German Forces retreating to Siegfried Line from Ardennes gains reported
Allied headquarters said German forces in the Ardennes are withdrawing toward the Siegfried line on a 15 mile front as the U S Third Army pushes in for nearly five miles of additional gains. The retreat is described as orderly with brisk rear guard action. Nazis cited as short of supplies and unable to maintain communications.
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Paris
Ardennes
Belgium
Luxembourg
Siegfried Line
Allied Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Third Army
Dwight D Eisenhower
Liberated Houffalize
Diekirk
Tevrain
Furher
The
Reich
Second Army
Hol
MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
Luzon Island
Tarlac
Philippines
Santa Ignacia
Paniqui
Howard Handleman
International News Service
United States
Handleman
Roosevelt offers Wallace 1948 nomination route
President Roosevelt nominates Henry A Wallace as secretary of commerce to draw him into the 1948 Democratic race. He dismissed Jesse Jones to vest vast finance and business powers in Wallace. Reasons given include personal affection, reward for loyalty in the fourth term bid, and a personal conscience gesture for dropping Wallace from the ticket.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Agard Wallace
Jesse Jones
Wallace
Wal
Nomination Of Wallace Given To Senate Today
President Roosevelt nominates Henry A Wallace to be secretary of commerce and head of 42 billion dollar lending agencies triggering intra administration debate. Meanwhile on Luzon American forces push toward Manila from Tarlac as Clark Field looms as primary objective with Camp O Donnell near.
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Wallace
Senate
Tarlac
Manila
Clark Field
Walter
Hail and Farewell at Station and Winter Snow Returns
Two Myers brothers exchanged brief words at the station as one heads to Fort Meade on furlough and the other returns home to parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers. Snow returns with slippery roads. traffic warnings target snowball pranks on city buses and a taunting driver on Winter Avenue. Weather forecaster criticized as forecasts shifted from rain to snow.
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Myers Brothers
Fort Meade
Harry Myers
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. with a maximum of 31 and a minimum of 21 degrees. Precipitation amounts to .03 inches and river stage is 4.6 feet. A second period ending Sunday morning reports a maximum of 34 and a minimum of 10 with no precipitation.
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United States
Retreating Nazis Torn To Pieces By Air Attacks
Beaten German forces retreating from the Belgian bulge were hit hard by Allied air power as 55 sorties destroyed motor transports and tanks. Reconnaissance noted nearly 3,000 German vehicles pulling out along a 15 mile front, with hundreds of enemy troops killed amid U S Third Army gains toward St. Vith.
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Paris
19Th Tactical Air Force
United States
Third Army
St. Vith
Italian Front Action Is Held Up By Weather
Bad weather stalled action on the Italian front with artillery duels and patrols in deep snow. The Mediterranean air force flew 1,500 sorties as a German raiding party was repelled near Alphonsine. Oil installations were bombed in Austria and Italian targets while Yugoslav supply drops and Adriatic shipping were affected. Two enemy aircraft were shot down and seventeen allied planes were missing.
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Rome
INS
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Air Force
Eighth Army
Alphonsine
Austria
Fiume
Cavarzere
Po Valley
Brenner
Udine
Italy
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Balkan Air Force
Pola
Soviet Army In Attack On Nazis With 101 Divisions
New York January 22 The Red army is attacking East Prussia with 101 infantry divisions and eight armored formations according to the Nazi DNB agency in a dispatch to the European press. The report says 58 infantry divisions and six mechanized corps attack on the southern flank while 43 infantry divisions and two large armored formations push on the eastern flank.
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New York
INS
East Prussia
DNB
FCC
Wallace May Not Be Approved
President Roosevelt shocks Washington by firing Jesse Jones and handing Commerce and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other federal lending agencies to Henry A. Wallace. The move sparks open warfare between the administration’s right and left wings over control of billions in federal funds.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Jesse Jones
Senate
White House
Wallace
Stephen T. Early
Commerce Post
Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fortifications Being Built Near Berlin
Swedish newspaper accounts report fortifications outside Berlin and a state of emergency in large parts of upper Silesia threatened by the Red Army offensive. Berliners are said to build a 100 kilometer fortification from Frankfurt on the Oder to Oderberg by Volksstrom, foreign workers, women and Hitler Youth to sustain armament production.
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New York
Insi
The
OWL
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Expressen
Hitler Youth Organization
Planes Headed for Tokyo Reported From Honshu Sightings
An INS dispatch from New York dated January 22 says several aircraft, likely enemy, were seen approaching Tokyo after appearing over Shizuoka Prefecture in Honshu. Alerts were sounded in Tokyo Yokohama and Yokosuka areas and blackout began as planes entered the southwest Tokyo region.
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New York
Tokyo
Shizuoka Prefecture
Honshu
Tokyo-Yokohama
Yokosuka
Jap effort to bolster Luzon air forces fails
Pacific fleet reports American carrier aircraft shot down 16 enemy planes attempting to fly from Formosa to Luzon on January 19, blocking bases between the enemy homeland and Luzon. U S land planes also hit Iwo Jima Chichi Jima and other bases as Tokyo claims sunk ships in Formosa area.
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Pearl Harbor
Luzon Island
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Formosa
Luzon
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo Radio
Comei
Okinawa Island
Ryukyu Chain
Tokyo Home Radio
FCC
U. S
Libérators
Iwo Jima
Volcanos
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Iwo
Chichi
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Roosevelt Prepares For Next War Conference With Allies
President Roosevelt moves toward a pivotal wartime summit with Churchill and Stalin as Allied leaders seek new strategy for Europe. Harry Hopkins will travel to London to meet Churchill prior to the full trio gathering, with Early slated to join the European delegation. Key topics include postwar governance for Italy Greece Belgium and Poland amid ongoing eastern front advances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Stalin
Europe
Harry Hopkins
London
Stephen T. Early
Hopkins
Japanese Rep Blames War Reverses on Armament Delays
London. January 22. Representative Yadanji Nakajima admitted Japanese reverses and attributed them to slow munitions production in a diet speech. The statement frames domestic war effort challenges and notes industrial lag affecting battlefield outcomes.
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London
INS
Yadanji Nakajima
Diet
Russians Close to Breslau as War Advances
London radio reported Marshal Ivan S. Konev's forces were little more than 30 miles from Breslau with troops within 20 miles of Oppelin. CBS coverage noted the advance as part of ongoing Allied operations in Europe.
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New York
INS
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
London Radio
Oppelin
CBS
East Prussia Fall Seen As Terrific Blow To Germany
The article reports Soviet White Army forces capturing Tannerberg and Gumbinnen in East Prussia as a turning point, signaling heavy strategic losses for Germany. It ties the events to World War I legacy at Tannenberg and comments on the broader impact on German militarism and logistics.
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East Prussia
Germany
New York
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Tannerberg
von Hindenberg
Tannenberg
Gumbinnen
Bast
Prussia
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Hitler
Danzig
Fuehrer
Samsonov
Von
Reds closing in on Insterberg in Prussia
INS dispatches report Red army forces from the north approaching Insterberg, a key Prussian communications hub, with artillery bombardment. Simultaneously, Polish front lines near Krakow indicate destruction of war plants as the First Ukrainian army advances westward. RAF raids hit Kassel following U.S. Eight Air Force attacks on German rail yards.
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Moscow
Red
Prussia
Insterberg
Poland
Krakow
Saboteurs Sought After A Mamaux Fire In Pittsburgh
Fire officials and FBI agents investigate a six alarm blaze at A Mamaux and Son, a war contracts firm, with losses estimated at 130000 to 150000. Fire Chief Davis warns of a firebug, while ex-detective William Reese reports a routine check at 1115 PM prior to the fire’s rapid spread through three floors.
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Pittsburgh
A. Mamaux & Son Company
FBI
William Davis
William Reese
Mamaux Company
Rosenman Named Special Appointment for Europe Mission
President Roosevelt appoints Judge Samuel I. Rosenman as special legal counsel and ministerial representative to study civilian supply flow from the United States to England Belgium France and the Netherlands. He will return to his post after the mission. A separate report from Victoria Texas notes a fatal car crash near Victoria injuring others.
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Roosevelt
Samuel I. Rosenman
Europe
United States
England
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Rosenman
White House
Washington
Deaths in Ellwood City and Slippery Rock area
Death notices for Roger Darryl Savor two from Ellwood City Curtis Benjamin Bowersox 85 of North Lee avenue Slippery Rock township Mrs Clara Hockenberry Cooper 78 of Slippery Rock township John O Flaherty 922 Ryan avenue listed for Monday January 22 1945.
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Roger Darryl Savor
Ellwood City
Curtis Benjamin Bowersox
North Lee Avenue
Clara Hockenberry Cooper
Slippery Rock Township
John O'Flaherty
Ryan Avenue
Russians Drive Deep Into German Silesia Near Insterburg
Soviet forces push toward Koenigsburg as Insterburg falls after a fierce artillery assault. Red armies reach within 50 miles of East Prussia capital while operations extend into Silesia and Tannenberg. Multiplied thrusts widen the eastern front as Stalin praises rapid advances.
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Moscow
Insterburg
German Silesia
Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Ivar Cherryakovskyy
White Russian
Imasterburg
East Prussia
London
Koenigsburg
U S Bombers Sweep Over Germany In New Attacks
U S fighter escorted bombers attacked targets in northwest Germany with reports of German targets and Spitfires engaging. The raids followed Allied strikes yesterday and last night as formations moved toward western Germany.
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London
U. S
Germany
FCC
Weather Woes From A Freezing Storm In Town
The poem describes a heavy snowfall and icy sidewalks delaying thaw. Residents must buy salt and brace for continued winter conditions as slippery streets hinder travel and outdoor activity. The speaker laments the persistent cold and rough weather.
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