French Troops Push Toward Strasbourg Front
French First Army units supported by American forces advance one to three miles north of Colmar with gains along the I river and in the Mulhouse Cernay sector. British Second Army pushes toward the Roer line as German forces retreat from the Ardennes.
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Paris
First Army
Rhineland
Strasbourg
Colmar
Roer River
Reich
Ardennes
I River
Mulhouse-Cernay
Germany
United States troopship sunk in European waters
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed a troopship carrying 2,200 American soldiers was sunk by enemy action in European waters. 248 were killed and 517 missing with over 1,400 saved. This marks the first sizeable loss of a troop transport in Europe. Next of kin notified. Navy had logged 15 transport losses since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
INS
Stimson
War Department
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Mediterranean
Bombers Hit Corregidor In Luzon Offensive
United States air and ground forces on Luzon advance toward Clark field and Fort Stotsenburg after overrunning Bamban. The 14th corps under Maj. Gen. Griswold pushes across the Bamban river, facing limited Japanese opposition except for a damaged bridge south of Capas.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Clark Air Center
Fort Stotsenburg
Manila
Bamban
14Th Corps
G. W. Griswold
Elko
Nev
British Second Army reports over four thousand casualties in Holland push
British Second Army headquarters said the operation from eastern Holland into the Reich inflicted more than 4,000 German casualties and over 2,000 were taken prisoner. The report cites ongoing offensives in the area.
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Holland
Paris
INS
Second Army
Reich
Soviet forces trap large German troops in East Prussia
Russians breach toward the Baltic as East Prussia appears strangled by a winter offensive. An estimated 200 000 to 300 000 German troops may be cut off with Koenigsberg and Danzig at risk. The advance signals a major milestone amid rapid Soviet gains across Poland and Silesia.
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Junkers
East Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Baltic Sea
Oder River
Berlin
Frisches Haff
Baltic
Elbing
Koenigsberg
Danzig
Godnia
Poland
Silesia
Hove
City Agencies Move Safes. Youth Week Urged by Governor
PA Newc notes safes from third to first floor of city building, amid weather relief efforts and bus repairs. Gov. Edward Martin urges statewide Youth Week starting January 28 to boost character building and fellowship amid a harsh winter with ongoing cold and snow.
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Legal Department
Edward Martin
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 a m show a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 10 below zero. Precipitation totals 0.2 inches with 0.2 inches of snow. River stage is 4.6 feet. For the same date a year ago the maximum was 37 and the minimum 23 with no precipitation.
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United States
Fleeing Nazis Run Wildly Beneath Allied Air and Artillery Assault
An editor’s war dispatch from January 24 describes German retreating forces seen from an artillery observation plane over Germany. The narrator Lt. Lloyd Watland, an Estherville Iowa native and Minneapolis radio employee, notes the chaotic retreat amid burning villages and wrecked equipment as Allied air power targets transport and positions.
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INS
Larry Newman
Siegfried Line
Germany
Lloyd Watland
Estherville
Iowa
Minneapolis
Watland
France
Evacuation of Berlin Reported as War Strain Grows
London reports unconfirmed notices that Berlin may be evacuated to ease mass civilian migration and congestion. Stockholm and Danish press services relay warnings for correspondents and possible removal of government and civil administrations from the German capital. A new peace rumor accompanies the grim scene.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Germans Claim Reds Ousted After Entering Elbing
The DNB agency reports Red Army troops breached Elbing in East Prussia near the Baltic coast but says they were driven back later. The dispatch was relayed by OwW.
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Elbing
New York
INS
DNB
Baltic
Oww
Yanks Face Tough Caves as Luzon Advance Pauses
American doughboys halted their southward push toward Manila in rugged hills near Bamban on Luzon. Col. Edward J. Murray said the defense features a battalion or more in cave mouths while U S. artillery and a new 57 mm anti-tank gun bombarded the entrances. The unit described the tunnel system as a stalling line the Japanese use to defend the rich Clark Field supply corridor.
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Bamban
Luzon
Manila
Edward J. Murray
Sacramento
Cal
Clark Field
Murray
Lieut
John Cassidy
South Carolina
Antietam to be commissioned as new Philadelphia carrier
The 27,000 ton U. S. S. Antietam, built at the Philadelphia navy yard, will be commissioned next Sunday under Captain James R. Tague of Kentucky. The Essex-class ship carries about 80 fighters and torpedo planes, exceeds 850 feet in length, and sails at over 30 knots. Captain Tague, Japanese-born son of missionaries, is the ship’s commander. his wife Carol Philips is from Pensacola.
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Philadelphia
INS
U. S. S. Antietam
Philadelphia Navy Yard
James R. Tague
Flemingsburg
Chicago
Los Angeles
Tague
U. S
Kobe
Japan
Carol L. Philips
Pensacola
Modified Labor Draft Bill Sent To 74th Congress
The House Military Affairs Committee advanced a revised labor draft bill to the 74th Congress by a 20-5 vote. The measure, removing the ban on compulsory union membership, urges immediate enactment to keep the war effort supplied and the battle lines moving forward. It would freeze men 18 to as part of the manpower program.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
House
Last Of City Men In January Call Leave For Camp
Two of the city departed early this morning via the Pennsylvania railroad for training camp. They were the last of the men sent this month by the county selective service boards. Farewells were not held due to the intense cold. The departing men received kits from the service men's aid committee of the U S O.
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Selective Service Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
County Selective Service Boards
Service Men’s Aid Committee
The
Tokyo Reports Allies In Many Pacific Attacks
Tokyo radio reported Allied air and naval strikes across a 3200 mile Pacific span including a dawn Superfortress raid on Honshu. Japanese sources said Iwo Jima was shelled by four cruisers and eight destroyers with slight damage claimed and a cruiser heavily damaged.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Washington
Honshu
Radio Tokyo
Bonin Islands
Marianas
Netherlands East Indies
Palembang
Sumatra
FCC
Osaka
United States
Himeji
Kobe
Iwo Jima
Imperial Headquarters
Wallace Is Not Competent For Job Says Jones
Former Vice-President Henry A. Wallace testifies before the Senate commerce committee on the George Bill to place supervision of the vast loan agencies in the Department of Commerce. Jesse H. Jones, resigning as secretary, argues Wallace lacks proven business experience for the combined post and supervision of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Commerce Committee
George Bill
Department of Commerce
Wallace
Jesse H. Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Roosevelt
Jones
Different Views On Russian Drive On Germans
CAPTAIN JOHN H. CRAIGE writes that readers face two interpretations of Soviet advances on the German front. Optimists claim Red Army tank divisions are wrecking Wehrmacht lines and marching toward Berlin, potentially ending the war by spring. Pessimists see German retreat as a strategic withdrawal, leaving the outcome uncertain.
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John H. Craige
International News Service
Wehrmacht
Europe
Red Army
Berlin
Unter En Linden
Eastern Front
British Forces Hold Bridgehead Opposing Japanese in Burma
In Burma near Mandalay the British 14th Army under Gen. Sir William Slim held the Irrawaddy bridgehead opposite Myaukmyaung after Japanese counterattacks and shellfire failed to gain ground. In Arakan the Japanese resisted Allied thrusts on Myebon, Kangmaw, and Myogaung while Ramree Island operations continued advancing southward.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Sir William Slim
Irrawaddy
Myaukmyaung
Mandalay
Burma
Arakan
Myebon
Kangmaw
Myogaung
Ramree Island
Six In Family Die In Fire In Philadelphia Tragedy
A mother Mrs Mildred Mover aged 40 and her five children perished in a house fire near Wayne Junction station. Firemen removed the bodies and pronounced all dead at Germantown hospital. A second eight alarm blaze consumed a half million dollars in mid Philadelphia damaging multiple business buildings. The husband, a railroad worker, was away at the time.
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Philadelphia
Mildred Moyer
Germantown
Wayne Junction Railroad Station
Germantown Hospital
Deaths in Bessemer Area Prompt Obituary Notes
Deaths recorded for John Wallage 88 East Poland avenue Bessemer Mrs Sarah D White 91 31 North Beaver street Edwin J Houk 68 A D G and William Andrew Marksall 13% Water street all listed with ages and addresses in the Thursday January 25 1945 notice.
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John Wallage
Poland Avenue
Bessemer
Sarah D. White
Beaver Street
Edwin J. Houk
A. D
William Andrew Marksall
Water Street
Britain Ready If Nazis Use Gas
prime minister winston churchill told the house of commons britain would retaliate tenfold if germany uses poison gas in the war the answer came in writing to a conservative member reginald purbrick who asked about immediate gas retaliation plans churchill said tenfold retaliation could be swiftly inflicted and that moral scruples had previously allowed immunity from this warfare
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Reginald Purbrick
Churchill
Purbrick
Weather Reflections Amid Deep Cold and Shifting Temps
A speaker recounts extreme cold with temperatures ranging from six to ten below, then twenty four, noting the numbness of ears and nose while trudging through hilly terrain. Despite listening to many frigid tales, the speaker remains unfazed, observing the weather remains the constant theme as it warms to eight above.
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U. S
B. F. Johnson
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Strasbours
Bulge
Thurston Macauley
1. N.S
U.S
Corregidor
U. S. Guns
BBC
Luzon Island
Blue Network
By Lee van Atta
M. S
Capas
Clark Lee
Damortis
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Breslau
By J. C. Oestreicher
I. N.S. Foreign
PA Newc
Volant
Daily Weather Report
Charles A. Smith
I. N.S
Howard Handleman
By William Theis
By William E. Zimmerman
AL N. S
Shell Iwo Jima
Britain
Arthur Mometer
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