Army Seizes Ward Stores Amid Military Overreach
The Army ends control over Montgomery Ward & Co in seven cities replacing key managers and warning employees against interference. Maj Gen Joseph W. Byron heads the actions with Col William F. Munroe supervising in Chicago with other sites in Detroit Jamaica New York and Portland. Two Detroit warehouses were seized bringing total Ward properties under Army control to sixteen.
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Age Tinsi
Montgomery Ward & Co
Guinness
Glante
Chicesa
Chicago
Ae Incks
Joseph W. Byron
General Menazer
Weckarday
Lir
William 4. Munroe
Detroit
Jamaica. v. Norton
N.Y
Portland
Ore
Alore
Ward
Key Under Mat Boys Frolic at Helen Hayes House
A fragmented account describes a late night scene with Helen Hayes present and a game setup on a table. Mentions Authar Jacarthur and Belen Hayes among attendees, with wine consumption observed and a cryptic warning tied to the gathering.
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Helen Hayes
Authar Jacarthur
Bes Acrreas
Belen Hayes
Teriing Garis
Dewey urges postwar program and budget expansion
Governor Dewey asked the Legislature to pass a $302 yearly state employee bonus and a $13 minimum wage, push a $30 million postwar reconstruction fund, and a $500 million highway program. He urged targeted tax relief, housing and anti-discrimination measures, veterans aid, and state planning to keep New York financially sound.
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Sassatsar Jeepes
King
Det
SOMWA
Dewey
Senate
Elmer F. Qs Iinn
Sta Autores
Assembly
Crea
St. Lawrence River
Devers Aressare
National Democratic Administration
New York
Washington
Butt
New York State
Mindoro Air Field Built In Three Days
Mindoro island engineers from America and Australia completed an airstrip in three and a half days transforming it into a two runway airfield. The rapid work followed air and naval attacks with Thunderbolt pilots defending Mindoro to aid MacArthur’s forces. Ground losses were reportedly none. Japanese fighters fought but failed to stop airfield completion.
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Mindoro
Island
Pacifi
Betawen
Bcuviiy
Mindero
MacArthur
Philippines
George C
Kenney
Army hospital units rush overseas amid nurse shortage
An editorial warns U S military hospitals show a severe nurse shortage. Journal of the American Medical Association notes a ratio of one nurse per 22 patients at domestic facilities, with abroad similar strain. Large numbers of nurses have enlisted with the armed forces while many remain unavailable due to medical or procedural barriers.
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Chicago
Elever
Amy
Journal of the American Medical Association
United States
Swiss Miss Allied Goods Inked amid War Economy Moves
A report notes Allied agreements with Switzerland to supply France and Italy amid the war economy. It mentions Germany’s export of machinery aluminum and other war goods, and foreign recommendations to crack down on Nazi tendering.
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France
Switzerland
Germany
Blizzard Paralyzes Ontario Roads for Two Days
Storm battering southern Ontario halts traffic as blizzard conditions persist. Northern districts expect continued high winds and snowfall with forecasters warning of renewed gusts and travel disruption across the region.
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Toronto Lpi
Ontario
Sudbury
North Bar
Cemeteorological Bureau
Iekes
Raiding Parties Active Along Italian Front
Allied and German raiding parties clash along the Italian front near Massa and the Tyrrhenian area. Patrols pushed forward to contact enemy positions and probe German defenses as both sides exchange fire along the lines.
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Rome
Massa
Italien
Sesterda
Turkey Votes To Break With Japan in World War II
Turkey moves toward severing ties with Japan and ends wartime neutrality as it readies to cut geographic and economic relations with the Axis. Ankara had cut diplomatic ties with Germany last August after months of Allied pressure.
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Associated
FRESS
Turkey
Japan
Ailes
Axis
Cio Ead
Overseas Yule Gifts Lost on Western Front
Report from the Ars postal service notes considerable Christmas packages sent overseas have been lost due to enemy action. The tally shows more than 200 parcels per week may be affected, with many from various locations in Europe.
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Bgion
Christmaes
Ars Postal Sece
Howeves
Wil Pac
Gener
Local Officials Undergo County Treasurer Changes
The article notes Horace Hbley becoming deputy county treasurer after James A. Finn took the oath of office. It mentions Mrs Alte Ford hosting a Women’s Missionary Society meeting and a luncheon, along with a note about the Hastings household staff remaining unchanged at the Rensselaer County treasurer’s office.
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Biss
Horace Hbley
Raren Brus
O Themente
Alte Ford
Clifford C. Hastings
Rensselaer County
James A. Finn
Provisional Polish Government Declares Itself Sole Authority
A decree from the provisional Polish government asserts it is the sole regal authority and will govern Poland under a democratic framework until a general election. It warns exile and private groups against commitments or loans that could affect postwar borders and economic relations.
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Poland
London
Sardiq
Negor
Tennier Bénard Daubuie-Sierawski
Nations Council
Coun
Curzon Lae
Russia
B 29 Raiders Hit Japan Targets In Southern Honshu
Allied reports say B 29s struck industrial cities on the south central Japanese coast including Nagoya Hamamatsu and Osaka with waves of bombers from Mariana bases. Japanese claims admit some damage but say vital facilities were largely spared and two interceptors failed to return.
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Tokyo
Houshi
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Nagoya
Mitsubishi
Iim
Hamatsatsu
Honshu
T . Yokohama
Kioo
Kobe
Oseke
Irom
Mariana Islands
French Bandits Rob Paris Tobacco Shop
A gang of four French civilians using a motor car and two machine guns robbed a Paris suburb tobacco shop yesterday, taking 35,000 francs in cash and tobacco valued at 89,000 francs at black market prices, about 21,000 francs in additional losses.
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Paris
Local News Briefs From Whitehall and Nearby
Whitehall George Charpentier on leave with parents Mr and Mrs Albert Charpentier at Broadway. The annual French Fair moved from the armory to the parochial church hall Sunday 9 to 19 Pom Mr and Mrs Charles Tinsley of Williams Street returned from Rutland Vi where they visited Mrs Tinsley's parents Mr and Mrs Charles McClure. Death reported of Dec 22 in Cleveland Ohio Charine Lewis former local resident. His wife is Minnie Covins of Whitehall. Scout Pack 42 monthly meeting Dec 28 in the N A rooms. Cubs who recently became wolves were initiated. Santa Claus visited the bars and each received a gift.
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George Charpentier
Albert Charpentier
Broadway
Charles Tinsley
Williams Street
Rutland
Chinese High Command Reports Recapture of Woentire
The Chinese high command announced the recapture of Woentire on the Burma Road near Chungking, marking a major early offensive in the war. A special dispatch claimed Japanese casualties were heavy as forces breached the town miles north of Kunming, signaling a turning point in northern Burma operations.
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Chungking
Woentire
Buma Road
Arson Charges Arrest Two Stuyvesant Residents
State police seized Edward M. Shea and Anastasia Bartholomew on a bench warrant after a grand jury indictment accusing them of arson in the third degree and presenting false statements to aid a firm loss.
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Stuyvesant
Edward M. Shea
Gaughier
Anastasia Bartholomew
Calse Statementa
Losa
Bong Returns from Secret Assignment in Pacific
Maj Richard J. Bong, famed ace with forty destroyed planes and the Medal of Honor, returns from the Southwest Pacific to take an undisclosed assignment. He spoke at a news conference about his wartime exploits and noted his September tally of 127 enemy planes.
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Washington
Richard J. Bong
Southwest Pacific
Borg
Pallippines
Poplar
Wis
Leyte
Formosa Strike by U.S. Carrier Planes Reported
The U S Pacific Fleet conducted carrier aircraft sweeps east of Formosa and Okinawa, the first such action since last October. The operation involved hundreds of dive bombers fighter bombers and torpedo planes as reconnaissance and attack missions were launched from Pearl Harbor and surrounding units.
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U. 3
Pacifie Fleet
Pearl Harber
U. 3 Pacitec
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Oxipawa
Islands
Wilér
Ryukyes
Navy
F Mesa
Tober
Formosa
Okinawa
iGeorge Forster
Philippines
Germans retake ground as Allied push stalls in Hürtgen region
Allied and German forces clash along the Saar front and forested areas near Volklingen Briesbrucken and Sigolsheim. German counterattacks press in near Bliesbruck Bastogne and Bourcy as Patton’s drive suffers heavy toll with thousands of enemy casualties and dozens of towns retaken or abandoned.
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Saar
Volklingen
Briesbrucken
Buies
Tonte
Seegan
Supreme Headquarters
Sarreguémines
Blies River
Bliesbruck
Sigolsheim
Colmar
Houffelize
Bastogne
Bourcy
Bulge
Associated Press
Hoger Greene
Rund- Biedt
Patton
High Command
Third Army
Sass Togne
Local Social Notes From Troy And Schaghticoke
Pittstoicn Beats Castle spent a few days of last week with her grandmother of Troy. The Golden Rule Class will meet Monday at Mrs Mil dred Carpenters home. The W SO ails mest next Wednesday at Mrs Agnés Dearatyne home. Fred Barter 52e of Norfolk and Lyan Casterlin of Troy spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs George Barter. Mr and Mrs Frank Green and others were New Year Day dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Gibert Buckley at Schaghticoke. Marjorie Carpentier attends Oneonta college and is holidaying with her parents. Mr and Mrs Merritt Carpenter had for a rest last weekend Liuriel Lane from Sharen Springs.
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Beats
Gibert Buckley
Schaghticoke
Marjorie Carpentier
Oneonta
Merritt Carpenter
Liuriel Lane
Sharen Springs
Local Social News From Poestenkill and Troy
Mrs Flora L Wilcox and Mrs Minnie F Clickner spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Webster Clickner of Troy. Walter Hughs of the Navy on leave from North Africa and France visits his wife and son Edward. New Year’s Day gatherings include Mrs Wilcox’s son-in-law and daughter in Whiteview. Young Ladies Missionary Society meets tomorrow at 3 pm in the parsonage with Mrs Rolf Jansen as leader. officers will be elected.
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Flora L. Wilcox
Minnie F. Clickner
Webster Clickner
Troy
Walter Hughs
Navy
North Africa
Franeie
H Iis
Edward
Flora LB
Wilcox
Low
Blliams
Jane
Whiteview
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
Rolf Jansen
Six Executed In Absentia Plot Against Nazi Puppet Regime
A broadcast from Berlin reported that the Supreme Court in Brauighaya sentenced six ringleaders in absentia for a plot against the Nazi puppet regime. The alleged leaders including Joseph Teo were named in the dispatch from Transocean.
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London
Transocean
Supreme Court
Brauighaya
Cegima
Joseph Teo
Slovakia
Air Offensive in Twelfth Day Sees Heavy Bomber Strikes
Allied forces staged the twelfth day of heavy winter bombing with Lancasters escorted by Mustangs targeting Castrop Rauxel Dortmund and other German rail hubs. Fortresses and Liberators supported ground units while a German report claimed a weak Allied bomber formation approached Nuremberg after night strikes on Tuesday.
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Musangs
The
Castrop-Rauxe
Hesear
Dortmund
Yast
Nurnberg
Soldier Conducts Hunger Strike Protest Over Draft Status
Herman Seldner of Wonaesie NL 3 has been on a hunger strike since October claiming illegal induction into the Army. He seeks a habeas corpus hearing in federal court arguing he registered as a conscientious objector. He has been fed at Burner Station Hospital per petition details. The case cites the Amazon River flow context at L680 cubic feet per second.
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Urna, OY
Herman Seldner
Wonaesie NL 3
Amazon River
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