Red Army Breaks Through 20-Mile Don Front Near Rostov
Russians advance on a 20 mile Don front driving toward Rostov with Lieut. Gen. Rokossovsky’s forces pushing past the Tsimlyansk bridgehead. They recaptured villages along the Don and pushed toward Bolsnayz Ortovka and Apolinskaya amid a broader Caucasus withdrawal by German troops.
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Moscow
Red
Lower
Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Constantin Rokossovsky
Don Rive
Tsimlyansk
Bolsnayz Ortovka
Sal River
Marinsk
Kargalsko-Beliansky
Kamishevskaya
Yashey
Kholondny
Sea of Azov
Mozdok-Nalchik - Prokhlandnenski
Tarn
Nazis Say U-Boat Made Trip Up Mississippi
German radio broadcast claimed a U-Boat traveled 90 miles up the Mississippi toward New Orleans to destroy a bridge. It says the raider was detected and forced back to the Gulf of Mexico with no independent confirmation. The date of the exploit was not given.
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London
Ree Usher States
Pal
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
200 Bills Introduced As Legislature Meets
Annapolis January 7 1943 an avalanche of bills entered the Maryland General Assembly hopper as the session opened The Senate and House each received 100 proposals the first time ever equal numbers to start the year The measures follow two years of Legislative Council study and await action.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Legislative Council
Senate
House of Delegates
Germans Regain Heights West of Mateur in Tunisia
Allied dispatches report German forces recaptured hill positions including Jebel Azzaq on the heights west of Mateur, retaking ground they held for about 24 hours after a dawn British assault and subsequent Allied counter attacks. US Rangers also took part in the engagement near the strategically important crossroads west of Mateur, 15 miles west of the town.
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London
Reuters
North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Jebel Azzaq
Aiilies
United States Rangers
Collingwood
RAF
United States
Tunisia
Committees To Handle Food Problems In War Shortages
Washington reports government moves to ease local shortages of meats water eggs and other foods by creating state and area committees drawn from industry and government to investigate complaints and secure supplies They will operate for about ten days before consumer rationing begins and aim to prevent future shortages. London reports British sources say several members of the German armistice commission captured in North Africa have been brought to Britain.
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Washington
Wickard
Food Administration
Britain
London
German Armistice Commission
French North Africa
Driving Bans Define Pleasure Motoring Across 17 States
The Office of Price Administration defined automobile pleasure driving as including trips to amusements, social calls, sightseeing, and vacation tours across 17 Atlantic seaboard states and the District of Columbia. It permits only essential trips such as shopping, religious services, medical care, and emergencies tied to life, health, or property.
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New York
uPi
Atlantic Seaboard
District of Columbia
Office of Price Administration
Paul O'Leary
Sylvan Joseph
OPA
He Ony Allcudia Paneeals Ac Athoodien
Jap Shipping Concentration Reported At Rabaul
Air reconnaissance over Rabaul New Britain Island shows increased Japanese warship protected shipping since Tuesday. Observers say the volume at Rabaul now exceeds the counts Japan gathered for its first counter attack on the eastern Solomons.
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Melbourne
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
United States
Third January Selective Service Call For 3 Percent Registrants
A January call from Draft Board One announces induction for 3 percent white registrants with final physicals and probable Army service. The list includes reclassified 1-A and 3-A individuals, with many from the first registration and several reassignments after May 1941. The notice also lists Navy volunteers and a long roster of names and addresses in Frederick, Brunswick, Walkersville, and surrounding areas.
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Nelson Donovan Reifsnider
Melvin Johnson Reifsnider
Trail Avenue
Baltimore
Navy
Bureau of Navy
John Ira Weddie
East Seventh Street
Austin Andrew Hausler
Frederick
Orval Orlandis Wolfe
Water Street
David Philin Stud
Fact
Second Street
Ralph Eugene Crum
Lewis Sheridan Barber, Jr
Frederick Avenue
Merhle Clinton Gross
Grayson Sylvester Barrier
Main Street
Walkersville
Nelson
Potential Major League Spring Training Visit For Frederick
Newark Bears officials may visit Frederick to inspect McCurdy Field and the Fair Grounds as a possible spring training site. Chamber of Commerce president Roger Wolfe arranged talks on facilities housing and hotel prospects, with about 50 Newark players expected if chosen.
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Frederic
Diag
Newark
New York Yankees
Keller
Frederick
Charlie Keller
Mr. Schroeder
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Hornell
Potomac River
Narsh Horder
Seth Washington
Baltimore
Carlton Molesworth
Pittsburgh Pirate
Moleswarta
Pirates
Wolfes
Associated Press
Wersher
Wrk
Fauba
De Haven Indicted On Mail Fraud Charges
Carter De Haven former vaudeville and film actor and his son Carter De Haven Jr. along with 27 Los Angeles businessmen were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on mail fraud charges yesterday in Los Angeles.
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DE Haven
Los Angeles
Carter de Haven
Carter de Haven, Jr
Federal Grand Jury
Miners Strike Causes Coal Shortage Across Regions
In Pennsylvania and the eastern seaboard, a strike by 2000 miners disrupts production, tightening coal supplies and delaying shipments. Three United Mine Workers locals vote to stay out, despite leaders urging a return to work.
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Wilkes Barren
Dan
Penneylvania
Seaboard
Antheictie
United Mine Workers of America
Dr Crile Dies at 78 After Illness in Cleveland Hospital
Renowned surgeon Dr. G. W. Crile died at age 78 in Cleveland after three weeks under observation. He entered the hospital December 16 for treatment and died at 1 a.m. from a heart ailment. Crile was internationally recognized for over fifty years of research on life energy and its relation to death, contributing to new surgical methods and theories.
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Mme Valu
Cleveland Chinle
Butt
Crile
Battle In Bog In New Guinea Storms To Sanananda
Allied forces regroup for an attack on Sanananda as American troops push back a Japanese patrol near Tarakena. A sustained artillery barrage targets the Sanananda track while air and ground forces strike Lae with Havoc and B 25 bombers causing significant damage to anti aircraft batteries and aircraft on the ground.
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New Guinea
Mae
Sanananda
Tarakena
Buna Station
Sanananda Point
Soputa-Sanananda
Senananda Point
Lae
Aome
F D R Cites Miracle Of Production In United States
President Roosevelt told Congress the United Nations progress in Europe Asia and Africa gains from a miracle of production at home. He outlined three sections of his state of the nation address praising wartime output and promising a substantial advance toward Berlin Rome and Tokyo in 1944.
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Congress
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Europe
Asia
Africa
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
House
Wal
Aneels Gillekyanns
Russia
Stalin-grad
Secret Service
Capitol
Ipera
Pacific
Aly
Mediterranean
Cnnscience
Norway
Low Countries
France
Sardinia
Sicily
Balkans
Poland
America
Dole
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Adamstown
Alvin Simon
North Market Street
Chester
Alfred Herbert
Hagerstown
William Garrelt Kelly
Ninth Avenue
Brunswick
Marion Leon Booker
Patrick
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John Francis Whitmore
Charles Edward Schilling
Casper Harvey Geisinger
Wallersville
Charles King
West Sixth Street
William Albert Zimmerman
West Church
Scrap Queen
Ong
Lydia Read
Ints
Yankee
University of Maryland
Herbert S. Schroeder
G. W. Crile
George Crile
Bog
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Hitler
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