Uncertain Railway Crisis Tests December Armistice Plans
President Roosevelt orders preparation of seizure documents as mediation efforts falter over rail wage disputes. Government and union leaders clash over 4 cent pay hikes, overtime, and vacation terms with arbitration debated and a new weeklong negotiation deadline set.
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A. F. Whitney
Berhood
Alvansley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnston
Ince
Cncy
WPB Confirms Newsprint Cut in First Quarter
The War Production Board confirmed a first quarter newsprint cut to about three quarters of the 1941 rate. A 2,000 word order sets a sliding scale for reductions across tonnage brackets and allows for adjustments tied to 1942 gains over 1941. Canada’s guaranteed supply rises to 200,000 tons with U S purchasing excess as backlog for 1944 shortages.
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Washington
Efriler
U.S
War Production Board
U. S
Christmas Eve Church Tour by 60 Enlisted Choir
An enlisted men's choir trains for a midnight ascent at the Church of Nativity, with mass and a pontifical procession to the Grotto. American troops, after touring the Way of Pain and the Garden of Gethsemane, visit Bethlehem and touch the star marking Jesus birth as they carry bibles home. Washington reports 50,000 Army religious services will be held Christmas Eve and Day, including in foxholes and trains, conducted by uniformed chaplains in every facility with patients and wounded soldiers.
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Church of Nativity
Christ
Pontius Prote
Jesus
Ens
Cethsemane
Nell
Bethlehem
Redeemer
Washington
Buffalo Water Supply Cut Off After Main Break
Four million gallons of water were lost and Buffalo’s water supply was cut off for two and a half hours last night after an 8 inch main broke. Flooding trapped Arnold and his two sons in a car until Coast Guards rescued them in a rowboat.
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Buffalo
Dea
Iow
Arnold
Coast Guards
King’s sixth Christmas broadcast to Empire and world
Britain’s king will deliver his sixth Christmas message to the Empire and the world tomorrow. The address to be beamed to the United States and all regions beginning at 3 a.m. Eastern War Time. The broadcast targets both friends and foes as the war continues.
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London
Dee
Britain
Empire
Republicans aim to seize House control in 1945 effort
Washington December 24 Republicans confident to win the House plan to target 16 states to overturn the Democratic administration. They claim momentum from 1943 elections could yield a House majority in 1945 while Senate gains look tougher with 37 seats, Taft sees a path in 15 races including Arizona California Idaho and New York. If 12 defeats materialize they could reorganize Senate with Lafollette and the VP support, but Democratic leaders dispute gains and expect to defend incumbents in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ciue
Taft
Ohio
Arizona
California
Idaho
Tidiana
Singois
Iowa
Kentucky
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Missouri
Oklahoma
Conmputass
LaFollette
Prog- Wis
Soming Land
Aft
Gulley
D-Pa
Davis
H-Pa
Christmas Eve Services At Zion Lutheran And Christ Episcopal
Christmas Eve services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church and Christ Episcopal Church tonight at 11:30. Special music and sermon by Doctor Arthur J. Pfobl titled Wise Men Worshiping will be part of Zion Lutheran service. Christ Episcopal Church will include Christmas Eucharist and Festival Choral celebration without German. Reverend James Trimble, rector, will officiate. Public invitation extended.
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Zion Lutheran Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Arthur J. Pfobl
Zion Luheran
James ‘Trimble
Roosevelt Says World Unity Will Keep Peace
President Roosevelt warned against complacency at home while stressing unity with Stalin and Churchill to keep the war going and ensure a durable peace. He cited Teheran talks, asserted Allied resolve to use force if needed, and predicted postwar cooperation to strip Germany’s military power and reintegrate it as a normal European nation. Meanwhile Allied forces noted progress in the Pacific and a major Soviet advance west of Kiev, with heavy fighting and significant tank losses reported on the German side.
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Cairo
Teherae
Roosevelt
Stalin
Chiurchid
Russia
Britain
Chi
America
United States
Churchill
Staelin
Germany
United Nations
Lt Phillip Kortz Captures Two Loach In Pacific
Lt Phil Kortz of Barnesboro Pennsylvania fishes 20 miles off a Pacific island with three navy physicians to supplement the Christmas menu. He reels in a four pound loach and a larger sea bass like fish. he notes he has occasionally caught two fish on one plug. Also included is details on Paul Illig and Paul Joseph Ulig, cadets at Army Air Forces schools, and Basle Walnut Ridge pilots training.
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South Pacific
Pacific
Navy
Cig
Phil Kortz
Barnesboro
Kurtz
Chesapeake Bay
Paul Illig
Arkansas Pilot School
Army Air Forces
Paul Joseph Uligx
Fred Ibis
Faylay Avenue
Ligiving
Amy Air Forces
Sehan Basle
Walnut Ridge Army Air Field
Walnut Ridge
Arkansas
Army Air Forces Eastern Training Command
Helena
Navy Aviator Recruitment Board Coming To Johnstown
A traveling Aviation Board from the Pittsburgh Office of Naval Officer Procurement will interview young men in Johnstown Pennsylvania on December 28 and 29. Lt. A J Berry Jr will discuss naval aviation opportunities at the Navy Recruiting Station Post Office Building from 3 PM to 9 PM. The Navy seeks qualified 17 and 18 year olds who graduate before March 1 1944 for the V-5 program and notes those who fail the V-12 exam may apply to V-5. Valuable time may be saved by contacting Dr Berry for qualification tests.
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Pittsburgh Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Johnstown
A. J. Berry, Jr
Navy Recruiting Station
Naval Aviation
Berry
SEE ALLIES Reconstitute RAF Dominion and Allied Fighter Force
Allies reorganize efforts after setbacks as RAF Dominion and allied air forces press reconsolidation assignments. Continuation from page one notes renewed patrols, rearmed squadrons and coordinated missions to blunt enemy air activity.
Pacific War Dispatches From Front Lines In Pacific
Allied forces intensify air campaigns across the southwest and central Pacific. American aircrews target Japanese anti invasion efforts while pounding air facilities. Japanese bombers strike American positions at Arawe New Britain and Tapas Uy.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Southwest
Central
Pacific
Arawe
New Britain
Ai Tapas
Russian Front Scene Near Vitebsk in Dec 1924 Moscow War Report
Moscow dispatches say Gen. Ivan Bagranian's forces press the outer defenses of Vitebsk as a two day German tank offensive along a 400 mile front is halted. Soviet columns push toward the Vitebsk Polotsk line while Germans retreat and abandon equipment. Berlin admits new losses in the north and southeast. Associated Press reports Moscow notes heavy armored activity as the German command shifts tanks to blunt Bagranian's drive.
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London
Ivan
Bagramian
Vitebsk
Moscow
Berlin
Red Gsrmy
Bfte
Khishny
Vitebsk-Polotsk
Cominique
Eddy Gilmore
Associated” Press
Bigs
Bagranian
Gilnors
Kurostenet
Kiev
Zhlobla
Germany
Agnes Mark Celebrates 85th Birthday in DuBeis
Mrs Agnes Marl mother of James Mark president of District 2 United Mine Workers of America celebrated her eighty fifth birthday at a family gathering in DuBeis. James Mark, her son, one daughter Miss Agnes Mark and eleven grandchildren attended along with relatives. A social period and refreshments followed. Born in Scotland she came to the United States many years ago and has resided in Coal Gulch area the rest of her life. She is in excellent health for her age.
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Agnes. Marl
DuBeis
James Mark
United Mine Workers of America
Agnes Mark
Mark
Scotland
Nnme
United States
Coal
Pennsylvania to Open Xmas for All Soldiers
Pennsylvania announces open house for Uncle Sam’s soldiers over the next two days. At Indiantown Gap and nearby facilities civilians will serve a homey Christmas with menus including creamed celery soup roast turkey and mince pie. Also reported is the release of civilian employees at Middletown Air Service Command under the manpower conservation program with layoffs affecting 49 workers.
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Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam
Indiantown Gap
Umberland
Carlisle Medical Barracks
Camp Reynolds
Will
Harrisburg
Middletown Air Service Command
War Department
Satcinsen Gan Tho
Roosevelt ally campaigns and British trials cloud Pennsylvania visit
The piece notes Guffey and other Democrats planning to support President Roosevelt in Pennsylvania ahead of spring primaries while discussing candidates Dave Lawrence and party figures. It also reports fear of delays as German and British wartime broadcasts face scrutiny and Kharkov trials draw attention, with Edwar Nadine Dilatze and others quoted.
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Sdoratary
Labor
Philadelphia
Guitey
Mille
Harrigongs
Roosevelt
Harrisburg
Mc Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Dave Lawrence
Lawrence
Guffey
Wesbown
Pittsburgh
Murray warns Pittsburgh as steel talks threaten stoppages
CIO president Philip Murray warned that a government wage ruling in the steel industry could trigger nationwide work stoppages. He cited 360,000 steelworkers without new contracts by December 24 and criticized the War Labor Board for delaying resolution. Negotiations with 244 companies expire December 24, with broader expirations anticipated across about 300 more firms by January.
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Pitsburgh
Philip Murray
Wir
Val
Murrey
War Gabor Board
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Union
Murray
Republic Steal
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Wheelbny
Blaw-Knox
Great Lakes
Danuary
Shipstead Urges REA Return to Independent Status
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota says Rural Electrification Administration has become a political football. He calls for removing REA from the Agriculture Department and placing it under a three member non partisan commission with presidential appointments Senate confirmed. Shipstead argues the department is highly political and misused REA since 1939.
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Washington
Shipstead
R-Minti
Rural Electrifications
Agriculture Department
Senate Agricultura
REA
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Unclear fragment notes military echoes and cities
Fragmentary text mentions army or navy details and beings associated with buses or cities, but the readable facts are insufficient to form a concrete event or outcome.
Pope Urges Peace Amid War Weakened Youth
Pope Pius speaks on longing for peace and condemns worldly pursuits as war tears youth apart. He laments youths battered by combat and conditions, urging renewal through moral and physical health, family strength, and education to heal a generation scarred by conflict.
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Christ
Holokws
Burhish
Eason
Obituary notices list several Pittsburgh area deaths
Obituaries record deaths and basic details for Anna Keeger Floyd Frederick Btemmens Alexander Bezick James Wyant Paul Danko and Agnes M. Clark. Surviving relatives include spouses children parents and siblings with services and interment details noted for Oakland Cemetery Pineland Cemetery Whiteside Methodist Church and Creson Sanitarium locations.
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Oakland Cemetery
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Foster) Wyant
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New Bethleham
Whiteside Methodist Church
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Rural Valley
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Clall
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