Lingayen Landing Opens Inland Push Against Jap Defenses
American ground forces probe Japanese defenses on the Lingayen beachhead as Gen Douglas MacArthur’s plan to sever the Japanese homeland from its empire moves inland. Initial landings met little resistance with Japanese forces withdrawing inland and only light fire at San Fabian. Air attacks against the invasion fleet diminished, signaling a powerful Allied air advantage.
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Admiral Kinkaid
Lingayen
Douglas MacArthur
San Fabian
Luzon
Jay
Imperial Japanese
Luzon Island
Snowbound Streets Spur Wildlife Feeding and Safety Appeal
The PA NEWC notes ongoing snow removal downtown and urges sportsmen farmers Boy Scouts and rural mail carriers to assist feeding wildlife in snowbound areas. It warns against heavy rock salt use on cement sidewalks while detailing sidewalk clearing efforts and a Westminster student who rode horseback across deep drifts.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pa Newe
Westminster
New Wilmington
Daily Weather Report for 24-Hour Period
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 22 degrees and a minimum of 3 with traces of snow. River stage stands at 49 feet. Year-ago figures: maximum 23, minimum 17, traces of snow.
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United States
Air Bases Near Lingayen Deemed Promising Site by Generals
Brig. Gen. Royden Beebe and Gen. Kenney spoke after a site inspection with Gen. MacArthur noting Lingayen area offers a promising immediate air base. Mindoro’s air cover and an air umbrella protect the invasion convoy while coast and Formosa come under air scrutiny once fighters reach Luzon.
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Lingayen
Luzon
Royden Beebe
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Beebe
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Luzom
China Coast
Formosa
William F. Halsey
Gen
Kenney
Mindoro
Manila
Legion Accepts Financing Plan For New Legion Home
Perry S. Gaston Post American Legion approved a financing plan for a proposed new Legion Home. The executive committee and Legion Home board proposed the plan, with details to be worked out by a committee meeting Friday at 7 30 PM. The goal is about 225000 to construct and furnish the building for returning veterans.
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Perry S. Gaston Post
American Legion
Legion Home
Legion Home Board
Post
French Cruiser Shells German Positions Near Front
The French cruiser Emile Bertin and destroyer Trombe bombarded German coastal batteries and defense positions near the Franco Italian frontier. Direct hits damaged a battery, a bridge and a road blocked by wreckage. Winter weather limited land activity on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts. Medium bombers and fighters hit roads and bridges in the Po valley.
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Rome
INS
Emile Bertin
Trombe
Mediterranean
Italy
Heavy Cruiser Chicago Commissioned in Philadelphia
The 13,000 ton USS Chicago heavy cruiser, built for 40 million dollars, is commissioned at the Philadelphia navy yard. It serves as Chicago’s pledged answer to Japan, funded entirely by local war bonds and to reinforce efforts at Guadalcanal.
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Philadelphia
INS
Chicago
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Guadalcanal
Deaths of Marianne Iacobucci Luzow Eggleston and Eggleston
The notice lists Marianne Iacobucci age 64 of 1012 Summit Street, Michael Luzow age 72 of 1803 Moravia Street, and Dorothy W Eggleston age one year of 8 Long Avenue as deceased in the January 10 1945 death record.
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Marianne Iacobucci
Summit Street
Michael Luzow
Moravia
Dorothy W. Eggleston
Long Avenue
Plane Crashes In Field Near Mercer
Two Army Air Force captains were uninjured after their ATG plane developed motor trouble and crash landed in a field near Mercer Pennsylvania while en route from Mitchell Field New York to Akron Ohio. Captains Glenn Goddard and Edward Wintter parachuted to earth when snow banks cushioned their landing. The aircraft was badly wrecked but did not burn.
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Mercer
INS
Army Air Force
Mitchell Field
New York
Akron
Glenn Goddard
Bolder
Colo
Edward Wintter
Reading
Soviet forces seize half of Budapest in heavy fighting
Moscow reports the Red Army has captured 350 more blocks in Budapest, taking control of about half the city. Soviet troops pushed along the Danube’s north bank, taking Iva near Kománo, and seized the city race track, an oil refinery, a tank plant, iron works, and engineering works amid intense German resistance.
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Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Iva
Komano
Kispest
DNB
London
Yanks Narrow Salient To Less Than Ten Miles
United States First Army forces narrowed the Belgian Luxembourg salient to under 10 miles and closed within about three-quarters of a mile of La Roche. American and British units pressed drives through heavy snow facing German resistance near Duchamps, Marche, Forest of Nolaumont, and Bastogne area as operations continued along the front.
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Paris
First Army
la Roche
First
Ardennes
Duchamps
Marcourt
Second Army
Bulge
Marche
Nolaumont
Forrieres
Rochefort
Bure
St. Hubert
Third Army
Bastogne
Annual Bank Elections Occur in New Castle
Directors at the First National Bank elected George D. Blair Jr and ten others while officers at the Union Trust Company and Citizens National Bank held annual meetings. Judge J Norman Martin retired.
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New Castle
First National Bank of
Union Trust Company of
Citizens’ National Bank
First National Bank
George D. Blair, Jr
George A. Carpenter
Robert H Cunningham
Alex Crawford Hoyt
Robert C. Love
Norman A. Martin
W. Keith McAfee
Joel S. McKee
Rufus C. McKinley
David S. Pyle
Roger W. Rowland
James M. Smith
J. Norman Martin
Yanks Close On Samree and La Roche Front in Snow
With the U S First Army advancing, the Second Armored Division and elements of the 84th Division broke German lines to seize Samree and push toward La Roche within 1,000 yards. The 83rd Infantry battled through frozen marshes toward Liemeux as the 82nd Airborne patrolled east of the Salm river without contact. The foe withdraws toward the St Vith ridge in a desperate southeast retreat.
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U.S. First Army
U.S. Second Armored
84Th
Samree
First Army
la Roche
Belgium
Luxembourg
U.S. 83Rd
Ardennes Bulge
Biitain
Liemeux
82Nd Airborne
Salm River
Houtallize-St. Vith
LaRoche- St. Vith
Postal Receipts Show Big Growth in 1944
Postmaster William R. Hanna announced a remarkable rise in local postal receipts for 1944 totaling 361 896.59 dollars, up 52 434.92 from 1943 and nearly double the 1929 boom level of about 182 000 dollars. He credits new post office construction for handling the surge.
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William R. Hanna
Hanna
Sam
MacArthur Returns to Luzon As Battle Moves Toward Manila
General MacArthur returns to Luzon and proceeds toward Bataan and Manila as U S forces press to repel Japanese advances. The piece recounts December 1941 landings at Vigan Appari Legaspi and early resistance led by Wainwright and allied units against the Japanese squeeze play in the Philippines.
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Paul C. Kraborg
International News Service
New York
Luzon
Philippine
Bataan
Manila
U. S. Army
Philippine Islands
Vigan
Lingayen Gulf
Apparri
Heavy Japanese Losses Reported in Luzon Raids
Pacific Fleet says during January 5 and 6 raids on Luzon, 187 Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged and 26 ships and 15 smaller vessels sunk or damaged. Ten enemy planes were shot down on the ground, with 74 destroyed and 103 damaged. Several cargo ships, a tug, and small craft were also damaged or sunk.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Luzon
MacArthur
Bomb Attacks Start Big Fires In Tokyo Area
Washington report says B 29s based on Mariana Islands bombed Tokyo overnight and yesterday, starting fires in the industrial zone. Some planes were forced to scatter to other cities due to weather, with targets including the Nakajima aircraft plant in western Tokyo. Japanese counts claim no U S damage.
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Tokyo
Washington
Radio Tokyo
Jone Marianas
Nippon
FCC
Formosa
Philippines
Luzon
Mariana
Saipan
Nakajima
Namura
Tsurugu
Lingayen First Objective Of US Troops On Luzon
American forces under General MacArthur land on Lingayen Gulf beaches with minimal opposition and press inland toward Lingayen town and its airfield. Allied troops drive from four beachheads, with tanks and artillery advancing, while Japanese headquarters acknowledge landings and fighting on Luzon escalates.
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Lingayen
Luzon
M’arthur
Douglas MacArthur
American Army of Liberation
Lingayen Gulf
Gulf
Manila
Germans Admit Defensive Battle in Ardennes Salient
In a Berlin communique the German high command acknowledged a defensive fight in the Ardennes salient. It said Allied attacks on northern and southern flanks were repulsed, with prisoners and limited gains claimed in Lorraine and Alsace, including 300 Americans from fortifications in Alsace.
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London
Ardennes
Berlin
Lorraine
Seventh Army
Maginot Line
Hotten
Alsace
Death toll climbs in Pan Am Clipper crash at Port of Spain
Four more bodies were recovered from the Pan American Clipper wreck, bringing 9 identified to date. Twenty three of the 30 aboard appeared to be dead, with seven passengers and seven crew still unaccounted for.
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Miami
Fla
Jan.c
INS
Pan American Airways
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Radio Survey Names Leaders in 1944
Information Please won top honors as the nation s best radio program of 1944 in Radio Daily s eighth annual survey based on 1051 editors and writers. Bob Hope and Jack Benny led entertainers, Crosby top singer, Dinah Shore best female singer, Joan Davis best comedienne, Fibber McGee and Molly best comedy team, John Charles Thomas and Lily Pons top classical vocalists, Lowell Thomas and Bill Stern best news and sports commentators.
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New York
I‘inc Information
Clifton Fadiman
John Kieran
Franklin P. Adams
Radio Daily
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Dinah Shore
Joan Davis
Fibber McGee and
Molly
John Charles Thomas
Lily Pons
Lowell Thomas
Bill Stern
Victory Trend On Both Fronts
United Nations forces led by General Douglas MacArthur push toward the Luzon plain north of Manila to strike a decisive inland battle. In Europe Germany's Von Rundstedt withdraws from his Belgian salient as Allied advances mount on both fronts.
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Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Belgium
United Nations
Arthur Heint the Mixed Breed Pooch Desires Steak
A dog named Arthur Mometer Heint, described as partly beagle and other unknown ancestry, is eager for meat over bag dog food. He exhibits strong meal-time habits and loyalty, with weather noted as fifteen above.
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