Soviet Forces Press Budapest Front As City Besieged
Soviet troops push toward Budapest from three directions seven miles north and five miles south as Red Army advances claim more than 40 places fell along the Second Ukraine Army drive. German forces retreat toward the Danube as Hungary’s puppet government flees to Sopron amid panic in the capital.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Marshal Y
Red Army
Danube
Ured Vacs
Vienna
Alsogod
Iian
Hungary
Rian
Sopron
Europe
Germany
Austria
Budat
Red
Azi
Uscovites
Vina
Bajon
Lkely
Balaton
Laketon
Vastern
Buepe
USS Frank Knox Placed In Service
The USS Frank Knox a 2200 ton destroyer was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard becoming the first of its class to enter service there. Named for the late secretary of the Navy the ship was launched in September and Commanding officer Joe C Ford Jr of Auburn Alabama ordered the commissioning pennant raised.
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Boston
Frank Knox
Boston Navy Yard
Snow Hampers Drive On Ten Mile Front
First army veterans advanced toward Duren within two and a half miles and pushed 17 miles along the Aachen Colonge highway to Merken as air and ground forces struck German rail points. Patton’s Third Army pressed Dillingen Saarlautern and Haguenau while 95th Division fought in Saarelautern as the advance neared Cologne.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
First Army
Roer
Duren
Aachen-Cologne
Merken
Germany
Neue
Courtney Hodges
U. 5
Dhorn
Ewitz
Dus Ren
Geich
Obergeich
Strass
Pier
Gey
Brode
Schafberg
Saarland Front
George S. Pate Ton
Third
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Heil Hitler
Patton
U. S. 7Th Army
Haguenau
95Th Division
Saarelautern
Rodeen
Fraulautern
Sarreguemines
Merkin
Cologne
Pearl Harbor tribute strikes by U S air force in China
Brig. Gen. Clinton D. Vincent leads the 14th Air Force in a mystery base attack across Kong Kaitak Mingkukung and Taichaiocahu areas. P-51 fighters reportedly sink an Ikaze class destroyer and a 500 foot transport while damaging several freighters and shooting down many enemy planes. The raid marks a major operational success amid base losses in China.
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Clyde Farnsworth
U. S
China
Clinton D. Vincent
U. S. Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Kong
Kaitak
Nanking
Mingkukung
Taichaiocahu
Yangtze
14Th Air Force
Dec
Orient
Balaton Lake: Russians Drive in Hungary and Threaten Berlin
The article argues the Balaton region near Budapest is a critical battleground that could shape the war in Eastern Europe. It notes the Russians face mud and weather but expect winter frosts to tighten the ground, enabling strikes and potential Austrian upheaval to press Hitler on the Vistula.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Balaton Lake
Hungary
Red Command
Austria
Hitler
Europe
Ormoc Port Seized as Japanese Are Trapped on Leyte
Allied forces led by the Seventh and Tenth divisions drive into Ormoc on Leyte Island capturing the strategic port four days after amphibious landings. MacArthur says Japanese forces are trapped and destroyed in a narrowing pocket, signaling a heavy blow to their Leyte defense. Palompon remains as a small Japanese port nearby.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc
Tith
Albuera
Burauen
Douglas MacArthur
Yasushita
Associated Press
Dean Schecier
77Th
Andrew Bruce
Carigara Bay
Japan
Tokyo
Labor To Stay With Churchill Till Peace Victory
London December 11 The British Labour party voted to remain in Prime Minister Churchill's coalition until victory in Europe, but said it would contest the next general election independently. Labour, Britain's strongest minority faction, pledged to continue the coalition and, after victory, to push for a socialist British commonwealth.
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London
British Labor Party
Churchill
Europe
Labor
Britain
South Faces Cold Storm Blanketing the Southeast
Snow and rain spread across the South with freezing temperatures forecast. Asheville and Mt. Mitchell reported heavy snow, while Birmingham saw a drop from 62 to near freezing. Several Tennessee locations recorded snowy conditions and a cold front moved through Georgia and Florida.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mid-West
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
Alabama
Huntsville
North Alabama
Tennessee
Nashville
Atlanta
Rome
South Carolina
Jasper
Georgia
Tate Mountain
Jacksonville
Miami Weather Bureau
St. Marks
Punta Gorda
Russia may recognize Soviet backed Polish committee
Diplomats in Washington question whether Moscow will soon recognize the Soviet backed Polish commission as a government amid Britain United States tensions over Italian and Greek intervention. Officials note Moscow keeps silent on the move and may act without London or Washington input.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
London
Lublin Committee
State Department
England
Carlo Storaz
Lublin
Tar Heels Bomb Tokyo Flight Report From Saipan
Twenty first Bomber Command notes pilots Lt Col Robert Haynes and Capt Elmer Hahn led B 29s over Tokyo dropping incendiaries and bombs. They flew about 5000 feet lower than usual to avoid defenses. Haynes reported a small wing tip flak hole while searchlights and anti aircraft fire pressed the mission.
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Saipan
Tokyo
Calif
Elmer Hahn
Idaho Falls
Ida
Haynes
Irwin L. Smith
Linwood
N.C
Lexington
N. C
Charles H. Lamback
Charlotte
Augusta
Ralph F. Phelps
Sunbury
Willie Newton
Clarksville
Slattery resigns as head of REA
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Harry Slattery as rural electrification administrator. The White House said Slattery submitted his resignation by letter early last week and asked for immediate effect. No successor was named.
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Washington
Pec
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
White House
Slattery
Dee
Germans Bombard Southern England With V Bombs
London reports damage and casualties after German V bomb attack against southern England late last night with ongoing emergency responses and protective measures in place.
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London
England
Draft Boards To Begin Immediate Reclassification
Washington December 11 Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey informed state directors that Selective Service will act to implement the Byrnes manpower directive. telegrams to state officers say draft regulations will reclassify men leaving essential jobs into an immediately available class. The only exception is when local boards decide a job change by men 37 through 76 is in the war effort’s best interest.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
OPA Checks On Toy Prices Across North Carolina Towns
The OPA says it is investigating Christmas toy prices in Greenville Henderson New Bern Wilmington Durham and Fayetteville with findings to be sent to enforcement for action. The program began ten days ago and runs through Christmas Eve and stores must not charge more than they did in late 1941.
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Raleigh
OPA
Greenville
Henderson
New Bern
Wilmington
Durham
Fayetteville
Ori
Poslers
Ersons
Vatican Delegate Visits Jop-Held Americans
Vatican delegate Msgr. Paolo Marella toured a Nagoya camp housing thousands of American Canadian and British prisoners of war on November 28. He was welcomed by Japanese authorities and heard a report on prisoner care and conditions while meeting prisoner representatives.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Msgr
Paolo Marella
Tokyo
Nagoya
Roosevelt extends reemployment window for veterans
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the reemployment application period for World War II veterans from 40 to 90 days after discharge. Hospitalized veterans may apply within 90 days after hospital release if hospitalization did not exceed one year.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
Famine and Bombers Plague Athens in Civil Struggle
Acute food shortages threaten Athens as British heavy bombers attack ELAS positions around the city. RAF Wellington raids, heavy casualties reported, relief ships idle at Piraeus, U.N. A.R.A. efforts falter, and belligerents massed near key sites including the Athens Stadium and Zappion area.
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Athens
ELAS
RAF
Grande Bretagne Hotel
Acropolis
Piraeus
U.N. A.R.A
EAM
Athens Stadium
Zappion
Russia France Sign Alliance Treaty
Moscow December 11. France and Soviet Russia sealed a mutual assistance pact during Gen. De Gaulle's 16 day Moscow visit. The accord pledges joint action to defeat Germany and protect Europe, with Western Allies kept informed and the agreement framed within United Nations ties.
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Moscow
France
Russia
de Gaulle
Britain
Baku
Paris
Germany
Europe
United Nations
Congress Clears Decks Amid Pay Raise Hot Potato
Washington lawmakers rush to purge the calendar of major bills as a pay raise for legislators becomes a volatile issue. A new Senate House committee may study congressional reform while other measures seek swift action before the 1946 elections.
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Congress
Washington
78Th Congress
Senate House
House
Joint Legislative Study Committee
Flood Waters Spread East After Rhine Dike Breach
Allied reports detail German breaching of the lower Rhine dikes causing flood waters to spread eastward from the Battle of Water 21st Army Group Headquarters on December 11. The advancing flood creates new movement and defensive challenges for Allied forces.
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Lower Rhine
Ise
British Drive Narrowing Japanese Hold in Burma
New Delhi reported Lt. Gen. Daniel I Sultan’s forces pushed to within 200 miles of Mandalay as the 36th division seized Naba and Indaw, key rail junctions on the Myitkyina–Mandalay line. Allied air raids targeted retreat routes and southern Burma.
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Daniel I
Sultan
Burma
Naba
Indaw
Mandalay
Key Junction
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Burma-Thailand
Raiway
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