Americans Gain Toward Cassino in Italian Front Push
Allied forces led by American infantry and tanks pushed toward Cassino as Mt Porchia and surrounding heights fell after days of intense fighting. Reports from Don Whitehead describe heavy tank duels, German resistance, and advances into Giusto and Viticuso as part of a northern pincers plan.
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Cassino
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
Mt. Porchia
San Vittore
Mt. Majo
Fifth
Viticuso
Rome
Adriatic
Soldiers to be Rotated Under War Department Plan
The War Department announced a rotation policy for combat troops with over two years overseas. Alaska and Caribbean units will return to the United States under ordinary conditions, while certain North African personnel with more than 18 months overseas will also be sent home. Plans for broader rotation in the South and South Pacific are nearly complete, with first returns expected in spring as shipping space issues ease.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Alaska
Caribbean
United States
North African
Department
South
South West Pacific
West Virginia Rises to 10th in Fat Collection Progress
State Salvage Director J. C. Knapp announced WV moved from 46th to 10th in waste fat collections but the quota remains unmet. November yield reached 79,671 pounds or 62 percent of quota, up from 71,043 pounds in October.
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Associated Press
Charleston
J. C. Knapp
West Virginia
Slessor Named Deputy to Allied Air Forces Chief
Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, head of British coastal command since November 1942, is appointed deputy to Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, commander of all Allied air forces in the Mediterranean, an official announcement said.
Ten Nipponese vessels sunk by American submarines
American submarines have destroyed ten more Japanese ships in Pacific and Far Eastern waters, including a large tanker and freighter. The Navy reports 546 enemy ships sunk or damaged, with 396 definite sinkings and 34 probably sunk, amid a severely strained Japanese cargo fleet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ernest J. Ming
Navy Today
Japan
Pacific Islands
Enmy
Keping Senna
Pacific
Fie
German Blockade Runner Is Sunk in South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro agents report a German blockade runner sunk in the South Atlantic by Brazilian and U S forces with air support. The ship carried war supplies from Japan and was of the same type as a blockade-runner sunk by Britain in the Bay of Biscay on December 27. Details on date and location were not released.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
United States
South Atlantic
Agencia National
Raife
Japan
Bay of Biscay
Shipyard union urges immediate return to work in Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding union officers announced they would recommend resuming work at the yards closed three days by a strike involving 17 000 workers. The decision followed talks with national officers of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers CISO at Camden New Jersey across the Delaware River.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company Union
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Cis.o
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
Roosevelt Offers Rail Unions Five Cent Pay Rise With Vacation
President Roosevelt announced the rail unions may receive the same terms as trainmen and engineers if their strike order is canceled. The award covers five cents an hour and a paid vacation week per year, effective December 27, 1943, and repeats a prior four-cent raise. Chiefs could not comment immediately. a subcommittee works on a report.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Tax reform eyed as top House Way and Means aim
Washington with the nation's most complex income tax form facing about 50 million taxpayers Chairman Doughton vows to pursue simplification as the number one job for his committee. He wants to collect the total tax via payroll withholding for about 30 million people and remove the need for many tax returns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Vermonter Praises Wendell Willkie Speech Broadcast
Vermonter Governor William H. Wills of Vermont urged the GOP to nominate Wendell Willkie at the national convention. He argued against party bosses blocking Willkie and said the party must give him an honest chance to win despite a potential defeat.
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Associated Press
Montpelier
Republiccan
William HL. Wills
Vermmont
Republican Party
Wendell Willkie
G.O.P
CBS
Willkie
Wendell
Hospital May Halt Life Saving Blood For Child
Dallas hospital warns it may stop transfusing Billy Meers, four, who suffers from chronic nephritis and relies on plasma to survive. After months of donor blood, the hospital risks exhausting its supply unless new donors appear, leaving the child at grave risk without transfusions. His mother pleads for help while noting financial strain and emotional toll.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Billy Charles Meers
Billy
Alasmaa
Lawrence Payne
Snd
Masma
Charles Meers
Seymour
Victims Recovered From Sunken Navy Patrol Ship St. Augustine
Coast guard crews brought ashore more bodies from the St. Augustine as survivors described heroism during the rescue at midnight. Thirty dead were identified and thirty survivors were listed at the Cape May infirmary.
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Associated Press
Cape May
N. J
Coast Guard
St. Augustine
Cape May Coast Guard Stallion
Five Prisoners Are Recaptured After Escape
Five members of a state prison camp who escaped earlier in the week were recaptured after a night on the loose. Warden M. Fe Ketchum reported the escape lasted slightly more than 44 hours before authorities regained control at Mouinsville facility.
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Associated Press
Mouinsville
State Penitentiary
Fle
M. FE. Ketchum
Rumanians Pull Out Of Bessarabia Amid Russian Advance
News from Bern reports Marshal Stalin's Ukrainian forces closing in on Romania’s Dniester frontier within 40 miles as Balkan satellites scramble for options. Romanian peasants evacuate Bessarabia and northern Bucovina, cargoing goods and cattle while rail travel is restricted.
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Bessarabia
Associated Press
Bern
Marshall Stalin
Rumania
Dniester
Germany
Balkan
Bessarabian
Bucovina
Budapest
Basler
Allied Bombers Halt Wave Across Continent
Allied air forces continued strikes over northern France and southwestern Germany as radio networks went silent across Belgium and Vichy France. American bombs hit Ludwigshafen and Mannheim while Mosquito fighters scored deep raids, with several aircraft downed by both sides and reports of Mannheim heavily damaged.
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London
Radio Sa“Tions
Furope
Hitler
Dawa
Belgium
Vichy
Wedium Chambers
France
Paris
R.A. P
Germany
Americian Airforce
High Command
Sweden
Lartwisshafen
LG. Farben
Mannheim
Stockholm
Morgen ‘Tidnngen
Ludwigshafen
Roosevelt Prepares Annual Report Amid Draft Debate
President Roosevelt, recovering from the grippe, works on his annual report to Congress at the Union. He may deliver it in person Tuesday after a Monday consultation with congressional leaders. A student in Army and Navy Journal suggests the report could push universal service or civilian draft for essential jobs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army and Navy Journal
Universal Service
Weather West Virginia Snow Ending This Afternoon
Light snow continues in parts of West Virginia with temperatures staying cold and the weather turning more frigid as the day ends with wind chill facts not provided.
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West
Virginia
Marines claim 100 Japanese killed advance two miles
An Allied report from New Guinea and New Britain describes Marine forces driving Japanese defenders from a hill and observation post at Silimali Bay area as the campaign expands. Forces claim 100 enemy casualties and a two mile advance despite stiff resistance.
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New Guinnea
Cay
Mite
Silinali Point
Borgen Bay
Cape
Silimadi
Che Gloucestor
Coun Laundtaesk
Japaese
Dalman
Finsehhafen
Dan
al Snicor
Germans Gain Ground in Yugoslav Conflict Amid Winter Fighting
German forces press south of Jajce as Tito’s Partisans struggle to hold, with Chetnik units claiming resilience in the face of severe house to house clashes. Yugoslav Liberation forces report key withdrawals and ongoing sabotage across the region. Separate Seaboard rail collision in Atlanta leaves one dead and six injured.
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London
Jusio Broz
Tita
Kajee
Banja
Banja Lirka-Prifertor- Basieskie Gradiska Triaugh
Fania Juka
Bosanska Gradtis
Nyo
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
12Th
Slavonian
Gradiska- Osijek
Associated Press
Atlanta
Seaboard Railway
Russians Break Through Near Romanian Border In Dnieper Bend
Soviet forces on the Eastern Front push deeper into Polish and Romanian theater. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army expands from Kleśów toward the south while Kirovograd falls and German positions near Dnieper bend retreat. Stepping closer to vital rail links, units reach towns such as Viry and Rudnya Bobrovskaya as a three-front Soviet drive gains momentum.
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Hitler
Old Poland
London
Ivan S$. Konev
Moscow
Soviek Moniter
Nonew
Shisid
Db Améles
Uhanthe
Nikolai F. Vatitin
Uheratilan Anny
Klesoy
Viry
Kleestow
Tadnya Bobraystayya
Tite Bubletin
Puerulas
Rovian
Preswar
Poland
Steashay
Vallutin
Ward Renmei
Daleper
Rirovograd
Ain
German Daleper Bend
Down
Red Infant
T le
Besgan
Ioan Paquts
Cadta Commenatar
Caudwig Sertorious
Borefin
Kirovorrad
Anense Tor Cen
Nikolai Vatutin
W Klesow
Klesow
Rudnya Bobrovskaya
Gorodnits
Sariny
Klesan
Areca
Navy leaders pledge relentless strikes against Japan
High ranking navy officers addressing 640 Pacific coast business and civic leaders outlined plans for continued powerful blows against Japan and the other enemies of the United Nations. General Holcomb urged massed, unerring assaults, while Admiral Forrestal and Admiral McCain warned of a widening drive and no stop to the advancing air and sea power.
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Los Angeles
Japan
United Nations
Gon
Mahomas
Holconth
Childe
Kipan
Butler Estas
Iipan
Tie
Central Pacific
Alfred
Pacific
Adi
McCain
Three Killed in Bus Train Crash Near Westmoreland
A collision between a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train and a car in Westmoreland suburb killed three youths and injured three others in critical condition. The wreckage was being towed when another car struck the tow vehicle, causing injuries to two women.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Baltimore and Ohio
Westmoreland
Attar
Green Supports Dorothy Lamour Amid War Bond Tour Controversy
Dorothy Lamour said she received a telegram from William Green president of the American Federation of Labor defending her after a Cleveland woman union official accused her of delaying production by touring war plants during a war bond selling trip.
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Dorothy La~mar
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland
Neely to Sign Bill Granting Soldiers Vote for WV Offices
Governor M. M. Neely prepared to sign a bill giving West Virginia soldiers the right to vote for offices from president to constable, likely Monday. The enrolled bill was to be signed by Speaker John Amas and Senate President James Paull and presented to the Governor over the weekend. A special committee to study veterans’ job programs will be named by the presiding officers next week.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
House
Senate
John Amas
James Paull
Neff Seeks Republican Nomination for Sixth District
Charleston judge Harold Neff filed for the Republican nomination for Congress in West Virginia's sixth district. State officials R. K. Talbott and W. S. O'Brien considered reelection, with Talbott seeking the Democratic nomination for treasurer and O'Brien likely pursuing the Democratic nomination for secretary of state.
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Charleston
Associated Press
West Virginia
R. Ke, Talbott
W. S. O'Brien
Harold Neff
Congress
MARSHALLS RAIDED BY AMERICAN AIR FORCES
The navy announced two bombing raids by army planes on Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands. No fighter opposition was encountered, and all planes returned safely.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Marshall Islands
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