Sleet and ice halt traffic across Northeastern states
A severe sleet storm stretched from New England to Virginia, paralyzing travel. Roads iced over in Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey as buses and cars stalled. Police warned motorists to stay off roads unless necessary while railroad service and air travel were disrupted. Dozens injured passengers waited as transit slowed and pedestrians found travel treacherous.
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New
Wilkes - Barre
Scranton
Philadelpha
York City
World War II Allied action and setbacks report
Fragmented World War II dispatch describes Eisenhower and Allied command in Europe, German battleship operations, and U.S. Marines poised for landings in New Britain. Mentions Murmansk disruption, Pacific theater advance, bombers, and air losses amid ongoing combat.
Polish Premier On Way To See Roosevelt For Polish Talks
London dispatch reports Polish government in exile Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk traveling to meet President Roosevelt to seek mediation. Teheran conference notes and Soviet demands frame possible restoration of relations and borders, while Polish leaders oppose forced decisions and delay frontier talks until after the war.
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Roosevelt
London
Yalr
Stanislaw Mikolajcyzyk
Sosnkowakc
Sunday Times
Mikolajczyk
Mississippi Governor Paul B Johnson Dies
Mississippi Governor Paul B Johnson died at 5 15 p m at his farm home near Hattiesburg after two heart attacks since November 2 His family said simple funeral services will be held at his home at 10 30 Wednesday with burial in the old city cemetery at Hattiesburg Lieutenant Governor Dennis Murphree will act as governor until January 18 when governor elect Thomas L Bailey of Meridian takes office Murphree previously served as governor after the death of Governor Heury L Whitefield in 1929
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Johnson
Old City
Hattionure
Dennis Murphree
Thomas L Balley
Chittee State
Eisenhower Predicts Victory In European War
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, named to command the main Allied invasion of Europe, forecast a European victory. Speaking to reporters before leaving for Britain, he said he would lead a supreme Allied staff for the invasion and refused to soften his forecast, stating the war would be won in Europe within the depicted timeframe.
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SY Wes Gallagher
AL+ GYERS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Britain
Italy
Goon
Vly
Imme
Fara
American Soldier Superior To Nazi Says Cavalry Colonel
Washington AP report quotes Colonel Albert J. Stovall after a six month Mediterranean tour. He asserts American ground troops match or exceed German fighters in endurance bravery and fighting spirit, noting individual battles unfold hour after hour on front lines rather than only large engagements. He cites no soft moments and says smaller actions constitute the true test of soldiers.
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Washington
United States
Albert J. Stovall
Elberton
Stovall
Terawa
Salerngara
Salerno
Tarawa
Federal Civilian Employment Drops
Washington AP report quotes Chairman Rampeck of the House Civil Service Committee stating federal civilian employment has fallen by about 200000 since July 1, with total reductions near 30000 by year end. He notes government overstaffing during wartime ramp-up and many workers moving to private industry as positions remain to be filled.
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Washington
Ramapeck
D.-Ge
Civil Service
Ansa
Hasai
Spayrol
Carrise
U S Forces Storm Ashore On Western New Britain Island
US Marines landed at Cape Gloucester in two waves to open a second invasion front on New Britain. Allied warships bombarded the shore as Japanese planes clashed with local defenses, with enemy losses reported as 61 bombers and fighters. Sixth Army linked western supply routes from Rabaul, while another landing at Araws extended control along the island’s southwest coast.
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U.S
Island
Robert Funeson
New Guinea
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Japan
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Man
Rabaul
British Sink Scharnhorst Off Norway
British home fleet units sank the German battleship Scharnhorst in the Barents Sea off Norway during Arctic operations targeting a convoy to Murmansk. The Berlin briefing claimed the action inflicted damage on British escorts as the German fleet fought in the "greatest" clash since the destruction of the Bismarck. Admiral Fraser led the British forces in the pursuit, recalling the loss of a prior carrier off Norway in 1940.
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London
Arctic
Norway
Atrike
Murmansk
Blemarck
Hitlera
Tirpitz
Seharnhorat
Ehip
Genisenau
Scharnhorst
Barents Sea
North
Norlgray
U. S
Admiralte
Berlin
Sir Bricg Fraser
Admiral Frazer
Scharnhorat
5th Army Seizes Strategic Hills
Washington reports Senator Wheeler of Montana urged the United States not to provide more troops to Britain for a western Europe invasion, calling it a tremendous gamble if the U.S. shares troops beyond an equal role. Investigators for the House committee on actions of executive agencies obtained files from the Presidents FEPC as the first step in probing the agency’s orders on discrimination against Negroes.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.mont
United States
Great Britain
Western Europe
Closs Channel
House
Presidents Fair Employment Practices Committees
FEPC
British Tanks Press To Seize Ortona In Fierce Fighting
Allied troops push in on Ortona with British Eighth Army tanks aiding a brutal street by street battle. American Fifth Army reports two high points captured near Mt Semiera and progress toward San Vittore amid heavy bombardment and stubborn German resistance. Simultaneously destroyers shell Drvenik as Yugoslav coast operations support partisans.
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Joseph Dynan
Algiers
Fifth Army
Mt. Semuera
Cassino
San Vittore
Eighth Army
Ortona
Italy
Stalingrad
Yeaterday
Ger- Young
Incellara
Tolio
Canadian Chief In Britain Quits Job
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton, commander of the Canadian army in Britain for over four years, resigns due to ill health and will return to Canada for a long rest. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart will act as temporary commander in Ottawa until a successor is chosen.
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England
A. G. L McNaughton
Britain
Hig Powt
Europe
Canada
Kenneth Stuart
Steps Taken To Assure Supply Of Kids Garments
The Government moved to secure affordable children’s clothing. The WPB authorized over two million infant and children garments for early 1944 delivery, prioritizing low cost durable goods. The WMC added children’s wear to essential activities, granting industry priority for manpower.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
War Manpower Commission
WMC
U S Firepower Brought Marines Ashore Unscathed
Aboard a United States destroyer off Cape Gloucester on December 26, United States Marines established a beachhead on the north western shores of New Britain. Major General William Rupertus’s Guadalcanal veterans pushed inland after a five-minute assault, as heavy firepower and air support enabled a relatively unscathed landing despite earlier Tarawa concerns. The article notes high casualties at Tarawa and the epic scale of the operation with firepower concentrating to secure the beachhead.
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Yates McDaniel
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Willam N. Rupertus Estabitad
Daniel Darbey
Fifth Air Force
George C. Kenney
Tarawa
Bombers Hit Bangkok In Major Allied Raid
RAF and American heavy bombers struck Bangkok in a joint night raid over Thailand. The Southeast Asia command reported fires visible 100 miles away and many hits on the railway station yards and arsenal. A Japanese raid on Chittagong in India was noted in the same dispatch.
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New Delhi
Inpia
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Command
Communiqta
Beck
Chicagong
Burma
214 Plants Idle As FDR Plea For Wage Peace Fails
Pittsburgh AP reports 135000 steel workers idle as CIO United Steelworkers and War Labor Board discussions stall. Leaders like Philip Murray warn a grave situation if the wage pact isn’t retroactive. unions say they seek only what Roosevelt urged in his telegram.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United
Wet Labor Board
Philp Murray
CIOE
Steenworkers
Tme
War Labor Board
Surray
Etee Companien
Flrat
Roosevelt cuts Christmas vacation to handle wartime strike crisis
FDR returns to the White House from Hyde Park as strikes threaten steel and rail operations. He seeks labor settlement by arbitration, urges peaceful bargaining, and awaits union responses while preparing an annual message and 1945 budget.
Drive Menaces Nazis At Zhitomir In Major Offensive
Reported in London by AP, Soviet and Ukrainian fronts drive toward Zhitomir and Vitebsk as First Ukrainian Army pushes Germans back on a 50 mile front, claiming thousands of German casualties and villages seized. Moscow says Vatutin’s forces rout 150,000 enemy troops in Kiev bulge and seize Radomyla, with Korosten and Vitebsk area gains. Germans claim 180,000 Soviet troops engaged. Gorodok taken, highway to Polotek cut, placing Zhitomir artillery range within reach.
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London
Zhitomir
Kisv
Vitebak
Kiev
Vitebsk
CBS
Zuitomir
Moscow
Nikotol
Kiev Bulge
Radomyal
Hitv
Zhitom
Brusilov Ead Kornin
Dilva
Gorodok
Vitebek
Polotek
Brisk Holiday Travel Breaks Ride Limits at Do than
Holiday travel through Pothan area showed brisk activity at train and bus terminals. Officials said many trips were filled to capacity as service members dominated travel, with civilians stepping aside to ensure no service member was left behind. Christmas Day saw slower rail usage though pre holiday traffic was heavy.
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Pothan
Mit
Dothan
Barges Turned Into Fog Pots in Wartime Strategy
London AP reports hundreds of barges once placed for invasion work now serve as floating fog pots to create smoke plumes aiding German targets against intensified Allied bombings. Germans allegedly improvise fake towns and airfields to lure heavy air raids while woodlands are cut to mislead observers.
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London
Neazta
Woodlands
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