Ousting Of Jones Could Spark Open Quarrel In Senate
The Senate Finance Committee chair George of Georgia proposes splitting the federal loan agencies from Henry A. Wallace’s control as Commerce Secretary nominee. Southern Democrats and Republicans oppose Wallace, signaling a heated confirmation fight over his multibillion dollar lending post.
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Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
Wallace
White House
Iowan
United States
Jones
Tarlac Falls to Yanks in Luzon Advance
General MacArthur announced Tarlac in central Luzon, a key rail and highway junction near Clark Field, was captured by American forces after Japanese destruction left the city smoking. The seizure puts Allied lines closer to Manila and 22 miles from Clark Airfield.
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General
Tarlac
Fronts Update From War as Allies Advance and Axis Stands
Western Front reports say Americans push into Wiltz and St Vith and advance toward Vianden as Germans retreat to the Siegfried Line. British extend from Belgium to northwest, snow slows French drive below Strasbourg while Americans repel attacks above Alsace. Eastern Front notes triple invasion toward Poland and East Prussia with Breslau within reach. Soviets near Baltic and Moscow says Red Army close to Breslau. Italian Front mentions raiding in heavy snow. Pacific Front reports Americans near Lingayen Gulf on Luzon, 65 miles from Manila, with two airfields captured. Tokyo notes raids on Formosa and Ryukyus.
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Siegfried Line
Belgian Bulge
Strasbourg
Wiltz
St. Vith
Viander
Alsatian
Silesia
East Prussia
Poland
Berlin
Tannenberg
Baltic
Moscow
Red Army
Breslau
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Manila
Tarlac
Capital
Tokyo
Formosa
Ryukyus
Allied air strike wrecks 3000 German vehicles in Ardennes retreat
Paris reports Allied warplanes pounded transport to pieces along two Siegfried Line escape routes. The 3000 German vehicles formed the bulk of an army’s supplies as Nazi forces retreated toward the Rhine, with pilots saying the targets could not be missed. The strike threatened to immobilize part of Von Rundstedt's mobile reserves.
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Paris
Ardennes Salient
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Sein
Falaise
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Air force reports destruction of German vehicles in Ardennes retreat
Paris dispatch says the Nineteenth Tactical Air Force destroyed more than 830 German motor vehicles today in attacks on columns fleeing from the Ardennes.
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Paris
Nineteenth Tactical Air Force
Ardennes
Allied Forces Break Through Toward Wiltz Center
U S Third Army pushes into Wiltz Luxembourg center after night advance across the Wiltz river as First Army closes on St Vith. Eisenhower lists 14 towns captured in Belgium and Luxembourg while British forces push toward Dusseldorf and near the Roer River in a fresh two mile advance.
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U. S. Third Army
Luxembourg Road
Wiltz
St. Vith
U. S. First Army
Eisenhower
Belgiurd
Luxembourg
Dusseldorf
Roer River
Social Security Board urges changes to broaden coverage
The Social Security Board asked Congress to fix defects in the Social Security Act to strengthen social stability and economic progress. Recommendations include extending unemployment insurance to 15 to 20 million excluded workers and expanding old age and survivors insurance to 20 to 25 million more employed or self employed individuals. Proposals call for disability and sickness insurance with about 7 million sick or disabled daily affected and wage losses totaling 3 to 4 billion dollars yearly. Also urged are higher maximum weekly benefits to 25 dollars with dependents, 26 week benefit duration.
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W. Ton
Social Security Board
Congress
Winchester and Frederick jail committees meet Thursday
The Winchester Common Council and Frederick County Board of Supervisors will hold a joint meeting Thursday night to study a recent local jail report. Rice M. Youell, Commissioner of the State Department of Corrections, will attend the session to discuss the findings.
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Winchester Common Council
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Rice M. Youell
State Department of Corrections
Youell
Post War Council to Sponsor Essay Contest in Schools
Frank Armstrong Jr. announces an essay contest for high school seniors tied to the Lown Meeting on Post War planning at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Friday January 26 at 8 pm. Eligible are senior classes from Frederick County and Winchester High schools. Essays must be 500 words or less and due by February 12, 1945. Judges are Coordinating Council members. prizes include a $25 War Bond, $10 War Stamps, and $5 War Stamps from O Sullivan Rubber Company.
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Frank Armstrong, Jr
Winchester and
Frederick County
Winchester
Coordinating Council
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Kitchen fats drive totals 28 365 pounds in 1944
Mrs. Robert B. Grove reports Winchester and Frederick County housewives contributed 28 365 pounds of used kitchen fats for 1944 with a 2 363 pound monthly average. March led collection at 3 174 pounds and July dipped to 1 825 pounds as totals trended downward.
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Robert B. Grove
Winchester
Frederick County
Grove
Bombers Brave Wintry Gales Across Ruhr Front
London reports two hundred Flying Fortresses bombarded a synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade in the Ruhr while under heavy gales. Mustangs from Britain escorted the raid as NATO air forces pound targets across Germany and occupied areas.
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London
Sterkrade
Ruhr
Britain
Rhine
Germany
Kassel
Hannover
Austria
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Ardennes
Miles C. Dempsey
Sittard
Mediterranean
U. S. Eighth Airforce
Dewey Praises Brownell's Work At National Committee
Governor Dewey endorses Herbert Brownell Jr as doing a grand job as chairman and writes to committee members while absent from the mid winter meeting. Brownell outlines a four year plan to defeat Democrats in 1946 elections and 1948 presidential race, stressing guard against misuse of party machinery for personal ambition.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican National Committee
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey
Brownell
Raps
Full Employment Bill Proposed by Murray and Colleagues
Senator Murray of Montana today introduced a sweeping full employment bill with Democratic support from Wagner Thomas and O Mahoney. The plan would declare the right to a job, require federal action to achieve full employment, and require a yearly national production and employment budget to guide expenditures.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Montana
Wagner
New York
Thomas
Utah
O' Mahoney
Wyoming
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Company 115 Leads VSG Drill Attendance
The Virginia State Guard units showed attendance led by Company 115 in November with Capt. W. A. Baker reporting three officers and 88.75 percent enlisted. Berryville and Emporia near 57.08 percent. Armory inspections for Berryville on April 24 and Winchester on March 20 will cover administrative and training parts.
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Winchesser Company
Virginia State Guard
Virginia Guardsman
W. A. Baker
Emporia Berryville
Winchester
Berryville
Soviet Forces Break Through in East Prussia and Poland
Stalin announced captures of Aleksandrov near Lodz and Insterburg in East Prussia as Russian armies push toward Konigsberg. Reports say Cherniakhovsky's tanks approach 26 miles from Konigsberg while fighting rages around Oppelin and Silesian rail centers and other positions near the Vistula and Kalisz.
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Insterburg
London
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Stalin
Konigsberg
Moscow
Cherniakhovsky
Pe Petia
Tannenberg
East Prussian
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Deutsch — Deutsch Eylau
Baltic
Danzig
Insterbure
Uerisches Haff
Oppelin
Silesian
Germany
Warsaw
Communiqtie
Torum
Vistula
Kalisz
Bertin
Was Captured By The Germans Pit
Mrs Mary Lee Steward of 414 South Cameron street learned in November her husband William M Steward was missing in action in France A War Department telegram Saturday said an enemy propaganda broadcast mentions Steward as a prisoner of war and more details would follow A second Saturday message from other relatives confirmed the broadcast others in New York and Philadelphia heard the report
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William M. Steward
Mary Lee Steward
South
Cameron Street
France
War Department
Enmy
Pleas Made For Doomed Men in Cairo
In Cairo on January 22 a mercy petition addressed to the V I and Prime Minister Churchill remained the last hope for two Jewish nationalists sentenced to die for the assassination of British diplomat Lord Moyne. Elahou Bet Souri and Eliahou Hakim were informed their clemency petitions were denied by the Grand Mufti.
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Cairo
Elahou Bet Souri
Eliahou Hakim
Red Army Breaks First Oder Line in Silesia
Moscow reports the Red army breaking the first defense line east of the Oder in Silesia as Russian forces push toward East Prussia. Rokossovsky’s tanks approach 10 to 11 miles from the main railway linking East Prussia with Berlin while Zhukov shells the railway approaches.
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Germany
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Oder River
Silesia
East Prussia
Baltic
Reich
Tannenberg
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Berlin
Poland
Gregory A. Zhukov
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Post War Council
Winchester Evening Star
Jack Bell
Francis J. Kelll
Torun
Pvt
William Steward
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