MacArthur Advances Closer To Manila With Two New Landings
General MacArthur announced two fresh landings on Mindanao as Allied air strikes hit Formosa and Okinawa. Carrier air groups, flying from battleships and carriers, hammered Formosa and the Ryukyus while heavy B 29s from Saipan leveled Nagoya. Clark Field near Manila faced continued bomber and fighter assaults.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Ryukus
Formosa
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Mini
Manila
U. S
Okinawa
Federal Communications Commission
Carriers
Nagoya
Nippon
Honshu
Chester N. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Allied Forces Press Forward in Belgian Bulge Offensive
American First Army infantry and tanks pushed three miles forward in a new offensive on the northern bulge by 3 am, continuing through a snowstorm. Patton’s Third Army faced heavy German counterattacks near Bastogne as Von Rundstedt expanded his southern flank with ten divisions. The Seventh Army reported blunted threats near Bitche while Patch pressed gains on the Saar front.
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Paris
First Army
Belgian Bulge
Supreme Headquarters
George S. Patton
Third Army
Bastogne
101St Airborne
von Rundstedt
Seventh Army
Lorraine
Bitche
Alexander M. Patch
Saar
Rhine
German Palatinate
Wissembourg
Saarlautern
Saarland
Reipertswiller
Saverne
Strasbourg
Bulge
Rochefort
Hodges
Grandmeni
Patton
Nazis Mount Big Counter Drive In Eastern Zone
Moscow dispatch reports a major German counteroffensive blocking Russian lines to relieve Budapest. German armor and infantry attacked from Komarom, with Soviet forces yielding ground near the Danube and the capital under heavy bombardment as air battles rage above Budapest.
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Moscow
Budapest
Vienna
Komarom
Danube
Soviiet
Red Star
Nagoya Smoldering After Fourth Nagoya Raid
War department reports heavy daylight bombing of Nagoya by B 29s from Saipan with up to 100 aircraft. One bomber lost, several interceptors damaged, fighter opposition described as moderate. Kobe Osaka and Hamamatsu targeted. Nagoya is a major Japanese aircraft hub.
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Washington
Nagoya
Japan
War Department
21St Bomber Command
Ioine
Associated Press
Vern Haughlin
Guam
Tokyo
Kobe
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Honshu
New 29
Iwo Jima
Iwo
Haha Jima
Bonins
Sanpan
Volcano Islands
Eee Een
Mar
Coalitionists Strengthen Opening of 79th Congress
In Washington the 79th Congress opens with a coalition of Republicans and Democrats seizing control to make the Dies committee permanent. Speaker Rayburn urges harmony as the new balance and the Senate power dynamics foreshadow tough battles ahead over investigations and administration priorities.
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Washington
House
Congress
McCormick
Massachusetts
Istration
Rayburn
New Congress
Biian
Ramk
Georgia
Dies
American Legion
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
9Ares
Ways and Means
Byrnes
Huntsberry Promoted to Full Colonel in World War II Army
Word arrived that W Abner Huntsberry was promoted to full colonel by General Eisenhower. He serves on General Hodges First Army staff in Belgium and Germany. He is a West Point graduate from 1933 with prior service in the Philippines and at Fort Benning and New York forts. He is married with three sons and has a brother in the Navy.
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W. Abner Huntsberry
Eisenhower
Col. Huntsberry
Ral
C. H. Hodges
First Army
Belgium
Germany
W. E. Huntsberry
West Point Military Academy
Gen. Hodges
Philippines
Fort Benning
Forts Hamilton and
Jay
New York State
Leavenworth
Kas
West Point
Huntsberry
Handley Schools
Reedsville
N. C
Charles W. Huntsberry
San Diego, Calif
Hats and Bags $1.00 Buzzella's Shop
Buzzella presents a sale featuring hats and bags priced at one dollar. The promotion highlights affordable items and draws shoppers to the store for bargain accessories.
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Buzzella’s Shop
McAuliffe Says Nuts To German Surrender Demand At Bastogne
Brig Gen Anthony C McAuliffe refused a German demand for surrender at Bastogne with Nuts a defiant reply The exchange was recounted as Lt Gen George Patton Jr awarded McAuliffe the Distinguished Service Cross during a Dec 30 visit to the 101st Airborne Division in the U S Third Army region
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Paris
Ger
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Bastogne
McAuliffe
U. S. Third Army
George §. Patton, Jr
101St Airborne Division
Heroes of
Germans Capable Of Making War Months To Come
Information from inside Germany, discounting Nazi propaganda, indicates that German armies with new weapons are a fighting force capable of non effective resistance for months. Reinforcements remain available and V weapons are being produced in underground factories in the Reich and in Czechoslovakia.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Jan
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Corea
Czechoslovakia
Three Accidents Reported In City
A series of accidents were reported to city police yesterday and today. Frank McDaniel of RFD 2 Winchester faced a hearing this afternoon on a charge of leaving the scene. Police say McDaniel’s Ford coupe struck two parked cars on Piccadilly Street in front of the Baptist Church.
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Frank McDaniel
RFD 2
Winchester
McDaniel
Piccadilly Street
Baptist Church
Transportation Is Found Critical
The Office of Defense Transportation urged communities to recognize a critical transportation situation and push programs of staggered hours traffic control car sharing and other conservation measures to keep workers moving to and from jobs to supply the army and navy.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
Navy
30 County Men To Enter Service Next Tuesday
Thirty Frederick county men are to report next Tuesday January 9 for induction into the armed forces. The men will leave by bus from Winchester. Listed are Richard Zirkle Crisman Eve lyn Junior Omps James Robert Russell Harry Hedges Guard Léonard Billy Pangle Arthur Gladstone Shipe Loring McDaniel Doyle Eugene Ryman Earl Lee Ponton Melvin Baker Johnson Wade Theodore Dunn Kenneth Harold Godlove Alfred Lee Hicks Clifford Byrd Anderson William Jackson Rickard Russell Ward Anderson Raymond Pierce Miller Russell Lee Bayliss Murphy Purcell Leake Clarence Norwood Orndorff Charles Willie Hodgson Ernest Cather White Russell Lee Sager Paul Emanuel Smoke Ashby Sherwoon Brill William Carson Shoemaker Roy Daffin White Raymond Lee White James Ward Shoemaker Leo Dellinger Everett transferred in.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Richard Zirkle Crisman
Evelyn Junior Omps
James Robert Russell
Harry Hedges Guard
Léonard Billy Pangle
Arthur Gladstone Shipe
Loring McDaniel Doyle
Eugene Ryman
Earl Lee Ponton
Melvin Baker Johnson
Wade Theodore Dunn
Kenneth Harold Godlove
Alfred Lee Hicks
Clifford Byrd Anderson
William Jackson Rickard
Russell Ward Anderson
Raymond Pierce Miller
Russell Lee Bayliss
Murphy Purcell Leake
Clarence Norwood Orndorff
Charles Willie Hodgson
Ernest Cather White
Russell Lee Sager
Paul Emanuel Smoke
Ashby Sherwoon
Brill
William Carson Shoemaker
Roy Daffin White
Raymond Lee White
James Ward Shoemaker
Leo Dellinger Everett
S. Sgt. Robt. Warren Wounded In Belgium
Mrs. Elizabeth Warren of Cedar Creek Grade is notified that her son Staff Sgt. Robert R. Warren was seriously wounded in Belgium on December 21. He is with the 119th Infantry and has previously been wounded last summer after serving in France Belgium and Germany.
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Elizabeth Warren
Cedar Creek Grade
Robert R. Warren
Belgium
Warren
119Th Infantry
France
Germany
Air Attacks On Germany Pressed By Allied Force
Allied air forces pressed attacks on Germany for the 13th straight day as U S bombers from the south attacked with fortresses and liberators from Italy while weather slowed westward raids. The Eighth Air Force from Britain flew 18,000 sorties over 12 days, delivering about 26,000 tons of bombs on forward western front targets.
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Germany
London
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Reich
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Eighth Air Force
Western Front
U. S
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Holds January Meeting and Election
The Sarah Zane Fire Co. will hold its regular monthly meeting and annual officer election on Friday evening January 5 at 8 p.m. All members are requested to attend. Capt. Loryn M. Crabill notes the call.
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Sarah Zane
Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Charley Rouss Fire Co Elects Officers for 1945
Notice states the Charley Rouss Fire Co will hold a meeting Friday evening January 5 at 8 o clock for the election of officers for 1945. All members are urged to attend. President David F. Hottle.
Ice Cream Store to Close Mondays Until Further Notice
Ice Cream shop Peopless Ice Cream Store will close every Monday indefinitely according to owner Amos Mauck. The notice provides no reopening date and affects weekly operations.
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Peoples
Amos Mauck
Highlights Of World At War
Western Front reports heavy fighting around Bastogne as the 101st Airborne and German armor clash. First Army gains in northern and southwestern Belgian bulge. Eastern Front sees a major German counteroffensive to relieve Budapest. Russians say they are gaining the hand in the crisis. Pacific Front notes large American air operations over Formosa and island targets. Superforts return from raids on homeland and U S bombs hit the Philippines. Southern Front reports Canadian forces taking Corentello with heavy German casualties. ELAS reacts to the appointment of John Sofianopolous to foreign affairs in Greece.
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Danube
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Losong
Lucenec
Slovakia
Budapest
Sacher
Losonc
Western Front
101St Airborne
Bastogne
Belgian Bulge
Formosa
Awa Islands
Homeland
U. S
Philippines
Corentello
Elas
John Sofianopolous
Acute Labor Shortage Persists in Winchester as 568 Jobs Remain Open
The Winchester U S Employment Service reports 568 job vacancies as of January 1 amid ongoing labor shortages. National Fruit Product Company seeks 225 women and 50 men to process a record apple surplus, with storage limits and rising spoilage concerns.
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Walter M. Shade
Winchester
United States Employment Service
W. W. Hunt
Fairmont Avenue
National Fruit Product Company
Hunt
Shade
Pront Royal
Friendship Fire Company Elects Officers Meeting Note
Friendship Fire Company convenes Thursday January 4 at eight o clock for officer elections. All members urged to attend. Marion Anderson, Captain.
Sarah Zane Fire Hal on Thursday Evening
Local event announces a fire hal for Thursday January 4 at 8 30 pm with prize money totaling 300 dollars. Readers are invited to attend and compete for prizes in the program.
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Sarah Zane
Hal
Greek cabinet formed under Plastiras after revolt
Gen Nicholas Plastiras took the premiership in Greece pledging full restoration of state authority. The new cabinet mixes liberal figures with leftist ties and ELAS members, while John Janopolous assumed foreign affairs amid a reshaped government. The aim includes restoring public services, punishing Axis crimes, and aiding relief and rehabilitation.
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Athens
Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
Rene
Elas Tives
Tlt
Plastiras
ELAS
B. C
Mnet
Treme
John Janopolous
Greek Agrarian Party
Elemerents
I Metaxas
Sofianopolous
Paris
Italy
Union of the Left
Agrarian -Socialists
Company 115 To Drill Friday New Members Needed
Captain W A Baker of Gomis 115 Virginia State Guard announced the first drill for the new year will be held at the armory Friday night at 7 30 oclock. About 10 men are needed immediately to replace members called into service. Interested men will be welcomed by the company staff. Regular meetings occur each Friday night for two hours.
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W. A. Baker
Gomis
Virginia State Guard
Capt. Baker
Ter
Wood for Sale at Oates Lumber Yard
Stov e length wood available at Oates Lumber Yard. Contact number 6494 for details and pricing.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Cal
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Francis M. Lemay
W. A. Huntsberry
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