Bele s To Take Initiative 1943 Japs Intensify Assault
Manila reports say Japanese attack on the open city has intensified with artillery northwest of Manila and tank fighting to the southeast. Casualties are heavy on both sides as Japanese pressure grows on Lamon Bay fronts. The city remains open to spare residents bombardment. air activity is high with raids on bases near Manila. The final bulletin notes continued heavy enemy pressure and no motorized movement within the city.
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R. P. Cronin
Associated Press
Manila
United States Armed Forces of
Far East
Nichols
Te Manila
Lamon Bay
Death Toll on Holidays Reaches 431 Across 40 States
A wartime Christmas toll totals 431 dead from traffic crashes and other causes across 40 states and D C. California reports 33 traffic deaths and Ohio 30 traffic fatalities plus miscellaneous deaths as the nation records its first war time holiday toll since 1917. The worst single incident involved a bus fire in St Louis killing 10 after a midnight mass.
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Associated Press
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Massive Russian Drive Continues on Central Front
Moscow reports from December 26 say over 100 villages were captured as Red Army advances in the large counter offensive against withdrawing German divisions. Claims include destruction of the 13th Army staff HQ, 10 200 German deaths, and Russian gains near Oskoye Kaluga and on the Oka river. Casualty estimates are incomplete due to snow. The Soviet bureau notes 30 communities recaptured in five days on the western front amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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U S Response Accepted By Vichy Regime
French officials stated they welcomed the U S condemnation of the Gaullist occupation of St Pierre and Miquelon. They asserted Washington and Ottawa cannot tolerate a new blow to the pre December 25 status and expect prompt restoration of that situation.
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Ficey
Trance
United States State Department
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Washington
France
Russians and Allies Report Gains and Losses on Fronts
The high command said Lal ion and Slovak troops aided Germans in repelling Soviet attacks, while a breakout from Leningrad with 30 tanks failed. It acknowledged a North Africa setback at Bengali Libya but claimed no fighting for the Libyan party. Soviet tanks were said to be destroyed and losses over 1,000 men near Leningrad. The central eastern front remains hard fought.
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Lalian
High Command
Red Army
Leningrad
North Africa
Bengali
Libya
MacArthur Sighted for Far East Leadership Threat View
General Douglas A. MacArthur forecast in his 1934 annual report that future wars would hinge on tanks and planes, with infantry unable to breach fortified lines. He described air operations as mass movements and trench warfare becoming obsolete, predicting armies of small units and home front supply to sustain slaughter. He warned Congress the Army had fallen from faith and funds amid wartime unrest.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Douglas A. MacArthur
Philippines
Hitler
Far East
Congress
Fleet Sinks Two Jap Ships
The Navy announced the Asiatic fleet sank one enemy transport and a mine sweeper, and probably another transport and a seaplane tender. Press reports of US submarine activity on Christmas day are confirmed. Manila is declared an open city. Naval operations against enemy subs in the Eastern Pacific continue vigorously.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Hart
Asiatic Feet
U. S
Far East
Enpa
Eastern Pacific
Admiral Hart
Manila
Central Pacific
Wake Island
Pacific
Wavell Visits Chinese Leader in Chungking
In Chungking General Sir Archibald Wavell, Britain’s commander in chief in India, met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek this week and stayed in the Chinese capital for a three day visit after arriving Monday. The embassy disclosed the trip and cooperation talks amid ongoing wartime diplomacy.
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Chungking
China
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Chiang Knai-Shek
Wavell
Hongkong Falls As Japs Push Toward Singapore
In a Christmas day victory for the Japanese the British stronghold of Hongkong fell after weeklong fighting. The surrender followed a 15 minute parley with Sir Mark Young as Japanese forces advanced down the Malayan peninsula toward Kuala Lipis and threatened Singapore. Casualties were light, and reports noted units presumed lost reappearing. Meanwhile, Japanese actions elsewhere in Borneo and Sarawak prompted continued Allied concern as fighting persisted along coastal and inland fronts across Malaya.
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Associated Press
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Hongkong
Malaya
Britain
Canton River
London
Colonial Office
Foreign Office
Chungking
Domei
Mark Young
Tokuchi Tada
Peninsula Hotel
Kowloon
Malayan
iThe
British
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CBS
South China Sea
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Sarawak
North Borneo
Dutch Bay Two More Jap Ships
Dutch reports from Batavia say air and submarine forces sunk or seriously damaged Japanese ships off Kuching. A destroyer or transport was sunk with a 6,000 ton freighter spotted. American Maryland plane damaged after attacking a seaplane wreck. Aneta cites two Japanese destroyers lost in recent days. Local airdrome bombardment caused damage but is unusable for now.
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Associated Press
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Japan
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Sarawak
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Aneta
New York
Ove
Kitching
Mickey Rooney Tops Box Office Poll For Third Year
Hollywood December reports Mickey Rooney is the leading box office attraction for the third straight year in the Motion Picture Herald exhibitors poll. Clark Gable and Gary Cooper follow, with Bob Hope, Spencer Tracy, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, and James Cagney among the top ten. Betty Davis and Judy Garland are the only actresses in the list.
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Judy Garland
Bob Hope
Spencer Tracy
Gene Autry
James ‘Cagney
Lesson For How Promised By Churchill
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Congress that Allies would be ready to take the initiative on a large scale by 1943 and would teach the Axis powers a lesson the world will never forget. He posed blunt questions about Germany Japan and Italy to the Senate audience as the crowd applauded.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
Senate
Australian Hints Drive In Pacific Offensive
Prime Minister John Curtin announced that Britain, the United States, and Australia have launched an effort to reverse Japan's current offensive advantage. He spoke generally, expressing encouragement by growing Allied reinforcements and said he could not specify the movement's precise form.
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Associated Press
Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Broadcasting Today
Britain
United States
Japan
Curtin
Far East
Cot. A
Allies Crush Germans as Benghazi Falls in Libya War
Allied forces advance after destroying Benghazi port and destroying German positions north of Agedabia. British communique reports 13,000 Axis prisoners shipped rearward while Rommel’s tanks face heavy attrition but may push toward Tripolitania.
Free French Claim St Pierre Radio Aided Enemies
The Free French National Committee said it was common knowledge that the St Pierre radio, during Vichy control, supplied meteorological information useful to the enemy. Admiral Muselier landed December 24 and, after taking over administration, organized a plebiscite showing 98 percent favoring Free France and Allied liberation. The committee noted the vote reflected French will for self determination and the fight with the Allies. Sea action supported by Free French forces guards Allied shipping near Newfoundland.
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London
French National Committee
Free French
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
National Committee
United States State Department
St. Pierre and
Miquidon
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Free France
Vichy
Muselier
British RAF Strengthened A BRITISH PORT
A large British Empire airman contingent arrived to join RAF Canadian New Zealand and Australian squadrons fighting the Axis. The convoy, from a Canadian port, was partly escorted by U.S. naval units across the North Atlantic. Most airmen were Canadian, with others from Norway Australia and Britain. A second wave of Canadian troops including Major General Crerar joined, with infantry and support units also landing alongside nurses and medical staff.
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Jamaica
German Rad Is Quoted As Saving U S Fleet
Berlin relay of Tokyo statement asserts all American naval units in the Philippines were destroyed by Japanese forces. No corroborating information. claim mirrors Axis propaganda.
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Philippines
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