Russians Break Two Thirds of Buda in Budapest Drive
Red army shock troops push Germans from two thirds of Buda as they near the Danube embankment. Soviet forces also cross the Danube defenses, overrun 300 blocks in Buda, and drive into Pest while pushing from Pilis to northeastern Hungary and into Slovakia. Berlin radio reports hint at a planned winter offensive near Krakow and southern Poland.
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London
Buda
Budapest
Danube
Stalingrad
Red Army
Pest
Pilis
Dan Knee
Hungary
Slovakia
Ipoly
Satorajaujhely
Weather and community notices in Falkville area
A weather outlook lists temperatures with a cold wave across the region and diminishing winds tonight through Tuesday. Local notices report visitors, holiday visits, military personnel, census work, and war price stamping. wartime updates include a local wounded serviceman and family travels noted in the Falkville Decatur Hartselle area.
QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds
Ken Reynolds presents a light column titled What makes that k we Th with o exploring wordplay and quirky observations in a compact Kansas newspaper style.
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By Ken Reynolds
Wife slain by her suitor in Philadelphia
Betty Hertel 21, an Army wife, told her husband she was unfaithful and that Charles Serwalt 40 planned to kill her. Two hours later Hertel and a man, identified as Serwalt, were found dead. Hertel shot through the heart and Serwalt with a revolver in the apartment.
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Philadelphia
Betty Hertel
Charles Serwalt
Michael Schwartz
Schwartz
Harry E. Hertel
Mrs. Hertel
Schwalt
Hertel
Wartz
James Kates
John
Reservations for Chamber of Commerce Dinner
There are 43 reservations so far for the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner set for January 0th at Hotel Lyons at seven o clock. Only 200 seats available on a first come basis and members must reserve by Saturday this week.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lyons
Explosion injures six as downtown blast shocks Atlanta
Police probed a Saturday blast in a crowded downtown area injuring six women pedestrians and damaging a jewelry display case. Investigators reviewed witnesses and security footage seeking a motive and possible suspect.
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Atlanta
Janu
War Today On Hitler Threat and Allied Struggles
The piece analyzes Hitler's New Year message and the German counteroffensive in the Rhineland. It argues the war's end depends on Allied striking power and homefront effort, noting Rundstedt’s breakthrough and the need for stronger resistance to secure harsher peace terms. It ends with a page continuation note.
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Hitler
Germany
Rhineland
von Rundstedt
Beet
Refinery Under Heavy Bombardment In Late WWII Action
American warplanes targeted a German oil refinery at Dollbergen and the Coblenz rail network on the 10th day of a major air offensive. RAF Lancasters hit Osterfeld rail yards. Mosquitoes struck Berlin in the strongest night raid yet as Allied forces press a sustained aerial campaign.
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London
Dollbergen
Brunswick
Coblenz
RAF Bomber Command
Osterfeld
Ruhr
Iin
Berlin
Reich
R. A.F
Bailey Rites Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Otha Mae Bailey aged 30 who died Friday after swallowing carbolic acid will be held Tuesday at 1 PM at her father-in-law E. L. Bailey's home 1102 Bowles Street. Interment will follow at Roselawn Cemetery with Mutual Service directing. She was found unconscious Friday morning at 11312 East Moulton Street by her mother Mrs. E. L. Bullard.
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Arlabod Sm
Otha Mae Bailey
E. L. Bailey
Bowles Street
Roselawn
Tough year ahead for war economy and controls
Washington notes a tightening front as 1943 begins with stricter civilian restrictions. Draft calls rise by 20 000 monthly, meat rationing hits 85 percent, tires cut 10 percent, and copper and brass relaxations may be rolled back to aid bullets. Housing votes stall.
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Washington
Stern
Europe
New Year Observatory Edition Preview
Early edition notes a New Year’s Day holiday observance, marking reduced staffing and special schedule notes for readers and local services.
U S Recognizes Exiled Poles as Poland Government
The United States maintains recognition of the exile Polish government in London despite Soviet backed claims in Lublin to be Poland's provisional regime. Secretary Stettinius outlined France will join the United Nations and Greece regency steps, while US studies eastern Europe territorial issues and declines to confirm plans to recognize the Lublin group.
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United States
London
Lublin
Poland
Stettinius
Henri Bonnet
Roosevelt
France
United Nations
Bonnet
Greece
State Department
Europe
Lublin Committee
Amer
Giant Japanese origin balloon found near Estacada
FBI agents investigated a large balloon lodged 70 feet up a tree ten miles west of Estacada Oregon. The balloon of suspected Japanese origin resembles a Kalispell Montana find and was documented with a 18 000 cubic feet gas capacity and 33 1 2 inch diameter. Authorities reported explosives near the Estacada site.
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Portland
Ore
Kalispell
Mont
FBI
Estacada
Mon
Spa
Doomed Trains Crash on Great Salt Lake Causeway
Fifty believed dead and sixty injured after a head on impact between a speeding Southern Pacific mail express and a slow passenger train on a foggy causeway over Great Salt Lake. Engineer James McDonald of Ogden died in the crash. fireman E Hardman survived with minor injuries.
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Ogden
Utah
Jan.ee
Southern Pacific Mail
Great Salt Lake
James McDonald
E. Hardman
Grand Jury To Shafer Case In February Term
R B Flanigan and Almon Stutts charged with the murder of Lee Shafer on December 9 face possible presentation to the Morgan county grand jury on February 19. They were arrested December 14 after Shafer's body was found near 302 Grove Street with a bullet wound. Shafer had left his brother Ollie Shafer’s home en route to Ingalls Shipyards. The death investigation spanned North Alabama, ending with arrests. Hutson hired to assist in prosecution.
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R. B. Flanigan
Almon Stutts
Lee Shafer
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Grove Street
Nine Army plane crash victims named near Houston
Houston, Jan 1 The five names announced by Col E V Harbeck Jr identify crew members killed when a twin engine Army trainer crashed about 25 miles north of Houston on a return flight to Lowry Field Denver. The aircraft went down in a pasture around 10 A M. The listed deceased include Everett M Taylor Jr pilot Baton Rouge La Benjamin N Rosen flight officer Port Arthur Tex Allen W Carpenter corporal Angelton Tex Shepardson staff sergeant Angelton Tex B Waller Jr staff sergeant Houston Tex.
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Houston
Tex
E. V. Harbeck Jr
Ellington Field
Harbeck
Re Ae Aocal Satport
Municipal
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
TL Everett M. Taylor Jr
E. M. Taylor
Ce Avenue
Baton Rouge
Benjamin N. Rosen
H. M. Rosen
Port Arthur
Allen W. Carpenter
Llady B. Carpenter
Laapy
Shepardson
Lela Yay Shepard
Angelton
B. Waller Jr
Oe Geass
Margaret Waller
Gillen Drive
Three Men Missing After Bayou Fishing Trip
Coastguardsmen searched the Bayou area by air and boat for Dr. Holbrook and Dr. James Burks of New Orleans and a lieutenant, three men missing since 9 am yesterday after a fishing trip from the Pi mouth of Bayou Grande failed to return by 3 pm due to high winds.
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New Orleans
Holbrook
James Burks
Eae
Bayou Grande
AP Editor John McDonnell Dies in New York
John F. McDonnell aged 61, a wire editor in the Associated Press New York bureau, has died. The longtime editor staffer passed away at his residence following a career spanning several decades with the AP.
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New York
John F. McBronnell
The
Associated
Leyte Battle Death Toll Rises as 1944 Closes
Allied forces report 117,997 Japanese killed in the Leyte fight with six Japanese divisions eliminated. On Mindoro and Leyte air bases American aircraft hit Nipponese targets as fighter and antiaircraft defenses shoot down 14 ships and 32 planes amid a year hobbled by heavy losses. Fleet Admiral Nimitz predicts British naval action in Japanese waters in 1945.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Nippon
Mindoro
Philippines
U. S
Gon
Douglas” MacArthur
Manila
Leyte
Western Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Indian Tactics Are Now Used On Leyte
General MacArthur reported on Leyte that Doughboys fought in Indian style, moving by night and striking pockets at dawn. He said Japanese dead reached 117,997 with 1,191 more killed in the last 24 hours. Resistance persisted at valleys and main roads despite aerial assaults.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Glas MacArthur
Rthur
Nij
Aiout
Ameri
Kesselring Death Reported In Italy
London dated report cites Hitler order of the day announcing the death of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring. The message claims Kesselring was wounded in Italy when an Allied plane machinegunned his automobile near Bologna.
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London
Brussels Radio Today
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Bern
Switzerland
Kring
Italy
Bologna
Sky 19 Blazing Aerial Fights Over Bastogne Corridor
United States Third Army reports 94 tanks damaged in enemy counterattack along the Bastogne corridor in the east. German forces struck the U W 5 Army line near Bitche in a five attack sweep, including two battalion-sized assaults, as Patton’s divisions push northeast of Bastogne to narrow the penetration.
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U. S.S
U. S. Third Army
Bastogne
James M. Long
Paris
UW. 5
Bitche
Vomstedt
Zweibrutcken
Bavarian Palatinate
George S. Patton
Bastogne Sailent
U. S. Ninth Army
U. S. First Army
Duren
Grosmenil
Ardennes
Patton
Wiltz
U. S. Seventh Army
Maginot
World War II Frontline Updates From The Western Front
The Western Front reports mixed progress with Allied armies holding positions and German patrols crossing the Maas Roer unknown combat outcomes. US forces under Patton begin a major push NE of Bastogne, aiming to shrink a 13 mile Ardennes neck, with gains reported in initial hours.
German Luftwaffe Launches New Attacks Across Frontline
Reports indicate German forces renewed assaults on multiple sectors as 18 tanks were destroyed and air battles raged. Allied defenses repelled many aircraft while details of the thrusts remained withheld and mid day fighting continued.
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University of Alay
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