Churchill Suffers Pneumonia During Middle East Trip
Prime Minister Churchill, aged 69, suffers a patch of pneumonia in the left lung while in the Middle East after the Tehran conference. Deputy PM Attlee briefed the House that Churchill’s general condition is as satisfactory as can be expected. The illness follows earlier pneumonia episodes after Casablanca and other wartime conferences, with Eden signaling Churchill remains in the sphere where he is, in good health though tired.
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London
Churchill
Teheran
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Attlee
Middle East
Downing St
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Britain
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Inonu
Turkey
Cairo
Anthony Eden
Commons
Eden
Hee
Lenawee Fair reorganizes and plans 1944 event
Lenawee County Fair Association met in city hall and elected officers and six new directors. President Ralph A. Tew reported a 1943 balance of $1,330.09 with receipts $33,939.37 against expenditures $32,109.28. The group dissolved a 1940 formed corporation to meet securities rules and noted about 80 similar Michigan fairs faced similar action.
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Lenawee County
Ralph A. Tew
Securities Commission
Mr. Tew
H. Ray Kemp
F. A. Bradish
George N. Jones
G. A. van Deusen
Clinton
Ralph Tew
Medina
Wilford Waldron
Tecumseh
H. Ray Kenny
Adrian Leon Knox
Morenci
Leo Robinson
Tew
Kemp
Flu in Plants Shows Improvement Amid Epidemic
A local industrial flu survey shows notable progress with Stearns Manufacturing and Magnesium Fabricators reporting fewer absentees, while Hard Lock & Manufacturing still sees about 40% off. Schools and Michigan State College note rising and easing absentee rates, with a campus outbreak subsiding as vacation nears.
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Stearns Manufacturing Company
Magnesium Fabricators
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corporation
Kenneth Kilby
J. Paul Reed
Hard
Lock & Manufacturing Company
American Chain & Cable Company
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Michigan State College
Uie
He's Congratulated By the Luftwaffe
Washington December 16. American bombers grow more accurate and the German air force more polite. Lt. Gen. Eaker has received congratulations from the Luftwaffe after a raid on Regensburg. Boeing official Beall says the Luftwaffe praised the Americans for avoiding a hospital and questioned how such accuracy was attained.
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Washington
Ka C .Eaker
Luftwaffe
Weshwood E. Beall
Boeing Aircraft Company
England
Esker
Regensburg
Beall
Liberty ship named for Byron Darnton launched at Bethlehem
A liberty ship named for Byron Darnton, Times correspondent killed in New Guinea, was scheduled for launching at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards. Darnton, a native of Adrian Michigan, worked for several papers before joining the New York Times in 1934. His sister and brother attended plans, while Mrs Darnton and her two sons were expected to christen the vessel.
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Baltimore
Byron Darnton
New York
Times
New Guinea
Bethlehem Pairfield
Darnton
Adrian
Mich
Sandusky
New York Post
Associated Press
New York Times
Red Arrow
P. J. Dunn
Clifford Darnton
Robert
John
New York City
Rail unions optimistic strike may not materialize
In Cleveland on December 16 officials and union leaders predicted the nationwide railroad strike set to begin December 30 and run three days may fail to occur. A mediation session in Chicago was called by the National Mediation Board with railroad executives and union chiefs in attendance. Leaders argued their case for wage increases and a strike against inflation, while expressing cautious optimism for a settlement at Chicago.
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Cleveland
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhoods
H. ¥. Fraser
Order“of
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense , Transportation
Daniel Loomis
Western Carriers’ Conference
Fraser
Peiley
Yugoslav Partisans Under Severe German Pressure
London dispatch reports Tito’s bulletin that Yugoslav lines collapsed under reinforced German troops in Croatia as Nazis burn and sack villages. The breakthrough, aided by five columns of German and Ustashi forces, hit the Korduns and Banija districts southwest of Zagreb, while Yugoslavs in Lika repelled German Chetnik assaults and destroyed a Nazis column near Bihac.
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London
Croatia
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Kordans
Banija
Zagreb
Lika
Dondi Lipac
Bihac
Bosnia
Michigan to elect 3400 AAA committee members this Friday
In Lansing on December 16 the Agricultural Adjustment Administration begins elections for nearly 3400 committeemen across Michigan to oversee the 1944 food production program. Farmers and wives will vote for three township committee members Friday and choose delegates for county A A U meetings. County three-member elections follow Saturday at 80 county A A U offices.
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Lansing
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Michigan
Kiss the Boys Goodbye Warns Dentists on Trench Mouth
Baltimore officials warn that trench mouth Vincent infection spreads easily in close contact during farewells and furloughs with the dental society president Dr. Kyrle W. Preis urging caution as outbreaks rise.
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Baltimore
Kyrle W. Preis
Baltimore City Dental Society
Fragmented Report Describes Disorder and Alarm at Event
An ambiguous AP wirephoto caption notes overcrowding and disorder amid unclear details. The fragment mentions a bomb burst, smoking areas, a dentist, and territory references, but the scene remains poorly defined.
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Beratars
Uch
Dheld
Mercury Rises as Cold Snap Ends Across Regions
Relief spread after a four day cold spell as temperatures climbed from near zero to the mid teens. Grand Rapids reported sub zero readings while Pensacola and New Orleans observed rare snowfall. Georgia and Alabama towns noted first winter shows in years as residents marveled at falling flakes.
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Weather Bureau
Weather- Bureau
Michigan
Warner” Tomorrrow
Upper Peninsula
Jas
Grand Rapids
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Albany
Sylvania
Georgia State College
Milledgeville
Bombing At Arawe Reported By U S Liberators
Allied headquarters revealed a record 256 ton raid on Arawe on New Britain, with over 100 Liberator and Mitchell aircraft blasting Amulutl and harbor areas. The attack, the largest in the Southwest Pacific to date, aimed to soften the stronghold ahead of a land invasion and featured heavy bombing across the harbor, barge, and supply bases.
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Southwest Pacific
Arawe
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Huon
New Guinea
Finschhafen
MacArthur
Huon Gulf
Amulutl
Trance
Jaid
Rabaul
Tapanéae
George C. ‘Kenney
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bougainville Island
Hs Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Solomons
Bonis
Arca
Bougainville
House Destroyed by Fire Near Springville
Special to the Telegram from Onsted December 26 Fire destroyed the residence of Mr and Mrs Tom Cousino two quarters of a mile west of Springville A passerby noted the flames in the upper part of the small house telephoned the Onsted fire department The fire quickly got out of control and all furniture and clothing for the Cousino family of four children were lost The family is staying with relatives in Prattville Some loss is covered by insurance
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Onsted
Bir
Tom Cousino
Springville
Prattville
Wrecks of Two Trains Kill Dozens in North Carolina
Two Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains on the New York to Florida run derailed near Buie North Carolina early today. Estimates of dead range from 30 to 76 with many injured and dozens hospitalized. Officials cite a broken rail as the likely cause and report about 75 passengers aboard one train and at least 250 on three coaches of the other.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Buie
North Carolina
Coast Line
Rocky Mount
de WS. Fleming
Fayetteville
3.A. Pi
I Cc. G. Sibley
Wilmington
Allied Bombers Hit Brenner Corridor and Northern Italy Rails
Allied air forces conducted concentrated raids targeting Innsbruck Bolzano and the Trento region to disrupt German supply lines into Italy while the British Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast. The Fifth Army seized a key hill near Castel San Vincenzo south of Aredena as operations continued. All Allied aircraft reportedly returned safely.
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Athens
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Austria
Bolzano
Trento
Italy
Aegean
Germany
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Fifth Army
Castel San Vincenzo
Zain U. S. Airforce
Tyrol
Liberators
Aviso River
Trenton
Reports Plane Of President Downed On Way To Cairo
German news agency dispatch from Liston Portugal claimed President Roosevelt’s plane made a forced landing in the Azores on route to Cairo and Tehran conferences. No official confirmation. agency cited a Berlin broadcast saying Terceira Island engine damage forced the landing.
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London
DNB
Liston
Portugal
Roosevelt
Azores
Cairo
Teheran
Berlin
Terceira
Stockyards Glutted, Meat Rationing Urged by Caseys Group
George A. Casey, president of the independent sweat processors association, told a New York legislative committee meat stocks are overflowing. He warned vast beef and pork reserves east of the Ohio are at risk of spoilage without an immediate two week moratorium, urging pork halts and a suspension of rationing to allow sale at OPA ceiling prices and curb black market activity.
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New York
America
George A. Casey
Sweat Packers Association
Legislative Committee On
Ohio
Casey
Fire wipes Monroe warehouse of Floral City Furniture
A fire swept the Floral City Furniture Co. warehouse on Telegraph Road just north of Monroe causing estimated damage between 75000 and 100000. Much furniture scheduled for Christmas delivery was destroyed. Firemen fought the blaze nearly three hours in near zero weather. The showroom suffered heavy smoke damage while the adjacent furniture factory was saved. Insurance will cover the losses.
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Monroe
Floral City Furniture Co
Here
Michigan
Red Army launches drives along Kiev bulge and north fronts
Soviet forces under Vatutin press the offensive in the Kiev bulge driving German positions from major strongpoints along the Teterev river salient. Reports claim 48 German tanks and 97 armored cars knocked out, while Konev’s troops expand west of the Dnieper and seize Byelozere near Smela as Berlin cites renewed patrolling incursions near Wevel and Zhlobin.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Teterev River
Fritz von Mannstein
Vatutin
Red Army
Ivan = Koney
Dnieper
Kremencug
Cherkasy
Konev
Byelozere
Smela
Berlin
Wevel
Zhlobin
White Russia
Gomel
Stimson reports Bari casualties in German raid
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed casualty details from the Bari raid where German bombers sank seventeen UN merchant ships, including five American vessels, killing or injuring about 1,000 people. The attack disrupted Allied shipping, though cargo largely had been discharged, limiting supply loss. The raid involved about 30 German bombers and caused extensive harbor damage before quickly ending.
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Washington
United Nations
Bari
Italy
Adriatic
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Mediterranean
War Secretary
War Department
Eighth Army
J Ammerican Army
Navy
Barbor
Rabaul
Southwest
Pacific
Der 5
Auction Notice Near Hinds Area
Auction scheduled for December 20 at 2 miles west and 4 miles north of Hinds or 32 miles 12 miles on Bacon. See market page.
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Hinds
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Iberty
Barney Darnton
Bronson
Ardmore
Okla
Marion K. Himebaugh
Bronsy Fee
AAA
Shihmen
Honan
Suihsien
Hupeh
Chung
Etanelle Stangtan
HUNAN
Hengyan
China
Joo
Miles
Los Angeles
Deanna Dirbin
iShe
Igt Vaughn Paul
Mercury
Marshalls
Kayjeng
New Ireland
Halsey
mid-Pacific
Aam
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Tarawa
Makin
Brenner
Ort
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