Russians Break Through in Budapest Front Action
Soviet shock troops push German forces from western Buda and advance into central pest areas. Moscow reports rapid gains across the Danube bend, with units driving toward Pest and approaching Slovakia as Berlin predicts a major winter offensive.
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Stalingrad
Buda
Pest
Danube
Hungary
Slovakia
Ipoly
Satorialjaujhely
Losone Lucenec
Budapest
Hron
Leva
Tislava
Vienna
Berlin
Red Army
Karakow
Silesia
East Prussia
Steel Firms Push For Higher Prices Amid Wage Bumps
Washington reports steel firms pressing for price increases as wage hikes of 4 to 7 cents per hour loom. CIO United Steelworkers estimate annual industry costs of up to 150 million dollars, with OPA prep for wage-offset effects and industry wary of retroactive pay.
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Washington
On Ve
CIO
United Steel
Indus
Econostabilizer
Fred Win
Office of Price Administra
Warnor Board
Ives
Sewell
Montgomery Ward
OPA
Four year old Joey Stazewski dies in Prescott
In Prescott Arizona the four year old Joey Stazewski died in his father Stanley F Stazewski's arms at a lonely ranch house northwest of the city after a malignant tumor. A pre trial Santa Claus visit occurred as the year ended and Prescott residents held a Christmas party on November 29 while doctors warned he would unlikely live to December 25.
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Prescott
Ariz
Joey Eese
Santa Claus
Stanley F 4Ki
Here
Expert Doubts Authorship Of Adolf Hitler's Speech
The Associated Press reports a London broadcast attributed to Adolf Hitler warning of defeatists and predicting the war would end in 1946 unless Germany wins. Some observers doubt the voice was Hitler’s, noting a lack of his usual passion and possible recording or impersonation.
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Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
London
Germany
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Lochner
Reich
Europe
British Imperials Get Key Burma Point
Southeast Asia Command announces British imperial troops occupied a key Japanese defense point on the east side of the Mayu river 25 miles north of Akyab without opposition. Mountbatten's HQ says the western allied advance reached within 16 miles of Yeu as pincers move toward Mandalay and Shweyin road toward the rail line.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mayu
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountabatten
Manadaly
Yeu
Mandelay
Pigecers
Shweyin
Chindwin Valley
Wear
Bombers Hit Nazi Supply Lines Again
British based American bombers strike German supply lines and industrial targets for the tenth day of a major aerial offensive. U S Eighth Air Force planes over Germany. Hamburg port possibly attacked. RAF Lancasters hit Osterfeld rail yard. Berlin and other targets bombed. Mosquitos hit Oslo Gestapo HQ and Norwegian ferrying ships. railway yards at Vohwinkel attacked. Republican caucus set for Raleigh meeting to elect new minority leader.
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Paris
U. S. Strategic Airforce
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Hamburg
RAF Bomber Command
Osterfeld
Ruhr
Berlin
Air Ministry
Gestapo
Oslo
Norway
RAF Fighter Command
RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Vohwinkel
Flekke Fjord
Gersund
Peace aims loom as Congress opens on world affairs
Washington dispatch notes growing concern over international trends as the new Congress prepares to address world peace. Senators Wheeler Wiley Hatch and Ball have proposed peace ideas after discussions with President Roosevelt, signaling independent foreign policy deliberations and potential disputes over Poland Greece and Italy before any lasting accord.
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Washington
Congress
Wheeler
D-Mont
Wiley
Rwis
Hatch
D-N. Mex
Ball
R-Minn
Roosevelt
Senate
Allien
Poland
Greece
Italy
Fifth Retakes Ground Lost In Italy
Fifth Army troops recaptured all ground east of the Serchio river including Sommacolonia after retaking Barga, as American forces pushed forward. Eighth Army advanced north of Faenza capturing several localities amid stiff resistance. West of the Serchio, Fifth Army gains were limited by German hill en trenchments near Gallicano. On the Bologna line, patrols faced heavy fire near the Senior river. Tyrrhenian coast remained quiet.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Serchio River
Barga
Sommacolonia
Po Valley
Eighth Army
Faenza
Serchio
Gallicano
Bologna
Rivola
Florence-Bologna
Blaze Destroys Davis Milling Plant and Damages Nearby Houses
A grain elevator blaze destroyed the W. A. Davis Milling Company plant on South Hamilton Street early today and damaged three surrounding buildings including Carter Colton Cigar Company offices. All tenants escaped. some upstairs residents lost belongings uninsured. Fire Chief E. K. Ingram said losses run into thousands, with partial insurance on the mill and cigar company. The fire was spotted by Mrs. F. M. Stanton around 2:30 a.m. and quickly alerted residents.
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Davis Milling Company
Hamilton Street
W. A. Davis Milling Company
Carter Colton Cigar Company
E. K. Ingram
Davis Company
Davis
Cigar Company
Flere
F. M. Stanton
Massacre of American POWs by German Tanks
London reports that two German tanks fired on 130 captured American servicemen after a search for valuables. The men, from a field artillery unit, were lined up in an open field near Malmedy, Belgium, on December 17.
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London
Supreme Allied Headquarters 45
Malmedy
Belgium
Public Travel May Be Cut By ODT Order
Washington January 1 A hint of travel reduction action from ODT Director James Monroe Johnson. He said public cooperation has not been nearly enough and declined to detail steps. Travel rationing is seen as complex and first moves may target conventions and large gatherings.
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ODT
Washington
Jan
James Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Leyte Death Toll Tops 117,997 Amid Philippine Campaign
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced 1,191 Japanese killed in the last 24 hours as U S forces swarmed Leyte, pursuing scattered Nippon units despite declared end of organized resistance. American losses not stated. fighting continues around Mindoro and Ormoc Valley pockets.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
Nippon
Mindoro Island
Hitler Manages to Fire Up War Spirit for 1946
The column critiques Hitler’s New Year defiance and warns the war will end only with German capitulation. It emphasizes the need for stronger Allied weapons and a resolute home front to shorten the conflict.
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Rhineland
Hitler
German Counterattack Threatens Bastogne Bulge Progress
War report notes Nazi Field Marshal von Rundstedt pushed into Belgium while Allied forces halt the advance and recapture territory. Patton's forces drive northeast as the American First Army closes from the north and threatens to sever the German bulge base. Signposts suggest a possible renewed Nazi counterthrust elsewhere on the front.
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von Rundstedt
Fuehrer
von Rundsted
Belgium
Patton
Bulge
Warnng
Roy
Utah Train Wreck One of Nation's Worst
In Utah near Ogden on the Great Salt Lake causeway a Sunday crash between a slow passenger train and a fast mail express killed about 50 and injured 60. The 18 car passenger section and a 20 car second section collided, wreckage scattered across the causeway as workers cleared debris and FBI agents opened a sabatoge inquiry.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific Mail
Great Salt Lake
Pacific Limited
Causeway
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southern Pacific Limited
Chaplin Injures Leg Kicking Door in Beverly Hills
Charlie Chaplin sustained a deep gash in his left ankle when he kicked a glass panel at his Beverly Hills home in an effort to enter without keys. Dr. N Edward Gourson operated to repair severed muscle tissue and said Chaplin would use a wheelchair for at least two weeks during the trial period.
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Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Beverly Hills
Hikeys
Sepera
N. Edward Gourson
Patton Drives Full-Scale Offensive in Ardennes
Patton's Third Army presses a major push to pinch off the German salient near Bastogne and to widen the Belgian waist. Reisdorf is reported captured while Rochefort is recaptured. fighting persists with tanks artillery and infantry, residents say the corridor remains fluid and contested.
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James M. Long
Paris
Third Army
Rman
Bastogne
George S. Patton
Belgian Bulge
von Rundstedt
Chenogne
Letrebois
Reisdorf
Ardennes Salient
Patton
Wiltz
Third
Sure River
Diekirch
Nam
Saarlautern
Saarland
Rochefort
Bas
St. Hubert
Moircy
Remagne
U. S. First Army
ELAS Presses for Cabinet Posts in Greek Crisis
Archbishop Damaskinos becomes regent after premier Pandoprou resignation as ELAS seeks inclusion in a new cabinet. Talks with British Commander Lt Gen Scobie continue on a possible truce while fighting persists in Athens and Port of Piraeus. Former EAM finance minister Svolos says ELAS aims for war and interior ministries to trusted figures.
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Athens
ELAS
R. M. Scobie
Damaskinos
George Papandreou
Piraeus
Alexandes Svolos
EAM
War
Interior
Noted writer Romain Rolland dies at villa in France
Paris reports the death of Nobel laureate Romain Rolland author of Jean Christophe. He died at his villa Zeselay near Clamecy shortly before midnight December 30. Rolland, winner of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature, was years old.
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Rolland
Paris
Romain Rolland
Jean Christophe
Zeselay
Clamecy
Roman
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