Light Massed Enemy Ships In Marshalls
Army and navy bombers conducted a two point raid on Japanese positions in the Marshall islands and sighted 20 enemy vessels in the lagoon of Kanjalein atoll. The action signals a possible concentration of forces to halt any northward push from the Gilbert islands. Admiral Nimitz announced the raid as part of a sustained fourteenth day of air offensives in the Marshalls.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Kanjalein Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Mid- Pacific
Marshalls
Jaluit
Nimitz
Tarawa
Gilberts
Allied Air Operations Report From Kwajalein and Jaluit Atolls
Nimitz releases detail about Emidj and Kwajalein atolls where Nine Interceptors failed to halt bombers. Japanese losses include 95 planes in Marshall defense with 30 additional suspected. American carriers sank two light cruisers a oiler and three transports near Kwajalein on December 4.
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Kwajalein
Roi Islet
Nimitz
Emidj Islet
Army
Navy
Dauntless
Mt. Pleasant Approves Airport Site Purchase
Mt. Pleasant voters authorize purchase of a municipal airport site for up to 50000 dollars. The decision requires no bond issue because the city already has the cash on hand.
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MT. Pleasant
Christmas Eve Radio Specials Reach Across Networks
Traditional and special programs mark Christmas air fare with wartime emphasis. Kate Smith Hour on CBS and WMT features The Small One and Silent Night. Helen Traubel sings Silent Night at 10 57 p.m. NBC. Special service member program Christmas Eve in the Battlezones airs Friday across networks. Roosevelt address rebroadcast planned.
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NCE
Kate Smith
CBS
WMT
Charles Tazewell
Kate
Madame Schumann-Heink
Kirsten Flagstad
Helen Traubel
NBC
Battlezones
KXEL
Roosevelt
MBS
WGN
Radio City Music Hall
Evening radio schedule highlights from December 21 1943
The page lists a dense hour by hour radio lineup with stations WHO WMT WGN KXEL and others. Programs include News Dateline Sports Hit Parade Navy Waltz Time Band Concerts and theatrical features across morning to late evening, naming hosts and times.
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WMT
Lucille Manners
Kate Smith
Navy
KXEL
Playhouse
Brewster Boy
WGN
Amos 'N
Andy
Garry Moore
Radio City
NBC
Helen
Bradley
WHO
Burling
Holark
Bath
WHO Kaltenborn
G. Fields
Parkers
Wat Playhouse
Heatte
Irving
Wrship
Jerry
Zelda
Dreler
Woolf
Reveille
Sam Morris
Happy Haines
Shelley
Ed McConnell
WGN Jolly Joe Kxel
Gas
Stan
WGN Reveille
Jim
Jaegler
Lady
Lem & Martin
WGN Unity
Jane Foster
Bhelley
WMI Om
Omar
King George
Ed McGonnell
Armed Forces
Billie Burke
1540 Club
WGN Red Cross
Farr
WMT Melodiers
WGN Canteen
Gran
Bob Becker
Owen C'boys
Mets
Davis
Kxel Farm
WGN Lightnin
Jim Kxel
L. Mcintyre
Dick Powell
WGN Ginsbursh O
Holjbr'k
Vera Lane
Chris
John Betts
R. Saber
Ander
WGN Navy
Attorney General Names New Aide
Des Moines lawyer Oscar Strauss is named assistant attorney general by Attorney General John M. Rankin. He will succeed Don Hise who has entered naval service as a lieutenant j g. Strauss is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Iowa College of Law.
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Des Moines
INS
John M. Rankin
Oscar Strauss
Strauss
Don Hise
J.g
University of Michigan
University of Iowa College of Law
New Caledonians Gouge Yankees, Newsman Says
AP dispatch from Noumea reports Governor Christian Laigret condemning American troops and non profit canteens while J Norman Lodge notes no evidence of misbehavior by U S forces in the South Pacific Also he cites local gouging by Noumea merchants creating wealth for a single shopkeeper while some outlets were placed off limits
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Noumea
New Caledonia
United States Army
Christian Laigret
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
New York
South Pacific
Laigret
Lodge
Two Million Pig Crop Predicted for Iowa Spring
Iowa's 1943 pig crop is estimated at 21,058,000 by State Statistician Leslie M Carl. He projects 2,209,000 sows will farrow spring pigs for the 1944 crop, down from 2,454,000 this year, with fall farrows at 946,000 from 910,000 in 1942.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M Carl
Federal
Carl
Farrowing percentages and pig litter compares year to year
The report shows August and September farrowings at 37 and 38 percent respectively, matching last year's levels. The current year's average litter is 6.28 pigs, slightly below last year's 6.33.
Sparkman says new bomber will surprise enemy, confirms B-29
Rep Sparkman after a 10,000 mile tour of aviation plants and air force bases said the air forces new super bomber will surprise and hurt the enemy. He initially denied it was the B-29, then corrected and stated the aircraft he viewed was indeed the B-29.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Army
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
War Production Board says anti freeze supply adequate
The War Production board warned motorists that rumors of anti freeze shortages are unfounded. Allocations of industrial alcohol are sufficient to meet current anti freeze needs and an ample supply will be maintained through the danger period.
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Washington
War Production Board
Deep Freeze Unit Gift to Governor
In Des Moines a state employee gave Gov and Mrs Rourke B Hickenlooper a surprise Christmas party and presented them with a two barrel capacity deep freeze unit. The governor said the DPA would need more liberal ration points before he could hope to fill the freezer.
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Des Moines
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
British Restore U S Ship Names
A British shipping official says the English merchant shipping mission in Washington has restored original American names of Liberty ships under U S pressure. He noted objections over changes have led to restorations and that several more are planned. The Nazi party was organized in November 1920.
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Baltimore
Washington
The
United States Maritime Commission
Baltimore Sun
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Second Ave
Emidi Islet
Jaluit Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll
Hotel Roosevelt
J. C. Kennedy
Nadine Subotnik
Radio
Michele Morgan
King George VI
WMAQ
London
United States
Jacob Devers
Ira C. Eakers
Harold R. Stark
Basil Rathbone
Stars
Hollywood
Santa
Bill Thompson
Sam Cowling
Curly Bradley
Earl Tanner
Three Romeos
Four Vagabonds
Nancy Martin
Rex Maupin
Jose Iturbi
Amos ’N’ Andy
Columbia
Robert Young
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Judy Garland
Lena Horne
Cass Daley
Carmen Miranda
Fibber McGee and Molly
Butch and Buddy
Henry Busse
Rose Marie Jun
Velma Cook
Don Johanos
Mary Ellen Dennis
Roy Stoddard, Jr
Edward Murrow
Larry Lesueur
England
Tom
Lucille Man
WGN Sizing News
Ron
Who Chris
WBBM
Nto
Fred Waring
Lewis
Burlin
Wis
Prince of Peace
Higley Building
Optometrist
New Caledonians
Yankees
Solon
Deep Freeze
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No
Florist
3Rd Ave
DIAL
Pat
U. S
Nazi Party
Stad
Sally God
Krall Shoe Store
First Street
F. S. Mitvalsky & CO
Cedar Rapids Furs
Waterloo
M. J. Raftis, Mer
Scarney
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