Americans and Japs Clash in Philippines and Saipan Bombings
Allied air forces bombed Clark Field and Mindanao targets while fighter escorts downed 39 enemy planes. Liberators hit Panay and Dutch East Indies facilities as Palompon cut Leyte’s last escape route. At Saipan, Japanese raids damaged several aircraft but were repelled by U.S. fighters. one American plane was destroyed. Casualties totaled 224,220 for the Leyte campaign.
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General Macarthur
Philippines
Manila
Far Eastern Air Forces
Clark Field
Macarthur
Thomas Maguire
3Findaro
Leyte
Mindanao
Porn¢o
Dutch East Indies
Palompon
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Marianas
U. S
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Marcus Island
Bonins
Mail Stolen in French Black Market Ring Uncovered
U S Army probes mail theft tied to black market activity after finding 28 pouches and 56 sacks of mail plus government property in an abandoned Army truck at a civilian home near Nantes. Recovered items include 4856 car tons of cigarettes 150 gallons of gasoline 2000 empty canisters and tires food and clothing. The truck driver is missing three weeks and found badly injured in a civilian hospital. investigators doubt decertification of his involvement.
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Paris
Kansas City Ward Stores Vote Strike
United Retail Wholesale and Department Store workers in Kansas City Ward stores and mail order houses have called a strike. Edyard Cheviin, C S union international representative, said the move was to pressure Montgomery Ward chairman Sewell Avery to follow War Labor Board directives. He estimated about 2500 Ward employees in the Kansas City area may be involved.
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Kansas City
Upi
United Retail
Montgomery Ward
Edyard Cheviin
C. S
Chevita
Leonard Levy
Chicago
Sewell Avery
War Labor Board
Chevlin
Tis
Dat
Artar
C.1. O
Cheviin
Irwin de Shelter
C. 7. Ofs
A Communities
Army poised to seize Ward properties for noncompliance
Washington reports officials expect government action to seize Montgomery Ward assets after War Labor Board orders. White House steps and legal moves anticipated to counter potential Ward litigation, echoing last spring Chicago plant takeover. War Department ready if President directs action.
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Washington
Justice Department
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
White House
Wards
Chicago
War Department
Two German Armies Deepen Push in Belgium
Allied war reporting notes two German armies advancing about 11 miles deeper into Belgium as battles continue on the Western Front. The article also details a daylight B 29 raid on Tokyo from Saipan bases, marking a major air offensive in the Pacific theater.
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Belgium
Battle for Budapest Reaches Final Encirclement Stage
Soviet forces seal Budapest from the west driving into the city limits and seizing suburbs as Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army pushes to the Danube. Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army overruns southern Czechoslovakia, nearing Bratislava and Vienna while advancing through 36 Hungarian communities northeast of the Danube. The siege leaves the German and Hungarian garrison trapped with heavy losses and few escape options.
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Red Army
Budapest
Lmits
Feodor L Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Danube
Noth
Lipotmezo
Rodion ¥. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Vienna
Astiy
Hungary
Gyéngyos
Moscow
New York Delis Join Meat Price Holiday Protest
New York City delis and meat stores close in protest against government price controls. Police report 2,135 of 6,020 stores observing a meat holiday as drivers strike disrupts deliveries and many shops remain shut or short on meat.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Joseph Cohn
New York Council of Wholesale
Mayer
Aguardian
OPA
Daniel P. Woolley
Treasury to Buy Clothing for UNRRA Program
The Treasury Department procurement division announced plans to purchase $15,000,000 worth of clothing for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration program. The action supports UNRRA relief operations and involves procurement efforts routed through New York Pi-The.
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New York
Treasury Department
United Nations
Fee and Rehabilitation Administration
Edward Buck Longtime Circulation Manager Dies
Edward G Buck longtime circulation manager of The Troy Record died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. He joined The Record in 1907 and led the circulation department since 1908 succeeding Henry Allen. Buck known as an old timer helped grow the paper from a small sheet to today’s editions. He earlier lived near Cambridge and ran a premiums selling route before becoming a collector for five years.
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Edward G. Suck
Troy Record Co
Samaritan Hospital
Record
Fort Edward
Buck
Cambridge
Ostgrhout
River Street
Sir. Buck
Henry Allen
Te Rad
Nazi U-Boat Officers Escape Through 200-Foot Tunnel
Phoenix reports 25 German prisoners escaped Papago Park Camp via a 200 foot tunnel that passed under an irrigation canal. Commandant William A. Holden said only six have been captured. the group includes submarine officers and linguists. Several escapees studied Spanish, with others speaking French Danish and English. Federal agents watch the border as authorities pursue the rest.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Papago Park
Pest
Cal
William A. Holden
Jurgen Wallenberg
Navy
Holden
Holdén
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sixth War Loan Scoreboard Highlights County Lead
Warne County leads in War Bond sales among counties while Rensselaer County reaches 87.1 percent of its Series E quota. Total county sales across all classifications amount to 84,920,656 dollars in the drive.
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Warne County
Innes
Rensselaer County
Renssellaer County
Area Cour
Chinese Fronts Quiet After Months of War Turmoil
For the first time in months, Chinese fronts issued no communique yesterday, signaling quiet on the war fronts in China.
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Chungking UP
China
Paris Bombed By Unidentified Planes In Twenty Minute Raid
Unidentified aircraft dropped bombs on Paris during a night raid that began around 11 10 p m and ended about twenty minutes later. The attack came as the city lay under blackout with explosions shaking buildings and rattling windows across wide areas. No immediate casualty or damage figures were available and claims about the exact targets remained unclear.
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Paris
Sirdris
Destroy Old Ration Stamps Urged by OPA in Washington
Washington plaintext: Housewives were asked by the OPA to destroy all invalid ration stamps to prevent accidental or deliberate misuse in food purchases. The agency notes meats fats butter tokens remain valid while certain process tokens are discontinued.
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Washington
Earkments
OPA
Bureau Reports 375 Strikes in November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released preliminary estimates reporting 375 strikes last month, involving about 200,000 workers and 710 WO marriage of idleness.
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Bureau
Washington
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allies Hit German Supply Lines In Wide Air Campaign
Allied air forces pounded targets from Coblenz to Bonn as 130 US heavy bombers struck the Coblenz area and missions against German troops continued. RAF and Ninth Air Force fighters and bombers reported destroying tanks transports and enemy aircraft while German losses mounted in the day of heavy aerial operations.
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London
Geom
A Farmier
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Coblenz
Thunderbolt
Malmedy
Bonn
Su Vith
Tactical Air Force
RAF
Ninth Airforce
Supreme Allied
Ninth
Vor Rundstedt
Goebbels Questions British Role in Western Front
London UPI reports German propaganda claims Eisenhower faces heavy German onslaught, aided by American divisions. The broadcast praises Montgomery for withholding Canadian and British formations, calling British command in the west a signamore development and urging Allied unity while probing Montgomery's dispositions.
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London
UPI
International Information
Eisenhower
Montgomery
2St Army Group
First Army
Germans Lose 13 273 Prisoners in Offensive
The War Department reported 13 273 German prisoners taken during the current counteroffensive. The announcement notes this as preliminary and records the 100 600th German captive on the Western Front since the Normandy landings on June 6, for the period up to Christmas Eve.
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Washington
Wer
Normandy
Noel Coward Invited to Visit Brooklyn by Veterans Post
British author Noel Coward was invited to Brooklyn to attend a January 7 ceremony honoring Sergeant Meyer Levin and Brooklyn bomber Captain Calin Kelly killed in the Haruna battle. The invitation came via the British Information Service for a Jewish War Veterans post event.
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New York
Noel Coward
Brooklyn
St Vith Front Worried as Nazis Drive Deep into Belgium
Allied headquarters reported German forces battered forward from Rochefort to Dinant driving toward the Meuse while Bastogne held, with Von Rundstedt deploying the Fifth Panzer and Seventh Armies and von Manteuffel commanding Schwerer units. Allied troops, including a relief column, pressed near Diekirch and Eschdorf as reports on progress remained incomplete.
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St. Vith
Heme
Germtane
Belgium
Ceres
Rochefor
von Bumlatedt
Rochefort
Marcha
Ciney
Meuse
Viciny
Celtes
Ehy
Dinant
Allied
Yank Trroops
Bastogne
Oif
Bastorne
Arsdorf
Eschdrof
Eppeldorf
Diekirch
Fifth Panzer Army
Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel
Junker
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
von Rundstedt
Western Front
Nazis Seen Aiming for Antwerp as Meuse Front Struggles
Washington dispatch reports German forces in a major offensive on the Meuse front near Namur and Rochefort. Observers note two armies involved, weather aiding Allied air strikes, and a slowed enemy advance with strategic aims unclear but possibly Paris.
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Washington
Paris
Meuse
Namur Saith
Rochefort
Menze
Hirohito and Cabinet Say War Situation Grows Critical
The Associated Press reports Hirohito told Japan’s Diet and people that the war is not going well. Premier Koiso warned ministers that despite efforts progress is not sufficient as the line “war situation” grows more critical. The remarks were broadcast domestically and recorded for the FCC.
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Associated Press
Ixt
Smperor i
Kuniaki Roiso
Hirohiko
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Koisa
Radio Tokyo
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Kansas City Ward
Aweiday
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Tront
Saipsi Island
E. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Brig. Geo
Tonga
Battle For
New York City
Treasury
Edward Buck
Troy Record
Hudson Valley Railroad
G. Buck
Edward G. Buck
Ier
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Sarasota
Albany
Cotembis
Rundstedt
Goebbels
Santry
Namur
Antwerp
Hirohito & Co
J&r
Belgiu
Ermany
Meuse River
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