Soviets Form Offensive Line West of Capital
Soviet forces push a broad December offensive west of Moscow recapturing 200 settlements and approaching Ruza and Mozhaisk as they drive German troops from Kalinin and Tula sectors. The campaign expands along the Moscow front with intensified actions near Leningrad, Novgorod, and the Sea of Azov, while Crimea defense tightens and German rear areas face pressure.
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Moscow
Red Army
Govorov
Ruza
Mozhaisk
Leningrad
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Russia
Crimea
Sevastopol
Perekop Isthmus
Red Star
Special Law Lets Durnil Claim Federal Damages
Legislation to allow John H. Durnil who was injured in October 1926 near Carrollton Missouri while working on a Missouri River project for the war department to file under the federal Employ es compensation law has cleared the House and moves to the Senate. He says others failed to report the accident to officials, and he learned of the unreported claim after the one year limit expired.
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Washington
John H. Durnil
Carrollton
Moe
War Department
U.S
House
Senate
Durnil
Missouri
House Claims Committee
Bond Sales Boom in 10th Division Area
Defense Bond sales in the tenth Federal Reserve bank district totaled 7,415,275 in the last 12 business days. Assistant cashier John Phillips Jr. said sales peaked at 1,276,000 yesterday, excluding Post Office sales. The district covers Nebraska Wyoming and parts of Kansas Oklahoma Colorado Missouri and New Mexico.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank
John Phillips
Nebraska
Wyoming
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri
New Mexico
Russians Rout? German Blitzkrieg Backfires in Russia
War analysis by Kirkel argues Nazi blitzkrieg in Russia is faltering as German forces retreat along a 1200 mile front. He cites Russian gains, overstated German strength, and the decline of mobility reliant on tanks and air power. The piece warns of a broader collapse if the retreat continues.
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Kirkel
Sempson
Russia
Blitzkrieg
Corps d
France
Low Countries
Balkans
Greece
Red Army
Winter
Hitler
Front
Rome
Tokyo
Libya
Pacific War
Air Corps Officer Missing on Coast Flight
Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dargue and seven others are missing for six days on a transcontinental flight believed to be a first leg toward reinforcing Hawaiian defenses. Dargue may have orders to command the air forces in Hawaii as Lieut. Gen. Emmons heads to Honolulu. The missing party departed Mitchel Field for Hamilton Field near San Francisco, with two general staff officers aboard.
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Washington
Herbert A. Dargue
Army
Hawaiian
Dargue
Hawaii
War Department
Palmdale
Calif
Bish
Delos C. Emmons
Air Combat Force
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
Honolulu
Mitchell Fiela
Hamil_ton field
San Francisco
Fuginte
Charles W. Bundy
George W. Ricker
I Dargue
Dargues Hight
C. L. Tinker
Frederick
Martin
Dar#US
Air Force
Boy Plays Six Months With Broken Neck
Ten year old Ted Smith in Pueblo Colorado endured six months with a broken neck before diagnosis. An on scene scuffle caused a bruise like injury that later worsened leading to X ray confirmation of a fractured vertebra and medical treatment.
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Boy
Pueblo
Colo
Ted Smith
Atere
British Tanks Press Axis Libyan Retreat in Eastern Cyrenaica
Cairo dispatch reports German and Italian forces in eastern Cyrenaica in full retreat under pressure from British and American tanks and RAF bombers. The offensive claims 16,000 prisoners this month, with up to 19,000 by now. Axis casualties heavy. The Rome high command denied retreat, while observers question encirclement feasibility.
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Cairo
Cirenaica
H.af
Derna
Tmini-Mekili
Libya
Sai Bat
R.A F
Jong Road
Bengali
Gazala
Erwin von Rommel
Italion
Amini
R.A.F
Mediterranean
Tripoli
French North Africa
Sidi Omar
Belo Engasi
Gulf of Sirte
Rome
Buenos Aires
Iimkers
New Zealand
London
Ban Reports on Allied War Talks
London dispatch reports the government silent on talks among anti Axis nations. Questions in the House of Commons failed to elicit details as Maj. Clement Attlee, acting as voice for the government, refused to disclose information. Churchill absent from Parliament fuels speculation the PM attends conferences in Washington and Moscow.
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London
House of Commons
Clement R. Attee
Winston Churchil
Churchill
Washington
Moscow
Blood Bank Initiative Aims At Huntington Hospitals
Five Huntington Junior Chamber of Commerce members donate one pint each to establish a blood and plasma bank for local hospitals. Recipients may repay by a relative or friend who can donate, or via listed professional donors in Huntington. The note mentions Jeremiah McLain Rusk as the first agriculture secretary under President Harrison from 1889 to 1893.
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Blood ‘Bank
Huntington
W. Va
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture
Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Harrison
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Aleksin
Tula
Shekino
Orel
Kalinin
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navigation
NEA
Air Corps
Lord Elgin
Dallmeyer
Elgin
Waltham
Sportsmatt
Hamilton
Gruen
Lovely
Phil A. Dallmeyer
E. High
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