Last Flight Port for Japs on Leyte Under Fire
General MacArthur reports the 77th Infantry Division has pushed three miles west of the Ormoc corridor toward Palompon, the last Japanese escape port on Leyte. Mopping up continues as 1,546 enemy dead are tallied. Nipponese air raids persist while Liberators bomb Mindoro airfields and Visayan targets.
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Leyte
U. S
Ormoc
Mindoro
Palompon
Ls Peer
Faen
Manila
Luzon
Negros
Cebu
Masbate
Clark Field
Visayan Islands
Keep on the job to aid fighting forces this Christmas
President Roosevelt urged Americans to stay at work and keep up supplies for the troops in Europe. He used a newspaper quote to stress continuing steady output and called the Atlantic Charter still valid, despite recent debates.
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FDR
Atlantic Charter
Washington
Roosevelt
Figh
Europe
Churcaill
Norfolk crew penalized for pilfering cigars on ship
A Victory cargo vessel crew including the skipper and three mates had their licenses revoked after a guard hearing board found they sold 60 cases of cigarets at high profit while at foreign ports. The profits were kept, though no dishonesty charge was pressed. They appealed to the Coast Guard commandant R. R. Waesche for review.
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Norfolk
Victory
Guard
Naval and Maritime Commission
R. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Final Rites Held For Lupe Velez
Final rites for Mexican actress Lupe Velez were held at a Beverly Hills mortuary chapel as Harold Ramond, named by Velez as the father of her unborn child, visited briefly. Several hundred mourners attended. pallbearers included Johnny Weissmuller and Gilbert Roland. Her body was to be sent to Mexico City tonight.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lupe Velez
Harold Ramond
Lupe
Ramond
Josefina Velez Y Villalobos
Mexico City
Josefina Anderson
San Antonio
Tex
Pvt
Gordon Anderson
Gary Cooper
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny
Gilbert Roland
Eisenhower Urges Grand Effort to Defeat Nazi Push
Supreme Headquarters in Paris releases Eisenhower's order urging Allied soldiers to rise to new courage and effort. He asserts the enemy will fail if Allies unite and destroy the enemy on ground and in the air. The message frames the Nazi gamble as potentially ending in defeat with God's help.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Langdon Dies at 60 After Illness in Hollywood
Film comedian Harry Langdon died after a short illness at about age 60. A cerebral hemorrhage was the cause. Langdon rose from two reel comedies to fame with Tramp Tramp Tramp and The Strong Man. He starred opposite Joan Crawford in Long Pants and created a sensation with a blind heroine.
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Hollywood
Harry Langdon
Harry
Joan Crawford
Man
Red Army Offensives Hit Baltic and Hungary Fronts
Russian forces launch a Baltic offensive with 270000 men aimed at breaking Nazi lines along the Baltic coast. Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine army drives southwest of Budapest to encircle the capital and open a path to Vienna as Maunovsky's forces threaten Bratislava and approach the Slovak rail hubs. Local gains include several Slovak towns as Soviet units close on Szekesfehervar and other frontier targets.
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London
Latvia
Baltic Sea
Feodor J. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Szekesfehervar
Berlin
Shay Par
Rodion Y. Maunovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Red Army
Moscow
Malinvsky
Kassa
Losonc
Governor Commutes Life Sentence for Mercer County Man
Charleston dispatch reports Henry Brown, inmate at Moundsville state penitentiary, had his life sentence commuted to 18 years for the May 4 1931 stabbing death of Priestly Woods of Mercer county. The parole office noted Brown has already served 14 years and the commutation follows a recommendation by Judge George L Dillard and Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney W B Burton.
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Charleston
W. Va
Henry Brown
Moundsville
Brown
Mercer County
Priestly Woods
George L. Dillard
W. B. Burton
Nagoya Bombed Again Nazis New Secret Weapon Described
London reports the Germans are using a new secret weapon on the western front described as a small V-2 style device within a cut-anne shell design. It appears similar to V-1 and V-2 features, suggesting mixed characteristics of the flying bomb and long range rocket.
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London
Western Front
Navy identifies two Leyte destroyers Mahan and Ward
Washington reports the two American warships lost off Leyte are the destroyer Mahan and the destroyer Porter Ward. The Ward had no loss of life. the Mahan carried about 170 crewmen. Casualty numbers were not disclosed.
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Washington
Leyte
Philippines
Mahan
Ward
Douglas A. MacArthur
Pacific
Navy
Richard E. Farwell
Cold wave tightens grip on Dakotas and Minnesota
The second phase of a nationwide cold wave pushes into the Dakotas and northern Minnesota after 25 below readings. Northeastern states, including Pennsylvania with 34 below at Morrison Run, endure extreme cold as Canada’s outbreak spreads east. Snow and ice hinder travel, and Ohio records its coldest Dec 22.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Central Border States
Pennsylvania
Minnesota- Dakota
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
Morrison Run
Kane
York State
New Jersey
Ohio
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Nashville
Tenn
Brother of Elkins Man Among Hostages Executed By Nazis
Dr. K P Kostakos of Elkins WV learns his brother Leonidas, a U S citizen for 12 years, was among 36 hostages executed by Germans in Greece in May. Leonidas lived with his American wife Rose Jordan of Philadelphia and planned to return to the United States after the war. This is the first family news in four years.
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Elkins
W. Va
K. P. Kostakos
Leonidas
Greece
Kostakos
UNRRA
United States
Rose Jordan
Philadelphia
Nagoya Bomb Run Intensifies as B 29s Press Attack
Saipan December raids report heavy anti aircraft fire and strong fighter defense as KQ 29s strike Nagoya for the third time in ten days. Maj Robert Fitzgerald notes fierce enemy attacks while Hatsudoki factory sustains continued bombs and fires.
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Jap Aircraft Center
Bomber Command
Saipan
Nagoya
Japan
Maj
Robert Fitzgerald
Ridgewood
N. J
Britain orders new draft to boost army strength
London announces a new call-up plus transfers from the RAF and navy aimed at raising 250 000 more troops. The plan also targets civil draft and desk soldiers while combing administrative services for additional personnel as Eisenhower reinforces the western front.
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Navy
London
Britain
Churchill
Berlin
Eisenhower
Weather Drives Snakes Indoors In Martinsburg
In Martinsburg West Virginia a meter inspector found two copperhead snakes about two and a half feet long near a suburban home water meter. They were removed with sticks and tossed outside into the snow where the 11 degree temperature killed them and they were destroyed.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
John Powler
Leftist Peace Proposal Amid Greek Turmoil
In Athens authorities report the left wing Elas may offer a new three point peace plan to Lt. Gen. Beebie while Gen. Zervas accuses Elas of overruning eight villages in Epirus. The Elas seek disarmament and a new government, with British forces pressed to back negotiations amid ongoing clashes in Piraeus and southern Athens.
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R. M. Beebie
Greece
Napoleon Zervas
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Epirus
Scobie
Attica
Zervas
Chriskos
Eres
Yanina
Pirterention
Piraeus
Tommies
POUND 40 MILES ACROSS BELGIUM IN WEEK OF FIGHT
German winter offensive pushes 40 miles into Belgium from Luxembourg, reaching near Arlon and Bastogne area as Patton’s Third Army slows the drive. Reports indicate German armor massing for renewed blows while Allied forces hold key towns and supply routes.
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Luxembourg
Arion
Malmedy
Bastogne
Patton
Third Army
Paris
Arlon
Sedan
George 8
Eisenhower
Posers
Sige
Slasshal
Karl von Rundstedt
Bellum
Luxemurg
Ourthe River
Larcoeh
Stavelot
Wiltz
Duchy
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Antwerp
Liege
Bastoigne
Echternach
Nazi Resistance Fades as Canadian Drive Reaches Senio
Allied forces report a major Canadian breakout northeast of Faenza on the Adriatic front. Canadian troops advance across the Lamone bulge and reach the Senio river near Pusignano, as German positions around Bagnacavallo collapse under heavy pressure.
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Faenza
Adriatic
Senio
Bagnacavallo
Tomach
Lamone
Eighth Army
Fosso Munio
Pase Come Senio
Pusignano
Ravenna
RAF Blasts Rhine Railhead Cities Coblenz and Bingen
London reports RAF Lane casters and Halifaxes attacked Coblenz and Bingen railhead centers used by Von Rundstedt’s attack armies. The raid targeted freight yards and rail links to Trier Luxemberg and Saar valley while daylight sorties supported American troops.
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London
RAF
Rhine
Coblenz
Bingen
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Trier
Luxembourg
Saar
U. S
Bork Nist
Nice
Cologne
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