Port of Piraeus under mop up by British troops
British Headquar ters led by Lt Gen RM Scobie reported mopping up the Port of Piraeus after ELAS prisoners were moved and fighting along the harbor. Reinforcements landed as 2,000 enlistments for a new Greek militia were anticipated while tanks and planes began targeting ELAS positions near Athens.
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Smhens
ELAS
RM Scobie
Piraeus
Benied
Athens
Preaus
Steve| Jer
Offiri
Tom Mlosd
Prerccent
Pireaus
Athene
Scobie
London Daily Telegraph
George Jandreou
Minister In Slaying At 802 E Alice Street
Franklin, a Negro, was wounded this morning at 802 E Alice Street. Rev Dennis Ealy is charged with the shooting. Ealy shot Franklin and two others. Franklin died en route to hospital. Two eyewitnesses Flora Smith and Mellon, city detectives report Ealy had a dispute over a woman. Five empty cartridges found. pistol reloaded to No 1.
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jGarenee Franklin
Eh Alice Street
Dennis
Eid
Faly
Terry
Sant Kelley
World War Fronts Report Mixed Progress Across Theaters
The dispatch notes varied Allied and Axis actions across multiple fronts. German offensives stall in some sectors while advancing in others near Luxembourg and Saipan. Allied forces push toward Leyte and Nipoya plants targeted. Russian troops reach new positions south of Frauenburg, with German forces retreating. Greek ELAS guerrillas are evacuated by sea as Canadian troops secure areas.
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Associated Press
Wstern
Luxembourg
Saipan
Ndgoya
Leyte Island
Long Dorem
Nagoya Bombed as 100 Superforts Hit Japanese Plants
Reports say about 100 B29s attacked Nagoya and other Honshu targets in waves for 90 minutes, hitting the Kobuki plant and other facilities in Aichi and Shizuoka. Japanese claims of slight damage contrast with Domei noting heavy anti aircraft fire and several bombers shot down.
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Associated Press
Nagoya
U. S. War Department
Honshu
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Shizuoka
Aichi
Osaka
Witshuishi
Aichi Prefecture
War Department
A. S. Hansell
2St Bomber Command
Trsval Jap Clim
Kobuki Aircraft
Japan
Victory of Germans May Prove Defeat, Says Eisenhower
Paris reports General Eisenhower issued an order of the day urging Allied armies to destroy the enemy as he described Germany’s last great gamble. He said the foe is rushing from fixed defenses and may turn his gamble into defeat, while Britain, France, and American forces must rise to new heights to ensure victory. Signed Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Paris
AEF
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Belgium
Ourthe
Verbomont
Meuse
Namur
Liege
Karl von Rundstedt
Luxembourg
BV Lok
Shield
von Mundstest
Third Army
Bratilin
Berlin
Anadatt
Monschau
Geraiat
Benning Bus Drivers Strike Disrupts Columbus Service
AP reports at Fort Benning in Columbus Georgia bus drivers halted operations for a wage dispute and meeting. Details of the disagreement and impact on soldiers living in the city were not disclosed.
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Benning
Columbus
Grivers
Tumbus
Ft. Benning
Doughboys Question Use of Flying Bombs Against Nazis
American troops pressed by V weapons ask why Allied forces do not deploy flying bombs in retaliation. The piece notes V-1 and V-2 attacks threaten London and the Ruhr remains a key target, while winter curbs Allied air operations and the German offensive persists.
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Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Adolf Hitler
Theaper
Fightig
London
Ward
Ruhr
Sande
Jeunching Sile
Grim Prospect Of Long War Facing Allied Countries
Washington reports grim prospects of a prolonged war as German offensives widen, with American workers scarce on ammunition and civilian production frozen except for essentials. Draft calls may grow, depending on front casualties, and WPB officials warn delays in breakthroughs could extend the conflict for years. Congressmen returning from Europe describe shortages of trucks, tires, and munitions, rationing ammunition daily on Western and Italian fronts.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Eisenhower
Westwall
Samuel W. Anderson
The
WPB
Supplea
Rep
Brooks
D.-La
Berlin
Schafer ¢R
Shafer
Hannegan Denies Roosevelt Tiff
Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan dismissed reports of a rift with President Roosevelt over the Postmaster Generalship. He said the talks during Roosevelt's Warm Springs vacation were friendly and there were no controversies. Roosevelt deflected questions at a news conference.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Roase
Hannegan
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Mary E. Kelly Dies Near Dothan at 85
Mary E. Kelly eighty five died at her daughter’s home on Dothan route two after weeks of illness. Lifelong resident of Dothan and Houston County widow of Thomas E. Kelly she belonged to Mount Pleasant Church. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 a m at Mount Tensant Church with Rev Alex Collins officiating. Survivors include five sons A E Kelly of Graceville Florida D and others.
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Mary E. Kelly
J. H. Halstead
Dothan
Houston County
Thomas E. Kelly
Mount Pleasant Church
Mount Tensant
Alex Collins
Hartford
A. E. Kelly
Graceville
Fla
MacArthur Pincers Snap Shut On Japan
Ally forces tight envelopment on Northwest Leyte crushes Nipponese pockets as 10th and 24th Army Corps push along the Ormoc corridor toward Palompon. Mindoro air base rapid, planes down 11 of 29 raiders. one Japanese freighter firebombed off northwest coast by Liberator searchers. Nimitz notes Iwo Jima air bases raided for 13th day.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Mydora
Maria
Ormoc
10Th
24Th
Palompon
Kaps
Mindoro
Leeton
Alssarice Liberstar
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Iwo Jima
U. S
Roosevelt Affirms Atlantic Charter Objectives Remain Valid
President Roosevelt said the Atlantic Charter objectives are as valid as when announced in 1943 and would use its place in history as a major step toward a better world. He noted some goals were never fully attained but remain good to aim for, likening them to Wilson’s 14 points.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Ration Board Office Reopens Tuesday After Holiday
Houston County War Price and Rationing Board will close at 1 p m Saturday and reopen at the regular time Tuesday morning Officials said county health department branch laboratory home demonstration agent and superintendent of education office in the courthouse annex will close Saturday through Tuesday The Farm Security office closes Saturday at 3 p m through Tuesday morning
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Houston County War Price and Rationing Board
County Health
Home Demonstration
Superintendent of Education
Court House
Farm Security
Red Army advances deepen wedge into Southern Slovakia
Russian shock troops push 14 miles east of Losonoc Ilocenec with 30 towns seized including Rimaszombat as German forces fear new strikes by Tolbukhin and Malinovsky. Soviet commanders report gains along a 50 mile front southeast of Loszone while preparing major offensives toward Budapest and Vienna.
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Daniel Delice
Moscow
Slovakia
Budapest
Redion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Losone iLucenec
Rimaszombat
Kagsa-Losone
Rimaszomba
Danube
Lake Balaton
Feodor Tolbuknin
Third Ukraine
Tolbukiin
Szekesfehervar
Austria
Bertin
Ceas
Vienna
Associated Press
Washing Stor
Russia
Gortians
Red Army
United States
Britain
Hungary
Malinovsky
Loxzone
Miskolc-Losune
Bunreve
Canadian Troops Take Bagnacavallo
Rome AP reports Canadian forces surged toward Bologna and captured Bagnacavallo on the main Bologna Rimini road. Allied units pounded ahead aided by coordinated air support, securing positions along the Canal Naviglio and advancing on Faenza and Besallo as they press the offensive.
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Rome
Seni
Bagnacavally
Bologna
Aljed
Bologna-Rimini
Faenza
Raverza
Eighth Army
Unlis
Canple
Besallo
Deer bagged in New Orleans defies explanation
AP reports a 1B3-pound three point deer shot near New Orleans airport. Biologist Dr James Gowantoch notes the animal’s white body and normal head would oppose albino traits. Shooter W F Watson delivered the deer for examination.
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New Orleans
James Nelson Gowantoch
State Wildfire Department
W. F. Watson
Police Ready To Spring Trap In Dothan Prank
Dothan police faced a practical joke as a delivery to the department contained a large steel trap. Detective Wes Herring anticipated the unwrapping and revealed the gag. Fire officials denied sending the gift while officers puzzled over the anonymous present.
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Dothan
McCoy
AU Hands
Iorsist
Wes Herring
Fire Department
Germany claims 25000 prisoners in major eastward drive
Berlin announced 25000 prisoners taken as German forces penetrated westward with bridgeheads across the Our River area near Werbomont and St Vith. The German communique claimed enemy withdrawals from strong positions, while noting ongoing fierce fighting around Stavelot and in central Luxembourg.
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Belgium
St. Vith
Lux
Percuutk
Berlin
Third Army
Saar
Ensdorf
Starlautern
Calder Weather Moving Southward
Calder weather moves south with extremely low temperatures not expected in the southeast. Snow deluges blanketed parts of Tennessee with Nashville at three inches while Memphis logged trace amounts. Forecasts show colder air across the Carolinas and Georgia with subfreezing readings in many cities including Little Rock Memphis Shreveport Jackson.
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Atlanta
Mountaar
South Carolina
Georgia
Bureau
Little Rock
Memphis IB
Shreveport
Jackson
Mons
Vgreenwood
Miss
Atlanty
Eisenhower Urges Allied Armies To Crush German Offense
Allied counterattack slows the German winter push across Belgium and Luxembourg. Eisenhower orders decisive action as Von Rundstedt presses on in Belgium, with tank battles, river crossings, and widespread fighting across the front.
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France
Third Army
Thionvile
Karl von Rundstedt
Belgium
Coorete
Volturno
Italy
Moselle
Ambleve
Areoa
von Rundetedt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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