Reds Capture Sarny 35 Miles Inside Poland
Soviet forces seized Sarny, a key rail junction 35 miles inside the old Polish border, as Red Star reported, with towns north and south falling and supply lines disrupted. German reserves and counterattacks were reported but stalled, while other columns threatened Romania and long-range supply routes toward Odessa.
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London
Ukraine
Sarny
Min
Old
Poland
Blach
Blallin
Barmy
Petersyr
Assaunt
Sarmy
Wazh
Brest-Litovsls
Red Star
Rumania
Odessa-Warsaw Wall
Smela-Wanev
Nazly
Btryelsk
Nenovichi
Uerilla
500 Containers For Dimes Campaign Distribution
The infantile paralysis drive distributed 500 containers to schools and business houses. Oscar B. Miller principal of Har are Mann Junior High and R. W. May county superintendent will lead the March of Dimes in schools. Street solicitation begins Saturday in front of the Majestic theater under G. W. Blessel of the police department.
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Chaitin Porter Loringhay
Oscar BE. Miller
Harare Mann Junior High
R. W. May
Majestic Theater
G. W. Blessel
Invalid Dies As Mattress Ignites
A Brownsville report details a fatal mattress fire caused by an ignition incident. The victim, identified as Mrs Marla Robles, aged, was severely burned before responders arrived and survived only briefly, with details limited by the damaged text.
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Brownsville
Jim
Marla Robles
Hemet
Texas Snow and Rain Sweeps Across State
A winter storm covers North and West Texas with freezing rain and snow. Heavy precipitation is reported in San Angelo Midland and Odessa with several towns receiving over an inch. Temperatures fall into the teens across the Panhandle and West Texas as a cold front moves through.
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Texas
Gunite
Browns Ville
Palestine
Amarito
Pampa
Panhandle
Wink
San Angela
Midland
Odessa
Borger
FDR Seeks National Highway System Plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a national highway program of about 34 000 miles with an estimated annual cost of 750 billion dollars over a period. He released a report by an inter regional highway committee on designating and upgrading rural and urban roads to meet future economic and defense needs. It is unclear how much is new construction versus improvements, or cost sharing between federal and state governments, but urban and rural expenditures would be roughly equal.
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Washington
Robstvell
Congress
Toring
Mtoual Inter-Regional Highway Committee
Roosevelt
Democrats Lose House Majority in New York Resignation
Washington January 12 AP Democrats enter the day with no real majority after Representative Gavigan of New York resigns to join the state Supreme Court bench. The chamber sits at 217 Democrats, 429 Republicans, four minor party members, and six vacancies, short of the 218 needed for a majority.
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Washington
Gavigin
New York
Gavegin
New York State Supreme
House
Cold Damp Weather Hits L A Menu and San Antonio
A cold front brings a new cold wave to San Antonio with temperatures falling from 48 to 40 degrees by late morning and an expected 28 degrees by Thursday. Weatherman J H Jarboe warns of more chilly days with showers and flu germs lingering as winds gust.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Soldiers Forget Pin Up Girls In Army Newspaper Shift
New York January 12 UPI G 1 Joe apparently is losing interest in pin up girls says Master Sgt David Golding of the Stars and Stripes in the Mediterranean area He discloses the army newspaper has eliminated such pictures without receiving a single serviceman's price Golding who returned here to become Stars and Stripes home front correspondent said the paper also had curtailed sports news and was devoting more space to home front and international affairs.
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New York
Upi-G
Joe
David Golding
Stars and Stripes
Mediterranean
Army
Golding
Stars and Slripys
Bexar County Cuts Juror Costs With Longer Trials
Judge Robert W. R. Terrell notes Bexar County spent 20,073.39 on jurors in 194%, compared with 24,600.39 in 1942 and 28,872.76 in 199). He cites saving by holding jurors longer and by not calling jurors when cases were ready for trial.
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Bexar County
Coumiss
Robert W. R. Terrell
Pacific War Council Meets With FDR
Members of the Pacific war council representing the forces in that theater met with President Roosevelt in Washington for the first time since his Cairo Teheran conference return.
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Pacific War Council
FDR
Washington
Parific War Council
Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Teachers Oppose Unionization by School Board Resolution
The San Antonio school board resolved unanimously against recognizing the San Antonio Federation of Teachers as a bargaining agent. Board president Leo Brewer said joining a labor group would alienate voters, while Superintendent J F Stutsman noted most teachers favor keeping the matter separate from public policy. The tax rate was set at 1.17 dollars, up 15 cents for maintenance and bond interest, and a sympathy resolution was adopted for the late Rev. Ferdinand J. Winter.
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Via Antonio
American Federation of Teachers
Doar Ut
Gunther Orsinger
San Antonis Federation of Teachers
Aulgenes
San Antonio Federation of Teachers
Scisog
Orsinger
Oae
Leo Brewer
Schiool
J. F Stutsman
Tess
Ferdinand J. Winter
Two WACs Hurt Saluting in England Incident
Two women soldiers in England, Private Jeffrey and Private Hurley, were injured while attempting salutes. Jeffrey fell from a bicycle after saluting an officer, and Hurley pitched on headquarters steps, fracturing her arm.
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Aweera
Ban
Gan
Elizabeth BR. Jeffrey
Rean- Toont
Detty B
Arylev
Selem
Ore
Winter General Hospital
England
Jeffrey
Hurley
Liberator crew jettisons navigator to save nine lives
The shattered Liberator Conquest Cavalier returning from France jettisoned navigator Lieut Arthur E. Barks into the English Channel to lighten the plane as it limped home with four wounded and one dead. Pilot Lieut Glenn E. Jorgensen said the action, taken with the plane sinking and engines failing, was necessary to save the remaining nine crew members during the abortive raid over northwest Germany.
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England
France
English Channel
Glenn E. Jorgensen
Freewater
Ore
Germany
Arthur E. Barks
Providence
R. 1
Lieut
Roy TD
Stahler
Pontiac
Ill
Start
Jorgensen
Charles R. Matthews
Thomaston
Lee Dotson
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Herman Schafer
Flushe Dng
Bgl
Charles R. Jones
Fort Worth
Piraeus Hit Dual Blow By Yanks and RAF
Allied bombers battered Piraeus the port of Athens in Greece during a day and night double header. The Fifth army advanced taking high ground in Itedy as Cervara near Cassino faced heavy fighting. British forces damaged railways and bombed targets along the Adriatic front while missions over Italy hit yards, blast furnaces, and rolling stock to disrupt German supply lines.
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Piraeus
Athens
Greece
Fifth Army
Itedy
Cervara
Gassing
Rome
Cassino
Troubridge
Ban Benedetto
Paleomara
Romie
Fabriano
Italy
Falconaga
Pahrisno
Adriatic
Froh and Steel
Fiombino
Leghorn
Two Indictments for Murder Returned by Bexar Grand Jury
Two dozen true bills were returned by the Bexar County grand jury on Wednesday, including two indictments for murder. Other charges listed cover burglary forgery theft of cattle robbery by assault bigamy and related offenses.
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Mutter
Bexar
Weather Forecast With Fragments From Page Two
Forecaster notes cloudy conditions and cold temperatures for Thursday while Wednesday remains unsettled with rain eastward. Wind speeds vary from fresh to strong with lows ranging from the upper teens to mid twenties across regions, and freezing near the coast in places.
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Bun Antonin Ang Antiy
Texas
Yanks Over Berlin for First Time
London reports say American heavy bombers roared over Berlin for the first time in a major raid aimed at Magdeburg Halberstadt and Berlin itself. The assault involved about 150 planes and escort fighters, with German claims of heavy losses and scattered air defenses.
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Yanks
Berlin
London
Jon
Berin
AL Fores
Nymada
Magdeburg
Halberstadt
Niles
New U S Fighter Believed Mustang
London dispatch reports the RAF used a new American fighter variant in sweeps over the continent. The aircraft, a modified Mustang with extra fuel tanks, reportedly escorted bombers toward Berlin and claimed many Axis aircraft downed. In Texas, Gwendolyn Myrtle Davis, a Veribest student nurse, died in a North Wales plane crash on December 29, with relatives notified.
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U.S
London
Jones
Meribarrantan
Germany
Sore Uzun
San Angelo
Jrden B. Witt
Gwendolyn Myrtle Davis
Allison
HP Wilkes
North
Wales
Fion
Diepperaidy Trientenant
Hottest Fighter Plane Flown On Twelve Europe Missions
Reported yesterday in raids over Germany, the new long range escort fighter completed more than twelve Europe missions. Veterans describe it as the war’s most effective escort, with several aces from Pacific service among its pilots. Command staff details and individual fliers highlight the unit’s bold operations and recognition.
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Aris Genter Viete
Somre
U.S
Air
Forre
Scandinaiian
Haveay
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Alr
Germany
DRG Agence
Berlin
Geremany
Nore
Alaium
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Alame
Evening News
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Monk
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Iew
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Kennett
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