Allies Push Toward Duren and Saarland Fronts
In the Hurtgen and Roer regions First Army under Lt Gen Courtney Hodges seized 1000 yards of the Roer west bank and pressed toward Duren and Konzendorf. Hodges units captured Merode and cleared Merken area while Patton’s Third Army advanced into the Saarland near Dillingen and Saarlouis.
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Paris
First Army
Dank Hurtgen
Roer
Duren
Konzendorf
Courtney H. Hodges
Hitler
Merode
Supreme Headquarters
U.S. Seventh Army
Bavarian Palatinate
Haguenau
Thes
Siegfried Line
Sarregue
Palatinate
Woerth
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saarland
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Patton
Zweibrucken
Nd St. Ingbert
Hodges
Shephoven
Haven
Mariaweiler
Schlich
Ehnlberg
Stout
Alsace
Merken
Pier
Gey
Aden
Merken Alost
Rver
Bergstein
U. S. Third Army
St. Ingbert
Germany
Evacuation of Tokyo Expands as Fire Breaks Form
Tokyo reports indicate 20 000 people left the capital in a general evacuation, with many elderly, sick, children, and pregnant women seeking to escape. Buildings are being torn down to create fire breaks amid ongoing Superfortress raids, while essential workers may require special permission to evacuate.
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Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Transocean
Asahi Shimbun
Greater
Marianas
Radio Tokyo
Allies close in on Leyte and Ormoc in Pacific push
American 77th and 7th Infantry divisions annihilated the Japanese 26th in Leyte as they converged from north and south. Japanese defenders in Ormoc fought house to house while MacArthur reported captured equipment and the Yamashita Line being breached. Chinese forces advance in Kweichow province.
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Leyte
Tith
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita Line
MacArthur
32D
Carigara Bay
Domei
Ipil
Kweichow
Kweichow- Kwangsi
East African troops push toward Shwegyin stronghold in Burma
Southeast Asia Command reports East African forces battering the Japanese along the Kale Wa Yeu road in western Burma have driven within 500 yards of Shwegyin. Heavy air attacks forced the enemy to withdraw from hills five miles east of Kalewa.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kale Wa-Yeu
Burma
Shwegyin
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Kalewa
Ditto Duplicating Machines and Gen O Line Supplies
Russell Stationery Co. supplies include ditto duplicating machines and Gen O line materials. Local purchasers and businesses seek these items for office operations and copying needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditto
Geno Line
Russell Stationery Co
Sky Train Out Again
In London on December 12 a massive Allied air raid struck Merseburgs synthetic oil refinery and key German rail hubs at Hanau Aschaffenburg and Darmstadt with nearly 2 200 American planes including 1 250 Flying Fortresses and Libera tors plus 1 600 British bombers and 800 fighters targeting Frankurt Hanau and Giessen. The assault followed a prior day mega raid by about 4 000 aircraft and fighters and indicated continued heavy Allied bombing by the U S 15th Air Force and RAF Lancasters or Mosquitos.
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London
Merseburg
Hanau
Aschaffensburg
Darmstadt
Austria
Berlin
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Germany
RAF Bomber Command
Eighth
Frankfurt
Giessen
Death sentences for nine French Gestapo leaders in Paris
Paris reports nine members of the French Gestapo were sentenced to death for collaboration with the Germans. Two 20-year-old defendants received life at hard labor. Ringleaders Henri Lafonte and Charles Bony were among those condemned. Edmund Delahaye died in Fresnes prison before the verdict. The group, some in German uniforms, oversaw murders, kidnappings, tortures and robberies during the occupation.
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Paris
Gestapo
Henri Lafonte
Charles Bony
Edmond Delahaye
Lafonte
Fresnes
Self Government for Burma Proposed in House of Commons
In London today December 12 a Commons move urged granting Burma self government with dominion status after the war. Conservatives and Laborites pressed for a clear British policy to the Burmese people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
House of Commons
London
Commons
Amarillo Bond Drive Hits Half Million Short of Goal
Amid war bond purchases totaling nearly 500000 yesterday Amarillo remains more than a million short of the sixth loan goal with total sales at 5116850 25 of 6140000. Montgomery Ward 70000 Newberrys 3000 led today’s large bidders while many buyers requested no publicity.
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Amarillo
Wayne O'Keefe
Montgomery-Ward
Newberry’s
Interstate Theaters
Jack King
King
J. F. Delfs, Jr
Kyle Savage
Edward L. Waldrop
Gene M. Gray
J. C. Birdwell
Lloyd G. Waddill
Raymond Thornton
W. C. Miner
Jack A. Hermann
Alfred N. Griggs
Fenton Farwell
James S. Tolleson
Jack Adkins
Garih Rutherford
U. S
H. H. Hinson
Billie Gipson
Hillcrest
Department of Interior
Miss. Gipson
Weather Bureau
Budapest defense crumbles as Soviet assault nears Vienna
Soviet forces broke into Buda pest driving German defenses from the city outskirts. Radio Moscow declared the Hungarian front collapsed and Budapest imminent fall. Reports said Soviet shocks widened a 185 mile breach toward Austria while combat raged in the capital outskirts.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Budapest-Vienna
Danube
Pest
Winter Loosens Grip on Panhandle and Texas
A broad winter storm tracks from Colorado to the Atlantic, with rough conditions along the coast. Texas sees easing, while the Midwest reports heavy snow and more than 30 storm fatalities. Virginia North Carolina Alabama Georgia Tennessee also record snowfall.
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Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Texas
Panhandle
Midwest
Atlantic
Maine
Virginia Capes
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Stettinius Urges Speedy Confirmation of Six Nominees
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr asked for prompt confirmation of six top State Department nominees to speed reorganization and the postwar peace machinery. The brief item underscores a push for faster approvals amid broader wartime to postwar transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
State Department
ELAS Attack Surges as British Hold Athens in Civil War
Athens report says ELAS forces 25 000 strong surround British troops in central Athens and block sea routes. Combat rages near the Royal Palace Gardens with shells hitting the Great Britain Hotel and British armor and RAF aircraft in heavy action.
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Athens
Ranean
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Mediterranean
ELAS
Great Britain
Royal Palace Gardens
Lycavettes Hill
Labor Party adopts reparations resolution in conference
At a London annual conference the British Labor Party passed a resolution calling for full reparations and restitution for victims of German and Japanese aggression. Critics warned it could pave the way for using German slave labor in postwar Britain, but unions voiced little concern. Delegates approved the measure by an overwhelming majority, holding both German and Japanese peoples responsible for wartime crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
British Labor Party
Britain
Rule Out Rumor of Franco Resignation in Madrid
Madrid dispatches confirm Generalissimo Francisco Franco returned to the capital after a week hunting trip with no plan to resign. London reports earlier rumors about transferring power to an exiled Republican leader were dismissed.
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London
U.P
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer Wednesday. West Texas fair this afternoon through tonight and Wednesday, with slightly colder air. Panhandle lows 18 to 22 degrees, others 26 to 30, Del Rio Eagle Pass area 34 to 38. New Mexico sees mixed skies, highs 45 to 55 today, lows 15 to 25. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M shows 45 high, 26 low, noon 41.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Texas Flag Is Planted On the Rhine
Bearded Texas doughboys of the 36th Infantry Division press their 119th day in contact with German forces as they drive to plant the Lone Star on the Rhine. The unit fights through Vosges rear guards and pushes toward Alsace as it advances toward the Rhine.
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Texas
Clinton B. Conger
Sixth Army
Alsace
U.P
36Th Infantry Division
Rhine
36Th
Vosges Mountains
France
Mediterranean
Fort Worth
Vosges
Selestat
Traffic Regulation At Postoffice Enforced For Holidays
Christmas mailing is heavy and the post office enforces east to west access. Enter the Federal Building by the east door and exit by the west. Parcel post and stamp windows will use the east entrance. The west entrance is for people visiting government offices only. Lumber of all kinds offered by John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 West 5th.
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Postoffice
W. D. DeGrassi
Teady
Federal Building
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Luftwaffe Strikes Fifth Army Front Near Bologna
The Luftwaffe attacked the Fifth Army front below Bologna with strong bomber and strafing actions. German planes dropped incendiary bombs, causing casualties and damage while four aircraft were shot down. American patrols repulsed two German pushes four miles NW of San Clementino and four miles NE of Livergnano as Fifth Army units clashed along exposed lines. In Monte Renzio the Germans fired 700 artillery rounds in a 15 minute period.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
San Clementino
Livergnano
Monte Renzio
Disabled veteran paves way with picket over union stance
Con way Diffee a disabled former infantryman said he would join or resume a picket against a union walkout at a barbecue stand construction job. He held a sign praising the project for bringing food and jobs to disabled veterans, while the AFL carpenters union protested non union painters on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Conway Diffee
Camp Carson
Colo
Diffee
AFL Carpenters Union
Tokyo Says B-29 Raid Kills POWs in Manchuria
Tokyo Radio reported that a U S B 29 raid on the Mugden area of Manchuria on December 7 killed 16 American and British prisoners and fatally wounded 18 more with 23 others hurt. Allied confirmation was not provided.
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Tokyo
London
Mugden
Manchuria
Eisenhower Outlines Plan to Seize Nazi Property
General Eisenhower announced by proclamation that the Allied military government intends to confiscate the Nazi party and its officials property. Ownership issues will be settled in an orderly process under Allied authority.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
Germany
Nazi Party
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United Press
HH. Hinson
Miss Gipson
Eldon Ottenheimer
Philippines
Australia
Admi
Bruce Fraser
England
Pacific
Roops
Sky
Day
Foreign Office
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Rest of Texas
Stettinius
By James E. Roper
Salonika
EAM
National Liberation Front
Aegean Sea
Harold MacMillan
Wellington
Piraeus
U. 8. Weather Bureau
Luftwaffe
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