Red Army advances amid Budapest siege as German relief fails
Soviet forces press the attack in Budapest with gains of over half the city while German relief columns attempt a breakout. Northwest of the Danube Malinovsky’s units push toward Komarom, capturing Izsa and nearby towns as signals point to weakening German resistance in the capital.
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Moscow
Budapest
Nanube
Danube
Rolion Y. Malinovsky
Komarom
Izsa
Bratislavia
Vienna
Red Army
Allies Push Deeper Into Belgian Bulge As Germans Begin Withdrawal
Allied forces report steady gains in the northern bulge with Patton’s Third Army advancing up to a mile and a half and within four and a half miles of Houffalize. Sixth Army Group seals Gambheim, while Hodges’ First Army threatens the last good roads near St. Vith. The Germans begin a measured withdrawal while snow and cold hamper operations.
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James M. Long
Paris
George
Patton
Third
Houffalize
Vielsalm
St. Vith
Bastogne
Luxem
Germany
Strasbourg
First Army
Sixth Army
Jacob L. Devera
Rhine
Gambheim
Bulge
Eisenhower
Courtney H Hodges
Salient
St. Vith-Houffalize
Second Army
Forriers
Hocister
Rewon Bure
Marshal Montgomery
Winchester and Frederick Game and Fish Meeting Friday
Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association holds a business meeting at City Hall on Thursday January 11 at 7 30 p m All members urged to attend and committee reports due at this time
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Winchester and
Frederick
Army Inspection of State Guard Units To Start Monday
Preparations were under way for an inspection by Third Service Command officers of the State Guards of Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania the area under the command. Regular Army and State Guard officers will begin Monday with Maryland and Pennsylvania units starting later.
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Army
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Bower Attacks Soviet Policy Over Poland
Cmdr Robert T Bower a Conservative MP and Saltburn Rotary speaker sharply condemned Soviet treatment of Poland. He said Stalin signed the 1939 non aggression pact with Hitler from pure self interest and remains a cold blooded realist whose policy has not changed.
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Saltburn
Yorkshire
Eng
Commons
Cmdr
Robert T. Bower
Poland
Bower
Stalin
Hitler
Clearance Sale Coats Depenses 14 to 1 at Hodgson
A local notice announces a clearance sale dominated by coats and depeses with odds quoted as 14 to 1 at the Hodgson address, listing Margaret L. Hodgson as organizer and date shown as January 10 1911.
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Coats Depesses
Margaret L. Hodgson
Form Women’s Bloc To Break Diaper Block
Washington January 10 The looming diaper shortage prompts nine women House members led by Rep Mary Norton to form a congressional bloc. They plan a meeting next week with inclusion of the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board.
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Washington
Mary Norton
House
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
WPB
Pfc Claude Ashby Seriously Wounded in France
Mrs. Bradford Tinsman of Berryville reports her brother Pfc Claude L Ashby was seriously wounded in France on December 15. No further details were released. Also a local lumber ad notes stove length wood available from Oates Lumber Yard. Cal 6414.
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Bradford Tinsman
Berryville
Pfc
Claude L. Ashby
Frince
Oates Lumber Yard
Handley Board Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Clifford D. Grim was elected president of the Handley Board of Trustees at the annual meeting. Charles H. Harper was named vice-president and C Vernon Eddy secretary treasurer. Eddy also elected librarian for the coming year. The annual report appears elsewhere in The Star.
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Clifford D. Grim
Handley Board of Trustees
Charles H. Harper
C. Vernon Eddy
Eddy
the Star
Peace Terms Debate Splits Nations at Hot Springs
At Hot Springs Virginia the Institute of Pacific Relations debates postwar terms for Japan. British delegates push preserving heavy industry while American and Chinese factions back allowing continued use for rebuilding. Dutch and American voices join clashes over aviation industry and pilot training limits.
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Hot Springs
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
21 Servicemen Die In Airliner Crash Near Burbank
Twenty one service members and three crew died when an American Airlines plane crashed near Burbank California. The missing craft was last sighted five miles north of Lockheed air terminal in La Crescent amid fog.
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New York
The
Armed Services
American Airlines
Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Amerian Airlines
Lockheed Air Terminal
la Crescent
Here
San Fernando Valley
Lockheed Air
el Paso
Texas
Palmdale
ATS Value Offers Bargain Priced Items
A catalog note advertises values priced from $1.00 and $1.95 up to $10.95. The list highlights low cost goods aimed at shoppers seeking budget buys. The ad emphasizes volume pricing and in store availability.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Luzon Beachheads Open as MacArthur Lands Forces
General MacArthur landed with tens of thousands at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon and set up headquarters as U S Sixth Army moved inland toward Manila. The invasion faced light Japanese opposition with minimal beach losses and heavy naval and air support, as transports and amphibious craft massed for a swift advance.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Sixth Army
Bataan
Corregidor
Walter Krueger
Lingayen City
San Fabian
Japan
Lingayen
Lingayen Beachhead under light Japanese resistance
War correspondence from Lingayen Gulf describes a near bloodless beach assault by American troops on January 10. Local Filipinos greeted doughboys with smiles as Japanese defenders withdrew, with six hours of fighting yielding 11 enemy snipers and minimal resistance inland.
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Lingayen
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Caraboao
Invasion May Free Prisoners
Washington reports about 6,000 American civilians remain in the Philippines and are expected to be freed when Luzon is liberated. Civilians mostly at Santo Tomas outside Manila. war prisoners still unclear and few expected to be freed after MacArthur's return. Japan has moved many prisoners to Japan. civilian internees unchanged. Estimates place American POWs in the Philippines around 13,000.
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Washington
Philippines
Luzon
Santo Tomas
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
MacArthur
Japan
State Department
Greece to hold general election at earliest moment
Premier Nicholas Plastiras of Greece pledged a general election as soon as possible to form a new government and let the people express their will freely. He promised no general proscription of ELAS forces who bore arms and said the duty of the government is to care for national interests until elections.
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London
Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
British Foreign Office
Plastiras
ELAS
Japan Battles Flames In Its Capital City
Japan faced Tokyo fires from Saipan based B 29 raids as part of the onslaught on the Philippines. About 40 bombers touched off fires in Tokyo and Honshu while other waves targeted Formosa. Japanese reports claimed negligible damage and observed enemy smoke from our batteries.
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Wasrington
Japan
MacArthur
Philippines
Formosa
Tokyo
Honshu
Saipan
British Drive Nazi Patrol Back In Italy
Allied forces report British troops pushing a 30 man Nazi combat patrol back from the Reno river’s south bank near the eastern Italian battle front. Severe winter weather limited activity to patrol sorties while Allied ships supported ground forces and air forces struck bridges in the Po Valley.
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Rome
Reno
France
Bombers Hit Malmedy in Mistake During World War II
U S strategic air forces admitted that liberators and Marauders bombed Malmedy Belgium by mistake while the town was held by American troops. Malmedy, a 5 000 resident town on the Vont Bulge north flank, had already been nearly hit by two Allied air attacks just before Christmas in a tragic error.
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N. Jan
United States Strategic Air Forces
Malmedy
Belgium
Inductions to Hit 900000 in First Half of 1945
Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson told Congress the armed forces will induct 900000 men in the first six months of 1945, about 150000 per month. He urged rapid national service legislation and supported work or fight for ages 18 to 45, with possible use of older workers shifting to war production. The War Department aims 900000 armed forces plus 700000 in war production and related duties.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Army
Patterson
House -Mill Committee
National War Service
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Mrs. Florence Willis 91 Dies at Winchester Home
Mrs. Florence V. Willis widow of William R. Willis longtime Winchester resident dies at 125 South Cameron Street after a year and a half of declining health She leaves two sons a daughter four grandchildren and a great granddaughter Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 PM from her residence with Rev W R Vanderberry and Rev S L Dickinger officiating Interment planned in local cemetery
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Florence V. Willis
William R. Willis
Winchester
Cameron Street
Fredericks County
Ladies National Memorial Association
Harry H. Willis
W. Carroll Wills
John A. Kern
Mary Katherine Kern
William B. Kern
Rebecca Kern
Bentley Kern
Laurie Kern
Frederick County
Pfc
Jack Kern
Holland
South
W. R. Vanderberry
L.ickinger
Temperature Drops as City Sees 12 Degree Noon
The city’s temperature fell from a 13 degree low last night to 12 degrees by noon. A Winchester Research Laboratory spokesman predicted a slight rise this afternoon. County schools remained closed due to unsafe road conditions and continuing accidents have been reported.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Leslie D. Kline
Steudent
F. M. Yellett
Cold Weather Widespread in State With Mixed Forecasts
The Associated Press reports very cold conditions across Virginia with delays and uncertain roads. The Richmond weather bureau warns of a shift as Thursday may see warmer coastal conditions while interior areas remain affected by cold.
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Associated Press
Virginia
State
Pet
Ang Fo
Richmond
Pr Coast
Cold Wave Sweeps East with Subzero Readings
An Associated Press report notes a cold wave moved from the Midwest into the seaboard and deep South, bringing subzero temperatures to northern states and extending to Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. The cold eased in many areas but Indiana and Ohio face continuing cold with more subzero conditions forecast tonight and tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Seaboard
South Atlantic
New State
Newland Sec
Pennsylvania
Louisian
Mississippi
Alabama
Indiana
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Bong Plans Quiet Return From War After Wedding
Richard I. Bong, the WWII ace and top American fighter, says he does not expect to return to combat. The 24 year old Major, from Poplar, Wisconsin, is reassigned in the United States and will marry his schoolgirl sweetheart Miss Jorie Vattendahl of Superior on February 10.
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Chicago
Richard I. Bong
United States
Poplar
Jorie Vattendahl
Murder charge filed against 13 year old in Scranton case
In Scranton Pennsylvania on January 10 a murder charge was filed against 13 year old Myron J Munchick. The boy reportedly admitted slaying Moe Barrett whose body was found January 3. President Judge Will ordered the youth held pending grand jury after a court appointed attorney entered a plea of not guilty.
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Scranton. Pa
Myron
Munchick
Savanna County
Moe Barrett
Will
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Game and Fish
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By C. Yates McDaniel
Winchester Evening Star
People of
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U.S
William F. Arbogast
Bong
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