Nazis Strike Greenland Outpost in Pre Dawn Raid
Three German expeditions reportedly reached Greenland. One was captured after landing sailors near Koldewey Island and seizing a radio and weather station with officers and enlisted men. The cutter Northland pursued the enemy trawler while Storis fended off a bombing. Northland suffered a damaged rudder and was towed back by Eastwind and South Wind under Greenland patrol commander Commodore Earl G. Rose.
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Little Koldewey
North
Navy
Greenland
Northland
R. W. Butcher
Jama
Storis
Coast Guard
Earl G. Rose
Muncey
Reds announce seven towns near Hatvan rail hub and more along Slovakia frontier
The communique said seven towns were captured around Hatvan and Szurdokpuspoki, 12 miles north on the rail line to Losone in Slovakia. It listed twelve more towns north of Miskolc along the Slovakia frontier in the drive toward Kassa Kosice.
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Hatvan
Losone
Slovakia
Miskolc
Kassa
Kosice
Boyd Speaks At Rotary Luncheon
Joe Boyd personnel director of Melrose Hosiery Mills spoke at the Rotary club luncheon in the Sheraton hotel about labor management tensions. He urged mutual effort, warned against artificial postwar production restraints, and outlined a constructive approach to local disputes. Guests included Paul Schenck Frank L. Page Ford Little Burwell Nolan.
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Joe Boyd
Melrose’ Hosiery Mills
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Paul Schenck
Frank L. Page
Ford Little
Burwell Nolan
Greensboro
Hunter Dalton
M. L. Patrick
Charlies L. Amos
M. C. McNeill
High Point
Demand Empty Pack For Full Cigarette Pack Rule
Winston-Salem officials say merchants may require surrender of an empty cigarette package before selling a full pack. The OPA has no restrictions on this practice, leaving it to merchant discretion to curb hoarding. Drug and cigar stores limit to one pack per customer to deter stockpiling.
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Winston-Salem
OPA
Private In American Army Is Willing To Quit Boss Job
Pfc Jacobson, a 28 year old Boston artist in the First Army camouflage unit, runs a Belgian clothing factory for snowcapes. He supervises about 50 Belgian women, a job he dislikes yet executes to meet war needs, producing capes at under 60 cents each while blending in with army life and local culture.
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Higt
Belgium
Heaven
Pfc
Nathaniel Jakobson
Boston
Jacobson
Eckee Gay
Robert E. Kearney
Hollywood
Cal
England
Anthony L. Mondello
New York City
Pfc. Jacobson
Uncle Sam
Pvt
Donavin Macomber
Radcliff
Mack Leish nomination fight stalls in Senate committee
Secretary of State nominees faced a tense stand as a 12 to 8 committee rejection faced a 10 to 10 tie after absent senators were urged to record votes. Key figures include Clark and lawmakers Murray Pepper Guffey LaFollette, with Grew Dunn Clayton Rockefeller Holmes advancing.
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Clark
D-Ny
Nye
R-Nd
Glass
D-Va
MacLeish
Missouri
Librarian of Congress
Peppers, Murray
Guffey
D-Pa
LaFollette
Roosevelt
European spheres of influence shape postwar power
The article discusses growing spheres of influence in Europe as world powers Britain Russia and De Gaulle seek position. It warns that encroachments could spark clashes among dominant powers and notes a delicate postwar balance despite anticipated regional stability.
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Europe
Britain
Russia
de Gaulle
France
Chaplin Called To Witness Stands In paternity suit
In Los Angeles on December 14 Charles Chaplin the white haired film comedian was summoned to testify in Joan Berry s paternity suit to prove he is the father of her 14 month old daughter The request followed Charles E Millikan s motion to dismiss the suit contingent on blood test results showing Chaplin was not the father.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Charles E. Millikan
Chaplin
Hayworth Employees Form AFL Affiliate as Union Bargaining Agent
Hayworth Roll and Panel Company workers voted 28 to 9 to make the Veneer and Panel Workers Union No 2566 affiliated with the AFL their bargaining agent. Field Examiner Sidney Kobre of the NLRB reported 42 eligible voters, 38 cast ballots, with one void. The item appears alongside a separate Oregon loyalty note about a Normandy invasion scene where a medic recalls a paratrooper grateful his shell fragment missed a friend.
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Hayworth Roll and Panel Company
Veneer and Panel Workers Union No
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Sidney Kobre
NLRB
Christmas Card From New Guinea Reaches High Point
A card and letter from Edgar T. Kimsey of the 1638th Engineering Utilities Det. in New Guinea arrive in High Point. The message reads To Each and Every One in High Point and the sender lists his addresses and military unit details.
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High Point
New Guinea
High Seed
Roy S Braden
Edgar T. Kimsey
Ennee Utilities
Beasment
Kimsey
Tom Kimsey
Asheboro Road
S. P. Kimsey
Centennial Avenue
Cate
Eng
A.P.O
San Francisco
Calif
Two Women Injured in Burlington Automobile Crash
Two young women Misses Nella Whitemore and Cook of Graham were seriously injured in a collision on South Main street in Burlington. The transport truck and car burned after impact. C. S. Hobgood of Henderson escaped injury and helped pull the women from the wreck before flames engulfed the vehicles.
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Burlington
Nella Whitemore
Cook
Graham
South Main Street
C. S. Hobgood Henderson
Wae
Lions Club Talks by Kalte in Durham
John H. Kalte district governor of Lions clubs spoke to the Lions club in Durham yesterday. He outlined district goals and encouraged member participation in community service initiatives.
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Kalte
Durham
John H. Kalte
Lions Clubs
Lions Club
Allied forces push toward Siegfried Line amid shifting fronts
Ninth Army advances to the Roer east of Mariaweiler as the 83rd Division nears Gurzenich. First Army expands toward Duren and Monschau with air support anticipated, while the Third Army rips pillboxes near Endorf and Saarlautern. Germans retreat artillery to stronger positions.
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Louis A. Craig
Roer
Mariaweiler
Ninth Army
Inde
Vichhofen
First
Monschau
Hurtgen
Duren
Robert C. Macon
83Rd
Gurzenich
U. S
Endorf
Siegfried Line
Saarlautern
Dillingen
Weather and early war news from North Carolina and Saarland
North Carolina sees cold today tonight and Friday with cloudiness and mountain flurries. Temperatures range from 16 to 20 in the west and 20 to 25 in the east. In Europe reports say German efforts to dislodge the 35th division near Saarland fail while U S Seventh Army advances near Bitche and Zweibrücken.
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North Carolina
Saarland
Hadki
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Bitche Tolenhoff
Zweibrucken
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