American Forces Land on Saidor Beach in New Guinea
Gen. MacArthur lands the 32nd Division at Saidor on the north coast of New Guinea in a swift allied assault. Brig. Gen. Clarence Martin and Col. Slade Bradley lead troops inland to seize the airfield. Japanese forces are reportedly cut off with little resistance and facing disintegration as supplies are blocked.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Saidor
Pacific
Clarence Martin
Slade N. Bradley
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
New Britain
MacArthur
Madang
Astrolabe Bay
Blucher Point
Finschhafen
Secretary Jones Warns of Postwar Wealth Concentration Risks
Commerce Secretary Jones voiced concern over postwar wealth and power concentration and urged all U S businesses to prepare for reconversion. He warned victory could come suddenly leaving little time to plan a smooth peace time economy and highlighted hardships faced by small firms.
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Donald Kovacic
Washington
Commerce
Jones
Actress Martha Raye Hit With Tax Lien in 1942 Earnings
Internal Revenue Collector Harry C. Westover filed an income tax lien against actress Martha Raye claiming she owes the government 18 315 dollars from her 1942 earnings.
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Los Angeles
Internal Revenue
Harry C. Westover
Martha Raye
Weather forecast for Montana regions
The outlook calls for colder, partly cloudy conditions across Butte and western Montana with scattered snow flurries. Sunday highs near 32 and lows around 18, with colder air spreading north of the continental divide. East of the divide expects cloudy and much colder with light snow Monday and Monday night and subzero readings in the south by Tuesday morning.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Missouri
300 Die When Nazi Poison Gas Factory Is Bombed
Stockholm reports Aftontidningen cites a December 30 raid on Ludwigshafen by American bombers. At least 733 people died with 300 killed by gas as a large chemical plant was destroyed. The raid target was the German chemical works producing poison gas components.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Ludwigshafen
U.S
Germany
Chutists in Rumania Drop Parachutists Reported
ISTANBUL Jan. 2. Travelers from Rumania said Russia is dropping parachutists near the Romanian border to sow panic as morale sags over the Russian danger. Unconfirmed but consistent reports say Germans bolster positions in the Balkans, with Nazi troops in the region numbered 300 000 to 400 000.
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U.P
Rumania
Russia
Balkans
Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Ames Stevens Named Wool Expert Consultant
Ames Stevens of Lowell Massachusetts has been appointed by the Office of Price Administration as chief consultant to the consumer goods price division on problems concerning wool.
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Washington
Jan
Ames Stevens
Lowell
Mass
Office of Price Administration
Consumer Goods
Yankee Bombers Down 129 Japs in Solomons Action
Solomons based forces claim 129 aerial victories over Rabaul in eight days ending last Thursday. Liberators dropped 78 tons on Stimson harbor and Lukunai airdrome as Zeros attacked the bomber formation and Bougainville areas were hit with 15 tons of bombs in precision strikes.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Southern
St. George Channel
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Two Students Die In Dormitory Fire At Southwestern Junior College
Keenie Texas January 2 Two students were fatally burned when a fire destroyed the boys dormitory at Southwestern Junior College Sunday.
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Keenie
Texas
Southwestern Junior College
Canadians Near Pescara Port In Adriatic Push
Allied lines report Canadian troops within artillery range of Pescara port, less than nine miles away, after a snow sleet battle that captured San Tommasso, two miles west of Ortona. British Fifth Army raided inland across the Garigliano, while American PT boats damaged a German trawler and torpedoed another in the Genoa gulf.
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Algiers
Adriatic
Pescara
San Tommasso
Ortona
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Castel Forte
Gulf of Genoa
Thirteen Flyers Die in Crash
A B-17 Flying Fortress from McChord field exploded in flight over Mc Clellan field California and crashed near Sacramento killing thirteen crew members. Only Maj James H Wergen of Kingmanfield Arizona survived by parachuting to safety. Names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Sacramento
Calif
Los Angeles
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
McClellan Field
Maj
James H. Wergen
Kingmanfield
Ariz
Destroyer Escort Senegalais Commissioned in Philadelphia
The destroyer escort Senegalais, the United States first contribution to the new French navy, was commissioned Sunday in a colorful ceremony at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Americans in London as German invasion forecasts loom
An increasing tide of American troops fills London streets as Nazi broadcasts promise a quick Western invasion. Eisenhower departs for Britain after praise for his North African command, while Berlin ratchets up rhetoric of defense and decisive 1944 moves amid air raids and a grim war mood.
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London
Edward D. Ball
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West
Atlantic
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Algiers
Britain
Goebbel
Allied Submarine War Successful in December
Washington report says Allied anti U boat efforts in the North Atlantic remained successful in December despite harsh weather. Submarine losses for the year may exceed 200 with about 150 sunk by October 31 in six months. U boat attacks on Allied merchant ships rose, but sinkings of merchantmen were lower than submarines sunk.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Bari
Italy
United Press
Atlantic
Nation Counts 144 Holiday Deaths
The nation counted 144 violent deaths late Sunday as the New Year weekend neared its close. California led with 22 total deaths, 16 traffic and 6 miscellaneous, New York reported 11 miscellaneous and 9 traffic fatalities, and states showed varied traffic and other causes.
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National Safety Council
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New York
Alabama
Colorado
Connecticut
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Georgia
Illinois
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Iowa
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Texas
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Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
R A F Lancaster Raid Bombs Berlin in Ninth Major Assault
The R A F Lancasters dropped about 1 000 tons of bombs on Berlin in a ninth major raid opening 1944, with Hamburg also hit. The attacks raised total Berlin bomb weight to nearly 14 000 long tons since November 18, destroying much of the capital and fires rising eight thousand feet. Twenty eight bombers were lost in raids on Berlin Hamburg and western Germany with daylight forays continuing. Swedish reports said outlying districts were the targets as the drive nears mopping up stage.
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London
RA. F. Lancasters
Berlin
Hamburg
Germany
Channel
France
Terrific air battle pilots lone bomber home through heavy flak
First Lt. John P. Keelan of Navasota Texas recounts a perilous flight over southern Germany in a B 17. A dead waist gunner and eight blinded crew members fought for air but kept the ship aloft despite torn cables oxygen loss and radio failure. The bomber landed safely after crossing the English coast.
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England
Germany
John P. Keelan
Navasota
Texas
Production of Nazi Fighters Cut 43 Percent
The United States Eighth Air Force reduced German single engined fighter output by 43 percent in November according to Major General Frederick L. Anderson, bomber command chief. He said production was thought to be rising before heavy US bombers focused on the industry.
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London
United States Eighth Air Force
Frederick L. Anderson
Bomber Command
Japanese Dream of Rocket Trains to Berlin-Baghdad
New York dispatch reports OWI Tokyo broadcast describing a postwar world where rocket powered trains run from Tokyo to Berlin via a Sea of Japan tunnel and the Berlin Baghdad line. The plan envisions propeller and rocket locomotives crossing seas deserts and mountains delivering imagined global connectivity.
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New York
China
Pacific
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Pamir
Soviets Near Poland Front Cross Border Push Advances
Soviet First Ukrainian Army under General Vatutin roamed toward the pre war frontier within 10 miles of Poland as German losses mounted. Russian gains across three fronts recaptured 7,000 square miles in 10 days while advancing toward Berdi chev and the Dnieper bend area. Baltic front under General Bagramian reported 40 localities seized near Nevel, 45 miles from Latvia.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Old
Poland
Moscow
Russia
Romania
Germany
Red Army
Korosten
Kiev-Warsaw
Vatutin
Poyaski
Olesvk
Andreevichi
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Berdichev
Zhitomir
Fritz von Mannstein
Ivan C. Bagramian
Nevel
Bagramian
Allies Seek to Avoid Clash as Red Army Near Polish Frontier
Allied leaders push for a Polish Russian accord to avert a new clash. Foreign Secretary Eden, joined by Czechoslovakia’s Eduard Benes, seeks talks delaying frontier disputes until after the war. Russia’s approach to the pre war frontier risks a larger conflict with Poland amid underground resistance.
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London
Red Army
Anthony Eden
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Algiers
Benes
Moscow
Poland
Russia
Germany
Statesman
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