Extreme cold grips East with subzero readings across the region
The Associated Press reports a frigid cold wave pushing from Canada into the central and eastern United States. Subzero lows fill Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York and many inland areas while cities such as Chicago Buffalo and Cleveland set or approach record lows. A trough of relief remains in the Dakotas and Minnesota as warmer air edges in farther south. мороз
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Associated Press
New England
Midwest
Central States
Chicago Weather Bureau
Kylertown
Pen
Appalachian
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
New Wellsville
Arcade
Sala- Tanta
Belmont
Olean
Elmira
Ithada
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Allied reports 55 German tanks destroyed in renewed push
Field dispatches say roving German armor was trapped and 55 tanks destroyed yesterday as the main thrust aimed westward and northward. Allied forces reported reinforcements from the north and southern action beginning to blunt the German advance, with the Monschau region countering 9 miles into the salient and Saar river front largely quiet.
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Berlin
Saar
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Saarlautern
Monschau
Saar River
Markets Update and Nashville Livestock Prices
Markets rally with rails leading gains while transfers reach 1.3 million shares. Nashville livestock reports light cattle receipts with beef cows steady and good bulls rising, calves steady to 15.50, hogs mostly 10.00 to 15.50, and lambs 8.25 to 14.00 with steady to higher tone compared with last week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Markets End Week Mixed as Rails Rally and Cotton Stays Quiet
New York stock markets gained late as rails rallied and commodities showed subdued activity. Cotton futures were extremely quiet with small mill buying, late afternoon prices mostly unchanged to 10 cents higher.
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New York
Seventh Army Faces Siegfried Line Thicket Near Rhine
In the Haardt mountains the Seventh Army pressed the Rhine front fighting through a Siegfried belt 15 to 20 miles wide. Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s units fought above the clouds to reduce pillboxes with six feet of concrete and one foot of armor.
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Rhine
Alexander M. Patch
Haardt
Eisenhower Calls for Destruction of Nazi Forces
Paris December 22 Gen Eisenhower urges Allied troops to destroy the enemy as he describes a final gamble by Germany. He promises that with God’s help and unwavering resolve the Allies will push forward to their greatest victory and defeat the Nazi threat.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Beathine D. Eisenhower
Death of A W Landers in Danville
A W Landers aged eight died at his Danville home Thursday at 2 45 pm. Survived by wife four daughters Ida Landers Parrish Ala Ruby Blankenship Danville and Carl Anders Danville four sons Murray Danville Bluntt Hartselle Seldon in the Army Mack Danville plus stepson Hillard Crosley Florence and half brother L P Reynolds Fort Worth. Services set for Johnsons Chapel Saturday at two oclock conducted by Rev D C Prince with grandsons as pallbearers at cemetery to follow.
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Danville
Ida Landers
Ralph White
Parrish
Ala
Ruby Blankenship
Carl Anders
Murray Landers
Bluntt Landers
Hartselle
Seldon Landers
Mack
Two Arraigned Over Pacific Palisades Murder Case
Mrs. Louise Peete Judson and her husband Lee Borden Judson were arraigned in Los Angeles on murder charges tied to the death of Mrs. Margaret Logan. Logan's nude body was found buried in a shallow garden grave at her Pacific Palisades home after last Wednesday. District Attorney Fred N. Howser said Mrs. Judson confessed to burying the body but denied involvement in the death.
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Los Angeles
Louise Peete Judson
Lee Borden Judson
Margaret Logan
Pacific Palisades
Fred N. Howser
Judson
Col Robert R. McCormick Marries Miss Hooper
In a simple ceremony attended by relatives and close friends Col. Robert R. McCormick editor and publisher of The Chicago Tribune weds Mrs Maryland Mathison Hooper of Chicago yesterday in Chicago.
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Holiday gift buying eases but retail sales rise from last year
New York December 22. Holiday gift buying dropped somewhat this week from the season’s peak a week ago but retail sales were 11 to 15 percent higher than last year, according to Dun and Bradstreet Inc.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Canada Provides Over Two Billion in Mutual Aid to Allies
Canada has extended more than two billion dollars in mutual aid to Britain, Russia, China and other allied nations, signaling a broad financial support effort during wartime.
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Canada
Britain
Russia
China
Tumble Inners Plan Christmas Dance And Barn Event
The Tumble Inners teen club hosts a 7:30 P M Christmas social at the youth center with a gift tree to be opened at eight. Santa will distribute gifts from the tree as Floyd Terry and his Younguns perform at the Saturday barn dance dressed in costume. recreation director Mrs Earle Calvin announced all members should attend.
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Tumble Inn
Earle Calvin
Floyd Terry
Christmas Troop Meeting With Gifts And Plane Prizes
Christmas songs and stories were shared at the RB of Troop ay event. Patrol leaders reported, gifts exchanged, and games played. Scoutmaster Mr. Syer gave each member a plastic plane used in Army Navy training. Benediction closed the meeting. Troop Scribe Bob Stinson.
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Army
Navy
Bob. Stinson
Service Held for Bob Holley
Funeral services for Bob Holley, 79, who died Wednesday in Moulton, were held Thursday at 3 30 p m at Liberty Church with E E Byars officiating. Interment followed with Mutual Service directing. He is survived by son Lester Holley of Double Springs and daughter Mrs Mary Busby of Double Springs along with other relatives.
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Moulton
Liberty
E. E. Byars
Lester Holley
Double Springs
Mary Busby
Roosevelt silent on Wallace future after talks
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had nothing to say at a news conference about the future of Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Wallace, whose term ends January 20, had a long conference with the President Wednesday.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Prayers Will Win War Says Overseas Fireman Letter
J. C. Hughes a fireman second class writes from overseas to wife Gladys Hughes in Decatur stressing prayers, not bloodshed, will win the war. He hopes to return home before many months or years, urges his children Doris and Kenneth to be good, and recalls care for others going to battle.
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Birmingham
Doris
Kenneth
Christmas observance for Knights Templar D e M Come
Members of DeM Come mandery No 14 Knights Templar urged to attend a 11 o'clock Christmas morning observance at the Masonic temple asylum. Also notes visits by Rev W W Glass and family, Pvt Guy Owen Jr en route to his post after furlough, and local civic appointments and births.
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Knights Templar
Asylum of Masonic Temple
W. W. Glass
Ruth
North Carolina
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Highr Post
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Decatur
Tidings of Great Joy and the Shepherds
A Christmas reflection on Luke 2 and the shepherds hearing the angel message. It recalls faith over fear, Jesus as savior, and the season’s call to joy and peace despite world troubles. The piece notes how shepherds, not the learned, believed and sought the Babe, linking to Hebrews and John.
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Newman Campbell
International
Christ
David
Christ the Lord
Jesus
War Today: Mackenzie Reports From Front Lines
Dewitt Mackenzie delivers daily dispatches detailing battles, troop movements, and strategic shifts across key theaters. The report highlights frontline conditions, weather, and command decisions shaping the course of operations.
American Soldier Ethos Amid German Breakthrough at Liege and Sedan
Wartime dispatch by Stanley Baron of The London Daily News with the American First Army weighs American grit versus civilian image. He notes two German wedges threatening Liege and Sedan, with Liege as a key supply hub and the Northern flank holding firm under the Nazi onslaught.
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Stanley Baron
London Daily News
Amerian First Army
Baron
Rundstedt
First Army
Belgium
Liege
Sedan
World War II Front Lines Describe Belgian Battlefront
Descriptions of refugees, weather hindering Allied air support, shop shutters, soldiers kissing farewell as units depart, and ambulances hauling wounded. Medics lie dead near fresh craters marked by German bombardment. Red Cross helmets identify fallen medics. Noise, movement, and a battlefield mood prevail as Belgium appears again a world front.
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Belgium
British to draft 250000 more men for army in coming months
Churchill's office announced tonight that Britain will draft 250000 additional soldiers in the coming months, increasing the planned manpower for the army.
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London
Churchill
Wallace’s Wartime Role Highlighted by Roosevelt Allies
The article notes Vice President Henry A. Wallace, former head of the Board of Economic Warfare, and mentions his foreign missions for President Roosevelt, signaling his continued influence in wartime policy.
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Gress
Henry A. Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
Notice of Settlement in Tapscott Estate Morg County
On December 20 1944 Maggielene Dunn and Pauling Halbrooks as administrators filed for partial settlement of the Tapscott estate in Morgan County Circuit Court Alabama. January 15 1945 is set for the settlement at the court Register office with a room to appear and contest if proper.
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Malabama
Morarmoore
J. R. Tapscott
Maggielene Dunn
Pauling Halbrooks
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
Court House
Vin West
Accisen
Soviet Offensive Push Near Buda Pest Narrows Escape Routes
Soviet forces hacked out gains on a 40 mile front southwest of Budapest as Berlin issued word of a large scale Red Army drive aimed at taking the Hungarian capital from the rear. Moscow promised to deploy three army groups on the Eastern front while Malinovsky’s units reported gains along a 50 mile front southeast of Losone narrowing German escape routes.
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Budapest
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Szekesfehervar
Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Red Army High Command
United States
Britain
Hungary
Malinovsky
Losone
Miskolc-Losone
Barieve
Dewey Set To Decide White House Visit
Washington reports that Thomas E. Dewey now faces the choice of visiting the White House for Roosevelt's January 20 inauguration. After defeats in 1940 and 1944, Dewey's attendance hinged on travel rules and practical feasibility for governors, with eastern colleagues most likely to attend.
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Dewey
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Spinach Origins and Historical Spread
A brief note on spinach likely originating in Persia and introduced to Europe around the 15th century. The passage also hints at heat sensitivity and a general observation about user perception of the herb.
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