Stalin Announces Capture of Kirovograd in Dnieper Bend Drive
Soviet dispatch reports Kirovograd fell to the Second Ukrainian Front after a bold enveloping maneuver. About 100000 German troops were routed as Soviet forces widened the breach to 75 miles and advanced 19 to 31 miles in four days of heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Second Ukraiian Front
Ukraine
Stalin
River Bend
Reds Batter Deep Wedge
Reds batter deep wedge as Advante units press the drive into Revno province and approach within 12 miles of Sarny. Konev forces near Kiev threaten 164 miles southeast of the capital while fierce fighting rages in Kirovograd amid shell fire and cut Nazi defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirovograd
Rovno
Old Poland
Klesow
Revno
Yatutin
Ivan
Konev
Kiev
High mm
British Broadcasting Company
CBS
Sforza Sees Communists Weakening In Postwar Italy
Former foreign minister and Italian opposition leader Sforza says the Reds are strong but not as strong as they think. He predicts they will form a major postwar political group but warns religious and family ties limit their appeal. He notes the Communist threat to withdraw from the National Liberation Committee but doubts Italy will be swayed by fervent sectarian influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Sforza
Formost
Italian Committee of National Liberation
Staliane
Jollifie's Studio to Reopen on January 15
Local studio Jollifie's will resume operations starting January 15 after renovations. The reopening marks a return to service for clients and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jollifie
Roanoke Physicals Draw 26 Local Men for Draft
Twenty six Roanoke area men report for final physicals to determine induction into armed forces. The group includes five volunteers and many pre Pearl Harbor fathers from Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Pearl Harbor
City
Winchester
Strikers Ignore Official Order To Resume Work
17,000 workers at Cramp Shipbuilding remained idle after Navy Secretary and CIO union leader Green ordered an immediate return to work. A War Labor Board meeting set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. featured a rebuke to wartime strikers as Knox urged loyalty to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Secretary of the Navy
War Labor Board
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
Knox
Hearing on Rail Wages Sparks Presidential Board Action
A special Presidential Board summoned railroads for a hearing on wages. Unions threaten conditional participation while carriers seek broader review including 4 to 10 cent hourly increases ordered by President Roosevelt. Unions plan separate meetings to decide action amid a broader fight over bargaining principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Blood Donor Volunteers Pass Three Quarter Mark Of Quota
Blood donor volunteers near three quarters of the target with 101 more donors, most being repeat donors. Officials urge new and younger volunteers ages 18 to 59, with consent for those under 21, to meet urgent needs and support ongoing clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winchester
Don
Transporta Sten Ky Ain Troe
Romania Moves Factories Inland as German Front Advances
Amid German eastward pressure Romanian authorities order evacuation and relocation of factories to mountains in Bucovina and Bessarabia to avoid Soviet advances. Civilians abandon railways, peasant carts and cattle drive goods inland while frontiers tighten and cadets receive orders not to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Budapest
Basler
Basler Nachrichten
Chisinau
Romania
Rapier Nachrichten
Yugoslavia
Russia
Red Army
Rumania
Moldavia
Stalin
Britain
Thrace
Macedonia
Peninsula Cations
Bulgaria
Black Sea
German Raider Is Sent Down
In Rio de Janeiro on January 8 the Brazilian government service Agencia Capt. C. E. Blaine and United States South Atlantic National joined in reporting that the enemy raider was sunk. The officer was quoted as saying the opponent was the target of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Agencia
C. E. Blaine
United States
Highlights Of World At War
Soviet forces launch a major offensive on a 62 mile front along the Dnieper Bend routing five corps and taking 120 villages in three days. Berlin says the drive aims to trap Nazis or push them back to the Bug river. Allied forces push Cassino and Perugia areas as bombers hit rail yards and airfields. British Mosquito raids target German sites while chemical plants at Ludwigshafen raise alarm. Rumania begins dismantling border factories as Soviet pressure grows. Allied planes sink two Japanese barges at Rabaul harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnieper Bend
Berlin
Bug River
Soviet New Year Offensive Keeps Foe Off Balance
London dispatch reports the Soviet New Year offensive disrupts German expectations on invasion timing. Allied coordination cues suggest the western front may open in spring, with April or May seen as likely but uncertain due to mud delays and mounting Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Paris
Berlin
Fatal Blow Dealt Chemical City
London reports Britain's Mosquito bombers raided Germany for the seventh consecutive night hitting Ludwigshafen after a daylight American attack. Stockholm's Morgen Tidningen cites private reports that blockbusters and incendiaries caused giant fires, with the I G Farben poison gas works at Ludwigshafen said to be heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Germany
Western Reich
Ludwigshafen
Stockholm
I. G. Farben
Allied Bombers Jab At Supply Routes Of Japs
Allied planes target Japanese supply lines in the Southwest Pacific. 30 barges and two ships struck at New Britain and New Guinea while a Japanese cargo ship and destroyer were hit near New Ireland. Solomon Islands raids sink two troop barges in Biance Bay. Knox notes the fleet avoids engagement until better odds. Fighting continues around Cape Gloucester and Saidor as Australian forces push up the Huon Peninsula. Chinese troops, aided by the US Air Force, mount a new drive to clear Japan from Burma and Yunnan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Cape Dampier
New Ireland
Bianche Bay
Rabaul
Knox
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Saidor
Huon Peninsula
Burma Road
Yunnan Province
China
U. S. Army Air Force
False Alarm Sends Fire Trucks On Early Morning Run
E. W. Argenbright said there were no clues about who made a false fire alarm last night at Bickers Motor Company on North Braddock street. Fire trucks from three companies answered around 12:30 a.m. after the alarm lit at 10:45 a.m. The operator hung up without details and no fire was found. a second alarm proved false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Argenbright
Bickers Motor Company
North Braddock Street
Argenbright
South End
Ames
Clark's Americans Storm At Cassino
Allied forces push toward Cassino from San Vittore after a 40 hour house to house battle. Fifth Army advances ten miles on a front spanning central Italy while Mt Porchia and Mt Maio strengthen northern pincers as snow delays larger moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Algiers
San Vittore
Cassino
Rome
Via Casilina
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
San Vttore
Guisto
Rome Road
Mt. Porchia
Tia Mmbnient
Denodinen
Tertivyheosere
Revere
11Th Army
Mt. Maio
Viticuso
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Cairo
Canada East
San Tomasso
General Service Act Proposed by Roosevelt for Universal Service
The Army and Navy Journal reports President Roosevelt is expected to urge Congress to enact universal service next week. It argues the measure is needed to counter German propaganda and wartime weariness. General Marshall is cited as criticizing railroad and steel strike threats as a great tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Roosevelt
Congress
of States
the Journal
George C. Marshall
Five Army Men Die In Crash
Five Army men were killed and two injured when a B 26 Marauder bomber crashed into a field near Kellogg Field in Battle Creek Michigan at 9 30 am. The crew radioed engine failure and attempted a belly landing before the crash. Authorities did not confirm the fate of two crew members who escaped. State Police reported the crash site was observed from nearby farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Army Air Base
Kellogg Field
David E. Bales
Perry
Bates
Army Hospital
C. B. Miller
Death summons W. K. Vanderbilt
William Kissam Vanderbilt, 65, former president of the New York Central Railroad and a leading figure in the Vanderbilt family, died at 12 32 a m today in New York after a long illness. He was a director on the railroad’s board and a member of its executive committee. He was a grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and leaves a widow and other survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
wWilliam Kissam Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Florida
United States
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Harold
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin
REDS
Henry C. Cassidy
Sarny
Cramp Shipyard Union
Esceveesess
Allen Richardson
Virginia Woolen Company
O’sullivan
Pps
The
L. A. Clarke
Hungary
U. S S
Perugia
Fiume
Western Europe
Chemical
Balkans
Pacific
Rabaul Harbor
Emphasizing
Cloucester
James F. Long
Kurt Dittmar
Ludwig Sertorius
Norway
Chemical City
Morrie Landsberg
Clark
General Service Act
Winchester Evening Star
W. K. Vanderbilt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!