Two Italian Towns Taken By Eighth Army Advance
Allied headquarters say Gen. Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushed four miles in central Italy and captured San Pietro Avellana, moving toward Rome. German towns Alfedena and Castel di Sangro were abandoned as heavy rains and fighting continued.
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Eighth Army
Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Rome
San Pietro Avellana
Agnone
War Today Admiral Nimitz Warns of Aggressive Pacific Push
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz declares the offensive against Japan is underway with bombers targeting Gilbert and Marshall islands and Marines plus army units landing on Makin and Tarawa Atolls. The objective is Truk, Japan’s major naval base, about 1500 miles west, signaling a likely massive naval engagement as the war narrows to a clash with the Mikado’s fleet.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
United States
Makin
Tarawa
Gilbert Group
Equator
Aps
Truk
Japan
Gilbert and Marshal Islands
Nauru
Rabaul
New Britain
Marshalls
Gilberts
Evans F. Carlton
James Roosevelt
Tively
Mille
Maleelap
Jaluit
Kwajalein
Fourth War Loan Drive Set to Begin January Eighteen
Washington reports the fourth war loan drive will run from January 18 to February 15 with a $14.0 billion target. Civilians face a $5.5 billion quota while state committees are strengthened. Morgenthau says nonbank investors will be invited to participate. Bonds and certificates to be offered include series EB F G C notes and other 2 percent issues. Banks may invest time deposits in select bonds. The prior three drives raised over $50 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Tax Expert Sets Nation's Tax Ceiling at 19 Billion
Yale economist Professor Fred R. Fairchild warned at the National Tax conference that postwar debt could reach 280 billion dollars and that 19 billion annually is the minimum and maximum the nation can bear. He urged a balanced budget and high taxes to prevent inflation and deficit finance.
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Soa
Fred R. Fairchild
Yale University
Josophy
4 000 000 Cases Whisky To Be Released
New York report says 4 000 000 cases of whisky may be released to ease shortages in monopoly states. National Distillers Products Corp with 14 associates signs an asset purchase deal with Allied Mills owner Century Distilling Co. Pending Allied stockholders approval, Seton Porter notes bottling will start to speed up distribution. Plan covers about 4 million cases of whisky.
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New York
National Distillers Products Corp
Allied Mills
Century Distilling Co
Allied
Seton Porter
National Distillers
Army troops seek service ribbons for length of overseas stay
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook reports Allied soldiers in the Mediterranean want a new insignia to show how long they have served overseas. Currently foreign theater ribbons exist but do not indicate time away from home. A captain notes many troops have been away about two years and seek a decoration to prove extended service.
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Allied
Algiers
Mediterranean
United States
New York
Nazi Attacks Repelled By Red Armies
Moscow reports Soviet counteroffensives across the Dnieper bend place German positions near Krivoi Rog under pressure. In the Korostyshev area west of Kiev heavy German losses are cited after multiple tank and infantry assaults. Red forces also advance near Dnepropetrovsk and along the White Russian front toward the pre war border.
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Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Korostyshevo
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Sovicultien
Korostyshev
Kiev
Zhitomir
Korostyshey
Berlin
Dnepropetrovsk
Nezabudino
Cherkasy
Kitsa
Gomel
Search Continued For Survivors Of Tanker Collision
Coast guard craft pressed on today to find survivors after two tankers collided in dense fog 58 miles off Cape Henlopen. The incident left an undetermined number of sailors dead or injured. 39 survivors have been landed at Lewes. The disabled ship was towed and the other vessel, damaged, reached an Atlantic port under its own power. Navy officials declined to discuss causes. Red Cross aided rescued seamen wearing life jackets in scant clothing. The collision occurred at 2 a.m. CEWT yesterday.
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Lewes
Del
Coast Guard
Cape Henlopen
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Atlantic
Red Cross
Airmen pound Gasmata base in heaviest raid yet
Allied bombers hit the Japanese gasmata base on New Britain with 138 tons of bombs Saturday morning. Smoke blanketed the coast as operations concluded without interception. In New Guinea and Bougainville, tanks and ground actions pushed back Japanese forces amid retreating enemy positions.
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Southwest Pacific
Gasmata
New Britain
New Guinea
New Battle Looming For Changsha
Changsha faced a potential new major battle as Japanese spearheads pressed on Changteh and Ry Yochow base near Tungting lake. Brig Gen Edgar Glenn of the US 14th air force said Tungting lake area is crucial and Japanese forces were within about 10 miles of Changteh, while the objective toward Chungking remained uncertain.
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Edgar Glenn
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Tungting Lake
Glenn
Henie Performs Hollywood Ice Revue Tumble
Sonja Henie a famed ice skating star tumbled over a rail into an isle during her Hollywood Ice Revue at the State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis. She suffered minor bruises but returned to finish amid an ovation as 10 000 spectators watched.
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Indianapolis
Sonja Henie
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Miss Henie
Lonergan Pleads Not Guilty in Beekman Hill Slaying
Wayne Lonergan a 25 year old RCAF cadet pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the strangling beating death of wife Patricia found in their Beekman Hill apartment. The court scheduled motions and possible January trial.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
RCAF
Patricia
General Sessions
George L. Donnellan
Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
Warships Support American Invasion Of Gilbert Islands
The Associated Press reports American forces launched an invasion of Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Marines and soldiers established beachheads under naval and air bombardment, meeting strong but not overwhelming resistance. Admiral Nimitz announced the landings and ongoing fighting as the arc of Allied offensives widens from New Guinea toward the Marshalls and Truk.
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Gilbert Islands
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Central Pacific
Makin and
Tarawa
Gilberts
Japan
Truk Islands
Malis
Jaluit
Wotje
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Ke Ype
Solomons
Marshalls
Two Sudden Deaths Delay Subsidy Vote
The House postponed a key vote on the consumer-subsidy program after the deaths of Rep. Ditter of Pennsylvania and Rep. Steagall of Alabama. Ditter died in a Navy plane crash yesterday, while Steagall, an administration ally who had recently opposed subsidy plans, died in a Washington hospital.
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Washington
House
Rep. Ditter
R-Pa
Rep. Steagall
D-Ala
White House
Washington Hospital
Nazis Claim Capture Of Samos Isle
Berlin announced Samos capitulated to German forces this morning, with the Greek island near the Dodecanese now under Axis control. Leros fell to the Germans on November 16, while Cos in the same island group had already been regained.
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London
Gereman
Berlin
Samos
Aegean
Casidirosso
Dodecanese
Ankara
Rep Ditter Killed In Plane Crash
In Pennsylvania a single engine navy plane crashed near Kinderhook killing Rep J William Ditter 50 and Lieut Com J J Mansure 35 en route from Spectantam Mass to Willow Grove. Two soldiers survived injured and were taken to Coaldale hospital as witnesses described the burning wreckage.
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Columbia
Easter
J. William Ditter
J. J. Mansure
Locust Mountain
Tamaqua
Third Service Command
Coaldale Hospital
Ditter
Amber
Comander Mansure
Sqantum
Mass
Naval Air Base
Willow Grove
Mansture
Navy
Naval
House Appropriations Committee
Arthur B. Schaffer
Columbia R. D. 1
Kinderhook
Ang A Nae
U S Raid Sets Tarawa Ablaze In Gilberts Invasion Prep
U S Army and Navy bombers in waves left Tarawa in smoke and flame during a coordinated strike in the Gilberts. Beach defenses were reduced and runways ruined as Liberators attacked from sea and air with anti aircraft fire light.
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Seventh Air Force
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Gilberts
Marshalls
Canton
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Hi Sete
Krivoit
Rog
Agro-York
Tapan
Australia
Atty
Guam
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Kiska
Alaska
Rshall
Gilbert
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Aleutians
U. S
Wake
Marcus
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Alfedena
Castel di Ro
Castel di Sangro
Rome- Pescara
Rionero
San Benedetto
Ancona
Pescara
Civita Vecchia
Garigliano
Sangro
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Yugoslavia
Dewit? MacKenzie
Hal V. Boyle
By Henry
Cassidy
New Guiena
Bouganville
Douglas MacArcee
Sattelberg
Changsha
Sonja
Tarawa Islands
Pearl ‘Harbor
Samos Isle
U.S
William L. Worden
American Press
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