Japs Claim Shanghai Target of U S Third Fleet
U S airmen hit the South China coast for four days and attacked as far north as Shanghai with strikes from Shanghai to Hainan Island and canton. Tokyo radio reports claim heavy damage to Hong Kong, Canton and Formosa bases while U S losses remain unreported. Navy officials say 259000 tons of Japanese shipping sunk in five weeks as Adm Schoeffie outlines a pattern to cripple Japanese bases and supply lines.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United Statesaval
South China
Shanghai
Tokyo
Wartardag
U. S
Hainesstand
Hongkong
Cantonton
Adm
Wiliam F. Halsey
Thira
UGS
Takao
Formosa
Canton
Washington
Hight
M. F. Schoeffie
Staf
Naval
Navy
Forrestal
Luzon
Halsy
Wallace Named Next Commerce Secretary in Wallace Report
Report says retiring Vice President Henry A. Wallace may become Secretary of Commerce. Senators Connally and Bailey reportedly pressed the White House to retain Jesse Jones at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other lending agencies if Wallace gets the post. The visit was not an endorsement of Wallace but an attempt to preserve Jones' financial authority.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Capitol
White House
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce Post
Roosavelt
Connally
D-Texas
Bailey
D-N.c
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Eat
REC
Aus Commerce Department
Wallace
Connally and Bailey
Senate Commerce
Explosion Threat Lifted Over Nyack After Gas Fumes Eliminated
A six month danger in Nyack ended as Ott company experts declared escaping gasoline fumes removed from a pool under a store door in the business district. The peril arose from four leaking hillside tanks near the railroad track. Mayor J Ciancimino had withheld news to prevent panic.
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Nyack
Hudson Valley
Ott ‘Company
J. Ciancimaino
Aspling
Girl Coaster Dies After Collision On Banked Track
Mildred Seeger, 13, died yesterday from injuries after her coaster struck a building while coasting down an embankment. Burial arrangements pending.
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Mildred Seeger
F D R Urges Speed on Labor Draft Action
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass swift labor draft measures to mobilize every man aged 48 to 43 into war service at home or abroad. He backed May’s bill and cited urgent needs cited by Army and Navy chiefs Marshall and King for rapid manpower, munitions, shipbuilding, and repairs.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Congress
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Army
Navy
KIH
George C. Marishall
Ernest J. King
Sewell Avery Asks FDR to Call Off Occupation Army
Chicago business leader Lewsli L. Avery of Montgomery Ward and Co. telegraphed President Roosevelt urging the Army seizure of 36 Ward properties in seven cities on December 28 be halted. He condemned the action as dictatorial and urged courts be allowed to decide the legality before Ward employees and customers lose property or liberty.
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Chicago
Lewsli L. Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Roosevelt
Ward's
Avery
Ce “Ward
Wine Not Os Flows in French Pipeline
Allied supply idea adapted by wine dealers as they pipe wine across the Loire at Blois after German destruction of the bridge. A pedestrian gangway cannot bear tracks, so wine is discharged on the south side into a pipe that empties into barrels on trucks on the north side.
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Paris
Laire
Blois
Norfolk Navy Yard Blaze Injures 21 At St Helena Pier Three
A fire at the Norfolk Navy Yard annex at St Helena damaged Pier Three and nearby vessels. Twenty-one people were injured, one severely, as dense creosoted piling smoke hampered firefighters. Civilians were treated at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. five sheds reportedly burned with two ships badly damaged.
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Norfolk. Va. LP
Norfolk Navy Yard
St. Helena
Fifth Naval District
Fifth Naval District Headquarters
Navy Yard
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Naval
Coast Guard
King Peter May Accept Regency for Yugoslavia
London reports a possibility King Peter may accept a regency for Yugoslavia though no firm decision was stated. A royal government announcement said the Tito Lubasic agreement would be resolved to everyone's satisfaction and that government members were unknown in their views on how the situation was developing. No explicit reference to a regency was made.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Tito Lubasic
Russians Speed For Berlin After Capturing Warsaw
Allied troops push toward Berlin as German lines stiffen north of Aachen. The British Second Army advances through snow and fog, taking Dieteren while Americans mass near St Vith amid severe icing and limited air support. British and American efforts along the Maas and Roer show modest gains. combat remains fierce with tanks involved and weather hampering operations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Aachen
Dieteren
Nong
Ardennes Galient
St. Vith
Maas
Roer
Morsing
Bulge
Mosele
Wies
Seventh Army
Strassbourg
Mass Destruction Report Over Warsaw City in WWII
Polish officials estimate that Germany killed about 770 000 residents of Warsaw and left about a third of the city destroyed. The Jewish Ghetto liquidation, Russian siege, and the uprising contributed to widespread ruins as Poland’s capital shifted from Krakow to Warsaw in history’s turmoil.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Tadeuse Komorowski
Bar
Listory Prudential Life, Insurance
Krakow
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Prussia
Sappleon
Luzon Advance Near Rosario Pozorrubio In Luzon
General MacArthur reports Sixth Army patrols advancing along the left bank toward Rosario while Yanks push toward Pozorrubio and Rosario from Alaminos. American air power hits Clark Field and Cagaran Valley. Progress slows only at stubborn pockets as forces near Tarlac intensify operations.
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Bolinao Peninsula
Alato- Inos
Dasol Bay
Rosario
MacArthur
Carartten
Tarlac
Clark Field
Cagaran Valley
Luzon
Yarlac
U. S
O'Donnell
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Roesatio
Death Knocks McGuire From Ace Race
San Antonio and Ridgewood, N J ace pilot Lt. McGuire who had 38 Japanese planes to his credit was shot down and killed in the Philippines on January 7. Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney notified Mrs. McGuire in a January 3 letter. The letter suggested McGuire's plane was crippled in the air and fell to enemy fighters. Mrs. McGuire has not yet received official War Department notification of the death.
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San Antonio
Tex
Thames
McGuire, Jr
Ridgewood
N. J
Philippines
George C. Kenney
Pacific
McGuire
Henner
War Department
Sailor alleges Roosevelt dog took three plane seats
A sailor from Attnch Cal along with three servicemen claimed an Army transport plane assigned them a dog as travel priority. The dog aboard the Memphis to Dallas flight was said to occupy three seats, dispatched by Colonel Roosevelt to his wife actress Faye Emerson. The Navy crewman hitchhiked to reach duty after the incident, while his mother expressed concern over career standing.
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Attiech
Cal
Leor Leroy
Col Ziliou
Faye Emerson
Holywood
Washington
A. War Department
Navy
Memphis
Leroy
Dayton
Ohio
Roosevelt
High Pri
Ority Mater
Lénox
Bay Arms
Gewienan
Dallas
Red Cross
al Leroy
Newark
New York Central Cuts Passenger Service
The New York Central System will curtail passenger service immediately under a wartime order. Baird, the general passenger traffic manager, announced timetable reductions affecting trains from New York City. Several routes will terminate early or be consolidated at Buffalo, Albany, or Cleveland, with connections rerouted by the Empire State Express and related trains.
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New York
New York Central
F. . Baird
Baird
Offee
Defense Transportation
New York City
Albany
Syracuse
Adirondacks
St. Lawrence & Iron Points
Empire State Express
Chicago
Grand Central Terminal
Ontariaa
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Buffalo
Chitago
Wolverine
New England Wolverine
Empire
Commodore Vanderbilt
Grapefruit Juice Rationing Returns Amid War Demands
The OPA orders canners to halt output of grapefruit juice and blended orange grapefruit juice for armed forces until military needs are met, while orange juice remains ration free. Point values set for No 2, 46 ounce, and No 19 cans. Bowles says move protects civilian supply and speeds armed forces access. Donut-free status for orange juice continues due to pack-year timing and better future supply.
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OPA
Chester Bowles
WEA
Bowles
Seventh War Loan Drive Due in May
Peruané Oregon reports a seventh War Loan drive expected to begin around May. The U S Treasury War Finance Division director predicted the rollout yesterday. Ted Gambdie in his hometown on business will return to Washington within a few days.
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Peruané
Ore
U.S. Treasury
War Finance
Ted . Gambdie
Washington
Portable milking machines and tire standards cited by WPS
The War Production Board notes a 21-4 inch cross section limit for tires used in portable milking machines. It states that the required tire type is not produced by tiremaking facilities and thus is not considered a tire.
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Washington
War Production Board
Nelson Sued for Divorce Over Desertion
Chicago. Mrs Helen W Nelson filed for divorce from Donald M Nelson former War Production Board chair and Sears Roebuck executive in Superior Court alleging desertion dating from December 15 1928. The couple married December 18 1926 and have agreed on alimony and attorneys fees.
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Chicago &Pi
Donald M. Nelson
War Pro Jaction Board
Helen W. Nelson
Nelson
Sears, Rochuck and Co
National Industrial Recovery
Hig
China
Roosevelt
Trey
A. Nelson
Atjornes
Nazis Admit Superiority of Soviet Super Tank
German news desk reports from Berlin via Poland claim the Red Army has unveiled a new heavy tank named Joseph Stalin. The broadcaster says it’s the most powerfully armed vehicle in the world, far surpassing Germany’s Royal Tiger with a 68 inch gun.
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London
Berlin
Poland
Ast
Jozeph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Heinz” Meyerlein
Warsaw Falls as Red Army Push Enters Poland
Soviet forces drive toward Berlin as Warsaw surrenders in a rapid campaign. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army and Lublin Poles advance from Czestochowa and near Daren, with Krakow reportedly fallen, and casualties and destruction mounting across the Polish capital amid a broader winter offensive.
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Czesie
Poland
Kranowa
Stein
Sertin
East Prussia
Carpathians
Warsaw
Lublin
Wersaw Q
Stalin
Gregory K. Zhukov
RED Army
Berlin Admits Army Unable To Stop Reds
London reports Berlin concedes German army cannot meet Russian superiority frontally as reserves are kept for counter measures. German officials describe Poland fighting in Wagnerian terms and urge drastic home-front effort amid reports of ferocious combat in East Prussia.
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Berlin
London
Martin’ Hallensleben
DNB
Ensleben
Poland
Cam
Fromi Time
Veelkircher’ Beobachter
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