Nazis Back In Old Territory
Soviet forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin advanced toward Poland, capturing Olevsk and Novograd-Volynski as well as Zhitomir, with units approaching the Polish border amid reports of rapid German retreat. Rushing 560,000 men and 1,000 tanks, the Russians swept across Ukrainian frontier towns and rail hubs, menacing key junctions on the Odessa Warsaw line and threatening to encircle German positions.
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ONDON
Nikolai Vatutin
Olevsk
Red army
Poland
Novograd-Volynski
Moscow
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Vitebsk
Russia
Polaski
Kiev-Warsaw
Ist
Zhmerinka
Odessa-Warsaw
Korosten
Berdichev
Fritz Von Mannstein
New York
federal communications commission
Stockholm
Kurt Zeitzler
Alfred Jodl
Adolf Hitler
per
Vatutin
Andreevichi
Von Mannstein
Berlin Air Raids Mark Start Of 1944 Campaigns
Berlin and Nice faced heavy air attacks as Allied forces opened 1944 with a sustained bombardment. British and Canadian bombers struck Berlin in a large raid causing extensive damage while fire and rescue efforts continued amid ruins. Berlin has endured about 14 000 tons in the 10 raids and total tonnage since January 1943. Nearby, Nice was reported attacked by Allied planes, with shelters filling as alarms sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill
Associated Press
ONCON
Berlin
R.ALF
air ministry
Germany
France
NICE
Vichy
Hitler
Temnethef
Jannuary
Pioneer Rhodesian Newsman W. Ernest Fairbridge
W. Ernest Fairbridge, who helped start Rhodesia's press, died recently in Montreal. Arriving in Mashonland in 1891, he printed the Mashonaland Herald and Zambesia Times with improvised tools after lacking plant and ink. His inventive methods yielded legible pages and inspired early local journalism.
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W. Ernest Fairbridge
Rhodesia
Fairbridge
Montreaux
Switzerland
Evening Standard
Standard
Mashonland Herald
Zambesia Times
C C F Refuses To Affiliate With Labor Progs
Regina dispatch reports the Labor Progressive party’s second request for C C F cooperation in upcoming elections was referred to the C C F national council. Delegates said the Labor Progressive proposal would likely be rejected as the C C F stance toward communism remained unchanged. Mrs Alex Theodore of Regina announced Tim Buck, Labor Progressive leader, sent the affiliation request.
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REGINA
C.C.P
Labor-Progressive party
C.C.F
national council
Alex Theodore
Saskatchewan
Tim Buck
Toronto
Sinking of US destroyer near New York in wartime blast
A United States destroyer sank in lower New York bay after a dawn explosion of unknown origin. 163 known survivors, 108 injured, 54 at Fort Hancock hospital. No loss of life announced. Ship split in two near the two gun turret. coast guard and Navy rescue boats aboard. Fire suppressed by 6:05 am. ship abandoned and went down shortly after. First wartime destroyer loss so near New York. rescue ongoing with no harbor traffic obstructions.
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NEW YORK
Jan
United States
New York bay
army hospital
Fort Hancock
N.J
Sandy Fook
Coast guard
Inés
navy
Fort Hancock NJ
3rd Naval District
Montgomery Back to Lead British Ground Forces
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery arrived in London from Italy and was named to lead British ground forces under Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower the supreme invasion chief. He had commanded the 8th Army including the Canadian 1st Division in Sicily and Italy. no official word on Eisenhower’s whereabouts, though he bid farewell to Mediterranean troops Sunday.
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LONDON
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Italy
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Montgomery
8th Army
Sielly
Fisenhower
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia Invasion Threats Reported From Adriatic
A Budapest dispatch cites rumors of Allied backed landings on Dalmatian coast islands and Tito’s partisans directing operations. It notes Tito’s forces increasingly under Allied officers and flags renewed Yugoslav resistance against German forces in Hercegovina, Bosnia and Montenegro.
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STOCKHOLM
APA
Budapest
Stockholms-Tidmingen
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Greece
Josip Broz
Tito
LONDON
high command
Mijet
Dalmatian
Germany
Balkans
Josip Broz (Tito
guerrila
Hercegovina
Bosnia
Montenegro
Peter
Brooke's Promotion Tops New Year's Honors List
London Jan 3 Canadian press. Gen Sir Alan Brooke promoted to field marshal and Sir Charles Portal to marshal of the Royal Air Force head a honors list that includes five barons and the first political honors since the war. Notable Canadians Ernest Cooper of Clinton Ontario and Air Vice Marshal G E Brookes receive honors.
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ROSS MUNRO
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Alan Brooke
Charles Portal
Royal Air Force
Ernest Herbert Cooper
Clinton
Ontario
Britain
G. E. Brookes
RCAF
Order of Companion of the Bath
Imperial General Staff
John Dill
Dunkerque
King's New Year's List Honors Many Canadians
King’s New Year list honors 330 Canadians for war service with 125 army 103 air force 56 navy and 46 civilians. Civilian awards dominated by government executives. highest civilian honor CMG to 15 officials. Navy awards mainly operational. air force includes 3 DSMs and 40 mentions. Two university heads cited among civilian honorees. list marks last civilian awards during war.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
army
air force
navy
Mackenzie King
Order of the Bath
C.B
university heads
Wieb
ag— Mer
Cyrille Gagnor
Cheek University
Quebec
atz Friern
R. C. Wallace
Queen’s Al waret
Kingston
Ont
C.M.G
W. S. Allward
Toronto
Vimy Memorial
George 20S
Order of the British Empire
Ihr
joint staff
Washington
Maurice Pope
Hart
H. EB. Reisuavr
ha “yawer
B. W. Browse Otsawa
MacArthur lands troops at Saidor New Guinea
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur launched a surprise amphibious assault at Saidor on the north coast of New Guinea, landing behind Japanese lines to seize the airfield and widen Allied control in the Southwest Pacific. The operation came as Japanese pressure mounted elsewhere, with bombers and naval bombardment preceding dawn landings and a smoke screen masking the move.
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MARLIN SPENCER
Associated Press
ALLIED
New Guinea
Jan
Douglas MacArthur
Saidor
Southwest Pacific
Cape roreester
Arawe
New Britain
MacArthur
Madang
Astrolabe Bay
Blucher Point
Finsehafen
sea of Vitiaz Strat
New
Benes in Algiers for Czech French rapprochement
Edouard Benes president of the provisional Czecho Slovak government and other officials arrived in Algiers for a visit aimed at resuming the close ties between France and Czechs. He returns from Moscow where a mutual assistance treaty was signed with the USSR.
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ALGIERS
Edouard Benes
Benes
Moscow
Disband Aircraft Detection Corps in Eastern Canada
Ottawa reports SCAP announced Sunday night the disbandment of the Aircraft Detection Corps in Ontario Manitoba and western Quebec and the release of more than 9 000 civilian observers due to favorable war developments. The action does not affect about 20 000 observers in eastern western Canada Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay and Straits areas.
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AIR DETECTION CORPS
CANADA
OTTawa
Aircraft Detection Corps
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec
SCAP
teome
Newfoundland
Hudson Bay
Fall of Bulgar Government Rumored Amid War Turmoil
Istanbul reports on January 2 1944 delayed say Bulgaria cut all telephone and telegraph lines and rumors spread that Premier Dobri Bojitov’s government fell. A Nazi-aligned regency led by Bogdan Philoy faced difficulty forming a new government after King Boris died last August. Simeon II would ascend under regency. Turbulence grew from air raids on Sofia and advancing Russian forces. Turkey pressed Bulgaria via Nazi links to end the war or resign. Tass denied overtures to Russia for peace.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey
Bulgaria
Dobri Bojitov
Bogdan Philoy
Cyrl
Joanna
Boris
Simeon II
Bulgana
Sofia
Russia
Cairo
Ismet Inonu
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tass
Slasher Attacks Woman In Home
CHICAGO JAN 3 17 A slasher attacked Florine Henry a 41 year old comptometer operator in the Federal Reserve Bank last night in her laundry area beating her head against a rail binding her to a washing machine and slashing her body with a razor blade police call the assailant a maniac the victim was not raped and condition was listed as fair by hospital attendants
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CHICAGO
Florine Henry
Federal Reserve Bank
Beary
Calgary Pioneer Louis Petrie Dies in City
Calgary observer Louis Petrie a noted pioneer in wholesale grocery circles died after a lengthy illness Saturday evening in hospital. The obituary notes his prominence in local business and community life.
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CALGARY
Lews Paine
hostel
Best-dressed foundling found in New York
A five month old baby boy described as the best-dressed foundling was found at the foundling hospital. Authorities hope to identify the mother who reportedly sank the infant and was linked to a Park Avenue church incident.
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FOUNDLING NEW YORK
foundling hospital
Park Avenue church
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