Patton Opens Drive To Trap Germans In Belgium
Allied reports say Patton’s Third Army drives northward toward Bastogne and St Hubert with tank and infantry gains inside the bulge. Luft is under heavy pressure as Rochefort recaptured and supply lines come under air assault. Estimates place the Bastogne neck squeezed to around 32 miles, with heavy Allied air and ground pressure widening the front across Belgian and Luxembourg positions.
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Paris
George 5
Patton
U. S
Hisdogne
Wily
Karl von Rundsted
Associated Press
Edward Db. Ball
Bastogne
Assaut
St. Hubert
Garemans
Third Army
Epic Bastogne
U.S
Rochefort
Belgium
Bastoghe
Homme
von Rundstedt
Chaumont
Fourth Armored Division
Fourth Armored
Byron H. Rolliss
New Year Seen Toughest Yet For Civilians
Washington reports a harsher home front as 1942 begins with tighter controls. Draft calls rise by 20 000 a month and 85 percent of all rationed goods are allocated through federal quotas. Food rationing tightens and civilian motorists face 10 percent fewer tires. Lumber limits may tighten further. Horse and dog racing ends after Wednesday to free resources.
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Washington
Tureze
James F. Byrnes
Sixth War Loan Scoreboard fails to parse clearly from clipping
The report details Rensselaer County surpassing its Series E War Bond quota for the Sixth War Loan, with sales at 1027 percent of the E Bond quota and 13RB percent of individual bond targets. County standings show Selles and Bond leading area counties, followed by Republics of Otia and Repsselars, with figures partially garbled in the OCR.
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Rensselaer County
Oia
Repsselars
Conservation Department Head Dies in Albany
John A. White, New York State Conservation Commissioner since 1933, died yesterday from acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis at 43. Born September 24 in Hammondsport, he led soil conservation and conservation education bureaus, campaigned against stream pollution, and promoted reforestation. Survived by wife Marguerite, daughter Donna, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements to be in Bath.
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Albany
John A. Whitt
New York State
White
Hammondsport
Clarence L
Jessie White
Buffalo Technical High School
Buth
Gould and Nowler
Steuben
Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
State Conservation Council
Dewes
Department
Bureau of Soil Conservation and Conservation Education
Marguerite White
Donna
Claude Payre
Snyder
Herman Schroeder
Colden
Bath
Hitler Speech Lacked Old Zip or Leading Voices
London reports that Adolf Hitler's voice sounded altered and apathetic in a morning delivery. The piece suggests the speech may have been pre-recorded, hinting at diminished vitality since the assassination attempt.
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Hitler
Louis Ff. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Londen
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Goebocis
Tokyo Holds Open House For B 29s
The Associated Press reports Tokyo faced a New Year’s Eve night of air raid warnings as four B 29 Superfortresses conducted incendiary attacks and interceptions over Honshu. Tokyo and Yokohama residents endured alarms while Nagoya saw fires. no Allied confirmation of battlefield results followed.
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Associated Press
US 5
Tokyo
Federal Commisnications Commission
Honshu
Nagoya
Radio
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Haonsan Island
Tokyo-Kokohama
Japan
Europe
E¢Nvironse
Hitler Breaks Silence Refuses Capitulation in Radio Address
Adolf Hitler ends more than five months of silence and declares the war will not end before 1956 unless Germany wins. He vows to fight to victory under any circumstance and threatens death to dissenters, signaling a hardened stance amid a dire year.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Ghose
Everyody
Himseli
Max
Poland
Churchill
Troy Greets 45 With Gaiety And Vigorous Welcome
Troy welcomed 1945 with midnight gaiety and bustling New Year celebrations. Crowds shifted from youthful to mature revelers as local venues offered festivities despite higher prices and a 20 percent luxury tax. Champagne demand was light, but familiar liquors remained popular. Phone lines failed to carry season’s greetings to Troy 1945 after the clock struck twelve, as midnights’ noise faded into normal party levels.
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Trey
Troy
Troy Greets
Allies Wind Up Year With Berlin Raid
Allied air forces struck Berlin with Mosquito bombers in a major year end raid. Big bomber formations also hit Osterfeld rail yards near Duisburg and targets across western Germany. Overhead dogfights left at least 52 Luftwaffe planes down, with one fighter group claiming 26 German aircraft destroyed.
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London
Br.a.fs
Berlin
Reich
Osterfeld
Rhineland
Duisburg
Luftweffe
Armades
Germany
Gestapo
Norway
Air Ministry
Bockholm
Sta Jfiekx
State flags lowered for Commissioner White death
Governor Dewer said flags would be lowered to half staff for thirty days beginning today to honor State Conservation Commissioner John T. White, whose death yesterday he called a great shock.
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Athans Cf
Dewer
John T A. White
New York New Year clamors as clubs sell out at high prices
New York welcomed the New Year with lavish spending in Times Square area venues. Latin Quarter, Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, and Versailles reportedly drew record crowds and charged premium prices. A couple paid $36.30 for a New Year package including dinner and hats, with drinks extra and taxes noted.
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New York
Latin Quarter
Billy Rose
Uncle
Sami
State Surplus Exceeds 130 Million for Current Year
Albany reports the state surplus for the current fiscal year ending March 31 is estimated at 130.07 million dollars. The governor plans to propose using part of the surplus to finance a 300 thousand dollar highway program and to establish new applied arts and sciences institutes. Last year’s operating surplus was 94.01 million, with prior surpluses totaling 152.06 million, all placed into a reconstruction fund by the Legislature.
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Albany
Gornop Dewer
Marth
Devers
Lublin Poles Proclaim Provisional Government of Poland
The Soviet backed Polish National Committee at Lublin declared itself provisional government of liberated Poland and broke with the London based Polish government in exile. London rejected the move, pledging Poland’s sovereignty and independence from totalitarian rule. Edward Osudka Morawski named first prime minister, with Osudka as head of the liberal Polish social group.
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London
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Lublin
Poland
Soviet Union
Ihe
Naion
National Council
Boleslaw Bent
Edward Osubdka- Morawsiki
Osudka
Xaos
Swedish Ship Sinks Mysteriously in Baltic
The Venersborg disappears in the Baltic amid wartime tensions. Germans deny responsibility for the sinking as authorities investigate possible routes to Denmark and assess if the sea is a declared danger zone where ships may be sunk without warning.
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Baltic
Venersborg
Angazed
Wvsterie
Denmark
Teamies
Wreck Kills Dozens on Express Train Collision Near Ogden
Rescue crews comb the wreckage after a rear collision between two Southern Pacific trains west of Ogden. Officials report at least 38 dead including 28 service personnel and 10 civilians, with 70 to 160 injured. A third relief train is expected as authorities notify next of kin.
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Southern Pacific
Pacific Limited
Coliseo
Sir Fren
Vwocivilians
Seqakeerd
Ogden
Esate
Maj
John &. Moran
Eastern Security District
Ninth Service Command
Moran
C. E. Arneman
Washington
Guilen
Yank Troops Reclaim Barga After German Retreat
Fifth Army troops reoccupied Barga in North Italy after Nazis retreated from the town near the Searchie Valley. The German withdrawal followed a failed coastal landing attempt by Allied forces near Massa. Snow cooled the Apennines as this move unfolded with little cited combat in the reoccupation.
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North
Italy
Rome
Fifth Army
Searchie
Out
Apennines
High Command
Massa
Startled Britons See Yanks Greet New Year
London observers describe Americans welcoming the New Year with boisterous cheer and songs. Police noted the crowd was good-natured, saying the spectacle was lively, affectionate, and unusually merry for New Year’s Eve in the capital.
Budapest Battle Looms Like Stalingrad in Danube Pocket
Red Army fighters assailed Budapest's western half and pushed into Pest as Berlin claimed over 5300 German and Hungarian troops were captured in the Danube loop pocket. Street fighting raged through the city and on Csepel Island while preparations for a possible winter offensive were noted by German commentators.
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London
Liwingrand
Buda
Budapest
Moscow
Danube
Losone
Lucenec
Slovakia
Poland
Red Army
Krakow
Strashhold
Silesia
Prussia
Pest
Berlin
Ospel Island
Hlamea
Gemima
Uo & Two
Csepel Island
Danubs
Csepel
Death Reported for Field Marshal Albert Hesselring
An early 1940s Brussels report quoted Adolf Hitler declaring the death of Field Marshal Albert Hesselring, commander of German forces, in a dated Order of the Day. The Bern dispatch noted casualties including Nazi party leaders and army figures, with earlier reports of wounded officers in Italy.
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Adolf Hitler
Albert Hesselring
Tain
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Bern
Switzer
Italy
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Salogna
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