Yanks Discover Graves At Camp O'Donnell
American and Filipino graves found at Camp O'Donnell after the long Japanese evacuation. Troops push toward Clark Field as 14th Corps advances, reporting at least several hundred American victims and 3,560 Filipinos who perished from starvation disease and torture.
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MacArthur
Luzon
O’donnell
Bamban
Camp O'Donnell
Bataan
International News Service
Clark Lee
Weather Jumble and Daylight Saving Talk from PA NEWC
Motorists reported a mix of rain and sleet around 10 30 PM causing windshields to fog up. Comments reflect winter fashion quirks and wartime daylight saving, with skaters hoping for safer ice on Neshannock creek and city clerk C Ed Brown noting a recurring date sequence tied to his birthday.
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Pa Newe
Neshannock Creek
Washington
Mill Street
Patence
C. Ed Brown
Daily Weather Report Summary
The daily weather report records a 9 am period with a minimum temperature of 30 and precipitation of .05 inches. The river stage is 4.6 feet. For the same date last year, the maximum was 44 and the minimum 24 with .03 inches of precipitation and snow.
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United States
Heavy Bomb Raid on Iwo Jima Follows Nagoya Strike
A force of B-29 Superfortresses based in the Marianas bombed Iwo Jima about 24 hours after striking Nagoya. The raid, likely carrying large bomb loads, targeted military installations on the Volcano Islands amid intensified attacks on the island, a key threat to the Marianas.
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Washington
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Japan
Nagoya
Volcano Islands
U.S
Despair rises in Nazi broadcasts amid East Front setbacks
In Stockholm a Nazi official in Pommern warns citizens no longer to expect a day of victory as Moscow dispatches claim German armies in the east have been smashed to pieces. Soviet reports emphasize advancing spearheads and pockets of disaster behind German lines, with threats to Upper Silesia industrial areas.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Pommern
Pomerania
East Prussia
Nazi Germany
DNB
Russia
Upper
Silesia
City Selectees Depart For Camp Amid Farewell Services
A group of Selective Service Board One draftees from New Castle left this morning by the Pennsylvania Railroad to begin training. They received farewells from the Lawrence County Service Men’s Aid committee and were blessed by Charles F. Allen of the American Legion with Rev. Thomas J. Jones of the First Congregational Church delivering the benediction. Many leaving are married with children, alongside others who just turned 18.
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Selective Service Board One
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lawrence County Service Men's Aid Committee
Charles F. Allen
American Legion
Thomas J. Jones
First Congregational Church
Tokyo Radio Reports New Bomber Raids on Honshu
Tokyo radio claimed six B-29s attacked Honshu and Korea from last night to midday. Nagoya and Lamamatsu were hit on Honshu while three superfortresses operated over northern Korea with strikes on Keijo, Kanko, and Ranan.
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Tokyo Radio
Honshu
New York
Tokyo
Korea
FCC
Nagoya
Lamamatsu
China
Keijo
Kanko
Ranan
Navy plane crashes in Jamaica Bay with nine aboard
A navy aircraft crashed today in Jamaica Bay. Nine crewmen were aboard. four were reported missing after five were rescued by civilians. Rescued crewmen received treatment for submersion and were taken by navy ambulance. The search for the missing four continued as officials did not release identities.
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New York
INS
Jamaica Bay
Navy
Primary Election Date Change for 1945
Harrisburg reports the primary election will be June 19 instead of September 12 to aid military voting. Servicemen and women must apply to local election boards for secret ballots under proposed legislation co sponsored by Sen. O J Tallman and Minority Leader John H Dent. The change applies only to 1945.
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Harrisburg
INS
O. J. Tallman
Lehigh
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
Tallman
Germans Move Troops From West Front Amid Soviet Pressure
Paris Jan. 24. Soviet advances in the east prompt transfers of German divisions from the west to address the Berlin threat. Infantry units lead the moves with possible Sixth Panzer Army reassigned to Westphalia. Observers doubt a Western offensive like the Ardennes drive is imminent.
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Paris
Berlin
Westphalia
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Germany
Butter Points To Remain Unchanged
The Office of Price Administration says February ration values stay the same for creamery butter cheeses and canned milk while margarine rises to three red points per pound starting January 28. Meat values stay unchanged except for bacon items and fat pork cuts now at one point. processed foods remain at February levels. Six red and five blue stamps will be validated January 28 and February 1, each worth 10 points.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Slayers Sought For Publisher Found Dead In Minneapolis
Authorities hunt suspects in the killing of Arthur Kasherman, 43, vice crusader and publisher of The Public Press. Police believe the slaying was to prevent the next issue described as dynamite and a hot one.
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Minneapolis
INS
Arthur Kasherman
Crusader
Kasherman
Bulge Remnants Crumble Under Allied Ardennes Push
Paris dispatch reports the Nazi bulge near St Vith collapsing as American Third Army patrols reach Vianden near the Luxembourg border. Fourth Infantry Division advances after Seventh Armored recaptures St Vith, with western pushes expanding along the Ardennes fringe.
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Bulge
Vianden
Fourth Infantry
First Army
Seventh Armored
St. Vith
Ardennes
Jones May Bare Inside Story Of His Dismissal
Washington January hearing opens as Jesse H. Jones testifies on his dismissal by President Roosevelt amid moves to install Henry A. Wallace as secretary of commerce. Senator George Ga. leads bills to curb RFC and other federal loan agencies.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
New Allied Landing Reported on Burma Coast
Allied amphibious forces effected a new landing on the west coast of Burma southwest of Kangaw. Headquarters of the Southeast Asia command announced the bridgehead extends about a mile inland.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Kangaw
Southeast Asia Command
Lear Named Deputy Commander for American Forces in Europe
Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear is appointed deputy commander of American forces in Europe. He will supervise administration including coordination control and direction of manpower use and conservation in the European theater.
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Supreme Headquarters
Paris
INS
Ben Lear
Europe
Burma Campaign Reaches Hard Won Open Road
Major Paul C. Raborg reports Lord Mountbatten cabled Roosevelt that the Burma road is open for traffic after a fierce jungle campaign. The Burma theater faced Japanese offensives into India from Northern Burma, with Allied operations progressing despite Europe’s longer war.
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Paul C. Raborg
International News Service
New York
Louis Mountbatten
Japanese Suffer Crushing Defeat In North Burma
Allied forces under Mountbatten report a major defeat of Japanese troops in North Burma as Chinese and American units reinforce the British 14th Army. A fourth Allied landing along the Burma coast secures a bridgehead near the Myebon peninsula, expanding land routes to China.
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Burma
Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Myebon
Daniel I. Sultan
Imphal
Kohina
Mountbatten
High Command Appeals for Work-Fight War Mobilization
In a secret session before Congress the military and naval high command urged a sweeping win-the-war push and swift passage of work or fight legislation. Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, Army Chief Gen Marshall, and Navy Chief Admiral King addressed senators and representatives, marking the first joint appearance of the four leaders before a congressional audience.
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Washington
INS
Military
Naval High Command
Congress
Congressional Library
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
James V. Forrestal
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Ensign Parachutes Safely To Ground
Ensign Frederick W. Hurley USNR of Stratford Connecticut parachuted to safety when his plane went into a spin during a training flight near the Atlantic City Naval Air Station. The aircraft crashed and burned on the Seaview Country Club golf course.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Frederick W. Hurley
USNR
Blakeman Pl
Stratford
Conn
Atlantic City Naval Air Station
Seaview Country Club
Deaths in Ellwood City Area on January 24 1945
Death records list Mrs Annetta Eckles 80 of 609 Wayne Avenue Ellwood City and infant Mary Eve Lombardo three months of West Pittsburg.
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Annetta Eckles
Wayne Avenue
Ellwood City
Mary Eve Lombardo
West Pittsburg
Yanks Hear Jittery Nazi Broadcasts From Front
American troops in Germany report a mood of hysteria in German frontline broadcasts after the Soviet offensive's breakthrough became evident. German announcers and Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar urge patience as Goebbels propaganda reels show panic and urgency.
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Germany
Berlin
Kurt Dittmar
Red Army
Scharzhorst
Gneisenau
Nazi Germany Faces Russian Winter Push Toward Berlin
Pierre J. Huss reports that a covert Russian winter offensive aims to breach the eastwall along Germany’s eastern frontier, threatening Berlin as Stalin’s forces drive toward Brandenburg. The outcome hinges on the Wehrmacht defense plan and the ability to halt the Soviet advance before a potential knockout blow in the west.
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Nazi Germany
Berlin
Pierre J. Huss
International News Service
New York
Hitler
Germany
Stalin
Brandenburg
Wehrmacht
Georgia Governor threatens to suspend poll tax law
Governor Ellis Arnall warned the Georgia legislature he will use executive power to suspend or repeal the poll tax if the law is not repealed. He framed removal of the poll tax as a nationwide trend and warned a future legislature could act if current lawmakers do not act now.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Red Army Pushes to Oder Front 100 Miles From Berlin
Reports from Moscow say Soviet troops crossed the Oder River with a bridgehead near Berlin. Marshal Ivan Konev's forces press along a 100 mile front from the Polish border to Oppeln Breslau, threatening Oppeln and Breslau amid German civilian evacuations.
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Moscow
Oder River
Berlin
Ivan Konev
Red Army
Oder
Lower Silesian
Oppeln
Breslau
Perkins to Remain as Labor Secretary
Frances Perkins will stay in her post as secretary of labor through the Roosevelt administrations. President Roosevelt rejected her resignation in a letter received Monday, two days after his fourth term inauguration.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Perkins
Civilians Ordered To Leave Silesia By Germans
The Nazi high command has ordered evacuation of civilians from wavthreatened Silesia Pomerania and Warthegau Provinces according to a Moscow radio report broadcast in London.
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Oppeln
Breslau
Lowe Silesia
Silesi
Pomerania
Warthegau
Konev
Silesia
London
INS
Nazi High Command
Moscow
Early garden seed orders urged for spring
Arthur Mometer urges readers to prepare seed lists now and send letters today. Prices are expected to rise and stock to fall, so delaying until spring could mean scarce seed potatoes spinach and hay as weather remains warm at twenty five.
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