Historic Bridge Blown Up To Block German Forward Thrust Into Belgium
Belgians built the bridge the Germans crossed it days ago in their offensive. Last night 15 American engineers blew it up with a half ton of dynamite. The action was a key factor in halting the German advance. Rice described crawling under fire to inspect the structure. He noted the German tank and machinegun fire and losing his helmet during the operation.
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Belgium
Hal Boyle Velot
Belluni
Rice
Man Says Charlie Doubted Marriage Beliefs
A court record notes a witness recounting that Charlie told her he did not believe in being married. The testimony describes an armed-looking, attractive girl in the witness chair, twisting her hands during questioning.
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Oan
Charlie
Gene Handsaker
Angeles
Theatre Ticket Clipping Sparks Celebrity Paternity Claim
Grafton Sentinel notes MARY JANE HANCOCK invites readers to tonight's shows Cowboy and the Lady with Cooper and Merle Oberon, and Mr Goes to War with Ed G Robinson. A sensational testimony alleges Charlie Chaplin fathered Hancock's child, with Hancock recounting pleas for marriage and Chaplin's objections. Joan Berry, claiming paternity and seeking support, describes multiple affairs and emotional moments in court.
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Grafton Sentinel
Mary Jane Hancock
Beech Street
Cooper
Merle Oberon
Strand Theatre
Ed G. Robinson
Rollin
Tex Ritter
Leyte Conquest Near End Today Outcome 10 Decide Fate of War
General MacArthur announced the Leyte battle nears completion as U S forces push from Pinamoppan and Ormoc toward a corridor juncture linking Palompon. Tokyo radio claimed reverses and Yamashita line destruction, while Libongao fell to the 77th division en route to Ormoc.
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Jim Hutcheson
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Japan
Koiso
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Tokyo
China Sea
Pinamoppan
Ormoc
Yamashita
Libongao
Palompon
U. S. 77Th Infantry Division
Red Army pushes Germans back on wide front today
On a 125 mile southern Slovakia front the Red Army battled garrisons near Kassa and Rimaszombat. Soviet columns surrounded the towns and captured 13 settlements as they pressed toward Losone. The drive aimed to break Nazi control of eastern Slovakia with a climactic push near Torysa fortifications and Bratislava.
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Bi Eddie
Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Slovakia
Kassa
Rimaszombat
Losone
Tornala
Slana River
Torysa River
Danubebend
Bratislava
Vienna
Danube
Budapest
Ramaszombat
Izvestia
Slovakian
Starcher Gets 10 Year Term In Kidnap Case
Wheeling judge imposes a decade in prison on Hollie Starcher 28 of Parkersburg for kidnapping Wheeling patrolman Wayne Rayle last May 15 Otto Neff 30 of Parkersburg also pled guilty to a similar charge and received the same sentence weeks earlier Officials in Clarksburg report a delayed investigation into a White Rock trolley collision will begin today City Lines Inc West Virginia assigns new district board executive for food rationing duties in Morgantown Robert G Wilbourn named district executive in charge of 60 boards
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Wheeling
David McKee
Hollie Starcher
Parkersburg
Wayne Rayle
Warwood
Otto Neff
Fairmont
White Rock
City Lines, Inc
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Charleston
OPA
Robert G. Wilbourn
Morgantown
Grover Smith
Stettinius Might Go to London for Confab With Eden
Secretary of State Stettinius may travel to London as a prelude to a big three meeting. British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden urged quarterly meetings of foreign secretaries of the great powers. Churchill said Allies agree on general aims but not all details. Arrival of Stalin traveling to the conference remains uncertain. Roosevelt and Churchill may meet in England. decision hinges on the president. Reorganization at State Department aims to free Stettinius for broader talks, including possible Russian discussions.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Stettinius
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commone
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt
Chiehill
England
Greece
Italy
Europe
Churchill
Commons
State Department
Reo Stettinius
Boy Confesses to Murder of 5 Year Old in Illinois
In Princeton on December 21 Norman Burton aged 15 who had been on probation to his elder sister confessed to killing his sister's five year old daughter Sara Jane Tyne with a skinning knife. He reportedly answered the sheriff with a sly grin and the remark I don't know. The body was found yesterday afternoon bruised and cut.
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Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Chaplin
Bee Joan
Princeton
Ill
Norman Burton
Frank Grisell
Sara Jane Tyne
Superforts Hit Mukden Targets In Manchuria Raid
Washington reports a daylight strike by up to 60 B 29s of Major Gen Curtis E Lemay on Mukden Manchuria. The mission followed an earlier December 7 attack that claimed the biggest Japanese loss yet and damaged an aircraft plant and other military objectives.
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Washington
Mukden
Manchuria
Curtis E. Lemay
20Th Bomber Command
War Department
Japan
Greater East Asia
Chungking Radio
Congressmen Return From Europe Report Fronts Go Well
A group of fifteen House military committee members returned from a four week inspection tour of battlefronts aboard an army plane. They said American troops lack for nothing and morale is high, though they seek speedier victory and homecoming. They praised the supply organization as "amazing" and warned observers of past alarm over ammunition and materiel. They will brief General Marshall and Secretary Stimson after censorship restrictions lift.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Europe
Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Stim
Pete
Ite
German Counteroffensive Visions and Bets Amid War Clouds
The war analyst notes a fragile German push on the Western front while Allied superiority promises long-term victory. Von Rundstedt gambles resources in a colossal, possibly final, clash that swirls with censorship and uncertain prospects. The offensive could delay terms or backfire, with no White Christmas in sight. See THE WAR TODAY Page 4.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
von Rundstedt
von Rind
Stedt
Former West Virginia convict held in Kentucky
Roy Carleton Lee, 45, of McKees Rocks Pennsylvania, confessed to transferring Silas Wolford out of the state against his will and to impersonating a state official. He faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and delinquency of a minor, after being arrested in Williamson West Virginia following reports of a man posing as a Welfare agent trying to lure youths from home. Lee’s signed statement, released by Lt. Charles Wilson of the highway patrol, outlines the motive for warning families about the false claims and the attempted coercion of their sons.
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Pikeville
West Virginia
Roy Carleton Lee
Silas Wolford
Charles Wilson
Highway Patrol
Williamson
W. Va
Lee
Wilson
German drive south of St Vith threatens Ardennes front
Paris dispatch reports German fuerzas under Field Marshal Von Rundstedt pushing into the Ardennes area south and west of St Vith as Allied defenses tighten. The attack concentrates 13 to 16 armored and infantry divisions, with as many as 200000 men, and claims penetration of the Ardennes Forest and a cut on the Bastogne highway.
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James M. Long
Paris
Fort ‘Ward
Karl von Rundstedt
Cot
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Ardennes Forest
Siege d' Bastogne
Bastogne
Luxembourg Order
Sedan
Ardéhèmes
Meuse
Tirope
Monschdu
Butgenbach
Stavelot
Most and Best of Manpower Is Given American Infantry
Washington dispatch reports Lt General Ben Leair praising the infantry for receiving the best manpower as the war shifts to full offense. The Army moves from a numeric draft system to profiles of signing draftees to align with changing war conditions and prioritize ground infantry after air force drafts.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
Ben Leiir
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