Allies Push On Roer Front Amid Ardennes Retreat
Western Front reports British and American forces advancing toward the Roer river line as St Vith falls to American troops amid heavy air bombardment. In the east Red Army presses along the Oder and targets Breslau and Konigsberg while in the south patrols clash near Bologna as snow halts activity. Paris dispatch notes a German troop and tank exodus from the Ardennes toward the Russian fronts with Allied air forces disrupting trains and rail facilities.
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Solid
Roer River
St. Vith
Reich
Ardennes
Strasbourg
Nazi
Colmar
Red Army
Oder River
West Bank
Breslau
Berlin
Oppeln
Silesian
Poznan
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Paris
Roger D. Greene
Dusseldorf
Hannover
Montgomery
Luxembourg
Belgium
Germany
Heinsberg
Wurm
Munchen Gladbach
Seventh Armored
Sren
Vianden
Alsace
Seventh
Haguenau
Colomar
London
Oppelin
Gleiwitz
Brieg
Cosel
Oder
Moscow
Associated Press
Ivan Konev
Reuters
Konev
Briegi
Stalin
Czechoslovakia
Ukraiian
Rodion Malinovsky
Rozsnya
Kassa
J Polca
Ae Berlin
Latvia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Elbing
Baltic
Junkers
Stern
Ailesia
Lelwitz
Tihe
Silesia
Marshal Zhukov
Krakow
Makow
Jablunka
Moravian
City Well Ahead Of State Quota For Xmas Seals
Clarke County report shows Winchester sales exceed local goals but miss state quota while county totals surpass last year. Local efforts credited to larger mailing list and two seal sheets. Officials note potential to hit $3,500 local target with returned purchases.
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Winchester
Clarke County
S. J. Crockett
Clarke County Tuberculosis Association
Waves Of Yanks Converge On Clark Field In Luzon
American forces move toward Bamban and Capas on Luzon as Maj. Gen. Griswold’s columns approach Clark Field. Artillery silenced and enemy positions reduced while Yanks cross the Capas stream and push toward Bamban for a possible stand along the Bamban river.
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Richard Bergholz
MacArthur
Luzon
Clark Field
14Th Army Corps
Oscar W. Griswold
Barban Town
Bamban
Spencer Davis
Associa Press
40Th Division
Capas
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Griswold
Germans Thought Preparing For Desperate Stand
London report notes optimism over Red Army advances while Germans may pull troops back for a potential desperate stand inside the Reich. Moscow casualty figures cited include 65 000 killed and 25 000 captured in Poland first week, plus 60 000 killed and 21 000 captured in 10 days, with overall German forces on the Eastern Front estimated at 1.5 million.
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London
Red Army
Reich
Moscow
Poland
Ivan S. Kone
Ukraine
Public Sale of Arthur Home and Orchard Saturday
Public sale announced for the B. F. Arthur home and orchard set for Saturday February 10 1945. The notice lists sale location and terms. A separate item promotes a square dance at Virginia Tavern on January 25 with music by Uncle Joe and His WFMD Band.
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B. F. Arthur Home
Virginia Tavern
Uncle Joe
WFMD
Price Sale on Women's Shoes at Galore Store
Three day sale offers reduced prices on specific shoes. Gold Cross style drops from 6.95 to 3.50, Mode art from 7.95 to 3.95. All shoes priced 5.00 reduced to 2.50 and 5.95 to 2.95. Bring ration book number for purchase.
Laid Keel of S. S. Winchester January 18
The keel of the S. S. Winchester U. S. Maritime Victory Ship was laid January 18 at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore. Garland Quarles said launching could be later than hoped but aims for early February. He noted funds and gifts are secured and Mrs. B. B. Dutton will sponsor the ship.
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S. S. Winchester
U. S. Maritime Victory
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Garland Quarles
Winchester
Quarles
Snow Flurries Cease But Cold Weather Is Forecast
Weather officials forecast clearing skies and colder conditions tonight and tomorrow. Snow flurries began the day and ended by afternoon with winds easing. temperatures rose from 25 to 37 degrees by mid afternoon.
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Mercury
Wanted Lady Driver for Sales Work with Advancement
Wanted notices offer a permanent sales position for a lady driver with salary and commission. Interview via calls to 5671 or 5973. Also listed Oates Lumber Yard selling stove length wood with contact 6414.
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Oates
Armed forces heads brief Congress on war progress and national service drive
Washington reports say Gen. George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest J. King and Secretaries Stimpson and Forrestal spoke at a three hour meeting with Congress. The session aimed to bolster support for a national service bill though politicians differed on its urgency. The House Military Committee signaled tentative approval of a draft bill to compel 18 to 45 year olds to take essential industrial jobs.
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Washington
Congress
George C. Marshal
Ernest J. King
Stimpson
Navy
Forrestal
Rayburn
Wadsworth
R-Ny
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Marshall
Military Committee
Draft Board
War Mobilization
Jones Testifying On Cabinet Feud
The Wallace Jones cabinet feud dominated a Senate Committee hearing with Jesse Hy Jones, a 70 year old former commerce secretary nominee, testifying amid partisan lines. Henry A Walshace, nominated as Wallace's double role, was invited to testify the next day as the panel shifts focus to a bill to divide financial duties from the commerce secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Hy Jones
Houston
Roosevelt
Commerce Committee
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Jones
Commerce
Wallace
George
D-Ga
New Allied Landing Reported on Burma Coast
Allied forces claim a new landing on Burma’s west coast southeast of Akyab and establish a bridge head a mile southwest of Kangaw. Strong enemy counterattacks were beaten off as Myebon peninsula operations continue following the prior capture of Akyab and Ramree Island invasion.
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Soule
Herters
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Akyab
South Asia Command
Cyebon Peninsula
Kangaw
Myebon Peninsula
Ramree Island
Myebon Peninsul
Roosevelt Dog Blaze Sparks Senate Inquiry
Senator Stewart vows to spare neither man nor beast as a priority flight incident prompts a Congressional inquiry. The Memphis forced removal of three airmen to accommodate Blaze the English bull mastiff aboard a Roosevelt family plane triggers calls to review travel priorities.
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Washington
Senator Stewart
D.-Tenn
Roosevelt
Blaze
Memis
Stewart
Hollywood
Bridges
Memphis
City Suffers From Colds And Bronchitis Says Health Officer
Dr. L. M. Allen, Winchester city health officer, reports many residents with colds and light bronchitis but no reports of whooping cough or scarlet fever. Few complications arise and countywide respiratory ailments are noted. County clerk Lee Whitacre adds many potential jurors are ill when summons issued.
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L. M. Allen
Winchester
Allen
Lee Whitacre
Haldeman Named Shawnee District School Trustee
The Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board elected Paul M. Haldeman as Shawnee District school trustee to fill the unexpired term of George Bywaters who was elected June 7 1944 but did not qualify. The term runs until July 1 1946.
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Frederick County
Paul M. Haldeman
Shawnee
Haldeman
George Bywaters
Gen Lear Appointed Deputy Commander in European Theater
Paris January 24 Lt Gen Ben Lear is named deputy commander in the European theater focusing on American administration of troops. He previously led U S Army ground forces, a post he took in July 1944 after Lt Gen Lesley McNair was killed.
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Paris
Ben Lear
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Lear
U. S. Army
Lesley McNair
Executed Anglo American Agents Reported by Germans
Berlin broadcast says 18 Anglo American agents were captured behind German lines in Slovakia and executed by firing squad. The group included the American Green and the Briton Ehmer who posed as a major, allegedly sent to sabotage and spy for the Anglo American interest.
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London
Slovakia
Transocean. Naz 1
Berlin
Transocean
Green
Breakfast At Sardi's broadcast features Staff Sgt Leslie Carper
Heard on the network radio show Breakfast At Sardi's this morning the city’s Staff Sgt Leslie Carper was highlighted on the blue network program broadcast from Hollywood California.
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Leslie Carper
This City
Hollywood
Califore
Front Royal Decides on New 1945 Census Plan
Front Royal will conduct a 1945 census by the U S Bureau of the Census and allocate 600 dollars for the project. Warren County Supervisors may receive requests to extend funding countywide. The measure follows rapid population growth linked to a rayon plant and its expansion, affecting wartime commodity allocations.
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Front Royal
Front Real Town
U.S. Bureau of Census
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Chamber of Commerce
American Viscose Corporation
Perkins To Stay As Labor Head
Washington January 24 Roosevelt rejected Frances Perkins resignation and she will continue as Secretary of Labor. Perkins had intended resignation as formality and planned to leave Washington after the inauguration.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Shoe price cuts and ration tips in wartime ad
Page 3 column notes show women’s shoes reduced from 695 to 350 with limited run of Gold Cross shoes. Mode art shoes priced at 87.95. Ration Book presented as required to purchase. Includes catalog codes and short reference Ys (1-24-1p-1t).
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St. With
Yavxs
The
Bologna
Big
U. S
Bulletin
Martishal Stalin
Judson O'Quinn
Mar'ais
Wallace-Jones
Winchester Evening Star
Europe
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