Russians Prepare Winter Offensive as Moscow Tense
Moscow reports indicate a full scale Soviet winter drive against Germany is near. Kirovograd and Kiev area fighting intensifies as Vatutin and Yeremenko push west toward the Polish frontier with heavy tank support and supply movement across snow covered terrain.
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Ukraine
Moscow
Reper
Pres- Roosevelt
Dureniu
Stalin
Germany
London
Ivan Konev
Second Ukraine
Kirovograd
Russia
Krivei Rog
Berlin
Baltic
Henry C. Cassidy
Nikolai Vatutin
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev Bulge
Kiev
Red Army
Dnieper River
Cassidy
Zhitomir
Korosten
Radomsy
Vatutin
Andrej J. Yeremenko
Nevel
Neves
Yeremenko
Red
Zhiobin
Gomel
Krrchev
Yanks Press French Front Advances Near Cassino
Allied forces tightened a pincer around San Pietro seven miles southeast of Cassino as American troops reached the village outskirts and fought hand to hand to clear pillboxes. The Eighth Army reported 15 German tanks destroyed or captured elsewhere on the Italian front near Lagone and Orsogna.
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Fifth Army
San Pietro
Cassino
Eighth Army
Mt. Lungo
Rome
Cassino Plain
Lagone
Filignano
Venafro
Italy
Fifth Mountain Division
Russia
New Zealand
Orsogna- Ortona
Orsogna
Eisenhower to lead cross channel invasion force in Britain
Generals Eisenhower and Marshall are central to plans for the Allied cross channel invasion. The Army and Navy Register reports Eisenhower would go to London to become supreme commander with Marshall remaining in Washington as army chief of staff. Possible deputies include Gen. Sir Harold Alexander or Gen. Bernard Montgomery, with alternatives Gen. Mark W. Clark or Montgomery as deputy. Roosevelt and Churchill are cited as weighing American leadership for the invasion.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
London
George C. Marshall
Army and Navy Register
Register
Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Middle East
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Italy
Alexander
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Marshall
U. S
White House
Grace Moore among 100 survivors of NC crash
Grace Moore the opera and film star arrived in New York on Friday night with 99 other survivors from the North Carolina wreck of two streamliners. She said she and her husband Valentin Parera slept through the crash and she was tossed against a berth. he helped others despite flu symptoms. The pair planned medical checks before an air trip to Washington for a symphony appearance. They endured a day with no food or heat in the coach.
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New York
Grace Moore
North Carolina
Miss Moore
Valentin Parera
Washington
George Peek Dies Former AAA Head and Moline Leader
George N. Peek died at 70 in San Diego Friday night. He led the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in 1933 and was president of Moline Plow Company. A native of Polo Illinois he later advised President Roosevelt on foreign trade and chaired the Export-Import Bank. He moved to Rancho Santa Fe six years ago. his widow survives.
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San Diego
Calif
George N. Peek
Moline Plow Company
Polo, Ill
Peek
Roosevelt
Rancho Santa Fe
Moline
Churchill Past Danger Point in Pneumonia Recovery
Prime Minister Churchill has passed the danger point in his pneumonia in the Middle East and is directing some state affairs again. Doctors permit him to study documents while he remains under care. Mrs Churchill joined him after flying from Britain as 10 Downing Street confirms he is over the hump toward recovery.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
Britain
United States
Cairo
Teheran
Germany
10 Downing Street
You See Judge It Is a Matter of Principle
A Cedar Rapids police court case involves C E Stuff who was fined 1 dollar and 1.50 dollars costs for overtime parking on First avenue E. Stuff claimed he parked to sell Christmas trees from a shooting gallery. He appealed the fine by posting a 5 dollar bond.
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C. E. Stuff
Second Avenue SW
Harry S. Johnson
Stuff
First Avenue E
First Street
Second Street
First Avenue
Johnson
Orville Wright Honored On Kitty Hawk Anniversary
Orville Wright of Dayton Ohio receives global homage on the 40th anniversary of the Kitty Hawk flight. President Roosevelt's message notes the return of the Kitty Hawk plane from England to the Smithsonian as a symbol of American genius. The plane has been housed in a British museum since 1928 after a WrightSmithsonian dispute.
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Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Washington
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur
Wright Brothers
N. C
Great Britain
Russia
China
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
United States
England
Orville
Smithsonian Institution
Jones
Wilbur Wright
British Museum
Smithsonian
Samuel Langley
C. G. Abbott
Roosevelt Reveals German Plot Against Big Three
President Roosevelt disclosed at a Tehran press conference that Russians uncovered a German plot to kill Stalin Churchill and himself. He moved his Tehran quarters to the Russian embassy at Stalin's request and said future on call meetings with the Big Three are possible.
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Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Teheran
Stalin
Roosevelt
Cairo
Hyde Park
N. Y
Middle East
Congress
Dakar
Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Parley Averts Strike Talks With Roosevelt In Washington
Railroad leaders and five brotherhood heads will meet President Roosevelt in Washington Sunday to avert a nationwide strike set for Dec 30. Whitney said the White House session at 1 30 p m Central War Time replaces a Chicago conference and may involve Fraser Cashen and others.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
White House
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Whitney
D. B. Robertson
Alvanley Johnston
H. W. Fraser
T. C. Cashen
Brotherhoods
Cedar Rapids Receives Lanham Act Nursery Grant
Cedar Rapids is awarded a $26,590 Lanham Act grant to fund up to five nurseries and four school age centers through Oct 31 1944. Two nurseries already operate at Jane Boyd Community House and Sunshine Mission. plans call for more in outlying areas. Admission is overseen by Mrs. Ray Ashtock and Mrs. Lloyd Davis with weekly meals and care priced at $4.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Henry O. Talle
Washington
Jane Boyd
Sunshine Mission
Community War Chest
Federal Works Agency
Ray Ashtock
Lloyd Davis
OCD
Wounded Marine in Gilbert Islands Action
Pfc. Edward Zrudsky, 19, of the Marine Corps was wounded in the Gilbert Islands invasion. A letter dated Dec. 7 from a naval hospital ship, received by his parents in Fortieth Street and Mt. Vernon Road SE, notes he was in New Zealand before the Gilbert operation and had been overseas about six months.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Zrudsky
Marine Corps
Gilbert Islands
John Zrudsky
Fortieth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Naval
Zrudsky
Gilberts
New Zealand
Invasion Clears Arawe Peninsula in New Britain
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS announces the Arawe peninsula on New Britain is in Allied hands after wiping out last Japanese pockets. MacArthur reports heavy fighting at sea and air attacks on Cape Gloucester and Borneo targets as Australian forces push north on Huon peninsula.
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Arawe
New Britain
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Sanga River
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
Lakona
Finschhafen
Julian W. Cunningham
Sixth
Arawe Peninsula
Rabaul
Rembay
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
Balik Papan
Borneo
Julian Wharf
Macassar
Celebes
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Lautem
State Department Plans January Radio Sales Campaign
The State Department will launch a four week radio series starting January 8 called The State Department Speaks. Secretary Cordell Hull will explain policies and operations and discuss the Moscow pact outcomes. Undersecretary and other assistants will follow with broadcasts. John G. Winant will participate from London. Congress members will join to stress legislative roles in foreign policy.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
State Department
Hull
John G. Winant
United States
Great Britain
Congress
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