Primary highways reopen by nightfall in Mercer county
Hard working road crews were opening primary highways in Mercer county with state road commission officials saying most main routes should be open late today. All secondary roads remain closed for several days. The SRC noted the Bluefield to Welch road recovery progressing.
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Mercer County
SRC
Bluefield
Welch
Aoe
Chesapeake and Potomacophone
State Road Commission
U. SS
Point Pleasant
Consolidated
East River Mountain
Bland
Athens
Bishop
Arista Mountain
Mul
Torewell
Pocahontas
Bristol
Ocean
Neeton
Mercer
Tazewell County
Charles M. Archer
Archer
State battles big snowstorm in West Virginia
Charleston reports a record blizzard paralyzing West Virginia. Roads are dangerous and many highways partially open amid ongoing efforts to clear drifts. Travel disruptions include marooned travelers, school closings, and slowed utilities with crews pushing to restore service.
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Tme
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Gassaway
Bektwice
Red Pinch On Budapest Grows
London reports Red Army armored columns pressed toward Budapest from the northeast and east capturing Kisalac and Isaszeg near the capital. The Moscow broadcast noted 12 towns north and northeast of Miskolc and a push toward Bratislava, with Malinovsky's Second Ukraine army taking more than 1,100 prisoners daily, totaling over 9,150 since Dec 5.
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London
Budapest
Kisalac
Moscow
Isaszeg
Godollo
Slovakia
Oas
Bratislava
Miskolc
Kassa
Kosice
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Announ
Suspension of Freight Rates Extended to 1946
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended the suspension of emergency railroad freight rate rises for another year and allowed continued 10 percent passenger fare increases and freight hikes of 3 to 6 percent. The 1942 wartime increases had been suspended since May 15, 1943, with the last order ending December 31, 1944, now renewed through January 1, 1946.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather Delays Liquor Shipments in West Virginia
The liquor control commission sought rail transport to move holiday stocks to state stores as snowblocked roads slowed distribution. Five carloads left Charleston for points to be trucked to Martinsburg Beckley Bluefield Welch and Keystone with stores in outlying areas likely to face delays. Normally shipments depart from the central warehouse by trucking firm.
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Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
Martinsburg
Beckley
Bluefield
Welch
Keystone
West Virginia
War In Brief Across Fronts And Fronts Reported Gains
Western front reports Nazi withdrawals along the Sieg River and limited Third Army gains across the German border near Sarreguemines as Seventh Army advances. Pacific front notes raids on Nagoya and Leyte progress with heavy enemy losses claimed by MacArthur. Eastern front sees 11 towns captured and Red Army closing on Budapest while Germans evac Austria depots. Southern front mentions leftist Elas forcing back in Athens and Italian Lamone river bridgeheads by Canadians. Chinese forces push 10 miles overnight in southeast theater.
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Associated Press
U. 8
Nagoya
Japan
Tarakan
Leyte
MacArthur
Red Army
Budapest
Moscow
Austria
Balkans
Elas
Athens
Italy
Lamone River
Deadly winter storm toll rises across the continent
Clearing weather spreads east as a snowstorm grips the region, causing 687 deaths since Sunday across the United States and southeastern Canada. Flurries in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley ease tonight but remain hazardous along eastern highways. Pennsylvania records the highest state toll with 67 deaths.
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United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
Senators Probe Cigaret Scarcity in War
Washington officials report the cigaret shortage worsens as military overseas demands rise to about thirty percent of the current supply. War investigating committee finds little industry misdeed, attributing retail scarcities to actual shortfalls in production and distribution.
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Washington
War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-N. Y
Ferguson
R - Mich
Europe
Eighth Army Opens Gap Into German Defense Near Faenza
Canadian units of the British Eighth Army punched into German positions from Lamone river bridgeheads nine miles from Faenza Italy. They extended a six thousand yard front, pushed back Wehrmacht two miles toward Lugo, and seized over 300 prisoners with several armored vehicles destroyed as floods hindered movement.
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Rome
8Th Army
Lamone River
Faenza
Lugo
Fosso Chio Cantrigo
Lamone
Jay Mone
Nagoya Blaized by Mighty B 29 Fleet
Nagoya Japan’s third largest city faced a heavy B 29 raid centering on the Hatsudoki Mitsubishi aircraft plant on the edge of Nagoya. Brig Gen Haywood Hansell Jr praised the mission as successful with extensive damage seen in photographs, while noting no B 29s lost and limited enemy interception.
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Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Nagoya
Japan
Hatsudok
Mitsubishi Company
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
Hansell
Hansel
State Must Sell $600,000 Daily To Top Bond Quota
West Virginia's sixth war loan drive must average $600000 in daily sales for December to meet a 21000000 quota for E bonds. Through reports, total sales reached 100222016, 145 percent of the overall 69000000 goal, with individual, Coation, and EB F G bond categories continuing to rise. Official Treasury notice was anticipated to close the books Saturday on the six bond drive, with late counts still possible if reports arrive in time.
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Charleston
W. Va
Federal Reserve Banks
U. S. Treasury
Federal Reserve
British Warfront Bolstered by Japanese Setbacks at Ormoc
General MacArthur airdarded Ormoc on Leyte as the VA 8 seventh division mopped up pockets east of American lines while the 77th division pressed north. Japanese forces were described as disorganized and scattering with heavy losses, as U.S. 32nd division and First Cavalry pressed attacks from Carigara Bay and the northeast. Three small Japanese transports were sunk in Ormoc harbor and sixteen fighter bombers were repelled.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte Island
77Th
Douglas MacArthur
Tony
Yamashita
U. S
Carigara Bay
First Cavalry
Thomas Forster
NBC
Leyte
Reo Ormoc Valley
Forster
Ormoc Harbor
Big Three Meet Urged to Resolve Postwar Germany Policy
Diplomatic problems push Roosevelt Churchill and possibly Stalin toward an imminent Big Three meeting. Topics include German postwar handling and denazification, the Dumbarton Oaks unanimity issue, parallel policy in liberated nations, and Poland recognition of the Lublin government versus the London exiles.
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Lordon
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Germany
Greece
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Poland
London
Lad Survives 19 Hours in Snowdrift
In Connellsville Pennsylvania nine year old James Lawrence Meegan Jr was found unconscious but alive after spending 19 hours buried in a snowdrift. He disappeared while coasting with friends and doctors say he has a good chance to recover thanks to the snow blanket that protected him.
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Connellsville
James Lawrence Meegan, Jr
Volunteers Battle Snow Drifts To Aid Mother And Babe
In Roanoke Virginia on December 13 volunteers farmers state highway workers and an ambulance crew battled eight to ten feet drifts in the Catawba valley to reach a lonely farmhouse. The newborn died at birth while the mother reached a hospital in serious but hopeful condition after an all day rescue effort.
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Mother
Babe
Roanoke
Salem
Catawba Valley
Ment
Foreign Service shifts underway in European postings
Washington reports two major diplomatic moves abroad signaling a broader shake-up in the State Department. Laurence A. Steinhardt leaves Turkey to become ambassador to the Czech government in London, while Norman Armour is named ambassador to Spain after Carlton Hayes resigns.
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Washington
State Department
Stettinius
London
Moscow
Balkans
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Turkey
Roosevelt
Carlton Hayes
Spain
Columbia University
Norman Armour
Madrid
Armour
Argentina
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
E Bond Sales Continue Lag in Sixth War Loan
Washington reports individual sales reach 73 percent of the $5.0 billion quota, with $3.663 billion in the vault. E bonds total $1.468 billion, 59 percent of their $2.5006 billion quota, $57 million under schedule. Overall drive sales hit $15.874 billion. drive ends Saturday with final 7s announced January 2.
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Washington
Treasury
Opirited Debate On Unity Heard In Congress
Washington reports a sharp debate on allied unity as Representative Gavin urged tougher Allied conscription and criticized British policy while Senator Brooks and others defended cooperation. Republicans and Democrats warned against silencing dissent. The discussion touched on the Atlantic Charter and the fate of small European nations.
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Washington
Brooks
Ican
Russia
England
Europe
Baltic
Balkan
Britain
Italy
Greece
Belgium
France
Gavin
R Pa
State Department
Churchill
Luther A. Johnson
D., Tex
Foreign Affairs Committee
Johnson
Fish
Hoffman
Mich
Bulwinkle
N. C
New Yorker
Senate
City Halts Regular Garbage Collection Due to Snow
City officials announced last night that regular garbage collection has been abandoned until Monday because snow covered streets hinder routes. Regular collection is expected to resume Monday if streets clear up.
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O. C. Keeney
Norfolk and Western
E. L. McClure
McClure
Consolidated Bus Company
Celco
Roanoke
Bluefield
Yanks Extend Roer Foothold in Major Assault
American first army troops astride the Roer near Monschau and southwest of Duren opened a two-pronged offensive, driving along the river and expanding the front to about 25 miles. Lt Gen Hodges reported gains on the western bank, with further advances against Siegfried line fortifications as Third Army pressed toward Saarbrucken. The action included enemy counterattacks and disrupted bridges near Haguenau and Wissembourg while advances continued from Lammersdorf and Monschau toward Aachen.
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U. 8
Germany
Roer River
Duren
Austin Bealmear
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
First Army
Moneschau
Battlefront
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer
Iet
Cologne
Seltzbach
Haguenau
Wissembourg
George 8. Patton
Saarlautern
Saarbrucken
Saar
Weeks Hodges
Monescat
Belgium
Monschau
Ward Duren
Julich
Linnicheben
Maas
Hollan
Aachen-Colne
Lammersdorf
Rotgen
Fury Of Athens Battle Escalates In British Athens Stronghold
Reports from Athens say leftist forces attacked British positions in central Athens penetrating near the barracks at Kifissia road. Explosives rammed into tanks at Omonoia square as reinforcements arrived and a civilian toll mounted. Leaders vowed to fight on, with renewed assaults on Goudi and the naval HQ area.
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Athens
Flas
Kifissia
Elas
Omonia
Oriers
Mega Es
Aemini
Goudi
Kallipolis
Piraeus
Sovernment Naval Headquarters
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