Fifth and Eighth Armies Open Fresh Gains in Italy
Allied headquaters in Algiers report rapid advances by the Fifth and Eighth Armies in the Cassino area. Clark's force crosses toward high ground west of Filignano as San Pietro resists fierce German counterattacks near Mignano. Montgomery's troops seize San Leonardo as a second Moro River bridgehead is claimed amid heavy fighting and aerial bombardment elsewhere in Italy and Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Filignano
Cassino
Esat
Mark W. Clark
Mignano
San Pietro
Clark
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Hermann Goering
8Th Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
San Leonardo
Moro River
Ortona
Moro
Montgomery
Frisa
Orsogna
Crieti
Sth
Monte Samuero
Rome
Amerifahs
Herman Goenng
Batlia
Amercans
Patrons Given $40,000 Christmas Present
Aluscatine reports the municipal utility and water departments have issued a $40,000 Christmas present to their 6,000 customers. Bills due in December will be marked paid, and the water department balances are adjusted to reflect this gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluscatine
American Bombers on Daylight Raid Over Europe
American heavy bombers escorted by fighters attacked targets in northwest Germany on Saturday as favorable weather ended a Hitler respite. The daylight raid marked a strong Allied air display with RAF Mosquito operations and Liberator missions over Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday and Friday night with no losses reported.
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London
Germany
Airforce
Hitler
Sofia
Bulgaria
Hints at Missing Soldier Racket
Edith Gaylord reports OWI warns against paying for alleged prisoner of war information amid a rising racket tied to enemy broadcasts. The government says it will telegram next of kin free of charge under a new system to speed accurate casualty notifications, though leaders will not specify signing authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Gaylord
Washington
Office of War Information
OWL
OWI
United States
Red Advance Moves Along Rail Lines in Ukraine War
Soviet forces under Gen. Ivan Konev push along the Dnieper bend and into Cherkasy as heavy fighting rages in the town. German forces counter with large tank assaults around Chernyakhov and Krivoi Rog, while Moscow admits reverses near Kiev as German armor eyes the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ivan Konev
Cherkasy
Dnieper
DNB
Kremenchug
Krivoj Rog
Kirovograd
Moscow
Kiev
Nikolai Vatutin
Malin
Korozen
Kiev-Korosten
Chernyakhov
Znamenka
Konev
St Znnamenka
Khirovka
Smela
Chabanovint
Krivoi Rog
Chechelevka
Dotinivka
Red Army
Kievbulge
Fritz von Mannatein
Leningrad-Odessa
Vatutin
Henry C. Cagiddy
Associated Press
Yon Mannstein
NMU seeks deferment for vice president in war effort claim
The National Maritime Union requests draft deferment for its vice president Jack Lawrensen after obtaining deferment for president Joseph Curran. The union argues Lawrensen is essential to the war effort. Lawrensen is married with no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Maritime Union
CIQ
Joseph Curran
Jack Lawresen
NMU
Lawrensen
Senators Plan to Force Whisky From Warehouses
Washington lawmakers push immediate taxation on 117 million gallons of bonded whisky stored in warehouses to drive excess supply onto the market. Senator Wherry and Chairman Van Nuys urge swift action as Berkshire cites widespread hoarding and rising black markets, with planned hearings of executives from Seagrams, Hiram Walker, Schenley, and National Distillers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wherry ReNeto
Wherry
Varn Nuys
D-Ind
Aud-Cormittee
Stewart Berkstire
Internal Revenue
Berkshire
van Nuys
Industria
OPA
Ferguson
Seagrams
Hiram Walker
Schenley
National Distilers
Senate
Ily
Roosevelt Reported In Southern Italy Front Visit
The Associated Press reports German radio quotes Tallusane dispatches saying President Roosevelt is now in southern Italy and may visit the front briefly. Rumors of a meeting with Marshal Badoglio are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pree
Tallusane
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Italy
Marshal Badoglig Ace
Lumber Ready for New Houses in Defense Area
Holger Helm of the FHA told a meeting in Council Bluffs that about 75 attendees can obtain priority lumber through the War Production Board or FHA for 100 defense worker houses. He noted conversions of existing structures to apartments need less material than new houses, with FHA underwriting local loans. Weather summary included.
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Omaha
Holger Helm
Federal Housing Administration
Council Bluffs
Holm
City Hall
War Production Board
FHA
Ares
Holger
HOLC
Roosevelt Receives Detailed War Plans At Carthage Stop
President Roosevelt gave General Eisenhower a full briefing on the allied Mediterranean strategy during a 49 hour stop at Carthage on the return from Tehran. Durno reported Roosevelt outlined the grand plan with Churchill and allied staffs, noting continued offensives in North Africa and the Mediterranean as forces pressed from El Alamein toward Tunis.
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John B. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ancient
Carthage
Teheran
Cair
White House
Eisenhower
North Africa
Italy
Mr. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Africa
Oran
Tunis
Cairo
Stratey
Algiers
Marshal Stalin
Maj
George £. Durne
Hisenhower
Barne
Churchill
Germany
George C. Marshall
Marshall Goed
London
Rosevelt
Valetta
Malta
Wriday
Durno
Tunia
el Alamein
Tobruk
Dunno
Desert
New Zealand
Tunnis
Save Your Tin Cane Makes Big Advance Payment to REA
The Eastern Town Light and Power cooperative at Davenport has turned over $60,000 to the Rural Electrification Administration as an advance on a loan from REA. It is among the largest such payments, bringing total principal repaid ahead of schedule to nearly $98,000. The cooperative has repaid over $350,000 of total principal and interest on roughly $2,000,000 in REA funds, financing 1,855 miles of power lines for 4,600 consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Eastern Town Light and Fower Co-Operative
Davenport
Rural Electrification ‘Administration
REA
Co-Operative
Honor Pilot Who Gave Life For Plane To Fight Again
Washington remembers 1st Lt Haron R Christensen of Eagle Grove Iowa and the crew of Fortress 741. After heavy damage over Schweinfurt Germany the pilot refused surrender and steered to safety while the crew considered bailout. The war department commemorates the mission and renames the plane Corn State Terror in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Sth
Air Force
Flying Fortress
War Department
Flying Fortress 741
England
Schweinfurt
Germany
Corn State Terror’ Ag
Haron R. Christensen
Eagle Grove
Christensen
France
Messerschmigg 109
Kenneth C. Homuth
Laurens
Jawis
Switzerland
RAF Mosquitos Raid Germany and Sofia Bombings
RAF Mosquitos raided northwest Germany on Friday night following an attack on Sofia Bulgaria by Liberators in the Mediterranean theater. The Allied raids targeted troops, railways, junctions, trains, barges, tugboats, trucks and planes with both Mosquitos and Liberators, while German air defenses shot down several Allied aircraft.
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London
Germany
Sofia
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Algiers
Balkan
U. S
Agif
Britain
Anglian
Severn Places
Allied
Aftrica Airforce
British Broadcasting Corporation
Inewa
Bafia
Berlin
Bombing Brings Balkan Warning In War Update
London reports Allied air strikes on Sofia lasting about 105 minutes as Bulgaria's government crisis deepens. Parliament hurriedly adjourned, with destruction blamed on rail yards and troop areas. Pro German Premier Dobri Bojilov clings to power amid no-confidence fallout and a ministerial reshuffle. Analysts warn Bulgarian forces may resist a Turkish invasion but could mutiny if fighting the Russians. Dispatches note Russian ties and military attaché exchanges, while Hungary shows signs of German-directed occupation fears and peasant and Democratic parties push for peace. Turkey maintains stable policy despite amplified air raid warnings and German contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ¥. King
London
Wes
Sofia
Bulgaria
Priday
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Sweden
Dobri Bojilov
Russia
Soviet Union
London Daily Express
Berlin
Stockholm
Hungary
Teheran
Cairo
Germany
Oy Amel
Sccial Democratic
Rumanis
Rec
Aiso
Turkey
Numah Munemendoglu
Ten
Legislators Question Hershey On Drafting Dads Policy
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the House Military Affairs Committee that draft boards would defer prewar fathers as long as possible while meeting quotas. May said Hershey would follow Congress intent, with fathers drafted by age groups if needed, while order numbers still controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Strective Service
House Military Affairs Committee
May
D-Ky
Hershey
Polig
Congress
Roosevelt
Lewis B Hershey
Congressional Committee
Paul V. McNutt
McNult
War Manpower Commission
House Military Committee
Hernhey
Selective Service
Offichia
Pearl Harbor
War Manpower
WMC
McNutt
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Red
Dnieper Bend
Helm
U. S. Weather Bureau
Town
Nebraska
Missouri
Lisenhower
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