Mindoro Beaten Back as Japanese Naval Force Fails
General MacArthur’s HQ reports a Japanese task force shelling Mindoro on December 26 was met by American bombers, fighters, and PT boats. three destroyers sunk and the battleship and cruiser hit as the Japanese fled westward. Ground pockets in Leyte and Palompon’s capture are noted with continued air raids on Clark field.
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Philippines
Central
China Sea
Mindoro Island
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Luzon
Leyte
Palomipon
Palompon
Tacloban
Clark Field
Northwes
Pathologist Says Chaplin Is Not Father Of Babe
A pathologist testified that blood typing indicates Charles Chaplin cannot be the father of Joan Berry's baby. Tests showed Berry type A, the child type B, Chaplin type O, ruling out paternity under known blood groups. The trial recessed until Friday after additional witnesses were delayed by illness.
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Chaplin
Babe
Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Miss Berry
Neston Evans
Lin
Miss Iry
Carol Ann Berry
Evans
Roy W. Hammack
Spirit Of Black Bart Marches On
A New Orleans style spoof places Black Bart’s spirit in modern Los Angeles. A bar incident ends with a would be robber claiming drunkenness as the motive while the proprietor chases him outside with bystanders.
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Spirit of Black Bart
Los Angeles
Calif
Black Bart
California
Bart
Golden Lion Cafe
Merger Man Held After Slaying in Crystal Mercer
Russell Hartwell age 39 of Garwood West Virginia was shot and killed Tuesday night in Crystal Mercer county Bernard Manks 21 of Crystal is jailed in Princeton awaiting prosecution Deputy Hedrick said Hartwell a miner at Lamar Colliery had visited his brother in Crystal and after being ordered to leave returned and knocked the door down Manks fired a 12 gauge shotgun killing Hartwell Hartwell born February 2 1905 was a life long Mercer county resident and Lamar worker He was a member of the Lamar local United Mine Workers of America survived by his wife and five children plus several brothers and sisters including Charlie Hartwell Louis Hartwell John Hartwell Mrs William Taylor and Mrs Jane Hazelwood Mercer Man II-See Page 2
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Russell Hartwell
Garwood
W. Va
Crystal
Mercer County
Bernard Manks
Princeton
Alvin Hedrick
Hartwell
Lamar
Charlie Hartwell
Hanks
Hedrick
Prosecu
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Louis
Melvin
Genevia
Ellen
Albert
John Hartwell
Goodwill
Louis Hartwell
Beckley
William Taylor
Jane Hazelwood
Nazis Reply to Surrender Ultimatum With Nuts
German commander sent a surrender ultimatum to American forces in the Bastogne pocket. An American HQ officer replied Nuts in seconds, with two hours allotted for a reply. Allied defenders reported links with relief forces as a large American force, unnamed, held out amid heavy German pressure. C-47 transports dropped hundreds of tons of ammunition, food, and medicine behind enemy lines. Paratroopers guided the supply drops as bombardment and gunfire persisted.
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Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Pad Town
Oo Maving
Ben
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France
von Rundstedt
Ardennes Forest
Luxembourg
Belgium
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
U. S
Jap Ministers Warn Diet of War Tactics
Japanese war leaders told the Diet that kamikaze tactics may decide the war. Navy minister Yonai reported heavy Allied ship losses and urged decisive action in the Philippines, while Sugiyama warned the future looks critical as American raids against Tokyo intensify.
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Japan
Diet
Cae Ae
Gen
Sugiyama
Mitsumasa Yonai
United States
Pacific
Yonai
Philippines
Tokyo
France to join United Nations on New Year’s Day
The state department announced that France will sign the declaration by United Nations on New Year’s Day in Washington. The ceremony will occur in the presence of UN representatives.
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Washington
France
State Department
United Nations
Intelligence Breakdown Major Factor In Setback In Europe
The Allied command attributes the first major European setback to underestimating German striking power and failing to learn of Von Rundstedt’s mobile reserves. Eisenhower rejects scapegoating and notes the need for better intelligence while acknowledging the Ardennes counteroffensive risk previously warned.
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Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
von Rundstedt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Montgomery
Caen
Allies Lift Bastogne Siege in Christmas Battle Report
Paris dispatches say Allied relief reached Bastogne within hours, narrowing the German salient to less than 20 miles. German broadcasts concede counterattacks on both flanks as Allied air and artillery pound lines, with Montgomery's divisions aiding a grim push on the southern front.
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Bastogne
Paris
Belgium
Luxembourg
Associated Press
Bernard L. Montgomery
Aachen
Weere
von Rundstedt
Liemneux
Hubert Pierlot
Brussels
Am and
19Th Tactical Air Command
Churchill narrowly escapes sniper assault in Athens incident
Prime Minister Churchill was fired upon by an Elas sniper near the British embassy in Athens as he arrived to join talks on Greece’s civil strife. Foreign Secretary Eden and Ambassador Reginald W. A. were present. artillery continued to shake the city. Greek factions agreed on a regency as the crisis moves toward a broader solution with regional leaders to meet shortly.
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Churchill
Elas
Anthony Eden
Reginald W. A
George Papandreou
Stalin
Roosevelt
Pan — Attica
Thea Wasa
George
London
Weather Delays Bluefield Area Bus Service
Ice coated highways and streets caused crippling delays as Bluefield buses and lines from Reynolds to Clarksburg faced stops and slow travel. By nightfall most routes resumed with the Reynolds line likely to resume today as warmer temperatures melted ice. One injury linked to the storm reported.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Greyhound Bus
Ovary
Reynolds Line
Clarksburg
Tri-City Ctron Cony
City
Julia Lambert
Ridge Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
West Virginia Endures 17th Straight Day of Bad Weather
Charleston reports a heavy cold rain with snow flurries extending the 17th day of bad weather across West Virginia. Weather delays are noted with a See Page 2 instruction for details.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Navy reports first sinking of Japanese carrier by US sub
Washington December 27 The navy disclosed in a communique the first definite sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier by a United States submarine. The report totals 27 ships sunk by subs, including the carrier, plus several other combatants and noncombatants.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Forrestal
Allied Air Offensive Drops Bombs on German Freight Yards
Airforce figures show 2,500 allied warplanes attacking western Germany from Britain and continental bases. In the Bonn Coblenz area and beyond, bombers hit Gerolstein Euskirchen Andernach and other targets while fighters and strafing runs disabled locomotives and trucks. Casualties included several Allied losses and 29 enemy planes shot down in one engagement near Bonn.
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Germany
Britain
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Belgium
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Gerolstein
Euskirchen
Andernach
Homburg
Bonn
Trier
Ninth Air Force
Merzig
Prum
Ninth Rado
Bas
Liege
Ice Closes Virginia Roads Amid Winter Storm Warnings
A winter storm blankets much of Virginia with sleet and freezing rain. Temperatures drop to single digits in spots. highways from Augusta to Richmond report icy surfaces and hazardous travel. State crews sand and treat routes while motorists are urged to avoid travel.
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Fleet
Virginia
Augusta
Highland
Lexington
Route 11
Pearlsburg
Christiansburg
Richmond
Route 1
South Hill
Petersburg
Staunton
Martinsville
Hall
Culpepper
Washington Weather Bureau
Lynchburg
Fredericksburg
Roanoke
Ninth Street
James River
Lee, Fourteenth
Boulevard
Department of Public Works
Marine Corps Seeks 150 Scout Dogs For Duty
The Marine Corps issues an urgent appeal for 150 male Doberman Pinscher and German Shepherd dogs for scout duty. Dogs should be about 27 inches tall and 170 pounds, with clean blood lines, healthy and aggressive but not vicious. Inquiries to Dogs for Defense, Inc., 22 East 60th Street, New York City.
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Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Dogs For Defense, Inc
East 60Th St
New York City
Russians Split Budapest Forages Russians Split Budapest Forages
Russian troops crossed the Danube eastern branch north of Budapest and split German Hungarian defenses. Szentendrei island was seized, with advances into Budapest from multiple angles. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky reached near 96 miles from Vienna and 65 from Bratislava as operations push toward the Hron Ipoly line.
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Ube
Budapest
Szentendrei Island
Moscow
Danube
Szentendrei
Tolbuhkin
Rodion
Malinovsky
Vienna
Bratislava
Hro
Garam
Austria
Hron
Ipoly
Czechoslovakia
West Virginia Sets War Loan Sales Record
West Virginia reports a new sales record for the sixth war loan with 135,316,698 dollars in sales, achieving 196 percent of a 69 million quota. Chairman A C Spurr notes E bond sales trail, with four regions remaining and 17.6 million sold for 84 percent of a 21 million quota.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. C. Spurr
Spurr
California Institute records heavy quake near Pasadena
The California Institute of Technology reported a heavy earthquake estimated at magnitude 5.4 near Pasadena in the morning hours. Seismologists said it likely would have been destructive if centered in a settled area, with times noted at 8:38 and 8:49 a.m. Pacific War Time.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
New Britain
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