Germans Strike Bastogne Corridor Reds Begin Liquidation Of 100000 Nazis
London reported Soviet forces linked with the Danube invasion in Budapest as German resistance continued amid heavy fighting. Moscow announced the formation of a new Hungarian government and a declared war on Germany, with Czech and Hungarian forces involved in the city’s chaos and a claimed liquidation of up to one hundred thousand Nazis.
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Bastogne
Richard Kasischke
London
Budapest
Moscow
Danube Islands
Jer
Bela Miklos
Germany
Debrecen
Hungary
Russia
Ussia
Couder
Church leader warns against white Christian bias in wartime faith
Rev Robert W Searle of New York City tells 500 Methodist educators that sin lies not in Hitler but within Christian circles. He calls for drastic church revision to fit modern world and stresses the United States must embrace internationalism, world relief funds, evangelism and Sunday school growth. J Ralph Magee and Y J Manning Potts outline a four year crusade agenda.
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Robert W. Searle
Newark City
Hitler
Searle
Greater New York Federation
J. Ralph Magee
Y. J. Manning Potts
Evange
Government to enforce mica purchase order in North Carolina
Washington reports a stiffly contested mica purchase order will take effect Monday ending most mining in North Carolina. Rolla P. Stovall, acting chief of the War Production Board mica division, says the order will stand as drawn after consultations with officials. Governor J Broughton and industry representatives say the move would close about 90 percent of state mines and render thousands unemployed.
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Washington
North Caro
Rolla P. Stovall
Ar Production Board
WPB
North Carolina
J . Broughton
Industry Entatives
Midget Hero Of Bastogne Has Big Voice
Edward D. Ball profiles Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe of the 101st Airborne famed for replying nuts to a German surrender demand at Bastogne. Described as a short sharp, capable West Pointer who stays businesslike by day and relaxes when the flag is down.
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Bastogne
A. C. McAuliffe
Washington, D. C
U. S
101St Airborne Division
Belgium
Anthony C. McAuliffe
101S
Mac
Tony
McAuliffe
Big Reduction Predicted In State Hog Crop
North Carolina's combined 1944 spring and fall pig crops are estimated at 1 478 000 head, 22 percent below last year's record 1 902 000. The fall crop is seen at 624 000, 33 percent under 932 000 from fall 1943, with 99 000 sows farrowed in fall. Drought reduced breeding intentions, causing lower farrowings than mid year plans, and spring farrowings are projected at 98 000 sows, 30 percent below 1944 spring and below 10-year averages.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Greece names archbishop regent as king steps down
King George II of Greece appoints Arch bishop Damaskinos of Athens as regent amid Greece's turmoil. The proclamation says the king will not return unless a free plebiscite expresses national will. Observers in London see the move as surrender of the throne and anticipate left leaning mounting pressure.
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John A. Parris
London
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
Athens
Governor Frees Five Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Governor Broughton granted conditional parole to five second degree murder convicts and eleven others serving lighter terms as his administration winds down. Paroled individuals include Earl Dowdy of Guilford and Walter Raines of Wake, with various counties and sentences ranging from 10 to 30 years. Also paroled was Nile Church of Avery County.
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Walfigh
Governor Broughton
Earl Dowdy
Guilford
Arthur Brown
Orange County
Walter Raines
Wake County
Sarah McCrae
Rockingham County
Torom
Georgia Cohn
Gaston County
Arthur Whitaker
Wayne
Nile Church
Avery County
High Point Exceeds E Bond Drive Quota
Earl N. Phillips announces that High Point’s E Bond drive surpassed its $501 000 quota by over 81000 with last minute sales pushing overall bond purchases near double the target. Phillips, chairman of the Sixth War Loan drive, notes the over subscription.
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High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Phillips
Nazis on Move in Italy As Attack Looms
Allied reports indicate increased German troop and material movements along the western Italian coast while Kesselring refrains from renewed large scale assault in the Serchio valley. Front chatter notes fluid conditions, with American units already shifted from forward positions and German patrols intensifying near the Senio river.
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Rome
Der
Kesselring
Serchio
2Nd Infantry
15Th Army Group
Weat
Eighth Army
Senio
Ance
Faenza
Knit Goods And Hosiery To Get Yarn Priority
The War Production Board announced a program to boost production of infants and children knit goods hosiery undergarwear outerwear and mens work socks. Priority yarn access will be provided, with estimated allocations of 2.238 million pounds cotton knitting yarn and 3.457 million pounds worsted knitting yarn to support the effort. Manufacturers granted priority must maintain prices at the levels of the last quarter of 194? to ensure consistent garment pricing.
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Washington
Dec
War Production Board
Japanese Issue Persistent Reports On Sinking Convoy Off Panay
Japanese aerial attack on a U S convoy off Panay near Mindoro is reported with Tokyo claiming 20 transports sunk out of 30. MacArthur reports total Japanese losses in the Leyte campaign at 116770 with 601 more dead. the 6th Army claims victory in the Leyte operation as the 35th Army is wiped out.
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United States
Panay Island
Philippines
Doug
Mindoro Island
Tokyo Radi
MacArthur
Leyte
Palempon
Sian Wireott
35Th Army
U. S
6Th Army
Luzon
Mindoro
Tokyo
Japan
Comei
Imperial Headquarters
Cautious Optimism For 1945 Across War Fronts In Europe And Pacific
A city survey notes cautious New Year predictions from leaders and analysts. Churchill in London foresees victory in Europe, Ehrenburg vows to finish Germans, Patterson warns against quick Pacific gains, Mitscher projects continued Japanese naval resistance.
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Thesgreat
London
Chirchill
Europe
Razor Holdup on Hamilton Street Affects Local Resident
A man describing a staged armed robbery near the South Hamilton and East Commerce streets intersection said a 55 year old Black assailant demanded money from H K Emery. Emery reported the incident to police after the suspect, wearing a cap, fled with about $15 to $20.
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Hamilton
East Commerce Streets
Emery
Senate urged to proclaim peace aims and federation plan
Senator Wheeler proposed a Senate resolution for a Federation of European Nations and a United Nations council to resolve European territorial issues. The plan envisions plebiscites under international supervision, a UN economic and social council, universal rights, and democratic expansion.
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Senate
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Federation of European Nations
United Nations
United Nations Economic and Social Council
War Today predicts total German defeat within 1945
The article notes Allied and Soviet artillery from the North Sea to the Adriatic and the Danube to the Baltic signaling the end of Nazi Germany within a year. It highlights the Western winter counterattack on the Belgian front, shrinking Bulge defenses, and German retreat to the Siegfried line as Allied pressure rises and the war moves toward a decisive conclusion in 1945.
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North Sea
Adriatic
Danube
Baltic
Nazi Germany
Europe
United Nations
Belgium
Poland
Budapest
Pene Fae
West
Moselle
Paris
Siegfried Line
Harry Bridges Seeks Divorce On Cruelty Grounds
SAN FRANCISCO December 3. Labor leader Harry Bridges filed for divorce from Agnes Bridges on cruelty grounds. They married in Oregon on December 2, 1923, separated August 1942 in San Francisco, and he seeks custody of their child Betty Jacqueline. Bridges leads the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and sits on the CIO executive board.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Agnes Bridges
Oregon
Bridges
Betty Jacqueline
Idges
National Cio Executive Board
Australia
Communist Party
Are States Supreme Court
Kenneth McClay
Patton's Men Broaden Front To 50 Miles
American forces under Patton widen the counteroffensive along the German bulge to nearly fifty miles, striking west of Bastogne and threatening to sever supply routes. Allied artillery hit Bastogne's approaches as von Rundstedt redeploys three German divisions, with heavy fighting reported along the shrinking perimeter.
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Paris
Karl von Rundstedt
Bastogne
George S. Patton
U. S.S
von Rundstedt
U. S
PRONT
George 8S
Patton
Bulge
Sedan
Supreme Headquarters
Fave
St. Hubert
Hoover Warns Against New Nazi Sabotage
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned Americans to expect renewed Nazi sabotage and espionage attempts. He cited past 1942 saboteurs and a Japanese balloon incident as reasons to stay vigilant on the home front and battlelines.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uaion
America
United States
Hoover
FBI
Montana
Forgotten Front Blazes Into Action By French Navy
Paris dispatch reports the forgotten front coming alive as destroyers Le Trombe and Falcon blitz German concentrations and barracks at Ventimiglia seven times between December 21 and December 30. For three months Nazi guns have shelled Menton across the French border.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
le Trombe
Falcyon
Ventimiglia
Menton
French
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Berlin
Robert P. Patterson
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