Allied High Command for Western Invasion Named
The Western Front invasion plan nears completion with General Eisenhower as supreme commander. Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory named naval and air chiefs, Tedder named deputy, Montgomery designated British ground commander, Spaatz as U.S. strategic air forces chief.
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Associated Press
Allied High Command
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Tedder
Britain
Nval
Bertram Romsay
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
Bernard le Mpertromery
United States
United States Strategic Air Forces
Carl A. Spaatz
London
Dwight D Eisenhower
Bertram Rameau
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
R.A. Fos
Eisenhower
Supreme Command
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rammaay
Leigh- Mallory
Acros
Channel
No 10
Downing Street
Leigh-Mallory
R.A. P
Ramsay
Dunkerque
Sicily
Mediterranean
Royal Navy
Dynamo
North Africa
Dover
Russian Nationalism Replacing The Internationale In Schools
The piece discusses shifting allegiance from the Internationale to Russian themed songs in schools, noting nationalist tone and comparisons to historical peers. It mentions translations, origin of college cheers, and cautions about translating poetic rhythm across languages.
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Daily Ten
Bert Tastor
Franklin P. Adar
Montague
Pitta
Alexander
Roosevelt dodges fourth term question in wartime talk
President Roosevelt deflected a direct query on a fourth term, praising New Deal economy and opposing isolation. He quipped about "Doctor War" aiding the external ailment while arguing the internal illness is cured, as Bert Andrews pressed for clarity on a potential bid.
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Ashington
Dee
Roosevelt
Picayune
Doctor New
Harbor
New York Herald
Tribune
Bert Andrews
Louisiana Soldiers Wounded In Action Listed
The War Department released the names of 485 U S soldiers wounded in action. Louisiana entries include Technical Sergeant Marcus A Bou dreaux Corporal J LaFargue Private Easter B Brooks Private First Class Wallace Charles and others with listed next of kin and hometowns such as Gonzales Kinder Oak Ridge Ope lousas Lake Charles Plaquemine Colfax Colfax Laurel Hill Martinville and Lagan among the Mediterranean and Pacific area postings.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Louisiana
Marcus A Boudreaux
Lawless
A. Boudreaux
Gonzales
Mediterranean
J. LaFargue
Laura LaFargue
Kinder Pacific Area
Easter B. Brooks
Judy Brooks
Box
Oak Ridge
Wallace Charles
Joseph R. Charles
Grand Coteau
Edward Hall
Eddie Hall
East Jefferson Street
Opelousas
Philip W Kiplinger
Philip W. Kiplinger
Cleveland Street
Lake Charles
Curtis McCoy
Mildred McCoy
Route 2
Box 271
Plaquemine
James V. Martell
Cora Martell
John L. Peck
Caroline McQuarter
Laurel Hill
Herbert G. Pinckley
Mary F. Pinckley
Colfax
Joseph E. Weber
Luella Mayhe
Lagan
Gredan Gabriel J. Wiltz
Martinville
Military funeral for Spike the army and marine mascot
Spike the English bulldog mascot of the army and marine corps was given a military funeral in Tallamook Oregon after dying in a traffic accident. formerly Private Bill Marley’s dog and part of an observation squadron at Fort Lewis he later lived at the naval air station gate with Captain Hoxie Griswold overseeing the ceremony.
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Tallamook
Ore
Pike
Army
Marines
Spike
Bill Marley
Fort Lewis
Wash
Marley
Forest Grove
Bill
Naval Air Here
Guard
Ngit Gate
Hoxie Griswold
Marine Bar- 4
Canadians Capture Ortona Surgeons and Raiders Report
Canadians capture Ortona as reports say British and American bombers raid the French coast possibly using German rocket emplacements. The Calaix area has been bombed incessantly since Monday, according to an A. P. Wirephoto report.
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French
Thorsday
Calaix
Allied Pushes Advance in New Britain and New Guinea
Allied forces push toward Cape Gloucester and the Ramu valley as American Marines extend the New Fortress line and Australian troops seize a key point on the Huen peninsula. Japanese air losses top 230 planes in two weeks of New Britain fighting, with questions about enemy air strength ahead.
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Broscc
New Britain
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Cape Cloucester
Huen
Ramu
Madang
Associated Press
Japan
Arawe
Rabaul
Germans Launch Full Scale Attack On Fifth Army Front
Allied dispatches report Canadian troops pushing north along the Adriatic coast toward Pescara after capturing Ortona in eight days of intense house to house fighting. French Moroccan forces seized a 3 000 foot peak as American units closed on San Vittore while air forces bombed Rome area targets and Rimini rail yards.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Ortona
Mediterranean
Rome
Adriatic
Pescara
Ciampino
Centocelle
London
Paris
St. Peter's Basilica
Fifth Army
Ponte di Garignano
Garigiano
Progres
San Vittore
Ortesa
Italy
15Th Air Force
Guidonia
Rimini
Vincenza
Mies
Venice
Vicenza
Air Force Headquarters
France
Reds Advance Upon Zhitomir In Ukraine Offensive
Soviet forces under General Vatutin press the Zhitomir and Korosten front, recapturing Zlebi chi and Kekhi as part of a winter drive toward Kiev. In northern White Russia, Bagramian’s troops repelled German counterattacks near Vitebsk, routing multiple attacks.
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London
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Ocesea
Kiev
Vatutin
Ukraine
Korositshev
Smolovka
Zlebichi
Kekhi
Fritz von Mannstein
Radomysi
Brusilov
Koro- Sten
Red Army
White Russia
Bagramian
Vitebsk
Snowbound Missouri and Virginia Cut Temps Warn Of More
Reports from Missouri and Virginia tell of heavy snowfalls and plummeting temperatures as storms move toward the Atlantic coast. Columbia and Clinton Missouri report several inches blanketing streets while Richmond Virginia stays snow covered amid a cold night. Weather expects a cold shift tonight with rising temps tomorrow inland. Churchill health update from No 10 Downing Street notes no further bulletins and progress seen.
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Chicago
Missouri
Virginia
Atlantic
Mercury
Columbia
Clinton
Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill
Middle East
William M Clark Dies at 73 in Loch Arbor Area
William M. Clark, 73, of the old Swarts road, was found dead in his two room house early Wednesday. The coroner said he had been dead about four days from natural causes. He was unmarried and lived alone, with a niece, Mrs. Aliene Cul pepper, as the nearest relative. The funeral was held at Loch Arbor Baptist church Wednesday at 3 pm, Rev. Foster officiating, with interment in Loch Arbor cemetery by Peters Funeral Service, Inc.
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William M. Clark
Swarts Road
J. T. French
Aliene Culpepper
Loch Arbor Baptist Church
Foster
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Loch Arbor Cemetery
Urges No Pact With Germany Across United Nations
Washington reports a plan to scrap a peace treaty with Germany and issue a simple declaration of peace instead. General Marcel De Baer, Belgian member of the London war crimes inquiry, proposes a UN court to try Axis leaders and argues for declaring peace after a war. The State Department studies the idea amid war legality concerns.
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Washington
Germany
United Nations
Hitler
Mussolini
Marcel de Baer
London Allied Commission
War Criminal Commission
London International Assembly
de Baer
State Department
de Bauer
Bombing Near Rome Confirmed by Allied HQ
Allied medium bombers hit air fields near Rome with targets including Ciampino and the dispersal area east of the city. Nazis claimed heavy bombs hit outskirts and residential areas but Allied communique says raids focused on hangars and airfield infrastructure. Mosquito and Typhoon strikes hit western Germany and the rocket coast with no losses reported. Pope Pius XII reportedly watched the action from a window.
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Algiers
Rome
Paris
Gurbu’ Ile
Vida
Allied
Ciampino
Bugland
Germany
Tn Adilivier
Ney
Pius XII
Germans Report Two Commando Assaults on Sark
London reports from December 29 state German accounts claim two British commando raids on Sark in the English Channel within three days as part of pre invasion probing. The broadcasts say mines and detonations halted the attackers and one British soldier died. Sark lies near Guernsey with a 570 population.
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London
Sark
English Channel Islands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DNB
High Command
Channel
Channel Islands
Cherbourg
French
Guernsey
Germany
Johnson funeral marks Mississippi mourns Governor Paul B. Johnson
Hundreds of Mississippians along with state notables gathered at the Johnson farm near Hattiesburg for the funeral of Governor Paul B. Johnson who died Sunday after a long illness. The service, led by three Methodist ministers, featured a guarded procession and a public address system for those outside the home. Interment followed at Old City Cemetery after the service was delayed for the arrival of Lieutenant Paul Johnson Jr.
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Hattifsburg
Miss
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson Farm
City
Old City
Paul Johnson, Jr
Influenza Keeps Caldwell at Home in Shreveport
Mayor Sam Caldwell misses speaking engagements due to illness in Caddo parish. Running mate Senator Frank Ellis covers scheduled appearances in Dixie and Belcher with plans to speak at Gilliam and other towns. Remaining itinerary listed for Thursday and Friday including Homer Haynesville and Logansport.
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Shreveport
Sam Caldwell
Caddo Parish
Frank Ellis
Caldwell
Mooringsport
Oil City
Trees City
Vivian
Ellis
Dixie
Belcher
Gilliam
Houston
Mira
Ida
Athens
Homer
Haynesville
Shongallo
Sarepta
Keithville
Koatchie
Lowstreet
Logansport
Grand Cane
Marine ace Boyington downed 2nd Jap plane near Rabaul
On December 29 Major Gregory Boyington of Okanogan Washington shot down his second Japanese plane over Rabaul New Britain. He stands one behind the all time US Marine record held by Major Joe Foss and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
No Women In Prisoner Party Probed At Camp Polk
Camp Polk officials released a statement after investigating reports that German prisoners of war at the camp were drinking beer and enjoying a seafood dinner at Lake Arthur. The inquiry found no drinking by guards or prisoners and no women involved.
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Lake Charles
Camp Polk
Lake Arthur
Unions Agree Not to Strike During War Effort
Secretary of War Stimson said leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen the Order of Railway Conductors and the Switchmen's Union of North America have cancelled a planned strike set for tomorrow. They and their organizations pledged no action imperiling war production and would waive wage arbitration while railroads remain under army control.
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Washington
Stimson
Brehon Somervell
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
H.W. Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Roosevelt
Army
Alexander Surles
War Department Public Relations Bureau
Secretary of War
Order of
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Switchen
Union of North America
Somervell
Gibraltar reports heavy ship movement and coastal defense boasts
Axis radios claimed the heaviest Gibraltar shipping since the Italian invasion with 58 merchant vessels in harbor and a convoy of 17 ships arriving from the Atlantic. Paris and Berlin outlets boasted about impregnable German defenses as troop movements rose in France over Christmas.
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London
Gibraltar
Vichy
Berlin
Madrid
France
Paris
Traffic accidents fall in New Orleans during rationing year
Police records show a 19 percent drop in traffic accidents in New Orleans in 1943, the first full year of travel rationing, as population estimates rose from 530 008 to about 550 000. Traffic deaths totaled 54 in 1943 versus 67 in 1942.
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New Orleans
British navy sinks German destroyers in Biscay action
London reports a brilliant British victory as three German destroyers are sunk in the Bay of Biscay and others crippled by combined warship and air forces. The same communique states the German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk in Arctic waters by the Duke of York and accompanying cruisers and destroyers.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
Air Ministry
France
Scharnhorst
Arctic
Biscay
Tims Dew
Gereman
Spain
Hitler
George thinks war near end predicts European victory by 1944
Senator George of Georgia said military leaders are not speculating about victory and that Germany’s collapse could bring Japan to falter. He urged rapid peacetime production preparation, stressing quick conversion of small and medium businesses to provide jobs as war plants wind down.
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Washington
George
Georgia
America
Germany
Europe
Senate
Japan
United States
Dwight D
Congressman Gore enters Army as volunteer inductee
Albert Gore, Tennessee representative from the Fourth district, is accepted for army service at Fort Oglethorpe Ga and will be sworn in as a volunteer inductee. He plans a three week furlough before reporting for duty and is among several Smith county men including Wash Reed who also seeks induction.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Gore
Washington
Smith County
Wash Reed
Reed
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