Roosevelt expresses hope for United Nations victory in 1944
President Roosevelt told a press conference he hopes for a United Nations victory in 1944 and that the current Congress might help determine whether the world can be freed from fear. He also asked for a belated insert in his message correcting two omitted sentences about 1942 merchant shipping production.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States Congress
United Nations
congress
Mine fire in Morgantown claims three to four workers
A night shift fire at Pursgrove Coal Mining No 15 mine in Morgantown West Virginia trapped 78 workers underground. Officials said 12 stayed to fight the blaze and all but 13 workers had escaped. initial reports suggested three or four deaths among those unaccounted.
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MORGANTOWN
W.Va
Pursgrove Coal Mining company
No. 15
No. 2
S. R. Pursglove, company
Phillips in India arrives at New Delhi from Karachi
New Delhi Jan 8 P William Phillips Roosevelt personal envoy to India and former US minister to Canada reached New Delhi by air from Karachi. He went to the home of the viceroy the Marquess of Linlithgow.
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NEW DELHI
India
William Phillips
Roosevelt
United States
Canada
Karachi
Marquess of Linlithgow
Air trains and glider pick ups eyed as future cargo method
A discussion at the Society of Automotive Engineers described air trains consisting of an engine driven locomotive with coupled gliders. Tests showed eight consecutive glider pick ups at four minute intervals and claimed solution to lifting an entire air train from the ground.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Richard C. Dupont
ali
Minneapolis Star Journal
Minnesota
Gallant Malta Finds Hope Amid Ruins and Dances
Malta, battered by Axis air raids, shows small signs of resilience as residents smile and tea dances revive. Spitfires and Hurricanes patrol the harbor while underground aircraft plots guide defense, and Maltese people, along with visitors, endure shortages and blackout.
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HARRY CROCKETT
Associated Press
VALETTS
Jan
Malta
Allied Forces Gain Ground In Tunisia Front Rally
The front line in Tunisia shows growing advantage for British American and French troops as Axis resistance stiffens. The British 1st Army holds a mountainous zone 25 miles west of Bizerte and Tunis with Merjez El Bab under its control. American units cooperate with British forces while French troops man the southern front with substantial Allied equipment. German and Italian troops reinforce and resist, but remain largely on the defensive along a Gebes to coast line arc about 30 miles inland.
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Tunisia
North Africa
1st Army
Bizerte
Tunis
Merjez El Bab
Gebes
Tumis
Convoy Reaches Russia, No Loss After Naval Action
The admiralty announced that an Allied convoy reached north Russian ports without loss or damage after a two hour engagement off North Cape. Allies faced a greatly superior force including a pocket battleship cruiser and destroyers. Earlier reports said an enemy cruiser was damaged and a destroyer sunk from the action on December 31.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
North Cape
Norway
Oust 97 Students From University Of Manitoba
Sidney Smith, president of the University of Manitoba, announced that 97 students must drop courses for unsatisfactory records during the first term. He said 89 are young men and that the university will direct those who refuse to use educational facilities to other war effort roles.
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WINNIPEG
Sidney ¥. Smith
University of Manitoba
Smith
Carry War Into Tripolitania Against Heavy Odds
Allied camel corps attacks near the Tripolitanian border report 250 Italians killed as French and American forces seize Tanout Maller 14 miles from Tearat. Air action continues with raids on Kairouan Gabes and Gabes barracks, amid improving reconnaissance.
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WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
camel corps
Tanout Maller
Tearat
Tripoli
H.A.F. Bisleys
Tunis
Kairouan
Sousse
Gabes
Algeria
Oases
Fezzan
Libya
Lake Chad
air force
Katroua
Sfax
ROMMELL
LONDON
Cairo
Field Marshal
Rommel
R A F Raid On Akyab In Burma
British headquarters reported another night raid by RAF bomber forces on the Japanese-occupied port of Akyab in western Burma. Earlier daylight sorties sunk four enemy supply sampans off the coast farther south and started several fires. no RAF aircraft were lost. No Jang forces were mentioned in the Rathedaung vicinity.
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NEW DELHI
CPI
R.A.F
Akyab
Burma
Jang
Rathedaung
Allied air strike hits Japanese convoy off New Guinea coast
Allied reports say planes sank two large transports, damaged a third, and shot down 18 fighters after a four hour battle off the New Guinea coast. The campaign in Papuan theater nears completion with the destruction of about 15 000 Japanese soldiers and 107 ships damaged or destroyed since July. The action centers near Buon Gulf Lae and Sanananda Point as Allied forces close in on remaining Japanese forces.
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ALLIED
Australia
Jan
C.P
New Guinea
Buna
Buon Gulf
Lae
Bracken Says Farewell After 20 Years as The Pas MLA
Premier John Bracken announced his resignation as member for The Pas constituency after 20 years in Manitoba politics. He will hand over premiership to Stuart Garson and plans radio addresses in Fun Man Sheridan Cold Lake Cranberry Portage The Pas and other Manitoba areas before returning to Winnipeg.
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FLIN FLON
Man
C.P
John Bracken
Pas
Manitoba
Progressive Conservative party
Stuart Garsoi
Bracken
Fun Man
Sherridan
Cold Lake
Cranberry Portage
The Pas
othe points
Winnipeg
Germans Fight to Open Escape Route in Caucasus
Soviet forces push across the Don toward Rostov, breaking through German resistance. The Red Army advances to within 65 miles of Rostov and 76 miles of the Caucasus gateway, with several villages captured and heavy German losses reported.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
dan
Lower
Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Red army
Bolshaya Orlovka
Sal river
Red Star
Stalingrad
Don Valley
BBC
New York
CBS
Rehev
upper Volga
Moscow
North Caucasus
China’s Vital Air Lifeline
AP war analyst Dewitt Mackenzie describes the perilous air route from India to Chungking used as a fragile lifeline between China and the Allies. He notes fierce monsoon winds, mountain peaks, and enemy threats endangering this artery, whose disruption would deal a severe blow to China and public morale.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
CHUNGHING
India
Chungking
Burna
China
monsson
United States
United Nations
46 Killed In Palermo Air Raid
Rome reports 46 killed and 72 injured in a daylight air raid on Palermo by American four engine planes. The same brief notes attacks on Licata causing civilian casualties and damage. Allied and Axis statements describe clashes in Libya and Tunisia with prisoner captures and naval hits off Algeria.
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ROME
High Command
Palermo
Cairo
war bulletin
Sirte
Libya
Tunisia
Sone
Licata
Klondike Pioneer Crowley Dies in East U S
Captain Arthur L. Crowley 73 a Klondike and sea veteran died at his Plainville home on a Thursday. Born in Somerset he began sea life as a cabin boy at 16 and spent 45 years at sea aside from a brief Alaska venture. He became a sailing master at 19 and helped supervise schooner construction including one he sailed to the south seas.
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PLAINVILLE
Mass
Arthur L. Crowley
Klondike
Somerset
Alaska
Crowley
south seas
Bombers Hit Ruhr Targets In Third Raid Of Year
British bombers struck Ruhr targets last night in their third raid of the year. All aircraft returned safely, as the Air Ministry announced. Prior raids had taken place on January 3 4 and tonight’s operation.
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LONDON
Ruhr
Germany
Air Ministry
Gas Fire Kills Man at Calgary Refinery
John Willett, 36, of Calgary, died after flames erupted from a gas fire at the base of an empty bubble tower of the British American Oil Co Ltd refinery in East Calgary. He was descending a metal ladder when flames poured from an open man hole and engulfed him, spreading 10 feet around and 26 feet up the tower before coworkers stopped the blaze. Police said the gas source is unclear since the tower had been shut off earlier.
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CALGARY
Jan
British American Oil Company. Limited
John Willett
Willart
ponce
Willett
Allied Air Bombings Hit Kiska and Munda Bases
The United States Navy released details noting that Army Air Forces bombed Japanese bases at Kiska in the Aleutians on January 8 and Munda in the Solomons on January 7, with no results reported.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy department
army
Kiska
Alutan Islands
Munda
Solomots
German inland defences along Meuse and Namur fortifications
Beil Finn News Agency reports Germany establishing inland defences along the Meuse in case of Allied invasion through northern France and Belgium. It also notes requisitioning Belgian labor to strengthen fortifications near Namur province.
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LONDON
Jan
Beilfinn
Meuse
France
Belgium
Namur
Russians announce capture of Zimovniki town and station
A Moscow broadcast reported Soviet troops captured Zimovniki and its railway station after stubborn fighting starting January 5. Other briefs note a fatal Almonte wreck might have been preventable with proper rail rules, British destroyers fending off four Nazi attacks near the North Cape, Ursula Parrott indicted on subversive charges in Miami, and U S tanks tampered with in Oakland shipment, prompting removal for testing.
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ZIMOVNIKI
LONDON
specia
Moscow
ALMONTE
Ont
William ©. Beck
Canadian Pacific R Railway
Smyth’s Falls
Russia
North Cape
Admiralty
Admiral Scheer
Lentzow
URSULA PARROTT
MIAMI
Fla
Brenly Parrott
OAKLAND
Calif
A.P
army
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FDR
Machant
Phillips
Army— Air
eBAhHIVE
Tripolitania
Sanananda Point
Bengazi
PHILADELPHIA, Jan
Pennsylvania railroad
East U.S
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