Soviet drive nears Budapest amid heavy urban fighting
Russian forces breach inner defense rings of the circled Nazi garrison in Budapest as Malinovsky and Tolbukhin push from east and Danube fronts. Reports say Pest remains under heavy bombardment with streets and cellars collapsing as Soviet artillery and armor press toward the center.
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Budai
Bothes
Danube River
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Pest
Yesday
Danubian
Komarom Ich
Vienna
Bratislava
Feo- Tobulkhin
Danube
Rodion Malinovsky
Zi Hron
Hron
Tolbukhin
Somarom
Vertes
Ssian
Komarom
Ile
Malinovsky
Ersekujvar
Budapest
Mtline
Izvestia
Emericy
Secretary Stettinius to Meet Eden in London
New York dispatch reports NBC quotes indicating Secretary Stettinius will meet with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in London to obtain a hand account of the Greek nation.
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New York
the Fish Radio
NBC Ay
Stettinius
Amny Eden
London
U. S. Supports Greek Regency Move in Athens
The United States backs a regency for Greece as Churchill and Eden push to settle the Greek crisis. Washington officials expect King George to be accepted again and see strength for Papandreou against ELAS. The Greek conflict has unsettled smaller nations and complicated allied aims in Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Churchill
Greece
King George
Elas
Athens
Anthony Eden
Papandreou
Eamelas
Ndreou
Rain Of Steel Falls Between Battlefront And Germany
Allied progress in Italy reported a lull in the Serchio valley near Barga as German counterattacks slowed and forces remained in patrol contact. Canadian troops claimed 4 800 enemy killed or captured in the Po valley drive with over 145 square miles cleared since December 1. In Germany heavy Allied air raids struck targets from the Rhine to the Saar, with RAF and U S Eighth Air Force bombers focusing on bridges and rail hubs.
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Serchio Valley
Fifth Army
Barga
Lucca
Galicano
Serchio
Fornaci
Bologna
Eighth Army
Nies
Alfonsine
Charles Foulkes
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Po Valley
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Semina
London
U. S
Britain
RAF
Western Front
Rhine
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Euskirch Cntrier
Bingen-Frankfurt-Aschaffen Burg
Jap Bombers Fail To Pull Off Mariana Raid
Saipan and Tinian air bases endured a second straight night of high altitude Japanese bomber raids. Most bombs were jettisoned at sea. a Quonset hut was hit on Saipan and a mess hall plus another hut on Tinian. Five raiders were shot down, bringing total destroyed near Saipan to nine over two nights.
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Saipan
Marianas
Tinian
Yanks Meet Nazis Mead Ow
American armor and Allied airpower halted Von Rundstedt’s push near the Meuse. A tank commander credited airmen and British Typhoons for destroying many enemy tanks while American and British forces fought a joint rear-guard action amid cold fog and wrecked Nazi matériel.
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Hal Boyle
Celles
von Rundstedt
Meuse River
Dummies Dropped On American Troops In Belgium
December 26 dispatch reports German and American paratrooper dummies dropped with real troop drops to test observers. Lt. Stuart L. McClure recalls a dummy landing near a command post while a live paratrooper fled into woods before capture.
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Belgium
Lee
Stuart L. McClure
San Francisco Examiner
Mitscher predicts major Pacific War turn by next summer
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, cited by war correspondents, expects a decisive shift in the Pacific by next summer as U S forces claim gains in the Philippines Sea. Nimitz reports renewed Japanese air raids on Saipan and an air strike at Iwo Jima while MacArthur maps ground operations in the Philippines.
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Asia
Philippines
Central Pacific Islands
Japan
China
Marianas Islands
Burma
Myitkyina
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Pearl Harbor
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Patia
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Philippines Sea
Empire
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Iwo Jima
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Yank
Mindoro
Fireman Dies As Rescuers Dig For Him
Detroit report details a derailment in which a Toledo fireman Harmon, 58, of Sylvania Ohio, perished after a stalled auto caused a New York Central train to strike. Rescuers including Lee Ridenhour of Dundee and Trenton residents worked over an hour to free him.
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New York Central SS
Aeom Famenthe
Here
Toledo
Sineer
F.ynward
Sylvania
Ohio
Lee Ridenhour
Dundee
Harmon
Trenton
Experts See Possible German Breakout Before Withdrawal
Washington observers expect at least one more Nazi effort to break from the salient before a general withdrawal. Von Rundstedt may still have divisions near the base and could renew a breakout if a weak point appears, while Allied patrols along the front north of the salient monitor enemy moves.
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Washington
U. S. Third Army
von Rundstedt
Liege
General Patton Decorated for Third Army Advance
Lt Gen Omar N Bradley decorated Lt Gen George S Patton Jr for leading the Third Army’s rapid dash across France last summer. He received the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Cross for his contributions to Allied operations on the continent.
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Third Army
Omar N. Bradley
George &. Patton, Jr
France
Revolt Bubbles Up In Balboa Panama Canal Zone
In Balboa Panama the revolt against President De La Guardia grows as political tensions surge after a Cabinet meeting. The crisis centers on a constitutional rule requiring the assembly to convene January 2 to elect three vice presidents, who would automatically succeed the president. No vice presidents have been elected since De La Guardia took office. The assembly previously abstained from selecting vice presidents during wartime.
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National Assembly
Panama
de Guardia
Indians Push Drive In Mayu River Valley
Southeast Asia Command reports Indian troops pressed forward along the plains east of villages from the Japanese in the Mayu river valley. Allied aircraft blasted bunkers in a village nine miles south of Butherdaung with many enemy dead found. British forces of the 14th army moved nine miles southeast of Shwegyin Yeu amid stiff opposition.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mayu River
Butherdaung
14Th Army
Shwegyin-Yeu
Harvester plant reports day shift work stoppage
In Chicago on December 29, about six hundred of the 2,400 employees on the day shift at the International Harvester ball bearing plant failed to report for work for a second day amid a labor dispute.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
U S Armor Pushes Nose Of Thrust In Paris
American armored blows on the nose of Field Marshal von Rundstedt's offensive drive have beaten back advanced spearheads by more than 10 miles and driven them across the Leuse and Homme rivers to Rochefort. Field dispatches say the escape gap near Bastogne narrows to less than 17 miles.
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Paris
von Rundstedt
Lease
Homme
Rochefort
Bastogne
Allied forces press Ardennes retreat on southern flank
A P A correspondent reports von Rundstedt’s withdrawal developed into a rout at points in the Ardennes. The dispatch notes overall three mile gains today, with most progress on the southern flank where Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s troops are attacking.
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London
Pield Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennes Salient
George S. Patton
Patton’s Third Army Drives Deep Into German Bulge
American forces pierced the German siege in the Ardennes as Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army shifted front and advanced about 20 miles. The push halted near Dillingen and Rochefort while the 101st Airborne and other units held Haumain. Fierce fighting left Rochefort under American control and exposed large German pockets along the Meuse and Dinant corridor.
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101St Airborne Division
Frenchman
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Rochefort
Meuse
Dinant
Haumain
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Caan
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Americcan
Salient
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Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
101St U. Ss
Togne
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