Russian Front War Update Predicted to Shape East Battle
James Dag reports DeWitt Mackenzie writes on the Middle East war context and the winter fighting between Red Army and Nazi forces. He describes Stalin and Hitler mobilizing forces, advancing near Vyazma and Bryansk, with the Don bend and Chir River contested as winter campaigns unfold. The piece analyzes potential outcomes, frontline gains, and the balance of power as both sides prepare for renewed offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Macken- Big
James Dag
MacKenzie
Grad
Moscow
Mili
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Talian
Reich
Volga
Caucasus
Mon
Aingrad
Chir River
Don Bend
Vyazma
Bryansk
Moncoe
Don Bend West
Red Army
Russia
Black Sea
Mezh
Rostov
Arkansas At War AP Series To Start Tuesday
The Associated Press series in Little Rock opens Tuesday with a three-part review of Arkansas in World War I. The first article focuses on the home front, with subsequent pieces covering casualties and heroes from the war year.
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Arkansas At War
Sam G. Harris
Little Rock
Arkansas
Teeland
Australia
North Africa
Dutch Harbor
Shanghai
Tokyo
Midway
Panama
Bataan
Coral Sea
Solomons
Atlantic
Corregidor
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Java
Burma
Associated Press
Home Front
Bombers Hit Mundu Airfield On New Georgia Campaign
U S air forces in the South Pacific continued heavy bombing of the Mundu air base on New Georgia in the central Solomons. Navy communique 219 reports bomb attacks from December 9 to 13 including 153 100 pound bombs and four 1 000 pound hits, with no American losses and no Japanese interceptors noted.
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Washington
Amercan
South Pacific
Navy
Mund
New Georgia
Ind
Solomons
Guadalcanal
United States
Munda
Lise
Pacific Command
Deadline for Emergency Gas for Trucks
Emergency gas purchase forms are to be discontinued for most users at midnight December 15, with continued use of form H-555 allowed after that date only for true life or property emergencies. The note references ration order 50 and a strategic Soviet movement through the Don to Rostov and the Black Sea, outlining the military implications of removing German forces from the Stalin city area and creating an eastern corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostoy
Don
Rostov
Black Sea
Caucasus
Hitler
Turkey
Stalingrad
Market Report from St Louis and New York Stocks
Hogs 16,000 at National Stockyards show prices 13.85 to 14.10 for 180-270 lb stock, lighter weights up to 15 higher, sows 13.25-13.65. Cattle 5,000 with instances of steady slaughter classes and stockers 8.00-13.50. Sheep 3,500, market not established. New York stocks show higher volume on tax selling, mixed trends. 700,000 shares traded. Grain and provisions in Chicago weaker for corn, wheat trading near late 1930s levels. December wheat near 1.32 per bushel, May 1.33.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Ill
U. S. Dept. Agt
New York
Twin Coach
Wall Street
Chicago
High
Low
Close
Corn Dee
Hgh
Poultry and Produce Prices and Listings
Chicago market report lists live poultry and produce by weight and variety with multiple truck and flock entries. Prices cover hens broilers pullets and roosters including white plymouth rock white rock and jeghorn varieties with weights from under 4 pounds to over 5 pounds and ducks noted among entries.
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Chicago
Roosters
Jeghorn Roosters
New York Cotton Futures End Higher in Narrow Range
Cotton futures in New York moved in a tight range with a firmer undertone. Late afternoon values rose by 15 to 40 cents per bale with Dec futures closing 40 to 65 cents higher and early levels around 19.18. January and March sessions opened near 18.87 and closed around 18.67 to 18.37.
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New York
Air Chief Warns Japan as U S Bombers Rise Again
Lt General Henry H Arnold told graduates at Randolph Kelly Brooks and Hondo fields that the United States will return with large bomber raids against Nippon’s homeland and that secret weapons like parachute bombs are now in use. He warned Tokyo that more raids are coming daily and that new battle wagons are on the way as U S production nears its peak.
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Rurdolph
Tex
Tokyo
Amercia
United States
Nippon
Uncle Sam
Army
Randolph
Kelly
Brooks
Hondofields
Iienry H. Arnold
Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Air Force
The Edge of Darkness ends with a vow to fight
Trygve Mortensen returns home after a perilous coast escape to a village under occupation. He learns Gunnar Brogge and two others are hostages, while Katja shoots at a captain and is executed. As fear grips the village, Trygve urges direct resistance, signaling a plan to take matters into their own hands rather than wait for the occupiers to strike again.
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Trygve Mortensen
Oslo
Trygve
Mortensen
Cap
Gunnar Brogge
Gunnar
Jensen
Brategaard
Katja
Konig
Stensgard
Bock
Fur
EN Trygve
Gerd
Osterholm
Kjerlet
Kjerlof
Hitler tightens grip as Mussert named Dutch fuehrer
London reports Hitler names Anton Mussert Dutch Nazi leader to steer Netherlands toward Axis order. Berlin says Petain agrees to raise a new French army for France and colonial security. Tass cites mobilization of Dutch workers for German labor and new decrees targeting Jews. Laval says Germany must win and France must break resistance.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Anton Mussert
Uehrer
Netherlands
Axis
France
Henri Petain
Germany
Petain
Hitler
Quisling Mussert
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Mussert
Fuehrer
Seysz-Inquart
Holland
Tass
Stockholm
League
Massery
Berlin
Pierre Laval
Laval
Vichy
Darlan
Giraud
Probe details eight die in plane crash near New Castle
A special board investigates a twin engined army cargo plane crash south of New Castle Indiana that killed eight airmen. The crew from Patterson Field to Stout Field included Nagel Anthony Goldenberg Pearson Wittenberg Bodenner Bogner and Weisman. Four were based at Stout Field with home bases undetermined. The plane exploded, sparing nearby houses.
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New Castle
Ind
Here
Patterson Field
Ohio
Stout Field
First Troop Carrier Command
Indianapolis
Ed C. Stein
John Nagel
Louisville
Robert B. Anthony
Coral Gables
Fla
Robert E. Goldenberg
Cincinnati
Lloyd R. Pearson
Ida Grave
Jawa
Muriel O. Wittenberg
Grover St
Waterensburg
Corp
Charles W. Bodenner
Denver
Colo
Lawrence F. Bogner
Chicago
Matthew Weisman
Cambridge
Mass
Seigt
Stein Sald Pearson
Bodenner
Bogner
Weisman
Stoat Field
Pendergast Appeal Contempt Charge In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hears arguments over contempt convictions of Thomas J. Pendergast, former Democratic leader of Kansas City, and two others linked to Missouri's 10 million dollar fire insurance settlement. The case centers on alleged fraud in securing a settlement through bribery of the Missouri insurance superintendent.
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Washington
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Missouri
Robert Emmett O'Malley
A. L. McCormack
St. Louis
Justice Department
Fedorn District Court
Missouri Superintendent of Insurance
15th Mailing Is Urged But Not Required
Postmaster Wilson urges the public to mail Christmas gifts by December 15 though the post office accepts mail any time. The warning aims to ensure delivery by Christmas, as later mail may not arrive on time. The department will treat later mail as fast as possible without guaranteeing Christmas delivery.
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Postoffice Department
Robert M. Wilson
Postoffice
Wilson
British Pursuing (Continued From Page One)
British forces press toward Agheila with a shortened supply line to Tripoli, balancing advance risk against logistics as HammelIA efforts unfold. The narrative continues detailing strategic movements and constraints shaping the pursuit.
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Agheila
Hammel
Tripoli
Shortage of Labor Hurts U. S. Canners
Labor shortages dominate the National Canners Association convention as federal demands claim about half of the 1943 pack for the armed forces. Carroll B. Lindsey warns many plants will close without new labor sources. Carlos Campbell notes 35 percent of this year’s pack to government and 50 percent needed for the armed forces. Approximately 130 million cases were canned in 1943, up 53 percent from 1940, with officials outlining government canning targets and container rules.
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Chicago
Manpowser
National Canners Association
Jendsiense
Carroll B. Lindsey
Association
Dabar
America
Carlos Campbell
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Nerr
Eighth Army
Tunisia
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Tobruk
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