Allied Forces Punch Forward On Reich Soil
American assault forces cross the Sauer near the Luxembourg border and push into German territory as British units advance from eastern Holland. Patton's Third Army reports two divisions crossing the Sauer and clearing several villages while Germany forms a corridor northeast of Haguenau toward Strasbourg as U.S. and French troops face a setback near Strasbourg.
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Paris
Holland
Germany
United States
Strasbourg
Dwight D. Eijisenhower
Situs Om Ter
Haguenau
Gamsheim
Xtrasbourg
Luxembourg
George S. Patton
Third
Sauer River
Luxembourg-Reich
Soviet Troops May Be First To Enter Berlin For Allies
Soviet forces press a 250 mile front in a winter offensive with Moscow forecasting Berlin under pressure from east and west. The piece notes potential German redeployments to counter a multi front assault and hints at a continued push toward Berlin.
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Berlin
Paul C. Raborg
International
New York
Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Reds Advance Moves Toward Lodz and Krakow
Soviet forces push through lower Poland driving toward Krakow and Lodz while making inroads near Sanok and Gorlice. Stalin reports a fresh full scale offensive across the Carpathians and into Silesia with dozens of towns captured and rail lifelines threatened.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
Sanok
Lower Poland
Nazi Silesia
Carpathians
Silesia
Vienna
Street crews scatter ashes at intersections in town
Street department workers scattered ashes on sidewalks at Apple Way and East Washington Street to make crossings walkable. The down town area shows the effects of heavy snow with safety officials noting fewer fatalities as wartime rationing reduced travel.
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Street Department
Apple Way
East Washington Street
State Highway Safety Bureau
Pennsylvania
John R. Bowman
Daily Weather Report for United States
The 24 hour period ending 9 am shows a maximum temperature of 31 and a minimum of 11 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5 feet. For the prior water year the maximum was 35 and the minimum 19 with no precipitation.
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United States
Japanese Resistance Desperate as War Prolongs
Clark Lee reports from Luzon that Japanese defenses appear strained after Lingayen and Leyte moves. He compares the Pacific struggle to Europe in 1944, noting Japan’s early gains faded and industrial blows limited. The article suggests Japanese resolve may remain fierce near their home soil despite setbacks.
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MacArthur Luzon
Lingayen
Manila
Pacific
Europe
Janan
Germany
MacArthur
Leyte
Japanese forces in Rosario sector hammered by American fire
Gen Douglas MacArthur's Sixth Army reports strong Japanese units in the Rosario area under heavy bombardment from warships and artillery. American infantry press the advance, clearing outskirts and pushing Nippon forces toward the hill country as Filipinos warn of a possible "Little Bataan" in La Union Province near Lingayen.
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Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Rosario
International News Service
Howard Handleman
Damortis
Bataan
la Union
Lingayen
Three Burned To Death In Home Tragedy
In North Braddock Pittsburgh a war worker James Mildon 37 and two sons Jack 12 and William 4 died in a house fire on the second floor. Daughter Nora 17 and baby Janet 10 months escaped via a 15 foot front porch roof. Walter 15 also leaped to safety. Nora treated for a back injury. wife Verna 35 away at a neighbor’s. Fire officials cited a possible gas stove explosion spreading flames.
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Pittsburgh
INS
North Braddock
James Mildon
Jack
William
Nora
Janet
Walter
Mildon
Verna
Calls On Germans To Overthrow Hitler
A Moscow radio quoted a spokesman for the Soviet sponsored German National Committee urging Germans to overthrow Hitler. He warned the army faces a catastrophic crisis and called for a general strike and revolt now.
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Hitler
London
INS
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Moscow Radio
Roosevelt to be inaugurated at White House Saturday
President Roosevelt will take the oath for a fourth term Saturday at noon on the White House south portico. The brief ceremony aims for solemnity amid war, lasting about 20 minutes with a 500 word address, broadcast nationwide and via short wave in four languages. About 5,000 spectators are expected.
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White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Executive Mansion
County Group Enters Service
Men from the western half of Lawrence county were drafted by Selective Service Board No. Two and left this morning via the Pennsylvania Railroad to begin armed forces duties. The group included youths from the city bound for New Cumberland for assignment to the U S Army Air Corps where they will train as pilots. They received gifts from the Service Men's Aid committee of the USO, but no farewell ceremonies were held due to weather.
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Selective Service Board No. Two
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Railroad
City
New Cumberland
U. S.S. Army Air Corps
Servicemen’s Aid Committee
Farwell
Two Light Earth Tremors Hit Los Angeles Area
An early check of points throughout the Los Angeles area found no damage from two light earth tremors that rattled windows from Hollywood to Long Beach last night. The first shock occurred at 10:11 p.m. followed 12 minutes later by a weaker second.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hollywood
Long Beach
Army Surgeon General urges nurse draft to speed care
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk told a House Military committee that wartime nursing needs require drafting nurses. He said 18,000 nurses are needed immediately and that hospital patient loads have risen from 260,000 to 450,000 with only 2,000 more nurses since last May. The proposed Nurses Draft bill would register all registered women nurses and offer commissions as second lieutenants.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Congress
Kirk
House Military Committee
House
Army Nurse Corps
War Department
United States
Frontal Drive On Berlin Discernible From Moscow
A Moscow Reuters dispatch reports that the Red Army has begun a northern push toward Danzig a southern push toward Breslau and a central frontal drive toward Berlin as Poland’s liberation remains an immediate objective. The outlook signals a broad and decisive advance on multiple fronts.
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Berlin
London
Reuter
Moscow
Poland
Red Army
Danzig
Breslau
Man Without Job, But Not For Long
Washington reports Harry S. Truman, vice president-elect, will be honored guest at the White House inauguration tomorrow. His resignation as Missouri senator took effect last midnight and he will leave the government payroll until taking the oath as vice president tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Missouri
Halsey’s Third Fleet moves under secrecy in Pacific
The Pacific Fleet disclosed renewed air strikes against Japanese bases as Adm. William F. Halsey’s Third Fleet remained largely secretive amid reports of a potential offensive move. Seventh Army Air Force bombers attacked Iwo Jima airstrips and targets in the Palau and Yap regions, with strikes also hitting installations and harbor facilities on Babekub.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Imperial Japanese Navy
Pacific Fleet
Nippon
Pacific
Seventh Army Air Force
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Babek
Uap
Palaus
Yap
Carolines
Germans Claim Zetten Captured In Holland
German high command said troops captured Zetten northwest of Nijmegen in Holland in a surprise attack. Allied counter blows were reportedly repelled. The statement also noted the Nazi garrison withdrew to the west bank of the river in Budapest where Russians pressed hard after the retreat.
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London
INS
Zetten
Nijmegen
Holland
Budapest
Death notices from Franklin township and nearby towns
Obituaries list James W. Bradford 77 Franklin township Beaver County and Donna B Warner 55 of 833 East Washington Street. Also Emma Clark 92 of Highland Heights and Samuel M Ruehle 68 of South Main Street Bessemer.
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James W. Bradford
Franklin Township
Beaver County
Donna B. Warner
East Washington Street
Emma Clark
Highland Heights
Samuel M. Ruehle
South Main Street
Bessemer
Daylight Raids By Big Bombers Made On Japan
Japanese headquarters admitted a daylight attack by about 80 U S Superfortress bombers on Honshu industrial targets caused some damage in the Osaka and Kobe area. The Domei agency reported Mamamatsu was also hit. About 90 Marianas based B 29s took part, raiding Osaka and Kobe in an hour long raid.
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Washington
United States
Honshu
Osaka
Kobe
Mamamatsu
Domei Agency
Dome
FCC
Push Nazis From Italian Salient
Eighth Army forces pushed the Germans from the Seni river salient near Fusignano but German raids forced a temporary loss of the north bank of the Bonifica canal two miles west of San Alberto. Fifth Army patrols probed forward positions as air and artillery attacks intensified including 1,500 Allied aircraft and RAF strikes on rail junctions, shipping routes, and supply targets in Italy and Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Fusignano
Bonifica Canal
San Alberto
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Italy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Comacchio
Cittadella
Torredizano
Adriatic
Nazis Struggle as Soviet Drive Advances Toward Poland
On the Lodz battlefield in Poland the Nazi army fights a losing battle as Soviet power drives forward. Street fighting is reported in Krakow while Russian advances extend through East Prussia Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Lodz, a major industrial target called the Pittsburgh of Poland, is framed as Stalin’s springboard into Germany with a potential large-scale thrust underway.
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Naz
Krakow
Gorlice
Jaslo
Sanok
Lodz
Poland
DNB
Lenz
Stalin
Ivan Petrov
George Karzhenevich
Fourth Ukrainian Front
Visloka
Dunnetz
Russia
Pillkallen
Prussia
Breitenstein
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Ber
Silesia
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Pittsburgh
Joseph Stalin
School Expert Reports on New Castle Public Schools Survey
Dr. John Guy Fowlkes of the University of Wisconsin presented his survey of New Castle public schools at a town meeting in the senior high school. The event, sponsored by the Women’s club Home and Education department, featured questions and calls for better teacher coordination, guidance policy, and facilities improvements.
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John Guy Fowlkes
University of Wisconsin
New Castle
Home and Education Department
Women’s Club
G. Wilfred Thomas
Earl Ruby
Frank L. Burton
Fowles
Civic Club
Army Board Named To Try Saboteurs
A military commission of seven army officers was named to try the two Nazi saboteurs arrested in New York after landing from a U boat near the Maine coast. The trial will be held at Governors Island under heavy guard, with seven counts for violations of the Law of War.
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New York
Jan
INS
Maine
Governors Island
Weather of Arthur Mometer’s Sunny Travels
The passage describes Arthur Mometer following sunny climates. He dislikes snow and cold, prefers warm places like Gulfport, Shepeport, Miami, and the western sun. He ignores travel restrictions, heads to a sunny spot, and notes the weather as lovely with temperatures around twenty eight.
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Gulfport
Shepeport
Miami
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von Rundstedt
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Reds
By Natalia Rene
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Clark Lee
IN. S
By Lee van Atta
I. N.S
Sixth Army
Robert G. Nixon II
N.S
Capitol
County Group
Army Air Corps
Army
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U.S
Halsey
Japan
William E. Zimmerman
Soviet
J. C. Oestreicher
Dr. Fowlkes
Army Board
Arthur Mometer
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