Saipan Based Supers Sent On Mission
Allied air forces struck Honshu and Nagoya in new B 29 operations from Saipan and Philippine bases. The 21st Bomber Command under Brig. Gen. Hansell attacked industrial targets on Honshu while Nagoya saw raids described as ongoing efforts to cripple factory capacity. Mindoro and Leyte operations continued with American ground and air forces pressing toward Japanese positions as weather and terrain shaped the campaigns.
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Washington
Japan
Honshu
H. S. Hansell
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
War Department
H.S. Hansell
H. H Arnold
Air Oe
Anata
Navy Radio
Nagoya
Emmett O'Donnel, Jr
Ge 13Th
Mitsuoni “Boca Works
Harwood Hansell, Jr
Patterson, N. J., Works
Hartford Works
Nagoya Castle
Kokuki
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Mindoro
Manila
10Th
24Th
Palompo
Sleman
Mindero
German counteroffensive tests Allies as war stretches
The front in Europe remains tense as Eisenhower concentrates force in key sectors. The German drive shows bursts of momentum then slows, with Liege in the north and Sedan to the south as major pressure points. Allied resources and morale, plus American soldierly resolve, shape the outcome as the battle of material continues.
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Eisenhower
Western Front
von Rundstedt
Rlin
G.I. Joe
Stanley Baron
London Daily News
First Army
Baron
Russian Shock Troops Push Deep Into Slovakia and Budapest Threatened
Russian units of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky’s second Ukraine army advanced to within 14 miles of Losonelucenec while new offensives by Tolbukhin’s forces threaten to break the German flank near Budapest. Reports also note a major assault on the Riga area with 27 divisions and heavy shelling.
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Moscow
Rus
Sian
Slovakia
Budapest
Rodion Y
Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Losone -Lucenec
Rimaszombat
Kassa-Losone
Matra Mountains
London
Berlin
Caldus
Frauenburg
Riga
Baltic
Danube
Lake Balaton
Feodor Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Tolbukhin
Second Ukraine Army
Szekesfehervar
Buda“st
Austria
Southern editors blame politicians for poll tax and franchise limits
A group of southern editors and authors faulted Dixie politicians for preserving poll tax white primaries and other restrictions. At a one day interracial meeting sponsored by the committee of editors and writers of the south the delegates called for state action and warned of resistance to enfranchisement. Georgians Bryan Collier and Harry S Strozier urged politicians fear of low turnout and warned segregationists over civil war legacies and enfranchisement.
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Atlanta
Committee of Editors and Writers of the South
Presdee
Nan Mart ¥Lisher
Louisville
Boker-Journal
South
Ethridge
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Nessee
Texas
Virginia
Bryan Collier
Columbus Ledger
Harry S. Strozier
Macon News
Collier
Strozier
Republican Party
Canadians Take Town On Road To Bologna
Canadian troops push toward Bologna along the Senio river breaking enemy lines and take Bagnacavallo on the Rimini highway. Allied HQ reports Rimini north and Faenza east of Ravenna, with Eighth Army expanding a bridgehead over the Canale Naviglio opposite Fusignano. Fifth Army actions near Bologna focus on patrols.
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Rome
Senio
Bagnacavallo
Bologna
Anompeamalee
Rimini
Faenza
Ravenna
No. 4
Eighth Army
Canale Naviglio Ona
Fusignano
Bagnacavale
Fifth Army
Bologna-Rimini Highway
ELAS moves on EDES territory amid Greek civil strife
Reports from Epirus indicate ELAS forces under S Radakatrinone Weciinn are advancing on EDES held lands near Yanina Chriskos Ridge as British authorities note Albanians threaten EDES. Evacuation of 3000 ELAS prisoners reported earlier. Scobie's troops clear Piraeus as ultimatums press ELAS north of Athens.
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ELAS
S. Radakatrinone Weciinn
Napoleon Zervas
Edes
Greece
Zervas
Epirus
Chriskos
Yanina
R. M. Scobie
Piraeus
London
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Geopandreou
Papandreou
Rome
Scobie
Atlantic Charter Sees Its Objectives Still Valid
President Roosevelt stated the Atlantic Charter remains valid and not a formal document, during a White House news conference. He noted some questioned its purposes, but he defended the charter’s aims as enduring and unchanged.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
French-Russian Alliance To Be Ratified Today
Paris reports the French cabinet ready to ratify a new 70-year French Russian alliance approved by a unanimous consultative assembly vote. General Charles de Gaulle said the pact aims to contain Germany while supporting a world peace organization led by the United States.
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Paris
Consultative Assembly
Germany
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Pacific
de Gaulle
Doughboys Suffer Trench Feet At Front In War Time
Washington reports trench feet afflict soldiers at the front, hindering circulation and causing serious casualties. Representative Fenton of Pennsylvania warns the problem is greater this war, with some cases advancing to gangrene and adding to shortages concerns.
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Washington
Pesca Ie
Fenton
R-Penn
Nazi Mass Roundup and Fire Near Stavelot Report
An American briefing notes a Belgian farmer’s account of SS troops entering Partondroy, rounding up 40 villagers including his mother and sister, shooting him, and burning a barn before fleeing. The wounded man reached American lines with a leg wound, corroborating the tale.
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Stavelot
Dee
Partondroy
Henry Lehmite
New York City
Schmitz
Nation Hit By Drop In Mercury
Cold air mass sweeps south with marked temperatures but no white Christmas. Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina may see snow flurries. Nashville at three inches reported. Georgia and the Carolinas face single digit to low 30s lows. Chicago and Great Lakes endure sub zero readings in a widespread cold wave.
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Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Nashville
Shreveport
Jackson
Greenwood
Miss
Sugar
Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Kylertown
Penn
Appalachian Mountain
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York City
Great Lakes Region
Illinois
Ndiana
Canada
Burlington Man Earns Stars for Gallantry
Washington December 22 Major Santana led his battalion in successful attacks on vital hills and towns in Italy from May 12, 1944, to June 3, 1944, in the absence of his wounded commander. Santee of 107 Brooks Street Burlington County received the Gives' Star for gallantry after remaining with his unit despite a fractured arm.
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Washington
Brooks St
Burlington Co
Santana
Italy
Sanders
Momentum Of Counterattack In Western Front Debated
Paris dispatches report a German winter offensive losing momentum after a 40 mile penetration into Belgium. Eisenhower urged all armies to press a crushing defeat as Von Rundstedt broadens southward near Luxembourg. 20 to 30 tanks struck allied lines while armored spearheads faced stiff resistance north of Aachen.
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Paris
Belgium
D. Eisenhower
Namur
Leige
Eisenhower
Mareshal
Karl von Runstedt
von B Tedt
First Army
Aachen
Republicans To Have Full-Time Quarters
New York Dec 22 The Republican leadership agreed to establish a full-time headquarters function with Harbert Brownell as national chairman. The long day conference aimed to coordinate views and activities of leaders in Congress and the national committee toward a unified national base. A key goal cited was mobilizing the party’s 22 000 votes in the national elections.
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New York
Harbert Brownell
Pelican
Laevo
Congress
National
North Carolina Votes In Final Congress Roll Calls
North Carolina lawmakers voted in the final week of the 78th Congress on several roll calls. House actions included retention of reclamation experts on the retired list and a failed amendment to the census bill. Senate votes covered crop insurance checks and confirmations involving Col. gyrll gr fed ee and Joseph C. Grew, with mixed outcomes.
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Washington
North Carolina
Barden
Folger
Doughton
Rulinkte Weaver
Bonomy
Deem
Clark
Igin
Morrison
Bonner
Kerr
Cooley
Bareen
Durham
Burgin
Molson
Bul
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