Noose Tightening As Allied Armies Press Berlin Front
Allied forces push toward Berlin from the west and south as numbers press the Siegfried line. American and French troops seize towns near Colmar and advance toward Germany through snowbound terrain. Russians near Warsaw Berlin road and Oder river defenses tighten under pressure.
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Berlin
St. Vith
Germany
Siegfried Line
Colmar
Paris
First Army
Bullange
Herresbach
Holxheim
West Wall
Colmar Canal
Upper
Alsace
Strasbourg
Third
Our River
U. S. Ninth
Roer
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saarbrucken
Sumatra Oil Field Raids Reported
The Singa pore radio claimed 145 carrier planes raided the Palembang oil fields in Sumatra for two and a half hours at midday with bombers and fighters focusing on the refinery. 44 attackers were shot down, though no Allied confirmation yet.
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Associated Press
Singapore Radio
Palembang
Sumatra
Federal Communication Commisson
U. S. Spearheads Fight Their Way Closer To Manila
General MacArthur reported Sixth Army spearheads approaching San Fernando Luzon as Rosario fell in a major breakthrough. Angeles captured by the 37th division near Clark Field. American forces moved toward Bagiuo from Sison while North Luzon defenses shifted. Fierce fighting persisted at San Manuel and Fort Stotsenburg as Japanese counterattacks were repelled.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
San Fernando
Manila
Rosario
Angeles
Clark Field
37Th
40Th
Arayat
Mexico
San Fernado
Bataan
Manila Bay
First Army
Sison
Baguio
Philippines
Benguet
Douglas MacArthur
San Manuel
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Fort Stotsenburg
Hopkins Confers With British Officials On War Posture
Hopkins visits London and Paris meeting Churchill and De Gaulle and travels to Rome to see Pope Pius XII in an information tour ahead of the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin talks. Diplomats speculate on a possible surrender call to Germany amid Russian advances and a western push toward Berlin.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
Paris
Churchill
General de Gaulle
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Hokins
Hopkins
Europe
Roosevelt
Stalin
Germany
Berlin
Eisenhower
West
Commons
Gen
de Gaulle
U.S
John G. Wiant
Eden
Moscow
Navy Cross Awarded To Captain Carson
Captain Joseph M. Carson U S N received the Navy Cross for actions on 24 October 1944 during combat near the enemy. He exposed himself to fire while directing operations that helped destroy a large enemy force and inspired his group with courage and clear judgment. He recently returned from a year and a half in the Pacific and is stationed at Glen View Tl. He is married to Evelyn Weaver of Riverton Virginia.
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Seventh Fleet
United States
Joseph M. Carson
U. S
Virginia Soldier Wins Croix de Guerre with Italian Front
Technical Sergeant Robert S. Baker of 710 South Washington Street is among 17 Virginia servicemen awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil for aiding French troops with the Fifth Army in Italy. He serves with the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion and participated in Operations around Siena and surrounding towns. Baker heads overseas for a third year this July.
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Robert S. Baker
W. F. Baker
South
Washington Street
Virginia
Baker
894Th
Fifth Army
Italy
Poggibonsi
San Gimignano
Castelfiorention
Germans Bleed Western Front as Air Force Withdraws
Unofficial estimates show at least 25 percent of the German air force in the west pulled to the eastern front. Western air activity has fallen off for about ten days as Russian advances and Ardennes withdrawals affect German morale and desertions rise in several areas.
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U.S. Ninth Army
Eastern Front
Western Front
Ardennes
Registered Hog Sale Friday in Winchester Virginia
The Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association holds a winter sale at Virginia Livestock Auction Yards in Winchester on Friday February 2 at 1 o'clock. Berkshire Duroc Jersey Hampshire Hereford O S C and Poland China hogs will be sold. all hogs are purebred and registrable. Frederick consignors include Duroc Jersey breeders Edward O Carpenter and Lucian Brumback.
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Virginia Purebred
Edward O. Carpenter
Lucian Brumback
Roosevelt Denies Asking Delayed City of Los Angeles
James Roosevelt says he did not request a delay to hold the City of Los Angeles. The Manhattan Limited from Washington was six hours late due to bad weather. Conductor C W Klein Feltner reportedly did not send a telegram. officials could not confirm any Pullman telegram.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Washington
Pen- Bee Manhattan Limited
E. W Everson
Chicago and Northwestern
Roosevelt Col. Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Manhattan Limited
C. W. Kleinfeltner
Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Colvell Ene
Road
Pullman Company
Pullman
Everson
Army
Navy
Marine
Lynne L. White
Northwestern
Pvt Roy Orndorff Killed In Action In Belgium
Mrs Mildred Orndorff of Mt Falls Route near Winchester learns from the War Department that her husband Pvt Roy F Orndorff died January 4 in Belgium from wounds in action. He was 26, entered service August 2 1943, trained at Camp Hood Texas and shipped overseas last February. He left farming and fruit company work before enlisting. A last letter dated December 31 from somewhere in Germany spoke of Christmas boxes and hopes to be home next December 25. He is survived by his wife two brothers Richard and Kenneth and several half brothers and other relatives.
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Mildred Orndorff
Mt. Falls
Winchester
War Department
Roy F. Orndorff
Belgium
Henry Orndorff
Pvt
Orndorff
Camp Hood
Texas
Armed
National Fruit Company
Germany
Richard Orndorff
Kenneth Orndorff
Pennsylvania
Martha Richad
Mt. Palls
Peeping Tom Reported to City Police
W B Weber of E Kern street reported a man peering into a kitchen window. The intruder argued when spoken to and fled as police were summoned.
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W. B. Weber
E. Kern Street
Weber
Car Stolen From Lusian Bannister In Richmond
Lusian Bannister of 109 W Cork Street reports his 1932 Auburn convertible coupe stolen last night. Virginia license 461-185. Police issued an alarm.
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Lusian Bannister
Cork Street
Virginia
JBT Old Timers Organize Exhauster Roosters Club
Pred Ritter announces a 7 pm meeting at the Golden Glow Restaurant to form a Winchester JBT veteran group called the Ex hausted Roosters. Over 36 former JBT members may join, with officers Exuberant Gizzard president Second Joint vice president Exhausted Recorder secretary treasurer. About 50 eligible locally.
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Pred Ritter
Golden Glow
Ritter
No Compromises On Labor Draft
Washington reports show the House will fight a showdown over limited national service for men 18 to 45. Debate will focus on an anti closed shop amendment and backing for the Fair Employment Practices Committee with a decision expected by Friday. The bill, written at President Roosevelt’s request, prohibits leaving essential jobs without draft board approval and enforces penalties for noncompliance.
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Washington
House
Fair Employment Practices Committee
May
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Draft Board
Senate Secretary Halsey Dead at 63 in Washington
Col Edwin A Halsey secretary of the Senate died at Doctors Hospital from heart ailment tied to preparations for Roosevelt's fourth term inauguration He served since 1897 as an employee and since 1933 as secretary He is survived by his widow and a son Navy Lt Edwin A Halsey Jr
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Washington
Edwin A. Halsey
Senate
Doctors’ Hospital
Roosevelt
Col
Halsey
Tye River
Col. Halsey
William H. Mann
Virginia
Navy
Edwin A. Halsey, Jr
Officer On Trial As Train Looter
Lt. John W. Springer faces the first U S general court martial over railway battalion looting. He is charged with receiving looted Army supplies and money, conspiracy to defraud, and failing to prevent looting of supply trains for front lines. Alleged items include looted dragettes valued at about $3,000 in the black market.
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Wade Werner
Paris
U. S
John W. Springer
United States
Springer
Berlin unrest and refugees surge in battlefront city reports
Paris and Brussels radios cite riots in eastern and southern Berlin as police and troops quell unrest. Refugees arriving in Halle and Frankfurt on the Oder demonstrate over food shortages amid reports of Volkssturm deployments.
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London
Paris
Stockholm
Berlin
Reich
Brussels
Halle
First Allied Truck Convoy Reaches China Via New Ledo Road
More than 100 Allied trucks entered China over the Ledo Burma road completing a 900 mile India to Kunming journey. Chiang Kai-shek hailed the event as a omen defeat for Japan and proposed naming the road after Gen Joseph Stilwell. Maj Gen Hurley declined the proposal. Wedemeyer predicted heavier blows against Japan after completion.
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Chungking
China
Kunming
India
Ch Kaishek
Japan
Buma
Wanting
Chiang
United States
Joseph W. Stilwell
Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
Stilwell
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Butler Case Heard By Court
The case against Sylvester Butler from Stephens City pleaded guilty to statutory rape. Frederick Circuit Court heard the matter this morning with jurors excused. Judge Burr P. Harrison will decide tomorrow. Witnesses included Clarence Robinson Charles Edward Brown and Asa Turner. five school attendance cases also await trial.
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Sylvester Butler
Frederick
Burr P. Harrison
Butler
Stephens City
Harry Kern
J. Sloan Kuykendall
The
Commonwealth
Clarence Robinson
Charles Edward Brown
Asa Turner
Trial Justice Court
Russian push near Berlin drives on as East Prussia falls
Reports from Berlin and Moscow describe Russian forces advancing east of Berlin and encircling Königsberg while liquidating East Prussia. Luftwaffe and artillery battles persist in Breslau and Poznan as Soviet tanks test positions north and east of the German capital.
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London
Berlin
Berlin-Danzig
Moscow
Gregory
Brandenburg
Berli
Zhukov
Stettin
Konigsberg
Breslau
Oder
Poznan
Torun
Poland
East Prussia
Dabrowa
Silesia
Federal Income Tax Returns Office Opens in Boscawen
The notice advertises tax return services with office hours until 6 P M or 6 P M at 208 West Boscawen Street Room 1. J H Seal is listed as contact.
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W. Boscawen St
J. H. Seal
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Konigsburg
Red Army
Iwo Jima Islands
New Ledo-China Road
James M. Long
Holland
Saarland
Ardennes Bulge
DeGaulle
Pope
Captain Carson
Roy Orndorff
Peeping
Winchester Evening Star
JBT
Reich— Konisburg
Oder River
Rudolf Semmier
Home Service
Rews
Hitter
Hitler
East
Oates Lumber Yard
Income Tax Service
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