Soviet Race advances near Hungarian Austrian frontier
Soviet armored forces cut the Buda to Zagreb railway line and pushed toward the Austrian border from western Hungary. Feodor Tolbukhin's Third Army moved 110 miles along front, isolating key towns including Kaposvar and Szekszard, while advancing on the Danube's right bank and approaching Satoraljaujhely. In Slovakia, Major actions near Kassa and Kasic continued as Allied fronts respond.
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London
Hungary
Danube
Budapest
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Buda-Zagreb
Trieste
Strat- Lake Balaton
Berlin
Dan'eg West Bank
Punafoldvar
Czechoslovakia
van Petros
Ukraine
Satoraljaujhely
Hat City
Kas
Kosice
Slovakia
Satoraljauty-Cemerne
Ondavariv
Kassa
Jor
Paks
Szekszard
Kaposvar
Dembo
Bombers Hit Iwo Jima and Leyte as Pacific War Rages
Allied air forces report repeated strikes on Iwo Jima and Leyte as Gen. MacArthur confirms sustained bombing and shipping interdiction in the Far West Pacific. Japanese paratroop claims surface amid ongoing ground and air battles around Leyte with rains hindering operations. Chinese forces advance toward the Burma road while near Chefang, locking toward Wanting as part of the larger theater.
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Ace MacArthur
Far West Pacific
Leyte Island
U. S
Iwo Jima
Volcano
Tokyo
Iwo
Saipan Isand
Leyte
Yankariga Bay
Lauzon
Mindanao
Nippon
air @@eats
Burma
China
Chefang
Burma Road
Yunnan
China-Burma
Nazis Launch Hard Hitting Counterattack
American forces pushed into two main German defenses at Saarlouis and Julich amid heavy river barriers. U S First and Ninth Armies faced strong resistance on the Cologne plain edge while air bombardment aided advances. Seventh Army cleared remnants of a bridgehead near Strasbourg as 250 bombers struck Saarlautern.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
Flaming Saar Lautern
Saar Basin
Julich
Roer
Saarlautern
Cologne
Saar
Searlautern
Cologne Plain
U. S. First Army
Inden
U. S. Ninth Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Hine
Strasbourg
Ninth Air Force
Siegfried Line
Third Army
Saar City
Saar River
90Th
S45th
Tenth Armored Division
Merzig
Vetal Saar
Michigan GOP Leader Named In Indictment
Detroit December 2 14 Frank D McKay of Grand Rapids former Republican National committeeman and two others were named in grand jury warrants charging conspiracy to corrupt the 1943 Michigan legislature over a bill to regulate horse racing and pari mutuel betting The defendants include Floyd Fitzsimmons lobbyist and former prize ti t promoter and State Rep William Green Hillman Mich Circuit Judge Leland W Carr issued warrants and said hearings would be held soon The bill aimed to raise state revenue from betting and require a Detroit fair grounds track betting machine but was killed in committee
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Detroit
Frank D. McKay
Grand Rapids
Michigan
McKay
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Benton Harbor
Illiam Green
Hillman, Mich
Leland W. Carr
Fitzsimmons
Green
Fair Grounds
Michigan House of Representatives
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Germans Suffering From First Real Food Shortage
The American Institute of Food Distribution says Germans face the first real shortage of essential foods in the war. If resistance lasts into spring, fighting men may lack food, starving civilians and reduced war production follow. shortages expected through autumn 1945, with Austria Norway and Holland in similar trouble and Balkan stock movements uncertain.
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New York
Europe
American Institute of Food Distribution
Institute
Germany
United Nations
Austria
Norway
Holland
Balkan
Aera
Durham Man Dies As Car Overturns
A Durham crash on the Oxford Highway near Camp Butner left Russell J. Hollers Sr. dead from a fractured skull while Paul G. Ladd remained on danger list with head injuries and Mrs. George Jenni was in serious condition at a local hospital after the Friday night accident.
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Durham
Oxford Highway
Camp Butner
Russell J. Hollers, Sr
Paul G. Ladd
George Jenni
Medical Care For All Urged By Reynolds
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, head of the North Carolina State Health Department, urged the Governor's Commission plan for hospital and medical care as the state faces the nation’s highest draft rejection rate. He cited voluntary and racial factors and called for more doctors hospitals and insurance to lift the state from the bottom tier.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carl V. Reynolds
State Health Department
Reynolds
Clarence Poe
De Gaulle and Stalin Confer in Moscow
Gen. Charles de Gaulle arrived by train in Moscow and met Premier Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin. He was accompanied by Roger Garreau and discussed a potential visit to a French flying squadron on the East Prussian front.
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Moscow
de Gaulle
Stalin
Kremlin
Roger Garreau
Georges Bidault
Molotov
End of Year Struggle Grows Uncertain in Europe War
War in Europe enters a uncertain December stretch as Prime Minister Churchill Revises his timeline from early summer 1945 to summer 1945, following Moscow talks with Premier Stalin. Allied efforts intensify on both fronts with German defenses thinning along the Rhine Saar and Roer while Soviet moves accelerate toward Berlin.
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Europe
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Berlin
Atlantic
Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Germany
Upper Rhine
Saar
Roer
Russian winter, Vistula move loom as war nears end
A Baltic flank trap tightens for Nazi forces while Soviet pressure grows on the Danube and in eastern Slovakia. Analysts deem Moscow pivotal to Europe and Asia outcomes as winter nears and a second Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting remains delayed.
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Baltic
Danube
Warsaw
Slovakia
Poland
Stalin
Vistula
Churchill
Europe
Armament Drive Delays Reconversion Plans Warns WPB
WPB Chairman Kru g says war armament push may delay peacetime reconversion after Germany falls. He notes $500 million in new construction of shells and emphasizes keeping civilian production under ceilings. Fast labor recruitment and tool supply in Detroit Cleveland Chicago and Philadelphia show encouraging progress.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Germany
S Production Board
Trenty
Krug
Japan
Pacific
Europe
War Department
Kru
WPB
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Proud Soldier Father Killed On Palau Letter To Baby Daughter
Parsons Kas December report tells of Captain Gerald Marnell a 27 year old infantry officer killed in action on Palau. He wrote a solemn letter to his two year old daughter Geral dine describing pride in her growth and promising to return. His wife Mrs Florence Marnell received the letter before the War Department notified of his death.
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Palau
Geraldine
Florence Marnell
War Department
Sixth War Loan Drive Passes Five Billion Total
War bond sales in the 24 hours ending yesterday rose 282 million dollars as the Sixth War Loan drive nears its halfway point. Total reported to the Treasury reached 5.364 billion dollars, with individuals accounting for 1.691 billion and corporations 3.673 billion. E-bond sales included in individuals hit 807 million, as the campaign target stands at 14 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Spain And U S Sign Air Lane Agreements
The United States and Spain signed a commercial air transport pact allowing American services to operate three routes from New York via Lisbon to Madrid and beyond to Europe and Africa. The pact, effective immediately, guarantees Spanish access to U S air terminals and aims to promote Madrid and Barcelona traffic with return routes through Marseille Algiers and Seville.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Europe
Africa
New York
Madrid
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Lisbon
Barcelona
Marseille
Algiers
Points
Miami
South America
West Africa
Ville-Cisneros
French Morocco
Seville
Paris
Grew May Get State Dept Appointment
Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan and veteran diplomat, was reported to be under consideration for under secretary of state. No final decision by Secretary Stettinius or the President, but Grew is said to have the inside track amid anticipated wartime reorganizations and a future reshuffle of state department offices.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Grew
Turkey
Hull
State Department
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