Allied Push Narrowing Nazi Ardennes Bulge In Belgium
Nazi defenses in the Ardennes are being pushed back as Allied forces close in from three sides. American artillery blasted last escape roads and German regrouping efforts falter near La Roche and Flamierge while British and American units seize towns such as Roy Nassogne and Samree.
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Belgium
Bulge
Paris
Ardennes
I Bernard L. Montgomery
Marshal Montgomery
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
la Roche
Samree
Nolamont
Marche
Roy
Ambly
Nassogne
Bure
U S Troops Advance Toward Manila in Luzon Push
U S Sixth Army infantry move from a 15 mile Lingayen Gulf beachhead toward Manila after capturing four Luzon towns and a vital air field. Japanese reinforcements to the north face destruction of bridges near Calumpit, potentially isolating Manila. Aerial and ground advances proceed as Lingayen airdrome work continues and heavy construction ashore.
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MacArthur
Luzon
United States Sixth Army
Manila
Lingayen Gulf
Calumpit
Fifth Air Force
Lingayen
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Waste paper drive and car inspection urged in war time
PA NEWC notes the city will join a Saturday waste paper collection to support the war effort. It urges residents to participate as the event aims to be the greatest yet. Separately, Revenue Secretary David W. Harris reminds Pennsylvania motorists to get vehicle inspections done before the January 31 deadline, stressing safety as cars age during the war emergency.
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Pennsylvania
Revenue
David W. Harris
Harris
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. report max 20, min 2 with .01 inches precipitation and snow. River stage 4.8 feet. Comparable date last year shows max 32, min 15 and no precipitation.
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United States
Yanks Astonished At Failure Of Japs To Oppose Landing
Vice Admiral Jesse Oldendorf recalls heavy bombardment in Lingayen Gulf on January 6 and the return the next day to pound shore targets. He says Japanese air power collapsed after they witnessed his force stay put and retreat to rest. The admiral suggests Japanese pilots drank saki and misread the fleet’s actions.
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Kinkaid
Lingayen Gulf
Jesse Oldendorf
Surigao Straits
Philippines
La Roche Taken By Allied Troops
Allied forces captured the town of La Roche in Belgium, once a key German stronghold in the Von Rundstedt salient. Only nine prisoners were taken as American troops swept up remaining German forces in the area.
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U. S
INS
la Roche
von Rundstedt Salient
Belgium
Long Campaign In Philippines Stimson Sees Extended Fight
Secretary of War Stimson said Gen. MacArthur's Luzon invasion signals an extended campaign with hard fighting ahead against a well armed foe. He called the invasion a milestone toward victory over Japan and noted that liberating Luzon would cut Japan from East Indies oil and rubber trade.
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Washington
Stimson
MacArthur
Luzon
Japan
East Indies
Necessity For Byrnes Order Is Questioned
Chicago reports that War Mobilizer James Byrnes faced questions over his order to end outdoor advertising drawing on coal and his call for a 68 degree indoor limit. Illinois coal operator Stuyvesant Peabody said no current shortage exists and stockpiles are adequate, casting doubt on Byrnes actions.
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Chicago
INS
James
Byrnes
Stuyvesant Peabody
Illinois
Young Woman Plans War Bride For Italian Prisoner
Eva Caprari, 19, said she would marry Italian prisoner of war Corp. Delfino Rosetti at Chambersburg camp, despite Geneva Conference rules requiring his return home after hostilities. Miss Caprari showed a ring and spoke of marrying Rosetti after the war if not sooner.
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White Plains
N. Y
INS
Eva Caprari
Chambersburg
Fort Slocum
Miss Caprari
Corp
Delfino Rosetti
Hannover Bombed by Mosquito Bombers Overnight
The German communications and industrial hub of Hannover was hit by British Mosquito bombers overnight, dropping 4,000 pound blockbusters as per the air ministry.
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Hannover
London
INS
Air Ministry
Italians Used as Protective Screen by Germans at Front
A captured German says Italian workers in TODT construction were used as human detonators to draw fire and explode mines on the Reno river front. He notes Hitler ordered Kesselring to defend the Reno line at all costs as snow and ice hinder ground moves while Allied air forces strike enemy supply routes, bombing fuel dumps and rail lines with 700 plus sorties.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Reno
Italy
Rhine
Fifth Army
Norway
Mediterranean
Waste paper drive set for New Castle area on Saturday
Saturday January 13 is waste paper collection day in New Castle and nearby townships. Old newspapers magazines cardboard boxes and Christmas wrappings are needed for war pur poses. Chairman Joseph A Hartman directs trucks to cover the city starting 1 PM with households told to place bundles on curbs before noon and not exceed 15 pounds each. Bundles must be tight as loose paper damages box cars and hampers processing.
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New Castle
Joseph A. Hartman
Warmer Weather Predicted For Western Pennsylvania
Weather forecast from Weatherman W. S. Brotzman predicts slightly warmer conditions for Western Pennsylvania with light snow. After a frigid 10 degree low in the Pittsburgh area tonight, temperatures should climb to about 30 degrees tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. 5. Brotzman
Singapore Bombed Again by Superfortress Bombers
Indian based B 29s blasted Singapore in daylight as part of a renewed Allied air campaign against the Jap occupied naval base. Tokyo reported renewed night raids by B 29s over the capital as lone missions pressed onward in the Pacific theater.
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Washington
Singapore
Tokyo
Malay Peninsula
Naval
Three Destroyers Sunk In Typhoon
The Navy reports three U S destroyers Hull Spence and Monaghan were sunk in a Pacific typhoon while in combat, with more than 400 lives lost and 84 sailors rescued. Seven smaller ships also destroyed include LSTs motor torpedo boat and small chasers amid the storm.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Navy
Western Pacific
Monaghan
Pacific
Report Says Yanks Less Than 62 Miles From Manila Now
A London radio report recorded by the Blue network said that advanced American troops are less than 100 kilometers from Manila in their southward push on the Philippine island of Luzon Guzon.
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Manila
New York
INS
London
Blue Network
Philippines
Guzon
Budapest Battle Till Continues
Soviet units pushed toward Komarno on the Danube north bank and penetrated the Budapest outskirts advancing through 1 000 blocks to seize three quarters of the capital. Russian assaults routed Nazi troops, cut the Komarno Nove Zamky railway, and fought within a mile of Komarno as Bratislava loomed 50 miles away.
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Moscow
Van
Red Army
Komarno
Budapest
Danube
Perbete
Nove Zamky
Bratislava
Liberated Dagupan Welcomes U S Troops With Warmth
In Dagupan Luzon January 11 inhabitants, long scarred by bombardment, greet U S doughboys with smiles blessings and even wine amid destruction and over one hundred dead. Dr Enrique Romulo brother of Brig Gen Carlos Romulo speaks for a grateful city.
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Dagupan
Luzon
United States
Enrique Romulo
Carlos Romulo
Two Front War Shows Huge Power Of United States
Gen Douglas MacArthur lands on Luzon signaling the United States now fights on two vast fronts. The piece notes Eisenhower in Western Europe and MacArthur in the Philippines require vast supply lines, with thousands of miles between theaters.
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United States
John H. Craige
International News Service
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Ludendorff
Kaiser
Germany
America
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pacific Islands
Germans Admit Withdrawals and Gains on Rhine Colmar Front
The German high command acknowledged withdrawals in Belgium including the abandonment of St. Hubert to stabilize the Ardennes flank. The communique also reported continued gains southeast along the Rhine Colmar sector as additional Maginot fortifications fell to the Wehrmacht.
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London
INS
Belgium
St. Hubert
Rhine-Colmar
Ardennes
Ourthe
Hold Four In Probe Of Huge Theft Of Bonds
Four men and a woman were arrested in Chicago and Toledo in a case tied to the theft of Home Owners' Loan Corporation bonds worth 100,225 dollars from a Los Angeles Bank of America. John A. O'Boyle 50 was captured in Chicago. Mrs Kitty Kelly 44 James Kelly Sr and Jr and Dan Mouldin were held in Toledo. The bonds disappeared May 2 1944 by a teller distraction and an outside accomplice retrieving them through a grill.
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Chicago
Jan
INS
Toledo
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Death Record: Mary Griffin Holt and Joseph Germick
Death notices list Mrs Mary Griffin Holt 64 of Clearfield County Pennsylvania and Joseph Germick 64 of 33 Fulton Street as of January 11 1945 in local records. The brief item records two individuals with ages and residences.
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Mary Griffin Holt
Clearfield County
Joseph Germick
Fulton Street
Fifth Column In Philippines Aids MacArthur
The loyalty and ingenuity of a supposed Fifth Column in the Philippines aided General MacArthur's advance toward Manila from Lingayen Gulf. The U S Sixth Army under Lieutenant General Walter H Kreuger moved toward the Manila plain, capturing towns and at least one airport while main Japanese resistance remained limited.
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America
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
United States Sixth Army
Walter H. Kreuger
MacArthur
British On Last Lap To Mandalay
British 14th army closes on Mandalay after Shwebo falls, clearing the Burma front. Chinese first army retakes airstrip near Boi Wing in the Shweli valley, securing another airfield for allied forces.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Shwebo
Burma
Mandalay
14Th Army
Irrawaddy
First Army
Boi Wing
Shweli
New member for One Man Army with 95th Division
Lt. Raymond J. Albano of Small Idaho earned battlefield commission after eight days of combat on the Third Army front. He killed 82 Germans and captured 21 machine guns along with two 88mm guns and two 20mm guns boosting the unit’s one man army legend.
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INS
Raymond J. Albano
Small
Idaho
America
Albano
Blame Pilot In Crash Of Liner
A civil aeronautics inspector said pilot error caused yesterday’s American airliner disaster near Palmdale. The pilot turned left instead of right after fogbound conditions at the Lockheed terminal, and 24 people died. The inspector noted human factors likely to remain unsolved.
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Burbank
Calif
INS
Civil Aeronautics
Palmdale
Old Fashioned Winter Longevity in Snowbound Town
The article notes a persistent, old fashioned winter with lingering snow since early December and continuing into March. Temperatures hover cold with twenty four degrees and streets and alleys described as starchy from ongoing snowfall.
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Maren
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Berlin
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Patton
U.S
By Lee van Atta
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
John A. Reichmann
1. N.S
William E. Zimmerman
L.n.s
By Natalia Rene
Howard Handleman
M. S
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