Moscow Hails Winter Push as Allied Blow to Berlin
The Soviet press lauds the winter offensive as the greatest Allied blow and urges pushing toward victory. Red Star proclaims we will crush Germany and see our colors over Berlin while Pravda cites Budapest as a major triumph and forecasts tougher resistance ahead.
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State Maps Legislation For Veterans
New York lawmakers consider a package to aid veterans as the temporary State Veterans Commission, named by Governor Dewey last year, proposes measures to supplement federal benefits and services. The Assembly plans votes on the package and a surplus-funding proposal, while a constitutional amendment to extend veterans civil service preference is urged by Assemblyman Trompson with a plan to establish veterans service bureaus statewide.
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Collapse of Jap Cabinet Predicted Amid Pacific War News
Washington dispatches signal upheaval in Tokyo as the Koiso cabinet nears collapse under American air, sea, and land pressure. Analysts say no Japanese government can endure a loss of the Philippines, while the army and navy bear the blame for failing to counter MacArthur's Luzon landing threats. The navy also faces a setback in the China seas as reinforcements to Manila are hindered.
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Nine Brush Plant Workers Drafted Amid Strike
Newark draft notice reports nine Brushmakers Union Local 16300 members of Rubberset Co ordered to physical exams and potential military service. James Castagna, shop steward, says the strike affected 400 workers over vacation, holidays and bonuses, with only twenty men in draft dispute. other workers were women or underage.
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Nazis Flee For Siegfried Line as Reds Break Polish Defenses
Russian forces drive toward Krakow breaking Warsaw defense even as Soviet, German exchanges widen across Poland. Berlin reports renewed offensives north and south of Warsaw with encirclement attempts while Red Army claims advances near the Nida and Vistula corridors. Fierce fighting leaves heavy losses on both sides.
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V Bombs Kill Scores Across South Britain
Reports say German V bombs struck southern England causing demolition and casualties. In London and nearby towns many homes and streets were wrecked, with fires and debris trapping civilians. A mother and baby survived a fatal bombardment while an old inn suffered major damage.
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More U.S. Soldiers To Stand Trial Today
The first group of 14 American soldiers accused of looting supply trains and diverting stolen goods to the French black market will face a general court martial today. Last week 15 enlisted men were sentenced to prison terms and hard labor. The process will extend over several weeks to try the remaining 187 enlisted men and two officers.
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Paris
B 29s Strike Formosa and Nagoya in Major daylight raids
B 29 Superfortresses blitzed Formosa and Nagoya on Honshu with heavy daylight bombing. Upward of 100 aircraft participated in each raid, facing light to moderate fighter opposition. Formosa and Nagoya targets included key industrial facilities as Tokyo radio claimed minimal civilian damage.
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Nagoya
MacArthur Drives Inland 22 Miles in Philippine Advance
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced Luzon war progress as the Sixth Army extended its Lingayen Gulf beachhead to 45 miles. Tank spearheads crossed the Agho River near Beyambang. western gains neared the Alaminos road junction. eastern advances reached Damoris and the Benguet road. Airstrikes crippled the enemy’s transport and bolster the push toward Manila, with 26 locomotives and hundreds of cars and tanks destroyed.
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News blackout shields Third Fleet in South China Sea raids
U S Pacific Fleet reports continued carrier strikes against Japanese force of four heavy cruisers and air units off French Indo China coast. Admiral Nimitz says battleships sank 25 Nipponese warships and transports and damaged 13 others as operations extend to Paramushiro and Torishima while Marine air attacks hit Patan Islands.
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Germans Claim Americans Violated War Rules Near Belgian Bulge
German broadcasts reported that an American unit in German uniforms and placed with German weapons was encountered Friday night in the Belgian bulge. They said Germans captured behind American lines in U S uniforms were shot in initial counteroffensive actions.
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German Air Power Strikes Hit German Oil and Rail Links
Allied air forces reported massive strikes against German oil plants depots and communications behind the Belgian front. U S bombers and escorts claimed to have destroyed hundreds of enemy vehicles and shot down numerous fighters as they pounded targets around the Saar and Rhine regions.
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Germans Hold Strong Winter Line In Italy
German forces blunt Allied advances along the Feno River line in Italy and defend positions near Bolzano. Reports describe heavy ammunition stocks and German efforts to keep supply routes open despite Allied pressure.
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Ciockam Oran Erat
Lombaré
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Jewel Theft At Downtown Store Nets $360000 Loot
Jewel thieves forced open two large gates in a downtown jewelry store Saturday night and escaped with diamonds watches hat pins and other items valued at about 360000, according to RL Schneider principal owner.
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RL. Schneider
Allied Planes Turn Bulge Withdrawal Into Full Rout
Allied air power and ground forces overwhelmed the Houffalize Bastogne sector as German withdrawals stretched toward the Siegfried Line. First and Ninth Armies advanced with the U S First Army linking with British forces west of Houffalize. Thirimont recaptured as fighting raged along the Ardennes front and across northeastern France, with American and Allied units driving toward St Vith and the Siegfried Line.
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Senator Brews?ter Claims Big Three Ban On Hull From Tehran Talks
Senator Brewster says Secretary of State Cordell Hull is being kept away from the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference. He asserts a deliberate absence would block Hull from key Inter-American and Big Three meetings and hints at behind the scenes adviser's influence led by Harry Hopkins.
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Breweter
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Mexico
Women's Patriotic Conference On National Defense
Cordell Hull
Rickenbacker Says War Lasting Through 1948
Com. Eddie Rickenbacker, head of Eastern Airlines, warned at the Arizona Newspapers Association meeting in Phoenix that the nation faces at least three more years of war with heavy casualties and a trillion in debt before peace arrives.
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Ariz
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air, Lines
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Tehran Talks and Red Army Drive Shape Allied Strategy
A storm of Allied military movement follows Tehran talks and the Red Army push. The rapid advance on Germany heightens expectations for Europe’s war duration and influences the forthcoming Big Three meeting. Officials acknowledge joint effort toward victory and assess shifting military prospects amid planned Soviet attacks in Poland.
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Europe
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Norwegians Sabotage Nazi Troop Train South of Ieerstad
The Morzen ti ningen printed yesterday that two Norwegian saboteurs wrecked a German troop train near Slewine gas brifge south of Ieerstad on the line to Trondhsia after using a explosive setup.
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