Reds Launch Heavy Assault Deep Inside Germany
Allied and Soviet forces push into Germany on multiple fronts. The 78th Division drives three miles into the Siegfried line through snow near Monschau, while the Third Army widens its Our river bridgehead toward two miles. Soviet spearheads close on Berlin from Brandenburg and Pomorsk, with heavy air raids on Munster and Cologne.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Monschau Forest
Germany
First Army
Belgian Bulge
Courtney H. Hodges
Third Army
West Wall
Ardennes Forest
Third
Wechenhausen
Prum
Stupbach
Belgium
Holland
Berlin
Hollandsch Diep
Rotterdam
Roer
Dusseldorf
Ardennes Front
Reich
Nessel Meer
Zuyder Zee
Ruhr
Munster
Paderborn
Detmund
Hamm
Cologne
Maas
Meuse
Kleve
Antwerp
Ijssel
London
Moscow
Kustria
Oder
Warthe
Brandenburg
Colt
Pom
Gregory Zhukov
Oder River
Silesia
Elbing
Anigsberg
East Prussian
Prisesia
Zhukov
Baltic
Stettin
Due East
Gilmore
Oderne
Frankfurt
Glogau
Ivan Konevs
Konev
Pomerania
Adolf Hitler
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Armored Forces Advance Toward Calumpit in Luzon Campaign
Armored Sixth Army units swept past San Fernando toward Calumpit on Luzon’s Pampanga river, advancing north of Manila as Gen. MacArthur announced the seizure of San Fernando. Japanese casualties on Luzon exceed 25 000 versus American 4 254 with 1 017 killed.
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Richard C. Bergholz
MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
San Fernando
Manila
Calumpit
Douglas MacArthur
Baguio
Philippines
37Th
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Bataan
Nando River
Vital Junction
Pampanga River
Pampanga
Bataan Peninsula
Move to shield manpower bill from FEPC fight
The House Labor Committee moved to expedite permanent FEPC action as the floor fight over manpower delays looms. A subcommittee led by Rep Randolph will review ten FEPC bills Thursday, with the full panel to decide Friday. No further hearings were planned, relying on last year’s record as the debate on expansion of civil rights amid draft issues intensifies.
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William F
Washington
House Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Rep
Randolph
D-Wva
FEPC
Norton
D-Nj
House
House Labor Group
Labor Committee
Hook
D-Mich
Nt Into
Hopkins Encouraged By Talks In Europe Ahead Of Big Three
Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt adviser, met Pope Pius in Rome and conferred with De Gasperi as he gathered insights for Roosevelt before the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin summit. He said London and Paris talks with Churchill Eden De Guelle Bidault gave encouragement for Allied postwar Germany plans and cooperation. London and Geneva broadcasts noted the big three meeting was underway or near.
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Rome
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Pius
Hopkins
Churchill
Stalin
Alexander Kirk
U. S
Italy
Paris
Alcide de Gaspert
London
Eden
de Guulle
Bidault
Germany
Marshall Stalin
House of Commons
Russia
Wounded Berryville Sgt Bill Lee Receives Purple Heart
Word from Berryville reports Staff Sergeant Robert E. Bill Lee wounded in Germany and awarded the Purple Heart. He served in Belgium hospital care after action in France and Germany and trained at Camp McCain and Fort Jackson.
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Berryville
Robert E
Bill) Lee
Taylor Lee
Germany
Belgium
Set. Lee
Camp McCain
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
Fort Jackson
U S. C
England
France
Cpl
Lynwood Lee
Allied leaflets urge German acceptance before big three talks
Paris dispatch reports Allied propaganda leaflets explain unconditional surrender and promise Geneva Convention protections for Germans not tied to war crimes. The leaflets aim to ease German public fears and sway opinion ahead of the meeting of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, with speculation of a possible joint call for surrender.
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Paris
Casablanca
Hodgson & Brown Cash for Watches Ad
Hodgson and Brown advertise cash for watches clocks and old gold. Oates Lumber Yard offers wood for sale and stove length wood. Cal 6414 appears as a contact or listing note from 12 29.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Cal
Berlin Food Riot Ends in Police Firefight
Berlin dispatch reports police shot into a throng of starving women as refugees overturned a truck of potatoes wounding 37. A foreign worker was killed by bullets amid hunger in the capital. Dozens died frozen in cold as refugees riot for bread and fuel.
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Bern
Berlin
Feuille D'Avis de Neuchatel
Neuchatel
Pfc Barley Receives Purple Heart for France Wounds
Pfc. Lewis M. Barley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Barley of Stephens City, has been awarded the Purple Heart for slight wounds received January 10 in France. His wife Ruth Barley and their son Gary reside in the city. Barley is attached to the rent aay.
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Lewis M. Barley
Miller Barley
Stephens City
France
Ruth Barley
Gary
Barley
Rent Aay
Tribute By Byrd To Col Halsey
Senator Byrd of Virginia lauds Col Edwin A. Halsey secretary of the Senate who died in a Washington hospital at 63. He praises his four decades of service and calls his loss irreparable to the Senate and Virginia. Funeral services will be held at Washington Cathedral with Lt Ed Halsey Jr arriving from the west coast and widow Mary Younger Halsey of Lynchburg surviving him.
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Washington
Edwin A. Halsey
Senate
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Colonel Halsey
Capitol Hill
John W. Daniel
Glass
Washinggton
United States Senate
Washington ‘Cathedral
Charles Warner
St. Alban's
Halsey
Ed Halsey
Navy
West Coast
Mary Younger Halsey
Lynchburg
Allied forces destroy hundreds of German vehicles in triangle strike
Bulletin from Paris reports Allied planes destroyed nearly 700 German vehicles yesterday in the triangle formed by St. Vith Trier and Bonn. A second item from Canberra says the Duke of Gloucester was sworn in as governor general of Australia in a six minute ceremony in Parliament House.
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Paris
St. Vith
Trier
Bonn
Supreme Headquarters
Canberra
Australia
Duke of Gloucester
George VI
Senate
Parliament House
Labor costs rise in mid November to mid December
Labor Secretary Perkins reports a 0.3 percent increase in prices of living essentials from mid November to mid December. She cites seasonal gains in fresh fruit and vegetable prices and continued scarcity of low price textiles.
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Washington
Perkins
Sinatra to report for new draft exam February seventh
Frank Sinatra, currently 4-F but ordered by the Jersey City draft board to undergo a new physical examination, said he will leave Hollywood to report for induction procedures on February 7.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Jersey City
N. J
Naval guns pound Dutch planes in the Schelde area
Admiral Burrough says Allied naval forces can hit German held western Europe from the North Sea to the Schelde estuary. Captain Pugsley commanded the Walcheren assault guarding the northern entrance to the Schelde leading to Antwerp. Numerous Rhine and Meuse influenced Dutch islands remain under enemy control.
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Walcheren
Harold M. Burrough
Germany
Western Europe
Antwerp
North Sea
A. F. Pugsley
Schelde
Holland
Rhine
Mass
Meuse
Police Log Shares Curious Run of Complaints
City police logged a quirky array of calls yesterday. A Peeping Tom was reported at 328 Highland Avenue and a dog on Shawnee Avenue barked incessantly. A run-away boy was picked up near the bus terminal on Shawnee. Media Virginia asked for help locating a missing person. A pocketbook with gas coupons was lost. A Marine who had been working in a hospital kitchen vanished. A drunken man entered a residence at 210 South Loudoun Street.
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Highland Avenue
Shawnee Avenue
East North Avenue
Media
Citizens
S. Loudoun Street
Wallace Expects Helping Hand From Roosevelt
Washington January 30 Henry A Wallace faces a pivotal moment as President Roosevelt could decide his political future by backing Wallace for Commerce Secretary. The chance hinges on Roosevelt's support to rescue Wallace from uncertain nomination as Wallace waits for Senate action likely Thursday.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce
Agriculture
Senate
Pfc Joseph H Snapp Reported Killed in Action in Belgium
War Department reports Pfc Joseph H Snapp son of Mr and Mrs Paul Snapp formerly of this city now of Monessen Pa killed in action in Belgium January He was nineteen, a Handley graduate 1943 who enlisted in the ASTP and studied at Gainesville College Florida before transfer to infantry going overseas October 1944 He is survived by parents and other relatives in this city
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Joseph H. Snapp
Paul Snapp
Monessen
The
War Department
Belgium
Handley
ASTP
Gainesville College
Florida
Infantry
Pfc
Snapp
Striking Officer Leads to 250 Dollar Fine
Booth a Rust Construction worker staying at the Washington Hotel received a 12 month sentence with half suspended for striking Officer Thompson and threatening Officer Lowery after a court hearing. Hilton admitted driving the car involved in a Saturday night collision on Piccadilly Street and was fined.
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Caoter
Nard Booth
Rust Construction Company
Wee Washington
John Rice
Booth
Lowery
Thompson
William Buford Hilton
Rust Company
Hilton
Piccadilly Street
Light Snow Forecast for Area With Temperature Variations
The extended forecast for January 31 to February 4 shows light to moderate snow in the northern area and occasional light rain or snow in the south. Temperatures will run near normal in the north and substantially below normal in the south with little change. Zone 5 notes several intervals of light snow totaling a moderate amount and consistently below normal temperatures.
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West Virginia
Square Dance Virginia Tavern Music by Uncle Joe
Square Dance at Virginia Tavern on Wednesday night January 31 with music by Uncle Joe and His Barn Dance Gang at WPRMD Frederick Maryland.
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Square Dance
Virginia Tavern
Uncle Joe
Barn Dance
Frederick
Income Tax Service at W Boscawen Street office
J H Seal offers federal income tax return preparation with evening hours from 6 to 8 PM at 208 West Boscawen Street Room 1. Available weekdays through January and January 31.
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W. Boscawen St
J. H. Seal
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