New Russian Drive Moves Northward
Russian forces intensified a northern push advancing about 78 miles toward Budapest and within 100 miles of the Austrian boundary as Moscow announced a 300 mile Danube northward advance. Red Army units seized Eger and Sziksze northeast of Budapest and cut the rail link between Miskolc and Koice while Slovak lines near Petrcev stretch from Ungar.
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Budapest
Moscow
Danube
Eger
Sziksze
Slovakia
Miskolc
Hungary
Koice
Petrcev
Ungar
Seamen Arrested For Whiskey Theft
Four seamen from the SS North Star were arrested in Seattle on three Federal Grand Jury indictments for stealing whiskey from an interstate shipment to Alaska. The theft surfaced after the SS North Sea arrived at Sitka on May 12 1944 and four cases were missing. Names listed: Sidney Balcom Robert Swenson Peter Oliver and Herbert Thomas.
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Seattle
Leland V. Boardman
FBI
U. S. District Court
Ketchikan
Alaska
Sitka
Cage
Sidney Balcom
Robert Swenson
Peter Oliver
Herbert Thomas
High School Play Tonight at Coliseum Theatre
Friday evening at the Coliseum Theatre the Senior and Junior classes present Who's Crazy Now directed by Miss Rae Burke. The Sunnyvale Insane Asylum setting features a large cast with nurses doctors teachers and students, plus two musical groups making their first public appearance under Miss Esther Horton.
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Coliseum Theatre
Rae Burke
Sunnyvale Insane Asylum
Evelyn Steear
Nurse Smith
Esie Espeseth
Nurse Jones
Norma Tenfjord
Clara Odegaard
Oileen Mortensen
Aeemia Colp
Guise Stedman
Dorothy Sutphen
Doctor van
Bob Kinnear
Mr. Arthur
Eugene Sheldon
Florence Ware
Patricia Hungerford
Doctor Sullivan
Albert Heimdahl
Lewellyn Swanson
Ted Hasbrouck
Katherine Winther
Adath Dawes
Patricia Ohmer
Jackie Hemnes
Arliss Wasvick
Sonya Husvik
Christmas Sunday School Program Planned by Lutheran Group
Members of the Lutheran Sunday school are preparing a Christmas program to be presented to the public Sunday evening December 17 at 7 o'clock.
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Lutheran: Sune
Ethey
Sun
Special Election for Senator to Fill Walker Seat
City Clerk Carroll Clausen received notice of a special election called by Governor Gruening for December 27 to elect a hold-over senator replacing the recently deceased Arthur P. Walker.
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Carroll Clausen
Gruening
Arthur P. Walker
British Oppose American Sky Freedom Plan at Chicago
British opposition to the American plan and the five sky freedoms of world air accord has left the US proposal in a separate bundle from other achievements of the International Civil Aviation conference. The UK preferred not to present the freedom at all, a stance viewed as a setback to the United States ahead of the convention. The forthcoming convention will cover air navigation agreements, technical standards, and procedures for international air transport operations.
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Chicago
United States
United Kingdom
International Organization
Alaska Canned Salmon Gifts Barred From Outside Trade
A memo from the Office of Price Administration states that home canned salmon cannot be shipped from Alaska to U S recipients as gifts. Officials argue imports should join the National Supply and require points for all recipients, matching rules for Canadian meat.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Alaska
Region IX
Processed Foods Branch
Region VIII
Canada
Stettinius Named Secretary of State After Hull Resigns
The President nominated Undersecretary Stettinius as Secretary of State shortly after accepting Cordell Hull's resignation due to ill health. The nomination was sent to the Senate just 2.5 hours after Hull's departure.
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Washington
Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Senate
Hull
Superfortress Mission Marks Tokyo Raid Success
A World War II briefing reports that the B 29 Superfortress mission against Tokyo achieved success with no loss to the plane under enemy action while the crew commanders described the operation as accomplished.
Air Force suffers heavy losses in Allied November air offensive
The Allied November air offensive cost the U S Air Force its worst losses since April with fifty-six bombers downed and 30 fighters unable to return. The attack involved about 3,000 planes targeting synthetic oil plants near Leipzig and railways in the Saarbrucken sector, delivering all day bombardment.
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SS “Air Force
U. S
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Former Secretary of Interior Albert Fall Dies
Albert B. Fall, 83, former Secretary of the Interior under Harding and a key Teapot Dome figure, died in a El Paso hospital. He passed in his sleep per his physician Dr. John Morrison, after a post conviction release from New Mexico state prison for accepting a bribe.
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EL Paso
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Fall
John Morrison
New Mexico State
Candidates File for Senate Seat in Alaska
F F Davis known as Dick in labor and veteran circles announces his candidacy for the Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Arent. Davis WWI and WWII veteran, Democrat, labor leader, Juneau Labor Council secretary, editor of Council Facts. Allen Shattuck announces candidacy for Territorial Senate in special election December 27. long Alaskan resident, veteran legislator, former Senate president.
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F. F. Davis
Seato Areant
JomeseSnator
Davis
Labor Council
Juneau
Council Facts
Allen Shattuck
Territorial Senate
Alaska
Shattuck
House
Senate
Rebellious Troops Quieted in Canada
Ottawa reports the conscription crisis cooling as discipline is restored among rebellious draftee troops on the west coast. An appeal for calm goes to Quebec from anti conscription leader in Quebec. The provincial government asks the federal government to honor pledges against overseas conscription. P J A Cardin lays anti conscription views before parliament urging restraint.
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Ottawa
Canada
Quebec
P. J. A. Cardin
Works Transport
Christmas Seals Help Fight TB
Under Alaska Tuberculosis Association leadership Charles Greenan starts the eleventh annual Christmas Seals sale. Envelopes with two dollars of stamps go out. buy all if possible, or as many as you can at a penny each and send back the rest. Funds support education and case finding rather than individual aid, plus home care, case finding, and rehabilitation work with sanatorium patients.
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Charles Greenan
Alaska
Alaska Tuberculosis Association
Indian Division Advances in Italy on Florence Faenza Road
Rome reports the Fifth Army Indian division moving forward on the Florence Faenza road with light resistance. Reconnaissance notes the enemy withdrawing to mountains and Po valley as German forces aim to straighten a bulge between Bologna and Faenza. On the Eighth Army front, positions hold with heavy fighting near Alberto and northwest of Faenza.
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Rome
Florence- Faénzal
Alberto
Faenza
Farewell Gifts For Dimond Mark Congressional Exit
Gifts and praise poured in as Tony Dimond prepares to leave after 12 years in Congress to become a federal district judge. Alaska Governor Gruening presented six oil paintings of Alaskan scenes, while lawmakers on the insular affairs committee and other House members paid tribute to his integrity and vision on his 63rd birthday. Bartlett is expected to arrive soon.
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Washington
Tony’ Dimond
Congress
Alaska
Gruening
One House
Insular Affairs
House
Dimond
Bartlett
Norway Burned by Nazis as German Retreat Displaces Population
Crown Prince Olav reported Finmark in flames after a German withdrawal. He said thousands faced snowbound migrations in extreme cold and that invalids and children were dying by the roadside. He noted the evacuation aimed to regroup troops and protect the retreating forces.
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London
Olav
Norway
Finmark
American air action sinks transports in Philippines convoy battles
American pilots reported heavy losses in a string of battles around Leyte and Ormoc. They claimed sinking a 9,000-ton transport and three freighters, plus a 5,000-ton transport and three more freighters, as part of an aggressive sweep against enemy convoys.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc
Minforo
Kasgate
Cebu
Petersburg Buys Generously of Bonds
First reports on the Sixth War Loan Drive show Petersburg’s strong support with $19,481.25 in E bonds credited to the town plus $3,000 bought by a resident in Seattle. Territory totals through November 25 reach $798,824.75 with $574,472.75 in E bonds, $146,644 in other bonds, and $77,708 by corporations.
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Petersburg
Seattle
Nordale
Juneau
Carroll Clausen
Americans Eke Out Hard-Won Gains Across Roer and Saar
Three American armies push toward the Rhine front as Simpson's Ninth Army seizes Welz near Linnich and closes on the Roer while Patton's Third Army presses along the Saar line. Fronts stretch 12 to 20 miles with patrols crossing floodbound Inde. German losses mount as winter line is prepared.
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Inde
Patton
Saar
Siegfried Line
Merzig
Hil
Bringen
Batterm
Rhine
Hitler
Petersburg Lutheran Church Plans Interior Completion in 1945
Plans to finish the Petersburg Lutheran Church interior in 1945 progress as donations flow. The upstairs auditorium will rise as the main space while the downstairs room becomes a Sunday school and social area. materials, pews, and a heating system are being arranged by the building committee led by Lloyd Swanson with Louis Israelson named as contractor.
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Petersburg
Alaska
Lloyd Swanson
Seattle
Louis Israelson
Native Brotherhood Elects New Officers
The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood held a Presbyterian church meeting to reorganize the camp. New officers include George R. Betts as president and Mary Reyes as Sisterhood president, with several vice presidents secretaries and treasurers across both groups. Frank Booth swore in the officers and refreshments followed.
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Presbyterian Church
Alaska Native Brotherhood
George R. Betts
Andrew R. Hanson
Tom Hollywood
James Demmett
Eugene Passion
James Twist
Sisters Hood
Mary Reyes
Annie Conday
Margaret Williams
Correenonding
Amy Hallingstad
Frances Phillips
Flora Allen
Lena Richardson
Frank Booth
Sisterhood
Help for Veterans to Settle in Alaska Introed by Dimond
Legislation introduced by Delegate Dimond aims to aid veterans to settle in Alaska after the war. The bill would authorize 100 corporations to spend up to 100000 dollars to study how veterans can start independent businesses in Alaska.
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Alaska
Washington
Dimond
Red Cross to Accept Messages for Prisoners in Philippines
Freed prisoners of war and U S civilian internees in the Philippines may send messages through the local Red Cross until December 15. Messages from U S residents may reach British internees on the same basis. Red Cross arrangements are set to handle messages and replies pending regular facilities. Messages travel via chapters and are limited by space on Form 16%6.
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U. S
Philippines
Red Cross
United States
U.S
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