Two U S ships sunk at Cape Gloucester during New Britain landings
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that a destroyer and a coastal transport were lost to Japanese air attack during the Cape Gloucester operation on New Britain's western tip. The losses raised U S naval casualties to 135 since the war began, with no details on the ships or the number of men saved.
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Washington
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Knox
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Harry W. Hill
Tarawa
Makin
Mews
Hill
James River Flood Study Hearing Planned in Aberdeen
Lt. Col Delbert B Freeman district engineer U S Army Engineers will chair a James River flood control hearing at the American Legion Hall in Aberdeen from 9 4 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm. The session invites all interested parties to present data and opinions for War Department consideration as part of the 1943 restudy directed by the House flood control committee.
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Omatia
Delbert B. Freeman
U. S. Army Engineers
Lan. Ll
Aberdeen
Lt. D
James River
War Department
Committee On Flood Control
House of Representatives
Col. Freeman
American Legion Hall
Two Newsmen Killed In Yank Landings
Melbourne dispatch reports Australian Bureau Manager Burdon Taves of United Press and war correspondent Pending Arthur Raynorn were killed in a plane crash while covering American landings at Cape Gloucester New Britain on Sunday morning. Reporter Tan Morrison of the London Times and Haydon Lennard of the Australian Broadcasting Commission were injured in the same crash. Taves had been in Australia since January 1942 and had recently married Diana Farnham.
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Melbourne
Burdon Taves
United Press
Arthur Raynorn
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Tan Morrison
London Times
Haydon Lennard
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Taves
Australia
Diana Farnham
Judy Garland III Hospitalized in Hollywood
Judy Garland was hospitalized in Hollywood on December 28 amid a cold and ear infection. Dr. M Barney Kaily said the condition is not serious and does not raise immediate concern for her health or career.
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Judy Garland III
Hollywood
Judy Garland
M. Barney Kaily
Workers Return to Mills as WLB Restores Retro Pay
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the end of the steel strike as the War Labor Board votes 8 to 4 to grant retroactive pay in expiring contracts affecting 500,000 workers across 500 companies. UMW officials order uninterrupted steel production and workers resume shifts, with strikes easing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan and other states.
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Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers Union
War Labor Board
Washington
Labor Board
Philip Murray
America
Defense Program
Labor
Murray
Ohio
National Labor Board
United States
WLB
Noa
FDA
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Ilinois
New Jersey
Pope Says Bomber Known In Vatican Raid
Pope Pius XI stated the Vatican City bombing on November 5 was carried out by a known attacker, while avoiding naming the perpetrator. The broadcast, recorded by the FCC, followed Christmas greetings from the College of Cardinals. Berlin propaganda blamed the Allies, Eisenhower said no Allied planes were over Rome. In Washington, Roosevelt ordered army control of America's railroad system to avert a strike hindering military offensives.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican Ratio
College of Cardinals
Federal Communications’ Commission
Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vatican
Berlin
Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
America
Roosevelt
Red Dog Jap Killer Wallace at Tarawa
AP dispatch profiles Corporal James A. Wallace of Walla Walla Washington known as Red Dog for killing 18 Japanese in a Tarawa pillbox and additional foes in a bivouac. His actions on Guadalcanal earned the Silver Star after saving a wounded lieutenant.
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Tarawa
Red Dog
Wallace
Guadalcanal
James A. Wallace
Route 2
Walla Walla
Wash
Paul T. Barrows
Stickney
S. D
Richmond
Marines Capture Target Hill On New Britain Isle
Marines have captured bomb-pocked Target Hill on New Britain and pushed tanks toward Japanese airstrips at Cape Gloucester. Allied forces consolidated beachhead gains, moved inland from both shores, and extended a second foothold as Japanese counterattacks by land and air tested the Arawe sector.
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Otican
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Japan
Key
Pacific
Arawe
U. S. Sixth Army
New Guinea
Bougainville
Marshall Islands
Milk Payments May Be Continued Month
The War Food Administration is expected to announce this week a continuation of its milk subsidy program for January. The program, started last October for three months ending December 31, may be extended pending Congresses subsidy debate. Dairymen would receive subsidies from 30 to 50 cents per 100 pounds of fluid milk and 3 to 6 cents per pound of butterfat to offset higher production costs without raising consumer prices.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Congress
Richards Murphy Twins Tangle With Navy Seabees
In Livingston Montana two men named Richard Murphy and their wives are described. Both Richards served as Seabees and ended up at the same base and in the same office as storekeepers, holding the title Petty Officer Richard Murphy. The situation creates a Navy headache due to dual identities at one station.
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Richard Richard Murphy Murphy Livingston
Mont
Livingston
Richard
Big War Games In Progress On British Coast Invasion Drill
Franklin Banker reports from England that thousands of American troops are taking part in the largest war maneuvers yet, a full dress rehearsal for a Western Europe invasion under General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Naval, land and air forces, amphibious units, artillery, armor, engineers and supply outfits participate on a broad coastal and inland area, with live gunfire and simulated enemy fire. Casualties are expected as part of the training in this anticipatory exercise for the actual invasion.
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Franklin Banker
England
Western
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
United States
Sonja Henie Partner Wounded in Italy
Lt Stewart Reburn, former skating partner of Sonja Henie in exhibitions and films, has been wounded in Italy, his parents were informed.
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Sonja
Toronto
Stewart Reburn
Sonja Henie
Italy
Public Prepared for Shock of Heavy Casualties Invasion
War analyst William Frye notes Eisenhower’s 1944 prediction of Nazi defeat fuels public confidence despite anticipated heavy costs. Officials and citizens share belief in early victory, though fear of staggering casualties tempers optimism as preparations for a final all-out assault on Germany proceed.
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William Frye
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Germany
Milit
Vv Voy
MAC
Russian Plunge Nips Two Rails In Nazi System
General Vatutin's First Ukraine Army pushed southwest of Kiev cutting two main rail lines and threatening German forces along the Dnieper. The 40 mile advance from Brusilov reached within 15 miles of the Zhitomir Odessa line, isolating Vitebsk and prompting Axis casualties surpassing 26,000 in four days as Soviet forces liberate dozens of towns.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Milotai Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Kiev
Rumania
Dnieper
Vatutin
Andrushevka
Brusilov
Zhitomir-Odessa
Fritz von Mannstein
Rey
Berdichev
von Mannstein
Zhitomir-Korosten
Poland
Veheraishe
Vitebsk
Berlin
Gas coupons invalid January 1 1944 replacement begins
Waunton, Dec. 26. All TT gasoline ration coupons will be invalid after 12:03 a.m. January 1, 1944, the Office of Price Administration announced. Stamps issued for commercial vehicles are being replaced by serially numbered T coupons. One gallon bulk coupons used for dealer deliveries and for servicemen on furlough will also be invalid after midnight December 31. The TI coupons were blamed by OPA for diversions into illicit channels.
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Waonungton
Office of Price
OPA
Roosevelt Forces Take Over Railroads In War Drive
The army fully controls the nation's railroads to move vital war goods, with troops ready to fill key roles and wage freezes set until civilian control resumes. Secretary Stimson and Lt. Gen. Somervell announced plans, detailing federal operation, truck use, and legal restraints on strikes, as 672 officers began seizing rail lines.
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Washington
Stimson
Brehon Somervell
Roosevelt
Somervell
Roosevalt
Brotherhoods of
National Rails
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Batraid
Brohon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Charles P. Gross
Amercan Railroad Association
John Pelley
Subsidy Compromise Seen After Holidays
Washington December 28 Senator White Maine acting Republican leader predicted the food subsidy battle would be settled soon after Congress reopens next month several days after the holidays. The forecast signals a possible accord on subsidy terms and related policy actions amid ongoing partisan debate.
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Washington
Senator White
Maine
Congress
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