Mozyr and Kalinkovichi fall in Red Army drive
Russian forces captured Mozyr and Kalinkovichi on the Kiev Warsaw front, severing a key rail junction and clearing the way toward Poland. Vatutin’s Ukrainian army pushed toward Sarny and Rovno, while Rokossovsky’s troops stormed the Mozyr area as Stalin broadcast the victory.
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James F. King
Associated Press
ONDON
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Zhlobin-Berdichev
Constantine Rokossovsky
Vatutin
Rovno
Sarny
Luck
Kovel
Lwow
Odessa-Warsaw
Red Star
Red
STALIN
Moazyr
Pripet
Poland
Pinsk
Moscow
Warsaw
Bug river
Rome Airfields Left In Smoking Ruins By Raiders
In Italy the US 15th Air Force bombed Guidonia near Rome and Centocelle, with Perugia targeted as well. Big bomber raid followed by medium craft. fighters engaged, eight enemy planes downed while three American fighters were lost.
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Rome
ITALY
United States
15th Air Force
Guidonia
Benito Mussolini
Centocelle
Perugia
Muskrat as a Fancy Fare in Ottawa Ads
The Ottawa Citizen notes muskrat appears in local advertising with farming and fur coat markets contrasted to New York. Caned muskrat from Quebec is praised, high prices for half pound tins cited, and contrasts with North American meat rationing. Quebec may test Canadian demand despite cautious tastes. Continued on Page 15.
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Ottawa Citizen
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New York
Quebec
Louisiana
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Canada
Burma Coast Drive Gains toward Akyab
Allied troops push along the western Burma coast toward the Japanese base at Akyab, advancing four miles below Maungdaw. Headquarters say Maungdaw captured earlier, with advances to Kanyidaw and Dilpara nearby as Japanese counterattacks slow progress along the Mayu Range foothills.
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NEW DELHI
Burma
Akyab
Maungdaw
Lord Louis Mountbatten
southeast Asia
Kanyidaw
Dilpara
Maunegdaw
Mayu Range
Chinook Wind Reaches 70 MPH in Southern Alberta
A Chinook wind swept across Southern Alberta today reaching a maximum velocity of 70 miles per hour at 12:30 PM. The meteorological bureau reports this as a new record for the past year with no higher velocity recorded yet. Earlier records show the next highest speed was 6 mph in March of last year. On several days in January and April winds reached around 45 mph.
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Alberta
meteorological bureau
Jap Drive On Arawe Fails
Allied headquarters report that Japanese attempts to recapture the Arawe peninsula on New Britain failed. Sixth Army troops, who landed December 15, remain entrenched across the three mile peninsula and nearby areas. A colonel said Japanese troops are within 100 yards of their lines but the Americans can press the attack any time. Tokyo claimed a recapture, which headquarters denied. Raid on enemy posts by US patrols followed artillery blasts. The main American invasion force stays on the peninsula amid sporadic fighting.
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ROBERT EUNSON
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
South Pacific
Arawe
New Britain
Sixth Army
Tokyo
United States
6th Army
Allied
Poles Weigh Conciliatory Reply to Soviet Plan
London reports indicate Poland's cabinet to decide on a careful, possibly delayed response to the Soviet Curzon line proposal. Prime Minister Mikolajczyk, Foreign Minister Romer, and Ambassador Raczyński met Eden as Daily Express notes Poles in close contact with Britain. The Daily Worker cites tensions over moderating a stance. Reply expected tonight at 5 30 p.m. MDT.
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LONDON
Poland
Curzon line
Daily Express
Eden
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Tadeusz Romer
Britain
Edward Raczynski
Daily Worker
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Russia
Ickes Hurt In Slings After Office Fall
Harold Ickes United States secretary of the interior arrived at his office with his arm in a sling revealing he slipped at home Wednesday night and broke his collar bone.
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WASHINGTON
Harold Ickes
United States
secretary of the interior
Cassino fight deepens as Gustav line buckles along Apennines
Allied forces push two miles from the east and gain on Mount Trocchio while Americans advance from the south in the Cassino corridor. French troops seize Mount San Pietro and Monna Casale Ridge as German defenses tighten across the Gustav line. Heavy resistance and rugged terrain mark the battle, with plans for a harder fight ahead.
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Cerraro
Mount San Pietro
Mount Trocchio
Rome
Cassino
Jin
San Pietro
Monna Casale
Colli-Atina
Aquafondala
Viticuso
Mount Casale
Mount Raimo
Day and Night Allied Bombing Ramps Up Over Nazi Europe
Allied medium bombers and fighters pressed across the Channel toward northern France, continuing daylight raids in the Pas de Calais area. Mosquitos bombed western Germany as US intelligence tallies Tuesday’s epic Reich battle, noting 152 Nazi fighter losses and damage to aircraft plants. Typhoons claimed eight enemy planes with one Typhoon lost, marking Mosquitos’ first operation since Monday.
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LONDON
France
Germany
Pas de Calais
RAF
Berlin
United States
8th Air Force
U.S
Flying Fortress Flies Home
A 21-year-old gunner, Sgt. Everett E. Hudson Jr., recalls the brutal aerial battle over He during a mission in England aboard the Flying Fortress Frenesi. Amid rockets and bursts from FW-1190s and Focke-Wulfs, the crew lost two planes, took heavy damage, and endured a dive as flak disabled an engine. Hudson escaped with a ripped parachute after praise for their pilot, Lieut. William F. Cely, who safely brought them home.
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GLADWIN HILL
Associated Press
U.S. FORTRESS
ENGLAND
Germany
Everett E. Hudson, Jr
West Point
Miss
Frenesi
William F. Ce
papa
Nelles Goes To London As Senior Canadian Flag Officer
Vice-Admiral Percy W. Nelles sails to take senior Canadian flag office in London and is replaced by Rear-Admiral George C. Jones as chief of the Canadian naval staff. Navy minister Macdonald announced the move at Ottawa press conference.
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JONES
OTTAWA
Percy W. Nelles
andon
George C. Jones
Navy
Macdonald
HOUGHTON
United Kingdom
Europe
Britain
Fierce Fight in Yugoslavia for Rail Corridor
In central Bosnia fierce combat for the Banja Luka to Zagreb railway continued as German pressure rose on Yugoslav Partisans. Tito’s communique says Partisans shot down two Nazi bombers near Bugojno and destroyed a troop train near Brod, killing 45 and capturing 85.
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LONDON
Yan
C.PJ
Banja Luka-Zagreb
Bosnia
Banja Luka
Prijedor
Josip Broz
Tito
free Yugoslav radio
Bugojno
Brod
Dinaric Alps
Adriatic
U S Ack Ack Men Now Defend London
American anti aircraft troops now are helping defend London against Nazi air raiders. It was disclosed Thursday.
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U.S
LONDON
Ciano Trial Judge Killed in Automobile Crash
Berlin radio quoted Milan dispatch saying Dominico Mittica a lieutenant-general in the Italian militia and Verona judge who sentenced Count Galeazzo Ciano to death last Monday was killed today in an automobile accident. Count Clare Mussolini's son in law was convicted of treason and executed the next day after Mussolini's ouster. Mittica reportedly led a division on the Russian front and served in West Africa Spain and Greece.
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LONDON
Berlin
Milan
Dominico Mittica
Verona
Galéazo Ciano
Count Clano
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Mittica
West Africa
Spain
Greece
Russians Sweep Westward Through Polish Towns
Moscow announced Soviet forces captured Mazyr Kalinkovichi and more than four hamlets as they pushed west of Mozyr and Kalinkovichi. Vatutin reached toward Stephan district center 45 miles inside the pre war frontier in Poland.
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POLAND
LONDON
Mazyr
Kalinkovichi
Moscow
Skrigaloy
Mozyr
Klinsk
Pinsk
Nikolai Vatutin
Stephan
Tutovichi
JOHN LAVARACK
SYDNEY
Australia
C.P
Washington
Francis Forde
FRANCE
R.AF
United States
Germany
R.A.F
Dominion
PACIFIC
MARSHALLS
United States navy
Miljatell
Gilberts
ITALY
German international information bureau
Aquafendata
Cassine
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
OTTAWA
C.2
Macdonald
Royal Navy
RON
R.N
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Mozyr Falls
Pripet Drive
Rokossovsky
Pripet Marshes
Red Army
Emden
Ickes
Gustav Line
Joseph E. Dynan
Orsogua
Ortona
Pennapiedimonte
Nazi Europe
Flying Fortress
Nelles
Yugoslavia
Ciano
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