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December 31, 1943

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Softened by Air Assaults; JAPANESE CRUSHED AT KEY AIRDROME

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lauds US forces operations, Cape Gloucester

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ICKES BARS WEST FROM ANTHRACITE TO AID EAST COAST; Puts 3-Month Embargo on All Shipments to West of Ohio-Pennsylvania Line 100,000 TONS A MONTH GAIN New York to Get 4,000 More Tons of Bituminous a Day -- 8,000 of Anthracite 'Frozen' SHIFTS ANTHRACITE FROM WEST TO EAST

By Winifred Mallonspecial To the New York Times

Ickes bans anthracite shipments to points west of Pa-Ohio line from Jan 1 to Apr; supplies to go to E Coast region; NY met area immediately to get 4,000 added tons daily of smokeless bituminous; 8,000 tons of anthracite frozen for consumers who can use only hard coal; Ickes repts some dealers refuse to take soft coal; blames shortage on manpower lack; holds coupon rationing unnecessary

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NAZI ARMIES FLEE; 6-Day Russian Push Rips 186-Mile Gap Through Zhitomir Defenses KAZATIN JUNCTION FALLS Germans in Dnieper Bend Face Loss of Supply Route -- Vitebsk Front Aflame

By Ralph Parkerby Wireless To the New York Times

Stalin order of day revs 6-day Kiev bulge counter-offensive; Kazatin taken; 186-mi gap driven through Zhitomir defenses; Gers throw away arms in escape; USSR forces gain west of Zaporozhye in Dnieper bend drive; advance on Vitebsk; map

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