Byrnes Outlines Draft Plan For Industrial Workers
War Production Chief Byrnes unveils a plan to draft 299000 industrial workers aged 26 to 29 this spring, establishing a critical list of essential industries and a five tier withdrawal priority to protect production while meeting Army and Navy goals. The move aims to shield highly trained labor and minimize production losses as 900000 inductions are planned with 700000 more workers needed by midyear.
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Washington cPrp
James F. Erres
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Wavy Manpower Commission
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War Production Board
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United Nations
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
WPS
Hershey
Areas Exemptions Considered From Dimont Brownout Rule
Washington UPI Areas receiving hydro power may apply for exemption from the nationwide brownout ordered to save coal. The War Production Board urged voluntary curtailment of unnecessary lighting until the order takes effect February 1. Exemptions may be granted to areas with gas oversupply or other conditions. Violators face loss of electric service at WPB direction.
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UPI
War Production Board
James F. Barnes
War Mobilization
Nreas
WPB
Whitey Dahl Charged With Airforce Thefts
Montreal reports Whitey Dahl a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran faces a court martial on 14 charges of improper disposal of government property including a vacuum cleaner and damaged wire remnants. The article notes Dahl served in US and Mexican air forces and fought in Spain. he was reportedly shot but saved from execution by Franco's reprieve.
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Montreal
Harold
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Dahl
Royal Canadian Air Force
Tescer
Soldier of Fortune
Ahi
United States
Spain
France
Grant
Reds Capture Kielce on Warsaw Road Front
London and Moscow reported a sweeping winter offensive driving toward Krakow and Warsaw. Soviet and Polish forces seized Kielce a key road junction, with Jedrzejow Wodzislaw Zlotniki and Raulin also taken, as Berlin and Moscow claimed heavy penetration and mass offensives across Poland and East Prussia.
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Baltic
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Apennine Snow Slows Front Actions Across Rome Sector
Weather slows operations as snow and rain affect ground and air actions on the Apennine front. Eighth Army destroys German outposts near Comacchio Lagoon. Polish patrol probes Senio south of Bologna Rimini highway, nearing Imola before engagement. Fifth Army reports heavy German artillery fire and use of captured guns by Nazis.
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Senio
Bologna-Rimini
Imola
Emperor and Cabinet May Move to Korea
Japanese government weighs relocating from Tokyo to Korea. Corres pondent Aanake Jacoby cites sources claiming high officials push for the transfer to escape American bombs with the Emperor potentially leading the exodus while the public would be kept uninformed.
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New York
Tokyo
Korea
Aanake Jacoby
Rabid Dog Bites 16 In Buffalo City
A stray dog bitten by police Friday after attacking 16 people in Buffalo. The animal, confirmed rabid, was shot by officers. Oil health commissioner Francis E. Frodczak reported the incident last night.
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Buffalo WI
Francis E. Frodczak
U S Planes Strafe Nazi Airdromes
American Mustang fighters carried out a surprise raid on two German air dromes near Landsberg and Oberpfaffenhofen, destroying or badly damaging several parked aircraft. Over 1,600 Allied planes, including 60 U S Eighth Air Force Fortresses and Liberators, supported by 650 fighters, hit rail yards and oil plants in southern Germany and the Ruhr. Bombers struck at rail yards in Ingelstadt Augsburg and other targets, with mixed results.
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Upi
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Trinidad Clipper Crash Caused By Small Boat
Investigators reported the Trinidad Clipper disaster at Port of Spain harbor last week, killing 273 people, was caused by a collision with an unidentified wooden boat as it alighted. The inquiry was completed yesterday.
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Trinidad
800 Marines Return From Pacific War
Eight hundred aviation Marines, the largest contingent to return from the Pacific, have arrived in San Diego for reassignment and furloughs. The men were attached to air groups and squadrons of the Fourth Marine Air Wing, which helped sweep Japanese air power from the skies in the Ellice and Samoan Islands, the Gilberts, the Marshalls and the Marianas.
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Fourth Marine Air Wing
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Samoan. Islands
Gilberts
Marshalla
Marianas
Yanks Strike Indo China Ports In Bold Pacific Raid
U S Third Fleet hit Indo China ports and convoys along the Saigon Camranh Bay area in a major carrier attack. Reports say two convoys were wiped out, several ships sunk or damaged, and Saigon oil refineries heavily damaged as planes destroyed dozens of Japanese aircraft on the ground.
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China
More Furloughs To Be Granted Says Marshall
General George C. Marshall forecast a rise in furloughs as soldiers return from battlefronts. He noted the War Department has set limits on how many may be furloughed, with theater commanders free to designate one month away plus travel time. The department will no longer directly decide each case.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Brooks
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Lublin Poles May Offer Teschen Coal Area Return
London UPI reports the Lublin provisional government of Poland is expected soon to assure Czechoslovakia that the rich Teschen coal mining district, seized by Poland during the Munich territorial changes, will be returned. Reliable sources in London say the proposal aims to restore the Teschen region to Czechoslovakia.
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Troops Reach Camiling 28 Miles Inland on Luzon
General MacArthur reports Sixth Army forces have advanced to the Camiling road junction in Tarlac province, about 28 miles from Lingayen Gulf, as a major push toward Manila continues. The advance, part of a broader southward and eastward thrust, shows relatively weak opposition and rapid highway disruption by Liberator and Midtownbombers.
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Luzon
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Tomerusi Yamashita
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40000 Yanks Lost in Bulge Amid German Counteroffensive
Secretary of War Stimson provided figures for American losses in the Ardennes from December 15 to January 7, totaling about 39,090 with 13,000 missing. He noted roughly 30,000 German casualties and about 40,050 German captives. Across the Western Front during the period, American First, Seventh, and Ninth Armies sustained 2,58 total casualties, with 1,083 killed, 1,645 wounded, and 58 missing.
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Stimson
Ardennes
Ing & Balance
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Germany
Blue Siren Urges Only Warning Siren for Bomb Attacks
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine said yesterday that in a robot bomb attack on New York City only the blue siren air raid signal should be used for warning.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
New York City
Labor F.L. Rejects Work or Fight Law Stand
American Federation of Labor rejects national service law and alleges Army and Navy back a pressure drive. Lewis G. Lines tells House military committee that wartime conditions are used to push for conscription. The Journal plans to circulate letters from servicemen families to Congress supporting Roosevelt proposals, including national service and nurses draft. Debate contrasts wage reform as solution with opposition to forced work in war jobs.
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American Federation of Labor
Army and Navy
Lewis G. Lines
House Military Committee
Hines
Army
Medicial
Roosevelt
Congress
Albert Hamilton
Si Rear
Vienna
Farmer
Socialist Party
War Reporter Predicts Bloody Luzon Battle
A war correspondent predicts a fierce struggle for Luzon as American troops push toward Japanese positions under Yamashita. He notes Japanese defenses remain stubborn with high morale, but repeated air raids and ground assaults could shape a costly campaign, while surrender and tactical missteps affect both sides.
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Allied Armies Press Drive to St Vith in Ardennes Push
Allied forces merge efforts in a concerted drive toward St Vith. U S First Army and Third Army advance with Hodges directing operations from Houtalize toward the Salm River area. German resistance stiffens as Rundstedt redeploys troops into the Saar and Alsace regions.
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Jean Whain
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Courtney H. Hodges
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Saim River
Black Market Curb Proposed by Biddle in Closed Session
Attorney General Francis Biddle urged Congress to curb a widespread railroad black market during a closed session. Chairman McCarran signaled a committee inquiry into the black market, expecting hearings on the issue and related practices.
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Aitormey
Francis Biddle
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McCarra
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Sox
Britain fears axis criminals may go free
London reports the war crimes commission plans to jail Killer and other Axis leaders were questioned amid Russia’s intent to deal with German war criminals. Chair Sir Cecil Hurst and Norwegian Ambassador Erik Colban resigned citing health and workload. Lord Justice William Finlay appointed to replace Hurst as debate over a British war crimes collection moves to Parliament. The London Star calls for rapid action and rejects legal delays.
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Britain
Anied Way Crimes Commission
Moscow
Russia
Cecil Hurst
Erik Colban
Cecil
Colban
Foreign Office
Wiliam Finlay
Sir Cecil
House of Commons
London Star
Congresswoman Aids Mothers in Pin-up Crisis
Rep Mary Norton pledged action to ease diaper supply shortages after a hearing with the Warecene Board. The International Institute of Mained warned enemy nations may exploit motherhood, while Ruth Lindberg of Philadelphia Lyting in Hospital called the crisis dire as mothers send babies home due to lack of support.
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Warecene Board
Philadelphie Lyitgin Hospital
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