German Bulge in Belgium Reaches Meuse River Front
Allied dispatches describe Von Rundstedt’s forces forming a massive bulge 40 miles by 35 into Belgium around St. Vith with Bastogne and the Liege road under intense attack. American troops hold Bastogne as German offensives push toward the Meuse while Allied air forces continue heavy raids against German columns.
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St. Vith
Supreme Headquarters
Belgium
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Bastogne
Liege-Arlon
Rochefort
Great Bulge
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France
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Sedan
Navi
Hitler
Paris
Roosevelt
Laroche
Grandmens
Liemeux
Christina
Leyte defeat cited as worst in Jap army history
Paris AP report quotes a high ranking American officer predicting February trials will reveal extensive U S black market activity. He cites empty tanks and fuel theft behind lines, with more than 18 American officers and men awaiting hearings in two special battalions operating in France.
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M’arthur
Leyte
Paris
U. S
Sete Ana
Jonely
MacArthur reports decisive Leyte victory and Japanese losses
General MacArthur announced a major defeat for Japanese forces on Leyte, stating U S divisions captured Palompon and Puerto Bello while inflicting heavy losses. Tokyo admitted worsening conditions as Emperor Hirohito opened the Imperial Diet amid a brutal campaign in the Philippines and Saipan raids continued.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Hirohito
Nippon
Eized
Leyte
MacArthur Iaid
Tomoyuki Yamashita
MacArthur
Palompon
Puerto Bello
San Isidro
Mamerthur Anid
Father of Six Shot to Death in Columbus Georgia
Joseph E. Mayo aged 42 was shot at a Christmas dinner table in Columbus Georgia. His father in law S W Noles a 55 year old preacher was arrested on murder charges. Mayo was shot four times as his wife six children and mother in law watched. The family had been living with Mayo's parents since September due to estrangement. Noles allegedly went to Laurel three weeks ago to gain access to his daughter. Mayo arrived Saturday and stayed at the Noles home aiming to reconcile.
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Columbus
Joseph E. Mayo
S. W. Noles
CH. Jones
Mayo
Jones
Mayos
Noles
Laurel
Brimg Corp Announces $250000 Fund For Yeast Research
Brimg Corp of America announces a $250000 fund to support research into new uses for spent brewers yeast. President James A Bohannon said a special food products division will be created under Carlings Inc to conduct the study locally.
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hLevenant
Stearch
Brimg Corp. of America Corporation
James A Bohannon
Carlings, Inc
Churchill in Athens Calls Parley of Rival Leaders
Churchill arrives in Athens and calls a conference of Greek rival leaders to end three weeks of civil strife. He meets with Field Marshal Harold Alexander and Greek Premier George Papandreou as British forces secure safe conduct for ELAS representatives. Archbishop Damaskinos to preside amid talks to restore Greece’s UN standing.
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Athens
Ainister Churchill
Greece
Cient
Elas
United Nations
Damaskinos
Ath +ens
Broader Food Rationing Plan Announced
The plan raises butter points from 20 to 24 a pound and cancels red and blue stamps valid before Dec 1. Canned peas corn green and wax beans asparagus spinach require points. Sugar stamps and home canning certificates except No 34 are canceled. About 85 percent of meats will need ration points starting Sunday. OPA says ample food remains despite shortages. Representative Jenkins vows to revive the Republican food study committee to push for centralized price and distribution authority.
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OPA
Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Food Study Committee
Snowfall and cold snap hit Ohio after foggy Christmas
Temperatures drop to near zero with heavy snow across Ohio. The latest storm snarls roads and raises travel hazards as 13 violent deaths are reported during Christmas week. Toledo sees eight inches in 24 hours and Cleveland four inches.
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Ohio
Istmas
U. 5 Weather Bureau
Toledo
Cleveland
Death Blow in Christmas Eve Raids Urges Allied Invasion
Reports say American air forces destroyed 40 Japanese aircraft and sank a large tanker in raids across Hong Kong harbor and Shantung province. A Norwegian prime minister warned Allies to strike Nazi transports and sabotage campaigns, urging vigilance against German escapees.
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Cning PoSt
U.sith Air Force
Trnnan
Shantung Provinee
Hongkong
Heaviy
Cele Gee Eee
Norway
Gyrase
Syne
Grand Bretagne Hotel
Nygaardsvold
Winter weather slows river rise and road flooding
Cold weather was expected to limit the waters of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers before flood stage. A steady rain on thawing snow began, then turned to snow. Several creeks overflowed, hindering highway traffic and isolating some communities.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Woman Reunites With Son After 28 Years During Christmas
Mrs. James H. Fisher of Van Nuys, once widow Mrs. Chas. B. Fuller, spent Christmas with her son Charles F. McGuire, a 26 year old petty officer, after decades of correspondence without his knowing she was his mother. He learned the truth during a hospital 72 hour leave. They had previously been separated when he was an infant in Detroit and given up for adoption to Chester and Florence McGuire of Edgewater, Colorado.
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James H. Fisher
van Nuys
Charles F. McGuire
Charles
Detroit
Fisher
Chas. B. Fuller
Chester McGuire
Edgewater
Colo
Seabees
Marshall Islands
Holiday Death Toll Hits 332
The nation endured a triple day Christmas toll of at least 332 deaths with highway accidents causing most fatalities. California led states with 37 deaths, followed by Pennsylvania and New York, while former Senator Blair Lee of Maryland died last night after serving 1913 to 1917.
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Ennsylvania
Trand New York
Dray Washington
Blair Lee
Mary
Telee
Senate
Robin Hood Theft Victim Commits Suicide in Hotel
New York report says Oscar fe 5T owner of a leather goods firm, linked to a secretary alleged in a Robin Hood theft scheme, leapt to death from a ninth floor hotel suite. The case involves Madeline Dunni age 22 charged with grand larceny.
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New York
Oscar Fe
Robin, Hood
Polic
Gropper, Inc
Madeline Dunnian
Lepanun
Bernie Beel
Beck
Cleveland
Beel
Hhusline
Japanese Planes Bomb B-29 Base in Night Raid
Japanese Imperial forces strike a B-29 base in a night raid causing multiple fires and explosions. Allied defenses engage but report significant damage to the facility and scattered wreckage across the airfield.
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Associated Press
Mio
Wigpena
Return of Private Robert Mackall Home for Christmas
Private Robert Mackall, son of Mrs. Alda Mackall Newton, who lost the family’s eldest son as the first American casualty in North Africa, reports from Camp Atterbury Indiana that he is reassigned from the European front and will soon return home. Gasoline rationing coupons B-4 C-4 and the fourth quarter expire December 31 per OPA notice.
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East Liverpool
Robert Mackall
Normany
Alda Mackall Newton
Robert
Atterbury
Ind
Nazi Prisoners Escape In Victory Celebration
News from a war camp near here reports a disturbance during a victory celebration at Papago Park where many German prisoners escaped. Col. William A Holden, commandant, said six naval officers were captured and Lt Col Turgen Wattenberg led the group. An army investigation will determine details.
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Papago Park
Here
William A Holden
Holden
Army Guards
Nan W
Yérce
Turgen Wattenberg
Howe
Laningen
Investation Board of Officers
Prisooners
Guenther Prien
Germany
Prien
Hitler
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Maj
Eugene ’Ays
Bass
Christmas Plane Crashes Kill 15 on Transport Flight
Army and Navy transport planes crashed within hours killing 15 service members and wounding 17. The Army craft from Jacksonville to Minneapolis went down on Rollindrop Mountain near Harrisburg New Cumberland at 4 27 a m. Fire Chief Vogelsong described a grim rescue as crew cried for help and rescuers forced a path with an ax. A Navy plane crashed near Indianapolis en route to Columbus after being diverted from St Louis killing five and injuring two, officials said.
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Fin
Minneapolis
Rollindrop Mountain
Kite
Harrisburg
New Cumberland
William Vogelsong
Ndianapolis
Indianapolis
Coumbus
St Louie
Dlathe
Marion ‘County
Everett
Maxwell
GI purchases get eviction protection under new rule
The GI bill housing rule allows tenants to occupy homes without a 20 percent unborrowed funds payment. A purchaser with insufficient funds cannot evict the tenant using this exemption. The ruling was set aside today for GI purchases.
Military Needs Cut Civilian Tire Quota
The Office of Price Administration reports civilian tire allocations will be reduced in January due to military demand. Civilians will see a drop from December levels with about 800,000 tires allocated for military use out of a total 2,000,000. Small and medium tires, as well as heavy truck tires, are scaled down significantly.
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Washington
OPA
Mil Saber
Soviet Forces Close on Budapest Amid Counterattack
Soviet troops push toward Budapest from the west and southwest as German and Hungarian forces attempt to hold a defense line in the Bakony Forest. The front reports heavy fighting, with thousands of enemy casualties and major Soviet shelling of the city area. Canadian and Allied forces contend along the Adriatic front and through Belgium and Luxembourg as air and ground operations intensify, with substantial losses reported on both sides.
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Namur
Liege
Naeind
Rochefort
Meuse
Libramont
Sedan
Belgium
Duren
Cologne
Windem
Onernaubach
Eighth Air Force
Cammuna
Budaps
Bakany
Tually
Drs
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Hron
Garam
Leva
Levice
Esterday
Akc
Vienna
Bratislava
Ninth Tactical Air Force
Emperor Hirohito Urges All-Out War Effort In Diet Message
The Emperor spoke as the Japanese Diet opened its regular session urging total national effort to repel the enemy. He praised the army and navy for destroying the foe and called for submission of the 1945 military budget.
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Tokyo
Woima
Hirohito
John S. McCain
MacArthur
Twat
OPA Sets Price Ceilings on Frozen Fruits and Vegetables
The Office of Price Administration announced price ceilings on various frozen fruits vegetables and berries effective January 2. Prices for most berries are about half a cent per pound lower than a year ago while frozen strawberries show about two cents per pound higher.
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Washington
Al Jolson Reported Recovering From Malaria Attack
The weekend find in Beverly Hills reports a red haired woman found in a hotel room bathroom. condition listed as fair. Authorities investigate possible homicide linked to Dr Philip Montelenre and entertainment tour ties as clues are analyzed. Marion Narrance dies in crash. George Rudte Jr 91 Notre Dame graduate buried after long- Campus career.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mar
AL Folsom
Philip Montelenre
Stanley Dmerman
William Cronk Dies At County Infi
William J. Cronk age 71 died Monday evening in the Athens County Home. He is survived by son Robert Cronk of Youngstown four sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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William J. Cronk
Athens County
Jone
Robert Cronk
Youngstown
Finn Verity
Athens
Blanche
Voe
Addn
McClain
Middletown
Addison Cronk
Middlee Town
Dowler and Ferguson
Greenlawn
Nelsonville
Board Seeks Address for P. Tucker
Selective Service Board No. 1 requests Cecil Preston Tucker be notified at his last address 279 Highland Ave. Mail to that address was returned. Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts should contact the board office at phone S44.
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Mail Selective Service Board
Cecil Preston Tucker
Highland Ave
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