Allied Blow on Greek Airfields in Balkans Raid
Allied headquarters in Algiers announced a major raid by more than 300 American bombers and fighters against three airfields near Athens and Piraeus, marking the greatest Allied air strike in the Balkans with 12 German fighters shot down. Canadian Indian troops pushed the Eighth Army forward toward Ortona, while 200 German prisoners were taken, and a German commander was captured at Berrati.
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Senate warns transport system needs urgent improvements
The Truman committee lauds recent gains in transportation but urges prompt measures to reduce reliance on scarce tires and maximize use of 25 million passenger cars. It calls for careful military requisitioning of trucks, criticizes rail union rules, and stresses local action to relieve civilian transport.
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Truman Committee
America
War Department
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Detroit
Kellogg, Famed Physician, Dies
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg aged 91, famed physician and health authority, longtime head of the Battle Creek san itarium, died Tuesday night in Michigan.
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Battle Creek, Mich
John Harvey Kellogg
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Cold Wave Hits Iowa As Temperatures Plunge
A blustery deep freeze grips Iowa with subzero readings from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines. The state records lows from 4 below to 11 below, with one death reported in Des Moines as officials warn of lingering cold and a warming trend by Thursday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Red Oak
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Spencer
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Ames
Burlington
Iowa City
Charles City
Car Eligibility Rules Tightened
The Office of Price Administration tightens auto eligibility amid dwindling supply. Effective December 20 the minimum driven mileage rises from 40 000 to 60 000 for unserviceable status, salesmen lose eligibility for new cars, and purchase permits require immediate need. Remaining new cars estimated under 65 000.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
All-Out Bid By Nazis to Regain Kiev
Nazi Field Marshal von Mannstein's armored divisions neared Kiev within 55 miles after advancing through Radomysl. Soviet forces under General Konev countered with a large drive toward Kirovograd and Krivoi Rog, threatening German lines and rail networks as fighting raged in the Cherkassy region.
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London
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Radomysl
Ivan S. Konev
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Dnieper
Reuters
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Konev
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Smela
Krivoi Rog
Nevel
Berlin
Andrei Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Mannstein
Nikolai Vatulin
Malin
Teterev
James Bell Heads Red Cross War Fund Drive
James W. Bell named chairman of the 1944 Linn County Red Cross War Fund drive to be held in March. Assistant chairman Ray Mills and other drive heads to be named later. The drive runs all March on a cash basis with a county quota expected to exceed last year.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Dason Grim
Red Cross Board of
Ray Mills
Mr. Bell
Linden Drive
Cone
Midwest
St Louis
Nazi Purge Of Generals Is Reported
UP dispatches report a purge of German high command to block a peace coup. Rundstedt may be replaced by Rommel. Jungklaus to command Belgium, amid talks of peace feelers and verified by limited German radio. Bulgaria seeks peace with Allies via Lisbon feelers, rejected. Other rumors cite German troop dispatches to Yugoslavia and Eden shifting to persuade the Polish exile government.
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Gerd von Rundstedt
France
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Italy
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Anthony Eden
Russia
World War II Outlasts World War I in Blood and Cost
The European war marks its 1 567th day, outlasting World War I and dwarfing its bloodshed and nations’ wealth. WWI began with Austria Hungrys Serbia declaration on July 28 1914 and ended four years and 106 days later. WWII started at dawn September 1 1939 with Germanys invasion of Poland.
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Russia
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Partisans Score Decisive Victory
London AP reports heavy Yugoslav ground offensives near Zara led to German withdrawal from Uljan island and a decisive defeat for German forces. Tito’s communique says Muslim formations joined the Partisans, with the 16th brigade capturing an eastern Bosnia town and pushing Nazis back. Berlin claims an Allied seaborne raid on Pag island halted by coastal batteries.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Berlin
Pag Island
Pag
Pay
Fiume
Subpoenas Served On Four Distillers
A federal grand jury will begin an investigation into the liquor industry next month with subpoenas issued for records from the four major distillers Herman Walker and Sons Inc Joseph E Seagram and Sons National Distillers Products Corp and Schenley Distillers Corp. The subpoenas are returnable January 6.
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Washington
Big
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, the
National Distillers Products Corporation
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Five Railway Unions Plan Nationwide Strike Starting December 30
The nation’s five railway brotherhoods vote 97 percent for a strike to press wage demands. About 350000 members will walk off at 6 am December 30 and continue on the next three days on selected lines. The move follows rejection of a four cent per hour raise awarded September 25 by the emergency board under the Little Steel formula.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods
National Railway Labor Panel
Little Steel
Flu Gains in Cedar Rapids Schools and War Plants
A Cedar Rapids survey shows absentee rates rising across four public high schools and several war plants. About 689 students were absent Tuesday, with totals around 4 000 enrollments across the schools and many workers out of plants like Penick Ford Collins Radio LaPlant Choate and Universal. Roosevelt Roosevelt and McKinley high schools reported notable spikes, while Wilson and Franklin also showed higher than normal absenteeism and several plants noted improvement or continued heavy cases.
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Cedar Rapids
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Roosevelt High
McKinley High
McKinley
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Penick and
Ford
Collins Radio Company
LaPlant-Choate
Universal
Senate panel rejects further tax exemption cuts
The Senate Finance Committee voted overwhelmingly to reject a Treasury plan to further lower individual income tax exemptions. Only two or three of 21 members supported the proposal during a line-by-line review. The panel then discussed keeping the current victory tax or imposing a minimum levy on low bracket incomes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Solons Urge Action To Avert Transport Breakdown
Washington D C. The Truman committee warns that the nation’s war vital transportation system is near capacity and urges immediate measures. Proposals include more locomotives, freight cars, and replacement trucks, plus returning many aircraft to civilian use.
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