Red Column Drives Westward Toward Bratislava and Vienna
Soviet forces push toward Bratislava and Vienna as Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army reports gains up to seven miles along the central Slovak border and captures Veregseg yhaz Szada northeast of Budapest. Other units advance from east south and southwest while nominal German resistance suffers high casualties in close fighting.
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Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Bratislavac
Vienna
Veresegyhaz
Szada
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Red Army
Paris
Algiers
Malinovsky
Szob
Bratislava
Hont
Dregelypalank
Meamiemniena
Allies plan to dismantle German war industries proposed
A reliable informant reports US proposals to abolish German war plants and curb aviation, while preserving civilian medicines and some textile output. The plan envisions joint Allied control by the United States Britain Russia and France, and contrasts Morgenthau who urged near total German industrial wipeout.
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London
Dec
PU. S
Germany
John G. Winant
European Advisory Council
Winant
Roosevelt
State Department
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Morgenthau
Germans reportedly plan counter offensive in 1945
London reports Germany may launch a counter offensive next year if substantiated. Weather floods and Allied transport hindered German efforts on the western front, delaying a major Allied push. The piece notes Hitlerite hopes to stall until new year while facing vastly superior Allied forces.
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London
Germany
Bailey Favors Landscape Project in Yadkin Valley
Senator Bailey of North Carolina proposes a landscape based flood control project for the upper Yadkin valley. He asks the Department of Agriculture to survey the region as a first step and says landscape care can reduce floods and intends to push the plan forward.
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Washington
North Carolina
Bailey
Department of Agriculture
Yadkin Valley
Yadkin-Pee Dee River
Senate
North Wilkesboro
One Trainman Dies In Three Train Collision
A three-train crash across the Potomac in Virginia killed trainman B Beales 57 of Alexandria Virginia and injured about six passengers and six crew members. The incident involved the Southern Railway Aiken Augusta Special and two freight trains, occurring at 7 15 a m during heavy snow.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Aiken
Three County Solons Back Richardson for Speakership
Guilford county's three of four representatives in the General Assembly will back Rep. Oscar Richardson of Monroe for speaker. Walter Crissman of High Point Robert Moseley and Frank Hutton of Greensboro support Richardson. Shel ley Caveness of Greensboro backs George Uzzell of Salisbury. Moses ley and Hutton announced support before the November election. Crissman pledged his backing after the vote.
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Guilford County
General Assembly
Oscar Richardson
Monroe
George Uzzell
Salisbury
Richardson
Walter Crissman
High Point
Robert Moseley
Frank Hutton
Greensboro
Shelley Caveness
Uzzell
Moseley
Hutton
Crissman
Caveness
Spencer Love Resigns From WPB Textile Bureau Post
Spencer Love resigns as director of the WPB textile clothing and leather bureau. Love joined WPB in 1943 for 90 days but stayed on. Kenneth Marriner named assistant director to succeed him. Love will stay on government rolls as a consultant.
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Greensboro
Burlington Mills
Spencer Love
War Production Board
Love
WPB
Kenneth Marriner
Bomb barrage hits southern England with damage and casualties
German flying bombs struck southern England overnight causing damage and casualties as announced by the government.
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London
England
Delage
Evacuation of Non-Essential Workers From Tokyo Reported
Berlin radio claimed evacuation of non-essential workers from Tokyo was under way with a 20,000-strong contingent to depart a city of seven million today. Tokyo had already announced plans to evacuate several districts.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Tokyo radio reports incendiary raids and evacuations in wartime
The Tokyo radio relayed reports of American B 29 incendiary raids in two or three places tonight. It cited a Mukden area raid and detailed prisoner of war camp casualties with 16 dead and 18 fatally wounded, plus 23 injured. evacuation plans for Tokyo were described as progressing, with 20 000 people to depart Tuesday, while essential workers and dependents were restricted. An additional report claimed bomber groups appeared over Tokyo but dropped no bombs.
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Tokyo
Saipan Island
Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo Central
Japan
Koishikawa Arsenal
Financial District
Yokohama Specie Bank
Bank of Japan
Imperial Railway Bureau
the Stock Exchange
Yasukuni
Rae
U. S. Twentieth Air Force
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Mukden
Manchuria
Dee
Berlin
Transocean
Marianas
Allied Air Superiority Strikes German Oil Plants and Rail Yards
About 2,200 American planes including 1,250 Flying Fortresses and Liberators targeted Merseburg's Leuna oil refinery and rail yards at Hanau Aschaffensburg and Darmstadt. Italian based 15th Air Force Fortresses attacked Blechhammer. US Eighth Air Force escorted most raids with heavy bomber force while RAF also struck, continuing daily pressure on Germany's oil capacity.
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London
U.S
Britain
Merseburg
Italy
Biechhammer
Eighth Air Force
Hanau
Aschaffensburg
Darmstadt
U. S
15Th Air Force
Blechhammer
Silesia
Dee
Leuna
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Berlin
U. S. 5Th Air Force
RAF Bomber Command
Germans Back In The Air On Italian Front
Allied headquarters announced German air force returned to the Italian front. German planes swept over the Fifth Army and bombed and strafed troops and communications in the cattle areas. The fresh bombing marked renewed air activity by Nazi forces.
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Rome
Dee
Fifth Army
Chinese Keep Up Advances In Kweichow
Chinese troops push south through Chungking today as others move along the Kweichow Kwangsi railway in pursuit of retreating Japanese from Kweichow province. Continuous dispatches indicate renewed front activity with reports from the Chungking front.
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Kweichow
Chungking
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Kweichow Province
Record Snowstorm Dims Nation From Colorado to Atlantic
A vast winter storm blankets much of the continental U S with heavy snow and travel disruption. The epicenter lies in the eastern half with up to 18 inches in western Pennsylvania and widespread fatalities over 30. Weather warnings extend from Virginia to Maine as conditions worsen in the Midwest and Northeast.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Midwest
Pennsylvania
New England
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Eastport
Maine
The
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
New York
West Virginia
Elkins
W. Va
Chicago
European War Surpasses World War One in Length
London dispatch notes the European war has lasted one year longer than World War One. World War One ended after four years, 14 weeks and two days, with the last shot fired six hours after armistice terms were signed at 5 a.m. on November 11, 1918. The present war is five years, 14 weeks and two days old as of yesterday.
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London
Ormoc Defenders Annihilated In Leyte Hooked Trap
Allied forces report thousands of Japanese troops wiped out in a trap south of Ormoc on Leyte as the 77th and 7th Infantry Divisions close the ring. MacArthur says Japanese losses are heavy with many thousands believed killed and stations captured. American units advance toward the northwest corridor toward Carigara Bay.
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77Th Division
Ormoc
Leyte
Philippines
U. S. Seventh Division
Associated Press
MacArthur
Japan
Leyte Island
77Th
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita
Carigara Bay
NBC
George Thomas Forster
al Cooking
Ringling Circus to tour with fireproof tents in 1945
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus plans a 1945 canvas tour with flame proofed fabric for all tents after the Hartford disaster that killed 168 and injured about 200. Sailmakers in Sarasota are producing roughly 40 flameproof tents led by a 450 by 200 foot main tent, while metal grandstand seats are also being manufactured.
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Baltimore
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Conn
Circus Winter Quarters
Sarasota
Fla
Six Fortified Villages Falls To Allied Drive
Paris dispatch reports American First Army infantry and armored units pushing to the Roer valley near Duren capturing six fortified villages and reaching the river on a wide front. The Seventh Army breached the Maginot line in the center advancing beyond six miles in eight hours toward Seltz near the Rhine and Karlsruhe. Dozens of Rhine towns fell as Hodges’ forces moved toward the Palatinate and the Ruhr region. heavy combat continued around Gey and Hurtgen Forest as the Roer line firmed up.
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Paris
Amercan
Duren
Roer Valley
Dank Hurgen Forest
U. S. Seventh Army
Maginot Line
Seltz
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Palatinate
Rhi
Th Rhine
Cologne
Mariaweiler
Courtney H. Hodges
Haven
Thei J. Pier
Dee
Marken
Merode
Gey
Derichweiler
Hurtgen
Roer
Stettinius Outlines Five Postwar US Foreign Policy Aims
Secretary of State Stettinius testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee outlining five major objectives for American foreign policy. He calls for rapid reorganization, expansion of postwar trade, and a United Nations to maintain peace, support for armed forces, and creation of freer global life compatible with diverse cultures. He also urges six staff appointments to be approved.
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Washington
Stettinius
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United Nations
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