Reds Claim Big Gains in South Ukraine Front
Moscow reports say Russian forces seized several enemy strongpoints in the Kirovograd area and killed about 1,400 Nazis while wrecking enemy tanks. Berlin acknowledged a breakthrough by 250,000 troops near Latvia as both sides clash. Reports cite German counterattacks faltering and reserves slow to respond, with emphasis on the Kirovograd front and Nevel sector.
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London
Ukraina Havel
Kirovograd
Moscow
Berlin
Walwerd
eBut Cot
Ernst von Hammer
Barlin
Gernardt
Neyel
Vichy
Nevel
Acula
Insan
Aproach
Germany
Poarland
Ukraine
M. Ivan
Konev
Mi Kirovogend
Ger- Mans
Massad
Zalaman
Aineo
Red Slav
Tle
Tzvestin
Bellewest
Revenuers Told To Stamp Out Whisky Black
Treasury agents were urged to crackdown on whisky black markets and price violations. District supervisors heard Robert Hannigan, internal revenue commissioner, pledge action to eliminate bootleggers and racketeers and to work with the Office of Price Administration to detect both tax and price violations.
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Woshington
Treasury
Alcohol Tax Unit
Robert Hannigan
Internal Revonue
Hannigan
Office of Price Administration
House Agrees To Adjourn First Term Of Congress
Washington reports the House voted for final adjournment of the first session of the 78th Congress at week’s end, with Senate approval. A joint resolution sets reconvening for January 10, delaying final action on tax legislation and related bills including subsidy reform, soldier voting, and railway employee pay raises.
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Washington
House
Ronco
Senate
Cassino Rome Front Seals San Pietro In Pincher Move
Allied forces tighten siege on San Pietro seven miles southeast of Cassino on the Cassino Rome road. American troops drive toward Mount Lunga while Germans rush Fifth Mountain Division to hold the gateway. Lagone taken inland as Eighth Army fights along Adriatic flank with heavy losses on both sides. Canadian First Division spearheading Adriatic coast advance as air forces and New Zealand troops press German positions in Italy and the Balkans.
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San Pietro
Cassino
Lunga
Caasino
Russia
Fifth Army
Lagone
Fiugnano
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Germany
Balkans
Orsogna-Ortona
London
Daily Herald
Italy
Cooperation Between Australia and United States Highlighted
Arthur R. Ford reported from Australia and New Zealand that Bath Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Australian Premier John Curtin praised strong U S Army and Australian Commonwealth cooperation in the Southwest Pacific. Ford, head of the Canadian Press and editor of the London Free Press, described the mutual enthusiasm upon his return.
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Orangeco —Rr
Southwest Pacific
Arthur R. Ford
Canadian Press
London
Ontario
Free Press
Australia
New Zealand
Bath
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
United States Army
Ford
Two Million Men Face Draft Call By July
Selective Service disclosed that about 2,006,000 men will be called during the first half of 1942. Of those, roughly 1,418,333 pre Pearl Harbor fathers were classified 1-A in October and November, but about 1,000,000 had occupational deferments. By mid-summer officials warned the rate of father inductions could slow if industry and farming deferments continue, with policy changes proposed for non-fathers aged 18 to 25. Local boards reduced deferments for non-fathers, yet 40,485 fathers were actually inducted in the two months, showing boards favored war production.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
Industria
Trofe
Army
Oryr
Iocal
U S Travel Conations Worse In 1944 Warned By ODT
The Office of Defense Transportation warns travel in the United States will worsen next year with overcrowding on trains buses and planes. Officials estimate non essential travel will drop seats, troop movements up 80 percent, and Army airfields report gains as U S forces push in China while domestic airlines and buses expand mileage but lack new equipment and workers.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Joseph BR. Mastman
Office of War Information
DWT
Soviet War Crimes Trial Reports In Moscow
Soviet, American, and British allies press describe a Moscow courtroom trial of four German war criminals. Testimonies detail mass killings of Russians, including adults and children, preferring death by gas and firing squads while judges and red army guards watched.
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London
Dell di Barkov
Moscow
India
Russia
Ida
Mikhail Petrovich
Butinov
Tian Chauffoux
Uralak Khinkov
Bulanov
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Rala
Dud Ratelaw
Don Py
IA. Ni Maisoni' Ov
Ukraiian Military Tribunal
Pull
Himesif
Poe
Wilk Lam Langheld
Gestano
Langheld
Red Army
FDR Calls Meet In Effort To Halt Rail Strike
President Roosevelt will host a White House conference Sunday with leaders of five operating railway brotherhoods and management representatives to head off a nationwide strike planned to begin December 30. The meeting signals urgency as non-operating unions watch closely amid ongoing wage disputes, though only operating unions are invited.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Jeaders
White House
Rsbrikg
Awwhiteh Lisewiss
Engineer Blinded by Derailed Train Lights Near Tumberton
Northbound Atlantic Coast Line streamliner rear-ended a derailed train near Tumberton. Engineer Frank Belknap told reporters the derailed locomotive headlights blinded him, preventing any attempt to flag. Officials report 79 dead and over 50 injured, with possible additional bodies in wreckage.
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Tumberton
M. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Frank Belknap
Rocky Mount
Aleady Beer
Sweden Objects To Students Arrest By Nazis
Stockholm informed Germany of determination in Nazi Swedish relations after the arrest and deportation of Norwegian university students. A note rejecting Joachim von Ribbentrop's claim Sweden had no right to interfere was handed to the German foreign office. The Swedish note warns the action will affect future Swedish German relations and academic and private exchanges.
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Stockholm
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sweden
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Wipe Out Jap Position Near Arawe In New Britain Advance
Sixth Army invaders of New Britain captured Umtingalu settlement and its gun positions that blocked the only American unit from its objective during Wednesday's landings near Arawe General MacArthur announced. Allied air and sea forces reported heavy combat activity with Japanese raids repelled. Cape Gloucester and Arawe air bases continued to be bombed as U S troops extended their beachhead and moved inland toward high ground near the Torokina River while Solomons operations pushed into the Bougainville jungles and air bases at Buka.
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U. S. Army Air Parce
China
Claire L. Chennegh
U. S. Ta
Chennault
24Th Air Force
Changteh
New Guinea
Sixth Army
New Britain
Umtingalu
Arawe
MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
Jsland
Rabaul
Solomons
United States
Tarnpress Auguata Bay
Bougainville
Torokina
Al‘randy
Adm
William ¥. Haleey
Buka
Admiral Halsey
Empress Augusta Bay
United States Gestroyars
Churchill Past Crisis Amid Hope Of Christmas Return
Churchill appears past the illness crisis as a 10 Downing Street bulletin says his temperature is subsiding and pneumonia resolving. At 69, he continues to face pulse irregularities but hopes rise for convalescence and return from the Middle East within weeks, barring relapse, while Mrs. Churchill arrives to cheer him.
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London
Churchill
10 Downing Street
Middle East
Washington
Moscow
Quebec
Leheran
Criro
Probe Of Guards Deaths Moves To Johnson County
Warder Herbert Russell and officials plan hearings in Johnson County this week as part of the investigation into the November 23 deaths of guards George Barger and W P Flora at Brushy Mountain Prison Petros. Officials still suspect a murder plot while a Dillon officer questions foul play claims.
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Johnson County
Herbert Russell
Brushy¢ Mountain
Petras
George Barger
W.p.bill Flora
Shoans Prison
Cer
Russell
Barger
Browa
W. NM
Dillon
Flora
Kingsport
Cooper
Nashville
Ruszel
Lynn Bomar
Joe
Yugoslav Partisans Repel Sixth German Offensive
Yugoslav Partisans led by General Tito claim they repelled a sixth German offensive in 13 days and launched a counteroffensive with NATO air support. Fronts from Montenegro to Croatia report slow advances against heavy German tank and infantry forces as reports of terror, lootings, and civilian killings surface amid the fighting. A rival Yugoslav government-in-exile says Hans Newbacher is negotiating with Hungary to divert troops from the Russian front.
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London
Partisen
Drontenegro
Bosnia
Croatia
Jesip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Zagreb
Hans Newbacher
Balkans
Budapest
Yugoslavia
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Teheran
Joseph W. Martin
Reds
Matt
U. S
Ratlaw
Kharkov
Zhitojmir
Kiev
Lubni
Hans Ritz
Walter Kreuger
New Baltain Island
War Cabinet
Clement Atlee
Anthony Eder
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