Mindoro Island Action Dwindles as Japanese Withdraw
General MacArthur reported Mindoro operations showed no beachheads found after a Japanese naval attack. The Japanese task force faded into the China Sea as American planes pressed cleanup on Leyte with 77th Infantry securing gains along the Valencia Palompon corridor.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
U. S
China Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Sinders
Issance Dore
Leyte
Valencia - Palompon
U. S. 77Th Infantry
Palom
Mount Country
Jim Hutcheson
Associated Press
Palompon
Andrew D. Bruce
77Th
Bridges
Atcheron
Clark
Manila
Negros
Mindaynao Islands
Borneo
Celebes
Moluccas
U.S
Plans for Referendum Legal Challenge in Virginia
Richmond Va Dec 28 State Comptroller Henry Gilmer and Attorney General A P Staples announced plans to seek a declaratory judgment from the state supreme court on the validity of the act providing for a referendum on a restricted constitutional convention The test aims to settle confusion from press statements challenging the act Arlington Republican leader John Locke Green plans a peremptory writ of mandamus to delete the informat ory statement from referendum ballots to remove barriers to a new war law Both sides seek a speedy determination of the questions involved
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Richmond
State Supreme Cest of Appeals
Henry Gilmer
A. P. Staples
Arlington
John Locke Green
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Arlington County
Gilmer and
Athope
Seawolf Presumed Lost After Patrol in Pacific
The submarine Seawolf, a 1450 ton vessel famed for striking Japanese shipping, is overdue from patrol and presumed lost. Commanded by Comdr. M. Bontier, the crew includes officers from Plains New York, with no casualty announcement yet. The Seawolf is the war’s 34th U.S. submarine lost and part of a toll that exceeded 3.5 million tons. Built at Portsmouth Navy Yard and commissioned December 1 1939.
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Washington
Pacific
Albert
M. Bontier
the Plains
N. Y
Normkin
Seawolf
U. S
Portsmouth N. H
Navy Yard
Army Takes Over Ward Properties In Wartime Move
President Roosevelt and Sewell Avery clashed over wartime labor policy as the army seized Montgomery Ward facilities in seven cities. Avery argued the order violated the constitution while the White House said Ward defied War Labor Board directives. The action covered Chicago Detroit St Paul Denver Jamaica New York Portland Ore and San Rafael California.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Ward
War Labor Board
Avecy
Joseph W Byron
Army
Avery
General Byron
WLB
Detroit
St. Paul
Denver
Jamaica
N. Y
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
California
Montgomery Ward Sues CIO Union Over Detroit Strike
Montgomery Ward and company filed a 50000 suit in Wayne County Circuit Court against a CIO union involved in a strike at four Detroit area stores. Army officers had taken over stores by presidential order as union spokesman Roy Scoggins said the strike was over and workers would return Friday. The Dearborn store disturbance saw about 50 demonstrators overturn counters and throw merchandise. Defendants include Local 332 of the ny-reparation.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Wayne County
Army
Roy Scoggins
Dearborn
Wee Sambeny
F Seenee
Local
Road conditions are improved after weather in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia December 28 the northern and eastern panhandles faced slick roads while weather improved in most sections. The Kanawha river remained high at Marmet with a 20.1 foot gauge though far below flood levels. Traffic continued with chains on the slick eastern roads.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Marmet Lock
Ecres
Sus
Aed
Eeling
Clarksburg
Road Commission
Panhandle
Commission
Mitscher Sees New Action As Jap Fleet Pressure Grows
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher said the Japanese fleet remains capable of a major surface action and will throw all forces into the fight. He noted land based bombers in the Philippines could help block Japan in the China sea as U S forces press toward victory.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marc A. Mitscher
Navy
Philippines Sea
U S
California
Mitscher
Philippines
China Sea
Saipan
Empire
Churchill Eden Go To London To Recommend Greek Regency
Athens reports Prime Minister Churchill and Secretary Eden left for London to urge King George II to approve a regency as the first step to Greece political solution. The royal decision awaited king’s advisers while Greek leftist forces clash with British troops in Athens and Epirus fronts.
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Athens
Churchill
Anthony Eden
London
George II
Greece
Eden
George
Jening
Elas
Epirus
Napoleon Zervas
Edes
Preveza
Zervas
Troops Ordered to Maintain Philadelphia Ship Schedules
Army dispatches specially-trained troops to Philadelphia to keep ships sailing despite labor shortages at the port of embarkation. Col. Alex B. McNabb, the port commander, states the war continues and ships must sail to supply front-line forces.
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Philadelphia
Alex B. McNabb
Patton’s Third Army Breaks Through in Belgium and Luxembourg
Western Front reports Patton’s Third Army advancing up to sixteen miles in six days in Belgium and northern Luxembourg. The drive relieves Bastogne as German supply corridors shrink to under twenty miles wide while Allied air power regroups. Pacific Front notes Japanese bombers strike Saipan and Tinian as Mindoro remains free for now. Philippines-based planes hit Negros airfields. Eastern Front sees Soviet forces clear the east bank of the Hron in Slovakia and capture more of Budapest’s eastern outskirts as forces push toward Austria. Churchill and Eden travel to London from Athens amid reports of party desires for a regency in Greece.
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Patton
Third
Hammers
Belgium
Luxembourg
Bastogne
Allied Air Force
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Adm
Nimitz
MacArthur
Mindoro Island
Philippines
Negros Island
Hron River
Dapest
Therman
America
von Rundstedt
Associated Press
Hawkins
U. S. First Army
Liege
Antwerp
Germais
Von Kluge kills himself amid Hitler plot turmoil
British radio reports Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge, former Western Front commander, shot himself after refusing to join last summer's revolt against Hitler. A captured German order cited resignation and suicide, though BBC correspondent says the stated reason differs and details were restricted.
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Guenther von Kluge
Western Front
Hitler
von Kluge
Normandy
BBC
Tony
Truc Ee
Hugh Carleton Green
Paris
Virginia Roads Improve After Ice Thaw
Virginia road conditions show improvement as rising temperatures melt ice on primary routes. Traffic moved steadily with sand and chemicals in the Salem district while Blacksburg's Route 8 remained very icy and a Greyhound bus overturned injuring several passengers.
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Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
Culpeper
Salem
Blacksburg
Highway Department
Greyhound
Staunton
Lynchburg
South Hill
Frederickshoro
Street battles rage in Budapest as Russians press toward city core
Russian forces drive through eastern Budapest suburbs and advance along the Danube toward Vienna. In gains across Hungary and Slovakia, 3,494 German and Hungarian prisoners are reported, with key eastern suburbs and towns seized near Pest.
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Budapest
Hungary
Feodor I. Toukhin
Third Ukraine
Vienna
Tovares
Bratislava
Slovakia
Moscow
Danube
Ipolysag
Sahy
Czechoslovakia
Losonc-Kassa
Pest
Buda
Dunakeszi
Ujpest
Alagi
Arpad
Cinkota
Rakoskeresztur
Pestszendlorinc
OPA Predicts Cut In Prices Of Shoes And Repairs
The OPA predicted a cut in retail prices for shoes and shoe repairing but cannot estimate the extent. Lower ceilings are expected from a leather price reduction effective Jan. 29, with further actions to align retail prices to follow.
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OPA
Washington
Bastogne Under Siege Yet Again by Americans
In Bastogne on December 28 American forces held the town as German efforts under Field Marshal Von Rundstedt failed. Bulldozers cleared streets, dead removed, and a battered garrison of the 101st airborne the tenth armored and remnants of the 28th infantry division defended the hub of seven highways and one rail line amid freezing conditions and destroyed vehicles.
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U.S. Third Army
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Russia
101St Airborne
Tenth Armored
28Th Infantry Division
Germans Claim Withdrawals Made According To Plan
Berlin broadcast says Von Rundstedt’s spearheads were withdrawn to the main lines west and on the southern flank ahead of heavy American counterattacks. It notes heavy reinforcement of the American First and Third armies and Eisenhower's air power aimed at regaining initiative in the Ardennes.
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London
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Berlin
Eisenhower
Luxembourg
Ardennes
51St Highland Division
St. Valery
France
Montgomery
Alamein
Sicily
Normandy
Paris
Third Army
George
S. Patton
von Rundtedt
Third
Paton
Government spending peaks in 1944 with record debt
An unofficial Treasury tally shows 1944 receipts near 45 billion while expenditures reach 97 billion, defict about 52 billion. War costs exceed 90 billion, with reconstruction finance adds 1.5 billion and overall debt rising sharply.
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Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
German Blows In Italy Grow Rome Front
Allied air and ground forces fight to stop a German six mile front advance in the Serchio river valley. The U S 92nd Division reportedly pulled back after heavy fighting around Barga near Livorno as Field Marshal Kesselring’s forces push through flatlands and mountains. Over 1,000 Allied aircraft joined the effort with more than 4,000 sorties in three days of operations since mid August. Despite fierce resistance, allied troops retreated slightly and Barga reportedly surrendered.
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Rome
Serochio River
Barga
U. S
Sercio
Cca
Albert Kesselring
Serchio
Fifth Army
France
Stimson Warns German Counteroffensive Will End in Disaster
Secretary Stimson called the European front situation critical but expressed confidence that Germany will suffer disastrous consequences from its gamble. He noted severe American casualties but argued Allied air superiority and heavy bombing of marshalling yards help contain the German thrust in Belgium.
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Washington
Stimson
Belgium
Germany
Army and Navy List Casualties in Two Weeks
Washington reports 65 973 more casualties in the two weeks to Dec 14 lifting total U S. losses to 628 441 The Army accounts for 547 823 of the total and the Navy 80 618 The Army’s killed wounded missing and taken prisoner rise by 63 866 and 47 584 respectively while Navy deaths and wounds increase but missing men drop By category the Army shows 102 961 killed 319 034 wounded 65 762 missing and 59 165 prisoners of war Navy lists 31 182 killed 35 942 wounded 9 010 missing and 4 484 prisoners of war The figures exclude current German counteroffensive losses as described by Secretary Stimson.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Stimson
German Ardennes offensive pushed back after heavy Allied counterattacks
Allied forces under Patton and allied First army slowed the German winter drive across the Ardennes. Reports say 1,000 prisoners taken as German spearheads withdraw toward Liège while Bastogne garrison is relieved. No enemy gains reported along the 200 mile salient as German momentum stalls.
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Reich
Ardennes
Belgium
Luxembourg
Railroads Have Busier Year Despite Income Drop
Washington reports 1944 railroads carried a record 740 billion ton miles of freight and 96 billion passenger miles, up 18 and 9.3 percent from 1943. Freight loadings reached 43.5 million cars, while total traffic carried 10.7 million soldiers in special trains amid limited locomotive and passenger car gains.
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Washington
Pim
American Railroads
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
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Spencer Tracy
Ward Properties
Montgomery Ward
CID Union
Saipan Isle
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Tinian Islands
Iwo Jima
Matianas
Iwo
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Reds
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
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