U S Warships Shell Luzon Coast as Luzon Clash Grows
Tokyo radio reports American warships shell the Lingayen gulf western Luzon coast near San Fabian and Lingayen as U S planes strike Formosa and Ryukyu. The broadcasts claim sinking or damaging 32 enemy vessels and a solid Japanese defense around Luzon.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio Sunday
Luzon Island
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
San Fabian
Imperial Headquarters
Federal Communications Commission
Lingayen Qui
U. S
San Fernando
Bauang
Damortis
Tokyo
Philippine
Leyte Island
Luzon
Gulf
Quick Action on Manpower Problem Seen
Washington dispatch reports Congress moving to handle manpower for war age groups 18 to 45 who refuse or fail to hold essential jobs. President Roosevelt seeks 4 million 4-Fs to be made to work or fight, while broader plans for national service and a nurse draft face likely opposition and delays. House military leaders indicate nurses may be drafted only if necessary and action postponed.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Armed Services
House Military Committee
May
Wreck Investigation Concludes After South Pacific Disaster
A two day probe into the Southern Pacific wreck west of Ogden that killed 50 and injured 80 began in December and closed Sunday afternoon, but investigators did not release details.
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Ogden
Utah
Here
U S Ninth Air Force claims huge Luftwaffe losses
Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg reported to NBC that in 12 days of fighting in the Belgian bulge the Ninth Air Force destroyed or knocked out 7,000 German trucks 1,000 tanks 3,000 freight cars and 500 planes. He said 15,000 sorties were flown with 201 planes lost and noted rail bridges knocked out to disrupt German supply lines.
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Mindoro
Paluan
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
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Philippine
Sixth Army
Manila
Marinduque
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U. S. Ninth Air Force
France
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Belgian Bulge
Vandenberg
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United States
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Mans
Superfortress Flies Three Missions Over Tokyo Area
United States reports three B 29 flights over the Tokaido region of Honshu with incendiaries dropped near Nagoya and Yamamatsu. Japan claims several B 29s shot down and over ten damaged, while an American communique notes a missing plane and several enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged during Kyushu strikes.
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Honshu
Nagoya
Yamamatsu
Radio Tokyo
Snday
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Tokaido District
Tokyo
Nippon Radio
Kyushu
Japan
China
Omura
Manufa
R A F Bombers Hit Munich In Night Raids
London reports two waves of Royal Air Force bombers over Munich in a heavy raid totaling likely over 1,000 aircraft. Earlier daylight strikes by American bombers and fighters dropped 3,000 tons on transport targets as part of a large winter offensive with RAF and U.S. air forces involved.
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Hankow
China
U. S. Army
20Th Air Force
14Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemeyer
London
Munich
Reich
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Eighth Air Force
Hugh B. Mitchell to Be Named Washington Senator
Gov elect Wallgren announced he will appoint Hugh B. Mitchell a 37 year old longtime secretary as his Senate successor. Mitchell and others appeared before the Democratic state central committee executive board Sunday and won unanimous approval.
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Olympia
Wash
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington
Hugh B. Mitchell
Senate
Senator Wallgren
Mitchell
Rep
John Coffee
Democratic State Central Committee
Brief Sessions in Legislature Set This Week
Montana lawmakers prepare for the second week of the Twenty ninth Assembly. The Senate meets at 2 PM Monday, the House at 1 PM, after weekend recesses. Party chiefs finalized committee appointments and pledged short, businesslike sessions led by experienced leaders to speed bills through the process. Lt. Gov. Ernest T. Eaton presides in the Senate.
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Helena
Montana
Twentyninth Assembly
Senate
House
Assembly
Ernest T. Eaton
Cloudy Mild With Light Precip Expected Monday
Mostly cloudy and mild with occasional light rain or snow on Monday and Monday night. Temperature highs around 42F and lows near 28F. Sunday highs near 45F with early 30F low. east of divide expect light snow. East of divide mostly cloudy Monday, west as Montana west of divide.
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Montana
Divide
Germans Drive Deep Into Russian Lines Northwest of Budapest
Soviet broadcasts report Russian forces retreating from Esztergom after heavy German counterattacks but claim a stronger push along the Danube. The Red Army crossed the Hron river and advanced toward Komarom, while German losses included tanks and troops knocked out by air and ground fire.
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Budapest
Esztergom
Danube
Moscow
Red
Hron
Garom
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Komarom
Red Air Force
Berlin
German Officer Commits Suicide As 82nd Airborne Tactics Hit German Line
In Belgium the coroner's verdict likely finds the lieutenant colonel killed himself after watching the 82nd Airborne Division decimate his troops. German officers and about 1,700 soldiers surrendered recently as Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin's airborne force pressed the advance, seizing villages and reaching the Salm river south of Stavelot.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Belgium
Hitler
Volksgrenadier
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Salm River
Stavelot
Yugoslav King Indicates Hesitation on Regency Plebiscite Plan
The Daily Herald reports Sunday that King Peter of Yugoslavia is unsure about consenting to a regency and an accord between Premier Subasic and Marshal Tito. The plan calls for a plebiscite a democratic constitution and an interim government for Yugoslavia.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Peter
Yugoslavia
Subasic
Marshal Tito
Germans Seize Little Belgian Bulge Lifeline, Allies Counter
U S First Army boosted the Belgian bulge push by taking a key lifeline and advancing up to three miles on the northern front while the Third Army pressed from the south. British forces struck the Spa-Grimbiemont area, clearing high ground and driving toward Grimblemont as German counterattacks increased along the Rhine and Belgian front.
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U. S
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Rhine
France
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Maas
Holland
Belgian Bulge
Karl von Rundstedt
la Roche
Houffalize
Ambleve
Sovelot
Grimiemont
Marche
Grimblemont
Marche-La Roche
Grimbiemont
Normandy
Ourthe
Cheaux
Hoteton
Belgium
von Rundstedt
Roosevelt to send budget message with war cut plan
President Roosevelt’s budget message to Congress on Tuesday proposes a potential $10 billion cut in war expenditures and a smaller cut in domestic outlays for fiscal 1946. He may seek $90 billion in total outlays, down from $100 billion this year, and likely will outline a broad postwar tax program while avoiding new taxes. The plan stresses restoring private business and may set an $78 billion war-spending level for the coming year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union
Former Italian Liner Roma Set Afire by U S Thunderbolts
In Genoa harbor the former Italian liner Roma now Aquila was set ablaze by U S Air Force Thunderbolts from the 12th Air Force Allied command. The raid also hit Imperia harbor targets destroying ships and a pier while Canadians cut off German units near Ravenna.
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Roma
Genoa
Thunderbolts
United States
12Th Air Force
Valli di Comacchio
Ravenna
Aquila
Thunderbolt Squadron
John R. King
Turlock
Calif
Imperia
Montgomery lauds Allied teamwork halting German drive into Belgium
Field Marshal Montgomery praised American doughboys for courage and tenacity in halting the German offensive into Belgium. He cited the 2nd and 7th Armored Divisions, the 82nd and 101st Airborne, and the 106th Infantry, while noting the struggle is far from over and the initiative remains with the Allies.
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Montgomery
Belgium
Wes Gallagher
21St Army Group
Bernard L. Montgomery
German Bulge
Field Mar
U. S. Seventh Corps
Eisenhower
British Elas clash as Greece civil war widens near Athens
British armored units engaged Elas rearguards nine miles west of Athens as the civil war moved into its second month. In Eleusis 63 Elas fighters were killed and 44 captured, with British forces seizing ammunition and machine guns and RAF planes disabling 36 trucks. General Scobie declared truce terms withdrawn and urged fair treatment for Elas-held British prisoners. Plastiras government added two ministers not linked to the Elas, maintaining a policy of excluding Elas from the national government.
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Athens
Elas
Eleusis
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
Eam-Elas
Nicholas Plastiras
John Macropoulos
C. Amandos
Eam
Roosevelt Visits Hull at Naval Hospital
President Roosevelt spent nearly an hour at the Naval hospital on Sunday visiting Cordell Hull the retired secretary of State who was reported to be betting better from illness Hull’s condition was described as improving and the visit followed Hull’s recent health developments in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
Cordell Hull
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