Fifth and Eighth Armies Break German Lines in Italy Front
Allied forces push through Calabritto and Lanciano sectors as Lt. Gen. W. Clark reports advances after a long stalemate. British and American units gain ground toward San Vito and Rome corridor amid heavy air attacks. Germans launch counter moves and use refugees to hinder progress.
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Wes Gallagher
W. Clark
Fifth Army
Calabritto
Eighth Army
Sangro Ridge
Castel Frontano
Bolzano
Brenner Pass
Italy
Queensborough
Raider
Albanian
Benes Seen as Mediator in Poland Russia Rift
Washington reports Czech President Edward Benes may mediate between Poland and Russia at the Roosevelt Stalin Churchill talks as tensions rise with the Red Army advancing toward the Polish frontier. Benes, reportedly in London, could join Allied war council discussions on administering liberated Central European territories amid Russo Czech rapprochement.
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Washington
Edward Benes
Red Army
Poland
Russia
Benes
London
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Soviets Score New Gains Take More Than 80 Towns
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces advancing northwest of Gomel seized over 80 towns amid clashes along the Dnieper. Russian offensives struck near Zhlobin Znamenka and Kremenchug while German losses mounted, with 2900 killed and 72 tanks destroyed reported.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Europe
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Red Army
Gomel
Pripet River
Zhlobin
Znamenka
Kremenchug
Kiev Bulge
Kiev
Zhitomir
Korosten
Smolensk
Orsha
Minsk
White Russia
Moscow- Warsaw
Libau-Kharkov
Berlin
Constantine Rokossovsky
Kremenchug Cap
Kitty Hawk Day Aviation Show Planned
Governor Broughton announces Kitty Hawk Day at Kill Devil Hill on December 17 with a large aviation program. Gen Henry Arnold may speak. a nationwide radio preview runs 9:35 to 9:50 a.m. The Civil Air Patrol Army Navy and Marine air arms supply transport and many officials and out of state visitors are expected.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Kill Devil Hill
Herbert Bonner
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Civil Air Patrol
Army
Navy
Marine Air Corps
Bonner
CAP
Washington
Wright Brothers
Governor Broughton
Rep
Governor's Committee
Civil Aeronautics Ion
War Correspondents Die in Italy At Salerno And Naples
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook reports casualties among reporters in Italy. Capt Harry Rignall of the British films unit loses a hand and dies after mortar wounds. an Australian and two British correspondents are killed by a German tank fire on the Naples road. Neil Sullivan of Pathe News breaks a leg but continues reporting despite injury.
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Allied
Algiers
War Correspondents Corps
Italy
Tunisia
Harry Rignall
British Army Films Unit
London
Salerno
North African
Naples
Neil Sullivan
Pathe News
Fifth Army
Surrender Or Die Terms Reported To Germans
The London Star reported a Roosevelt Stalin Churchill conference in the Middle East drawing up a final surrender or die ultimatum to Germany. Reports from Fort Worth and various capitals said the three leaders were meeting in Iran or near Teheran to urge unconditional German surrender under threat of bombing.
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London
London Star
Middle East
Germany
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tom Connally
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fort Worth
Texas
United Nations
Tabriz
Midane
Persia
Connally
Washington
Joseph Stalin
Iran
Parish
Bern
Vichy
Turkey
Teheran
Cairo
Chiang- Kai Shek
Finish Germany First In World War II War Analysis
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the allies must finish Hitler before shifting focus to Japan. He warns that delaying the second front in France risks Hitler’s endurance, urges invasion before spring, and notes weather hurdles while stressing consolidating European gains.
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Orient
America
Russia
Britain
Europe
Japan
Hitler
France
English Channel
Algiers
Bari Raid Report First German Strike on Italian Coast
The German high command said fighter bombers carried out Bari first raid on Italy's Adriatic coast last night. They sank two merchant ships and caused two ammunition or fuel carriers to explode, while several other vessels were damaged.
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Tne Associated Press
High Command
Bari
Italy
Adriatic
Cox Denies Betting Statements as Phillies Owner Seeks Hearing
New York December 3 Baseball Commissioner Landis said William Cox former Phillies owner denied statements about bets placed on games and requested a hearing set for December 4 amid the investigation of wagering on baseball.
Labor A F L Demands Shorter Postwar Hours Without Pay Cuts
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told the Senate Truman War Investigating Committee that labor will seek shorter postwar hour standards while preserving earnings. He criticized wage adjustments for rising living costs and endorsed Donald Nelson of the War Production Board to guide reconversion, proposing a top policy council including Congress management labor and farmers.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Truman War Investigating Committee
Green
Nelson
Congress
Management
Labor
Allied Bombers Sink Big Jap Transport and Tanker
Allied air forces report sinking a 10,000-ton Japanese troop transport and a large tanker, damaging two destroyers, and bombing bases with over 200 tons of bombs. In New Guinea and Bougainville, Allied ground actions include Wareo advance and a large Marine raid near Kavieng with heavy enemy losses and casualties.
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Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Marshalls
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
Wareo
Finschhafen
Bougainville
Solomons
MacArthur
Kavieng
New Ireland
Wewak
mid-Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Mili Atoll
Senate Heads For Showdown On Vote Bill
Senate leaders prepare for a final vote on a plan to grant ballot privileges to service members for next year’s presidential election. The bill, Republican amended, faces additional changes before approval.
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Senate
Washington
Armed Services
Danaher
R-Conn
Lucas
R-Ill
Green
D-Ri
Taft
Rohio
Secret Service foils plan to kill Roosevelt in Detroit
Detroit reports that Walter Best a 38 year old Pontiac man was deemed insane after confessing to plans to assassinate President Roosevelt. Secret Service agents uncovered his scheme after his wife alerted authorities and a gun was found in his Washington hotel room.
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Detroit
William A. Carlson
Secret Service
Michigan-Ohio
Detroit News Today
Pontiac, Mich
Roosevelt
Walter Best
Pontiac
Carlson
Gallinger Hospital
Washington
Michigan
Best
Oakland County
British Lose 41 Planes In Raid On Berlin
British bomber task forces attacked Berlin last night in a major raid, losing 41 aircraft. The strike aimed at the city’s core as fires and smoke rose over the capital, with German defenses claiming several bombers were shot down. Western Germany also faced mosquito raids as part of the coordinated effort.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Sweden
Lowell Bennett
INS
Norman Stockton
Sydney
Australia
Sun
Germany
RAF
Bulgarians Revolt Against Nazi-Linked Forces on Bosnian Front
Yugoslav army of liberation reports Bulgarian soldiers allied with Rommel’s troops revolted disarming them after heavy fighting on the Bosnian Serb border. Communiques say Yugoslav partisans halted Rommel’s advance into Serbia, winning victories over Germans and Chetniks and damaging supply lines while rail cuts occur in Central Bosnia and northwestern Croatia.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Rommel
Serbia
Bosnia
Croatia
Sarajevo
Uvac
Derventa-Doboj
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Colorado Springs
Hal V. Boyle
BE. D. Ball
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Nippon
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey
FDR
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