Germans Press Forward on West Front Amid Stubborn Allied Resistance
American AP dispatch from the Western front reports von Aunsted Hawes seeking a strong westward push with tanks and infantry. German infantry and armor make progress on a broad front while Allied air activity remains high. Despite heavy engagements near Diekirch Echternach and Bastogne, Allied forces counter and hold key sectors as counterattacks are repelled and reconnaissance units are driven back.
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Solmon
Associated Press
von Aunsted Con- Hawes
Frent
Owrmann
Reuters
Exchange
Shaef
Stavdot
Aup
Merach
Thewna
Reuter
Sisvelot
Netvyenew
Bastogne
Bombers Strike German Bulge Front In Daylight Assault
Allied air forces including more than 2000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked communications and supply hubs from Erchen to Trier and air fields around Frankfurt. Escorts claimed dozens of Luftwaffe planes downed while RAF Lancaster sorties after dark targeted Cologne area. US Ninth and 19th Air Forces reported hundreds of tanks and thousands of vehicles destroyed across the front.
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London
German Bulge
Erchen
Trier
Frankfurt
Rhine
Thunderbolts
Geiasen
RAF
Lancastera
Cologne
Blup
SHARP
Woling
USAAF
U.S
Ninth Air Force
First Army
19Th Air Force
Seaman
Air Ministry reports raids on German railway yards and targets
The Air Ministry communique reports raids on railway marshalling yards at Cologne and airfields at Bonn Essen and Dusseldorf, plus long range rocket targets in Holland. They also attacked locomotives and rolling stock and laid mines in enemy waters. Six German planes were shot down and 18 of ours are damaged.
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London
Air Ministry
Cologne
Bonn
Eason
Dusseldorf
Holland
V Bomb Attacks Hit Northern England and Manchester
A V bomb attack struck a residential district in Northern England causing superficial damage elsewhere. High Command communique says long range fire targeted Manchester. Enemy air activity over the south began at dawn Saturday and produced damage with no reported casualties.
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London
England
Bertin High Command
Manchester
Christmas joy for servicemen at Canberra welfare centre
A large influx of servicemen on leave, plus welfare centre hospitality and YMCA Hostel bookings, marked Christmas cheer in Canberra. An engineers unit from Western Australia received a surprise with messages from home via 2CA radio, as 79 service members, WRANS, AWAS, Ellory, and Allied air men gathered for a Christmas toast at the YY Centre. Canberra friends and the YY Centre president W. Dunbar read messages from all states, while a Perth‑made record played for the wives and parents back home, organized by Rotarian Stan Perry.
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Ellory
Waty Town
Christma Inner
Canberra
Ite
W. Dunbar
Reed
Tani
Christes
Thom
Parenta
Wealtre
Australia
Perth
Rotemian
Stan Perry
Mig
Perry
Canderth
Christmas Across the Sea Broadcasts and War News
A wide spread of international Christmas messages from King George VI, Pope Pius XII, and President Roosevelt fills the page. The King’s Empire broadcast is noted in Australia as well as underground rail strikes in London. Brussels reports canceled dances and Belgian hopes for a short occupation. Goebbels and Hitler-era rhetoric are mentioned alongside a Vatican Pope’s call for government power and peace. Roosevelt’s Christmas address envisions a new era of world peace if nations cooperate and prepare for a common future.
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M. Pieriot
Citigens
Brussels
U.P
Athens
Scobie
Washington
Roosevelt
Earth
Toether
Tome
Canadians Cross Senio River Front in Italy Fight
Canadian units of the Eighth Army crossed the Senio River on a front over five miles long, pushing along both banks. They faced strong Japanese resistance on the west bank near Orasette as winter weather and heavy snow slowed further progress. The Italy communique noted continued fighting, with patrols aimed at disrupting German defences and a broader westward advance near Mount Dells Volpe and Sur Mara.
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London
Eighth Army
Senio
Orasette
New York
Faenza
Maktern
United States
Jamone
Sento
Mount Dells Volpe
Sur Mara
Italy
Sair Wating. Ie
AAP
Waly
Siatan
Vie Bih
Russians draw in pincers on Budapest
A Moscow communiqué asserts the encirclement of Budapest has advanced beyond German claims. Russians lie about 5 miles south of the Danube near Esztergom, with a 20 mile gap closing around the capital. They report 3,000+ German and Hungarian prisoners in three days and 177 destroyed tanks and planes on the front south of Budapest.
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Budapest
London
Danube
Esztergon
Lake Velencei
Budepest
Lake Balaton
Latvia
Bern
Voscow
Berlin
Alep
Wahy
Ipel
Caschodilovaskie
Red Army
Third Ukrainian Front
Gongyas
Bahy
Nea Levice
Bratislava
British study ELAS reply to General Scobie
A British report notes ELAS central command closely studied in Athens and Vienna with Greek government coordination. British troops after heavy fighting seized the main refrigeration plant near the harbour area, with north harbour operations and ongoing National Guard recruitment in the area.
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Elas
Scobie
Elas Central
Athens
Pirseus
Igeararen
National Guard
Anne Uh
Cruelty in Guam As Occupation Leaves Many Dead
An AAP report from Guam details atrocities during Japanese occupation. It says 18 children died and two mutilated native girls, aged 16, were killed after being accused of not living in a compound. The victims were struck with swords and dumped into a grave found two weeks later.
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A.A.P
Guam
Sizuenna
Breakaway Hungary Aims Armistice Mobilisation Report
Moscow radio states Hungary plans to sever alliance with Germany and form a new government. It reports a purge against alleged collaborators and calls for agrarian reform to empower landless peasants as troops may join against the German army. The broadcast mentions a 230 member delegation and reference to a professor.
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Sweeren
Moscow Radio
Hungary
Dele- Bia Cerna
Bein Sselini
Fa A
Refugees Sheltered in Switzerland Report
The Swiss Legation announced Switzerland shelters 95,000 civilian and military refugees representing 2.2 percent of the population. Military internees total 16,000, including about 1,000 American airmen who landed after bombing missions in Germany. Also 3,300 former prisoners of war escaped from nearby camps.
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Washington
Swiss Legation
Switzerland
Germany
Germans Move HQ in Norway to Lillehammer
The Norwegian Government Office of Information reports the German headquarters in Norway have shifted from Oslo to Lillehammer to better protect it from saboteurs active in Oslo.
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H.Q
Norway
London
Office of Information
Haveen
Oslo
Lillehammer
Woman Drowns in Rescue Attempt at Barnsley Near Newcastle
In Newcastle area Mrs Hawkins aged 50 from Barnsley drowned while trying to save two girls in distress. Jack Davidson Leslie and Norman Briant, all from Barnsley, dragged Mrs Hawkins and the two girls from the water.
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Newcastle
Widespread Raids Reported in China Theatre
General Wedemeyer said American planes likely destroyed or damaged 49 Japanese aircraft and sank two ships in the China theatre last Thursday. Air units supported Chinese forces near Kwangei Province, sank eight Japanese naval vessels, a river steamer, and damaged a 1,000-ton cargo ship in the Yangtse River at Nanking. In Hongkong, 14 destroyers were sunk, a freighter damaged, and one aircraft destroyed. Kowloon docks were hit and an airfield near Canton bombed.
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Chungking
Wedemeyer
Jay
China
Chinéaeros
Kwangei Province
Yangtse
Nanking
Hongkong
Kowloon
Canton
Americans Closing On Last Jap Point On Leyte
American forces press the Leyte campaign as they close on the Palompon area. Between Libungo and escorting hills, Japanese resistance collapses amid heavy American air and sea bombardment. In ten days, about 10,300 Japanese killed with 38 captured. hundreds of enemy vehicles and large amounts of ammunition seized. several airfields and ports bombed or strafed in a broad assault across Leyte and nearby islands.
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Leyte
Pal
Tessue
Ickad
Libungo Seet Ealoroom
Palom
Palompon
Gece Park
Ehirome
Calington
Sette
Oer
Bulan
Taten Pombers
Ana Dusengen
Carolina Airfield
Puerto Princesa
Palace Tilery
Zamboanga
Davao
Cagayan
Noraers
Sania Sen
Bamba
Wewak
St Rabaul
Karawat
New Ireland
Bougainville
Australian Tug at Mindoro in Pacific Action
A wartime note highlights HMAS Resurve as the only Australian Navy ship in the Mindoro landings. The tug, with a fully Australian crew, pressed through heavy attacks to deliver cargo. Designed in England and built in the United States, the vessel served 17 months in Pacific waters under Lieut. D. Morrison and took part in Cape Gloucester and Admiralty Islands landings.
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Leyte Island
Mindoro
HMAS
Shin Wae
England
United States
D. Morrison
Large Bay
Cape Gloucester
Admiralty Islands
Sador
Hollandia
Wakde
Navy commander says Japan not defeated yet
Admiral Nimitz stated at a press conference that the Japanese Navy had not been able to stop the American advance toward Japan. He warned of strong air opposition as U.S. forces move within range of shore-based aircraft.
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New York
American Associated Press
St Guad
Nimitz
Japan
Iwo Jima Struck on Christmas Eve Frontline Air Report
The 20th Air Force communique notes heavy explosions as B 29s attacked Iwo Jima on Christmas Eve. Medium bombers returned to base on Hawaii Island 750 miles southeast of Iwo Jima after light flak and minimal fighter opposition.
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Washington
Ai Force
Twojima
Halpan
German Details of Britain's New Warship Vanguard
The German news agency reports Britain's new battleship as the world’s largest capital ship with a displacement over 48 000 tons. It is armed with mine 10 and named Vanguard, not due for completion before 1948.
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London
Britain
Bush fires scorch NSW coast as residents face loss
Chaos and destruction spread along the coast with Scotland Island and Woy Woy threatened. Homes along the main north line were evacuated while volunteers mobilized after a fierce bushfire outbreak burned cottages and damaged bridges. Fire crews declared some areas safe though many properties were destroyed and roads were deemed unsafe.
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Sydney
Beturdey
Scotland Island
Tae
Ulbreak
Atour-Tife
Navy Resist Shifting Merchant Ships for Europe Relief
The U.S. Navy opposes diverting merchant ships from Pacific duties to deliver civilian relief supplies to Europe. A Washington UPI correspondent notes Europe’s worsened shipping crisis, saying losses must be replaced quickly and ships shifted back as needed. The UNRRA argues civilian relief in Europe is vital for military and diplomatic purposes, with the Anglo American Shipping Board expected to decide soon.
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New York
United States Navy
Europe
Washington
United Press
Pacific
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation“ Administration
Ahioa
Anglo-American Shipping Board
Man Rescued by Biscuit Tin After Pacific Voyage
Alan Scott welfare officer with YMCA survived three hours adrift after his craft sank off the New Guinea coast. A biscuit tin buoy carried him toward shore three miles away as waves battered the drifting wreck. Four war correspondents recounted the dramatic escape before Scott returned to Sydney.
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Sydney
South Pacific
YMCA
Alan Scott
Scott
New Guinea
Duck
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