Reds Repulse Giant German Tank Attack
Soviet forces under Vas tughin held off a major German armored assault near Kiev with artillery and air support. They claimed to have knocked out many tanks and armored cars, while expanding west bank positions along the Dnieper and pressing toward rail hubs like Byelozere and Cherkasy. Berlin broadcasts reported two northern offensives near Nevel and Zhivbin, but Moscow described minimal activity in those areas.
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Red Army
Vatulin
Kiev
Hlev
Ivan S. Kottey
Dnieper Nver
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Konev
Byelozere
Smela
Dnieper
Nikopol
Vinta Russia
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Koney
Kirovogard
Amaller Lawns
Feo
Kremenchug-Cherkasy 2
Aoviet
Berlin
Nevel
Zhivbin
Gene
Moscow
Army awards one grade promotions to 275000 infantrymen
About 279,000 enlisted infantrymen receive one grade promotions in recognition of the hazards and responsibilities of combat. The War Department says increases in pay range from 48 to 216 dollars annually and take effect December 13. Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney notes the moves aim to reward and improve selection of combat leaders. Theater and area commanders may advance half the personnel in designated units from grade seven to six, and others see rank advances from corporal to sergeant and from sergeant to staff sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GPI
Army
War Department
Joseph T. McNarney
Ieaders
Jeaders
Sia
Levhimeal
Maj Ors
Grant
Roosevelt Home Again After World War Close
President Roosevelt has returned to the United States from international conferences in the Middle East. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early announced the president’s safe return and said there were no details yet on when he would reach Washington. The trip covered at least three continents and included meetings with Winston Churchill in Cairo and Chiang Kai-shek in China regarding Asiatic war matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Stephen Early
Rapartera
Early
Middle East
United Nations
Cairo
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Run
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Local Man Hurt in Train Crash in Silver Creek Neb
A Union Pacific express baggage train collided with a salt trailer truck at Silver Creek Nebraska at 6 26 a m Thursday injuring fireman Ray Higgenbotham and killing engineer Otto Beckel. The wreck collapsed the locomotive and derailed several cars. The truck driver Jack Bockina escaped unharmed. Traffic on the main line was halted. a shi by track bypass was started and expected to clear by 6 p m. Beckel, 63 of Omaha, had served since 1909 and worked as an engine crew since 1917. Higgenbotham, 36 of Council Bluffs, leaped from the cab before impact.
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Union Pacific Extra Expresa
Silver Creek
Neb
Becker
Jack
Bockina
Fairmont
UW. P
Heckel
South Sixteenth Street
Omaha
Council Bluffs
U. F. Service
Suver Creek
Councy Bluffs
Grand Island
U. S
Doubt Rail Workers Will Go on Strike
Cleveland officials and rail leaders expressed belief a nationwide freight rail strike planned for two weeks hence would not materialize. Spokesmen from operating unions voiced optimism after a mediation meeting set for Chicago, while leaders stressed the case for settlement and questioned motives behind the strike call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhoods
H. F. Prager
Order of Railway Conductors
J. John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Daniel Loomi
Fraser
Pelley
Eastman
Loomis
U.S. Casualty Totals Released By War Office
Secretary of War Stimson announced wartime casualty figures through November 30. Army totals show 98,504 casualties with 15,434 killed, 95,049 wounded, 23,725 missing, and 24,496 prisoners of war. Navy totals total 82,504 with 13,983 killed, 5,868 wounded, 8,408 missing, and 4,247 prisoners. American elements in the 5th Army in Italy stand at 19,419 with 2,010 killed, 8,583 wounded, and 2,826 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Stimson
5Th Army
Italy
Stimgon
Four Iowa Sailors Awarded Medals
Allied Headquarters, Algiers, four Iowa sailors who served on the cruiser Savannah received medals and commendations for heroism after the vessel was struck by an enemy air bomb. Robert L. Sullivan of Clinton earned the Purple Heart, August L. Schultz of Clinton and Ralph B. Haynes of Sigourney received letters of commendation, and Earl A. Byrnam of West Liberty was awarded the Silver Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Savannah
Robert L. Sullivan
Clinton
August L.schultz
Ralph B. Haynes
Sigourney
Earl A. Byrnam
West Vinton
Firing of Highway Patrolman Sustained by State Council
John Raynsburger of Oskaloosa was discharged from the state highway patrol after a council sustained the firing. He admitted negligence after a Sept 30 truck crash near Ottumwa that killed truck driver Harry Robinson of Greenfield. The governor said the officer left the scene and lights failed, contributing to the fatal collision. Rhynsburger testified he left about 30 minutes before another truck crashed into a stopped vehicle on the highway.
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State Council
Dre Moines
Pil
State Executive Council
John Raynsburger
Oskaloosa
State Highway Patrol
Rhynsburger
Ottumwa
Harry Robinson
Greenfield
Rhynsburger Hsamself
Tizies
Simeone Sucht
Iiwrk
Eminent Doctors Caring for Him
Prime Minister Churchill, age sixty nine, suffers a patch of pneumonia in the left lung amid Teheran and Cairo conferences. Deputy Prime Minister Attlee updates the House of Commons on his illness, noting Churchill remains in the Middle East and is under expert care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Green
London
Churchill
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Attlee
Middle East
No. 10
Downing Street
Tempo of Air Warfare Increases Against Japs
The tempo of air warfare against Japan in China, Burma, and the Pacific has reached a new high with heavy raids on Arawe in New Britain. Allied bombers smashed bases, supplies, and personnel in Arawe and Gasmata, surpassing earlier raids and signaling possible invasion prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
China
Burma
Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Solomons
Gilberts
Arawe
Southwest
Japan
Solomons-New Guinea
Gasmata
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Zeland
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Tarapa
Maloelap Atoll
Bougainville
Tip
Empress Augusta Bay
Son Reported Missing Now Prisoner in Germany
The War Department notified Mrs. Beth Burlingham that her son, Sgt. Edward Burlingham, reported missing in action, is now a prisoner of the German government in Germany.
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War Department
Beth .Burlingham
Edward Burlingham
Germany
Republicans Fast Nearing Control of Lower House
Washington daybook reports Republicans near numerical control of the House. With 208 Republicans and 218 Democrats, vacancies from deaths and resignations total 11 since January. Leaders predict possible wins in remaining contests, potentially shifting margins before the 1944 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Herold Oliver
Washington
House
Martin
Masgaechusetts
Jack Nichols
Oklahoma
James P. McGranery
Pennsylvania
J. William Ditter
Henry B. Steagall
Alabam
Lawrence Lewis
Colorado
Nichols
H. C. Clark
Ian
Ditter
McGranery
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
Republican Campaign Committee
Duat
Philadelphia
Steagall
Scores Killed in a Double Wreck in North Carolina
Two crowded Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains derailed on a snow and ice strewn stretch in southeastern North Carolina. Officials say 60 to 100 killed and more than 190 injured, with survivors rushed to Lumberton and Fayetteville area hospitals. Weather hampered rescue as Red Cross coordinates relief.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Red Springs
W. F. Barham
American Red Cross
Atlanta
William Wood
Small Homes Guide Magazine
Tampa
Fla
G. Sibley
Wilmington
Une
New York
Fila
Ipassengers
ACL General
Highsmith Hospital
Fleming
Army Bomber Crashes During Routine Training Flight
A four engine bomber from Gore Field Grest Falls Montana crashed Wednesday night near Kearney Army air base during a routine training flight. One crewman was killed and two injured. Co Vernon B Trevellyan, a base commander, said the names of the victims were not available.
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Kearney
Neb
Gore Field
Grest Falls
Mont
Kearney Army Air Base
Vernon B. Trevellyan
Bas
Creston Oil Station Robbed. Safe Taken Near Coryell
Thieves struck a Creston area oil station Wednesday night taking a safe two miles northeast of there containing about 500 dollars in cash and 8000 dollars in bonds. Sheriff J R Ewing and Chief William Hiatt found the safe Brown open and empty Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Coryell
J. R. Ewing
William Hiatt
Germans Sink American Ships in Bari Harbor Raid
Seventeen United Nations merchant ships, including five American vessels, were sunk by German bombers in Bari Italy on December 2. About 1,000 people were killed or injured as ammunition ships exploded, fires spread, and harbor shipping was wrecked. the raid disrupted Allied supplies for a few days but did not alter overall Italian campaign plans.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
UPI
United. Nations
Bari
Italy
Stimaon
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
8Th Army
al Bari
U. S. Planes Rain Blows on Brenner Pass
Allied air forces hurled heavy bomb strikes on rail yards and targets from Innsbruck to Bolzano and Trento as the Brenner Pass rail line saw decisive blows. Bombers backed by fighters faced limited resistance, while other Allied planes hit coastal Dalmatian targets and support operations along the Italian front as Montgomery’s advance presses the Sangro line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Athens
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Austria
Bolzano
Trento
Italy
Aegean
Germany
8Th Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Sth
Castel San Vincenzo
Alfedena
Ortona
Orsogna
Munich
Avisto
Balkans
Dalmatian
Zara
Mostar
Gulf of Kotor
Dubrovnik
Sasenc
Valone
Berrati
Sir Barnard L. Montgomery
Sangro River
6Th Army
Minano
Garigliano
15Th Armored Grenadiers
Pontecorvo
Froainone
Atine
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Henry C. Cassidy
Nikolai Vastputin
Teterev River
Fritz von Mannstein
U. 5. Express
Des Moines
Ernest J Seemann
Waterloo
Clyde L. Renning
Seemann
National House of Representatives
John W. Gwynne
R-Water
Long
Save We
Alex Eilean
OPA
Iowa
U.S
Churchill St
Ube
Jett King
Jeaa
Pulletin
England
Britain
Stalin
Inonu
Turkey
Anthony Eden
Commons
Eden
Teheran
Inonn
The
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Missouri
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
14Th Army Air Force
Changteh
Hunan
Lihsien
Yangtye
Shasi
Ansiang
Nanbsien
Tokyo
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