1944 Year of Decision in Political Problems of War
London dispatch by Wade Werner surveys Europe’s war outlook for 1944. Key tasks include refugee government status, Axis satellite pressure, neutral and Turkish cooperation, stabilizing liberated areas, and handling Germany’s future. Frontier talks hinge on wartime victory and postwar reshaping of Europe and Germany.
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Europe
Axsorard
London
Wade Werner
Roosevelt
Euronese Advisory Commission
John G. Winent
Basis
Axis
Satelite
Hitler
Sweden
Germany
Turkey
Reid
United Nations
Italy
Ike Porme
Wessler
Earmson
Corde Hull Paloted
Moscow
The Night I Wired the Munich Pact Word for Word
A World War II correspondent recalls the day September 29 1933 when the Big Four signed the Munich Pact. He secretly obtained a fresh document and dictated its full text from memory to relay the story to New York. The author claims his copy almost matched the official wording, calling it his biggest scoop.
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Munich
Spa
Toom
Chamberlain
Hitler
New York
Vinrjahrzeiten Hotel
Goering
Daladier
Geering
Johy
Goring
Museum
Daladier Rooxing
London
Harpers
Pune
Yanks Press Bougainville and Pacific Air Strikes
Admiral Halsey’s spokesman says Bougainville actions expand US invasion efforts with paratroops, fires set by fighters, fuel belly tanks destroyed, and destroyer bombardments along a west coast strong point. In the Marshalls region air forces push a 14th day offensive, with losses of three bombers and ten probable enemy planes. Chinese forces recapture 40 villages near Owetihkewi in Hunan to restore pre campaign conditions.
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Bougainville
Solomonns
Rabauls Perl
Halsey
Amerian
de Stroyer
Kwajalein
Owetihkewi
Hunan
Huoch
Churchill Move Told by Germans Report Stirs Cairo Stay
New York dispatch reports Germany claims Churchill proceeds to Cairo for talks and Nile health retreat with his wife and daughter Sarah. The British radio meanwhile says Germans intensify reprisals in Greece, burning villages and killing over 1300 Greeks in a new terror wave.
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New York
Cativast
Ankara
Shurchil
Cairo
Nile
Egypt
Churchi
Sarah
Grefes
Penple
Greece
Johnson Blames Inflationists At Rally
Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at an anti inflation meeting in Austin, accused pressure groups of trying to lift controls to shift blame for inflation to Democrats. He warned that next November campaign issues will include price control and OPA, with Dobson noted as rally sponsor from the Austin League of Women Voters.
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Lyndon Johnson
Austin
i-Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrats Party
Dobson
Austin League of Women Voters
Man Beats Wife With Baseball Bat in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi on December 31 1935 Mrs George Sullivan was found in serious condition after her husband George Sullivan struck her with a baseball bat in a rage breaking the bat. Authorities report the husband said he beat her because she took his ration book and 1-A draft status claiming she tried to trap and kill all the Sullivans. District Attorney Jack Lobrano provided the statement.
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Jackson
Miss
George Sullivan
Viglin
Jack Lobrano
Sullivan
Sullivans
Bombs Rain On Paris Targets (Continued From Page One)
Allied air forces pressed daylight raids on targets across Germany and France. Bombings reportedly hit Ludwigshafen and Mannheim with chemical works and rail yards damaged, while Berlin and another city faced heavy bombardment. 1100 mile escort missions set a record as new navigational aids aided bombardiers in striking unseen targets.
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Berlin
England
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Rhine
Germany
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Ludwigsnaten
1. G. Farbenindusteie
iLander Herald
T Ie
RA. F
Nazidom
Advancing forces and heavy air strikes hit northeast Italy
Across the Po Valley and Adriatic flank, Allied units reported nine miles of advance toward the critical port of Pescara as British troops probed German positions in the Monte Maiella range. American fighters struck rail yards near Ravenna and Barbo, and Mitchell bombers hit Zara harbor, Falconara, and towns near Ancona, with attacks extending behind German lines in the Fifth Army sector.
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Contlaurd
Tronteline
Pescara
Montagna Della Maiella
Airforce
Padua
Ravenna
Adriatic
Telway
Bar- Bo
San Lorenzo
Florence
Viareggio
Roccasenes
Fifth Army
Zara
Yugoslavia
Falconari
Jildle
Mullan
Ancona
Kaiser Richmond Yards Hit 305 Ships Built in 1943
Richmond yards under Kaiser Production chief Clay Bedford set a 1943 record of 305 vessels built across all types. The 10,000-ton George Luks honored the yard as a noted war correspondent painter who reported on the Spanish American War from CUBA for the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Richmond
Calif
Dee
George Luks
Clay Bedford
America
Luks
Philadelphia Bilietin
Capt Hart Reported Missing In Action
Captain Herman Hart, known as BOL Hart, long active in army and bowling circles, is listed as missing in action by the war department. He was last stationed at Barksdale Field in Shreveport Louisiana and was later deployed overseas. His wife in Shreveport has been notified and he leaves behind a daughter Lieut Jere Milne Hart in the army nurse corps and a son Tech Bgt Jack Hart overseas. he previously served at Brooks Field.
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War Department
Barksdale Ifield
Shreveport
Hart
Jere- Milne Hart
Army Nurse Corps
Kellyfeld
Jack Hert
Har
Brooksfield
Cat and Veal Roast Trigger Fire at Beguin Street Garage
A cat knocked over a coal oil lamp, igniting the garage of Cisto Ricondo at 418 Beguin Street. Damage is estimated at 200 dollars. Mrs. Ted S2opa of 326 Wilkins Street was cooking a veal roast and forgot water, prompting a fire department call. Firemen removed a charred chunk of meat.
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Fire Department
Cisto Ricondo
Beguin Street
Ted S2opa
Wilkins Street
Sales of Stocks Show Big Gains on Curb Exchange
New York year end report notes 71,200,000 shares traded on the New York Curb exchange in December 1547, marking the largest percentage gains over the previous two years among major U.S. markets. By contrast 1943 and 1942 volumes stood at 22,327,822 and 34,600,900 shares respectively.
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New York
New York Curb Exchange
Hitler Cancels Soldiers Leaves and Orders Peak Readiness
London dispatch cites Berlin report that Hitler cancelled leaves for German officers and soldiers and ordered every division to be at peak defensive strength by January 13. The Evening News item from Zurich notes the directive impacting troop availability and readiness ahead of the new year.
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London
London Evening News
Zurich
Berlin
Hitler
Burglary at Dickle's Cafe on South St. Mary's Street
A burglar used an old western tactic to force entry into Dickle's cafe at 818 South St. Mary's Street early Friday. He kicked the rear door off its hinges, rifled three marble tables and a jukebox, and removed several boxes of cigars and a swath of cartons.
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Dickle
St. Mary's Street
Hill 802 Diary Fragment From WWII Engagement
A fragmentary wartime diary describes rough combat at Hill 802 with US and German forces. The narrator recounts grenades, machine gun and pistol fire, ammunition shortages, and a night raid followed by a December 1 snow scene. Mention of a dry monsoon and illness appears.
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Scartler
Germany
Annes
Orient
Goblant
Ten Million Spent Each Hour on War Effort 1963
Washington report notes daily treasury outlays exceed ten million dollars as 1963 costs mount. Government spending nears nine hundred eighty three to nine hundred ninety billion with war outlays driving the surge. The national debt rises from about one hundred twelve billion to nearly one hundred seventy billion.
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Washington
Dec
Treasury
Glone
Tarame
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