Nazis Making Stand In Pripet Marshes
Soviet forces push toward the Dniester after Berdichev’s fall as Gen Vatutin’s army drives from Kiev to Warsaw. Von Mannstein withdraws into Pripet marshes west of Olevsk to make a stand along the Kowel rail line while Romanians capture Berdichev and battles rage near Zhitomir.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Fritz Von Mannstein
Pripet marshes
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Kiev
Warsaw
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Ubort
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Moscow News
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Moguilev Podolski
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Zhmerinka
Odessa-Warsaw
Stettin Gets Heavy Raid by Allied Air Forces
Stettin, Germanys Baltic port, faced a heavy night attack by 4h A F and R C A P bombers aided by Mosquito raiders, aiming to disrupt emergency supply routes to Berlin and sever a Baltic lifeline to the Russian front. Fifteen aircraft were lost overall. Canadian planes returned safely.
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GLADWIN HILL
Associated Press
LONDON
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Stettin
Germany
Baltic
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Berlin
Mosanitos
France
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Russia
Leipzig
DENMARK
Switzerland
World top airplanes list by Peter Masefield
The London aviation editor ranked the world’s best planes in 12 classes. Seven American aircraft appear on his earlier list, now re-rated in Flying magazine with the Mustang Mosquito and Liberator as top three. Prices, speeds, and performance metrics are discussed, noting shifts since 1942.
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Peter Masefield
London Sunday Times
Masefield
New York Sun
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New Britain Fight Rages In New Guinea
Allied reports from New Guinea describe U S Marines advancing east of Cape Gloucester at Borgen Bay with tanks guns and planes under the 6th Army. They repelled several Japanese counterattacks while quelling air and ground counter blows in the sector. Nearby Saidor saw a cruiser hit and Kavieng bombed by a South Pacific bomber as patrols push inland along the coast.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
United States
6th Army
Borgen Bay
Saidor
South Pacific Air Force
Kavieng
New Ireland
Heaviest R.A.F. Raid in 1943 Strikes Hanover
London dispatch reports the heaviest R A F raid of 1943 occurred the night of September 22. Between 700 and 150 heavy bombers dropped about 2 500 tons on Hanover in under three minutes. An RAF commentator said the assault was completed within three minutes, setting a record of over 83 tons per minute.
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LONDON
C.P
R.A.F
Hanover
Warn Belgians Stay At Home During Invasion
The United Nations high command radioed Belgians to remain in their homes during military operations to avoid blocking Allied air attacks. Citizens were urged to dig slit trenches and build dugout shelters as part of anti invasion preparations. Rommel ends tour of German defenses in Holland with alarm drills and high training standards noted by Berlin radio.
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LONDON
United Nations high command
BSC
ROMMEL
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Holland
Europe
Revolt by 2000 Italian troops near Fiume shocks travelers
Travelers from northeast Italy report that 2000 Italian soldiers allied with Germany revolted on December 30 near Fiume as they prepared to board trains for Bosnia. A five hour clash ended with 100 Italians dead, 500 holding German forces, and the rest fleeing toward Rus and joining Croat Italian guerrillas with seized arms.
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BARCELONA
Italy
Fiume
Bosnia
San Pietro
Slavs Await West Drive
Yugoslav partisans expect liberation from a major second front rather than immediate Allied landings in their area. A South African officer who escaped a German prison camp after Tobruk recounts long talks with Tito country locals who favor a decisive strike to crush Germany from a superior force and timing.
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CHARLES A. GRUMICH
Associated Press
CAIRO
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Tobruk
Germany
Goebbels Plans Europe’s Greatest City for 10 Million
Propaganda Minister Goebbels begins a contest among 150 top German architects to design a vast postwar capital on the site of ruined Berlin. The project aims to create Europe’s greatest city to house 10,000,000 people, with details learned midweek in Stockholm.
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STOCKHOLM
Goebbels
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Ten Die In Crash Near New Castle Delaware
Ten men were killed last weekend in the crash of a four engined bomber in the far north outside the United States, the headquarters of the 2nd ferrying command announced on Wednesday.
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NEW CASTLE
Del
United States
2nd ferrying command
China Ready To Open Offensive When Allies Do
China’s armies stand ready with available equipment to launch a general counter-offensive this year if allied actions in other war theaters permit. Minister of information Liang Han Chao said increased air power in China would be especially helpful to any offensive.
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CHUNGKING
China
Liang Han- Chao
Barbara Stanwyck Collapses On Set
Hollywood reports Barbara Stanwyck collapsed on a movie set after contracting influenza and overtaxing herself. The actress will remain at home for another week per her physician.
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Barbara Stanwyck
HOLLYWOOD
Bridget Maloney Dies at 107 in Scranton
Bridget Maloney, who claimed to be 107, died Wednesday in Scranton after arriving from Ireland 38 years ago. Local records show her long life and arrival decade.
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SCRANTON
Bridget Maloney
Ireland
Russ Poland Rift Widens Over Polish Territory Claim
The dispute between Moscow and the London Polish government over Poland's postwar borders widens as Poland demands guaranteed integrity before Soviet advances. Moscow labels border regions as part of White Russia and the western Ukraine, signaling a sharper split ahead of Stanislaw Mikolajczyk’s visit. The PRAVDA stance frames these questions as internal Russian affairs, affecting military operations against the Germans.
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JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Russia
London
Stanislaw
Mikolajczyk
Poland
Moscow
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist party
U.S. Submarine Pompano Lost Off Japanese Coast
The Navy announced the loss of submarine Pompano after a Pacific war patrol near Japan. Skipper Commander Willis J. Thomas of Vallejo California earned the Navy Cross and Silver Star for daring exploits and is listed as missing.
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WASHINGTON
Pompans
navy
Pacific
Willis 3 Thomas
Vallejo
Calif
Allied Drive Opens On 5th Army Front In Italy
Mud stained troops of the Anglo American 5th Army push along a 10 mile front near the Via Casilina toward Cassino and Rome. Americans seize part of San Vittore as Germans defend tenaciously and dive bombers strike gun positions. Britons press from Rocca while Canadian and Indian units gain height near Torre Mucchio and Ortona area as naval and air forces shell German lines along the Adriatic coast.
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LGIERS
A.P
5th Army
Italy
Via Casilina
Cassino
Rome
Mark Clark
San Vittore
Germany
Garigliano
8th Army
Torre Mucchio
Adriatic
Orsogna
Juno
Jervis
Pescara
Rimini
Civitavecchia
Port Ercole
Orbetello
San Tommaso
Oliver Leese
Coldstream Guards
Bernard Mont
Belgian Nazi Leader Adolf Schultze Dies in Brussels
Madrid Jan 6 reports Adolf Schultze chief of the Nazi party in Belgium died in Brussels on December 29. The Munich Neueste Nachrichten copy received here Wednesday did not state the cause or circumstances of his death.
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MADRID
Adolf Schultze
Belgium
Brussels
Munich
Neueste Nachrichten
Battle for Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea
Australian troops reach a foothold atop Shaggy Ridge near the Ramu valley, one of the closest points to Tokyo held by Allied forces. The peak known as the Pimple is a natural fortress. a massive artillery barrage of over 400 25-pounders aimed to surprise Japanese defenders before a decisive push.
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Shaggy Ridge And “Pimple
New Guinea
KENNETH SLESSOR
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Tokyo
Pacific
Shaggy Ridge
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Ramu
Southwest Pacific
Russians storm across 30 mile Polish front in fierce advance
On January 6 the Red Army reported capture of Rakitno and Gorodnitsa near the border and expanded Vatutin's bridgehead to 30 miles into Poland. Attacks north of Nevel also penetrated Nazi lines, with eighty towns taken as Soviet forces press forward.
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Vatutin
Poland
Russia
Italy
Dnieper
Rumania
Lwow
Warsaw
FQLAND
LONDON
C.P
Red army
Sarpy
Rakitno
Gorodnitsa
Nikolai Vatutin
Moscow
Nevel
Canadian shipyards may build landing barges
Ottawa January 6 The munitions department reported in official circles that Canadian shipyards may build landing barges to offset reductions in naval shipbuilding no contracts have been let and spokesmen declined further comment on the report
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OTTAWA
C.F
Munitions department
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