Allied Gains in Italian Front Near Ortona in Adriatic Sector
Allied forces under Montgomery widen river bridgeheads and capture Ortona approaches as 6,000 German prisoners taken since Italy invasion. German counterattacks fail. air activity limited by weather with raids near Chieti and Itri.
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Eighth Army
Ortona
Pescara Mee
Moro
Orsogna
Guardiargrele
Maiella
Bernard L. Montgomery
Fifth Army
Fifth
Italy
Montgomery
K Arman
Filignano
Sonersa Reuters
Chieti
Adriatic
Itri
Appian Way
Gaeta
Tor
American Bombers Hit Northwest Germany in Daylight Assault
London dispatch reports strong American heavy bombers attacking northwest Germany in daylight. The raid targets concentrations of enemy fighters amid one of the most heavily bombed regions in Europe as American air power strikes continue.
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Ry W. W. Hercher
London
Germany
Eighth Airforce
Reich
Hamburg
Wilhelmshafen
Bremen
Emden
Solingen
France
Britain
Weereich
Berlin
Air Ministry
Mosqutos
Bourge-Avord
President's Secretary Succumbs After Long Service
President's secretary Marvin McIntyre dies at 65 in Washington with family at his bedside. Funeral set for Wednesday in Louisville, Ky. McIntyre praised by President and Mrs. Roosevelt for fidelity and humor despite frail health.
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Washington
Marvin McIntyre
White House
Roosevelt
New York
Ats
McIntyre
Roosevelt reportedly sought talks with Franco via Ankara Budapest
A Stockholm dispatch cites a Budapest correspondent claiming President Roosevelt erred yesterday at Gibraltar in seeking a meeting with Generalissimo Francisco Franco and Premier Antonio Salazar. The report notes no independent confirmation and suggests discussions touched on Spain and Portugal during the Allied Western Europe offensive.
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Stockholm
Ankara
Budat
Roosevelt
Gibraltar
Francisco of
Antonio Salr
Portugal
William I. Wooten Dies at 49 in Reenville Home
William I. Wooten, chief of Pitt General Hospital and Pitt County representative in the state legislature, died of a heart attack at his Reenville home yesterday. He was 49.
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Tordies Reenville
William I. Wooten
Pitt General Hospital
Pitt County
Cold Wave Moves West Across Regions, Causes Deaths
The frigid cold snap cuts to near zero in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, spreading west into the Ohio Valley. The Weather Bureau warns temperatures will fall further tonight, with winds up to 45 mph and storm warnings from Block Island to the Delaware breakwater. Northern New York shows the coldest readings, including Ft. Plain at one below and Utica at zero.
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Associated Press
New England
Lantic
Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio Valley
Mercury
North Atlantic
Block Island
Delaware
New York
New York State
Ft. Plain
Utica
Rome
Cornelius Gerald Neil Boyle a KC meat man joins war
From Boyle family notes we learn Cornelius Gerald Neil Boyle known as Neil served in the Mediterranean as a heavy bomber crewman. Born to an Irish immigrant mother who hoped for priest or lawyer he chose a food trade instead. He ran his father CHUBBY meat and grocery business in midtown Kansas City after his father died.
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Mediterranean
Sam
Neil
Kansas City
Southern Railways Defy FEPC Order On Negro Workers
Sixteen Southern Railways told the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice that the agency is wasting its official breath ordering the railways to cease discriminating against Negro employees.
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Southern Railways
FEPC
Washington
Southern Railways Today
Committee On Fair Employment Practice
Roosevelt
Balkans War Turmoil Shapes Postwar Power Shifts
The article surveys Yugoslavia Bulgaria Greece and Romania amid Balkan fighting and political upheaval. It highlights Tito leading partisan forces in Yugoslavia growing into a potential kingpin in the region while Moscow backs the partisans and Allied support tilts toward Tito.
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Josip Broz
Tito
Balkan Peninsula
Balkans
Peter
Moscow
Cairo
Mikhailovich
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
1000 Chinese Drown As Yangtze Steamer Sinks
A Shanghai report quoted by Berlin radio said more than 1,000 Chinese drowned when a Yangtze river steamer sank near Nanting Kiangsu. Only about 200 were rescued as the shipping company faced blame for allowing excessive passenger loading.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Shanghai
Nanting
Kiangsu
Policemen wrangle runaway goat through Chicago streets
In Chicago on December 13, Officers Stanley Gajda and Floyd Pfeifer captured a loose goat roaming a south side alley. After a brief tug of war and a humorous city manual discussion, they walked the animal ten blocks back to the station.
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Chicago
Stanley Gajcia
Floyd Pfeifer
Gajda
Pfeifer
Garcia
Gaida
Gaijda
FDR Reviews 7th Army and Flags for Officers
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports President Roosevelt visited Sicily on his Mediterranean trip and saw Seventh Army troops under General George S. Patton Jr. An official announcement noted decorations awarded to officers.
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FDR
7Th Army
Allied
Algiers
Roosevelt
Sicily
Mediterranean
Aero
Mene
Seventh Army
T. . George S. Patton, Jr
U S Warships Strike Deeper Into Pacific
U S naval forces report intensified operations in the Pacific with battleships joining carrier strikes on Nauru and near Truk as Admiral Nimitz announces further advances east of the Gilbert Islands. Air and sea actions leave ten Japanese planes destroyed, one destroyer damaged, and US losses minimal as Marshalls targets are attacked again. In North Africa and Italy, President Roosevelt decorates officers including General Clark for extraordinary heroism at Salerno and later visits Eisenhower in Tunisia, while Clark, Tucker, Crawford, Kellogg, Berteau, and Gould receive the Distinguished Service Cross for frontline leadership and artillery coordination during critical battles.
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Nauru
Gilbert Islands
United States
Truk
Malta
Castelvetrano
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patton
Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Tunisia
Secret Service
Army
Clark
Salerno
Reuben H. Tucker
Ansonia
Conn
Joseph B. Crawford
Humboldt
Kas
William W. Kellogg
Highlands
Tex
Thomas F. Berteau
Chicago
Edwin F. Gould
Orange
Calif
Crawford
Niacomi
Sicily
Page
Bulgaria near revolt as fears of invasion mount
The piece reports Bulgaria wavering under Nazi pressure and fear of an allied Balkans invasion. It notes German troop movements, Bulgaria's pull between Germany and Russia, and calls from Lord Strabolgi about pivotal 100 days. Tito's partisans urged rising against a German push as Romania and Hungary also show strain.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Hitler
Waterloo
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Luton
Napoleon
Germany
Russia
Balkan
London Times
Sofia
Europe
Hungary
Rumania
Soviets Hurl Reserves In Kiev Battle
Soviet forces here and to the south of the Dnieper Bend attacked in the Kiev bulge as German reports claimed fresh Russian counterattacks near Malin and Kirovograd. The German communique said the Red Army broke into fronts at several points while advancing west and southeast of Kirovograd.
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London
Kiev Bulge
Red
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Malin
Kier
Feoseione
Zhitomir
Rlin
Red Army
Patton accused of harsh remarks to soldier over leggings
Secretary Stimson told the Senate today that Lt. Gen. George Patton Jr. spoke threateningly to a soldier who did not wear leggings due to swollen ankles while on combat duty. He cited two hospital incidents in August and said these were the only such cases found by theater investigators.
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Washington
Stimson Digse
Senate
George Patton, Jr
Patton
Stimson
Charles L. Kuhl
Eisenhower
Eral Patton
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