Eisenhower Named Leader of Big Invasion
President Roosevelt announced in a worldwide broadcast the appointment of General Dwight D. Eisenhower to command the Anglo American forces, coordinating a second front and Mediterranean surrender of command. Churchill and Stalin approved the plan at Teheran, with Spaatz leading strategic bombing and a British officer to be announced to replace Eisenhower in the Mediterranean. The president warned of heavy casualties as Allied forces prepare decisive blows against Japan and Germany, pledging steadfast Allied support across theaters.
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Hyde Park. N
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eizenhower
Germany
George C. Marshall
Churchill
Britain
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Teneran
Italy
Africa
Chilce
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Carl D. Spaatz
Aginst Germany
Moditerranean
Afr
Tctal Mediterranean
Europe
Japan
Chureill
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Cairo
Manny
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Chester W. Nomitz
Hawai
Aikhesa
Ag Carri
Tto
Washington
America
Wouward
Astur
Cape Anid
Wilson succeeds Eisenhower as allied commander in the Mediterranean
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Friday was named allied commander in the Mediterranean area, taking over from General Dwight D. Eisenhower who becomes chief of the second front forces. The announcement was made at 10 Downing Street.
Ortona Front Riven by Britons Canadians Clash in Snow
Allied reports say the 8th Army has taken Vezzani near Ortona while Canadians fight to clear German defenses with bayonets. Weather hinders air and ground moves as Montgomery’s 8th Army presses along the front toward Ortona.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Pigatng
8Th Army
Vezzani
Ortona
Ati
United States Air Forge
Riviera
Germany
Rewlaide
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sth
Vizzam
Orton
Ossoyna
Villagranue
Arquatondala
Wiline
Big Meat Packers Deny Charges
A scrambled report claims Iowa senators and several meat packers including Armour, Cudaby, Swift, and Wikan denied accusations that hog slaughtering capacity was taxed to the limit and records were being set. The text shows garbled names and uncertain details about denials to a query and telegrams.
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Washtytran
Senata Gillette
Deraverat
Iowa
Saul Rau
Armour and Company
Cudaby and Company
Swift and Icompany
Wikan and Company
Kune
Wits
Pope Pius Preaches Last Christmas of War Hope
Pope Pius XII, broadcasting from the Vatican, prayed that this be the last Christmas of war and urged mankind to plan a just peace and world reconstruction. He warned against reprisals and urged a peace based on justice, calling for sanctions only if needed to curb aggression and to prevent future war.
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William Smith White
London
Pope Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Rome
Associated Press
Soviet Forces Reach Vitebsk In Baltic Drive
London reports Gen Ivan Bagramian's Baltic army pushing toward Vitebsk amid heavy battles as German lines to the north and southeast show breaches. Russians close on the Vitebsk Polotsk rail corridor while German armor pours into other sectors, with major clashes near Zhlobin and the Kiev area.
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London
Ivan C. Bagramian
Vitebsk
Moscowlist
Pacthes
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Vitebsk-Polotsk
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Bagraman
Moscow War Bulletin
Zhiobin
Cen
Constantine ‘Rokossovsky
Christmas Holiday Notice From The Nonpareil
The Nonpareil will not publish the Saturday issue for Christmas. The regular Sunday edition will be published. The staff wishes patrons a merry Christmas and holiday season.
City Prepares to Celebrate Christmas in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs will observe a two day weekend Christmas holiday as in wartime, with war plants, public buildings, and many offices shut Saturday and Sunday. Some businesses stay open briefly, while others close for the holiday. The 6 day holiday plan includes a Christmas day shutdown and Monday reopening for many, with churches scheduling special programs. Local organizations plan Christmas boxes for the needy, though demand is lower due to wartime employment. Central index shows about 80 basket requests, down from previous years. Merchants report heavy sales despite limited variety.
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Council Bluffs
Federal
Won Mead
Council Bluffs Retail Merchants Association
Weather Review for Council Bluffs and Surrounding Areas
Weather details from the U S Weather Bureau cover Council Bluffs and nearby regions. Forecast calls for cloudy conditions Friday through Saturday with warmer nights, light snow possible in Iowa south portions, and varying temperatures. Nebraska and Missouri show mixed cloudiness with warmer spells and snow in some areas. Hourly readings note low temperatures around the high teens to mid twenties and a maximum of 26 degrees at mid afternoon. Wind from the north at about 14 mph with 87 percent humidity and a dry bulb reading around 20 to 24 degrees. Total precipitation deficiency noted as 6.44 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Aerial Attacks Steady As Allies Hit Japanese Pacific
Allied air forces widen the offensive with strikes on transport ships, barges, and air facilities across the southwest and central Pacific. In separate raids, American bombers target Wewak, Arawe, Alexishafen, and Cape Gloucester while reporting light damage to some Japanese ships and airfields. Chinese forces advance in the Yangtze and Sangtze regions as Japan calls a Tokyo diet session.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Southwest
Central Pacific
Arawe
New Britain
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
United States
Kwajalein Lagoon
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Kwajalein
Jaluk
mid-Pacific
Navy
Gen. MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Alexishafen
Cape Gloucester
New Ireland
Solomons
U. S. 6Th Army
Bougainville
Selemons
Huon
New Gainea
Yangtze
Sangtze River
China
Chungking
Tokyo
RAF Bombers Hit Berlin With Christmas Mass of Fire
London dispatch reports a large RAF night raid on Berlin early Friday delivering another heavy Christmas attack. Bombers dropped 1126 U. S. tons of explosives, turning sections of the capital into a solid blaze as German fighters were surprised. The overcast hindered searchlights and anti-aircraft work, with RAF losses minimal. The raid underscores Allied resolve despite seasonality in bombing weather.
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Berlin
Reich
Glodwin HL
London
RAF
U. S
Amd
Onco
Government Operation of Rails Looming as Part of Workers Reject FDR Offer
Government operation of the railroads looms as a possible nationwide move after workers reject Roosevelt mediation terms. President Roosevelt ordered Attorney General Biddle to prepare takeover documents while rail union leaders balked at arbitration and sought a settlement delaying Dec. 30 strike.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biddle
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson Alse
Tlers
Wingow
Whitney
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnston
Pleasure Ride Ends in Death
A Christmas shopping outing near Sioux City ended tragically when a car planned for sale left Highway 29 and crashed into a pole, killing Harold Anderson 16 and Lillian Boston 15. Six others were injured, all from Sioux City, as the vehicle careened after a high speed run and failed to navigate a curve. The wreckage scattered wrapped gifts and a teddy bear as responders arrived.
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Sioux City
Highway 29
Harold Anderson
Herman C. Anderson
Anderson
William Grissinger
Robert Miller
Harold F. Miller
Bertha Boston
Lite ‘Nan
Joan Lily
My.land
Joseph C. Lilly
Mona Jean Lilly
Joan
Young Miller
Young Mier
Leone Christiansen
Merrill
Lilly
Boston
Herald
Allied Bomber Offensive Over Pas de Calais and Berlin
American Flying Fortresses and Liberators led a daylight assault over Pas de Calais as RAF bombers struck Berlin. Berlin heavy raids in eight nights dropped about 11,000 tons while the week’s totals neared 18,000 tons. RAF losses were light compared with earlier Berlin raids, and German defenses showed reduced effectiveness as raids shifted to northern France and Aachen.
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Channel
France
Homle
Berlin
Hamburg
RAF
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Mannhei-Lud- Frankfurt
Germany
Aachen
Aix-La Chappelle
RAP
North Sea
Walters Said Considered for Sixth Region OPA Director
Des Moines district OPA director R H Walters is reportedly under serious consideration for the sixth region director post based in Chicago. Walters, a Democrat and former Shelby County rationing board chair, declined comment as the region, covering Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas, awaits an appointment.
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Des Moines
R. H. Walters
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
Walters
Iowa
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Reymond McKeough
Alex Elson
Shelby County
Harlan
Navy Announces Loss of Submarine Grayling
The Navy reported Friday that the submarine Grayling, the sixteenth American sub overdue since the war began, is presumed lost. The 1475-ton vessel, active on an unspecified last patrol, was likely one of the boats that have been crippling Japanese supply lines in the Pacific. Losses raise the count of American warships sunk since December 7, 1941.
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Pontief
Washington, i
Graying
Navy
Grayling
Pacific
IGG
Ninety Hostages Shot Near Milan Amid Fascist Funeral Attack
Reports from Libera Stampa in Bern recount an anti fascist assault on the funeral cortege of fascist commissar Aldo Resega in Milan. Fire from windows on Cardusio Place killed many, with fascists and Nazi troops returning fire. Casualty figures exceed twenty dead and others wounded.
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Bern
Switzerland
Milan
Italy
Aldy Resega
Libera Stampa
Cardusio Place
Airplane Pioneer Killed in Suburban Buffalo Crash
Nelson jHopking, 72, aviation pioneer, was struck by an automobile Thursday night in Williamaville suburb of Buffalo. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Upi
Nelson jHopking
Williamaville
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