Churchill Consents To Urge Greek King To Give Up Throne
Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden voyage to London to urge King George II of Greece to accept a regency as the first step toward stabilizing Greece. The Athens peace conference and Greek monarch’s advisers discuss a regency while fighting with ELAS continues and British troops clear central Athens.
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Churchill
Athens
Anthony Eden
London
George 11
Greece
Oza
Eden
George
Ta London
Omania Square
ELAS
Piraeus
Omanta Square
Piraeus Street
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Soviet seizure of Romanian oil fields probes widen
Washington reports authoritative sources say the United States and Britain asked the Soviet Union to explain the seizure and removal of machinery from Romanian oil fields in which both powers hold financial interest. Averell Harriman was instructed to formalize citations to the Soviet government after two months of inquiry. Russian actions alarm Allies as access for American observers to the sites is denied while Moscow pledges to respect Allied financial interests and cooperate in wartime oil development.
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Washington
Wee
INS
Soviet Russia
United States
Great ‘Briain
U.S
Hussian
Averell" Harriman
State Department
Ett
Great Britain
Caucasian
Romania
Russia
What Cheek Exclaimed Churchill After Wild Shot at Embassy
The Associated Press reports Prime Minister Churchill, during an Athens embassy incident, reacted with What cheek. Four snipers attempted to shoot him on the embassy steps, a Longan radio broadcast heard by CBS stated yesterday.
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Churchill
Associated Press
Athens
Longen
CBS
Russians Advance On Budapest and Surrounding Areas
Soviet forces push 12 eastern Budapest suburbs toward the city core while advancing west from the Danube. Troops reach near Bratislava, Levice, and Vienna, with 3404 German and Hungarian prisoners taken as Russians seal fronts in Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechoslovakia.
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Dake
Tn Raussian
London
Budapest
Vienna
Hmtt
Danube
Hungary
Czechoslo
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Tovares
Bratislava
Hanorary
Slovakia
Moscow
Galina
Ipolysag
Saby
Czechoslovakia
Losonc-Kassa
Pest
Buda
British Push Toward Mandalay in Burma Drive
Allied forces in Burma moved south toward Mandalay with gains up to 20 miles against Japanese resistance. Leading troops neared Kanbalu on the north south line, while a second force along the Irrawaddy River made progress. Indian divisions advanced along the coast toward Mayu peninsula and near Buthidaung, with overall operations about 330 miles from Rangoon.
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Calcutta
India
Burma
Mandalay
Kanbalu
Buta
Irrawaddy
25Th
Mayu Peninsula
Abyab
Buthidaung
Rangoon
Burnia
French Emissary Seeks Lend-Lease Goode Mission
Dean Monnet, minister without port folio in the French government, explained that his U S mission is to negotiate lend lease agreements to enable France to work, to produce and to fight. He outlined aims to bolster France’s capacity with American aid as World War II coordination continues.
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Goode
U.S
Washington
UIS
Dean Monnet
United States
France
Ward's Seizure Illegal and Avery Answers FDR
Roosevelt and Sewell Avery clashed over the wartime seizure of Montgomery Ward facilities in seven cities. Avery called the action unlawful and vowed Ward's would challenge the order in federal court while Gen Byron assumed command of the seizure. Roosevelt labeled Avery’s defiance as obstinate and pledged no interference with war production. The dispute centered on wartime labor and government authority during a critical hour.
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Army
Chicago
Roosevelt
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Ward
War Labor Board
Avery
Joseph W. Byron
Byron
Averys
WLB
W. Byron
Special Services Division
Congress
Montgomery Ward
Ats Ward
Ward's
Roads in Panhandles Remain Hazardous
Roads in the northern and eastern Panhandles of West Virginia stayed nearly impassable during the night though overall state weather improved. Fears of a major flood subsided after rain and snow. The Kanawha River stayed around 20 feet above normal but well below Hood stage. Bus service was suspended from Wheeling to Clarksburg as the northern Panhandle roads remained in the worst condition seen.
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Panhandles
West Virginia
Kanweha
Marmet Lock
Hood Stage
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Road Commission
Panhandle
Patton Breaks Nazi Winter Offensive On Belux Bulge
Reports say Lt Gen Georgy Patton's 3d Army cut 16 miles into the Belne Luxembourg salient driving toward Bastogne and Echterndich. German forces are said to be short of fuel, blowing up equipment and retreating, with U S troops encircling a large panzer force at Celles and recapturing Manhay and Grandmenil as the northern bulge narrows.
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Georgy S. Patton
Germany
Bel+ne
Luxembourg
Bulge
Patton
Celles
U.S
Bulzeck
Bastogne
3D Army
Echterndich
Bulde ¢Stavelot
Manhay
Grandmenil
1St
Paris
George S.‘Patton
Belgium
Arrison
Evman
America
von Rundstedtstruck
Associated:Press
Lewis” Hawkins
U. S
1St .Army
Liege
Antwerp
Meuse
Basstogne
Ose
Sure River
Sure
Olite
Surre
Ifeline
Samlex
Sarre
Arlon- Bastogne
Britain
George 5
Nazis Strike in Serchio Valley Halted by Allied Defense
Allied air and ground forces boosted into action on a six mile front in the Serchio river valley to halt a German assault. The U S 92d Division faced heavy fighting near Barga, with German claims that the 2nd Negro division was pushed back several kilometers. Planes from many air forces pounded troop concentrations and rear targets as intense battles raged across the valley between Lucca and Livorno.
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U. S
Negro Division
Tome
Dec
Strang
Serchio River
U.S
Livorna T Leghorn
Barga
Serchia
Lucca
Albert Keseeking
Sth
Uncle Sam Sets Record Handling Money ii 44
In 1944 the United States government set records for receipts expenditures and debt. Receipts rose toward 3 billion more than 1943, expenditures topped 84 billion, and the national debt surged by about 62 billion. War costs dominated, with reconstruction finance and war spending driving totals to new highs.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Rec
United States
Treasury
Picewaria
Billiois
Rovermont
Witt UT
Reconstruction Finance Corp
BS Bilton
Hitler Sleepless Nights Report From Goebbels
London dispatch says Adolf Hitler, silent and secluded, walks with head bent over maps and tightens his frugal life as Nazi leaders quote Das Reich. Goebbels calls Hitler a man the world would worship if it knew his message and outlines his current daily routine and five months of isolation.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Miller
Tanta
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
DNB
Goebbels
Witlee
Mindoro Island Freed. Japanese Landings Halted
Mindoro Island has been freed of enemy air and ground activity with no Japanese landings reported, according to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The communique notes Japanese naval forces failed to risk ground troops as U S operations continue. Another B12 enemy dead reported on Leyte, while American heavy bombers struck Japanese airfields on Negros.
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Mindoro Island
Japs Marthur
Pilippines
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Mintora
U. S
MacArthur
Leyte Island
Negros
Japs Continue Strikes At Superfortress Base Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombers attacked the American base on Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas on December 26 for the second time in three days, inflicting minor damage. Navy communiques say eleven planes were used, two raiders were shot down, and American fighters repelled the attacks amid heavy ships bombardment and earlier raids.
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Pearl. Harbor
Saipan
Thitan Islands
Marianas
Dee
Navy
Tony
Almarhase
Phines
Greip
Patton Drives 16 Miles as German Bulge Fails
Allied forces under Patton punched 16 miles into the German winter offensive across Belgium and Luxembourg, breaking the Meuse bulge threat. Bastogne’s corridor held firm with massive aerial resupply, while Allied 1st Army advanced northwest toward Liege as German forces pulled back from multiple salients.
Allied air blitz pounds German rail hubs in daylight raid
Britain based heavy bombers hit Bonn and Munchen-Gladbach as a massive air offensive rolls on. A U S Eighth Air Force force of Fortresses and Liberators escorted by fighters dropped 3,600 tons on targets near the Rhine and German front lines, while Lancasters struck rail workshops near Cologne to halt military rolling stock repairs.
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London
Bonn
Munchean-Glidbach
Germany
Britain
Field Marshal
von Mundstedt
Shet
U. S
8Th Air Force
German Salient
We Rhine
Opladen
Cologne
U S Casualties Climb to 628441 Amid War Efforts
Washington reports U S military losses rise to 628441 as of December led by 47020 army deaths and 319935 wounded with 65072 missing or captured in recent weeks. Navy totals climb to 80618 with combined service figures reflecting ongoing German counter offensives. Paris editorial notes Americans sacrifice offered beyond materiel as French readers urged to value lives, not just supplies.
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Stimson
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Europe
War Department
Alled High Command
Sunvon
Wark
Karl Gerd von Runtstedt
Western Front
Peyton C. Mareh
Army
London
Wilssing
Paris
Parla News
France
Steath
United States
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