Red Army advances threaten Budapest as front widens
Soviet troops pressed toward Budapest as 220 German divisions were deployed on the Eastern Front. Pravda accused the U.S. of deriding Tehran decisions while Red forces pushed toward Slovakia and Hungary. In bold strikes, Fot and Magyorod fell within 5 to 15 miles of the city amid counterblows from Luftwaffe and infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Pravda
U. 8
U.S
Russia
Tehran
Fot
Budapest
Ad Magyorod
Tts
Red Army
Slovakia
Susa
Rodion Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Yasth
Ukraine
Passie
Trde
Hatvan
Pazsto
Wetheast
Liev
East Prussia
Flight Anniversary at Kill Devil Hill Observed
On Kill Devil Hill N C a crowd gathered on the dunes as Army Navy aircraft overhead marked the first airplane's anniversary. Commo dre Martin Atlantic theater chief of staff urged that peaceful neighborliness will grow from aviation and bring future peace. Captain Daniels, one of the Wright brothers’ helpers, laid a wreath at the site honoring the historic ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kill Devil Hill
N.C
Iap
Army
Kill Devil Hl
Iilver Cary
Commodre
H. M. Martin
Atlantic Theater
Tater
John T. Daniels
Wright
Wilbur
Orville
World War II Frontline Actions Highlight Shifting Battles
The World Today reports Allied and Axis movements across multiple fronts. American advances on Mindoro in the Philippines are noted alongside German counterattacks in Alsace and Colmar areas. RAF and Russian forces press on Munich, Budapest, and Italian fronts, with sizeable air offensives and ground engagements shaping the campaign.
Doughboy Survivors Describe German Atrocities At Belgian Front
Doughboy survivors recounted a massacre by German forces at a Toad fork in Belgium during the counterattack. About 150 Americans were disarmed, held in a field, and shot as German tanks and machine guns opened fire. Survivors hid in mud, with several wounded killed at close range. Only fewer than 20 reached safety three hours later.
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Hal Sroyle
Belgium
William
Summers
Glenville
W. Vz
Pvt
William F. Geem
Elizabethtown
Harold W. Billow
Mount Joyn
Supreme Court Declares Jap Order Justified in War Relocation
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling led by Justice Black, upheld the 1942 exclusion order removing Japanese from the West Coast to relocation centers, while another opinion unanimously granted unconditional release to a Japanese American woman, Mitsuye Endo, deeming her loyal. The decision leaves broader constitutional questions unresolved and notes wartime hardships as inherent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Black
War Relocation Authority
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu
California
Utah
Korematsud
Jusice Douglas
Mitsuyke Endo
American Armadas Strike Across Channel in Daylight
London reports Allied air offensive as eleven hundred heavy bombers and fighters target German railheads supplying the counteroffensive. Flying Fortresses drop 2000 tons on Cologne, Koblenz and Mainz amid cloud cover. RAF bombers hit Munich Ulm and Duisburg. German fighter losses mount as American escort planes engage in the skies over Western Europe.
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London
Britain
Cologne
Cobleux
Mainz
Europe
RAF
New Tax Rates Change Withholding After January First
Washington AP reports tax changes effective January 1, including higher full income tax on earnings up to $5,000, new dollar by dollar withholding, and revised exemption limits. The system shifts from a $10 bracket to a detailed scale, applying different brackets across weekly earnings and increasing accuracy in withholdings.
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RY James Marlow Washington
Congress
Smith and Jones
Smith
Jones
Jones St
Social Security Tax To Remain Unchanged
Washington reports Social Security payroll taxes will stay at one percent next year after President Roosevelt reluctantly signs legislation blocking the scheduled rate doubling. He also says a comprehensive plan to broaden and improve the system will be outlined soon, prompting many House members to leave the Capitol.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
All Out Clearing Launched Against Left Wing Greeks
British forces launched a full scale drive against ELAS in Athens and breached a brewery siege after dawn. They captured Sibelias Hill and cleared Kalamaki airport along with armored advances toward Piraeus. ELAS counterattacks targeted RAF HQ and Averroft Prison as neutrality remains official while negotiations falter.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
ELAS
Phaleron
Kalamaki
Piraeus
Sibelias Hill
Acropolis
RAF
Averroff
K. M. Scobie
EAM
Scobie
3St
No Objection To Polish Agreement Emerges From Stetinius
Secretary of State Stetinius announced the United States would have no objection to a Polish frontier agreement if the United Nations agreed, following Churchill's note that eastern Poland should go to Russia. The U S policy kept boundary questions in abeyance until hostilities end, with potential settlement via friendly conference.
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Washington
Stetbnius
United States
Poland
United Nations
Stetiniug
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
Stettinus
Vote On Appointees To State Department May Come Mid Week
Senator Connally vows to press for a Senate vote on six State Department nominees led by Joseph C. Grew for Undersecretary. The Foreign Relations Committee chair expects a midweek vote despite filibuster threats. If adjourned without action, Roosevelt could name recess appointees who would serve until Senate confirmation or rejection.
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State Department
Jack Belli
Washington
Connally
Tex
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
Guffey
D.-Pa
Apeak
Grew
Eress
Pepper
D.fla
White House
Congress
Central Valley Authority of
California
House
Provident
Compulsory Training To Be House Subject
Washington 4A reports the House Military Committee will hold hearings next month on compulsory military training. A committee member said the decision on the legislation hinges on an inspection of European fronts before final proposals.
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Washington
May
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Ucasional
War Department
Yanks Hold Securely Bombers Strike Again
U S forces secure Mindoro southern area with beachhead still held. General MacArthur confirms control of southern Mindoro and high ground beyond San Jose as Leyte operations push toward a junction with Yank forces. Airfields being prepared for day and night missions on captured strips. In China and Nagoya, B 29 raid targets damaged factory complex with multiple buildings destroyed.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
San Jose
Douglas MacArthur
Ue Island
Leyte Island
Japan
Washington
America
2Th Air Force
Hankow
China
Nagoya
Verna Haughland
Associated Press
Saipan
Haywood Hansel, Jr
F1at Bomber Command
Hatwadaki
Tokyo
Japanese Evacuation Order Revoked For California Oregon Washington
Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast can return to homes in California Oregon and Washington after January 1 as the War Department revokes the security order. Maj. Gen. Henry C. Pratt cites Pacific war progress and other factors. Some officials caution on protection and civil order as numbers of returnees are not precisely known.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Henry C. Pratt
Western Defense Command
War Department
Pratt
Pacific
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
Earl Warren
Sacramento
Nineteen Negroes Charged With Gaming
Nineteen Negroes charged with gambling were among 38 persons arrested by City police during the Weekend, records at police head quarters revealed today, with 16 of the defendants charged with skinning arrested at one time. In addition to the gambling cases, city officers arrested ten persons for drunkenness, two for vagrancy, two for disorderly conduct and one each for organic and battery, drunkenness and disorderly conduct, driving while intoxicated, and violating the prohibition law. The sheriff's office reported several arrests for public drunkenness.
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Sheriff's Office
Postal volumes rise as mailers send earlier this year
Local postal authorities report people mailing five days earlier and overall mail volume this season appears heavier by about twenty percent year over year. Officials note that Saturdays around December 16 matched the heavy loads of December 20 last year, the peak period historically.
Santa Claus Arson Suspect Fled After Fire at Shop
New Orleans AP report recounts a man calling himself Santa Claus who set fire to a printing shop, after learning the day’s receipts were gone. Clerk Mrs Frank Gimene describes him throwing papers, pouring kerosene, and striking a match before fleeing.
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New Orleans
Early Resumption Of Air Travel For Dothan Indicated
A survey to determine joint use of radio range facilities by the Army and Eastern Air Lines at Muscle Shoals was announced by Congressman George Andrews. If the survey is favorable, service could resume within 36 days linking Dothan with Memphis and other major cities, with passenger and mail flights planned.
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Dothan
Eastern Air Lines
George Andrews
Alabama
Army
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Federal Airways
Civil Aero-inautics Board
Atlanta
Andrews
CAB
Memphis
Tenn
Montgomery
Birmingham
Tellahassee
Fla
Tampa
Sterly Air Lines
Two Persons Hurt In Highway Mishap Near Cottonwood
Two motorists were injured Saturday night in a head on collision about three miles north of Cottonwood. Mrs. Fred Snell of Ashford Route 1 sustained cuts bruises and shock while Bonnie E. Ray of Cottonwood suffered a fractured nose and bruised knee. The crash occurred when a northbound vehicle struck a car parked on the roadside.
Hodges Fighting To Blunt German Breakthrough
Paris dispatch reports Gen Coutney Hodges and American forces contending with a major German thrust across Belgium and Luxembourg. Allied air power and stubborn defense halted the advance as hedged front lines came under heavy fire from armored columns and paratrooper threats.
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Paris
Coutney H. Hodges
Beck
Belgium
Aled
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Europe
Fieid Frew
Suprema
Hodges
Garmers
Holland
Normandy
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Col- Pa
Selestat
Munich
Moxi
Elas Sten
Italy
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Faenza
Bologna
Borthaast
Hans
Arthur A. Struble West
H. 5. Berkly
Blindoro
Thomas ©. Kinnkaid
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Santa Claus
Sth Tactics Air Command
Aire
William H. Siram H. Simpson
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U. S ‘Army
Hodgea
Grep Lidge
Hohe Venn
Borgen
Malmedy
Carraspocsion
America Second Division
Taree
Amiemony
Wats
Amerziem
Bel
Monschau
Les South
Aachen
Laembourg
Columan
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Colmar
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