Russians Drive Into West Slovakia Amid Budapest Encirclement
Red Army spearheads crossed the Ipoly frontier into Slovakia for the first time as they push toward Vienna and threaten Budapest. Moscow said Ipoly sag fell after an all night battle with 800 German dead. German forces retreat along a 125 mile front toward Slovakia and Poland.
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Ipo
Budapest
Slovakia
Ipolysag
Satoraljaujhely
Berlin
Debica-tarnow
Poland
Krakow
Tred
Borzsony Mountains
Tions
Bratislava
Ipoly River
Yanks Reach 156 Miles From Manila In Major Amphibious Strike
Allied forces pushed a 20 mile long American warship convoy 600 miles through central Philippines and landed 156 miles from Manila. The operation destroyed or damaged over 300 Japanese aircraft as aircraft and ground forces swarmed ashore in bold amphibious action reported from headquarters.
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Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Philippines
Manila
Phi
Camtral Philippines
Hite
Seventh Army pushes into Germany and seizes Lauterburg
Paris dispatch reports the Seventh Army advancing in Germany and capturing the border town Lauterburg near the Siegfried Line. Heavy German artillery fire and a fresh Nazi division counterattacks mark the day as Allied forces press the four pronged invasion.
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Paris
Seventh Army
Germany
Lauterurg
Sine
Marna
German counterattack trims Seventh Army gains in Colmar area
British and American forces report heavy fighting as the Seventh Army is forced to retreat northwest of Colmar while the 36th Division and U S Ninth Army areas shift reinforcements toward the Colmar region. The U S First Army infantries advance west of the Roer river and along its east bank, with German flooding and repairs altering frontline lines.
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London
Olmar
Seventh Army
Cologne
Ninth Army
Colmar Rea
E Seventh
Barian Palatinate
S. First Army
Mor
Roer
U S First Army Drives, Attacks German Ridgeheads Near Roer
Berlin radio reported the U S First Army renewed attacks against German ridgeheads along the Roer west of Duren. Fighting raged along the Vossenack to Monschau corridor as gaps were sealed in counterstrikes. Doughboys advanced toward Kesternich, 15 miles southeast of Aachen, while mop up operations continued in Monschau.
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London
Berlin
U. S. First Army
Roer Rive
Duren
Vossenack
Monschau
Transocean
Roer
Tronghold
Kesternich
Aachen
American Troops Make Limited Gains Near Saarlautern
Allied forces report slow progress as heavy German fire stalls advances along the Roer bridges. The American Third Army pushes into Dillingen and Ensdorf Saarlautern areas while 90th and 95th divisions inch forward nine to 250 yards amid continued combat near Sarreguemines.
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Roer
Aign
Nore
Dillingen
Ree
Ensdorf
Saarlautern
Sarregue
Hancock Named SCC Director as CCC Head Takes Post
Frank Hancock of Oxford North Carolina assumes direction of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The 50 year old former congressman will also retain his Farm Security Administration role and replaces J B Hutson who moves to assist War Mobilization Director James Byrnes. The CCC funds WFA foreign price supports.
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Washington
Frank Hancock
Oxford
N. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
North Carolina
Marvin Jones
J. 8. Hutson
James F. Byrnes
Hancock
PSA
CCC
The
Food Administration
WFA
Tar Heel
House
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Granville County
General Assembly
Sixth War Loan Tops Quota By Three Billion
The Sixth War Loan drive ends today with 817.051 billion dollars in, about three billion above the quota. Individual bond sales reach 78 percent of their target and E bonds 64 percent. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau will report tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET. Final figures to be announced January 2.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Morgenthau
Mutual
Roosevelt signs social security tax freeze bill
President Roosevelt reluctantly signs a bill freezing social security taxes at one percent for another year and urges Congress to consider a comprehensive plan to broaden and improve the system. He notes the next Congress must review benefits and costs while the executive branch remains ready to assist.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
British Polish Troops Gain Foothold on Ridge near Faenza
British and Polish forces renew attack southwest of Faenza and secure a foothold on the ridge between Celle and Pide. Canadian units north of the Bologna highway extend their bridgehead across the Naviglio canal to 3 000 yards. Fifth Army combat continues with Tossano stubbornly defended by British and American divisions. Air force mentions strikes on Innsbruck Linz Salzburg Rosenheim Amstetten with ten aircraft missing.
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Rome
Baenza
Celle
Faenza
Bologna- Rimini
Naviglio Canal
Fifth Army
Tossno
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Innsbruck
Linz
Salzburg
Rosenheim
Amstetten
Nazi Underground Active in Berlin Says Swiss Agency
The Swiss Telegraph Agency reported in a Berlin dispatch that the Wehme, a secret German tribune, again operated in the Reich to deter residents from aiding Allied occupants. German papers published names of those condemned to death by the group.
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Bern
Berlin
Wehme
Reich
WPB Orders Freezing Of All Civilian Production
The War Production Board issued an order dated December 7 that freezes civilian production at current levels to deter labor movement to peacetime work while wartime needs remain high. The policy bars increases in civilian output this quarter and suspends relaxations, with limited leeway through specified mechanisms led by Samuel Anderson.
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Washington
War Producction Board
WPB
Americans Lose Half A Million In Pacific War Claims
Radio Tokyo claimed Japanese forces suffered 162 159 losses in the Philippines since November 1 while asserting about half a million American deaths in the same period in a broadcast heard on NBC. The breakdown listed Army 3748 and Navy 8411 with other figures unspecified.
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San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
NBC
Philippines
Meat Eaters In New York See Relief
New York's massive meat consumption faced potential relief after Christmas as market prospects brightened for occasional steaks. The shift signals easing demand pressures on supply and prices amid evolving retail outlooks.
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New York
Churchill’s Polish pact ends in shift toward Moscow
The piece argues Churchill abandons the Polish government in exile and accepts Moscow’s claim to Eastern Poland. It predicts a fracture in the grand alliance and portrays Stalin’s gains as dominant in Europe while suggesting Poland may accept rebuilding through negotiated gains from German territories.
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Moscow
Poland
Russia
World Security Organization
United Nations
Britain
America
Stalin
Marshal Stalin
Europe
London
East Prussia
Germany
Three Boys Drift 22 Hours In Lake St. Clair Rescue
Alvin Beck Roy Baile and Edward Wilson, ages 15 14 and 13, told from hospital beds they spent 22 hours adrift in a leaky rowboat on Lake St. Clair after their oars slipped away. They sang prayed and stayed calm until they reached a reef and waded ashore. Doctors said recovery would take days.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Lake St. Clair
Alvin Beck
Roy Baile
Edward Wilson
Secretary To Churchill Blames Memory Lapse
A Churchill private secretary told AP that the Prime Minister had a memory lapse when discussing Poland and confused the Atlantic Charter with a 1940 British policy statement. The aide said Churchill spoke from memory and slipped, while Eden's debate later challenged the error.
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Churchill
Russia
Curzon Line
Germany
Danzig
East Prussia
London
Winston Churchill
Associated Press
No. 10
Downing Street
Eden
Foreign Office
In Street
Tar Heel Given Silver Star For Valiant Service
Pte. Fred L. Gross of Newton route one has been awarded the Silver Star for repelling an assault by four enemy tanks and riflemen in Holland with only a machine gun. His fire forced tanks to retreat and kept his comrades from heavy fire, saving many lives of his company.
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Hickory
Fred L. Gross
Newton
Route One
Holland
Batton
Fighting In Athens Eases Amid Greek Crisis
In Athens on December 16 British commander Lt. Gen. Scobie heard the EAM offer to halt fighting if a new government forms to handle guerrilla disarmament and if collaborators face trial. Ireland seeks a solution with ELAS as RAF Spitfires strike near Leossia station and British paratroops block a subway route, while leaders anticipate new negotiations.
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Athens
EAM
National Liberation Front
R. M. Scobie
Greece
Eee
Panerachute
Omonia
ELAS
Leossia
Cairo
Harold MacMillan
Japanese Report Claims Mindoro Landings and Heavy Battles
The Japanese high command claims unconfirmed heavy fighting on Mindoro with landings and says Japanese planes damaged an American convoy sinking four transports and damaging others. They report two cruisers and six ships hit and describe a violent sea and air battle in the Sulu Sea amid ongoing combat progress.
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Associated Press
Mindoro Island
Iman
Sulu Sea
Mindoro
Mindoro Beachheads Overrun by Sixth Army at Dawn
The report states three strong beachheads on southern Mindoro were overrun at dawn Friday by Sixth Army troops as operations expanded across the archipelago. Tokyo radio claimed a fierce sea and air battle was underway off Mindoro, though Allied confirmation was not received.
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Leyte
Tokyo
Mindoro
Sixth Army
Induction Of Older Men After February
Washington reports draft-age men in industry must meet war duties or face induction after February 1. Selective Service says many in the 36 to 37 age range will be drafted, stressing the war requires all. Local boards may reclassify older men to fill armed forces calls, while occupational deferrals stay only if the work helps the war effort.
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Washington
Selective Service
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