War Problems In Congress Favor Byrnes 4 F Plan
Administration backing to enforce James Byrnes 4-F work edicts faces new Congress. Speaker Reyburn and President Roosevelt discuss Byrnes wartime labor ideas while May plans to route 4-Fs into essential industry and Andrews warns of pay fairness issues. Military committee to study universal training.
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Washington
Jan
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Reyburn
D-Tex
Wth
Roosevelt
Byrnes
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Luce
R-Conn
Eilitary Committee
Andrews
New York
Martin
R-Mass
Messages Sent To 495,052 Homes In 1944
The 1944 casualty figures show 82,624 Americans killed in combat, 318,157 wounded, and 94,261 missing or interned. Of the dead, 70,676 were Army and 11,958 other services. wounded include 288,312 Army cases.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Acorn Heights Wood For Sale At Odies Lumber Yard
Wood for sale at Odies Lumber Yard phone 6414. Stove length wood available. Peoples Ice Cream Store will be closed Mondays.
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Odies Lumber Yard
Peoples
Fall of Western Part of Budapest Nears Collapse
Report from London notes fall of Buda, western Budapest, appears imminent as Soviet forces press with motorized, artillery and flame thrower attacks. German troops reportedly driven from Buda with hundreds of captives, while additional blocks and positions were seized amid heavy bombardment and counterattacks.
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London
Buda
Danube
Budapest
Suman
Bcatean
Red Army
Three Car Collision on Route 50 Causes Minor Injuries
A three car crash on Route 50 near Winchester at 1 10 AM left one driver with a facial laceration and minor injuries. Debris and foggy slick roads contributed as David Hausenflanck’s parked vehicle blocked the lane, Reed’s 33 Ford hit him, and John Hall’s 39 Chevrolet struck Reed. All three face summons and citations for operator license issues.
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Winchester
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Arlie H. Reed
Cameron Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert DeHaven
David E. Hausénflanck
Reed
Hausenflauck
John Earl Hall
Rt. 2
Hall
Chevrolet
de Haven
Patton widens Bastogne salient amid German pressure on Seventh Army
Western Front dispatches say Patton broadened the Bastogne corridor by seizing Houmont Chenogne and surrounding roads. German counterattacks near Champs and Viller-la-Bonne-Eau were repulsed while Rundstedt strains against the Seventh Army near Bitche and along the Rhine show limited gains. In other theaters Allied advances and enemy air losses are noted as 1944 moves toward victory continue.
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Associated Press
Patton
Bastogné
von Rundstedt
Seventh Army
Holland
Bastogne
Hubermont
Wardin
Echternach
Bourg
Aled
Marsha von Rundstedt
George 8. Patton, Jr
Houmont
Chenonge
Third Army
U.S. First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Champs
Viller-La- Bonne-Eua
Moircy
7Th Army
Bitche
Rhine
Sevral
Belgian Bulge
St. Hubert-Wiltz
Attacks on Luzon Island by U S Planes
General MacArthur's headquarters reports U S air strikes against Lingayen Gulf destroying several ships including three destroyers and multiple transports. Japanese ammunition trains were attacked on southwest Luzon while Marine Corsairs wrecked an ammunition train and destroyed locomotives near Batangas.
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Batangas
Mindoro Island
Mindoro
San Jose
Lingayen
MacArthur
Kiwanis Club To Install Officers In 1945
Winchester Kiwanis Club plans a noon luncheon on January 3 at the Sarah Zane Fire Co Hall to install 1945 officers led by President Dr R H Kerlin with John J Warner as vice president Andrew Bell secretary treasurer and Ben F Arthur Sam C Brooks Eugene B Cooper Leonard I Miller Garland Quarles C Arthur Robinson and F Grove White as directors. The program includes a retiring president report and committee announcements.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
Sarah Zane Fire Co
R. H. Kerlin
John J. Warner
Andrew Bell
Ben F. Arthur
Sam C. Brooks
Eugene B. Cooper
Leonard I. Miller
Garland Quarles
C. Arthur Robinson
F. Grove White
Herman I Pifer
Nimitz Welcomes Russian Participation in Pacific War
At Pearl Harbor Jan 2 a press conference by Admiral Nimitz acknowledged the possibility of Soviet involvement against Japan. He said yes to welcoming Russian participation on our side, while noting the strategic value of British fleet support and the ongoing 1944 war progress in the Pacific including successes against ships and aircraft.
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U. 8
S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Eee
Tae
Pravda
Pacific
Nimitz
Saiuan
China
Great Britain
Saipan
Sbmarines
Douglas MacArthur
Blizzard Strikes Ohio. Dozens Rescued From Snow Drifts
Bowling Green Ohio reports up to 86 people rescued from six foot high drifts after a sudden blizzard swept across the state. The highway patrol and rescuers worked through the night to reach marooned motorists and passengers. many were taken to Findlay area hospitals for treatment.
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Bowling Green
Here
Oos Ohio
Findlay
Sub, Three Other U S Ships Lost in War Areas
The Navy reported the loss of a submarine the LSM 318 and two PT boats in the Philippine area and the PT 311 in the Mediterranean. The landing ship medium was sunk during a Japanese air attack off Ormoc December 7. Casualties include the Harder crew of 65 and PT boats with 52 and 11 to 5 men. Next of kin of all casualties and severely wounded have been notified.
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Washington
Philippine
Mediterranean
Ormoc
Navy
School Bus Route Changes After Mt View Fire
Frederick County School Board met in January to approve bus schedule changes following a fire that destroyed Mt View school. Buses Fout Sager Frank and James Adams will shift pupils among Gore Hayfield Star Tannery Gainesboro and Catlett area with transfers to Gore or Gainesboro as needed. Meeting also approved bills and set February 5 for the 1945 1946 budget discussion.
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Mt. View
Mt. View School
Gore High School
Star Tannery
Sager
James Adams
Hayfield
Frank
Catlett
N. W
Gore
Miller and Davies
Larrick
Gainesboro
Admiral Ramsey Reported Killed in Paris
Paris dispatch reports Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, Allied naval commander, killed today. Ramsey led the Dunkirk rescue of 385000 British and French troops and commanded naval operations of the western invasion under General Eisenhower. He was regarded as a world expert on planning and organizing large sea operations.
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Paris
Bertram Ramsey
Supreme Headquarters
Bertram
Dunkerque
Eisenhower
Ex-U S Navy men tied to saboteur espionage case
FBI details two former sailors linked to a Nazi espionage ring. William C Colepaugh, 26, a U.S. citizen from Niantic Connecticut, and Erich Gimpel, 35, a German radio engineer, landed near Hancock Point in Maine after a submarine run. They surfaced at night with $60,000, pistols, drafts, and secret inks.
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New York
FBI
Spector Earl Connelly
PBI
Connelly
J.edgar Hoover
Maine
Hoover
Navy
William Cureus Colepaugh
United States
Niantic
Conn
Erich Gimpel
South America
Roosevelt to Meet Churchill and Stalin Soon
Senate Leader Barkley said President Roosevelt indicated plans to meet with Churchill and Stalin sometime soon after Roosevelt’s fourth term inauguration. The exact date and place were not revealed, with speculation about a prompt UN trio meeting. The annual state of the union message to Congress was expected next Saturday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
White House
Senate
Barkley
House
McCormack
United Nations
Heavy Luftwaffe Response Fails In Daylight Air Battles
Allied and German air forces clashed over Europe with heavy bomber formations striking Coblenz and a Hannover oil facility while German raids penetrated to tree top level. In total, hundreds of fighters and bombers were downed as ground defenses claimed numerous wrecks.
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Coblenz
Berlin
Hannover
Pfc. Robert W. Brown Killed on Leyte Island
Mr and Mrs Otis W Brown of Cross Junction formerly Wheatfield section received a telegram saying their son Pfc Robert W Brown was killed in action December 5 on Leyte Island He was the first local boy named among casualties in the Philippine invasion Brown attended the Lebannon and Strasburg schools.
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Otis W. Brown
Cross Junction
Wheatfield
Pfc
Robert W. Brown
Leyte Island
Pfc. Brown
Lebannon and
Strasburg
S. Sgt. John Unger Wounded In France
Mrs. M F Unger of Berryville reports her son Starr Sgt L Unger was wounded in France during World War II. The family confirms the overseas injury as part of the war danger in Europe.
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John Unger
France
M. PF. Unger
Berryville
Starr Sgt. L. Unger
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U. S. Pacific Sea
General MacArthur
U. S. Coast Guard
Asrarien
U. S S
Luzon Island
Leyte
Burma
U.S
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Evening Star
China Coast
Frederick County School Board
Ramsey
U.S. Navy
The
Hancock Point
Frenchman's Bay
Howard Conn
Pfc. Robt. Brown
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