Japs' Luzon Reinforcement Move Smashed In Naval Action
Gen MacArthur's Luzon headquarters report a Japanese convoy attempting reinforcement was destroyed by Seventh Fleet action. Forty six small freighters were sunk or damaged while San Fernando port facilities and ammunition dumps were hit. More than 200 vehicles and 150 freight cars were destroyed as roads and rails were damaged.
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U.S
Luzon
MacArthur
Japan
Sixth Army
Manila
San Fernando
Lingayen Gulf
Seventh Fleet
Vice Adm
Thomas Kincaid
Lingayen
Filipinouerrillas
Katan- Ras
European War Nears Climactic Stage With Soviet Offensive
The European war enters a potential climactic phase as a massive three-barreled Soviet offensive against Nazi Germany launches. concurrent massive American air attacks hit Japanese convoys and Allied forces push along Luzon highways toward Manila, signaling turning-point momentum.
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Nazi
Germany
Luzon
Manila
War Manpower Director Urges Lawrence County Jobs Now
Paul F. Murphy of the War Manpower Commission warns Lawrence county must fill 661 male jobs in must plants to supply vital war materials. He says failing to recruit unemployed and nonessential workers immediately could trigger stringent measures to meet wartime production needs.
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Lawrence County
Paul F. Murphy
War Manpower Commission
Greensburg
Naval Gunfire Proves Big Invasion Factor In Clearing Beaches
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces land at Lingayen gulf with minimal resistance as Japanese defenders withdraw beyond range of Vice Admiral Kinkaid’s fleet. The piece argues naval artillery decisive in amphibious warfare, challenging 100 year old naval axiom about ships versus shore fortifications.
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International
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Nelson
Casablanca
Textile Mill in Philadelphia Destroyed in Six-Alarm Fire
A large textile mill in the Frankford section of Philadelphia burned to the ground in a six-alarm blaze. The three story brick building housed A. M. Townson & Co and Vigilant Mills Co, Inc, with vast quantities of canvas and duck destroyed and damage exceeding 1 million dollars. Sparks endangered nearby homes for over three hours.
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Philadelphia
Frankford
A. M. Townson & Co., Inc
Papers ready for citywide collection amid heavy December snow
PA NEWC notes piles of paper and cardboard ready for afternoon pickup around the city. Western Pennsylvania logged the snowiest December in over 50 years with depths from 48 to 93.5 inches across counties including Lawrence and Crawford. The red fox mating calls in Greene county hint at an early spring or a cold, lingering forecast.
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Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Crawford County
Erie
Venango
Forest
Warren
Mercer
Greene County
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report shows a maximum of 40 degrees and a minimum of 27 with 0.02 inches of precipitation. Tide stage recorded at 4.8 feet. Year-ago figures list a 23 degree max, 15 degree min, 0.62 inches of precipitation, and snowfall.
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United States
Coal wage talks start March 1 in Washington
Union and industry spokesmen announced that negotiations for a new coal wage contract will begin March 1 in Washington. The previous contract expires April 30 and the talks involve United Mine Workers officials John T. Jones and Ezra Van Horn. A history of strikes and government seizure framed earlier settlements. A separate note from New York reports Fordham University seismic officials recorded minor shocks near Tokyo beginning at 3 05 p m EWT lasting about two hours.
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Washington
INS
United Mine Workers
John T. Jones
Maryland
UMW
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Operators Association
van Horn
Jones
New York
Fordham University
Tokyo
Fordham
College racing ban boosts appeal of pro gambling say dean
Dean R W Rigler of the University of Michigan Law School said in Columbus that the nationwide ban on racing will make basketball and other collegiate athletics more attractive to professional gambling. The remark came during a column of INS dispatches dated January 13.
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Columbus
INS
Dean R. W. Rigler
University of Michigan Law School
Earthquake Shakes Honshu Island in Central Japan
An early morning quake centered in the Chubu district of Honshu caused minor damage to a small number of houses. Transportation facilities reported no damage as the tremor was described as slight by the Jap Domei agency after its 3:55 am local time impact. The event follows another central Japan quake just over a month prior.
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Honshu
Japan
Jap Domei
Temblor
Domei
FCC
Chubu
Seize Plant to End Strike in Cleveland
Col. E A Lynn seized the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co properties under an executive order to end a 450 worker strike. He called on all employees to report for next shifts or face discharge or induction. the walkout involved CIO workers and spread to coal passers and plant staff across Cleveland and nearby plants.
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Cleveland
INS
E. A. Lynn
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Lynn
Cleveland Army Ordnance District
CIO Utility Workers Organizing Committee
Ashtabula
Avon
Moderate Snow Forecast From Harrisburg Weather Bureau
Extended forecast from January 13 to January 17 issued by the U S Weather Bureau at Harrisburg calls for moderate snow in northern sections of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio on Sunday and again Tuesday. Little or no precipitation elsewhere with a cold Saturday followed by a warming trend.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
British fleet task forces said to operate in the Philippines
New York January 13 NBC reports Radio Tokyo cited by INS as saying a British fleet task force is operating in the Philippines.
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New York
INS
Radio Tokyo
NBC
Philippines
Four Are Killed In Plane Crash At Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia January 13 Army officials withheld names of three of the four men killed when a twin motor bomber crashed into a hillside after striking telephone wires on approach to Morgantown airport. Captain Lonnie V. Keck III of Morgantown was identified and en route to see his seriously ill father. His mother collapsed at the airport. Two injured were taken to hospital for observation and two passengers were uninjured.
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Morgantown
W. Va
INS
Lonnie V. Keck, III
Foreign Policy Debate in Senate Rejects Moratorium
Bi partisan proposals for a new Senate foreign policy resolution were abandoned. Supporters and opponents of the administration policy resisted Sen Tom Connally's call for a moratorium on senate debate. Sen Wheeler announced a speech next week on the topic.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Wheeler
Mont
Major Clash On Luzon Imminent
The Japanese Domei agency claimed an imminent major clash between American armored and infantry forces and Nipponese defense units on Luzon. It said the left wing of the Yank invasion force with rocket guns flame-throwers tanks and heavy artillery was advancing toward Aguitor on the Agno river.
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Philippine
Luzon
Jap Domei
Aguitor
Agno River
Luzon Plain
German Armies Face Severe Losses in Belgian Luxembourg Bulge
Reported rapid shrinkage of the Bulge as German forces suffer heavy casualties in the Belgian Luxembourg sector. Allied counteractions and supply strains are reducing enemy gains and altering frontline dynamics.
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Belgian
Luxembourg
Ardennes Salient Cut Down Half by Allied Lines
German forces in the Belgian Luxembourg bulge and along the American Seventh Army front faced heavy losses as Allied offensives shrank the Ardennes salient to roughly half its peak size. The retreat continued rapidly except for a setback in the Hagenau forest area where the Sixth Army group stalled briefly.
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Paris
Belgian- Luxembourg
Seventh Army
Ardennes
Bulge
Hagenau Forest
Filipino towns ravaged as Osmena seeks relief
President Osmena of the Philippines said many towns have been ravaged by the Japanese and the people suffer. He is in the United States for talks with President Roosevelt on relief, arriving yesterday and en route to Washington, with the statement issued through the Philippine legation.
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Washington
JINS
Osmena
Philippines
United States
Roosevelt
Smuch
Philippine Legation
Nazi DNB reports triple Red Army offensive across 400 mile front
The Nazi DNB agency says the Red Army has launched a three pronged drive across a 400 mile front. Attacks target East Prussia from the Vistula bridgehead toward Breslau and Silesia and push along the Hungarian Slovak frontier between Lucenec and Kosice. The report notes seven to eight rifle divisions moved.
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London
Jan. U
INS
DNB
Reich
Ernst von Hammer
Vistula
Warsaw
East Prussia
Red Army
Lucenec
Kosice
Vistula River
Poland
Breslau
Silesia
FCC
Mrs. Bing Crosby Recovering From Pneumonia Threat
Hollywood report states Dixie Lee Crosby formerly of the movies is out of danger at St Vincent's hospital after a period of unconsciousness. Larry Crosby says she is improving and will stay a few more days for recovery before leaving.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Dixie Lee
St. Vincent's Hospital
Larry Crosby
Bing
Dixie
Death notices from Beaver County and surrounding areas
Obituaries list six individuals with ages and locations including Frank H. Nagel 69 Marion township Beaver County and Mrs Bert Seamans 62 823 Frank Avenue plus Charles Wylie McCowin 36 Miami Florida John Abranovich 57 Pulaski Norvel J Gordon 31 Ellwood City and Susanna Sumner 70 Ellwood City.
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Frank H. Nagel
Marion Township
Beaver County
Bert Seamans
Frank Avenue
Charles Wylie McCowin
Miami, Fla
John Abranovich
Pulaski
Norvel J. Gordon
Ellwood City
Patton’s Forces Press Germans Retreat In Belgium
In Paris dated January 13 Allied forces pressed the retreating Germans from the western bulge taking seven towns and 2,377 prisoners in the last day. Patton’s Third Army advanced near Flamierge and overran Renaumont La Vacherie Fosset Menil Orreaaux Tonny Amberloup, while total captives since August 1 reached 153,500. Eisenhower’s spokesmen provided the update.
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Paris
Bulge
George S Patton
Flamierge
Renaumont
la Vacherie
Fosset
Menil
Orreaaux Tonny
Amberloup
Patton
Tarchan
Karl von Rundstedt
Third Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Girls Guilty of Aiding Escape Of Nazi Prisoners
Shirley Jean Cruce and Kitt Marie Case of Owosso were found guilty in Bay City federal court of aiding the escape of two Nazi prisoners. Earle Clausen and Gottfried Hobel fled last July from an Owosso cannery, were recaptured a month later by FBI agents, and sentenc es are set for February 13 after probation review. Case testified she fell in love with Hobel and planned marriage after the war.
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Bay City
Mich
Shirley Jean Cruce
Kitt
Marie Case
Owosso, Mich
Earle Clausen
Gottfried Hobel
Owosso
FBI
Kitty
Hobel
Paulette Goddard Slightly Improved
Hollywood report says screen star Paulette Goddard was described as slightly improved after blood transfusions at St. John's hospital Santa Monica. Burgess Meredith her husband has kept vigil by her side as she recovers from an emergency operation. In New York Tokyo radio noted Allied superfortress sorties over central Japan with no bombs dropped in the Nagoya Tokyo Yokohama areas.
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Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Miss Goddard
Burgess Meredith
New York
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Nagoya
Tokyo-Yokohama
FCC
Six Jap troop transports sunk off French Indo China coast
Six fully loaded Japanese troop transports were sunk in carrier based air strikes on four Jap convoys bound for the Philippines near the Indo China coast. Nineteen other enemy ships, including a light cruiser and destroyers, were also sent to the bottom, with 13 more heavily damaged. The battle near Saigon continued as Halsey fought to keep the Japanese off Luzon.
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Indo- China
Pears, Harbor
Philippines
Gen. Yamashita
Luzon
Chester W. Nimitz
South China Sea
Saigon
William H. “Bull
Halsey
MacArthur
Manila
Musashi
Mindoro Island
Upward Damage Toll From Halseys Fleet Revealed
Pearl Harbor January 13 The INS Pacific Fleet revises the losses of the Imperial Japanese fleet off Formosa upward. Carrier based planes of Admiral William F Halseys third fleet sank two destroyers or destroyer escorts one large cargo ship one oiler two medium cargo ships and eighteen small craft. Earlier totals included 36 enemy planes and 31 ships destroyed or damaged.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Pacific Fleet
Formosa
Adm
Willam F. Halsey
Chester W. Nimitz
Paper drives urge wartime recycling and attic cleanouts
A jumbled reminiscence urges readers to gather and recycle waste paper from candy bars newspapers magazines and books for the wartime effort. It notes a cold thirty three degree day as people dig through attics cellars and shelves to find and donate paper for the front.
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By Lee van Atta
Fleet
Oestrescher
John H. Craige
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
International News Service
Thurston Macauley
Luzon Plains
Alingayen Gulf
Bagallon
San Fabian
Port Sual
Dagupan
Mangaldan
Bimmaley
Buffalo Express
Leyte
U.S. Coast Guard
Interna
Bulletin
Susanna Sumner
Elwood City
By Ralph B. Jordan
Jans
Halseys
Arthur Mometer
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