Greek King Names Archbishop Damaskinos Regent
London reports King George II of Greece designated Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens as regent amid turmoil. A royal proclamation said the king would not return until the people freely express their will. Churchill and Eden backed a regency to restore order as Greece faces a plebiscite and shifts away from monarchy. Damaskinos, long involved in resistance, is 62 years old and previously exiled during the Metaxas regime.
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London
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
Athens
Ple
Eft
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Mextaxas
Carinth
Dovitsa
Lapanto
United States
Holy Synod
America
Mayor Outlines Charleston Growth Plans and Projects
Dawson lists city needs urging future development and municipal financing. He highlights two Virginia Street bridge over Elk River, a southside boulevard from Patrick Street to Kanawha City, street paving on Capitol and Summers, plus recreation expansion with parks and playgrounds. He labels byway boulevard a traffic solution and stresses essential materials for major improvements.
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Charleston
Dawson
Virginia St
Elk River
Patrick St
Kanawha City
Capitol
Summers Sts
Parka
By-Praz
Kanawha River
Pos Basin
Tax Changes and Winter Travel Reported
Washington reports tax withholding changes affecting income and social security deductions, with pay differences seen on upcoming checks. Also notes winter weather across West Virginia, sleet and snow impacting travel, ice on roads, and cautious driving advised in the northern and eastern regions.
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West Virginia
Panhandles
Parkersburg
Road Commission
Preston
Marion
Monongalia
Elkins
Frinceton
Beckley
Hess Reappointed State Police Superintendent for Four Years
Gov. Neely renewed H. Clara Hess of Mannington as State Police Superintendent for a four year term ending December 31, 1948. The appointment, described as routine, also honored Hess with three additional honorary colonels, boosting the total to over 20. The new colonels are A. Hale Watkins, Everett A. Dover, and John Henshaw of Fairmont and other officials, each noted for various public roles.
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Neely
John Henshaw
Fairmont
Longstime
Hess
State Surplus Seen Reserved For Peace Jobs
The board of public works failed to settle whether to use the state's 75 million dollar surplus for current operations or a postwar building program. Proposals favored directing funds to secondary roads schools and airports with a reserve to adapt to changing revenues. A tentative budget outlined 41 00 for market fund 300 000 for airports and university funding, aiming at a long range capital program. School leaders urged different uses, while plans hinge on federal matching funds and statewide needs.
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Harry G. Hoffmann
Board of Publi Works
West Virginia University
Wold
W. W. Trent
West Virginia doubles war loan sales in drive
West Virginia has more than doubled its war loan sales with totals near 13,584 007 584 or 201 percent of the 8 million quota. State War Finance Chairman A C Spurr announced strong county drives aiming to beat the deadline. Raleigh County chair PHIM A McDaniel reported county sales surpassed its local goal, as counties push to report figures before the Tuesday accounting cutoff.
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Virginia
Tampalan
Federal Reserve Banks
A. C. Spurr
Raleigh
Spurr
Phim A. McDaniel
Beckley
Raleigh County Warnance Committee
Sdogixia
Dec. S
Nimitz praises US advances as war audio targets Japan
Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz in a Dec 26 short wave broadcast to Japan says the United States Navy will carry the fight to Nippon’s vitals. He notes Allied gains across the Pacific, lists islands captured and ships built, and describes intensified U S and submarine actions while warning Japan cannot match industrial output. He cites air raids on Tokyo and Manchuria and the severing of supply lines as progress in the Pacific war.
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Pearl Harbor
Dees
Fleet Adm
Chester W
Nimitz
Japan
United States Navy
Nippon
Office of War Ine Formation
Saipan
United States
Nhcoltz
Pacific
United
U.S
Ihapan’s
Tokyo
Manchuria
Germany
U. S
Pulang
Roosevelt Works on State of Union and Budget Messages
President Roosevelt is finishing the state of the union and budget messages as the 39th Congress nears convening January 3. He reviews war progress with Secretary Stimson and Secretary Stetson, projects a broader international focus, and aims to reaffirm Atlantic Charter principles in the forthcoming address.
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State of Union
Washington
Dee
Roosevelt
Union
Noosevelt
Henry Lo Stimson
Staite
Edward St. Stettingus, Jr
Stiman
Congress
Drito
United States
Japanese Withdraw From Burma Seen as Strategic Retreat
Calcutta reports indicate the Japanese abandonment of key areas in northern Burma continues. In 48 hours, Urllat drongs push nine miles toward Yeu, 700 miles northwest of Mandalay, while few Japanese troops contest the advance. The railway south to Monywa is being abandoned, signaling a southward retreat rather than a rout, with frontline notes stressing the retreat remains orderly but clear.
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Calcutta
Burmna
Mandalay
Yeu
Avind
Rom
Monywa
Burma
Budapest Surrender Ultimatum Refused by German Forces
Moscow reported the Budapest battle siege nears its final stage as German troops refused a Soviet surrender ultimatum. Soviet forces linked with Danube wings claim entry into the eastern city and a new Soviet sponsored Hungarian government led by Bela Miklós declared war on Germany. The Nazi regime faces encirclement and possible annihilation if it refuses to capitulate.
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London
Budapest
Battletorn
Red Army
Moscow
Germany
Hungary
Russia
Husafa
Danube
Atynoon
Air Force
FBI Warns Sabotage Risk Persists in War Era
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that enemy sabotage attempts continue in the United States. In the last year 24 convictions of traitor agents totaling 133 years, 44 sabotage convictions with 14B years. Since 1940 Selective Service cases climbed to 437,635 with nearly 11,000 convictions.
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FBI
Wallington
Dec
J. Edgar Moorer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tonint
America
Hoover
Mwe
Global Issues Face Congress in 1945
Washington dispatch outlines the 78th Congress facing global tasks of winning wars in Europe and the Far East, shaping postwar peace, readjusting the U S peacetime economy, and awaiting Roosevelt’s state of the union with the budget message due shortly. Labor leaders urge a New Year’s shutdown to keep war plants running.
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Washington
Dee
America
Congress
T-electrone
Europe
Far East
Hoosevelt
Union
AFL
Cla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Green
Murray
Eisenhower's Firepower Crew to Visit Charleston and Dunbar
Six artillery and mortar veterans from Eisenhower's command will tour Charleston and Dunbar on Tuesday and Wednesday as personal emissaries of General Eisenhower to urge workers to boost 80 mm mortar shell production. They arrive with Capt. Sympson and will be greeted by Dunbar Mayor Salisbury before visiting Charleston, Fletcher Enamel Co. and the Daniel Boone hotel events.
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Germany
Charleston
Bonbar
Dwight .D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Fletcher Enamel Co
Dune Bar
Tomorrix
Ie. Harry
T. Gabre
Gordo Il” Sympson
Bardstown
University of Kentucky
Bizerte
Whele
Dunbar
D. L. Salisbury
Stort
Dawson
U5 Aim
Tursiday
Daniel Boone Hotel
Maradio
Dinter
Elke Jelub
Vinson approves steel wage rises amid price assurances
Washington December 1 director Vinson approved the wage increases for basic iron and steel workers after OPA assurances that steel prices would not rise due to the pay boost. The War Labor Board chairman received a letter stating OPA will adjust certain steel product prices independently, maintaining no further price changes tied to the wage decision.
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Washingson
Vinson
WLB
Office of EsQonomic Stabilization
Office of Price Administration
Willan H. Davis
War-Labor Board
OPA
Iron and Steel
Germans Step Up Italian War Effort on Western Front
A wartime desk report cites German troop and material shifts along the western coastal front to the Allied rear. Despite visible movement, Allied command says the Serchio river valley remains quiet with no renewed large scale assault. Officers note German activity in the Pol valley sector and along coastal roads near La Spezia, while air force reports confirm heavy bombing of coastal targets.
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Rome
Kesselring
Sercho River
Lith Army Group
Tridges
la Sper
8Th Army
Pol
German Counterattack Fails to Halt Bastogne Push
Allied forces under Patton widen the Bastogne front as German divisions attempt to break the siege from west and east. U S artillery shells the narrowing corridor, while Hodges 1st Army fights through Rochefort and Manhay to maintain supply lines and threaten encircled German armor. The Brussels radio claims Rochefort fell, though not officially confirmed.
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von Rundstedt
U. SS. 3d Army
Bastogne
1St Army
Rochefort
Meuse
Ack
Luxembourg
Paris
Karl von Rundstedt
George 8. Patton
U.8. 3d. Army
Bulge
U. S
George
Patton
Sedan
Libramont
Pelae Sonal
Rawlig
Rundstedt
Supreme
Molrry
Manhay
Longchamps
Leyte Fight Deepens As Japanese Losses Reported
MacArthur disclosed that Japanese forces drawn from Manchuria are sent to Leyte to block his advance. The communique cites four Japanese army divisions and elements of two more plus a naval brigade destroyed on Leyte, totaling 114770 losses with 801 recently killed in mopping up. Mindoro convoy under attack.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Manchuria
Leyte
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Somiri Igg
Yamashita
Bataan
Pa Island
Tokyo
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Anne
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