Paris Suburbs Bombed and German Front Under Pressure
American heavy bombers with RAF fighters struck targets in the Paris area and along the German border as the daylight raid neared its climactic finish. Berlin reported Ludwigshafen and Mannheim were bombed, while Russian forces pushed deeper toward the Bug river, reaching within 30 miles of its banks as they split Von Mannstein's retreating forces.
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W. W. Hercher
London
France
Paris
Renault
Seine Island
Billancourt
Gnome- Rhone
Ludwigsshafen
Germany
U. S
Reich
Pas de Calais
Folkestone
Dungeness
French
Berlin
England
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Rhine River
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
I. G
Parthenia
London Herald
Moscow
Bug River
von Mannstein
Bug
Dnieper
Kiev-Zhmerinka
Vatutin
Dniester River
Rumania
Schools Not To Open Monday Because Of Flu
Winchester and Frederick County schools will stay closed until Monday January 10 due to widespread respiratory illness. Superintendent Garland R. Quarles and Leslie D. Kline cited doctors and health officials urging delay to reduce flu and cold spread. teachers told not to report until January 10.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Garland R. Quarles
L. M. Allen
Leslie D. Kline
Quarles
Allies Land Large Scale Raid on Italian Coast
Allied Fifth Army troops conducted a large amphibious raid along the west coast of Italy north of the Garigliano river and established a bridgehead. Minturno is the key city area. details were sparse from Allied headquarters.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Garigliano
Harold Alexander
Rome
Pontine
Berlin
Minturno
Tenth Army
Miners' Journal Attacks New Deal as Dead and Used for War Time
TheUnited Mine Workers journal denounces the switch to a Win the War slogan as belatedly acknowledging the death of the New Deal. It accuses the president and Republicans of exploiting wartime unity and questions the timing of shifting from a New Deal emblem to political messaging amid postwar plans.
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Washington
The
United Mine Workers’ Journal
John L
Lewis
Wendell
Labo
United States
Cpen
Army Control Of Railroad Lines May Be Extended
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt facing rejection from 15 non operating unions over wage arbitration. Unions demand a ruling on overtime and reject the proposed basis, arguing sub standard wages are not tied to overtime. With no settlement in sight, government control of seized railroads may extend indefinitely as carriers appear ready to accept the President’s terms.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt's Cold Escalates to Grippe Says White House
Washington December 31 The Presidents cold has turned to grippe with a fever of about half a degree. Rear Admiral Ross McIntire the Presidents aide says he will remain in bed today and likely tomorrow. The day has been proclaimed a day of prayer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Malaria Obstacle Highlighted by Major Smith in Pacific
Major George H. Smith of the United States Army Medical Corps told Rotary Club members that malaria and other mosquito borne diseases are a serious obstacle in the Pacific. He, recently returning to the U.S. for hospitalization, spoke under military censorship and could share few details of his wartime experiences.
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Pacific Area
Major Smith
George H. Smith
United Steins Anne Medical Corps
Rotary Club
Smith
South Pacific
United States
City Health Officer Urges Calm Over Illness Fears
Dr L M Allen, city health officer, says there is no alarm and no illness to fear. He advises parents to keep children home from movies if illness affects them and notes schools closed until January 10 due to large gatherings.
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L. M. Allen
Work To Continue In Steel Mill
Pittsburgh dispatch reports President Philip Murray of the United Steel Workers urges mills to keep workers at their posts as contracts near expiration. He notes the nation faces a grave test with the European invasion and emphasizes that the union will not strike. The reference recalls a prior 1944 episode where 214 companies and 170000 workers were involved before a War Labor Board pay guarantee ended the action.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers Union
Murray
Europe
United Steel Workers
War Labor Board
Ida Tarbell Ill With Pneumonia
Bridgeport Conn Dec 31 Ida M Tarbell dean of American women was reported critically ill with pneumonia today at the Brictal.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ida M. Tarbell
American Woman All
Power Of God Theme Of Weeklong Prayer Services
The Week Prayer services run nightly 8 to 9 in Winchester at Christ Episcopal Church, starting Monday January 3. Rev E T Clark presides for Federated Council of Churches events with multiple ministers delivering sermons on topics from Evil's Hour to Strength For the Day.
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Power of God
E. T. Clark
Ministerial Association
L. G. Bridgers
Robert B. Nelson
J. S. Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
R. Whitten
S. L. Pickinger
C. R. Sinet
Church of Christ
John Teter
Ronald Wilson
R. W. Vancones
Information On Milk Prices Released
The War Price and Rationing Board announces March 1947 milk price options for on premise sellers. Approved fluid milk venues may use either the established March maximum or an adjusted Frede rick price of six cents per half pint if no higher price exists locally.
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Frederick Ae
Tioning Board
Marines Crush Japanese at Gloucester Cape in New Guinea
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Cape Gloucester and its airdrome were seized after a heavy Marine assault four days earlier. Krueger lists 700 Japanese killed with American losses described as unbelievably light as MacArthur observes aerial reconnaissance over Finschhafen and nearby valleys amid Australian advances.
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New Guinea
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Walter Krueger
U. S. Sixth Army
Gloucester
Douglas MacArthur
Krueger
MacArthur
Finschhafen
Ramu
Markham
Huon
Point
Allies Confident of Victory in 1944 Says Allied Leaders
Allied leaders express confidence that 1944 will bring deliverance as they announce closings in on the enemy and promise striking blows in multiple theaters. Halsey states readiness to strike in many places, while German sources forecast harsher year ahead and Moscow papers push a defeat for Nazis in 1944.
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Associated Press
Jacob L. Devers
Mediterranean
Royal Military College
Aldershot
England
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Germany
Friday Night Event At Rouss Fire Hall
The notice lists a weekly gathering every Friday at 8:00 PM at Rouss Fire Hall with details coded as 12-31-Pri.-1p-tf.
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Rouss
Barber shops close all day Saturday New Year's Day
All barber shops will be closed on Saturday January 1 for New Year's Day. The notice lists no exceptions and urges customers to plan accordingly.
Hitler Warns War Will End With Survivors Not Winners
London bulletins report Adolf Hitler warning in a New Year speech that the war will not produce victors or losers but survivors and annihilated foes. The message frames the conflict as total and exhausted, outlining a grim prognosis for Germany and its enemies.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Chinese Forces Reclaim Border Area Restoring Pre Campaign State
Chinese high command reports recapture of 10 around the border region near Soeans akual Mantrenen restoring the sector to its pre campaign conditions after Japan's rice campaign began November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cungking
Soeans Akual Mantrenen
German U boats sink ships and destroyers in Atlantic and Mediterranean
London dispatch reports German U boats have sunk five Allied merchantmen totaling 35 000 tons and three destroyers and damaged four other ships in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. New York dispatch says the Italian Bari radio reports the Allied Fifth Army captured the fortified village of San Vittore near Cassino on the road to Rome.
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London
Atlantic
Mediterranean
San Vittore
New York
Bari
Fifth Army
Cassino
Rome
Al Capone Gang Remnants Sentenced in Extortion Plot
Seven men including six described as remnants of the Capone mob were sentenced to long terms after conviction on conspiracy to extort and shake down motion picture magnates in a million-dollar scheme.
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New York
Seven Of Family Burned To Death In Baltimore Fire
Baltimore fire claims seven family members with two others injured one saved by police and firefighters who reached the second floor. The blaze on an upper floor trapped children as rescuers withdrew. the dead include Joseph Edwards Sr Carrie Edwards Cornetta Janette Rudolph Naomi Charlotte Ann Edith and others. One son in the Navy survived. Cause under investigation.
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Baltimore
Joseph Edwards, Sr
Carrie Edwards
Cornetta
Janette
Rudolph
Naomi
Charlotte Ann
Edith Edwards
Joseph Edwards, Jr
Colonial Kitchen New Year Ice Cream Phone Offer
Colonial Kitchen advertises a New Year ice cream phone line with contact details for orders and specials. The brief notice lists operating hours and a promotional message aimed at local customers.
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Colonial Kitchen
Russian Offensive Splits Nazi Supply Lines in Ukraine
Soviet forces break German lines across the Dnieper region cutting a key rail link near Kazatin. Red Army advances threaten Odessa Lwow traffic while pushing to the Poland border and the Dniester, with Von Mannstein’s divisions defeated and retreating as the Soviet thrust drives toward Kiev and the Poland frontier.
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Warsaw-Smela
Kazatin
Odessa-Lwow
Poland
Ukraine
Red Army
Dnieper Bend
Kiev
Virnitza
Upper
Bug
Virnnitza
Dniester
Fritz
von Mannstein
Korosten
von Cnet
Dnieper
State Highway Dept Reports Varied Winter Road Conditions
Richmond Virginia December 31 the State Highway Department described travel as fairly decent statewide. West of the Blue Ridge roads are nearly clear of ice with sand applied to slick spots. east of the Blue Ridge many roads remain dangerous though conditions are improving about 50 percent from yesterday with northern Virginia still ice crusted and Richmond district roads hazardous in spots.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Richmond District
Special Attention to Advertisers and Subscribers on Jan 1 1944
The Star will not be published Saturday January 1 1944 New Year’s Day a national holiday The Evening Star.
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the Star
Evening Star
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Caudron- Renault
Messerschmitt
RAP
United Nations
By Henry C. Cassidy
Leslie Kline
Allied
Miners’ Journal
New Deal
Raps
Army
Roosevelt Cold
Grip
Cal
Ida Tarbell
Tokyo
Domei
Hideki
Bulletins
Hitler
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