Iwo Jima Bombarded by Warships and Bombers
In the Volcano Islands Iwo Jima a major joint strike by ships Liberators and B 29s targeted airfields and shore facilities. Admiral Nimitz announced a heavy raid by Liberators and Superfortresses with surface ships coordinating the assault, marking a bold Pacific war escalation.
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Iwo Jima
Island
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Communiatice
7Th
Fleet Airwing
Giwo Jima
Washington
Nimitz
B-29 Attacks Shizuoka Rail Hub Near Tokyo
Saipan reports say a U S Army Air Forces B 29 bomber dropped incendiaries on Shizuoka, a key rail center 100 miles southwest of Tokyo, starting fires seen for 45 minutes during the approach. Japanese accounts note four separate visits by planes along the coast east of the city.
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21ST
U. S. Bomber Command
Saipan
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Marianas
Bombing History of Iwo Jima and Nearby Islands Noted
The article notes bomber activity in the area, with Iwo Jima about 3700 miles from Tokyo and near the B 29 route from Saipan. Iwo Jima has faced near daily Liberator raids, and this marks the third time it has been shelled by ships.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Saipan
Wo Jima
Schmidt Listed Missing in Germany War Status
Henry A Schmidt of La Crosse reported by the war department as missing in Germany since November 4. He served in an infantry unit after enlisting September 38 1942 and training at Camp Livingston Camp Gordon Johnston and Camp Pickett. He went overseas in October 1943 and has three brothers in the military.
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Henry A. Schmidt
la Crosse
War Department
Macron
Germany
Wilma Ris
South Street
Nichol
Farnam Street
Schmidt
Camp Livingston
Gordon Johnston
Fla
Camp Pickett Va
Stas
Arthur J
Army Air Force
South Pacific
Nichols
Navy
Long Island, N. Y
Despondent Boy Hangs Self On Church Stage
Milwaukee police report a boy named George Michaud found dead Friday hanging from a rope in a church auditorium. Detective Capt. Kramer said the youth, whose father died last February, had gone to the auditorium for a school festival and had shown distress after his father's death.
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Milwaukee JP
Kramer
George Michaud
Unclear fragment from Denver hospital report noted
A fragmentary Denver note mentions a patient at Mercy hospital with a delicate bladder and an extended illness after a Christmas party. details about recovery chance remain uncertain due to poor text quality.
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Denver
Forest
Mercy Bed
Cheyenne
Wrvo
Weather Update Local Cloudy Conditions
Cloudy conditions persist tonight with no decided change in temperature. Low near 25 degrees. Saturday expected to reach around 38 degrees.
25 000 Japs Face Defeat In Ormoc Landing
Allied forces land behind Japanese lines at Ormoc Bay in Leyte as 77th Division troops drive inland toward Ormoc Port. Navy destroyers bombard, American air power supports, and 4,000 enemy troops and equipment are reported sunk along with multiple ships and planes in the Leyte campaign. Major Richard Bong earns the Medal of Honor, pushing his tally to 38 as US forces continue to pierce Japanese defenses.
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MacArthur
Philippines
77Th
Guam
Leyte
Ormoc
7Th Fleet
Yamashita
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Army
Richard S. Bong
Poplar
Wis
America
San Pablo
Tacloban
Navy
Andrew D. Bruce
Temple
Tex
St. Louis
A. D. Struble
Surigao Strait
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Chinese win Tushan back in Kweichow province
Chinese field dispatches report counterattacking forces recaptured Tushan, a key railroad town 75 miles southeast of Kweiyang. Chinese also claimed progress against Japanese forces fleeing from Sanho, with implications for Kunming and the China India supply route. American headquarters corrected a prior air strike report on Tuyun.
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Chungking
Tushan
Kweiyang
Kweichow
Sanho
Sanhoyom
Eines Notipo
Kweioor
Burma
Kunming
China-India
Yu River
Nanning
Liucai
Kwangsi
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tuyun
Churchill Sips Water to Please Lady Astor in Commons
Winston Churchill in a foreign policy speech teases hecklers and mocks bystanders in Parliament. He snaps at Communist MP William Gallacher to shut up and jokes about the water he drinks to please Lady Astor, a known prohibitionist, during the session.
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Churchill
Lady Astor
Red
London
Winston Churchill
William Gallacher
Gallacher
Patton Advances in Saar Valley Victory Near Metz
General Patton’s forces of the U S Third Army break through near Metz as Fort Driant falls after weeks of resistance. The Saar sector sees renewed American pressure with the capture signaling a turning point in the Saar Valley confrontation.
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U. S
Fort Driant
Metz
Halifax Sees US Britain in Agreement on Greek Italian Issues
British Ambassador Halifax said the United States and Britain reached an understanding on Greek and Italian political issues after a State Department meeting with Secretary Stettinius. He urged continued consultation and unity, while Churchill defended Britain actions in Greece and veto of Sforza.
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Washington
Halifax
United States
Stettaius
State Department
London
Italy
Greece
Stettinius
Britain
Haifax
Churchill
Commons
Carlo Sforza
Jaly
Churchill Defends Greece Policy in Commons Vote
Prime Minister Churchill won a 279 to 30 vote of confidence as he defended Britain's intervention in Greece and Italy to avert gang rule. He tied the policy to supporting free elections and warned against violence from a mountain group undermining constitutional authority.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Greece
Italy
House of Commons
Carlo Sforza
United States
Commons
Athens
Tom Driberg
Driberg
Sforza
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Belgium
Eisenhower
Brussells
Pierlot
Holland
Patton Drives Deep As Saar Sector Falls to Allies
Patton's 3rd Army pushed into the Siegfried line and Saarbrucken area as 7th Army closed on Saarland front. American guns battered Saarbrucken and nearby towns while German defenses collapsed on the east bank Roer and near Haguenau.
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Saar River
Third Army
Forbach
Saarbrucken
Saarlautern
Sarregue
Dillingen
Saar
Paris
George S. Patton, Jr
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saas Valley
Esteoh
Alexander M. Patch
Palatinate
Aachen
Harry L. Twaddle
95Th Infantry
Upper Rhine
Roer
Cologne
9Th Army
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Bergstein
Alsace
Colmar
Rhine
Breisach
7Th Army
Mertziller
Haguenau
Rouen and Le Havre Ports Reopened for Allied Use
The Rouen and Le Havre harbors on the Seine have been restored and now handle more tonnage than before the war. Facilities allow 75 percent of U S army supplies to ship directly from America to France. German efforts to destroy the ports failed. Antwerp Cherbourg Rouen Le Havre compensate for disrupted beach supply routes.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Paris
Rouen
le Havre
Seine
United States Army
France
America
Antwerp
Cherbourg
Tidal Wave From Quake Inundates Japanese Homes
An Associated Press report states a Tokyo area earthquake caused a tidal wave that flooded houses, caused a landslide and damaged buildings. Domei said Shizuoka Hamamatsu Nagano and nearby areas suffered some damage with Nagoya showing only broken window panes.
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Radio Tokyo
Domei
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Sea of
Enshu
Hamamatsu
Shizuoka
Nagano
Nagoya
Honshu
Japan
J. J. Shaw
West Bromwich England
Policy Review Moves Ahead As Senate Eyes Open Hearings
Washington reports President Roosevelt signs legislation creating two new assistant secretaries of state. Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans open hearings on four nominations, while Britain and the U.S. discuss a lend lease path to the Soviet Union via the Dardanelles. The manpower and war labor focus expands to control luxury venues and track workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nomina Dyop
Julius C. Pines
Dunn
New York
State Department
Holmes
Kansas
Army
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Earl of Halifax
Athens
Rome
Senate
Joseph C
War Manpower Commission
Stern
WMC
Senate weighs tax and war power extensions in draft bills
The administration expects an extension of war powers but faces strong opposition to doubling social security payroll taxes. The Senate is prepared to act on both bills, with a presidential veto likely if it freezes social security taxes at one percent as the House did. Congress has blocked the rise three times, arguing the reserve fund remains ample.
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Senate
House
Congress
Nazis Captured Reach 70 375 In Western Front Drive
Allied announces 70 375 German prisoners taken today in western front offensive bringing total to 752 641 since D day. Some armies have not reported new totals for a week or more, possibly higher.
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Associated Press
Western Front
Justice, Equality To Be Rule In Reich
Gen Eisenhower told Germans that the Allied military government will establish justice and equality before the law in Germany. Every person accused of a crime will have the opportunity to defend himself in an open court.
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Eisenhower
Germany
Athens Fight Dying Down
British tanks and armored cars pushed out from Athens to meet 700 Elas militiamen advancing toward the city. Parachute troops covered patrols around the royal palace and Constitution Square while Elas held positions in woods and near five park stadia. Snipers troubled residential areas as occasional bullets flew over the palace.
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Athens
Elas
Royal Palace
Constitution Square
Pireaus
Acropolis
Greece
Premier Wins Canada Test
Ottawa reports Parliament backed Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King 143 to 70 in a vote of confidence. The decision to conscript 16000 home army troops for overseas service sparked division in French Canada but united others in support.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Europe
Canada
King
Quebec
Western Front
Italy
Plane crash at Omaha kills 17 military personnel
Seventeen people including 14 men and three women died when a two engine army transport plane crashed and burned at the Omaha municipal airport. The finding was announced by an investigator from the Lincoln Nebraska army air field.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Field
La Crosse County Surpasses Sixth War Loan Bond Quota
La Crosse county reported Friday a total of 5 141 126 in Sixth War Loan sales with corporations purchasing 3 070 086, far exceeding expectations while individual sales lagged. E bond sales were 463 926 or 41 percent of the 1 119 000 quota, as officials urged more worker participation and plant wide drives to finish the campaign.
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la Crosse County
Gysbert van Steenwyk
County War Finance Committee
F. J. Funke
Funke
Ierm
Washington
Treasury
Daniel W. Bell
Count Sforza says he opposed Badoglio over Fascists
Friends quote Count Carlo Sforza on Churchill speech praising Badoglio. Sforza says he pledged support only if Badoglio fought Germans and destroyed Fascists, but found him failing to curb the Germans and promoting neo Fascism, leading Sforza to act against him.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Churchill
Badoglio
Italy
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