Bombers Hit Germany as Allied Air Forces Rampage
American heavy bombers and escort fighters struck northern Germany and the Pas De Lais region as Allied air power pressed a broad daylight cross channel offensive. Bremer targets and shipbuilding areas faced renewed raids while Mosquito units supported Western Germany strikes with no losses reported.
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Germany
France
S. Airforce
Bremenne
Ameri
Hhe Yenr
Pas Delais
Misi
Dover Strait
Comique
U. S
Bremen
Aew
Eighth Airforce
Indus
Bre
War Notes: Marshall Presses Pacific Drive
William Frye reports Marshall has held talks with Pacific theater commanders on shortages of men equipment and supplies. accelerated operations follow MacArthur’s New Guinea landings and Gilbert Islands seizures, yet past claims of adequate forces for a major offensive temper the outlook for a spring return of MacArthur.
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George Carshall
Pacific
DouglasArthur
Japan
Cen 1
Southwest Pacific
Marshall
Machur
New Guinea
U. S
Arawe
New Erin
Seiz
Gilbert Islands
Marlis
Mid-Pacific
Kesman
MacArthur
United States
Berlin Hints Of Reprisal Against U. S. Prisoners
Berlin warns of reprisals against Allied prisoners as Goebbels brands aviators as Huns and Nazi officials pledge retaliation in Berlin. DNB cites German courts to deal with airmen guilty of breaches, while Kharkov trials are invoked to justify brutality. Three Germans and a Russian traitor executed in Kharkov for atrocities.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
DNB
Goebbels
Berlin
Bremen
Kharkov
Foreign Office
Teheran
Supreme Soviet
Wilhelm Langheld
Hans Ritz
Strom
Richard Ratzlaw
Mikhail Bulanov
Gestapo
Spanish General Esteban Infantes Decorated in Madrid
General Esteban Infantes, commander of the Spanish Blue Legion, fighting with the Germans in Russia, received the military medal, one of Spain's highest decorations. He returned to Spain last week with a large part of the legion.
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Madrid
Esteban Infantes
Blue Legion
Russia
Spain
Eisenhower Likely Command Choice For Invasion Force
London December 22 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower emerges as the leading candidate to command Allied invasion forces in the Mediterranean theater. Despite earlier reports favoring Gen George C Marshall the Teheran accord and shifting American input push Eisenhower ahead. British generals like Sir Bernard Montgomery could take over with minimal disruption while Mediterranean ops remain British dominated in the long term.
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William Smith White
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Sicily
George C.marshall
Eisenhower
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Italy
Mediterranean
America
Operators Offer Plan To Avert RR Strike
Washington December 22 Leaders of five railroad operating brotherhoods draft a counter proposal to settle the wage dispute and avert the December 30 strike. They drop demand from $3 a day to 64 cents an hour while seeking paid vacations and overtime after 40 hours for yardmen. Roadmen request away from home expenses averaging up to $25 a month with overtime adding $3.97 weekly to top yardmen.
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Washington
Post War Monuments and A Jeep Ride Across War’s Aftermath
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook describes postwar sculpture and a record jeep journey. Yank staff Sgt Burgess Scott and Sgt George Aarons drove 3470 miles from Altre Syria to Algiers, covering Cairo to Aleppo and witnessing executions. The piece notes realism trends in monuments and memorials after war.
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Italy
Yank
Army Magazine
Sally
Altre Syria
Algiers
Burgess Scott
Paducah
Sun-Democrat
Geogre A. Aarons
Nashua
N. H
Aleppo
Cairo
Scottie
Slim
Bootie
Montgomeriys Forces Push In Ortona And San Vittore
Allied troops under Montgomery push north of Ortona and assault San Vittore as Americans methodically clear pillboxes around the town. British and Canadian forces start strong attacks toward Ortona while air forces strike along the Adriatic and near Rome.
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Ortona-Orsogna
Ortona
Josip Broz (Tito
Rome
Terracina
Gasoline Freeze Rumors Denied by Officials
Rumors of an imminent gasoline sales freeze in the southeast sparked runs on service stations in parts of the region. Government and industry officials, including PAW spokesmen in Oregon and New York, denied any general trading suspension and called the reports highly unlikely.
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Atlanta
Southeast
PAW
Gas Cylinders Displayed By Japanese Army In Hunan Front
Allied officers viewed green and red marked gas cylinders alleged to be tear and sneezing gas used by the Japanese on the Hunan front. Samples were given to an American major for transmission to Gen Stilwell. A mustard gas cylinder was observed but not confirmed as used on Chinese troops. Liang Han-ming and his staff described the gas types and noted 3,500 Japanese casualties versus 10 prisoners since Oct 29.
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Ghitet
Joseph Stilwell
P. P. Voronin
Chungking
Liang Han-ming
Liang
Hsueh Yeun
Ninth War Area
Stilwell
Yuna River
Fu Heg-yu
Marshall MacArthur talk on Pacific front in war bounds
General Marshall visited allied commands from Cairo Teheran to New Guinea and New Britain while MacArthur reported Marshall’s December 15 presence for the Bougainville invasion. Tokyo radios noted Japan’s concern as air raids damaged Rabaul and enemy airfields. Nimitz Richardson and allied forces pushed across Gilberts and Marshall islands, with continued air and ground operations against Japanese positions.
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Douglas MacArthur
Marshall
New Guinea
Sixth Army
New Britain
Arawe
Tokyo Radio
Rabaul
Japan
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Willard F. Harmon
Solomons Islands
Bougainville
Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Robert C. Richardson
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Richardson
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Tito's Partisans Launch All-Out Offensive Across Yugoslavia
A Yugoslav communique reports Tito's 250,000 strong Partisan army has gone on the offensive on all front sectors against German and collaborationist forces. German assaults in Croatia were repulsed by Tito's 7th Patriot division amid continued fighting and Swiss-bombing support from Allied air units is expected to intensify.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Croatia
7Th Patriot
Hitler
Balkan
Moscow
Cairo
Jajce
Rene
Bulgarians Disable Varna Port Across Black Sea
The British radio reported Bulgaria ordered Varna port to be isolated on Sunday with no explanation given.
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New York
Varna
Black Sea
Crimea
Vandal Falangists Attack U S Consulate in Valencia
The Falange militants entered the American consulate in Valencia, tore walls and spoke to visitors before being arrested. U S Ambassador Hayes reported Spain’s response, with the Falange promising punishment and apology from Secretary General Arrese.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Spain
Francisco
United States
Valencia
Carlton Hayes
Madrid
Franco
Hayes
Falange
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Jose Luis Arrese
The
Bombers and Fighters Move Up in Vitebsk Front Fight
German forces push fresh tanks and large bomber and fighter sorties to halt Ivan Bagramian’s advance toward Vi tebsk as Russia and German lines clash along the Vitebsk front. Reports say battles near Vitebsk and Korodock intensify with Russian planes engaging in heavy fighting despite poor weather.
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Eddy
Moscow
Vitebsk
Ivan Bagramian
First Baltic
GM and Ford urged to form labor committees for war output
The War Production Board called Ford Motor Company and General Motors to establish labor management committees to boost morale and increase wartime production. The editorial, addressed to Henry Ford and Alfred P. Sloan, notes 4000 plants already use such committees and criticizes Ford and GM for not fully adopting the plan.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Henry Ford
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Board
Ford
General Motors
78th Congress Members Take Off For Christmas
Members of the 78th Congress left Washington for the Christmas holidays and will return January 1 to confront wartime economy questions. They aim to re charge for a presidential campaign year tackling inflation policy tax/Wage subsidy and appropriations issues surrounding Roosevelt's methods.
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Washington
78Th Congress
Roosevelt
War time salvage aims at historic slave registration forms
Unused Pennsylvania slave registration forms from nearly a century ago are slated for salvage as war time waste paper. Court attaches discovered the blanks while transferring records into a new courthouse.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
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