Russians Press Dnieper Bend Breakthrough Near Smela
Soviet forces under Konev and Vatutin pushed along the Dnieper bend encircling German garrisons. More than 12,000 Germans slain as Konev’s and Vatutin’s armies cut rail lines, captured towns, and closed toward Smela and Sarny. New Kerch bridgehead fighting reported.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
Ivan 5
Konev
Dnieper bend
Smela
Kirovograd
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa-Warsaw
Bereznoe
Ludiipol
Sarny
old Poland
ROVNO
Vatutin
Red army
Berlin
Stockholm
Ivan Konev
Voronovitsa
Memirov
Vinnitsa
Warsaw-Odessa
Smela-Konev
Dnieper
BUG
Voronovitsa-Khristinovka
Bug river
Dniester
Shepetevka
Yarovatka
Canadians Turn Tables On Germans In Ortona Street Fight
In Ortona Italy late December, 15 Canadian soldiers were released by a patrol after hours in a house with German troops. CSM John Elaschuk and Pte Wilfrid Haimes described the tense hours as the Canadians held out with scarce bread while German youths under 24 pressed for information. The Germans finally surrendered when the patrol arrived, and the prisoners were freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITALY
C.P. Cable
Adriatic
Ortona
CSM
John Elaschuk
Turin
Alita
Elaschuk
Mediterranean
N.C.O
Wilfrid Haimes
Vancouver
Cpls
Alex Ray
TR. Plant
Calgary
Pres
Stan Simon
Creston
George Cunningham
Joussard
Rita
Wv. A. Murphy
Haimes
Cassino 5th Army pincers close on Cassino area
Allied forces push toward Cassino in a widening pincer from Mount Pedro to Cervaro. British seize Mount Pedro. Americans threaten Mount Trocchio and capture Mount Di Piperia as 8th and 5th Armies press the German line. Air and sea operations flare across Italy and the Balkans with raids and ship actions reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LGIERS
Cassino
Rome
Cerraro
Mount Pedro
Mount Trocchio
Cervaro
Mount Di Piperia
Noise reforms urged to curb street and horn disturbances
A Journal of the American Medical Association report by Dr Carey P McCord and John D Goodell argues noise causes irritation and sleep disruption. It urges mellow horns on autos and trains, nonirritating sounds as warnings, and improved insulation and air conditioning to reduce exterior noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey P. McCord
John D. Goodell
Detroit
Journal of the American Medical Association
Science Service
Slavs Taking Heavy Toll in Tito Partisan Drive
Tito's war bulletin says Yugoslav partisans in central and western Bosnia inflict heavy toll on German forces as five directions drive to breach partisan lines. Germans commit tanks and motorized columns, but Tito reports successful partisan harassment of garrisons and communications on other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
free Yugoslav radio
Associated Press
Mosquitos Raid Berlin as Allies Strike German Targets
Mosquito bombers returned to the Germanfront attack stabbing Berlin and hitting western Reich targets in a ninth new year foray praised as flawless with no losses. Over northern France coastal air operations involved Typhoon and Mosquito formations, with two Allied planes down and one German craft shot down.
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Sth Army
8th Army
New
Balkan
Sofia
Civitanova
Ancona
San Benedetti
Balkans
Skope
Yugoslavia
San Benedetto
Pescars
LONDON
Germany
Berlin
western Reich
air ministry
France
Vichy radio
French channel
Paris
are
Somme
U S Cruiser Has Bow Shot Off Gets New One
The United States Navy said a torpedoed cruiser with its bow shot off arrived at Bremerton Navy Yard, received an emergency fore section and a replica bow, then sailed back into the Pacific with a veteran crew. The navy release did not identify the vessel or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BREMERTON
Wash
United States Navy
navy yard
Pacific
navy
Pucet Sound
Prisoners to Boost Lumbering Work in Ontario and Quebec
Ontario and Quebec to gain 1 000 more German POWs for lumber camps next month, boosting prisoner labor by 50 percent. Currently 2 000 are in fuelwood and pulpwood camps, with 130 on farms and 35 in a tannery. Prisoners earn 50 cents for an eight hour day but may spend only 30 cents.
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R. S. W. Fordham
Ontario
Quebec
Russia to keep Polish lands in postwar settlement
London dispatch reports Soviet government says it will retain most territory gained in the 1939 partition of Poland. It offers Poland German western lands and suggests joining a Soviet Czecho-Slovak mutual assistance pact. The Curzon line is proposed as a border guide amid the Polish Soviet dispute.
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LONDON
Moscow radio
Russia
Poland
Soviet Union
UKRAINE
Red army
Curzon
Woman Keeper of Lighthouse Dead
ST STEPHEN NB Jan l Mrs Bertha Boyd Hannah of The Lodge near St Stephen died yesterday after a three month illness. She was the official keeper of Spruce Point lighthouse on the St Croix River a position she had held for nearly 60 years and was thought to be the only woman to hold such a position in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. STEPHEN, NB
Bertha Boyd Hannah
St Stephen
Spruce Point
St Croix River
Canada
British In Burma Gain Ground Against Japanese
New Delhi reported Allied ground forces under Mountbatten advanced along the Burma coast toward Akyab and captured Maungdaw, 55 miles northwest. RAF fighters and bombers supported pushes west of the Maya mountains, with similar gains on the central front. Allied air units bombed and strafed communications, oil and supply dumps and airfields. one twin-engine Japanese plane was destroyed at Akyab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW DELHI
ord Lews Mountbatten
Burma
Akyab
Maungdaw
southeast Asia
Maya
Nanyaseik
Magaung
Akyah
Roosevelt Urges National Service Law in War Program
President Roosevelt outlined a five point legislative program in his annual message, headed by a national service act for wartime duration to curb strikes and mobilize able bodied adults for war production and essential services. He urged a realistic tax law, renegotiation of war contracts, a cost of living law, and re enactment of the Economic Stabilization Act, arguing total mobilization is needed for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
congress
Roosevelt
grippe
Allied Raid On Celebes and New Guinea Bases
Allied air squadrons ranged from Celebes north of Australia to the Solomons delivering heavy bombs on Japanese bases and supply routes. A major strike hit Madang area in New Guinea with 168 tons of explosives. U S heavy bombers flew 750 miles to Kendall on Celebes, dropping 25 tons and facing anti-aircraft fire and Zeros. one bomber was lost. Kendari airfield, now a Japanese base, is highlighted. Marine patrols and advances near Cape Gloucester and Silimati Point continued with ground actions inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALLIED
New Guinea
Celebes
Australia
Solomons
high command
Madang
Kletishafen
Bogadjim
United States
Darwin
Kendall
Celebes Island
Kendari
Netherlands
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
United States Marine
Silimati Point
Nazis Shoot Count Ciano in Italy Treason Trial
London report says Count Galeazzo Ciano was shot to death after conviction for voting to oust Mussolini. Other convicted include Marshal Emilio De Bono Giovanni Marinelli Carlo Pareschi and Luciano Gottardi. The executions followed a treason trial of former Fascist grand council members in Verona.
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LONDON
C.P
Galeazzo Ciano
D.N.B
Benito Mussolini
DNB
Ciano
Emilio De Bono
Giovanni Marinelli
Carlo Pareschi
Luciano Gottardi
fromer
grand council
Tullio Clannett
Verona
Italy
Clano
Count Costanzo Ciano
Archdiocese to name Nova Scotia Archbishop today
The Nova Scotia diocesan meeting will name a new Anglican archbishop to replace the late Archbishop John Buckenley. Clergy and laypeople from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island arrive to attend the session led by Rt. Rev. Philip Carrington archbishop of Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALIFAX
Nova Scotia
John Buckenley
Prince Edward Island
Philip Carrington
Quebec
Hopkins In Hospital In Influenza Case At Navy Hospital
Washington January 11 Harry Hopkins advisor to President Roosevelt entered naval hospital last week with influenza. He may be confined for some time as White House colleagues disclosed on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
naval hospital
White House
Monnay
Black acquitted in liquor permit card conspiracy case
Toronto court acquitted Morris Black of conspiracy involving 61 registration cards used in liquor permit purchases. Judge Macdonell found the charge unsubstantiated by evidence after testimony from witnesses for the Crown and defence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Morris Black
Macdonell
Oxygen Supplies Fail Three Die Aboard Bomber
Hammer Field authorities report three crewmen died aboard heavy bombers after oxygen supplies failed at high altitude. They said no similar accident is known to have occurred before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRESNO
Calif
Hammer Field
Bombers Attack Northwest Germany in Heavy Battle
Strong formations of American heavy bombers with fighter escort attacked targets in northwest Germany amid heavy Nazi fighter opposition. U S Army HQ said U S fighters protected the bombers as RAF support joined Allied air forces.
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GERMANY
LONDON
C.P
U.S. army
United States
RAF
SLUCH RIVER
POLAND
Red army
Sarny
Rovno
Moscow
GUSTAV
KENNEL CLUB
TORONTO
James D. Stratchan
Canadian Kennel Club
Reamer and Bench
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON
senate
KIROVOGRAD
Belaya Tserkov
Vircvegrad
B.C
VICTORIA
Canada
Farmers Institutes
British Columbia
Twesday
CHARLES KING
Britain
King
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Ste COCoe
Sneut
Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
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Bernard Mortgomery
U.S
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