Nazis Gain Behind 2000 Tank Drive In Russian Front
Henry Cassidy reports heavy fighting as Red Army losses mount. Soviet offensives threaten Znamenka and Nikea rail lines while 2000 Soviet tanks spearhead advances from the Dnieper bend. German casualties reach about 2000 with 84 tanks destroyed as offensive efforts stall.
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Minstry
Chernyakhov
Dulletin
Berlin
Zhitomir
Kiev Bulge
Korosten
Mathema Rosin Sons
Pripetanii-Bere
Zina Fivers Amd
Rogachev
British Forces Advance Toward Rome From Crece Ridge
Allied reports say British troops stormed the ridge of Mt Crece two and a half miles southwest of Mt Caro line and pressed toward the Carignano River. Fifth Army under Lt Gen Mark Clark breached mountain walls on Mt Maggiore and Mt Camino, wiping out pockets and pushing toward Rome. Montgomery’s Eighth Army reaches near Ortona amid river crossings, while German counterattacks in Venafro fail to gain footing.
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Edward Kennett
Alfiers
Mt. Crece
Mt. Caroline
Carignano River
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Mt.Maggiore
Mt. Camino
Rome
Staggiore
Rocca Devandro
Camin
Venatro
Filignans
Bernard I
Montgomery
Eignth
Down
Orosogna
Adriatic
Algiers
Moro
Morocco
Eighth
Ortona
Pescara
Calabritto
Mt Camino
Venafro
Nothing's Cooking As Gas Men Strike
Lt Gov Paul M Herbert ordered the Ohio National Guard to Painesville amid a gas strike cutting heating and cooking for about 10 communities. Officials from Ashtabula and Lake Counties requested aid as negotiations broke down with striking workers and Diamond Alkali and Standard Chromate operate in Fairport Harbor.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio
State Guard
Painesville
Herbert
John W. Bricker
Ashtabula
Lake Counties
Diamond Alkali Company
Standard ‘Chromate Company
Fairport Harbor
Missionary Testifies to Jap Atrocity Near Nanking
Dr Ralph Phillips testified before a state legislative committee in Los Angeles that Japanese troops abducted Chinese men from a refugee camp near Nanking and executed them. He described men burned alive after being tied, and said thousands of young girls ages 9 to 15 were handed to 58 000 soldiers for a week with many later killed in cruel ways.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Phillips
Nanking
OPA Lifts Ban On Ration Food Gifts
The OPA lifted its ban on rationed foods in Christmas baskets without collecting ration stamps. Donors must surrender stamps when purchasing the baskets. The ruling also allowed raboned shoes under the same provisions.
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OPA
Washington
War Developments At A Glance
Italy’s Fifth Army drives Germans from most of Mt Camino except one village and pushes toward a Rome approach. British Eighth Army nears the Adriatic within eight miles of Pescara amid inland clashes. Russians retreat in Kiev bulge before 2,000 tanks. Soviets claim intact lines as they advance Germany. Sofia reports great nervousness as parliament meets secretly. Ankara notes talks among Incan Hoosefelt and Churchill signaling possible broad war. Paris radio cites General disorder and Vichy impotence. Pacific shows American carrier strikes and enemy resisted in Hoan and Hiipeh Provinces.
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Yoane Associated Press
Italy
American Fifth Amny
Mt Camino
Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Russia
Kiev
Moscow
Germany
Sofia
Turkey
Ankara
Incan
Hoosefelt
Churchill
Turtey
France
Paris
Vichy
Pacific
Japaridee
Hoan and Hiipeh' Province
Allied turn in Pacific stains Japan with Marshall loss
Japanese defense reels as American carrier raids sink six ships including two light cruisers and destroy at least 72 planes in the Marshall Islands. Chinese recapture of Changteh follows a push on Bougainville and the Huon Peninsula as Tojo warns 1944 will be hard.
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Changteh
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
New Britain
Bougainville
Huon
New Guinea
Tojo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Tehskan
Hanan
Hupeh
Hawaii
Australia
United States Navy
Kwajalein
Marshall Group
Wotje
Gilbert Islands
Truk
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Lane Gloucester
Dampier Strait
Kieta Harbor
Vichy Powerless In Wave Of Anarchy
London dispatch reports Vichy forces overwhelmed by a wave of unrest with street looting and arson spreading across neighborhoods. Reuters notes ongoing broadcasts from Vichy radio reflect a chaotic situation as authorities struggle to restore order.
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Vichy
London
Reuters
Rayburn Urges Unity Over Complaints in Fiery Postwar Address
Speaker Sam Rayburn delivered a stirring call for national unity, warning against pessimism and asserting Americans will handle postwar diplomacy. He dismissed British maneuvering as a lack of patriotism, urged trust in the brains and patriotism of the people, and referenced Russia, communism, and the Patton affair in a crowded House speech.
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Washington
Sec
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Russia
Rusia
Patton
Rayburn
Annapolis
West Point
Businessman Delayed By Sudden Stop In Johnson City
A Johnson City businessman halted after his car flashed its light private scene. He grabbed a briefcase and hurried away after briefly facing the car he intended to drive. News AP notes unclear events and timing.
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Associated Press
Johnson City
Tenn
Sharpe Calls Waste Paper Campaign By Federal Bodies
Governor Sharpe endorses saving efforts and urges the federal government to back a waste paper drive. He states any program to teach paper conservation is good and orders issued to state institutions to increase paper savings. The reply notes propaganda and bulletins would cause damage, yet South Dakota will participate and save.
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Edwin S. Friendly
New ‘York
Victory
Sharpe
Tn Campaign
South Dakota
Peter
Bombers Add External Bomb Racks to Increase Strikes
London reports a new RAF and US Army Air Forces upgrade expanding bomber payloads to four tons with external racks bolting between engine nacelles in half an hour. The adjustment enables short range pre invasion mass assaults and heavy night saturation raids with fighter escort on targets inland and Berlin quality bombardments.
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London
America
RAF
Berlin
Lely
Three Lukcon OWI Assistants Resign
Carrell London head of the Office of War Information sees three assistants resign amid tensions described as affecting the agency. The action follows a dispute affecting operations and coordination with allied concerns in North Africa.
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Lukcon Owi
Carrell London
Office of War Information
Turkish German Troops Face Across Boundary
Stockholm dispatch reports troops from Turkey and Germany stationed along the border facing Bulgaria and Greece amid a declared state of emergency and halted traffic. Nervousness over a possible Allied invasion in the Balkans prompted border measures and reports of Gestapo detentions and Bulgarian army police crackdowns.
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Stockholm
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Greece
Bern
Switzerland
Balkans
Svenska Degbladet
Dardanettss
Russia
Dardanelles
Ashera
Sofia
Southern
Ankara Cagey But Admits Closer Tie By William B King
Turkish Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu said Inonu’s Cairo talks with Roosevelt and Churchill draw Turkey closer to the Allied camp yet stopped short of pledging war. He quoted Inonu as calling Roosevelt a pleasant man and noted Turkey’s policy remains unchanged, with relations to America and Russia now almost the same as with England.
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Ankara
Turkey
Foreig
Numan Menemenciogln
Ismet Inonu
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Inonu
Benemencioglu
America
Russia
England
Roosevelt Inonu
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MYW
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Dniepermul
Znamenka
Znamenka-Nike- Jaey
Dnieper River
Marshall Blow
The
Tarawa
Charles L. Montenot
Edgewater
N. J
U.S
FSA
Senate
Federal Bureaus
Dalmatian Coast
William B. King
Dewitt
MacKenzie Associated Press
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