Soviet forces breach Oder near Oppeln and Breslau stand
Russian troops reportedly crossed the Oder near Oppeln as fires and artillery shelling intensified along the river. Berlin claimed failed attacks on Gleiwitz and Breslau, while Moscow spoke of a sixth winter offensive pushing into Czechoslovakia and looming battles in Poland around Poznan as Zhukov advances toward Berlin.
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Gleiwitz
Brieg
Associated Press
Ivan Bonev
Oder
Reuters
Moscow
Konev
Germany
Stalin
Czechoslovakia
Oder River
Fotest
Uranien
Rodion
Rozanya
Breslau
Cosel
Oppeln
Germins
People's Army
Konigeberg
Upper Silesia
Stato
Trachenberg
Berlin
Red Army
Poland
Poznany
Gregory Zhukov
Poznan
Opper
Silesia
Reich
East Prussia
Georgia Senate Approves Poll Tax Repeal Bill
The Georgia Senate passed 31 to 19 a bill to repeal the poll tax as a voting prerequisite. The measure moves to the House as lawmakers also consider bills to curb Governor Ellis Arnall’s power to suspend the poll tax. Senator Spencer Grayson is noted in the report.
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Senate
Atlanta
Georgia Senate
House
Ellis
Arnall
Spencé Grayson
Graf
Americans Pressing Toward 13 Airstrips Near Clark Field
American patrols moved toward Clark Field where 13 air strips lie less than 10 miles from enemy lines. Maj. Gen. Griswold's columns reached near Bamban as Japanese artillery fell silent and U S forces probed Capas area, while internment camp ruins marked a grim aftermath. Prisoner transfer reported by Bern radio.
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Manila
Richard Bergholz
MacArthur
Bamban
Luzon
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
40Th Division
Nan
Barmaban
Clark
Lingayen Gulf
Griswold
Capas
O'Donnell
Bataan
Russell Brines
Brines
Philippines
Bern
Switzerland
Germans Move Men and Equipment to East Front
On the Western Front Jan 24 RAF pilots report massive German road and rail movements from the Ardennes toward Germany. Transport streams jam arterial routes as Berlin appears to transfer armor to face a rising Russian offensive.
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Roger D. Greene
Western Front
Germany
Ardennes Battle
RAF
High Command
Ardennes Salient
Duesseldorf
Hannover
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
FDR keeps Frances Perkins in cabinet amid reshuffle
President Roosevelt redesignated Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor in his fourth term cabinet after declining to accept her resignation. The move clarified authority on Perkins and signaled a continued commitment to her leadership in labor policy.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Labor
Misa Perkins
Arnall Threat to Suspend Poll Tax Spurs Move to Strip Power
Bills to strip Gov. Elis Arnall of power to suspend the poll tax were introduced in both Georgia houses shortly after Arnall warned he would repeal the voting restriction by executive order. Sen. Spence Garyson of Savannah questioned propriety of Arnall’s stance, tying repeal to national politics and the Chicago convention.
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Arnall
Atlanta
Elis Arnall
Georgia
Spence Garyson
Savannah
Senate
Henry Wallace
Gene Talmadge
Grayson
the Assembly
House
Rep
Lewis
Hancock Ndt
Moate
Sparta
Hancock County
Committee of the State of the Republic
Judiciary Committee No. 2
Spence M. Garyson
Savanah
Georgia and Florida forecast fair and mild across days
Georgia and extreme northwest Florida enjoying fair weather with mild temperatures. Today and tonight into Thursday remain pleasant with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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Georgia
Florida
Secret wartime briefing fuels national service push
Washington reports reveal Gen George C Marshall and Admiral King led a three hour briefing for Congress on wartime needs and the drive for work or fight legislation. Lawmakers credited the talks with strengthening support while denying detailed legislative mentions.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Stimson
Navy
Forrestal
Rayburn
Congressional Liberary
Wadsworth
R-Ny
May Day
House “Millitary
May
Army
Modified labor draft starts in Pennsylvania area today
Allentown Pa Jan 24 AP government began a modified labor draft within existing manpower rules to fill 1000 urgent-war jobs. First workers from brewery and soft drink plants were summoned with about 99 to switch, facing lower wages and uncertainty about next summer’s beer supply. If non essential workers refuse war jobs without valid reason they face job bars.
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Allentown
United States Employment Service Office
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Allied planes pound German rail moves from Ardennes retreat
Allied warplanes blasted a German troop and tank exodus moving northeast from the Ardennes corridor toward the Russian fronts. American and British air and ground forces hit packed troop trains as weather hindered much air activity elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ardennes
Roger D. Greene
Belgium
Luxembourg
Dusseldorf
Hannover
Fate of Germany Hinges on Stopping Russians at Oder River
German high command reportedly plans a steadfast defense along the Oder frontier as the Red Army presses the eastern front. The fate of the European war hangs on whether German forces can halt the Soviet advance and delay the conflict into summer.
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Montgomery
Ardennes
Third
Luxembourg
First
Belgium
Germany
Heinsberg
Wurm
Roer
Dusseldorf
Munchen Gladbach
Oder River
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Reich
Oder
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