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January 8, 1945

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Cutting of St. Vith-La Roche Road Is an Important Victory for Allies; CUTTING OF ROAD IMPORTANT GAIN

By Harold Denny By Wireless To the New York Times

Role in fight to cut St Vith-La Roche rd noted

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LANDING PREDICTED; Tokyo Reports Warships Pouring Unceasing Fire on Lingayen Shore FORTS' GUNS 'REPLY' U.S. Carrier Fliers Hit Luzon--Our Men Leap North on Mindoro Mindoro Town Captured LANDING PREDICTED BY FOE ON LUZON Tokyo Papers 'Splash' Story Carrier Planes Strike Luzon Manila Airfields Ravaged

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Tokyo radio repts US warships shelled Lingayen Gulf; MacArthur silent on Luzon invasion rumors; Tokyo radio claims 32 US ships sunk or damaged, Lingayen Gulf; reveals Tokyo press reaction to alleged invasion; claims Jap planes sank or damaged 33 ships in attacks on 3 other US convoys; US planes raid Clark Field, Nichols, Nielson and Lubang airdromes, Luzon; US troops take Paluan, Mindoro, after landing 7 mi below town; Japanese lose 4 planes in attacks on US shipping, Mindoro; US planes raid Negros airdromes; Allied light naval units sink Jap shipping off Cebu; Jap losses, Leyte, noted; map

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Montgomery Sees Allies 'Writing Off' Foe in Bulge; MONTGOMERY STATEMENT Montgomery Says Allies Are 'Writing Off' Foe in Belgiurm Battle "Most Interesting" Says Von Rundstedt Failed Says Americans Stopped Foe Calls for Allied Solidarity Gives Military Philosophy Regroups Allied Armies Opposes Hasty Action Praises U.S. Air Troops Cites Heavy German Loss

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fighting on northern flank described; importance to Allies of cutting St Vith-La Roche rd discussed; Montgomery cites Allied teamwork and US troops fighting ability for halting Ger drive; revs Ger and Allied moves; text

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Restaurant Men Voice Fear Of Further Slash in Rations; Hospitals and Other Institutions Are Also Affected by OPA's Call for Filing of Point and Food Inventories RESTAURANTS FEAR SLASH IN RATIONS Call for Filing of Point and Food Inventories Seen as Threat of Cancellation Henkel Tells of Scant Supplies Hospital Buyers Worried

By Charles Grutzner Jr

Hosp Purchasing Service dir Schwartzman discusses threatened food ration cut

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$500,000,000 TO AID ROADS IS ALLOTTED; This State's Share of Federal Grant Is $33,892,018, but Bulk Awaits War End Record Cooperative Program $500,000,000 T0 AID ROADS IS ALLOTTED

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On 1st apportionment of post-war road appropriation

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Notable Births

1945Phil Beal, English footballer^[†]

Phil Beal is an English former footballer who played as a central defender.

1945Nancy Bond, American author and academic^[†]

Nancy Barbara Bond is an American author of children's literature. In 1977 her first book, A String in the Harp, was fantasy novel with an element of folklore, set in West Wales. It received a Newbery honor and the Welsh Tir na n-Og Award, and remains in print.

1945Kathleen Noone, American actress^[†]

Kathleen Noone is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, As the World Turns (1975–1976).

Notable Deaths

1945Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900)^[†]

Karl Ernst Krafft was a Swiss astrologer, born in Basel. He worked in the fields of astrology and graphology.

Historical Events

1945World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.^[†]

The Commonwealth of the Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946. It was established following the Tydings–McDuffie Act to replace the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands and was designed as a transitional administration in preparation for full Philippine independence. Its foreign affairs remained managed by the United States.