Troops want to know when ours will be ready
American soldiers in a war front respond to the question of when U S bombs will counter German V weapons They argue the V bombs are two toys and argue about accuracy The piece notes V-1 and V-2 attacks in rear areas and stresses that all arms have their roles as the Yank story highlights the urge to deploy effective bombing to blunt Nazi weapons.
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Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Jolf Hitler
Stars and Stripes
War Driven Tide to Americans by German Successes
The German winter offensive sharpens the fear of a long war as American workers face heavy replacement needs and civilians cope with shortages. Draft calls may rise. a prolonged civilian production freeze is likely to continue to protect urgent munitions output, while the front’s casualty rate could force reequipment of the First Army.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Eisenhower
West Wall
Courtney Hodges
First Army
Krug
Samuel W. Anderson
The
WEB
Europe
Stimson
Pingers Close In On Japs Around Leyte
American forces tighten grip on northwest Leyte as 10th and 24th army corps push toward Palompon. Mindoro base shown crucial with air power, as 2,032 Japanese dead counted in Leyte campaign. Aircrews claim 11 of 20 raiders down in recent action.
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Tokyo
Nakajima
Saipan
Army Air Force
International Soundphoto
Leyte
MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
Manila
Ormoc
24Th
Palompon
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Ad Teasers
The clipping invites Mrs G H Maple of Avenue 77 to attend tonight's Serenade with John and Betty Grable at the Strand or Dixie. Another listing mentions Mr Winkle Gods to War with Edward G Robinson and Rollin Pisins with Tex Ritter at the Dixie. Identification may be required and tickets offered at the Strand or Dixie venues.
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Grafton Sentinel
G. H. Maple
John
Betty Grable
Mr. Winkle
Edward G
West Virginia News Briefs by Associated Press
Charleston reports the safety council named Clarence W Meadows co chairman for the 1945 safety conference set for March 28 to 31. Wheeling liquor stores received shipments to avert yuletide shortages as weather delayed normal supply movement. trains supplied unreachable points. Huntington recounts 11 selectees sentenced to three days for disorderly conduct at a downtown hotel with others dismissed. Parkersburg notes Carl B Davis, tire shop operator, charged with receiving tires stolen by three men in Ohio, five tires recovered. Ohio suspects were later jailed in Delaware, Ohio. Authorities say the suspects broke into stores across four Ohio cities.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Safety and Health Council
Clarence W. Meadows
Cochairman
Wheeling
Panhandle
Liquor Control Commission
Huntington
Middleport
Lucille Todd
Cappt
Arthur J. Blume
Kentucky
Blume
Parkersburg
Carl B. Davis
Ohio
J. L. Clearly
OPA
Columbus
C. W. Hulbert
Davis
Cleary
Delaware, O
Soviet Promises Aid to Allies on Eastern Fronts
Soviet Russia pledged to deploy about three army groups against Germany on the eastern front, with a broader drive possibly involving six groups. The plan aims at crossing the Polish plain toward Germany and opens a winter offensive seen by Allies as imminent, though confirmation from U.S. officials is uncertain.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Washington
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Red Army High Command
United States
Leningrad
Balkans
Baltic
Budapest
Vienna
Berlin
Moscow
Wehrmacht
Belgium
Freigth Derailment Near Engle Blocks B and O Line
Fourteen cars derailed on a Baltimore and Ohio freight near Engle driven by a wreck and an express train crashed into the wreckage and derailed its locomotive. No injuries were reported but both main tracks were blocked and detours were set for passenger service via Pennsylvania railroad and Western Maryland routes.
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Engle
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Combo
Maryland
Cherry Run
Russian Shock Troops Deepen Drive Into Slovakia
Russian forces wedge deeper into southern Slovakia nearing Losane and Rimaszombat, widening a push toward Budapest. Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine army joins the attack, threatening to seal the capital from the west as German defenses watch a widening Danube corridor.
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Slovakia
Budapest
Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Rodion
Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Losane
Lutecnec
Rimaszombat
Kassa- Losane
Mail Order House Officials Say Workers Report For Duty
In Baltimore Montgomery Ward and Company's mail order house reports a full staff on duty despite a CIO strike in sympathy with Detroit. Police and company reps confirm no pickets at the Baltimore complex, which employs over 3,000 in the mail order house alone. URWDS locals had warned of a sympathy strike. management cites no visible disruption as Sewell Avery faces union policy criticism.
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Baltimore
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Detroit
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Ing
H. D. Wolf
URWDS
Sewell Avery
Company
Avery
Mongomery Ward
Maurice J. Nejstadt
Joan Berry Takes Christmas Break From Chaplin Case
Los Angeles report says actress Joan Berry, who testified with tears yesterday, has a four day court recess to celebrate Christmas with the baby she claims is Charlie Chaplin's. A letter Berry wrote in Tulsa in 1942 was shown, expressing despair at her situation and the “cheap intrigue” of the case.
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Gene Handsaker
Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Chap
Tulsa
Okla
Vonanisvat Chaplin
German Counter Offensive Passes Into Matieriel Phase
The War Today reports that the German counter offensive is in a nerve wracking, open ended phase. Eisenhower is pushing weight into crucial sectors yet the Nazis still hold the initiative as the struggle widens over a large open territory. A western front bulletin suggests the offensive force has slowed, a sign leading toward consolidation and supply difficulties.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Western Front
Large ELAS Force Moves On Rightist In Greece
ELAS troops estimated at 15000 to 20000 reportedly advance into EDES territory in Epirus threatening Yanina. Zervas told British authorities leftist force already in his region massing on Chriskos ridge above Yanina with Albanians among the alleged attackers. Evacuation of 3000 ELAS prisoners by sea was reported earlier by British headquarters as Gen Scoble’s forces held the sea area.
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Athens
ELAS
Napoleon Zervas
Edes
Greece
Zervas
Epirus
Chriskos
Yanina
Rundstedt gambles on winter offensive in Belgium
Paris dispatch reports Gen. Rundstedt's last great gamble to break Allied lines in winter counteroffensive. Eisenhower orders all Allied forces to act, saying the attack will fail and urging all troops to advance on land and air to destroy the enemy.
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James M. Long
Paris
Belgium
Eisenhower
Karl Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Nagoya Hit By About One Hundred Superfortress Raids
Japanese dispatch reports about 100 B29s raided Nagoya and surrounding Aichi Prefecture for an hour and a half, dropping bombs and incendiaries. The attack aimed at Nagoya and Osaka areas, with ten B29s claimed shot down by the enemy, per Nipponese communique.
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Associated Press
Nagoya
U. S. War Department
Hens
Domei
Communications Commission
Aichi
Osaka
Honshu
Aichi Prefecture
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