Allied forces repulse attacks at Cape Gloucester area New Guinea
General MacArthur reports on New Year’s Day that all Japanese assaults on Cape Gloucester and the Bergen Bay defenses were repelled. Allied air and sea actions claim heavy blows around Cape Gloucester while Australians advance along Huon Peninsula toward Pinschafen with ground gained north of that point. American bombers hit Gasmata airdrome as two Japanese planes raid Arawe in darkness.
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Douglas MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Allied
Huon Peninsula
Pinschafen
Arawe
Gasmata
Roosevelt returns to White House amid greeting crowd
President Franklin D Roosevelt walks into the Oval Room after his return to Washington, joking about his flannel shirt as Cordell Hull, Alben Barkley, Sam Rayburn, John McCormack, Joe Martin, and Francis Maloney identify and greet him. He calls it a welcome that shows Congress and officials eager for his leadership.
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Roosevelt
Oval
White House
Cordell Hull
Senate
Alben Barkley
Rem Rayburn
House
John McCormick
Joe Martin
Martin
Francis Maloney
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Henry
Russians, Allied Forces Advance in World War Front
Allied forces press on as Russians advance toward multiple sectors amid disrupted rail lines. Marines repulse Japanese attacks while Germans mount stern resistance on the Italian front near Pescara. Weather hampers American units with rain and snow.
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Geo Sk
G.O.P. Lantern
Associated Press
Pescara
Thallant
Royal Air Force
Assertion
France
Massive invasion force massed in Alaska for attack on Japan
A January report cites a Tokyo broadcast via Nazi Transocean Agency claiming the United States is assembling a large invasion force in Alaska and the Aleutians. It says two new air bases at Ati, battalions of planes including bombers are at Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Nome, Kiska, and Attu, with about 1000 aircraft and six divisions. The alert notes American air power shifting toward Japan, two improvised aircraft carriers, and massed ships in northern bases.
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Nazi
Transocean
Tokyo
United States
Aleutian
Yomiuri Hochi Shimbun
Ati
Kuriles
Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Kodiak
Nome
Kiska
Attu
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Dunkirk
Istanbul
Ankara
Miles
Nuui-held
McCarron Appointed Alaska Defense Rental Director Attorney
Earl McCarron chief attorney for the OPA defense rental area in Milwaukee has been named territorial director attorney for the Alaska defense rental area with headquarters in Juneau He will depart January 3 with his wife Margaret an office manager in Milwaukee McCarron joined the Chicago rent division in 1942 and moved to Milwaukee in June to survey housing for rent control He has been district attorney for Milwaukee Madison and Beloit and previously served as HOLC attorney from 1933 to 1942 He studied at Notre Dame and Wisconsin and expects to travel to Juneau Anchorage Fairbanks Seward and Sitka
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Wis
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Empire
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Chicago Ordnance Division
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Fairbanks
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Sitka
Notre Dame University
University of Wisconsin
Year of War Peaks with Victory Blueprint
AP editors recount twelve standout stories from a climactic war year. From Tehran to Casablanca, leaders chart a democratic world as Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek shaped a grand strategy. Highlights include Stalingrad’s turning point, Germany’s air raids, Italy’s surrender, Pacific advances, Mussolini’s fall, pay as you go taxes, a famed murder case, coal strikes, and U boats’ losses.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Red Army
Germany
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Hamburg
Berlin
Italy
Tripoli
Tunisie
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America
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Lae
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Gilberts
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South Pacific
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Caesar
Oblivion Street
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Harry ‘Oakes
Nassau
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President Roosevelt vows walls closing on Axis in New Year address
President Roosevelt on New Year’s Day told Americans the United Nations are gathering strength for a final blow against the Axis. He urged continued cooperation that has brought the UN to a position to strike decisively and expressed hope for an international organization to maintain world peace.
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Jan. S
Roosevelt
United Nations
Aleutians Not So Hot Yet Disease Free Says So
Jack Berry, former railroad passenger agent, calls the Aleutians harsh and cold but notes soldiers there may be better off than those in the South Pacific due to the harsh climate and limited disease. President Roosevelt says Allies are closing in on the Axis and expect dramatic blows this year. Dr. J. Rude returns to the Stars aboard the northbound Steamer after weeks away. Nathaniel W. Boyd III of Philadelphia is elected captain of Virginia’s 1944 track team.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jack Berry
Berry
South Pacific
Roosevelt
Charlottesville
Nathaniel W. Boyd, III
Philadelphis, Pa
University of Virginia
Will Turkey Declare War Experts Believe There's Little Chance
Washington observers say Turkey is unlikely to join the war soon. Factors cited include limited military readiness, vulnerability to air attack, and the need for Allied concessions such as air bases and a troop corridor in return for support.
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Turkey
USO Formal Hop Tonight at Scat Fish Rite Temple
The USO hosts a formal dance tonight at the Scat Fish Rite Temple. Dancing begins at 9 o clock as servicemen and guests attend the event in period attire.
Tigers Beat Aggies 19 14 in Orange Bowl Grudge Match
In Miami Florida on January 1 LSU Tigers defeated Texas A and M Aggies 19 to 14 in a hard fought Orange Bowl clash. LSU earned the score in a decisive second half while both teams traded leads early.
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Aggies
Miami
Florida
Texas A & M
Louisiana State
Allies Take More Ground in Italy Fight Near Pescara
Allied forces push the German lines north with the British Eighth Army under Montgomery advancing within eight miles of Pescara, while American troops seize three major peaks on the road to Rome. Poor weather limits air activity and keeps bombing to a minimum in the Adriatic area.
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Associated Press
Italy
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Eighth
Pescara
Adriatic
Rome
Year 1944 named tough year for Nippons in Pacific
On the first day of the new year Admiral Williams P Haley declared 1946 would be a great year for the United Nations in the Pacific. He predicted Nipponese forces would suffer a disastrous retreat as Allied advances press from multiple directions.
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Patline Ee
Southwest Pacific
TeoAdmiral Wiliams P. Haley
United Nations
Pacific
Spaatzis In London Invasion Command Mentioned
Major Gen. Carl A Spaark arrived in London announcing a continental invasion in the offing. He will command air units in the invasion with plans to coordinate air operations as winter weather affects readiness today.
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London
Carl A. Spaark
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