Ortona Falls to Canadian Forces in Bitter Italian Fight
Ortona, in the Adriatic port region, was captured by Canadian troops after a week of the Mediterranean’s bloodiest combat. Debris filled every street as heckerésd forces mined the ruins. the battle of Moro valley ended with German retreat and questions about their next stand along the Arielli river valley and Tesoro river lines.
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Ortona
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Moro Valley
Sicily
Arielli
Moro
Tesoro
Bulgarian leaders vow to stay allied with Germany
In Sofia during Christmas holidays Bulgarian cabinet members and deputies declared Bulgaria cannot sever its alliance with Germany. Reports warn that any attempt to withdraw would invite German destruction before Allied aid could arrive. Interior Minister Dotsche Christov gains expanded powers to quell unrest.
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Istanbul
Bulgaria
Germany
Sofia
Dotsche Christov
Retiring Helena mail carrier starts door to door sales
W Rush Burroughs 65 of Helena plans Friday retirement after 41 years delivering mail. He jokes about walking four times around the tone and now begins a new job as a door to door salesman. Police arrest pencil vendor in Nickel, Los Angeles over city license. Vendor says he avoids banks. Moscow declaration on pursuing war criminals is implemented by a treaty plan.
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Mont
W. Rush Burroughs
Los Angeles
W. W. Wheelock
Via
Moscow
de Baer
United Nations
London
Hitler allegedly ordered Scharnhorst to sea, says Stockholm paper
The Social-Demokraten in Stockholm reports that Adolf Hitler personally ordered the German battleship Scharnhorst to go to sea due to the desperate wartime situation at sea, a claim echoed in the publication.
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Stockholm
Social- Demokraten
Hitler
Weather Report North and South Carolina Tonight Through Thursday
North Carolina shows partly cloudy and colder conditions tonight with lows from 19 to 24 in the west and north areas and 24 to 32 in the south. Thursday remains partly cloudy and cold with warmer afternoon readings. South Carolina eyes a clear to partly cloudy night with lows near 20 to the north and 30 to the south, then a fair Thursday with rising afternoon temperatures.
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Woolworth
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Allied Air Command Shuffle Reshapes Mediterranean Air Forces
Maj. Gen. Eaker is to command all allied air forces in the zone after guiding the 8th Air Force in Britain. Major moves shift Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle to lead the 8th, while Eaker takes the 9th 12th and 15th plus RAF Mediterranean units. Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining succeeds Doolittle atop the 15th Air Force.
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8Th Air Force
Britain
Sth
James H. Doolittle
Churchill Roosevelt Appoint Key WWII Military Leaders
Roosevelt and Churchill announce senior WWII appointments. Ramsay, 60, formerly second in command in the Mediterranean under Admiral Cunningham, will lead naval duties after a career dating to 1898 and command of HMS Broke in the Dover patrol. Leigh-Mallory, 56, heads RAF Fighter Command and directed air cover for the Dieppe raid. Doolittle will command the Eighth Air Force in Britain, with Baker, Devers, Wilson, and Twining filling top Allied air and ground roles across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Andrew Browne Cunningham
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Dover Patrol
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Air Force
Dieppe
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Eighth Air Force
Great Britain
Ira C. Baker
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jacob L. Devers
United States
Britain
Wilson
Nathan F. Twining
Solomons
Fifteenth Air Force
Red Army Push Near Ukrainian Border Despite German Retreat
Soviet forces under Vatutin breached the Teterev river defense and moved toward Zhitomir, seizing 60 villages including Nekhvorod and Pavoloch while destroying 36 German tanks and capturing six self-propelled guns. The Germans abandoned guns and supplies as Moscow reported rapid advances 115 miles from Bessarabia.
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Moscow
Vatutin
Teterev
Zhitomir
Bessarabia
Red Army
Korostishev
Smolovka
Nekhvorodh
Berdichev
Pavoloch
Fastov
Runaway Bevier recalls near miss over Rome and farewell home
Bevier, a veteran who completed 50 missions, recounts a near miss when a fortress plane flown by automatic pilot nearly collided with his Tail as flak rained over Palermo and Naples. He recalls the terror, the holes in a wing, and the relief of being grounded with comfort at last.
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Commie
Rome
Palermo
Messin
Naples
Westbrook
Minn
Revier
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