Yanks Advance 9 Miles On Mindoro Reds Near Slovakia
Soviet reports describe Red Army and Allied forces advancing on multiple fronts near Hungary and Slovakia. Moscow said bridgeheads at Ipolysag strengthened and attacks toward Bratislava and Vienna continued as German forces retreated. The Baltic raid allegedly sank six German transports and damaged a seventh while Malinovsky's Slovakia drive drew focus from Budapest operations.
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Richard Kasischrke
London
Red Army
Budapest
Enna
Ipolysag
Slovakia
Moscow
Iskole
Polysag
Iso
Ipoly
Baraony
Miskolc
Kassa Kosice
Vakia
Sateraljaujhely
Baltic
Thuania
Latvia
Comunique
Dunkerque
Liepaja
Malinovsky
Nazis Launch Counterattack Near Duren
Allied forces report a German counteroffensive along the Duren to Trier front with heavy action in the Ardennes. The Seventh Army pushed into the Palatinate capturing villages including Scheibenhard and Lauterbourg while German reinforcements and Siegfried Line artillery intensified. The 79th and 103rd divisions led bridgeheads near Lauterbourg as fighting raged across a 17 mile front and along the Rhine region.
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Edward J. Denneny
Associated Press
Alexander M. Pateh
U. S
Seventh Army
Germany
Bavarian Palatinate
Scheibenhard
Lauterbourg
First Army
Duren
Trier
Ardennes Forest
Rhine
Palatinate
79Th
Lautern
Mindoro Invasion Advances With Airfield Under Construction
American forces push inland on Mindoro island, taking San Jose five miles from the beachhead as engineers rush to complete an airfield. MacArthur reports heavy air and naval activity against Luzon forces, with carrier planes striking Japanese air centers and shipping in December operations.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
American Forces of Liberation
Mindoro Island
Manila
San Jose
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Ee Radio Tokyo
Chen
Luzon
Bond
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimits
Luzon Island
School Leaders Push Higher Salary Scale For Teachers
In Raleigh five major objectives for public schools were adopted by leaders from the North Carolina School Board Association the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers and the North Carolina Education Association. The plan calls for adequate teacher salaries starting at 125 dollars a month for new class A teachers up to 200 dollars for A teachers with nine or more years service and recommends proportional raises for other staff.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina School Board Association
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
North Carolina Education Association
Montgomery Ward Seeks Second Injunction in Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co faced picket lines by CIO unionists at four Detroit area stores and sought a second injunction to curb violence and interference with non striking employees. Circuit Judge John V. Brennan deferred action until Monday to study the petition.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
Wayne
John V. Brennan
Senate Clears Slate For Debate On FDR Nominees
The Senate confirmed two surplus property board members, Hurley of Connecticut and Heller of California, clearing the way for debate on six undisputed State Department nominations. Joseph C Grew is poised for confirmation as undersecretary of state with five assistant secretaries to follow. Debates set to begin Monday, with shifting opposition hints from Sen Clark of Missouri.
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Washington
Senate
Surplus Property Disposal Board
State Department
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward H. Heller
Army Finance
San Francisco
Hurley
Heller
Connally
D-Tex
Joseph C Grew
Japan
Grew
Clark
D-Mo
Archibald MacLeish
MacLeish
Missing Policeman In Merchant Marine
A Brooklyn patrolman, Jacob C. Shaver, who vanished July 29, 1938, is found to have joined the merchant marine at the war’s outbreak and is now at sea. His wife had sought to have him declared legally dead and his pension later.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jacob C. Shaver
Vivian
F. Heek Doma Ana Laevemey
Missing Persons Bureau
Shaver
Sixth War Loan May Exceed 19 Billion Says Morgenthau
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau predicted the Sixth War Loan will top 19 billion dollars as returns come in. He praised the drive as a powerful home-front show of solidarity and stressed the 5 billion dollar individual goal is already near being met. Final figures to be released January 2 show sales above 17 billion with the series E bond total over 1.6 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
British Shan EAM Peace Proposals
British General Scobie rejected the EAM peace offer demanding immediate ceasefire and surrender of ELAS arms in Athens and its port. The British statement stressed fulfillment of conditions, while Scobie expressed cautious optimism that Field Marshal Alexander could end the Greek turmoil and restore democratic liberties.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
Ronald M. Scobie
EAM
National Liberation Front
Scobie
Greece
ELAS
Riers
Raeus
Epeen
Hope Ul. Munca
Ace
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Mediterranean
US Senators React to Anglo Russian Poland Plan
Senate debate opened as Reynolds and others condemned a British Russian move to push Poland westward. Senator Danaher read Churchill’s Commons speech into the record, probing whether Stalin will extend rule across Europe.
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Stalin
Reynolds
D-Nc
Europe
Senate
Danaher
R-Conn
Polish exile head objects to eastern frontier cuts plan
Tomaz Arciszewski, chief of the Polish government in exile, called the plan to cut eastern Poland unjustified unless Allies guarantee Poland’s sovereignty. He said Poland seeks unity and integrity, not western expansion, asking for East Prussia, Upper Silesia and parts of Pomerania to be incorporated.
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London
Tomaz Arciszewski
Poland
Fation
Arciszewshki
Vriday
Germany
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Pomerania
Russia
Senator Reynolds unhappy over Churchill Poland remark
Reynolds, chairman of the military affairs committee, said he was very unhappy to learn from Churchill that allies have deserted Poland. Senator Vandenberg urged plain speaking in relations with Russia and Britain and hoped for a presidential speech if one becomes available.
LSU Coed Gloria Heller Resigns Over Sex Study Leaflet
Gloria Jeanne Heller an 18 year old student from Havana Cuba resigns from Louisiana State University claiming President Hatcher forced her to leave after she wrote a leaflet criticizing the universities handling of sex issues. She plans to stay until student leaders decide if she will be reinstated.
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Rouge
Louisiana State Tana
Civil Area Union
Nelson Rockethe Case Ate Et
Hatcher
University Board of Supervisors
Gloria
Sch
Velez denied full Catholic burial rites
Beverly Hills California December 16 The Associated Press reports Lupe Velez the divorced actress who took her own life Thursday will not be buried with full Catholic rites though friends sought a dispensation The body was moved from Forest Lawn to a Catholic mortuary where rosary services may be held the night before the funeral An archdiocese authority said she may be buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery with dispensation the church can grant and friends say that is where she will be laid to rest
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Lupe Velez
Ramond
Harold Ramond
Hollywood
Harald
Beverly Hills
Calif
Associated Press
Forest Lawn
Miss Velez
Calvary
Friends
War Clouds Over Nazi Germany Diminish in Christmas Season
The column notes united Allied military action on European fronts, with six Allied armies advancing from the Rhine to Holland and a Russian push toward Budapest. It contrasts allied unity with discord over postwar boundaries and Greece’s turmoil affecting supply lines and potential moves once Nazi retreat progresses.
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Karsruhe
Rhine
Arnhem
Holland
Hungary
Budapest
Gga
Greece
Italy
Balkan Peninsula
Crete
Mediterranean
Agean Sea
Adriatic
Bas- Russia
Churchill
Belgium
Downing Street
Wilson
Fisenhower
Athens
Balkans
Rumania
Labor Scores International Power Politics
The speech by Sen Bail cites Dumbarton Oaks as key to creating a United Nations like body to avoid unilateral decisions by the big powers. He links slow collective security to national security scramble and notes comments by Sir Norman Angell on Britain’s push for a real international organization. Dr James Shotwell of the Carnegie Endowment is referenced.
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New York
Bail
R-Minn
Europe
Norman Angell
Great Britain
Liquidatire
Churchill
James T. Shotwell
Carnegie Endowment For In
Efland Woman Admits Slaying Her Husband
Mrs Pattie Crutchfield Stanford confessed to shooting and killing her husband Join M Stanford 39 of Efland. Sheriff Latta reported she threatened her daughter and fired a single barrel shotgun at 9 30 in the morning, the bullet entering his back at the left shoulder blade.
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Hillsbor
Pattie Crutchfield Stanford
M. Stanford
Efland
Sam Latta
Progress Made On Race Problem In The South
Charlotte reports progress toward racial harmony in the South, especially North Carolina, on the Peoples Pirate form. Dr. Lyman Bryson led a discussion with Gov. J. M. Broughton editor D. Hiden Ramsey and other educators noting both the existence of a problem and the effort to improve health, education, housing and economic opportunity for Negroes and whites.
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Charlotte
South
North Carolina
Lyman Bryson
New York
Gov. J. M. Broughton
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville Citizen-Times Company
James E. She
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