Yanks Close In On Arawe Air Base In New Britain
American forces push toward the Arawe airstrip on New Britain as air attacks intensify against Japanese positions. The advance, aided by air support, suggests the airfield may soon be captured, allowing closer strikes on Rabaul and expanding Allied bases around the island.
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Hemgiarturs
New Guinea
P—Amertesa Lnvasion' Sgorope
New Britain
Oro
Arawe
Peninsiza
Ewan
Toda
Sixth Army
Noring
Rabaul
Solomons
South Pacific
William J. Halsey
Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville
Empress Auguste Bay
Tiutsey
Halians Cheer Demand Abdication and War Talks
Thousands gather at a Naples mass meeting denouncing King Vittorio Emanuele and the fascist regime. Placards call for abdication and a democratic government as Amendola is remembered. Allied leaders urged Congress and negotiations while AMG seeks war directions. A separate contract award to Rule & Murphy covers expansion work near Nashville.
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Vittorio Exianuele
Athens
Naples
Fitatifroa
Haly
Teatro
Politeano
Ie J Meetlig
Giovanni Amendola
Beatmto
Fasgciuta
Fério Clanca
Armendela
Amendola
Viteo
Tay
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Perrolason
Algiers
Edgar Hume
AMG
Italy
Auclam
Fanelam
Tee
War Guillter
Asontract
Roshington
Bolivian President Penaranda Overthrown In Coup
Victor Paz Estenssoro leads a Nationalist Revolutionary Movement coup, arresting President Enrique Penaranda and key ministers after a gun battle at dawn. The insurgents, backed by army factions, seal media and take over the governor’s palace while Bolivian coast and war aims are debated in a tense post‑coup scene.
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la Faz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
United States
Penaranda
Miguel Candia
Antenor Lehezo
Pedro Arce Zilvetti
Fenaranda
Victor Paz Hostenasoro
Paz Estenssoro
Java
Panaranda
Ernst Wendner
Germany
Weneler
Pemanis Cottet
Epokisma
Chile
Trea
Pat Entensere
Ballyin
America
Roosevelt
Detroit
Aport
Hoatee
India
Possible Plan Emerges To Avert Railway Strike
A mediation conference near the White House with President Roosevelt in attendance began daylong talks on December 30 to avert a nationwide railway strike. The talks produced no final agreement and planned further discussions, with concessions under study such as paid vacations and better overtime. The five operating brotherhoods, represented by 15 spokesmen, were joined by leaders from Chicago and 35 to 45 executive committee members. The board previously recommended a 4.5 percent wage rise, while a 7 percent option was supported by a minority. the unions sought up to 30 percent or $3 a day.
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Washington—P
Inw
Roosevelt
Shen
White House
Chicago
War Mobiliza
Tion
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinnon
Vinson
Brotherhoods
Soviet Drive Near Latvia Pushes To 57 Miles South
Soviet tanks cavalry and ski troops surged toward Polotsk and Vitebsk as the Red Army pressed a sixth day advance from a broad front. Berlin radio claimed a Dnieper crossing was achieved with no losses due to ice drift. The German lines held bridgeheads near Khermon and Nixopol despite heavy Soviet pressure and thousands of German casualties were reported.
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Latvia
London
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Ehergen
Duienar
Berlin
Bug River
Malles
Jvay
Odessa
Dnieper
Polotsi
Crimea
Khernon
Nixopol
Kherson
Aince
Nevel
Polotsk
Moscow
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Vitebsk
Minority Tax Group Plans Dissenting Report
A minority on the Senate Finance Committee plans a dissenting report and broad amendments to the renegotiation act amid a $2.284 billion tax bill. Senators Lafollette and Walsh are named as dissatisfied, and administration aides suggest Roosevelt may press the issue if Congress accepts the changes. The panel proposes exemptions for standard commercial articles and for construction contracts bid under competition, aiming to shield certain contracts from renegotiation.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Lafellette
Walsh
D-Mass
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
Plans of 16 young Italian fascists unearthed
Allied counters intelligence reports trapani Sicily reveal sixteen youths including Maria d Ali a 22 year old heiress and a 19 year old poet trainee planned to sabotage Allied war effort and rebuild secret fascist cells. Leader Cataldo Grammatico 19 admitted cutting lines while Pietro Cardì 28 confessed to armed revolt plan. group called committee of those faithful to Fas.
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Allied
Algiere—a
Trapeni
Sicily
American Counter-Intelligence Corps
Maria d'Ali
Rome University
Italy
Trapani
Counter-Intelligence
Cataldo Grammatico
Giovento Itilisne del Littorio
aPascist
Pietro Cardil
Paroist
Tripani
Varrests
Fas
Hammer Out New Gains Toward San Vittore In Italy
Allied forces push toward San Vittore after capturing San Pietro, with Fifth Army advancing toward Cassino and Montgome ry's Eighth Army driving along the Adriatic coast. German tank losses climb as Americans reclaim heights and tighten the Casalno Rome corridor.
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San Vittore
Eighth Army
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
San Pietro
San Vittori
Cassino
Bernard I. Montsgomery
Adriatic
Conealvi
Oraogna
Casalno- Rome
Bit. Lungo
Rome Road
Mt. Lungo
Poggio Fiorite
Ortona
Orsogna
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Italy
Uta
Fifth Army
Death Valley
Whitehead
Sone
Rapido River
Allied Planes Hit German Targets In West Night Day Blitz
Allied heavy bombers struck across Northwest Germany in daylight from the west and supported by fighters. Med-based raids hit Innsbruck Augsburg and rail targets near Munich. German defenses claimed heavy losses, with many Allied planes reported shot down.
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London
Germany
Innsbruck
Augsburg
Munich
Bronner Pass
Feot
Hitler
Worth Sea
Yeaterday
For- Strens Formatiine
Winging
Fromy itHosouths- PE
Algiers
Man Faces Two Charges After Wreck Victim Dies
M Dalton 36 of Route 6 Kingsport faces preliminary hearings for manslaughter and driving while drunk after Wayne Castle 98 of Lynn Garden died from injuries suffered when pinned between two vehicles on West Sullivan Street. Castle, hitching a car to a stalled truck, was struck when Dalton’s auto rear ended the truck. Castle had lived in Kingsport eight years, previously from Virginia, and worked for Fraser Brace Company.
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M. Dalton
Route 6
Kingsport
Megistrate
Showalter
Wayne Castle
Lynn Garden
Dalton
Castle
Sullivan Street
Cassie
William Allgood
Father
Mr. Castle
72 Known Dead In Double Wreck
Lumberton North Carolina reports 72 dead from the double wreck of two Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains last Thursday. Authorities say one or two bodies may remain under a coach section. Engineers described the crash, noting lights, warnings, and limited visibility as contributing factors amid a high casualty toll including servicemen and civilians.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
William Myer
Rocky Mount
Frank Belknnap
Belknap
Congress Seeks Inflation Battle After Holiday Recess
Congress heads to holidays with inflation debates looming upon return January 10. Key issues include food subsidies and railroad worker pay, while oil price increases face opposition from Vinson and the Office of Price Administration. House and Senate also address war-time deficits and unspent appropriations as they close the session for the holidays.
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Washington
House
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Price Administration
News From Bedside Of Churchill
Good news from Prime Minister Churchill’s bedside as a bulletin reports normal temperature and pneumonia resolving after his illness in the Middle East. A later bulletin noted an irregular pulse, causing unease for the 69 year old leader under the care of a heart specialist.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
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