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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
1
Soviet dispatch from Moscow reports 101 German tanks destroyed in a 24 hour period ending Thursday night. The piece notes winter weather aiding Russian offensives and mentions German claims of 270,000 winter hardened Russian troops in Latvia.
Washington dispatch reports German planners withhold final power as they assess a potentially decisive victory. Military men suggest a major aim could be trapping and destroying two or three Allied armies in France, while noting the rapid advance has not yet completed the high command’s timetable.
The Grafton Sentinel will not publish on Christmas Day with the paper resuming on Tuesday December 26. Local business houses the bank and Post Office will be closed for the day while mail collection follows normal policy that night. Bring parcels to the Post Office for quicker mail dispatches.
Twenty first Bomber Command reports Nagoya air craft works attacked by 150 Japanese fighters in a two and a half hour clash while B 29s blasted enemy war industries. No B 29 losses reported. five interceptors destroyed and four damaged. Weather hindered bomb results. Nagoya, a city of over 1 million, was targeted after December 13 Hatsudoki factory strike.
West Virginia likely to break its Sixth War Loan sales record, with total sales at 132,537,477 dollars or 192 percent of a 69 million quota. Individual sales reached 59,138,179 dollars (152 percent). corporate sales 73,148,208 dollars (244 percent). Series E bonds at 15,860,111 dollars (75 percent of 21,000,000). State Chairman A. C. Spurr expects record before January 2 final tally.
General MacArthur's headquarters reported that American infantrymen pressed the Leyte drive, counting 12,873 Japanese dead in the last seven days, an average of 1,839 daily, as they closed on Palompon and Ormoc corridor. Mindoro air raids continued with seven Japanese planes down. Two American fighters were lost.
The Sentinel staff wishes readers a festive Christmas message to loyal subscribers and service members. The tone thanks readers for support over the year and hopes many will be home for Christmas, acknowledging production issues and extending holiday goodwill.
A heavy snowfall on the western front means a White Christmas for American troops as they fight or await counterattacks along the German lines. Many will eat canned rations while some receive a Christmas turkey, and German forces may also celebrate on captured American material. Christmas parcels have reached many, though some soldiers report none. Field Marshal Montgomery salutes shared resolve as British and Canadian troops support the effort.
In Chicago on December 23 physicians linked a pneumonia virus to pigeons, warning many U S cases may go unrecognized. Mayo Clinic tests in Rochester suggest penicillin could help treat this often fatal disease, termed oritisthosis, similar to psittacosis from parrot like birds. Army doctors Lt. David C. Levinson and Lt. John Gibbs and Dr. Joseffi T. Beardwood Jr. reported findings.
The Moscow radio reported a Soviet commission found nearly 700000 people including some Americans and British were tortured and slain at Lwow Nazi camp, with 200000 killed at Janow. Children were used as shooting targets. Witnesses, French prisoners, and liberated survivors corroborated the terror.
The War Today column notes Eisenhower and Secretary Stimson view the German counteroffensive as a possible chance to inflict a strategic defeat on the Allies. Stimson recalls 1918 drives toward the channel and the Marne, warning a German success could shorten the war, while Ike argues a bold rush might turn into a failure. The piece contrasts Kaiser's 1918 aim to win with Hitler's aim to delay.
Washington reports a sharp reduction in passenger car tire casings for early 1945. A, B and C card holders face smaller tire allocations as output falls from an original 8 million quarterly plan to about 5 million. The cut aims to divert rubber and manpower to war needs, leaving motorists with slim chances of new tires this year.
Paris reports armored units slashing 15 miles west of Bastogne and 29 miles northeast of Sedan while Allied forces defend key crossroads. St. Hubert shows 40 mile advance by German troops as Wiltz area is overrun. U.S. troops counter at Beles and near See. Page 48 continues.
In an apparent violation of a Caserta agreement, ELAS left wing forces attacked EDES territories in northwest Greece near Pircus harbor. Reports say the clash extended up to twenty miles with no British forces involved. The incident marks renewed fighting between guerrilla groups under Allied occupation.
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