Soviet drive converges on Kassa in eastern Slovakia
Four Red Army columns press toward Kassa said to anchor the German defense in eastern Czechoslovakia. Advances reported as they pierce through forested mountains, with one key German escape route cut. Coordinated by Malinovsky and Petrov, the drive spans 80 miles along Slovakia's southern front and northern Hungary.
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Slovakia
Associated Press
Moscow
Kassa
Czechoslovakia
Alredy
Senya
Rodion ¥ Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
iPourth
Hungary
Authority of Stettinius Questioned in Senate Turmoil
The Senate confirmed Joseph Grew as under secretary of state 66 to 7 and approved five assistant secretaries as Stettinius pushes to modernize the State Department. Nominees include W L Gayton Archibald awadeish Nelson Rockefeller James Dunn and Brig Gen Julius G Holmes. Grayton heads the Foreign Economics division. MacLeish to be assistant secretary. party lines show Republican opposition.
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Stettinius
State Department
Senate
Joseph ©. Grew
Japan
Grew
Brettinius
Department
W. L. Gayton
Archibald Awadeish
Nelson Rockefeller
James ©. Dunn
Dilius G. Holmes
Grayton
Texas Carton
MacLeish
Tolration of
Congress
Republicaha
LaPallotte
Members Of Congress Head For Home As Session Winds Up
Congress ends a war era session with harmony after Roosevelt veto fears recede. Senate confirms Stilv Joseph Grew as ambassador, five assistant secretaries of state approved, and a $192 billion river development bill advances before adjournment. House members depart, noting many won’t return January 3 as war demands persist.
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Congress
Washington
Dev
High
White House
Senate
Joseph
Arkansas
Mead
Industries in City to Suspend on Christmas
City industries plan Christmas shutdowns with Air retail and major plants halting on Christmas Day. Aero Supply Mt. Co Tec will cease at mild night Saturday and reopen Monday midnight for emergencies. Raymond plant to suspend all departments for the day with extra hours next week to offset lost production. Corry Jamestown plant may close Monday with unsure Sunday or Monday night shift. Ajax Iron Works night shift idle Saturday to Tuesday evening with day shift off Sunday and Monday. Hols schedule to continue New Year’s Day in many Corry plants.
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Aero Supply Mt. Co. Tec
Raymond
Corry-Jamestown
Ajax Iron ‘Works
Corry Plantis
VFW Boosts Bond Total With Day of Sales Push
Veterans of Foreign Wars completed another push for the Fifth War Loan, posting daily receipts of 615 200. Of this, 11 100 came from Series P securities bought by the VFW Building Association, with the rest from bank and agency sales. The day’s sales raise the war loan total to 15 671 015, credited to the Community Business and Professions Women's Club. BUHL FOUNDATION HEAD DIES in Pittsburgh William Sterling Linderman, longtime Pittsburgh philanthropist and former Duquesne National Bank president, dies after leading the Buhl Foundation as chairman of its board for years.
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Building Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. E. W. Building Association
Buhl Foundation
Pittsburgh
William Sterling Linderman di
Buhl Poundation
Duquesna National Bak
Bulletins on Allied actions and world events
AP dispatches report Japanese interceptors damaging three Japanese claims are unconfirmed by Allied sources. In Greece Lt Gen Seabie vows to press against ELAS and warns civilians in Athens after 10 a m will be attacked with arms. Roosevelt signals leftward drift in policy while CHINA reports SEward advances near Hochih. Polish and Indian troops clear area south of the Sento river as Nazi resistance stiffens near Bologna Rimini highway.
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Associated Press
Comel
Kyushu
Athens
R. M. Seabie
Greec
ELAS
Rome
Eighth Army
Sento River
Bologna
Rimini
St Johns Day Banquet Set for Dec 28 by Masons
Masons plan the St John s Day banquet at the Masonic Temple with Rt Rev B Pinkney Wroth Episcopal Bishop as principal speaker. Harold L Brown will be toastmaster and Blue Lodge jewels presented to W Bruce Ellsworth and Merley Sexton. An additional jewel honors Suhaira B Rossbacher, with dinner served at 6:00 pm by Eastern Star members.
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Bishop Wroth
Mairi
Masonic Temple
Corry Lodge
Columbus Royal Arch
Ladies of the Eastern Star
B. Pinkney ‘Wroth
Episcopal Diopese
Harold L. Brown
P. M
Milton Mt. Rouse
Eureka Lodge
A.M
Union City
W. Bruce Ellsworth
L Merley Sexton
Union City Lodge
Suihara
B. Rossbacher
Columbus
Royal Arch
Chaplin
St. John's Day
Urge Highway Dept Send Plows Into District
Snow fell yesterday with five inches in the district and eight more inches reported by Erle. Traffic saw little delay and many secondary roads opened. Morning buses were hours late but schedules neared normal by late afternoon in West Ridge area.
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Erle
West Ridge
Plows In Service As Erie County Expands Road Work
Highway Department reports two large plows arrived in the county to widen and open roads, with one assigned to the district and in operation this morning. The south road from Conry toward Lindsey Hollow has finally been opened, relieving isolation for many farms. Residents criticize state HQ for not supplying enough trucks, while Warren and Crawford counties show more progress. (Continued on Page Three)
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Highway Department
Tsy
Greyhound
Conry
Lindsey Hollow
Cory
Erie County
Crawford
Warren
Three-Counnty
Jay
Sherman
Harrisburg
Warren and
Mcinnes Steel Pays A Bonus to All Workers
Mullins Wheel Company, another Corry industry, issued a liberal year end bonus to every employee at its Mal street plant. The extra pay recognizes years of service and was distributed yesterday.
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Mullins Hheel Vompany
Corry
Tool Steel
Ost Mal Street
Yanks Driving North of Fallen Valencia In Leyte Fight
Allied forces push north of Valencia on Leyte as Japanese resistance stiffens. Reports say the largest organized enemy force remains active while American troops roll up the remnants of Yamashita’s defenders. Casualties continue to mount on both sides as operations consolidate gains.
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YANKS
Fallen Valencia
Leyte
Yamashita
Valencia Falls to U S Forces in Leyte Advance
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports Valencia on Leyte has fallen as the 77th Division drives into the city and seizes an airfield. American forces trap remaining Japanese along the Yamashita line while advancing north toward Ormoc, with 1 484 Japanese dead found in the latest tally.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Valencia
Leyte
Ormoc
Cargars Bay
Lowey
Valeri
U. S
MacArthur
Sangulung
Sasaki Suzuchi
Ward-WLB Clash Rests With FDR
Washington Dec 20 The Montgomery War Labor Board clash rests at the White House for a decision. Economic Stabilizer Vinson studies Ward chain refusal to comply with minimum wage and union security orders. In four Detroit stores strike bowie for 12 days. Vinson can invoke economic restrictions or recommend seizure of stores in Detroit and six other Ward units in pending cases. Ward’s announcement of retroactive pay falls short of the compliance order on retroactive pay.
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Assoriagen Acs
Washington
Montgomery War-War Labor Board
White House
Vinson
Amderstood
Detroit
Bowie
Vingon
Ward
Roosevelt
WLE
Rex
School Pupil Struck by Icicle at Harding School
Richard Sorenson, a Harding School pupil, was seriously injured this morning when a large icicle fell from the building after boys allegedly knocked down chunks. The heavy piece struck him on the head, a gash required stitches to close, and he is expected to recover after treatment by a physician.
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Richard Sorenson
Harding School
Strick
Sorenson
German Armor Cuts Off US Division Near St. Vith Belgium
German armor executed a pincers movement cutting off elements of an American division in the St Vith area of Belgium at 12 15 PM on December 20. Some German units that crossed into Luxembourg near Echternach have been surrounded, according to the day's disclosure.
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St. Vith
Belgium
Luxembourg
Echternach
Avenue Firms To Offer Gifts For First 1945 Baby
The Avenue Merchants announce gifts for the first baby born at Corry Hospital in 1946. The winning infant will receive a real assortment of presents, and the baby’s name and arrival will be displayed at Lindsley Pharmacy next Wednesday evening. Participating firms include Crawford M. Woods, Shambath Paint and Paper Store, The Boston House, Frans Furnit ure to Spiesman Shoe Store, C. S. Wallace Garage, Lindsley Pharmacy, Rossbacher by Franite Agency, Wing-Wills Store No 8, and Guy Rogers, plumber.
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Avenue
Kitts
Corry Hospital
Lindsley Pharmany
Evenig
Tor Une
Crawford M. Woods
Shambateh Paint and Papey
Boston
Frans Purnitiiee
Spiesman Shoe
Wallace Garage
Lindsley Pharmacy
Rossbacher
Franite Agency
Tokyo bombed by B-29s in pre dawn raid
Saipan based Superfortresses struck Tokyo before dawn with two B-29s bombing Nagoya nearby. Reported fires lit large areas as night fighters engaged. Tokyo bomb bay doors jammed on one aircraft, others dropped across the coast with blue green flames echoing yesterday’s Nagoya raid near Shimoyashild suburb.
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Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Nagoya
Harold Eb, Sargent
Waymart
Nuwoya
Auburb
Shimovoshild
Isge
Air Mail Pick Up Experiments In Passenger Plan
Air mail pick up experiments evolve toward carrying passengers by planes. All-American Aviation and the Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command report development dating to a 1930s Pennsylvania mail service, with Wilmington Delaware tests and pilots from New York and Greensburg aiding Wright Field Dayton efforts.
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Corry
Tne
le Ady Teobrsies
Army
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Iy Sr Trwin
All-American Aviation
The
Air Technical Service Command
Army Air Forces
All-American
Pennsylvania
Wear
Virginia
William Moore
Lytle S. Adams
Irwin
Moore
Alp ‘Technical Service Command
Wilmington
Del
Richard DuPont
Agra
Ile
Norman Riztoul
New York
Lloyd Lan— ‘Ten
Senior High Bond Sales Reach 3468 80 During Sixth Loan Campaign
Principal Howard Sheen reported Senior High School fund purchases for war bonds and stamps in the Sixth Loan totaling 3,468.80 today. Room 6 led with 1,390.50 in sales, followed by Room 1-B with 750.00. Later news notes a Pittsburgh fire victim and a death at Allegheny General Hospital from stove burns.
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Howard Sheen
Room 6
Pittsburgh
Uty Spanos
Aegheny General Hospital
Killehen
Roosevelt says no official copy exists for Atlantic Charter
President Roosevelt disclosed that the Atlantic Charter has no formal, signed original. He noted the nearest text may only be a composite from various scribbles and transmissions, not an official document, and that no one signed it.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Rooseveltr Churchill
Atlantic
Wington
Doughboys and Tanks Hold Firm in Some Sectors
German infantry pushed into Belgium beyond 20 miles as Nazi armored columns advanced. U S tanks and doughboys halted portions of the German breakthrough in several sectors, with American infantry engaging near Mons and near Echternach while Allied air and naval actions reported losses on both sides.
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Belgium
West Front
Associated Press
Paris
U.S
Haldag Bem
First Army
Americat Ks Apal Winklestroers
Eles Suriane
Grymens
Moray
Belgiundond Luxembonr
Belsium
Firs Amiy
Stavelot
Teas
Berti
Germany
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Ell-Pil
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Writ
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Beleium
Deper
Monschar
Luxemboute
Echternach
Belas
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Hochih
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Library of Congress
Reedy
Chandler
D-Ky
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