Australians drive Japanese from head of Faria river in New Guinea
Jungle-wise Australian infantry pushed through swamps and cliffs at the Faria river head in the Ramu valley northeast of New Guinea. Three bold thrusts flanked the Japanese, leaving about 100 dead as troops near Shaggy ridge advance toward Madang, while air bombardment aided the effort and another Australian force pressed toward Saidor.
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New Guinea
Faria River
Ramu
Shaggy Ridge
Madang
Saidor
Faria
U. S. S. Missouri to Be Launched in Brooklyn
The 45,000 ton battleship U S S Missouri will be launched next Saturday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sponsored by Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Senator Truman, the ship will finish nine months ahead of schedule at an estimated cost of 100 million dollars.
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New York
Navy Yards
Brooklyn
Mary Margaret Truman
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Missouri
Butte Weather Outlook With Snow Showers Likely
West of the Continental Divide clouds bring light snow and cooler highs Monday with 39 Sunday and a low near 11. East of the divide expect partly to cloudy skies with scattered light showers and mountain snow in the southwest and extreme west. Temperatures trend slightly colder tonight and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Army Air Base Band Set for 8 PM Concert Tonight
The 30 piece Great Falls Army air base band will perform tonight at 8 in the Butte high school auditorium under the Fourth War Loan drive. Speakers Paul Fall Jr and Clarence Blewett will discuss labor support for the campaign. Lt. Irving L. Berlan will briefly address the audience.
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Army Air Base Band
Army Band
Silver Bow County
Great Falls Army Air Base
Butte High School
Joint Labor Committee
Labor
Paul Fall, Jr
Clarence Blewett
Irving L. Berlan
Chamber of Commerce
John R. Crawford
Dave Reese
Snowstorm Paralyzes Butte Traffic Across County Roads
A heavy driving snowstorm dumped inches over the Butte area turning streets into skating rinks and slowing traffic to a standstill. Visibility was zero on the Butte Anaconda highway as cars skidded into ditches though no serious crashes were reported by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Butte-Anaconda
15 Die in Bus and Train Collision Near Station
Fifteen killed and nine injured as a Wabash passenger train collides with a city bus near a suburban railroad station. Most deaths from burns. seven bus riders die later in hospital. Train crew unhurt. 11 year old Guybert Barnes helped rescue his brother.
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ST. Louis
Detroit
St. Louis County Hospital
F. R. Bradley
Barnes Hospital
F. L. Dolson
Decatur
Ill
Guybert Barnes
Navy patrol plane crashes. four missing in Key West area
Four sailors are missing and presumed dead after a Navy patrol plane with 12 aboard crashed during a Saturday flight near Key West. A Coast Guard surface craft rescued five injured and three uninjured crew members.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Coast Guard
Allied Planes Hammer at Nazi Installations on French Coast
Allied air and naval forces expanded beachheads along the Italian front and resumed landings as German counterattacks pressed main lines. Reports from Algiers and Rome indicated German vehicles moving toward Rome while Allied troops pushed toward the Rapido river line and Castelforte near the Garigliano.
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French
Algiers
Rome
Frank Gillard
Rapido River
Castelforte
Garigliano
Cassano
Taft Warns Legality Of Servicemen Ballot Bill
Senator Taft argues the proposed federal servicemen ballot could derail the election and force court review if results are disputed. He questions the plan for a write in president senator and congressman ballot with no local or state race markers. The bill, from Senator Lucas, aims to send war time votes to courts over a eight week delay. The House prepares to consider an amended version next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Taft
Rohio
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
House
Five crewmen battle flames to save three trapped in Liberator crash
A Liberator named Liberty Bell crash landed in southeast England after heavy flak and engine failure. Pilot Lt. Keith Cookus and four crewmen fought flames for three hours to rescue three others trapped in the wreckage while two officers lay dead. Three gunners were burned but survived.
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Franklin F. Banker
U. S
England
Flaktorn
Dieppe
Keith Cookus
Bonham
Texas
Woodrow C. Cole
Hollywood
Calif
Huge Flying Boat Mars Assigned to Pacific Duty
The Mars flying boat arrived at Pearl Harbor from Alameda California after a 15 hour 9 minute flight carrying a 15 man crew 20 passengers and 14000 pounds of cargo. Admiral Nimitz said the craft will help meet demand for air transportation and that every plane sent out would be utilized.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Mars
Pacific Service
Hawaii
Alameda
Calif
California
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Fox
Axis Officials Leaving Rome Amid Allied Threats
Diplomatic reports from Rome note German and Italian Fascist authorities fleeing Rome as Allied forces press in from the south. The German quartermaster corps HQ moves to Florence and communications shift to Chiusi, with Rome isolated by curtailed telephone service and strict coastal defenses from the Pyrenees to Marseille.
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Madrid
Rome
Florence
Chiusi
Nettuno
France
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pyrennes
Marseille
Perpignan
Camargues
Rhone
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Petain
Draft policy takes effect for selective service tests
Silver Bow county begins preinduction physical exams for first contingent under new policy. Registrants report at 7 40 AM at Army center and hope to join February units. Certificates of fitness go to successful registrants 21 days before induction with 10 days notice. void if not called within 90 days. no post induction furloughs.
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Silver Bow County
Army Center
Selective Service Boards
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Soviets Close On Key Rail Junction South of Leningrad
Soviet forces near Leningrad reported to have smashed toward Krasnogvardeysk and Tosno within five miles, threatening early capture of the rail junctions that would force German retreat. Meretskov's troops swept westward nine miles east of Chudovo, toppling towns along a 25 mile front as the Volkhov bridgehead was liquidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
London
Leningrad
Krasnogvardeisk
Tosno
Moscow
Monitor
Leningrad-Moscow
Chudovo
Volkhov
Cruzino
K. A. Meretskov
Allies Push Japs Back in Burma
Allied ground forces advance on two Burma fronts the Mauy peninsula and the Chindwin valley. The Southeast Asia communique notes captured villages and positions east and west of Buthedaima with slight progress in the Chindwin. Allied air forces hit Japanese supply lines, stores, river craft, and Mohnyin Mogaung Sumprabaum areas, with Myingyan Irrawaddy port targeted by heavy bombers.
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New Delhi
Burma
Mauy Peninsula
Chindwin Valley
Mauy
Southeast Asia
Maungdaw
Akvyvab
Mauy Range
Mohnyin
Mogaung
Sumprabaum
Myingyan
Irrawaddy
Navy Urges V Mail Use to Free Air Time
The Navy urged greater use of V mail by servicemen and women warning that failure to do so could force cessation of carrying other personal mail overseas by air. The chief of naval operations cited overseas operations as straining air transport facilities.
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Washington
Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Carriers Score New Victories in Pacific Strikes
A U S carrier force in the South Pacific reported three coordinated strikes on Kavieng New Ireland area. Christmas New Year day and January 4 saw nine ships sunk or damaged and at least 22 Japanese planes destroyed. Helldiver squadrons led by Lt Cmdr James E Vose attacked transports at Kavieng harbor with 1000 pound bombs and Avenger bombers followed. Japanese responses were minimal as carrier planes pressed the attack and Kavieng airfield was left inactive.
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U. S
South Pacific
Kaveing
New Ireland
Grady Owens
Norfolk
Tokyo
Kavieng
James E. Vose
New Orleans
Navy torpedo plane missing over California training flight
A Navy torpedo plane with three men on a training flight from Alameda naval air base to Hollister was reported missing and long overdue by naval authorities on Sunday. No further details were available at once.
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Alameda
Calif
Alameda Naval Air Base
Hollister
Greek refugees recount Gestapo torture in Athens prisons
About twenty Greek refugees fleeing Europe in a storm report Gestapo control of most Athens prisons. They describe hot egg torture under armpits, nail tearing, metal head bands, flogging, and brutal conditions causing many deaths. 15 German defectors were executed in one day.
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Cairo
Europe
Athens
Germans Lose Five Planes in Air Fights
Allied air forces launched a two wave night raid on targets in Austria and Pas de Calais while daylight assaults hit France and Holland. Marauder bombers dropped 300 tons as American and British flyers joined Canadian Spitfires in targeting Maupertus and Gilze Rijen airbases. Three German planes were downed by Norwegian and Rhodesian crews with further losses among Allied aircraft.
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London
Europe
France
Holland
Budapest
Stockholm
Austria
Pas de Calais
New Zealand
Amiens
Maupertus
Cherebourg
Gilze-Rijen
Hole
Navy Bombers Raid Paramushiro Island Again
The Navy announced intensified air operations against Paramushiro in northern Japan. Two groups of Navy bombers hit installations on the island’s north south and west coasts on Thursday, facing anti aircraft fire but returning undamaged.
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Washington
Paramushiro Island
Japan
Chain of Home Islands
Navy
North Pacific
U.S
Army
Aleutian Islands
Paramushiro
Aleutians
Eisenhower Assumes Full Command In European Theater
London January 23 Allied headquarters announced that General Dwight D. Eisenhower has assumed command of all United States forces in the European theater, in addition to his duties as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The move, taking over from Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, aims to streamline headquarters and free personnel for immediate field duty, combining the European theater of operations with Services of Supply.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied Headquarters
Eisenhower
Jacob L. Devers
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U. S. Coast Guard
International Soundphoto
Aussies
Clen Clements
U. S. S. Missouri
Labor Committee
Axis
By Edward Kennedy
Tiber River
Bill
Eugene K. Siefried
Philadelphia
Franklin A. Campbell
Herman Becker
Woodbury
N. J
Cookus
Hames H. Howard
Oschersleben
Howard
Blitz
Spencer Davis
Gestapo
Gladwin Hill
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