U S Planes Hit Rangoon Amid Southeast Asian Raids
U S heavy bombers conducted daylight raids on Rangoon Burma twice Sunday and once Tuesday, destroying airfields, docks, and rail yards. American presses claimed many direct hits with minimal losses, while two Japanese fighters challenged the raids with one probable shot down.
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Burma
Rangoon
United States Air Price
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Cormmunique
Mingaldon
Rangoa
Allied push stalls Japanese at Buna New Guinea
Allied Headquarters reports slow progress against entrenched Japanese forces in the Buna area. MacArthur’s staff says troops engage in intense fighting as Americans and Australians move to clear positions along the Papuan Peninsula and near Gona while Allied aircraft sink a Japanese transport off New Britain.
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Australia
Alred Troopa
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Alr
Gaina
Creel
Sanananeda
Gona
New Britany
Mlan
Malta Reinforced Without Opposition
Malta reinforces under a lone assault report from the Admiralty cites war supplies and materials seized amid German interference. One US ship was destroyed during operations while British and American efforts aim to reopen the Mediterranean corridor from Gibraltar to Lexington. Brussels reports German soldiers punishing insubordination at the Belgian gate.
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London
Malta
Admiralty
Rankin demands full story on Atlantic Parley and Pearl Harbor
Rep Rankin criticizes Roosevelt Churchill Atlantic conference saying warnings to Pacific commanders showed Pearl Harbor surprise was anticipated. She notes economic sanctions led to war and questions policy shift after the meeting. Rankin plans to insert statement in Congressional Record.
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Jennnetts Rankin
R-Mont
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Japan
Congressional Record
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Pearl Harbor
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Winston Churchall
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Pacific
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Miss Rankin
Rnse
Germany
Aventa
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Orient
Churchill
Mins Rankin
Plo
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Knox Board Denies Gas Ration To Liquor Movement
Knoxville era bluntly turned down an application for extra gasoline to move government liquor from New Partia. The board ruled the request illegal, noting aquor movement into the county is not a legitimate occupation.
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Knox Board
Falioning Board
New Partia
Knox
Knox County
Two Firemen Killed In Nashville Train Pumper Crash
A passenger train and a Nashville fire engine collided at a downtown crossing at 2:25 a.m. killing Fireman S. B. Suilins and Fireman Max Solinsky. Engineman Lewis Ryman and Lieutenant Howard Hoffman were injured. Ryman and Stephens were reported grave. The crash wrecked the fire truck and the body of Suilins was found far from the scene.
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Nashville
Lo & ML
B.S. Mattingly
S. B. Suilins
Max Solinsky
Lawis’ Ryman
Howard Hoffman
CG. A. Stephens
Ryman
Stephens
Holiman
Neark
Hoffman
Sullins
Salinesky
Goebbels Launches National Pep Talks to Boost Morale
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels orchestrates a nationwide series of inspirational talks by hundreds of Nazi orators. The effort aims to lift German morale amid ration declines and setbacks, framing the war as ultimately decided in Russia despite Axis pressures in the North and Africa.
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Goebbels
Stockholm
Germany
Paul ‘Joseph Coebbels
Hammeriag
Russia
Deaths of Noted Musicians and Admiral Mentioned
Obscure tribute notes report the death of Dr Waysili founder of a Philadelphia operatic club and organizer of the Province Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, alongside Admiral Luigi Greltagni noted for participation in a historic sea battle on July 20, 1846 in Berne Switzerland.
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Juiel Gratingné
Berne
Switzerland
Luigi Greltagni
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Allies Slash At Axis Supply Line In North Africa Fight
Allied planes submarines and light ships reported sinking or damaging Axis supply ships along Mediterranean routes to Rommel's forces in North Africa. British and American mobile forces pressed toward Beurat Elsun as Tunisian campaigns, air superiority, and harassing patrols intensified amid winter operations. A Cairo communique noted Axis losses around Gabes and Sicily while warning of Christmas fire hazards and urging care with decorations. Special Christmas service planned at Cassidy Methodist Church tonight.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
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Beurat Elsun
Tripoli
Rommel
African Corps
Cairo
Roy Pyle
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
London Admiralty
Middle East
Qairo
Mediterranean
Gulf of Gabes
Tunisian
Sicily
Admiralty
Timis-Bizerte
Bardinia
Rome
al- Nied
Algerian
RAF
Malta
Wallington
Nasmush
la Goulette
Kairennn
Pichon J
Sousse
RAF Raids Wreck Vital German Rail Lines
RAF fighter and light bomber attacks hit multiple rail targets in Germany and occupied Europe. Rail yards near Ghent and Saint Lo were struck along with lines at Abbeville Le Preport Saint Pol and La Chapelle. Coastal command Hampdens and Hudsons attacked a Dutch-anchored convoy, two enemy ships set on fire, one British aircraft missing.
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Franne
Low Countries
RAF
Aducoa
Air Ministry
Ghent
Saint Lo
Abbeville
le Preport
Saint Pol
la Chapelle
Hampdens and
Hudsons
Coastal Command
Bom Retin
Stock Market Ticker Shows Mixed Recoveries
Good recoveries sprinkled the stock market ticker today but many leaders failed to make a strong come back. Pre holiday considerations and lighter commitments for extending Christmas recess affected some favorites while tax offerings again hindered progress elsewhere. War news remained optimistic and short covering appeared potentially on the horizon as the market drifted.
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New York
Jon
U S Forces Outclass Germans In Tunisia
An American general in North Africa says 75 mm anti-tank guns match German 88 mm guns. He notes American infantry outperforming seasoned German troops and U S medium tanks beating German Mark IVs. A tank crew from the General Grant recounts four direct hits but they continued fighting. Mud and rain hinder Allied mobility across Tunisia with few all-weather airstrips available for sustained air power.
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Medjez al-Bab
United States Army
Gereman
United States
General Grant
Sergt
Rolva Cantrell
Hodgenville
Robert Eltier
Marlon Ola
Frank R. Benner
Claremont
W. van Son
B. Wiberg
Clay Centor
Kas
Agheila
Urei
Wadii
Matratin
el Agheila
Advast
Tlhey
Vorotezh
Milicrava
Cob
N. F. Vatutin
el i Russia
Stalingrad
Communitie
Gamiy
Velikieland
Kalinin
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Thirty Years Of Italian Reign Draw To Close In Tripoli
British Eighth Army presses toward Tripoli pursuing Rommel as 30 years of Italian sovereignty in Tripolitania slowly ends. Gen. Montgomery galleries armored thrusts to strike in force while Rommel avoids a full stand, with Tunisia looming and Wadi routes delaying his retreat.
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Tripoli
Zanta Ba Nofilia
Tripolitania
Eighth Army
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hweriken
Reds push from Don front threaten Rostov region
Moscow reports a major Soviet offensive along the middle Don and central fronts has advanced toward Rostov, reclaiming more than 200 miles of rail lines and capturing several towns of strategic value. Russian forces reportedly hold fortified positions, with heavy fighting near Stalingrad and Voronezh.
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Russia
Don
Rostov
Ukraine
Stalingrad
Donets
Red Banner
Millerove
Middle Don
Wea
Don Bend
Middie Don
Donine
Jorg
Tobacco Marts Close In Louisville After Holiday Sale
Kentucky tobacco markets closed until after the holidays Tuesday after selling 10,827,537 pounds of leaf at an average of 43.21 dollars per hundredweight. Growers received 4,873,564.09 for the day’s sales, per Kentucky Department of Agriculture figures.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
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