German forces seize Korosten as Ukraine counterattacks intensify
German forces push counterattacks across Ukraine and White Russia. Korosten falls after evacuation, marking a second major Ukrainian setback for the Red Army since November. Front reports note continued fighting along the Dnieper, Gomel region actions, and efforts to restore rail links amid harsh mud and weather.
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A. A
Dnieper
Ukraine
Russia
Korosten
Juneara
Mportant
Leoemediene
Aho
Ovruch
Velsk
Zhiobin
Gomel
Red Army
Kherson
Cherkasy
Great Bend
Krivoi Rog
Odessa-Leningrad
Germany
Poland
Zhitomir
Kiev
Ickes Pledges Help To John Lewis In Coal Talks
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Ickes pledging help to John Lewis as miners press for a basic Ickes Lewis framework. Negotiations with northern and western soft coal operators aim to finish a wage contract within days while southern states resist current terms. Key issues include travel time pricing and War Labor Board approval for continued government involvement.
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Max Hill
Washington
Ickes
L. Lewis
Southern
Ickes-Lewis
Northern
Western
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
Interior Department
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Office of Price Iistration
OPA
War Labor Board
Ward R. Burke
Bomber Hero Herbert Light Reappears Amid Family Worry
United States flier Captain Herbert Light holder of the DFC for the raid on the Ploesti oil fields is stationed in England and seeks to convince his parents he is alive after three official death notices. His father Maj. Herb Light at Greensboro Basic Training Camp and his mother One Light of Long Beach have been telegraphed three times about his status. The family fears the government errors amid conflicting kill and alive reports.
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United States
England
Herbert Light
Ploestiia
United Nations Leaders Weigh Fresh Allied Strategy
Dec 1 dispatches report Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek holding talks in Cairo ahead of a possible Iran meeting with Stalin. The aim is to coordinate plans for ending the war and to press Japan into a reduced role as a minor island power. Meanwhile German radio notes a Teheran meeting is under discussion. An Ankara visit followed a Cairo conference with Steinhardt, amid widespread Turkish coverage of UN leadership talks.
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Washington
Ena
Churchill
Stalin Shah
Wiew
London
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cairo
Stalin
Iran
Stockholm
U. S
Turkey
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Ankara
Teheran
Japan
Congress
United Nations
Prostaian Haha
Chiang Kai- Shek
Ofran
Persia
Associated Press
Moscow
Aksham
Steinhardt
Father shoots man to avenge daughter mistreatment in Charlotte
In Charlotte on December 1 4 H V Carver of Gastonia surrendered after shooting C J Walters 56 of Alabama on police HQ steps. Walters was wounded severely multiple times and due to go on trial for morals charges. Carver 47 faces assault with deadly weapon charges as authorities say the shooting followed allegations by Carver that Walters mistreated his 17 year old daughter Nell.
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Charlotte
Des
H. V. Carver
Gastonia
RFD
C. J. Walters
Alabama
Frank N. Littlejohn
Carver
Walters
Nell
Memorial Hospital
Unceasing Air Assaults On Reich Continue
American heavy bombers again struck Germany in a three day assault while Marauder mediums hit northern France airfields. It marked a fourth straight day of round the clock bombing with Bremen and Olingen cited as recent targets. RAF Mosquitos supported with US and Allied fighters in daytime raids.
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London
Germany
France
Bremen
Olingen
Ruhr
United States
RAF
Dominion
Channel
Beef Point Values Cut Under New OPA Schedule
The Office of Price Administration cuts beef ration values in December while lamb mutton and veal stay the same. Butter and margarine maintain previous points. Hamburger and porterhouse costs drop while cheese and canned fish rise. Lard falls one point. oils unchanged. Overall meat rations up about 30 percent from November. Retail stores expect about 1.3 billion pounds for civilians in December.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Mass Romanian Exodus Amid Red Army Advance in Southern Russia
Reports from Istanbul dated December detail a large Rumanian exodus fleeing Crimea Odessa and Bessarabia as the Red Army advances. Fourteen trains daily carry civilians archives and supplies toward Romania while Romanians abandon cattle and goods on mud flats. Germans in Romania and Odessa depart with fears of invasion and some soldiers sell their arms after losing units.
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Istanbul
Crimea
Odessa
Bessarabia
Red Army
Russia
Rumania
Krivoi Rog
Peninsula
Crimean
Kuban
How Late After War On Coal Strike Comment
John L. Lewis bristled at an operator remark during wage talks, asking how late he would decide on a point. The United Mine Workers had struck four times this year, tying up coal production as negotiations continued.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Should Allies press for unconditional German surrender now
The column questions if immediate unconditional surrender would best solve the world problem. It argues that crushing militarism is needed but Germany must be reformed, including changing Prussian mentality and denazification, with concern over ten years of Hitler youth indoctrination.
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Germany
London
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Chinese bid to recapture Changteh and hold Rice Bowl
American and Chinese planes provided air cover as Chinese troops retook Changteh in northern Hunan, driving Japanese forces from the city. Chinese commands also recaptured Tehshan and Taoyuan while advancing toward Linli and positions north of Lihsien and Tsingshih to block a pincers move on Changsha.
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Chungking
Changteh
Changsha
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tehshan
Hunan
Linl
Yu Cheng-Wan
Ines
Taoyuan
Shihmen
Yangtze River
Lihsien
Tsingshih
Hun‘an
Australians Wrest Bonga From Japs
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur seize Bonga Noy and Gusika on Huon peninsula as part of a northeastern advance in New Guinea. The move forms a pincer toward Wareo with resistance met at the Song river. naval and air units hit targets at Cape Gloucester and near Benga.
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Southwest Pacific
Bonga
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Finschhafen
Bonga Noy
Gusika
Kalueng River
Kalueng
Wareo
Sattelberg
Song River
Benga
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Bramham Re-elected President of Baseball Leagues
William G. Bramham was re-elected president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues for a five year term at the group’s annual meeting. The motion ending a factional rebellion among minor leagues was approved on the floor.
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Bramham
New York
William G. Bramham
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Gripsholm Arrives with Repatriates at New York Harbor
The Gripsholm docked at Newark Bay near Ambrose Light with about 1,500 repatriates ending two years of war internment. Passengers cheered at sight of the Statue of Liberty as Red Cross workers and officials facilitated contact with families and mail. The ship carried 2,223 U.S. nationals, 217 Canadians, and some Latin Americans. several hospital cases were aboard.
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Jersey City
N. J
America
Gripsholm
American Red
New York
Red Cross
Ambrose Light
New York Bay
United States
Allies Using Great Forces Strike at Sangro Ridge
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports the British Eighth Army advanced on Sangro Ridge with heavy air support during the Italian campaign, noting overall gains along the line as fighting continued with fierce, hand to hand combat.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangro Ridge
German spokesman quotes British Eighth Army advancing in Sangro battle
German military spokesman quoted by DNB says the British Eighth Army is advancing into the Sangro with heavy forces. He adds that a numerically superior Allied air force is pounding German artillery positions on the northern slopes of the Sangro Valley mountains.
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London
DNB
Eighth Army
Sangro
Allied advances in Italy push toward Sangro Ridge
Allied forces report gains in central sector with Ame troops advancing three miles west of Aquila through mine fields and barbed wire. Northward, Eighth Army seizes Castel Frentano and Casoli near Sangro Ridge while Rommel redeploys from Yugoslav base as Montogomery’s fleet and air power shell Nazi strongpoints.
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Castel Frentano
Casoli
Sangro Ridge
Algiers
Reuters
Ame
Fifth Army
Naquila
15Th Air Force
Adriatic
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Erwin Rommel
Balkan
Bernard L. Montgomery
Iran
Loyal
Eighth Army
Berlin
Sangro
Yugoslav Partisans Take Industrial Town
Yugoslav Partisans claim to halt German forces in central and southern Bosnia and retake the industrial center of Vares near Sarajevo after days of fighting. The bulletin notes Nazi capture of the island of Uljan off the Dalmatian coast.
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London
Bosnia
Vares
Sarajevo
Communicom T Or
Army of Liberation
Uljan
Dalmatian
Viscount Halifax to Visit UNC and Duke in North Carolina
Viscount Halifax the British ambassador will tour the University of North Carolina and the navy pre flight school in Chapel Hill and hold a press conference in Raleigh after a cadet review He will also speak at Duke University tomorrow night accompanied by Governor Broughton
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Halifax
Chapel Hill
UPI
Viscount Halifax
University of North Carolina
Navy
Governor Broughton
Raleigh
Lord Halifax
Duke University
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