FDR Appeal Fails to End Steel Plant Strikes
Pittsburgh reports show more than 125,000 idle steel workers as CIO United Steelworkers and the war labor board stay silent on President Roosevelt's plea for quick contract settlement. Wage talks stagnate across Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Indiana Illinois Michigan and New York with 214 plants affected and 350,000 workers tied to expiring contracts.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Pennsyvanue
United Steel Workers of America
CSG
Ita
United States Steel Corporation
Colimbus
Sony
Detroit
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Sharpsburg
Blaw-Knox Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Cube
Youngstown
O. Republic
Timeken Roller Bearing Company
Canton
Magsilion
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Republic and Corrigan-McKinney
Midland
Ymat
Chncible Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Crucible
Idustry
Allied Bombers Attack Bangkok In Major Raid
New Delhi India Monday report says RAF and American heavy bombers struck Bangkok in a massive operation. They hit railway yards and nearby facilities setting fires visible a hundred miles away. The same communique noted a Japanese raid on Chittagong in which five planes were lost to Allied fighters and one to anti aircraft fire, with light damage to the Indian city.
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New Delhi
India
SP Raf
Bangkok
Thailand
Asia Command
Chittagong
Elty
Burma
Dead Governor is Paid Tribute
Jackson Mississippi tributes were paid to Governor Paul B. Johnson who died at 68 from heart attacks after a long illness. Funeral services were planned at the Johnson home near Hattiesburg with burial in the old city cemetery. Johnson, who devoted his career to the people, was known for a saying about runt pigs having potential when given a chance.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Hattiesburg
Old City
Hattingburg
Sneak air attack rumors unsettle holiday defense
NY GPA reports rumors of a possible sneak air attack on Christmas eve and day kept military and civilian defenses alert. Weather bureau data and regional forecasts across Nebraska Missouri and surrounding areas show cold, cloudy, and windy conditions with below normal temperatures and scattered light precipitation.
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New York
GPA
Eastern Defense Command
Tojo Claims Fierce Allied Counteroffensive Rages
Premier Hideki Tojo told the upper house of the Japanese diet that allied counteroffensive activity is real and serious with fierce fighting on many fronts The Tokyo radio broadcast also said allied operations in the south Pacific have brought the war to a decisive stage Hirohito opened the eighty fourth diet session declaring the war situation serious and urging total Japanese effort The broadcasts quoted Tojo and Navy Minister Shimada saying Japan is repulsing counterattacks and maintaining offensive positions while a supply war unfolds in New Britain and New Guinea efforts include night transport and coastal landings
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo Radio
U.S
South Pacific
Hirohito
Japan
Tojo
Navy
Shigetaro Shimada
House of Representatives
Diet
Solomons
Bismarck Archipelago
New Gales
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Elles
New Guinea
Comei
U. S
Ger
Sucre Kimura
Chinese Continue Rice Bowl Victories
Chinese forces push from Kungtan to reach the Hutu river joining Lake Tunting and the Yangtze, with mopping up operations against remnants ongoing. High command said operations began Sunday on the east bank of the Wie river as of Monday.
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Chungking
China
Kungtan
Lake Tunting
Yangtze River
Wie River
Problems Mount For Roosevelt On Hyde Park Return
President Roosevelt returned to the White House from Hyde Park to address labor disputes threatening widespread paralysis in steel and rail transport. He prepared a message to Congress and a fiscal year budget while awaiting word on his offer to arbitrate wage disputes and calls for uninterrupted production.
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Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
Jim
Congress
Capitol
House
Rom
German Commentators See Zero Hour This Week
Stockholm dispatches report Berlin military observers nervously eyeing a potential zero hour for an invasion of western Europe. They cite relentless air bombardment and fortifications along the Channel coast as signs of readiness, while noting the Scharnhorst’s clash with the home fleet as a setback for German defenses. No Berlin comment on Eisenhower or Montgomery changes. Eisenhower historically favored attacks only when 90 percent sure of success.
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John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Berlin
Europe
Sweden
Channel
Germany
Josa
Scharnhorst
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Hisenhower
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Scharnhorst Sunk by British Fleet
British naval forces sank the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway in a Barents Sea action, after a long convoy clash that reportedly damaged the escort and convoy units. Admiral Fraser led the British units in the engagement, with claims of forceful British retaliation against German surface ships.
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London
Scharnhorst
Arctic
Norway
Murmansk
Ewe Eet
Hitler
Tirpitz
Gneisenau
Barents Sea
North Cape
U. S
Admiralty
Berlin
Bruce Fraser
Admiral Fraser
Rer
Glorious
Gnewenau
Fraser
Scharnhorsk
Alten Fjord
Pying Eugen
English
North Sea
Brest
France
Alten Pjord
Three Forces Operate as Single Unit
New York AP dispatch reports William J. Dunn describing the Cape Gloucester landings on New Britain as a highly coordinated land, air, and naval operation. He notes precise timing from embarkation to ashore, with cruisers and destroyers bombardment, Liberator and fighter support, and a 7:42 am marine landing followed by rapid beachhead buildup. Japanese counterattacks came later, yielding losses on both sides while reinforcing Allied western New Britain control and blunting supply lines.
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New York
APH
CES
William J. Dunn
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Dunn
Riles
Cold Weather Brings Lower Temperatures Across Region
Colder air moves into southwestern Iowa with readings near 10 degrees expected by Tuesday after a Monday low of 19. Midwest temperatures fall as a system shifts in. Meanwhile a major sleet and rainstorm disrupts travel from New England to Virginia, paralyzing traffic and stranding travelers. police urge motorists to avoid driving unless in emergencies.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Councer Bluffs
Nebraska
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Red offensives smash forward toward Vitebsk and Kiev
Russian winter offensives push on the Kiev bulge and toward Vitebsk with heavy German losses. Vatutin’s forces rout about 150,000 troops, seize Radomysl and Brusilov, while the 1st Baltic Army nears Vitebsk and cuts escape routes. Gorodok fell and Polotsk highway was severed as Russian advance widens.
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London
UPI
Zhitomir
Kiev
Vitebsk
Nev
CBS
Moscow
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kiev Bulge
Radomys
Brusilov
Kornin
Zhitommiry
Thar
Leninegrad-Odessa
Korosten
White Russia
Ivan C. Bagramian
Essex Man Killed in Auto Accident
Essex man and former mayor A. E. Nelson 5 percent veterinary physician died instantly in an automobile crash three miles southeast of Shenandoah. He apparently dozed off while en route to a professional call, struck a ditch on a dead end road, and was ejected with a broken neck. Survived by widow and son Elton of Washington, D.C. Funeral plans pending as the body remains at Careon mortuary.
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Nosparn
Essex
A. E. Nelson
Shenandoah
Elton
Washington, D.C
Careon J Mortuary
Allied drive advances toward Cassino and Ortona gains
Allied forces in heavy rains pushed two key points near Mt Samucro and tightened grip on San Vittore as British and Indian units fight house to house for Ortona. American Marauders hit Prato Pistoia and yards near Empoli to disrupt German rail links while coastal bombing targets Drevenik and nearby maritime routes.
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Joseph Dynan
Algiers
Sth
Mt. Samucro
Cassino
San Vittore
Ortona
Adriatic
Italy
Toore
Stalingrad
Villa Grande
Ortona-Orsogna
Tolla
8Th Army
Seca
Promises End of European War in 1944
Allied commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower declared that the European war would be won in 1944. He spoke at a farewell press conference before leaving for Britain to lead the invasion from the west or north, urging all citizens to perform their duties. He reviewed wartime gains, including Italy's surrender and naval changes, and said French forces would join in plans to defeat Germany.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Britain
Hisenhower
Europe
Ceremany
Cairo
Malta
Italy
Taranto
Bari
Sho
Germany
America
Camemander-In
Salerno
Sanding Truck Crashes Into Couple's Bedroom in Methuen
Methuen Massachusetts a sanding truck skidded on a hill during Mondaysleet storm and crashed through the side of a house into the bedroom where Mr and Mrs Fred Earnshaw lay. The machine rested with its front over the bed but the couple sustained no injuries.
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Methuen
Mass
Fred Earnshaw
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Pacific
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Drevenik
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Florence
Prato
Pistoia
Pisa
Leghorn
Empoll
Seva
Brenner Pass
Maryland
Riviera
Portonuuva
Pedaso
San Benedetto
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