Russian Offensive Drives Deep into German Lines
The Soviet information bureau reports a threefold winter offensive striking from northwest and Voronezh fronts. German losses exceed 200,000 killed or captured, with dozens of towns including Novaya Kalilva Kantemirovka and Bokovelenya seized. The push includes 189,090 German dead, 84,500 captured and substantial materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Don
Voronezh
Germany
Communiqat
Kursls
Stalingrad
N. Vatlutin
Leningrad
Filip Golikay
London
Washington
Roosevelt
Don Bendan
Starline
Gras
Velile Tait
Bezhev
Boreau
Novaya Nalliva
Monnatrischina
Bokavekaya
Novaya Kalliva
Monastirachina
Bakovskasy
Novaya Kalilva
Kantemirovka
Ceneter
Bokovelenya
Scott County Drivers Affected by OPA Gas Coupon Ban
Gate City report states Scott County motorists are in the group with suspended gasoline coupons. Telegram from Roanoke confirms A B or C coupons are halted for non-emergency use, with filling stations allowed to deny coupons to non essentials. An emergency top action directs gasoline sales to private cars only in regular emergencies.
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Unc
New York
Gate City
van D. T. Sargeant
South County
Ti Toning Board
Woman Injured in Auto Collision in Parked Car
Mrs. M. J. Nolan of Tilcrest was admitted to Halston Valley Community hospital after a car collision at Watauga and Piedmont streets left her with lacerations to the head face and left leg. A vehicle registered to Willie B. Anderson denied driving the car. Anderson was later arrested on a public intoxication charge after the crash. Three other people were treated at the hospital for injuries including a boy with a fractured right arm and a baby with burns from an open fireplace hot ash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Nokin
Tilcrest
Halston Valley Community Hospital
Watauga
Piedmont Streets
Luther Morelock
Woodrow Hurst
Ncvident
Willie B. Andersson
Federal Street
Morelock
Htratsic
Anderson
Ronald Charles Eston
Park
Nahy
Billie Gray Poole
Wits
L. Parker
Kingsport
Nevick
Parker
Allied forces capture Cape Endaidere and sink Japanese cruiser
Allied communique reports ground troops advancing east of Buna and near Cape Endaidere as remnants of the Japanese defense reduced. A Japanese cruiser was sunk off Madang with several enemy ships damaged and two Zeros shot down. Additional strafing and sinking of a small cargo ship near Portuguese Timor noted.
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Australia
New Guinea
Cape Endaidere
Buna Village
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Anihogs
Kumusi
Aoine
Buoq
Buna
Cape
Sonomanda
Endyidere
Cape Endaldere
Vanununique
Amboga
Kawmusi
Lee and
Salaman
MacArthur
Vitiaz Straits
Bona
Zera
Finachafen
Portuguese Timor
Rations Cut and Gas Sales Resume in East
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced gasoline sales would resume nationwide in the east at 12:01 a.m. Monday with A, B and C coupons good for three gallons. He noted a bootlegging problem and suspended 180 dealers. Byrnes ordered reports on policy adequacy, while relief measures let some households buy fuel with coupons later. The plan replaces the prior three and four gallon limits and aims to curb runs amid shortages. enforcement will tighten and inspectors will be redirected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
James F. Byrnes
Henderson
Ickes
Eastman
Byrnes
Goa
Maloney
D Gann
Senate
OPA
Spon
Grocery Stores Plan Friday and Saturday Closures After Christmas
Most of the city’s leading grocery stores will close Friday and Saturday to give their employees a full week off after Christmas. In prior years stores stayed open the day after Christmas, but this year the two-day closure follows the holiday schedule.
Army Bombers Attack Kiska and Munda Bases in Pacific Raids
Navy reports heavy explosions and fires on Kiska in the Aleutians after a Thursday raid by Liberator bombers. Simultaneous attacks by Flying Fortresses and fighters hit Munda airfield on New Georgia Island in the Solomons, with unclear results but continuing American pressure on Japanese bases near Guadalcanal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ehds
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Thain
Munida
New Georgia
Salomons
Munda
Senate
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Shertland Island
Los
Wea
Field Executive To Visit Kingsport On ODC Problems
Alexander Shaffer of the Office of Defense Transportation will visit Kingsport from December 28 to assist merchants and truck owners with gas problems. He will help complete certificates of war necessity and provide appeal form blanks. Shaffer's headquarters will be at the Kingsport Merchants Association office in the Housing Information Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Shaffer
Office of Defense Transportation
Kingsport
Ives
Shaffer
Kingsport Merchants Association
Edward Kriekel
ODT
A.B. Coleman
The
Merchants Association
Brickel
Cooper Guest At Camp Hopkinsville Camp Ky
Tennessee Governor Brentice D Cooper joined Camp Campbell at Hopkinsville for the weekend as a guest of Cal Guy Chipman, the camp's commanding officer.
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Cooper
Hopkinsville
Brentice D. Cooper
Tennessee
Cal Guy ¥. Chipman
Camp Campbell
Yule Sales Biggest In History
Christmas shopping in 1942 shatters records with higher department store dollar volume and strong demand for durable goods. Jewelry and luxury items sell briskly as wage gains spur big purchases. Kingsport reports heavy traffic on Broad Street and extended evening hours to accommodate war production workers and shoppers with limited daytime access.
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New York
Msky
Papa
Howra
A. W Zelo
International Stocal Bureau
Fairchild Publications
Mingsport
Kingsport
United States
Broad Street
A. B. Colesman
Kingsport Merchants Association
Kingsport Post Office Faces Record Christmas Mail Volume
Kingsport post office reports a Christmas week record for 90 000 outgoing letters and cards 16 009 uninsured parcels 1 850 insured pieces and a 310 949 cancellations for the week ending December 18 Postmaster J E B Miller calls it the biggest six days in the history of the office and awards a half holiday the day after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
J. EB. Miller
Kingsport Beast
Howard Long
British Pursuit Slowed By Axis Mines and Traps
Montgomery's Eighth Army presses west of E Aghella as Rommel's remnants retreat 120 miles, masking the main force near Sirte. Axis mines and booby traps slow the advance while air and sea attacks press Tunisian and Libyan fronts.
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London
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
E Aghella
Anitallang
Sirte
Tripoi
Africa Corps
Zauta
Nofilie
Bernard L. Montgomery
Morocco
Rommel
Berlin
U. S
Bizerte
Sousse
Tunisi
Tunisia
Italy
Admiralty
Tunisian
Andrew Browne Cunningham
al Wind
North Africa
Libya
Sultan
Zauta En
Nafilia
Tunisis
Tunis
Laz Goulette
Bicily
Trapani
Marsala
Tripoli
Rammel
First Army
Tunnisia
Ginte Montgomery
Allied Push Opens Burma Front As China Road Opened
A British American coordinated offensive in western Burma aims to reopen the Burma road to China. Allied troops advanced from the Arakan border toward Maungdaw and Buthidaung, about 60 miles northwest of Akyab, while heavy air attacks targeted railways, bridges, and docks along the Mandalay line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Goa
Arch‘bala
Wavell
Burma
China
United Nations
Arakan
Maingdaw-Buthidaung
Akyab
Maungdaw
Buthidaung
Tha ‘Bay of
Bever
U. S
Joseph Stilwell Carme
Communiqte
Ruthidaung
Moungdaw
Akyah
Mayu River
Rethedaung
Mandalay Line
Wansporia
Chittagong
Fenny
Inez
Clayton L. Bissell
RAF
Japan
French
North Africa
Libya
Solomons
New Guinea
Eldes
Otr
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Southwest Front
Valusin
Voronezh Front
Cen
Golikey
Otercopa
Canuenl
Frost
Stalingend
Valsas Don
Don Bond
Ingide
Mosraw
Scott
Ales
Jap Kiska
ODC
Long
Sir Archibald F. Wayell
China Road
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