Nazi Prisoners Celebrate Breakthrough at Papago Park Camp
In Phoenix a demonstration by German prisoners at Papago Park camp ended with guards using force after a crowd of about two hundred gathered to celebrate Von Rundstedt’s advances and Christmas. Several prisoners reportedly escaped during a heavy rainstorm while rumors swirled about Guenther Prien.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Papago Park
War Peter Camp
William A. Holden
Holden
Indicathe
Escay
Investiating Board of Rs
von Rundstedt
Guenther Prien
Germany
Pat
Prien
Hitler
Scapa Flowing
Maj
Eugene Tays
Notice of Sale of Land in High Point City
By order of the High Point City Council on May 11 1963 the mayor offers for sale at public auction the parcels lot 11 and 22 in T Mamilton No 2 Plat Guilford County D C book 5 page 283 cash or terms with 20 percent down City reserves right to reject any or all bids dated December 18 1964 Arnold J Koonce Mayor 1226 12
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City of
High Point
Mamilton
Office of Register of Deeds of
Guilford County
D. C
Arnold J. Koonce
N. C
High Point Township
North Carolina
Snow Park
Office of Register of Deeds
Fourth St
Richardson St
W. C. Dean
Rosa Secreast
Rosa Secreast Estate
Ch Council
North Caroline
Westview
Office of Deeds
Gulifora County
Maver
L Ord County
A. B Tate
Oo County
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Rain and Cold
Rain and cold with freezing rain in the western portion. Tonight's low temperatures range from 26 to 32 degrees. The unsettled pattern brings wintry mix potential and icy conditions in elevated areas. Remaining areas may see light precipitation and chilly air through the night.
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North Carolina
West
German Breakthrough Stalls as Allied Counteroffensive Advances
Allied forces report the German push into Belgium slowing with counterattacks around Stavelot and Bastogne. U S units push into La Gleize and Chaumont as 200 prisoners and 15 tanks are seized near Stavelot, while German armor and infantry retreat toward Namur and Rochefort.
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Rundstedt
Rochefort
Meuse
Marche Hotton
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Liemneux
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Monschau
Namur
Liege
Librarion
Sedan
Paris
Belgium
Duren
Cologne
Windem
Oberhe
Staumond
U. S
la Gleize
Beauraing
Eisenhower
Bastogne
Echternach
Chaumont
Arion-Bassogne
Bigonville
Aredorf
Neuenhausen
Civilians Ordered To Evacuate Nanking
CHUNGKING December 26 Chinese advices said all civilians must quit Japanese occupied Nanking due to American air raids and fear of further attacks. Shanghai suffers coal shortage from raids. street car service halted and many factories closed amid the disruptions.
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Chungking
Nanking
Shanghai
Emperor Hirohito Warns Of Critical Situation
The emperor’s rescript at the opening of the 86th Diet session lauds the army and navy for repelling the enemy and warns of a critical situation. Wall Street shows modest gains with railroads and industry leading, while many leaders remain cautious about recovery.
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Hirohito
Associated Press
Wall Street
New York
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
U. 5
Sports Poll Shows Choice Of Question
New York December 23. A wartime poll shows public support for continuing sports after January 3, 1945. Baseball and football attendance rose from 1943, race betting hit a record, while war demands reduced player pools as top stars joined service or rehabilitation programs.
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New York
Cole
Ian
Black Market Spread Taints Allied Occupation Paris
Postwar French black market grew from a patriotic wartime network into a vast operation involving stolen goods counterfeiters and white slavers. It expanded under German occupation and after D Day with American soldiers supplying gasoline soap food and cigarets. The crackdown affected both French civilians and American personnel with civilian arrests rising.
Industrial names in postwar production list
A scan lists major firms including Rubber Montgomery Ward Ana conda United Aircraft U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Woolworth and Baltimore Ohio among companies referenced in the era’s industrial context.
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Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda
United Aircraft
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Woolworth
Baltmore & Ohio
Minister Conflicts End in Self-Defense Shootout
The Rev Noles of the Assembly of God reportedly shot his son in law Joseph Mayo four times in Laurel Mississippi after Mayo, visiting to reconcile with the minister’s daughter, lunged at him while resisting the return to Mississippi. The minister claimed self-defense as Mayo pressured the family.
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Jones
Mayo
Mississippi
Boas
Gasoline ration coupons expire December 31
The OPA announced that B-4 C-4 and fourth quarter T gasoline coupons expire on December 31. Few B-4 and C-4 coupons remain outstanding because local ration boards halted issuance last August. The fourth quarter T coupons for trucks taxis and buses were issued for use in the fourth quarter only and will be invalidated to prevent leftover coupons from being used illegally.
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Washington
OPA
Nazis Capture Big U. S. Gasoline Dump
German forces in Belgium report capture of a large American gasoline dump totaling about 85,000 gallons. The fuel would support an armored division for two days and indicates German fuel shortages. Thirteen Nazi self propelled guns were captured west of Bastogne after they ran out of fuel.
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U. S
Belgium
Bastogne
War Vets Exempted From Occupancy Clause
Veterans who buy homes under the G I bill of rights are exempt from the 20 percent unborrowed funds requirement for occupancy. OPA rent rules had allowed eviction for purchasers who could not make the 20 percent payment. The exemption was set aside today for G I purchasers.
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Washington
Dec
G.I
OPA
Deaths of Commodore and Tolley T Hall
Commodore 77 retired Baptist minister died at his Oak Grove home after several months illness. He served 30 years in Macon County. Survivors include widow four daughters two sons 15 grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral tomorrow morning. Tolley T Hall 55 administrative assistant to Pis 1 National Forest supervisor died suddenly. Survivors include widow Jeffie K Hall two brothers and a sister. Funeral services tomorrow morning with burial at Mountain View Ark.
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Oak Grove
Macon County
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McCoy
Kansas
Tolley T. Hall
Asheville
Pis 1 National Forest
Jeffie K. Hall
Mountain View
Ark
Soviet and Nazi Fronts Push Toward Vienna and Budapest
A WW2 combat bulletin reports a Red Army advance from southern Czechoslovakia toward the Hron River area near Levice and Levice, closing on Vienna and Bratislava paths. Soviet forces claim 14 German and Hungarian dead and 5,468 captured amid destruction of war materiel including 101 selfpropelled guns yesterday.
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Hron
Garam
Leva
le Vice
Vienna
Bratislava
Budapest
Tar
Churchill Mystery Sparks City Amid Christmas Calm
The BBC broadcast reported an unexpected Churchill appearance in a war torn city and a dynamite tunnel linked to his arrival. The piece notes tense efforts for a truce after weeks of civil warfare while authorities seek to understand the timing and security surrounding the event.
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Elas Repres
Churchill
Ronald M. Sco
Athens
BBC
Canadian Troops Advance In Italy Near Ravenna
Canadian forces from the bridgehead over the Canale Navaggio captured Rosetta ten miles northwest of Ravenna and pushed within two miles of Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway, signaling progress on the Adriatic front.
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Canale Navighe
Adriatic
Rossetta
Ravenna
Bey Rossetta
Alfonsine
Ravenna-Ferrara
Radio Program Eastern War Time Schedule
Eastern War Time program list outlines hourly segments from 6:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. featuring serials dramas news reports sports and variety programs with stations names and performers noted such as Farrell Wilderness Road Captain Midnight Tom Mix Dick Tracy and Kim. The lineup includes news reports by Quincy Howe Lowell Thomas and Dick Haynes plus music and variety acts ending at 1 a.m.
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Farrell
Hop Harrigan
Nbs
Quincy Howe
Che
Terry
Abe Edwig C. HI
Cbs
Dick Tracy
Chick Carter
Ted Husing
Jack Armstrong
Biu-West
Mbs-West
Lowell Thomas
Nbe World News
de Henry
Taylor
Basic
Blu-West
Tom Mix
Mbs- West
Como
Nbe
Dave Elman
Biu Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Johnanie Johnston
Bill Slater
Dick Haynes
Shaw
Ase. Ore
Green Hornet
Blu Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Jean Merrill
Tancetse Ag
Ines
Breedy
Suan Vane
Raymond Gramte
Andy Russell
Blu Ul Schubert
Mitton Berle
Nee Orchestra
Mieataa Sabe
Leyte Battle Chronicle Highlights Major Japanese Losses
MacArthur boasted of a historic setback to Japanese forces in Leyte and surrounding campaigns. The invasion showcased a massive carrier fleet, with Kinkaid’s Seventh Fleet halting a large Japanese battle force. Allied gains included the Ormoc Bay landing and the sealing of Japanese resistance between Ormoc and Ja Bay, signaling the campaign’s decisive turn.
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Nava Gulf
MacArthur
Yamashita
Sae Pines
Nippon
Singapore
Leyte
Pacific
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Ormoc Bay
Ormoc
Ja Bay
77Th
Palompon
Islands
Calvary
11Th Airborne
Mindoro
Visayana
Philippi
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Victim Of Robin Hood Thefts Takes Life in York
In York on December 26 57 year old leather goods firm head H Cooper or Gropper left notes to his wife and attorney before leaping from a ninth floor suite police said He had faced Hood theft allegations at his firm Gropper Inc The attorney mentioned is Madeline Dunni gan a 22 year old arrested December 8 on grand larceny charges tied to 30000 to 40000 dollars taken from the company notes imply he blamed the thefts for his death
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York
H. Coopper
Hood
Gropper
Public Auction Notice in High Point Guilford County North Carolina
Legal notice announces a 1945 public auction of Lot 2 Westview subdivision and Lot 3 Tate plat in High Point. Terms require 10 20 percent down with balance over sixty months, with City of High Point reserving right to reject bids. Auction at City Hall or city door, dates in December 1944 and January 1945.
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My True Story
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