Berdichev Falls as Red Army Advances Toward Dniester
Soviet forces under Nikolai Vatutin pushed south from Berdichev after a five day siege, breaking German lines near the Ubort and Sluch rivers. The capture signals a push toward the Dniester with tank and infantry columns racing toward Vinnytsia as Stalin honors the victory with a salute.
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Moscow
Fritz von Mantstein
Pripet
Olevsk
Kiev
Warsaw
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Dniester
Berdichev
Zhitomir
von Mannstein
Kowel
Gorodonitza
Novogorod- Valynski
Siuch
Stalin
Vinnitsa
Westbrook Pegler on Chicago racket trial verdicts and extortion
In a column Pegler asserts Chicago racketeers including Louis aufman conspired with George Downe and Willie Bioff to extort money from the film industry. He notes ten year sentences for six defendants and seven years for Usman, praises the trial as an exposure, and critiques industry complicity and social ties to Bioff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis Aufman
Newark
George Downe
Willie Bioff
Rge
Ulleon
Usman
A. F. of Land
South American
Europe
England
Lend-Lease Total Reaches 13.6 Billion as War Effort Grows
President Roosevelt reports lend-lease aid to Allies through November totals 13.6 billion dollars and pledges 1944 as a year of decisive action. He cites increased Allied unity and intensified munitions shipments while noting the program accounts for 13.5 cents of every dollar in U S war spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
America
United Nations
Teheran
Cairo
Senate
House
Chicago Offers 75 000 For Two National Conventions
Chicago bids to host both Republican and Democratic national conventions with a 75000 dollar inducement to each party. Silas H Strawn chairs the effort, aiming for late June or July and noting facilities, hotels, and travel access as key factors. Mayor Edward J Kelly supports the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
Citizens’ Committee of Business and
Republican National Committee
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Committee
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Edward J Kelly
Ilinois
Citizens’ Group
Suit Faced by Arms Concerns United States Case
The Justice Department filed a civil suit in New York charging E I du Pont De Nemours Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries with an international cartel in violation of the Sherman Act. The complaint names Lammot du Pont Walker Carpenter and Charles Krum Davis among others and alleges a long running conspiracy restraining trade in chemical products firearms and ammunition since before 1920 and continuing through 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. I du Pont
de Nemours
Remington Arms Company
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd
United States
British Chemicals and Arms Industries
du Pont
Imperial Chemical Industries
Lammot du Pont
Wilfington
Del
du Pont Company
Walker Samuel Carpenter, Jr
Wilmington
Charles Krum Davis
Fairfield, Conn
Remington
Harry Duncan McGowan
Lord McGowan
Imperial Chemicals
Henry Mond
Lord Melchett
New York
New York City
Biddle
Boyington Ties Record With 26th Japanese Plane
Major Gregory Boyington of Okana gan Washington credited with 26th air victory tying Marine Major Joe Foss. His latest win came in a raid on Rabaul New Britain three days earlier during a sweep over Rapopo airfield. Over 50 fighters took part and six of 20 intercepting zeros were shot down with five more listed as probables. Two Corsairs were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Gregory Boyington
Okanagan
Wash
Joe Foss
Boyington
Flying Tigers
China
Rabaul
New Britain
Rapopo
Chennault
Tokyo
Americans Smash Into San Vittore In Fifth Army Drive
Allied headquarters report muddy American and British troops opened a ten mile front near Via Casilina in sleet and rain, pushing into the San Vittore area and entering the town’s pill box maze while fighting hand to hand with German forces. Air bombers supported the assault as General Mark W Clark’s offensive began after weeks of limited activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Fifth Army
San Vittore
Venafro
Mark W. Clark
Three Robbers Rampage Through Jackson Targets Hotels Cars
In Jackson Mississippi police and highway patrol hunt three white men in their early twenties who robbed the Pearl Street Auto Storage, the Robert E Lee Hotel, and others, taking an estimated five to ten thousand dollars. Victims were bound and threatened as the trio fled in a 1942 Cadillac and a 1942 Chrysler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Pearl Street Auto Storage Company
Robert E. Lee
Lois Riggs
Exhumation Ordered in Joseph Brignac Case in New Orleans
Judge Frank J. Stutch ordered the exhumation of Joseph A. Brignac's body in New Orleans after his sister and brother sought to locate a possible will in his clothing. Brignac died December 20 and was buried at Metairie Cemetery. officials are to search the suit and deliver the body to funeral directors McMahon and Coburn, returning it within three hours of disinterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Frank J. Stutch
Civil District Court
Joseph A. Brignac
Stitch
Laura
Edmond Brignac
Joseph Brignac
Brignac
Metairie
McMahon and Coburn
Sutch
Allied drive in New Guinea and Kavieng targets hit
Allied air and ground operations near Cape Gloucester New Britain and Kavieng New Ireland report destruction of 17 Japanese planes and two freighters plus a direct cruiser hit. Marines push from Bergen bay to Sag Sag while Liberator bombers strike Kavieng harbor and airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Dutch Timor
New Ireland
Southwest Pacific Command
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Sag Sag
Cape
Douglas MacArthur
New Hanover
Kavieng
William F. Halsey
Russia Poland dispute widens as talks fail to bridge gaps
Russia and the Polish government in exile showed deeper rifts over prewar borders, with Moscow insisting territories are part of White Russia and the western Ukraine. Pravda called Polish areas Soviet, while a Pravda editorial and an information bulletin asserted these lands were liberated in 1939 from Polish rule, signaling potential impact on allied strategy and a Polish visit to Washington by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Moscow
White Russa
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Ida M Tarbell Writer Dies At 86 In Bridgeport
Ida Minerva Tarbell, renowned American writer and Lincoln biographer, died at Bridgeport hospital of pneumonia at 86. She had been on the danger list since December 27 after living with a sister in Easton. Tarbell rose to prominence in the early 1900s for critical articles on John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Ida Minerva Tarbell
Bridgeport Hospital
Easton
Tarbell
Abraham Lincoln
D. Rockefeller, Sr
Std Ridard Oil Company
American airmen forge 600 mile China supply route
The air transport command built a 600 mile aerial supply line to China, proving a worthy Burma road substitute. Dozens of fliers were downed in Burma jungles. some perished, others survived long ordeals. Lt. Ted R. Carmack and crew bailed out after a 10 000 foot attack, later surviving a 35 day trek aided by an American missionary Allen B. Cook who gave aid and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Air Transport Command
China
Burma
Ted R. Carmack
Henderson Street
Brewton
Ala
James King
East 20Th Street
Eugene
Ore
Muriel E. Sampson
Coolidge Avenue
Oakland
Calif
Allen B. Cook
Demand for Negro Motormen At Philadelphia Transit
Philadelphia Transportation Company must hire and upgrade Negroes as motormen conductors and bus drivers or face a presidential action. FEPC chairman Malcolm Ross rejects the union backed stance and warns the company to comply despite the Independent Employee union opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Roosevelt
Malcolm Ross
FEPC
P. T C
Ralph T. Senter
Ross
Senter
Chennaults Fliers Paving Way To Tokyo
Major General Claire Chennaults air force leads the push toward Tokyo from advanced bases in China. Fuel costs soar as planes manhandle scarce gasoline while establishing air dominance. Japanese losses surpass American losses as bases endure frequent alerts and fragile, improvised logistics.
Louisiana Men Die In Action In War Report
The War Department lists 306 U S soldiers killed in action including First Lieutenant Harry E. Everly of the Mediterranean area whose wife lives at Haughton La. Also named are Private First Class Arthur G. Coltharp of Heynesville and Corporal Ernest J. Robicheaux of Foster La husbands of Mrs. Myrtle Coltharp and Mrs. Geneva Robicheaux respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Harry E. Everly
Mediterranean Area
Haughton
United States
Mediterranean
Arthur G. Coltharp
Myrtle Coltharp
Heynesville
Ernest J. Robicheaux
Geneva Robicheaux
Foster, la
Sheriff's Son Killed in Pampa Plane Crash
Milton M. Coverdale Jr. 27 son of the sheriff was killed in a mid air collision at the Pampa Texas army air base two other men died and one parachuted to safety Coverdale wives mother sister and brother in service attended the graduation plans noted he would have received his wings and commission as second lieutenant at Pampa his death follows local practice as an attorney who organized a community orchestra Prior to service he graduated from Ouachita Parish High School Northeast Junior College and LSU Law School Trimmed to keep within limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton M. Coverdale, Jr
Milton Coverdale
Pampa
Tex
Army Air Base
Campbell
Pampa Field
Young Coverdale
Coverdale
Harold Coverdale
Ouachita Parish High School
Northeast Junior College
L.S. A. Law School
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Victory Field
Garden City
Kans
Pampa Ate Base
G O P Candidates Test Strength In Nominating Clash
Washington January 6 A test of strength forms over key issues for the Republican national committee to decide at Chicago including site of the nominating convention and control of the arrangements committee New York City entry boosts Wendell L Willkie supporters who seek to move the convention from Chicago Taft supports Governor John W Bricker and warns of outside pressure to force arrangements committee by vote breaking the traditional chairmans selection authority by Spangler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
New York City
Wendell L. Willkie
Arrangements Committee
Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Harrison E. Spangler
Berlin Mosquito Raids Hit Stettin and Berlin
British Mosquito bombers struck Stettin on the Baltic and Berlin in a double assault aimed at crippling Germany's Baltic logistics and crippling the Russian front supply line. Fifteen planes were lost in the raid, which included a 1300 mile round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stettin
Germany
Baltic
Bersin
Air Ministry
Berlin
France
Russia
Hitler
Leipzig
Fire Destroys Bus on Highway 8
Firefighters 14 miles out on Highway 8 at 9 30 a m reported Tri State Transit bus 501 overheated motor caused total loss. No injuries reported. Bus en route to Rayville and Vicksburg carried driver Raymond Sauls 409 Washington Shreveport. Passengers delayed about an hour, rerouted by a trailing bus. Hose line from truck 3 fought flames over two and a half hours, returning after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 8
Tri-State Transit Company
Rayville
Vicksburg
Raymond Sauls
Washington Street
Shreveport
Roosevelt Still Feels Grippe After Illness
President Roosevelt remained in the White House while recovering from grippe and continued work on the annual message to Congress. Admiral Harold Stark visited to bid farewell, and Stephen Early said Friday's press conference would be cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Harold R. Stark
Stephen Early
Community War Hero Edition Seeks Ouachita Parish Service Photos
The News Star and Morning World urge all Ouachita Parish residents to submit photos of every man and woman in armed service for a hero edition this month. Photographs are requested today to ensure no one is omitted.
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The
News-Star
Morning World
Ouachita Parish
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Ida M. Tarbell
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A. P. Wirephoto
Claire Chennault
Louisiana
Sheriff's Son
Milton Coverdale, Jr
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