Pope Pius Christmas Message to War Sufferers
Pope Pius XII broadcasts a Christmas message to prisoners of war internees and refugees enduring the long conflict. The text in German French Italian and Polish asks for strength and mercy and offers an apostolic benediction promising peace and renewal through charity and goodness.
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Associated Press
Pope Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Bethlehem
Wwe
Veterans Widows Urged to Apply at Field Offices
Veterans Administration urges widows and orphans of World War I veterans to file pensions at the nearest VA field office rather than write to Washington. The act extends pension privileges to widows and children of veterans who served at least 900 days and were not dishonorably discharged.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
U. S. Bombs Start Road Landslides
CHUNGKING Dec 20 AP The air offensive over China's battlefronts overshadowed ground activity at Wedemeyer HQ with raids on Hongkong shipping and landslides blocking the Burma road caused by U S bombs The P 51s of Chennault s 14th air force swept over Hongkong s waterfront sinking a large tanker likely a destroyer and two freighters Also two enemy fighters were shot down and three on the ground at Kaitak air field
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Chungking
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Hongkong
Burma
U. S
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Kaitak Airdrome
Wasps Seek Reinstatement After Discharge
Twenty Wasps from the sixth ferrying group petitioned President Roosevelt and War Department officials for U S flying duty at one dollar a year. General H H Arnold indicated enough male transport pilots are available, and the group was refused. Miss Barbara Erickson, squadron leader, noted her unit ferried 980 military planes in 11 months and urged a chance to continue service. Most of the twenty hope to join husbands already in the armed forces.
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Long Beach
Calif
Roosevelt
War Department
United States
Barbara Erickson
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Erickson
Asps
Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses At County Office
Two couples applied for marriage licenses yesterday in the office of Henry LePage, county recorder. Harold Perry of Tebbetts and Georgia Delaney of Fulton. Melvin Jones of Licking, Tex., and Mildred Neal of Jefferson City were named.
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Henry LePage
County Recorder
Harold Perrey
Tebbetts
Georgia Delaney
Fulton
Melvin Jones
Licking
Tex
Mildred Neal
Jefferson City
Films On Rubber And Engine Shown To Pupils
Senior high students viewed two educational films yesterday focusing on synthetic rubber and the internal combustion engine. Screenings occurred during the 10 o clock and 11 o clock classes.
Billion Bushel Wheat Harvest Seen for 1948 Prospects
The Agriculture Department reports a possible 761,591,000 bushel winter wheat harvest next summer based on Dec conditions, rainfall, and temperatures. Combined with spring wheat, total 1,078,647,000 bushels set a record. acreage seeded at 49,589,000, with 87 percent of normal condition.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Mountain States
Central
Pacific Northwest
Federal Warden Ordered to Show Cause in Contempt Case
U S Circuit Judge Walter A Haxman required Walter A Hunter warden of Leavenworth federal penitentiary to appear Dec 27 and show cause why he should not be held in contempt after inmate Dennis Augustinos Clovis New Mexico remained jailed two days past a habeas corpus release order. Augustinos serving a 15 year Michigan sentence had three five year terms to run concurrently and was deemed to have served maximum time with good behavior credits. He was received at Leavenworth May 5 1938.
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Topeka
Kas
U. S
Walter A. Haxman
Walter A. Hunter
Federal
Leavenworth
Huxman
Dennis Augustinos
Clovis
N. M
Augustinos
Michigan
Haxman
Author's Husband Dies in Maine Forest Life Tale Basis
Ralph H. Rich, 54, husband of Louise Dickson Rich, author of the forest life memoir We Took to the Woods, died suddenly, probably from a cerebral hemorrhage, said Medical Examiner D M Stewart. The couple lived near Middle Dam, about 20 miles from Rumford, Maine. Canada has a fresh water area covering about 228,307 square miles.
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Rumford
Ralph HE. Rich
Louise Dickson Rich
Middle Dam
D. M. Stewart
Canada
Americans Fight Desperate Battle Near Tossignano
American forces south of Bologna press the fight against German troops in the Tossignano area while Polish and Indian troops near Senio River clear resistance. US patrols report heavy barricades in Tossignano and Nazi patrols on approaches. Northeast of Faenza, British Eighth Army gains small ground against a German salient between Faenza and Bagnacavallo as Germans mass near the Lamone river.
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Rome
Bologna
Tossignan
Senio
Eighth Army
Faenza
Bagnacavallo
Lamone's
Supply Thefts Spark House Senate Inquiry
The article reports that thefts of soda, wine, and food from supply lines have troubled American armies in Europe. Both Senate and House committees show interest in a congressional probe, citing dispatches of pilfering that once endangered operations but were later curbed. A subcommittee’s findings from battlefront conditions are awaited. The War Department declined to share pilfering details, directing questions to the European theater.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
House
Thomason
D-Tex
House Military Committee
Fourteen Enemy Divisions Swarm Through Breakthrough
German assault reached Stavelot and Malmedy as Lt Gen Hodges's doughboys held the line. American tanks and infantry fought in fog and mist, repelling multiple German drives and driving Nazi forces from Stavelot street by street, with Monschau cited as a prior jump-off point for a short American advance.
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Monschau
Aachen
Stavelot
Courtney Hodges
Malmedy
Belgium
Senators to visit North Africa on war probe trip
Chairman Mead discloses two members of the Senate War Investigating Committee will travel to North Africa after Christmas to discuss the pilfering problem with army authorities. Senators Burton and Tunnell will make the trip.
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Pered
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating
North Africa
Burton
Ohio
Tunnell
D-Del
Destroyers Attack Near Stavelot in Allied Push
Reports describe destroyers smashing at the side of the enemy salient just south of Stavelot and making progress as part of the ongoing offensive.
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Estroyers
Stavelot
Missouri Wheat Prospects Improve in December Report
Missouri’s wheat area of 1,800,000 acres was rated 90 percent good by a federal-state crop service, the highest December rating in a decade. The crop is up five percent from last year but below the 10-year average, with an expected yield of 14 bushels per acre producing about 25.2 million bushels. Rye acreage reached 229,000 against 175,000 last fall, with crop prospects brighter than any December since 1931.
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Columbia
Missouri
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Bombers Pound Iwo Jima in Volcano Islands Raid
American Liberator bombers attacked Iwo Jima in the Volcano islands about 750 miles south of Japan. The raid started large fires at the enemy air strip and was followed by additional bombers dropping about 100 tons of bombs on Monday.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Japan
Navy
Lightning fighters strike airfield after bombing mission
Lightning fighter planes accompanying bombers on Monday shot down one enemy aircraft in the air and then swooped down to strafe airfield installations.
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