio briefings will reach millions as Churchill and Stalin await a post ceremony meeting.
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Roosevelt
Eighth Army Smash Nazi Bridgehead Near Senio River
Allied headquarters announced the Eighth Army crushed a German bridgehead on the south bank of the Senio River, driving the enemy back across the stream. The bridgehead had been near Fisignano, northeast of Faenza, about 14 railway miles inland from the Adriatic.
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Eighth Army
Senio
Sete
Fisignano
Pets
Alles
Faenza
Adriatic
Lodaat
Four Bristol Pupils Arrive For Inauguration
Four Bristol Tenn students travel to Washington for President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Vesta Graham Wanda Hunt Thelma Muniey and George Hamrick, high schoolers with chaperon Mrs Augusta Copehbaver, wrote winning essays in a state contest. They met Senator Stewart and Senator McKellar during their visit in the Senate office building. Two additional Bristol youths Dudley Riggs and Paul Broady are due to arrive tonight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
Bristol, Tenn
Sinator Stewart
D-Tenn
Vesta Jane Graham
Wanda Hunt
Thelma Muniey
George Hamrick
Mra
Aiuglia’ Copehbaver
Bristol Poste
Pruman
Sicily
Senator McKellar
DeTenn
Bristol
Dudley" Riggs
Paul Broady
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