Red Army drives through Poland and toward Romania
Soviet troops under Gen. Vatutin push from Olevsk across the prewar border into Poland, recapturing 170 villages including Novograd-Volynski. The drive, sweeping from Kiev-Warsaw rail lines, heads toward Romania as Von Mannstein’s forces retreat. In the north, Gen. Bagramian advances toward Latvia and tightens the ring on Vitebsk, with 70 towns captured north of Nevel. Diplomatic observers note the ongoing, unreported incidents as the war widens.
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OSCOW
Red army
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Poland
Olevsk
Novograd-Volynski
Kiev-Warsaw
Emilchino
Russia
Warsaw
Morocow
Vatutin
Dzerzhinsk
Zhitomir
Fritz Von Mannstein
Kiev bulge
Rumania
Von Mannstein
Stalin
Novograd-Volonski
Kazatim-Zhashkov
Kazatin-Oman
Dnieper bend
Warsaw-Odessa
Vinnitsa
Zhmerinka
Berdichev
Ivan Bagramian
Nevel
Latvia
Vitebsk
Bagramian
WASHINGTON
Indian Troops Gain In Italy
Indian forces of the British 8th Army have captured a hill overlooking enemy lines about 114 miles from San Tommaso. The 8th Division advanced toward Tollo near the Adriatic coast as Canadian troops edged up the coast. American 5th Army patrols probed San Vittore while Allied air power struck Villa Perosa and Turin rail yards, damaging German supply lines and targeting air and ground facilities in Italy and the Balkans.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LGIERS
A.P
8th Army
San Tommaso
Tollo
Adriatic
Rome
Mignano
Million Nazis Bombed Out In Berlin Raids
A CBC Ottawa broadcast says over a million Germans have been bombed out in recent Allied raids on Berlin with fires spreading to new districts. Food prices in Berlin have surged to fantastic levels and evacuees are moved to East Prussia. Berliners fear evacuation to Poland due to guerrilla threats. In Toronto, Jacob Breaner, 55, died from a fractured skull after an assault in his downtown book bindery store.
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AWA
BBC
CBC
Ottawa
Berlin
East Prussia
Poland
TORONTO
Jacob Breaner
Birth rate rises amid wartime strain and long-term concern
The registrar general reports 180,691 live births in the second quarter, 17.5 per 1,000 population, up from 16.2 last year. Experts link rise to younger marriages and war stress, noting insufficient birth-rate to sustain population since 1923. Suggestions include education to elevate motherhood, child allowances from Beveridge, and improved housing and health programs. Cont: ministers Ben Smith and Lennox-Boyd cited as contrasting promotions.
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Great Britain
Beveridge
Sir Lyman Duff To Retire On Friday
Ottawa January 4 Sir Lyman Duff chief justice of Canada will end his term Friday at age 79 after two extensions. The government is expected to name a successor this week with Judge Tibaudeau Rinfret as a leading internal possibility or a nomination from outside the court. Duff has served from British Columbia and Alberta. his retirement opens those provincial representations.
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OTTAWA
Lyman Duff
Canada
supreme court
Lyman
Sir Lyman
Tibaudeau Rinfret
British Columbia
Alberta
Defence
Ralston
Col. Ralston
Partisan Forces Claim Battle at Banjaluka in Yugoslavia
The Tito led partisans reportedly battled to capture Banjaluka in central Bosnia as Allied officers allegedly command divisions. The fight left the city half taken with many German officers and troops captured amid street fighting. Rumors spread of Allied invasion plans and bridgeheads off the Dalmatian coast as a military delegation from Brazil was awaited. Novo garrison was also besieged.
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LONDON
Josip Broz
Tito
pars
Banjatuka
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Broz
free Yugoslav radio
Atlantic
Budapest
Stockholm
Tidningen
Belgrade
Braz
Novo
Unemployment Insurance Fund Hits 164 Million Mark
Ottawa reports the unemployment insurance fund balance at Nov 30 stood at 164,326,660 with gross revenues and interest totaling 165,553,823. Employers and employees contributed 13,833,498. government share 26,766,699. fund interest 4,953,625. Benefits since 1942 total 1,227,163, with November payouts at 32,856 versus 195,190 in March.
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OTTAWA
unemployment insurance commission
Benefts
Port Arthur Mayor Re-elected in 11th Term Victory
Port Arthur reports final unofficial returns showing Mayor C. W. Cox re-elected to his 11th consecutive term with a majority of 824. Cox polled 3,895 votes while challengers Alex Gibson, Labor, had 1,548 and Alderman Dr H A Saunders, Independent, 1,523.
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PORT ARTHUR
C. W. Cox
Cox
Alex Gibson
Dr. ,H. A. Saunders
Roosevelt Still Abed After Grippe Attack
President Roosevelt remained in his bedroom after canceling a news conference on orders of his physician. Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire said the president will have limited activities for some time as he recovers from grippe.
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bart Mamery
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
Heavy Raid On Jap Fleet By Carrier Force
Allied forces at Kavieng New Ireland attacked Japanese naval units in the harbor with bombs torpedoes and machine gun fire. Two heavy cruisers and two destroyers were damaged and set on fire while US fighters and bombers faced heavy anti aircraft fire. Eleven of thirty intercepting planes were shot down with four more probable. In New Guinea the 32nd Division of the US 6th Army reached its Saidor objectives after light resistance.
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New Guinea
south Pacific command
Kavieng
New Ireland
United States
commmunique
United States 6th Army
Saidor
cormunique
Nazis Deny Bulgar Crisis
London dispatches report Berlin radio denying 45 inventions about Bulgaria. Turkish sources say Dobri Boishlov cabinet near collapse or fallen, with Sofia communication cut off. Rumors of Bulgarian and Romanian uprisings against Germans if Soviet advances continue, and Allied landings near the Adriatic. Aksam correspondent notes a democratic regime may replace the current government in January, but foreign policy change not expected.
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LONDON
C.P
Berlin
Bulgaria
Turkey
Dobri Bosilov
Istanbul
Sofia
Rumania
Adriatic
Aksam
Budapest
Nazis appeal for more air recruits in Madrid dispatch
The German air ministry issued a December 31 appeal asking youths born in 1927 and 1928 to report for training as commissioned and non commissioned officers in the Nazi air force and army, per Madrid reports.
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MADRID
German air ministry
Naz air force
Monty’s Brother Says He Knows Not General Monty
In London on January 4 Captain Rev Colin Montgomery, a British army padre and younger brother of Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, said he does not know his famous sibling well. He left home at seven and has seen him few times. He joked about the reflected glory helping him get hotel rooms and noted another brother in Canada, D. S. Montgomery, who served in the First Great War with a Canadian regiment.
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Colin Montgomery
ONDON
C.P. army
Gernard Montgomery
London
D. S. Montgomery
Bombers hit Pas de Calais and Germany in raids
United States medium bombers escorted by RAF and RCAF fighters attacked targets in Pas de Calais France as RAF Mosquito raids over western Germany continued. Berlin suffered fires from previous night strikes and air traffic was reportedly paralyzed. chancellery damage noted with people sheltering.
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AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Associated Press
LONDON
United States
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Pas De Calais
France
M.D
English Channel
Germany
air ministry
Berlin
Sweden
Hitler
Reich chancellery
percens
great Templehof airdrome
U S Raiders Hit Germany
United States heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany today with heavy bombers, medium bombers bombed Pas de Calais, and RAF and USAAF fighters supported. Eighteen bombers are missing, two fighters missing, and flak was intense for some groups. Danish radio claimed four heavies were shot down over Denmark.
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LONDON
United States
Germany
Pas de Calais
France
R.AF
RAF
USAAF
Denmark
Greeks Kill 600 Nazis in Epirus Battle
Cairo radio reported that Greek patriots killed about 600 Nazis in Epirus during a battle of great importance. The attack targeted a motorized force of 7,000 Germans with light Greek losses. Nazi reprisals during Christmas in Macedonia burned villages and killed many residents. US monitors confirmed the broadcast.
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NEW YORK
Cairo
Epirus
Macedonia
United States
Maj General Sultan Named Deputy To Stilwell In China
Maj Gen Daniel I Sultan, 58, appointed deputy commander in chief of US army forces in China Burma and India under Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell. He becomes the first deputy commander in that theater, announced Monday night in New Delhi.
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Sultan
Stilwell
China
NEW DELHI
Daniel Isam Sultan
United States army
Burma
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
U.S. Air Forces Soften Marshalls in Pacific Raids
Secretary Frank Knox reported U S air forces are continuing to soften the Marshall Islands and counter weak opposition in the air with raids on Waiie Kwjalein Mille Jaluit and other bases. He said enemy air strength is weak and Japan has been on the defensive in the South Pacific while Berlin exaggerated claims of destroyer sinkings.
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WASHINGTON
United States Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Marshall Islands
Waiie
Kwjalein
Mille
Jaluit
Tarawa
Makin Island
Knox
South Pacific
Berlin
United Nations
Atlantic
Russian drive nets 100 points in Nevel area
London reports Red army captured more than 10 populated places north of Nevel in its offensive. Britain says paratroops landed in Romania to stir trouble. Hall keeps open chance of US Poland Russia mediation as Mikolajczyk visits Washington. Montreal reports the quiet start to a total strike by civic workers. Edmonton names John Crawford Alberta mines chief inspector. Ten Japanese planes shot down in Marshall Islands raid as US bombers face heavy opposition.
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NEVEL
LONDON
Red army
Moscow
RUMSNIA
C.P
Ankara
Romania
HULL
WASHINGTON
A.P
United States
Poland
Russia
Hall
Stanislaw
Mikolajczyk
Europe
MONTREAL
Jaz
IC.P
civic
clic
JOHN CRAWFORD
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
N. E. Tanner
Alberta ter
lands
mies
Mr. Crawford
Andrew A. Millarger
prov
minis
general mana Limited
Blairmore
MARSHALLS
PEARL HARBOR
Maleciapatous Sundsy
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific sect
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Ortona
Italy
Eighth Army
International Radiophoto
K.O
Villa Perosa
Turin
Split
Sibenik
Prijedor
Pistoia
Florence
Avezzano
Cervara
Civitavecchia
Ben Smith
Ottawa Journal
Lennox-Boyd
Stocky Ben Smith
Col. Llewellin
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Monty
U.S
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