Yanks Take Palompon In Sea borne Attack
General MacArthur announced the Leyte Samar campaign was closed except for mopping up after American forces captured Palompon in a water borne assault. He cited enormous Japanese losses and praised the 77th division for taking Leyte’s last major Japanese port.
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Palompon
MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte-Samar
Leyte
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Macq
Japa
Philip Islands
Demand For Food Czar Renewed By House Republicans
Rep. Jenkins of Ohio renewed the push for a food czar with near unlimited authority over pricing and distribution. He said a single coordinator is needed to unify production, processing, distribution, and rationing, warning the postwar period will make food the paramount issue. He noted the war food administration lacks a central head and faces agency vetoes, causing overlaps and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Jenkins
Ohio
OPA
The
Ohioan
War Food Administration
Army Takes Mother To Vets Hospital Where Babe Is Born
At Bushnell General Hospital Utah on December 25 tiny Zemula Lee Arnold was christened after her father Lt Jesse Arnold a wounded veteran of the Philippines fight. Born December 17 she had a hernia operation soon after birth and is recovering. Col Mortimer Chester post chaplain christened her as the parents sat in wheelchairs.
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Bushnell General Hospital
Utah
Zemula Lee Arnold
Philippines
Leyte
Jesse Arnold
Long Beach
Calif
Arnold
Col
Mortimer Chester
Bushnell
West Virginia Rivers Flood as Snow Melts
Snow cover dissipates as heavy rains flood streams across the state. Burnsville Buckhannon and Elk rivers rise rapidly, isolating towns and closing roads including state routes 5 18 20 and U S 19. Rail tracks threatened and theaters canceled as waters peak in Braxton and Webster counties.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Braxton County
Burnsville
Kanawha
Buckhannon
Bill Curtis
Baltimore and Ohio
Heffner
The
Road Commission
West Union
Weston
Glenville
State 5
Stout's Mills
Adrian
Hodgesville
State 4
Sutton
Gassaway
Elk River
Webster Springs
West Fork
U. S. 19
Clarksburg
Ten Soldiers Die In Crash At Roundtop Mountain
An army transport plane from Jacksonville to Minneapolis crashed into fog on Roundtop mountain near Harrisburg. Ten soldiers were killed and 17 injured in the early morning wreck. Firefighters cut through wreckage to reach survivors as emergency crews transported the injured to Harrisburg General and New Cumberland hospitals.
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Hartisburg
Middletown Air Technical Service Command
Jacksonville
Florida
Minneapolis
Minnesota
William Vogelsong
New Cumberland
Harrisburg General Hospital
New Cumberland Army Reception Center
New Cumberland Airport
Holiday marked around world as war rages on
Across allied nations on Christmas Eve 1944, leaders like George VI and Wilhelmina sent messages of hope and liberation as U S soldiers fought in the European theater. Americans abroad celebrated with as normal holiday rites as possible amid ongoing combat, including gifts for refugees in Rome. London workers staged a one day subway strike as the city faced war’s toll.
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Associated Press
Europe
U. S
George VI
England
United States
Commonwealth
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Nethanee Bernhard
London
Belgium
Holiday Death Toll Tops 300 As Holiday Weekends End
The Associated Press reports 309 U S holiday deaths over the three day period ending Monday with 186 from traffic 41 in fires 82 from other causes. Plane crash and train wreck fatalities raise totals. California leads with 37 deaths while state tallies list traffic fire and other causes by state.
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United States
Associated Press
Belvidere
Inl
National Safety Council
California
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Tllinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Issouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
War in Brief: Fronts See Stalemate Shifts and Heights
Western Front reports say German strikes northeast of Sedan amid signs of stabilized lines as Allied air raids cause heavy losses. Russian Front notes Russians reach near Budapest and disrupt German escape routes, with Reds pressing in southern Czechoslovakia. Southern Front describes British air raids on Greek leftist concentrations in north Athens while Churchill and Eden visit. Pacific Front reports capture of Palompon and second Leyte campaign phases, with Japanese casualties listed and American losses tallied.
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Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Athens
Churchill
Eden
Palompon
Leyte
Philippines
Ration Points Change Raise Food Costs For Households
Washington reports new Office of Price Administration rules take effect at 12 01 a m Tuesday shifting ration points for six canned vegetables and tomatoes and bumping butter from 20 to 24 red points. About 85 percent of meats return to ration lists by Dec 31 with red and blue stamps adjusted and several sugar and canning certificates cancelled. Meat and sugar allowances drop with four week meat allotment set at 50 points and five pounds of sugar per person for three months.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Churchill Eden Arrive in Athens to Seek Greek Crisis Settlement
British Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden land in Athens to mediate Greece's civil war. A Tuesday conference is planned with Elas delegates invited, with Archbishop Damaskinos mentioned as a possible regent. Alexander and MacMillan discussed the intervention after arrival. Armistice talks with the leftist Elas have failed so far.
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Athens
Churchill
Anthony
Eden
Elas
Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Harold MacMillan
Britain
MacMillan
Ronald M. Scobie
Allied fliers strike German targets in clear weather blitz
Allied air forces based in Britain and the continent pressed a third straight day of hard strikes on German supply lines and armored columns. U S Eighth and Ninth Air Forces led heavy bombing and rocket attacks over western Germany with accompanying fighter escorts and anti aircraft fire modest. Continent based 19th Tactical Air Force joined in with over 300 sorties shredding German transport and frontline assets. By nightfall Allied losses and enemy claims mounted as bombers hit rail junctions and bridges near the Rhine while fighters swarmed enemy skies.
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London
Britain
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Germany
Bulge
U.S. First Army
Rhine
Gibson E. Sisco
Fort Wayne
Ind
Norman R. Crosson
Pleasant Ridge
Cincinnati
19Th Tactical Air Force
Officers Nab Robber Suspect In Bluefield
Earl Ward of Bluefield was arrested on Essex Street for armed robbery at the North Side Grocery on Dec 22. Ward allegedly restrained operator Lewis Kendal and stole $80 plus Kendal’s pocketbook, and admitted AWOL from the army since Nov 10. He awaits preliminary hearing before Justice J A Bailey.
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Earl Ward
Bluefield
Upper Essex Street
North Side
Cecil C. Weddle
Ward
Lewis Kendal
Ada
Kendal
Weddle
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Jim Bowman
Ted Land
W. A. Meadows
Christmas Comes To Fighting Men Against Battle Backdrop
Christmas 1944 across wartime Britain and Allied fronts. In London churches, aid groups held mass and carols as V weapons and bombing continued. U S troops, in Bastogne and beyond, endured shortages and concern while mail from home climbed.
Butcher Shops Vote To Halt Sales In Citywide Protest
In New York City area a planned holiday shut down by butchers over OPA price ceilings could close about 3,500 shops if enacted. Mayor LaGuardia pledged action to ensure meat distribution while wholesalers redirect supplies to open markets. About 20 percent of kosher markets remained open as protests continued.
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New York
Manhattan
New York City
OPA
Woolley
Soviets Drive to Edge of Budapest
Soviet forces reached the western city limits of Budapest cutting the last rail escape routes westward from the capital. The drive pushes toward Vienna and Bratislava with enemy losses reported and Budapest surrounded in the wider Czech and Slovak advance.
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Vienna
London
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Hron
Garam
Leva
Levice
Bratislava
Piliscsaba
Danube River
Danube
Budakeszi
Diosd
Buda
Cold Wave Forecast Targets Ohio Valley and Mid Atlantic
Washington reports a new cold wave sweeping east from the Dakotas and Minnesota will plunge temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Lows are forecast from zero to 10 below in northern New York, about 10 degrees in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, and 15 to 20 degrees in Kentucky and Tennessee with moderating temps Wednesday.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Middle North Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Appalachian Mountains
Stabilization Signals In Winter Battle Near Paris Front
Allied reports indicate line stabilization with no broad enemy movement after Germany seized Libramont 23 miles northeast of Sedan. German forces pressed west with tank and patrol thrusts while U S troops gained in Saarlautern area and Bastogne remained contested. Paris dispatch notes fresh fighting, air raids, and talks of ar rival in Paris January 17.
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Ninth Army
Roer River
U. S
Libramont
Meuse River
Third Army
Saaarlautern
Saar River
Seventh Army
Wissembourg Gap
Alsace
Paris
Sedan
Meuse
Berlin
Karl von Rundschs
Bastogne
Bulge
Ingrum
Luxembourg
Associated Press
Tom Yarbrough
Rockets and guns hit leftists in Athens on Christmas Day
British Beaufighters blasted left wing Elas forces in northern Athens suburbs with rockets and cannon amid ongoing street fighting. Artillery and mortar duels, 37 mm anti tank fire, and raids on sniper nests marked the day as Greek Archbishop Damaskinos urged a Christmas cease fire.
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Athens
Elas
Shi
Piraeus
Archibishop Damaskinos
Ita
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