Blood Runs In Budapest Streets During Latest Battle
London dispatch reports heavy fighting across Budapest as Russian forces press Nazi and Hungarian defenses. In Buda, shock units drive toward a trapped garrison while Pest endures fierce street combat and Russian armor penetrates early inner rings. Russian troops cross the Hron and advance toward Vienna, with Tolbukhin’s Third Ukraine army tightening the river confluence near the Danube bend.
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London
Danube
Hron River
Budapest
Buda
Pest
Pilis
Hron
Bratislava
Vienna
Nana
Dafiube
Feodor Tolpukhin
Third Ukraine
Regency Seen as Greece Crisis Moves Toward End
Athens dispatch reports King George II authorizing a regency under Archbishop Damaskinos and hopes for a swift end to civil war. ELAS proposes to put Greece’s political disputes in Churchill’s hands, a truce offer sent to London after Churchill’s departure. Zervas forces retreat toward Corfu as 12,000 men dwindle to 2,000 3,000. Prisoners face harsh winter in underclothes. Red Cross parcels barred. ELAS and police trade accusations of mistreatment. British Greek assault on Athens eastern suburbs cited as highly successful.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
ELAS
Churchill
Ronald Scobie
London
George Papandreou
Themistokles Sophoulis
Napoleon Zervas
Corfu
Zervas
Red Cross
Thebes
American bombers blast Iwo Jima for 21st day
U S Pacific Fleet announces heavy bombers pounded Iwo Jima for the 21st consecutive day in one of the fiercest anti Japanese campaigns. The raid faced intense antiaircraft fire but reportedly no planes were lost. Iwo Jima, eight miles by five, serves as a launch point for raids toward Tokyo and Saipan.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Little Two Jima
Pacific
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Strategic Air Force
Chester W. Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Robert W. Douglas
Greenwich Village at Strand Theatre Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Ruth Burge of Market Street to attend tonight's presentation of Greenwich Village starring Carmen Miranda Don Ameche and William Bendix at the Strand Theatre. Also listed are Summer Storm with George Saunders and Linda Lar Hell and Sage Brush Trails Fest with Bobby Clark at the Le Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ruth Burge
Market Street
Greenwich Village
Carmen Miranda
Don Ameche
William Bendix
Strand Theatre
George Saunders
Linda Lar- Hell
Sage Brush Trails
Bobby Clark
Early Court Action By Government Against Monkey Ward
Government moves to regain control of Montgomery Ward and its seven plants as seizure remains disputed. A hearing on confirmation of the seizure is set for Jan 8, but Ward officials may seek an earlier session after refusing to turn over records. Sewell L. Avery and board dispute legality of the action while Maj. Gen. Byron and aides visited Chicago offices. See EARLY COURT Page 3.
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Chicago
Montgomery ‘ Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Ward
Army
Sewell L. Avery
Joseph W. Byron
Avery
New Congress Breaks All Records For Duplicate Names
The 79th Congress sets a record for name duplicates on roll calls with 105 pairs. Senate and House clerks report many identically named members, among them three Johnsons in California Colorado and South Carolina and multiple Thomases in Idaho Oklahoma and Utah. Names include Brown Andersen Anderson Andresen Andrews Barrett Bates Bennets Bradleys Browns Byrne Byrnes Cannon Cases Coles Daughton and Doughton, complicating sponsor-state linking.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
NEW Congress
WAC's Tall Tale Wins 1944 Liars Club Award
Burlington Wis December 30 Associated Press reports Capt Hope Harrin of Conway Arkansas as a woman in the WAC who served overseas is named world champion liar of 1944 by the Burlington Liars Club. His winning tale among 5000 entries explains dehydration and a girlfriend awaiting his return.
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WAC
Liars Club Award
Burlington
Wis
Hope Harrin
Conway
Ark
Burlington Liars Club
Captin Harrin
Rae Oy
Hope
Associated Press
Harrin
Woman's Army Corps
West Virginia Public Works Budget Reviews and Drives
The board of public works resumed its review of the 1945 46 budget to be sent to the legislature opening January 10. Forty five county chairmen were named to lead the January drive for the infantile paralysis fund with the remaining ten counties organized next week. The Bluefield Methodist church district led a nationwide crusade by raising 71009 toward its quota for the drive ending March 4.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Ston
James A. Bibby, Jr
Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo County
J. P. Browning
West Virginia
Chaplin to answer insults in Berry custody case
Chaplin's lawyer will respond next Tuesday to insults hurled by Joan Berry's attorney in the trial over paternity of her 14 month old daughter. Jurors heard accusations of pestiferous lecherous conduct and other epithets as letters from Berry to Chaplin were presented. Both Chaplin and Berry were absent. the defense cites hypnotic influence in a Tulsa letter before Carol Ann's conceived.
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Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Joseph Scott
Scott
Joan
Tulsa
Okla
Carol Ann
Beverly Hills
Tightening Of Shoe Rationing Seen As Only Measure To Aid Requirments
Tightening of shoe rationing is imminent and will reduce the two pairs per year policy in 1945. The shoes coupon may not be validated until mid summer. OPA likely to announce the revision soon while three shoe stamps Nos 1 2 and 3 stay valid. Increased military demand drives the cutback amid scare buying in some cities.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Europe
Bowl crowds expected over 360 thousand for yearend games
More than 360,000 football fans are expected to attend the yearend bowls, about 100,000 more than last season. The Blue Gray clash in Montgomery, Alabama, headlines the slate, with Charlie Trippi leading the South and Bob Hoernschemeyer the North in a capacity 22,500 crowd. Rose Bowl in California projects over 90,000 as Southern California meets undefeated Tennessee. Sugar Bowl in New Orleans also draws big crowds.
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Ted Meier
New York
Montgomery
Ala
Georgia
Charlie Trippi
Indiana
Bob Hoernschemeyer
California
Southern California
Tennessee
New Orleans
War Today: Lessons From German Breakthroughs
Secretary Stimson cautions against early blame for any censure over the German western front breakthrough. The piece notes a quarter million Nazi troops engaged unexpectedly and highlights repeated underestimations of German capability across history, urging readers to seek answers on why Germans often surprise observers.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Stimson
Fifth Army
Hubert Gough
Germany
Fog Covers Mig Next Intentions At Battle Fronts
Paris dispatch reports a German attack in Belgium recoiling under Allied counterblows. The Third Army pushes toward Bastogne, within 13 miles of U S troops as Von Rundstedt retreats. Unclear if Germans are regrouping armor as mist and concealment hinder immediate gains.
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Belgium
Celles
France
Bastogne
Paris
Antwerp
James M. Long
Third Army
First Army
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Tiat
Von
Special Notice for Evangelist Butterfield Sermon
Evangelist Tom W. Butterfield will preach at Blueville Church of Christ on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
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Field
Blueville
Church of Christ
Eternal triangle ends tragic for soldier and wife
Philadelphia report details a double tragedy as Corp. Harry E Hertel 25 returns from two and a half years overseas to find his wife Betty 29 dead from a heart wound and a man, Charles Serwalt 40, shot dead by Hertel’s revolver in their apartment. Neighbors say Serwalt was a frequent visitor to the home. Police described Hertel’s account of confronting Serwalt after they had just entered the bedroom.
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Corp
Harry
E. Hertel
Betty Hertel
Charles Serwalt
John Mokntée
Hertel
Serwalt
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