Nazi claims Allied blow near as war nears turning point
Stockholm dispatches report Berlin military commentators fearing a major Allied strike may occur before the new year. They cite intensified Channel defenses and note the Scharnhorst loss as a heavy setback while Berlin awaits official word on invasion command changes.
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Berlin
Europe
Sweden
Germany
Scharnhorst
Dwight D. Lisenhower
Bernard L. Mont
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Eye Program Aids American Soldiers
In Southbridge Massachusetts on December 27 the army’s eye rehabilitation initiative, run from the surgeon general’s office, has aided over a million soldiers with imperfect sight. American Optical Company officials announced the program’s success and said they supplied 1,634,020 lenses for soldier glasses in the past two years. The effort began after many men were rejected due to vision issues.
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Army
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American Optical Company
Americans Give Japs Holiday Bombardment
On December 24 a veteran task force bombarded Buka and Bougainville targets. The strike, totaling 25 tons of explosive, hit Bonis airfield and Buka installations within 15 minutes. The ships approached undetected and faced no interference from the enemy.
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Buka
Bouganville
Bonis
Clock Found For Defense Worker In Charleston
Governor Johnston announced a Charleston OPA clerk secured an alarm clock from a local chain store for a defense worker, responding to a request to help him reach his job on time. The gesture was prompted by the worker's letter asking for state help.
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Columbia
D. C
Olin D. Johnston
Charleston
Price Administration
OPA
Edwards in Service at Rattlesnake Base Texas
Lieut James W Edwards now stationed at the Rattlesnake Bomber Base Pyote Texas son of Mr and Mrs W C Edwards of West Lexington Avenue in service since February. He received his wings in November. Helen Edwards Seaman second class daughter of the W S Edwards has completed boat training at Palm Beach Florida. Roy G Edwards S2c is home on furlough visiting his parents.
Spaniard Sentenced in New York for Acting as German Agent
Carlos Vejarano Y Cassina a 26 year old Spaniard described by the FBI as a cousin of the Duke of Alba was sentenced to four years and a day in prison after pleading guilty to acting as a German agent without notifying the State Department. The article notes eye defect statistics from a draft used as context.
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Carlos Vejarano Y Cassina
FBI
Duke of Alba
State Department
New York Stocks Stock Sales Reported at 1 P M
Trading data shows A list of stocks including Adams, Alaska Juneau, Air Reduction, Alleghany, Allis Chalmers, American Can, American Car, American Gas, American Power and Light, Radio, Remington Rand, Reynolds, Sears, Studebaker, Texaco, Timken, Union Pacific and others with total volume 343,000 and a 2 percent rise.
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Packard
Penney J C Penn RR
Peps! Cola Phillips Pet Pitt
Pullman Pure
Rand
Reynolds
Sears Socony
Sperry
3Rd Brands Ltd
Stewart Warner Studebaker
Swift Tex Co
Tex Gulf Sul Timken
Det Ax Transamer
Aire Unit Corp
Fruit
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Cape Gloucester Campaign Expands Allied Air and Land Operations
Allied forces press Cape Gloucester with massive aerial bombardment since Dec 1, claiming 3500 tons of bombs and strong air support. In fierce battles over Rabaul Kavieng and New Britain, Japanese losses include 71 to 90 aircraft, a destroyer, two cargo ships, and several escorts. MacArthur says the campaign signals greater air power over the Bismarck Sea and sea lanes to Truk and the Philippines as land bases grow. Bougainville and Arawe operations widen with Marines under Krueger and Kincaid coordinating naval support.
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New Britain
Pacific
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New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
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Truk
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Admiralty Islands
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Southwest Pacific
Walter C. Krueger
Sixth Army
Arawe
Thomas C. Kincaid
War Report Gives Prelude to Final Nazi Blow
The article traces Allied plans tied to the Tehran talks as Nazi forces retreat in Russia. It details Gen. Vatutin’s Ukraine offensive breaking a 50 mile German front and threatening Korosten and Zhitomir while Germans shift troops south toward the Dnieper bend. Whitt promotion at Laredo Army Airfield is noted with family details. A separate item recounts Mrs Minnie Grey Ritchie in Parkston losing a wind scattered cash bundle.
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Russia
Red Army
Red
Kiev
Vatutin
Ukraine
Korosten
Zhitomir
Dnieper
Suth
Dniester
Bessarabian
Roosevelt urges settlement to avoid steel strike fallout
President Roosevelt calls for continued production under old contracts while wage disputes are resolved by collective bargaining and the war labor board. He links any retroactive pay to the economic stabilization act and assures price considerations if retroactive increases cause hardship.
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Little Steel
Roosevelt
Labor
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
North and South Carolina Weather Outlook
The forecast notes fair conditions in North Carolina with cooler interior tonight and Tuesday, increasing cloudiness, and light rain possible in the extreme west by afternoon. In South Carolina, fair to partly cloudy and mild tonight, cooler on the coast, Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness and continued mild with possible light rain in the extreme north portion late afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Eisenhower outlines Allied unity and Italian campaign pace
General Eisenhower spoke on Allied naval gains from surrender of the Italian fleet and his continental invasion role. He said France will be armed and included in plans to attack Europe. He emphasized welding Allied forces into one team and praised troops for adapting to harsh conditions as the Italian campaign proceeds slowly to keep Germans on the defensive.
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Eisenhower
America
Britain
Eee
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