Bombers Hit Shipping Off Luzon and Mindoro
General MacArthur reported Mitchell bombers struck Japanese ships in Lingayen Gulf off Luzon and damaged a 7000 ton freighter. American heavy bombers hit San Jose airfield between Leyte and Mindoro, cratered a runway, and MacArthur said Mindoro airfields sustained some damage.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Saturay
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Findoro
Leyte
San Jose
Min
MacArthur
Mindoro
Davao
Mindanao
United American Bombers Hit Iwo Jima Raid Continues
U S Pacific Fleet reports Ameri can Liberators bomb Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands for the 21st day this month despite heavy ground fire. The raid targets airstrips and enemy aircraft, with additional attacks on Peleliu the Palaus and the Marshall Islands using Corsair planes.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Navy
Strategic Air Force
Saipan
Tokyo
Oa Iablethuns
Palaus
Leatherneck Fliers
Marshall Islands
Bombers Hit Nazi Rail Network Across Germany
Allied air forces raid rail yards near Bonn Scholven Buer and Soblenz on the Rhine as daylight and night operations join in against German transportation. U S Eighth Air Force leads with Fortress Libera ls and 700 fighters while RAF mounts multi‑layer heavy bombing on rail targets and port facilities.
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London
Germany
Isdorf
Bonn
Scholven- Buer
Ruhr
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Ritain
RAF
Soblenz
Rhine
Rotterdam
British Hold Half of Athens As Piraeus Secured
British forces and Greek national guards complete phase to clear central Athens and secure the west harbor area with paratroopers and tanks. An official report says 7,500 prisoners taken. Churchill and Eden return to Britain to push for regency in Greece.
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Athens
Piraeus
Elas
Omonia
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Britain
War Cabinet
Eden
George
Greece
Ardittos Hill
Zappion Park
Averoff Stadium
Pankrati
Phaleron Road
Acropolis
Napoleon Zervas
Preveza
Nimitz Threatens Japan in Radio Message Set for Japanese
Admiral Chester Nimitz announced that the U.S. Navy will carry the fighting to the vitals of Japan and defeat it. The broadcast, aimed at Japanese listeners, warned of strikes on Japan and Manchuria by Superfortresses to cripple industrial capacity. Joseph Grew urged overthrow of military rule and a free government, relayed via OWI’s new 100 kilowatt transmitter from Saipan and Honolulu.
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Washington
Chester Nimitz
United States Navy
Japan
Pacific
Joseph C
Office of War Information
Saipan
KRHO
Honolulu
Central Pacific
OWI
Ral Nimitz
Manchuria
Germany
U. S
Tokyo
Stork Born After Snowbank Mishap at Cleveland Hospital
In Cleveland on December 29 a stork fell into a snowbank in front of St Luke's hospital and Terri Ann Zelman was delivered into the world. Mrs Harry Zelman and a relative slipped in the snow and were taken into the maternity ward where Terri Ann arrived minutes later. A motorist alerted staff shouting that a baby lay outside. The newborn was placed in an incubator and reportedly unharmed despite the ordeal.
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Cleveland
St. Luke's Hospital
Terri-Ann Zelman
Harry Zelman
Terri-Ann
Lawyer’s fiery plea targets Chaplin paternity case
Joan's lawyer assails Chaplin in a lengthy courtroom plea, calling Miss Berry a temptress and testing experts into doubt. The defense plans final remarks after a holiday recess as jurors near a verdict in the paternity suit over 14 month old Carol Ann.
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Joan
Chaplin
Scott
War in Brief reports on fronts across Europe Asia
The Associated Press summary notes U.S. counterattacks push Germans back in Belgium and Luxembourg, with Patton’s Third Army reaching the German border. Soviet forces advance toward Bratas in Slovakia, while Italian front lines hold near Athens and Piraeus. In the Pacific, U.S. bombers strike Iwo Jima and Mindanao convoy actions claim sinks as Tokyo reports nightly alerts.
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United States
Iwo Jima
United
Mindanao Sea
Philippines
U. S
Tokyo - Yokohama
Kobe-Osaka
Tokyo
Sleet and Rain Storms Continue Across West Virginia
Sleet and rain persisted in western and southern counties with scattered snow in Greenbrier Monroe Summers Raleigh and Mercer as temperatures stayed below freezing. Rivers edged below flood stage while highways remained passable and travel remained risky due to ice and snow. Authorities urged motorists to proceed with caution during New Year’s weekend travel.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Monroe
Summers
Raleigh
Mercer
Logan
Mingo
Panhandles
Road Commission
Ohio
Kanawha
New
Virginia
State Highway Department
Richmond Weather Bureau
Tomb of Captain Halstead Reopens for Treasure Seekers
Ghouls and treasure-hunters reopened the tomb of Captain Frederick Matt Halstead in Norfolk, hoping for riches but finding only a Confederate sword and a few teeth. The captain's estate, valued at 300000 to 500000 dollars, was divided among 33 relatives who contested his will. His mausoleum remains unfulfilled while Riverdale housing project, a white city, houses about 7000 residents.
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Norfolk
Frederick Matt Halstead
Norfolk County
B. R. Peed
Halstead City
Riverdale
Russians Close In On Budapest Heart In Fierce Street Fighting
Soviet shock troops push into new sections of encircled Budapest from the west in hand to hand combat described as unrivaled since Stalingrad. Russians claim thousands killed or captured as crews seize districts and press toward the Danube while Malinovsky’s forces control the north bank.
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London
Budapest
Stalingrad
Berlin
Danube
Pilis
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hron
Bratislava
Pilisszendlaszlo
Malinovsky
Fairbanks Awarded Legion of Merit for Navy Actions
Lt. Conndr. Douglas E. Fairbanks Jr. received the Legion of Merit for conspicuous conduct during naval actions in the invasion of Southern France. The former film star and son-in-law of Mrs. G. T. Epling has served in Iceland England and overseas, and is currently at the Navy Department in Washington.
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Douglas E. Fairbanks, Jr
Motion Picure
G. T. Epling
Walker
United States
Fairbanks
Artemus L. Gates
West Virginia schools: four storm days may not require make up
State Superintendent W. W. Trent said lost time from recent snowstorms need not be made up if within four days. If nine days were closed, four may be approved as no school on account of storm, but the remaining five must be made up before summer vacation. County boards will set the final term extension.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
W. W. Trent
State Board of Education
Trent
Nuts Bastogne Hero McAuliffe Led 101st to Victory
Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, 46, acting commander of the 101st Airborne and key units of the U.S. Third Army, answered a German surrender ultimatum with Nuts. His stand near Bastogne became a rallying cry for the 10,000 defenders and relief forces including the 80th Infantry, 26th Infantry, and Fourth Armored divisions, amid the Battle of the Bulge.
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Bastogne
Anthony C. Mc Auliffe
America
101St Airborne
U. S. Third Army
Tenth Armored
Sedan
Washington
D. C
McAuliffe
John Paul Jones
Poans
101St
Third Army
Fourth Armored
Luxon
80Th Infantry
26Th Infantry
Ex-Oailors Executed in Waynesboro Court House
Two 19 year old ex sailors, Joseph Leemon of Maylene Alabama and Marice Shimnick of Madison Wisconsin, were executed in Waynesboro Mississippi for the hitchhike murder of former Sheriff Thomas Boykin. They were transported from Lauderdale County jail after Governor Bailey refused commutation. Leemon smiled and said he was ready to die and hoped to meet everyone in heaven, while Shimnick asked how he went as he faced the chair.
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Waynesboro
Miss
Wayne County
Thomas 8
Boykin
Joseph Leemon
Maylene
Ala
Marice Shimnick
Madison
Wis
Meridan
Leemon
V. V. Hosey
Meridian
Shimnick
Joe
Hosey
Lauderdale County
Bailey
Pfc Belcher Wounded in Action in France Purple Heart Awarded
Private Charles Edwin Belcher 19, of Oakhurst Avenue, Benched in France after being wounded in the left leg. He reports in a December 13 letter he is in an emergency hospital and has received the Purple Heart. Belcher trained at Fort Riley and Fort Meade after enlisting 16 months ago and served with the infantry in overseas service.
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Charles Edwin Belcher
J. B. Belcher
Oakhurst Avenue
France
Belcher
Her
Famed Fighting Divisions Halt Nazi Offensive
American troops in Belgium halted a major German drive as three divisions earned honors. The Immortal First Infantry, 82nd Airborne, and Seventh Armored defended key sectors near Monschau Liege and Aachen while the Twelfth SS Panzer was mauled. Other units and details remain restricted.
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Belgium
First Infantry
Brooklyn
82Nd Airborne
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Adolf Hitler Panzer
SS Panzer
Signia
Monschau
Liege
Meuse
Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Twelfth Panzers
Aachen
Seventh Armored
Oes
Antwerp
Nazis Prepare Defense Stand Near Bastogne
Allied notes say U S first and third armies pushed Germans back along the western bulge in Belgium and Luxembourg. Patton's third army reached the Reich border at three points, tightening positions north of Bastogne while observers report German fortifications and minefields as the foe shifts to defensive lines.
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Meuse River
Belgium
Rochefort
Patton
Third Army
Reich
Luxembourg
Bastogne
Third
First
United States
First Army
U.S
Bulge
Sure River
Paris
U. S
Belgi
Entemy
Meuse
George
S. Patton
Luxem
Associated Press
Lewis Hawkins
Karl von Rundstedt
Reuters
William Steen
Wes Gallagher
von Rundstedt
Holland
DNB
von Ant
Nazi Drive In Italy Checked After Four Days of Fighting
Rome reports Allied lines near the Serchio valley quieting after four days of hard fighting. American troops were driven back along a six mile sector and from at least two towns. The Axis claimed gains at Gallicano and Barga as Kesselring massed reserves behind any potential breakthrough.
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Rome
Serchio
Gallicano
Luccs
Barga
Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
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