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By Jack Gaver, United Press drama editor
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By Harry Grayson
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Major League clubs plan to continue baseball
Only grave reversal in European battle could cause blackout
By Jack Cuddy, United Press staff writer
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Yankees’ key figures –
Baseball men wonder what’s future of McCarthy and Barrow
By Leo H. Petersen, United Press sports editor
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Nations seek U.S. credits for post-war
Russia negotiating American purchases
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Philippine sugar industry despoiled under Jap rule
Island crop may never again reach pre-war production level as a result of misuse
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U.S. Navy Department (January 28, 1945)
CINCPOA Communiqué No. 244
A recapitulation of damage inflicted on enemy shipping in and around Formosa on January 20 (West Longitude Date) by aircraft of the United States Pacific Fleet is as follows: (Including damage reported in Communiqué No. 240)
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SUNK: Sixty thousand tons, including six oilers, two medium cargo vessels previously damaged, one medium cargo vessel, two small coastal cargo ships, four luggers, one medium cargo ship.
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DAMAGED: Sixty‑five thousand tons, including one large transport, two large oilers, one large cargo ship, three luggers, one destroyer, two medium cargo ships, four small coastal cargo ships.
Aircraft destroyed or damaged: 47 shot down, 102 destroyed on the ground, 162 damaged on the ground.
In attacks in and around Okinawa Jima in the Nansei Shoto, aircraft of the Pacific Fleet inflicted the following damage on the enemy on January 21:
- SUNK: 4 ships, 25 vessels.
- DAMAGED: 5 ships, 36 small vessels.
Aircraft destroyed or damaged: 28 planes burned on the ground, 40 planes damaged on the ground.
The two‑day operations cost our forces 15 carrier aircraft lost in combat.
Venturas of Fleet Air Wing Four made rocket and machine gun attacks on radio and lighthouse installations on Shumushu in the Kurils on January 25. On the same day, 11th Army Air Force Mitchells bombed installations on Torishima in the same group. Eight enemy fighters were encountered by the Army bombers which probably destroyed two and damaged four others. All our aircraft returned safely.
Army Liberators of the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas, bombed installations on Iwo Jima in the Volcanos through moderate anti-aircraft fire on January 25.
Two enemy fighters were seen in the air.
On January 24 and 25, torpedo planes and fighters of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing bombed enemy installations on Yap in the Western Carolines.
On January 25, Marine aircraft destroyed a building and bridge on Urukthapel in the Palaus, sank a barge near Babelthuap, and bombed Sonsoral Island southeast of the Palaus.
Neutralizing raids were continued by planes of FlARWing Two on enemy‑held bases in the Marshalls on January 26.
CINCPOA Press Release No. 1
For Immediate Release
January 28, 1945
FADM C. W. Nimitz, U. S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, today sent the following message to ADM William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, Commander, Third Fleet; VADM Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., USN, Commander, Submarine Force, and Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, USA, Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas:
The Third Fleet in the last four months has hit the enemy hard in the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, Formosa, Indochina and South China. It has demolished and damaged aircraft, ships and land objectives to a degree which has materially reduced Japan’s ability to make war.
It has paved the way for and covered the Philippine re‑occupation. It has written proud pages, in our nation’s history.
Submarines of the Pacific Fleet and the Army Air Forces in China and in the Pacific Ocean Areas have provided extremely effective cooperation and support and have continued to destroy the enemy wherever found.
Well done to the officers and men of these gallant fighting forces.
Oberdonau-Zeitung (January 29, 1945)
Der Druck der Sowjets an den beiden Flügeln der Ostfront hält unvermindert an
Amerikaner schildert Sowjetparadies
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Führer HQ (January 29, 1945)
Kommuniqué des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht
In Ungarn dauern harte Abwehrkämpfe zwischen Plattensee und Donau und im Westteil von Budapest an. 33 feindliche Panzer wurden hierbei vernichtet. Beiderseits der oberen Weichsel und im oberschlesischen Industriegebiet stehen unsere Truppen im schweren Ringen mit starken sowjetischen Verbänden, die weiter Boden gewinnen konnten. Ein Gegenangriff aus dem Raum Rybnik warf die feindlichen Vorhuten weit nach Nordosten zurück. An der Oder wurden zwischen Kosel und Breslau zahlreiche bolschewistische Angriffe abgeschlagen und mehrere feindliche Brückenköpfe beseitigt oder eingeengt. Bei Steinau gewann der Feind trotz hartnäckiger Gegenwehr auf dem Westufer der Oder Gelände.
Die Besatzungen von Lissa, Posen und Schneidemühl wiesen stärkere Angriffe der Bolschewisten ab. An der Obrafront lebte die Gefechtstätigkeit auf. Im Baum nördlich der Netze und nördlich Bromberg drangen die Sowjets weiter nach Norden und Nordwesten vor. Feindliche Vorstöße gegen Thorn wurden zerschlagen. Am Unterlauf der Weichsel kam es zu wechselvollen Kämpfen. Die Marienburg wird gegen heftige Angriffe gehalten. Der Angriff aus dem westlichen Ostpreußen gegen die Flanke der aus Elbing vorgestoßenen Panzerarmee drang bis in die Nähe von Preußisch-Holland durch. In seinem Verlauf vernichtete die niedersächsische 131. Infanteriedivision gestern 47 sowjetische Panzer. Gegen die Süd- und Ostfront Ostpreußens hält der feindliche Druck an. Beiderseits Königsbergs sind schwere Kämpfe mit eingebrochenen feindlichen Kräften im Gange.
Der Brückenkopf Memel wurde nach gründlicher Zerstörung aller militärisch wichtigen Anlagen, insbesondere des Hafens, geräumt.
An der kurländischen Front ließen die Angriffe der Sowjets nach. Südlich Frauenburg griff der Feind stärker an, wurde aber abgewiesen.
Schlacht- und Jagdfliegerverbände fügten auch gestern in den Kampfräumen der Winterschlacht im Osten dem Gegner hohe Ausfälle an Menschen und Material zu.
Im Westen sind an unserem Maas-Brückenkopf östlich Gertruidenberg erneut Kämpfe mit Kanadiern im Gange.
Bei starkem Schneetreiben wiesen unsere Truppen an der Rur Angriffe der Engländer ab, nur in St. Odilienberg südöstlich Rurmond konnte der Feind nach schweren Häuserkämpfen eindringen. Bei Vianden und südöstlich Remich wurden stärkere Angriffe der Amerikaner in unserem Hauptkampffeld aufgefangen.
Im Elsass scheiterten alle feindlichen Angriffe gegen unsere Stellungen am Roth-Abschnitt im zusammengefassten Feuer oder durch Gegenangriffe. Zwischen Schlettstadt und Kolmar verstärkten sich die Angriffe des Gegners über die Ill und führten zum Verlust von Drusenheim. Bei Sonnheim und Thann blieben Angriffe des Feindes erfolglos.
Vor der westnorwegischen Küste schossen deutsche Zerstörer im Artilleriegefecht mit einem Verband britischer Kreuzer einen der Kreuzer in Brand und beschädigten ihn außerdem durch mehrere Volltreffer schwer. Unsere Zerstörer setzten ihren Marsch fort.
Bei anglo-amerikanischen Terrorangriffen auf das westliche Reichsgebiet entstanden gestern vorwiegend Schäden in Wohngebieten von Köln und Dortmund. In der vergangenen Nacht warfen britische Terrorflieger Bomben auf Stuttgart, außerdem wurde die Reichshauptstadt durch schnelle Kampfflugzeuge angegriffen. Nachtjäger und Flakartillerie schossen 21 viermotorige Bomber ab.
Bei den schweren Kämpfen in Ostpreußen haben Volkssturm- und Alarmeinheilen unter der Führung des mit dem Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz ausgezeichneten Obersten Knebel überlegenem Feind tagelang den Übergang über den Pregel verwehrt und damit dazu beigetragen, daß der Zusammenhang der Front zwischen den Masurischen Seen und dem Kurischen Haff gewahrt blieb.
Hauptmann Everling, Kompanieführer in einem Panzerregiment, zeichnete sich südöstlich Libau durch besondere Kühnheit aus. Er stieß mit fünf Panzern in eine feindliche Panzerbereitstellung und vernichtete 17 Panzer des Gegners.
Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (January 29, 1945)
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Communiqué No. 296
Allied forces launched an attack in the area northeast of St. Vith against light to moderate resistance. We have captured Hepscheid and Heppenbach. Gains also were made east of Amel and to high ground two miles southeast of St. Vith. Southwest of St. Vith, we have cleared the enemy from Grüfflingen.
Farther southeast, our units have advanced to the vicinity of Bracht after encountering enemy mines and roadblocks west of the town.
Northeast of Weiswampach, we have made gains to within one mile of the Our River, and our patrols have reached Kalborn, five miles northeast of Clervaux. Munshausen, southeast of Clervaux, is in our hands. In the area four miles northwest of Vianden, our units have occupied Wahlhausen and Weiler and have reached high ground northeast of Weiler.
In the area southest of Remich, we repulsed a small enemy counter-attack in the vicinity of Sinz.
From the Saarbrücken area across the lower Vosges and northern Alsace a lull in activity continued. Heavy snowfalls hampered operations.
Northeast of Colmar, our forces have reached the east-west Colmar Canal.
On the southern edge of the Colmar sector, we have made further limited gains.
Mortar positions southwest of Meeuwen and a strong point southeast of Nijmegen were attacked by fighter bombers yesterday. Communications in Holland and northwest Germany were also targets for fighter bombers; rail lines were cut in the Utrecht-Deventer area, and also to the northwest of Rheine, while locomotives and rolling stock to the north and northeast of the Ruhr were attacked.
Escorted heavy bombers in very great strength attacked two benzol plants near Dortmund, Rhine bridges at Duisburg and Cologne, and railyards near Cologne and Duisburg.
Escorted medium and light bombers attacked rail bridges at Remagen, Sinzig, Eller and Kaiserslautern, and the communications centers of Mayen and Wengerohr.
Last night, heavy bombers were over Germany in great strength with railway communications near Stuttgart as the main objective. Berlin also was bombed.
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U.S. Navy Department (January 29, 1945)
CINCPOA Communiqué No. 245
Army Liberators of the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas, encountered moderate anti-aircraft fire over Iwo Jima in the Volcanos while bombing air installations on the island on January 26 (West Longitude Date). One of our planes suffered a hit by a 75-millimeter projectile but all our aircraft returned safely. One of two enemy fighters opposing our force was shot down. On the following day, Liberators again bombed the island. This mission marked the fifty-second day in succession that 7th Army Air Force bombers, operating under the Strategic Air Force, have attacked Iwo Jima an average of twenty-eight aircraft per day bombing the island.
On the night of January 26, Marine Mitchells of Victor Mike Baker 61 swept over the Bonins and Volcanos attacking a small coastal cargo ship from low altitude. On the following night, the Marine bombers attacked a convoy near the Bonins damaging a destroyer. An attack was also made on a destroyer and medium cargo ship near the Volcanos and rocket hits were scored on both targets. Another destroyer south of the Bonins was left dead in the water by our aircraft which scored four hits causing explosions aboard the ship. This shipping search marked the fifty‑fourth consecutive night on which aircraft of this squadron have carried out harassing flights against enemy shipping in the Bonins Volcanos area.
Fighters and bombers of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing sank a barge near Babelthuap in the Palaus on January 26 and bombed and strafed shore installations in the same area on the following day.
Harbor installations and shore facilities on Yap in the western Carolines were attacked with bombs and rockets by Marine aircraft on the same dates.
The Pittsburgh Press (January 29, 1945)
Last German toehold in Belgium hammered by U.S. First Army
Nazis shift fighter planes to Russian front, talk of British-Canadian drives
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