Poland Still Far Away From Moscow View of Poland Line
The Associated Press reports Russia’s First Ukraine Army pushed across the old Polish frontier while Moscow sees Poland as still 150 miles away. The piece traces potential borders west to the Prut, notes Kostky and Bessarabia shifts, and outlines Molotov Ribbentrop line influence, with Trans-Dniestria tied to Romania and Odessa as key points.
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Associated Press
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Poland
Red Army
Germany
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Kursk
Kiev
Olevsk
Hitler
Bug River
Chelm
Lubomi
Bessarabia
Rumania
Dniester
Prut
Vitebsk
Wnevel
Latvia
Nevel
Lithuania
Estonia
Arence Thuantia
Tatuia
Baltic
Finland
Karelian
Viipuri
Karelia
East Prussia
Bug
Brest-Litovsk
Sokol
San
Jaroslaw
Carpathian Mountains
Vyacheslav Molotov
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Carpathians
Bucovina
Cernauti
Trans- Dniestria
Trans-Dniestria
Romania
Black Sea
Odessa
Villagers Demand Mosley Removal From Oxfordshire Village
Angry residents of Shipton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire sign a petition calling for Sir Oswald Mosley and his wife to be returned to prison. The effort, addressed to Churchill and Morrison, notes Mosleys live in comfort while local men fight fascism. Mosley and family were released from Holloway Prison on November 20 after two years.
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Mosley
Shipton - Under -Wychwood
Oxfordshire
Sir Oswald Mosley
Cotswold
Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Mosleys
Holloway Prison
Tobias to Represent State at Freedom Day Exercises
Channing H. Tobias of New York City will represent New York at National Freedom Day exercises in Philadelphia on Feb. 1. Tobias, senior secretary of the Colored Department of the National Y.N.C.A., was named the state delegate yesterday by Governor Dewey.
Soviet Push Deepens in Old Poland and Latvia Frontier
Soviet forces under Gen. Ivan Bagramian advanced toward the Latvian border as 70 towns north of Nevel fell to the Red Army and 1,600 Germans were reported killed. Russians closed to 45 miles from Latvia while Vitebsk, a key White defense stronghold, faced investment. Nazis reportedly abandoned large war gear stores as the Soviet drive continued.
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Ivan Bagramian
Nevel
Latvia
Vitebsk
Bagramian
Twelve men electrocuted in Sing Sing last year
Twelve men were strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in the previous year, six fewer than 1942 and two fewer than 1941, yet above the long term average. Three men were executed on a single date July 15 for mugging, rape and murder cases in New York City and Westchester County, including Benitz DiJesus William Diaz Edward Haight Eli Showbrun and John Cullen. Madeline Webb, Broadway show girl, was involved in a related strangulation and robbery case and remains in prison.
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Sing Sing
Albany
John A. Lyons
Commissioner of
Corrections
Benitz DiJesus
William Diaz
New York City
Edward Haight
Westchester County
Eli Showbrun
John Cullen
Madeline Webb
Miss Webb
Westfield State Prison
Ida Tarbell Still In Critical Condition
Bridgeport authorities report Miss Ida Tarbell 68 dean of American women writers remains critically ill after pneumonia attack. She was hospitalized December 27 after falling ill at her Easton home and has shown no worsening in recent days.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport
Ida Tarbell
American Women Writers
Two Judges Refuse To Evict Soldier's Wife From Flat
In New York a landlord's eviction plea was denied by Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan. Mrs Eve Schatzberg, pregnant, faced eviction after her lease expired August 10 and her husband Rudolph, drafted last July, was in the Army. Judge McGrath urged mercy, appealing to spare a soldier's family from the street.
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New York
Supreme Court
John E. McGeehan
Eve Schatzberg
Rudolph
Christopher C. McGrath
Carter Glass Sees Peace in 1944 as Senate Veteran
Carter Glass 86, Virginia Democrat and oldest U S Senate member, marked his birthday in Washington on January 4 1944 with a firm belief that 1944 will bring complete Allies victory and his return to the Senate chamber.
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Carter Glass
Washington
Virginia
U. S. Senate
Senate
15th Air Force Bombs Italian Plant and Rail Yards
Allied bombardment hit the bearing plant at Villa Perosa near Turin and damaged surrounding factories. Bombers attacked rail yards at Turin cutting mainline traffic while docks and railway facilities along the Dalmatian coast were struck. Luftwaffe losses totaled seven fighters destroyed as Allied aircraft reported three lost.
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Ortona
Tollo
Eeifth Army
Mignano
Villa Perosa
Turin
Adriatic
Split
Sibenik
Dalmatian
Prijedor
Yugoslavia
Avezzano
Cervara
Civitavecchia
Rome
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Dzerzhinsk
Old Poland
Steele
VSR
First Baltic Army
15Th Air Force
Canada
W. Christopher
Laurel Street
Syracuse
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