Nazis Take Polish War Factories Intact, Jews Alive in Lodz
Soviet backed Polish envoy Zygmunt Modzelewski reports armament plants at Lodz Chestochowa and Kielce seized intact by the Lublin government. He cites thousands of German nationals captured, about five thousand Jews surviving, and ongoing evacuation questions as Warsaw faces ruin and typhus risk while aid is promised to revive the city.
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Moscow
Poland
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Russia
Lodz
Chestochowa
Kielce
Lublin
Lod
Modzelewski
United States
Pozznan
Red Army
Provisional
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Stash Fund Charged in Patchy Slot Machine Debate
The article outlines a slot machine tax debate featuring Representative Love and colleagues. It notes Texas law on possession versus seizure, concerns over exempting machines from taxes, and proposals to direct tax revenue to old age pensions. Weather and political maneuvering at the capitol are also mentioned.
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Garrison
Texas
Love
Capitol
New York
New England
Montpelier
Comptroller’s Department
Dallas Blankenship
Tower House
Ben
Sharpes
Paris
Givng
East Has Little Hope For Relief
Ohio coal shortage tightens as government limits coal deliveries to homes to one ton per family and urges closing of schools and public buildings. Deputy solid fuels administrator G. J. Potter ordered restrictions across Ohio and 13 other states after a three day embargo on all non war freight. War production suffers as cold wave tightens fuel crisis and plant operations shut down.
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Cleveland
Ohio
G. J. Potter
Potter
Frigid Midwest Sputters as Snow Strands Cars and Skiers
The Sault Ste. Marie region recorded 24 below, the coldest point in the Midwest. In Churchville a farmer and his wife hosted 108 overnight guests after wind driven snow blocked roads. Snow and shortages blamed for Buffalo freight congestion while Massachusetts towns closed schools and New England dairy farmers bought Colorado hay.
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Pellston
Sault Ste. Marter
Midwest
Churchville
James Ehrmentraut
Rairoad Intileinis
Buffalo
Massachusetts
New England
Colorado
Bank of Boer Cleared In World War II Front Line Action
Front reports from a wartime theater describe advancing Allied units pushing toward the frontier. The 17th Airborne reached eight to nine miles southwest of St. Vith while the Sixth Armored division closed on Welswampach near the Luxembourg border. The Southern Division recorded progress near Helner, under two miles from frontier lines.
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Auonard
Page
Courtney H. Hodges
Soth
Helnerseleid
17Th Airborne
St. Vith
Welswampach
Germany
Luxenybourg
Poison and antidote ad in dial text
An odd notice warns that poison has an antidote for Ik and suggests the best remedy when losing something valuable is a Light Want Act with a dial number 11231. The fragment hints at a promotional or satirical classified style.
Wounded Officer Dies in Belgium After Christmas Day Siege
Lieutenant William Priest Kemper, 22, of the Army Air Forces Navigator, has been missing in action since December 18 in Italy. Born in San Antonio, he attended Alamo Heights High School and San Antonio colleges, earning a degree in 1930. The War Department listed 2672 soldiers wounded in action, including South Texas names, with next of kin notified of status changes.
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Syfan Jr
Rollins C
Syfan
West
Magnolia Avenue
Rollins
Belegium
War Department
Susan
San Antonio
Mark Twain
Thomas Jefferson
War Department Frigay
South Texas
King
Manuel Barreras
Guadalupe G. Barrera
Alice
James D.brady
James D. Brady
Ffc
Lynden Cotter
Margarita Hernandez
Adolph R. Kahn Jr
Alice G. Kahn
Laredo
Tech
Elmer W
Pearly
Rose Pearl
Jesus S. Perez
Guadalupe M. Perez
Corpus Ghristi
Spt
C. Ramires
Guadalupe Ramirez
Victoria
Wilhim
William Priest Kemper
Italy
Charles H. Wagener
Park Drive
Alamo Heights High School
Local Marine Veteran Leads Fitting Jor Campaign
In McCook Nebraska on January 26 John McGook’s Cross campaign highlights a lieutenant named Reynalds with first hand service experience. He spent about a year in Iceland before returning home on a honorable discharge.
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Jor McCook
Neb
Jani
McGook
Lient
Marine Reynalds
Iceland
Nazis Leave Escape Fury Of Allied Planned Attack
Frank Connizf reports from Robb River on January 26 that Ninth Army prepared for an assault on Braehelm. Tanks and troops moved in as dawn broke, but German forces withdrew overnight, leaving bridges blown and little resistance. American patrols entered Braehelm, flushing stragglers as armored units advanced toward the Roer opposite Cologne.
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Frank Connizf
Ninth U. S. Army
Robb River
Ninth Army
Braehelm
Brachelin
Roer
Cologne
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France
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Frank M. Edwards
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