Admiral Nimitz Eyes Possible Soviet Help In Pacific War
Admiral Nimitz signaled openness to Soviet participation against Japan as Allied forces recast 1944 progress. He noted planned landings on the Chinese coast remain key while Japan could be invaded. British fleet efforts and Soviet entry would shift the balance. The Pacific war review praised Allied strikes: ships and aircraft sunk, hundreds of ships damaged, and enemy industrial capacity crippled with future heavy fighting anticipated.
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U. 5
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Nimitz
Pravda
Pacific
Nimits
Fiee
Ching Coast
Sritnin
Pacific Ocean
Nbnux
Saban
Generrl
Macarthur
Ng Truk
Rabaul
254 Killed Over Holiday
A three day New Year's weekend in the United States killed 264 people. Traffic accidents caused 48 fatalities, fires 64, miscellaneous causes 56. Utah reported 48 deaths, California 22, Pennsylvania and Illinois 16 each, while two Southern Pacific workers died in a train collision near Code Utah.
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Mit
United States
Code
Utah
California
Peaysylvania
Imnois
Judge Terrell Rejects Special Grand Jury for rackets
Judge Robert W. B. Terrell of the Thirty-seventh District court Tuesday refused to impanel a special grand jury to probe gambling and rackets in Bexar County. He said it would be a needless waste of taxpayers money despite requests from eight December jurors who argued regular juries only scratched the surface.
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Robert W. B. Vertel
Terrell
W. W. McCrary
Criminal District Court
Tryly
Bexar County
West Side
Black Eye
Special Grand Jury
Young Oods
San
Don Politico
McGrory
Lynn Stephens
Chortle Blevens
Pleasmiton Road
Grapeving
Charlie Stevens
Tyhn Stephens
Sit
Stephens
Stevens
McCrory Questions Light's Editors and San Antonio Gambling Views
District court heard McCrory complain about gambling coverage by The Light and its reporters. He denounced editors, defended the dice table as a misdemeanor, and criticized the press for urging a grand jury. He praised some local conditions while contradicting claims of widespread gambling and corruption.
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Sean Antonio
W. W. McCrary
Criminal District Court
San Antonio
Vind
Fils Court
McCrory
The
Light
Julary
Bis
Texas
Colbone
Tils Ds
the Light
War Casualty Tolls Reported Across 1944 Nation
The article compiles war casualty figures for 1944, detailing totals of killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners of war across the army and navy. It notes 495,052 homes touched by the war and cites 82494 Americans lost or missing by year end, with further breakdowns by service and status.
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Washington, Inn
Army and Navy
Pombat
Army
Navy
Macina Corps
U S Planes Sink Jap Warships Near Luzon In First Double Strike
U S aircraft from three dozen squadrons surprised Japanese forces off Luzon in a major attack that damaged or sank multiple ships including three warships. The raid targeted Lingayen Gulf and Mindoro with additional strikes on Mindanao. Jap leadership warned of intensified air raids as Allied forces press the campaign in the Philippines and Burma with cleanup continuing on Leyte and advances toward Mandalay.
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Wy Sans Msorvancy
United States
Luzon
Philippines
Mindoro Island
Togo
Avivals
Pacific Fleet
Taven
Mindoro
Leye Island
Burma
Associated Press
John Graver
Kaduma
Mandalay
Mayy River
Akyoh
US Penicillin Given For Russian Author Tolstoy
Reports from Moscow state military mission doctors donated penicillin to treat the renowned novelist Alexis Tolstoy 62 a distant Tolstoy relative and author of Peter the First Tolstoy was described by doctors as seriously ill with unspecified condition and received treatment.
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Moscow
Wi—U
Alexis Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Peter the First
Tolatoy
Boyle
U.S. Steamship The Lykes Reported Lost With All Hands
Houston dispatch reports the steamship The Lykes presumed lost with all hands after sailing from Galveston on June 22 1942 bound for a West Indies port. Captain Cus Darnell was on the bridge and the crew normally numbered about 60, including a naval gun crew.
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Houston
Lykes
Galveston
Cus Darnell
West Indies
Beteen
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook Delayed Forecast
Parked cloudy to cloudy Tuesday afternoon night and Wednesday. Brightly warmer Tuesday night. Minimum temperature Wednesday morning unknown. East Texas forecast calls for cloudy conditions Tuesday afternoon night and Wednesday with rain developing in the north Tuesday night or Wednesday and in the northeast portion Wednesday. Lightly warmer Tuesday night with fresh winds. More Weather on Page 8-A.
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San Antonio
Irte
221 German Planes in Allied Bay
Allied air forces reported 221 German planes destroyed in daylight battles over western Germany on New Year’s Day. About 188 fighters and 105 bombers were downed, with 33 more German aircraft lost in other daylight operations and eight Allied heavy bombers lost during night attacks on a Dortmund fuel plant and nearby rail yards.
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Allied Bay
London
Dan
Germany
Naan
RAE
Coblenzjena
Hannover
Dortmund
Voodwinker
Dusseldorf
Work or Fight Bill Promised In Congress
Congress promises action on a Byrnes work or fight proposal for 4-Fs amid war mobilization. Speaker Raybury says the plan could direct physically able 4-Fs into essential industry as the current draft nears renewal in May. May aims to convene the military committee to study the measure. Walton suggests he would accept acting postmaster role at College Station.
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Wanesee
Hai
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Raybury D-Texary
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Gome
May
D-Ky
House Miliary Committee
Walton
PT. C. Joe Dallas
T. O. Walton
Texas A.and
Trimen‘Herald
College Station
Flood Stage Hit By Cumberland
Flood conditions intensified as a spring-like warm spell collided with a cold Canadian air mass. Lowland residents evacuated as water rose two feet above floor level in Nashville area, while a brutal blizzard snarled travel from Bowling Green to Kingston.
Submarine Harder Lost Off Pacific Enemy Action
The Navy reports the submarine Harder, 1325 tons, overdue and presumed lost. Also lost are landing ship LSM 218 and a PT boat in the Philippine Sea from enemy bombardment, and a PT boat in the Mediterranean during a Japanese attack off Ormoc December 7.Crew complements: submarine 6, landing ship medium 52, PT boats 31 to 38.
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Washington, Gat
Navy
Mediterranean
Ormec
Harder
Gatties
Big 3 Slated To Meet Soon
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he will meet with Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin soon. The conference expands to a five with Vice President-elect Truman. He plans to send the state of the union message to Congress shortly, with a possible delivery on the following Tuesday.
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Washington
UNS
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Truman
Nazis Lose Heavily In Armor in Belgian Bulge
Paris and New York dispatches report that the German armored force suffered heavy losses in the Bastogne area as Allied troops, tanks, and planes pressed the Belgian bulge. General Patton widened his corridor and American and Allied air power continued to press counterattacks, with German counterattacks around Bastogne repulsed and momentum favoring the Allies.
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Paris
Third Army
Bastogne
Boyth
Mackshal von Rundsbedt
Patton
U. 8
First Army
Bulge
Supreme Headquarters
Hastogne
Rewartec
Meirey
Hilde
Rhine
Belgian Bulge
Hubertwiltz
von Rundstedt
Fatross
Darknese
Kapelle
Northwear
Holland
Battle Bulge
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Moirey
Remange
Histogne
St Finberk
Teen
Remaige
Huber
Foo Fighters In Air Battle Sparks German Mystery
Wartime dispatch details American hunter pilots reporting mysterious “Foo Fighters” over Germany Jan 2. Described as floating fireballs that shadow planes, these radio controlled or magnetic spheres are said to interfere with radar and signals. Reports split on origin, with theories ranging from ground control to magnetic attraction and psychological warfare.
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France
Germany
Yani
Associated Press
Trent
Donald Meters
Chicago
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U.S
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Nuyy
Puthe
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Ibramon
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GER
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Cumberland
Florida
Weather Bureau
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Carolinas
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Orleans
Canadian
Minnesota
Midwest
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Minti
Ashe
Ley
N.D
Willston
New York City
Longsland
LaGuardia
Bowling Green
Ohio
Wero
Egal
Onterla
Kingston
New York
Ly, & Bluy Nmtwoerk
Patane
Snenarice, Mickerhighly
Grount
Sush
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