British Fleet Sinks German Battleship Scharnhorst Off Norway
London dispatch reports British home fleet units sank the 26,000 ton German battleship Scharnhorst in the Barents Sea off North Cape after a lengthy Arctic battle. The action, described as the greatest naval clash with Germany since the Bismarck, involved heavy losses on both sides and highlighted ongoing attempts to protect convoys to Murmansk.
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London
Schranhorst
Arctic
Norway
Murmansk
Hitler
Schaanhorst
Scharnhorst
Barents Sea
North Cape
Urs
Berlin
Sir Bruce Fraser
Ork Neanon
Fraser
Glorious
Scharnhor
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
North Sea
Brest
France
Admiralty
Alten
Fjord
Sir William James
Brifish Naval Information
Luetzow
Admiral Scheer
Pring Eugen
Admiral Hipper
Scheer
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Russian Winter Offensive Push Near Zhitomir Speeds Up
Russian forces report a new winter offensive across Ukraine with the Kiev Zhitomir highway cut open trapping a German tank and infantry unit. Gen Nikolai Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army advances west along the road and nears Zhitomir, while operations continue around Vitebsk, narrowing on the German base from multiple directions.
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Henry I. Vassivey
Moscow
Rea Amfiy
Ukraine
Kiev-Zhitomir
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Vitebsk
Vithy
Kiel
Valutin
Red Army
Baltic
Roosevelt urges steel workers to avoid strikes
President Roosevelt during a Hyde Park Christmas weekend pressed for peaceful settlement of steel and rail labor disputes. He urged arbitration with carriers, called for uninterrupted production under existing contracts, and proposed retroactive wage adjustments if settlements are reached. He sent telegrams to CIO head Philip Murray and to steel companies seeking conciliation and War Labor Board action if needed.
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Washington
Hyde
Park
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hyde Park
Philip Murrey
Cio
United Steelworkers Union
Republic Steel Company
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Taylor Wharton Lyon and Steel Company
Highbridge
N. J
Igbor
Indiana Boy Missing in War Service
Mr and Mrs Paul Buterbaugh Indiana are informed that Paul Donald Butler, 19, from Indiana, went missing since October. Inducted March 30 1943 he trained at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Christmas greeting dated Nov 26 1943 reached parents just before telegram from the War Department.
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War.Department
Paul Buterbaigh
Indiana
Paul Donald
Geraualea
Ile
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Thos Al Hart Dies. Noted Engineer and Athlete
Thomas Albert Hart known as Al Hart died Friday December 24 1943 in Indiana of a heart ailment. Born November 21 1891 in Clarksburg Indiana County he attended Indiana State Normal School Pennsylvan ia Shire College and the University of Pittsburgh where he roomed with John B Sutherland and earned hall of fame status as a baseball hurler. Long employed by Pennsylvania Highway Department he helped build the Turnpike and served as chief inspector on runways at Middletown US Airport. He later worked with Gannett Eastman Fleming before returning to Indian Town and joining Rochester Pittsburgh Coal Company noting his deep ties to Indiana County and Muncie area heritage.
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Thomas Albert Hart
Indiana
Clarksburg
Todiana County
Johi Hart
Lakeland
Florida
Aly Hart
Indians State Normal School
Pennsylvania Shire College
University of Pittsburgh
Inciang
Tioga
Bucks
Irving
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
Gannett, Eastman J and Fleming, Inc
Hay
Norfolk
Virginia
United States
Middletown
Gansnett, Eastman and Fleming
Indiheye
Rochester & Pittsburgh
Marines land at Cape Gloucester in two synchronized invasions
Advanced Allied forces launched two simultaneous landings at Cape Gloucester on New Britain to establish a second front against Japan. Within hours, both beachheads were secure amid heavy naval and aerial bombardment. Japan reportedly lost dozens of bombers and fighters as U S Marines pushed inland toward the cape.
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Robert Eunson
Quaters
New Guinea
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Japan
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Douglas
MacArthur
Sixth Army
Rabaul
Arawe
Gloucester
Lexecesso O
Long Island
Vitex
Mrs Mary Bell 88 Dies Christmas Day in Indiana
Mrs Mary Jane Bell 88 widow of Hugh M Bell Sr died Christmas morning in Indiana. She was a longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church and mother of eight with five grandchildren. Services were held at the Bell home with Rev James T Marshall officiating and burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Mary Jane Bell
Hugh M. Bell
Bell
Sutton Brother's
Bell Foundry
Indiana Foundry Company
George M
Harry M
Vesta E
Eldon A. Evans
Ebensburg
Gilmore F. Bell
Nemacolin
Eisenhower pledges victory in Europe in 1944
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied commander, stated at a farewell press conference before heading to Britain that the European war would be won in 1944. He cited total national effort from front lines to home fronts and reviewed wartime progress, noting Italian surrender opened the heel of Italy and bases at Bari and Naples.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Britain
Hitler
Countriew
Germany
Cairo
Matta
Italy
Laranja
Bari
Lee Eysenhower
Page
Six From Board No. 1 Leave for Navy
Military board decisions report multiple sailors granted leave for Navy service. Due to unclear lines, several names and details are partially unreadable, but the item notes personnel in training or assignment transitions with intended homeward return. The fragment references Darl W and Jacob Y Blame among others and mentions Hogent and Shelopy Be Pe 2 in connection with the proceedings.
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Eboer
Jacob Y. Blame
No Senergy FAMOUS SPEAKER AT LOCAL PLANTS PITTSBURGH
Massive stoppages hit steel plants across Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana Michigan and New York as CIO U Steelworkers of America contracts expired. About 1000000 idle workers prompted urgent President Roosevelt appeals for settlement. Pickets appeared at Pittsburgh Detroit Columbus and Cleveland as unions push for retroactive wage terms and a high court review.
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Roo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Mich
New York
CIO U. Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel Corp
Columbus
Pla
Benilly Murray
The
Dncreechus
Tosadd
War Labor Board
War Labor Murray
Steel Companies
Murray
Planta
Republic Steel Car
Youngstown Sheet
Youngs Republic
Timken
Rolleing Company
Sheeyaindiana Harbor
Ind
Roosevelt
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