Retreat of Germans Seen As Last Stand Strategy
BONDON January 24. Analysis suggests the German retreat may serve as a strategic withdrawal to permit a final stand inside the Reich. Observers note large losses reported by Moscow do not imply a rout across a 400 mile front while German reserves may be repositioned for defense west of the Oder as spring thaws delay major river crossings.
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Bondon
Red Army
Reich
Moscow
Poland
Tyan
Konev
Ukraine
Drat
Frov
London
Hitler
Danzig
Postau
Breslau
Oder River
Oder
Barestan
Poznan
Berlin
East Prussia
Two Years Given On Theft Guilty Plea
A man identified as Vinnello was sentenced to two years by Judge W. W. McCrory in Criminal District Court on a guilty plea to theft. He admitted stealing a wristwatch ring and pillbox from Do E Jenkins of Kellyfield while Jenkins slept in his car near the St Anthony hotel.
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Ater
Vinnello
W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
Weednesday
Tie
Do. E. Jenkins
Kellyfield
St. Anthony Hotel
Japs Fear Invasion and Allied Losses Reported
Report from page one notes large enemy stores including 200 tons ammunition captured in the northeast. Allied losses admit interceptors shot down and BE destroyed or damaged. Tokyo reports say Third Fleet carrier raids on Okinawa. Harmon predicts heavy Japanese resistance in 1946. British attacks near Burma advance toward Rangoon with renewed bridgehead. Mandalay area columns close distance. An unrelated rental ad appears as filler.
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Admiral Nimitz
Tokyo
Okinawa
Ryukyu Island
Formosa-Ryukyu
Millard P. Harmon
Japan
Burama
Mychon Peninsula
Akyabd
Ramee Island
Ta Road
Rangoon
Jon Mandalay
Inaugural Flag Disgraced and Protest Filed
Washington reports Gridley Adams, chairman of the National Flag Code committee, protested the inaugural display last Saturday. He wrote to Mr Roosevelt that the flag was disgraced when placed below the speaker, quoting a law that the flag should be above and behind the speaker.
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Washington
Jatt
Ra -Vpi
White House
Way Department
Gridley Adams
National Flag Code Committee
Roosevelt
Adams
British Troops Break German Front Across Ardennes and Roer
British and American forces pushed into German lines from the Ardennes toward the Roer, entering Helnsberg and St Vith, with advances to Maasbracht, Brachterbeek, and Roermond. British and Allied units swept toward Vitten and Wiltz as German withdrawal continued amid Allied air supremacy.
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Helnsberg
Rost
Germany
Roeymond
Dusseldoch
ST. Vith. Keld
Gernan
Su. Vith
Vianden
Ardentes
Maasbracht
Aphoven
Brachterbeek
St. Joost
Obspringen
Laffeld
Waldenrath
Montfort
Roermond
Toer
Maas
Supreme Headquarters
Strasbourg
Reich
Ardennes
Greene
St. Vith
Houtfeliat
Vinesee Endorf
Grombach Sud
Reds Battle In Streets of 2 Oder Towns
Reds clash along the Oder in two towns as battles spill across the river line. Moscow reports fresh German divisions bolstering Silesia while Russian gains continue. Berlin cites a successful hold near Sackesfehervar as German forces avert a broader setback.
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Sela
Berlin
Hitler
Silesia
Moscow
Silesian
Alsace
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Ratibor
Baltic
Stettin
Sackesfehervar
Budapest
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Ourthe
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Geilenkirchen
U. S
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Linnich
Duren
Clerve River
Luxembourg
11Th Armored
Third Army
Haut~ Falize
Wiltz
Tres Vierges
Sixth Armored
Sure River
Arientes
Texas
Texas Oil
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Jess
San Antonio, Texa
ING Compa
California
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Braniff Airways
Gunter Hotel
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