Red Army advances in East Prussia and Silesia drive toward Ko nigsberg
London dispatch reports Soviet forces seizing Tannenberg and pushing 33 miles to Ko nigsberg while Konev's First Ukrainian army breaches 19 miles into Silesia along a 56 mile front. Encirclement near East Prussia possible as 10 day offensive spans Poland East Prussia and Czechoslovakia.
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Konigsberg
Marshal Konev
Silesia
Oder River
London
U.P
Red Army
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Junker
Germany
Lenin
Soviet Union
Lubawa
Baltic Sea
Danzig
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ivan S. Konev
German Silesia
Breslau
Reinersdorf
Oppeln
Gleiwitz
Hindenburg
Beuthen
Ruhr
Yanks Reach 58 Miles From Manila in Luzon Advance
U S Sixth Army tanks and infantry push through central Luzon capturing Tarlac and advancing to within 58 miles of Manila and 12 miles of the Pampanga river. Air fields at Tarlac seized. Clark Field lies 20 miles south. The push continues as twin columns move toward La Paz, and another advance nears Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Dickinson van MacArthur
Luzon
U. S. Sixth Army
Luzon Central Plains
Tarlac
Manila
Pampagna
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Clark Field
Santa Ignacia
Paniqui
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
la Paz
Paris
U. S. Third Army
Luxembourg
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton
Belgium
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
St. Vith
Patton
Houffalize
Lulelange
Wiltz
Sure River
Landscheld
Biggest Battle of the War Shapes Up East of Oder
The war’s largest showdown of World War II looms as Russian leaders focus on Stalin’s strategy and Red Army strength near the Reich, with Zhukov and Konev weighing immediate action versus fortifying lines and logistics amid snowbound terrain.
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Moscow
Oder River
Reich
Stalin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ivan S. Konev
British Troops Land on Ramree Island Off Burma Coast
British Empire forces landed on Ramree Island off the Burma coast in a third amphibious operation within weeks. The 15th corps troops pushed inland under heavy air and naval bombardment, securing about 150 miles of Arakan coast and advancing toward Rangoon.
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Ramree Island
Burma Coast
Southeast Asia
Burma
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
15Th Corps
Arrow
Farm Leaders Take Ball on Manpower
Washington dispatch reports farm state leaders in Congress press stepping action on draft deferments for farm workers. Rep Lemke leads a resolution directing selective service to clarify farm worker deferment policy under the Tydings act, while Sen Reed plans a Senate identical measure. Reed cites farm population decline and urges action before broader mobilization restrictions.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House Military Committee
Lemke
R-N.d
House
Reed
R-Kan
Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Selective Service
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Tydings
Schoeppel
House Agriculture Committee
Flannagan
D-Va
Agriculture Committee
Officers Celebrate After Pacific Collision Loss
Navy officials praised crew actions following the September collision between a destroyer and the auxiliary transport Noa in the Pacific. The Noa was hit near its bow amid maneuvers for Peleliu and Angaur landings. ten feet away lay 50 tons of high explosives stored aboard the Noa. The Noa sank, while surviving crew assisted in the blackout conditions during the early morning operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Noa
Pacific
Peleliu
Augaur Islands
Four Injured as Santa Fe Train Derails Near Angiola
Four persons were injured, none seriously, when six cars of a heavily loaded Santa Fe passenger train bound for San Francisco derailed one mile east of Angiola California in the early hours of Sunday.
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Angiola
Calif
Here
Fuel Shortages Hamper Japanese On Luzon Front
Advancing American forces report severe fuel shortages among Japanese troops on the central Luzon plains. Despite Japan’s output of planes tanks and trucks, supply ships struggle to reach battle areas due to Allied naval and submarine actions. Filipino guerrillas corroborate fuel scarcities affecting Japanese operations.
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MacArthur
Luzon Island
Japan
Luzon
William F. Halsey
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
San Francisco Meatless Days Amid War Ration Strain
San Francisco and Bay Area cities faced near meatlessness as the Pacific Northwest reported beef surpluses and spoilage fears. Officials debated causes with the Office of Price Administration examining price changes and rationing effects while industry leaders blamed OPA policies for reduced supply and slower slaughter.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Robert Parks
Spokane
WFA
Gilbert L. Roper
Salem
Ore
Eugene
Oregon Food Merchants’ Association
Meatless Tuesdays and Fridays Set for New York
New York mayor F. H. LaGuardia announced on Sunday that Meatless Tuesdays and Fridays will start Tuesday, January 30. City officials and the restaurant industry agreed and will enforce the program strictly. He also designated Mondays for serving leftovers at home and for special dishes in restaurants.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Renew Fight on Subsidies in Senate Banking Panel
The Senate banking committee set Tuesday for first consideration of a bill to exempt the Commodity Credit Corporation from a subsidy ban after June 30. The move follows CCC officials to sustain prices and production, drawing Republican opposition led by Senator Taft. The bill also extends CCC life two years and raises borrowing authority from 3 to 5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bankhead
Dala
CCC
Taft
Ohio
Prison camp escapees to tour 30 cities in two months
Ten Air Force officers and men who escaped Japanese camps or were repatriated from Germany will recount their prison experiences on a two month aerial tour of 30 key cities. The tour starts in New York on February 1 and ends in Washington on April 4.
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Washington
Air Force
Germany
War Department
New York
New Carrier Attacks Reported From Pearl Harbor
U S forces hammer Formosa and Okinawa in the Ryukyus for nine hours as 450 carrier planes resume action after a four day layoff. MacArthur says land based bombers reach the China coast from the Philippines. Nimitz notes 16 Japanese planes shot down near Luzon.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
China
Philippines
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Luzon
Jones Fired So Wallace Can Have His Job
President Roosevelt asks Jesse Jones to resign as secretary of commerce to make way for Henry Wallace who just retired as vice president. Jones protests the move while Roosevelt calls the request difficult to write and notes Wallace deserves to serve where he believes he can.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Jones
Critical Munitions Programs Show Production Gains in December
The War Production board reported December gains across most critical munitions programs excluding Navy rockets. Infantry mortars rose 61 percent, while some items like military dry cells grew slightly. For 1944 H G Batcheller noted large year end gains in aircraft, mortars, rockets, tires, and trucks with higher goals ahead and February targets demanding further rises.
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Washington
Navy
War Production Board
Highland G. Batcheller
Batcheller
War Department
Hungary loses territory gains under armistice terms
London dispatch reports that postwar terms force Hungary back to 1937 borders, ceding Transylvania to Romania and returning lands to the Soviet Union, Finland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. It notes Romania relinquished Bessarabia to Moscow and Petsamo loss for Finland in the settlement.
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Judson O'Quinn
London
Hungary
Hitler
Europe
Finland
Romania
Soviet Union
Moscow
Yugoeslavia
Czechoslovakia
Weather outlook for Butte-Clear area Monday through Tuesday
Partly cloudy to Monday night with little temperature change. Monday highs reach 25 with lows around minus 110 in the morning. Sunday’s high 21 and low minus 12. West of divide expect partly cloudy and warmer 25 to 30 then clouds and snow flurries Tuesday north. East of divide mostly fair Monday to Tuesday with lighter change. highs 25 to 32 Monday.
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Butte
Divide
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