Eisenhower predicts European victory in 1944 front invasion plan
General Eisenhower told reporters in Algiers that Allied forces would win the European war in 1944. He outlined plans to weld allied forces into one team and lead a western invasion, while noting the need for time to judge progress and praising Allied cooperation and partnership. Military actions in New Britain Cape Gloucester described with two simultaneous landings, heavy bombardment, and Japanese losses as Allies establish a second Pacific front.
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Reds Break Nazi Lines In Bold Russian Offensives
Soviet forces launched heavy two pronged offensives near Kiev and in the Vitebsk region piercing German defenses. The Kiev bulge saw significant advances with claimed German losses of 48,900 and the Baltic Army nearing Vitebsk, severing routes. Moscow reported 150,000 Germans routed, with Radomyal and other towns falling as rail junctions remained crucial.
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Nazis Claim Coast Raid by British French Troops
Reported Christmas Day raid on the English Channel coast by German defences claims. No Central Headquarters confirmation of attack by six trained troops. The same day a major Allied bombing struck northern France as Roosevelt and Eisenhower were chosen to lead the invasion of Europe.
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Nazis Predict Allied Invasion Starts This Week
Berlin military commentators, anxious over the expected Allied invasion of western Europe, predicted a blow could come this week as heavy air strikes pound Channel fortifications. They claimed Germany was ready for new operations though Germany had suffered a setback in the Scharnhorst engagement, and no official Berlin comment followed on Eisenhower or Montgomery as invasion commanders.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Senate group seeks full Willkie charges in probe
A Senate Elections Subcommittee is urged to record all charges against Wendell Willkie and associates from the 1840 Republican Convention. Senator Langer will be summoned in January to testify as the panel weighs whether to reject or approve the resolution. Willkie aides invite cross examination. committee members push for clear, documented evidence only.
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120000 Steel Workers Idle As Strike Spreads
About 120000 steel workers are idle as a broad stoppage expands across many mills and plants in Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana Michigan and New York. Absenteeism runs 6 to 8 percent well above normal at 214 plants tied to CIO United Steelworkers of America contracts expiring Christmas Eve. Roosevelt urged settlement by maintaining production under old terms while negotiations proceed.
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FDR Cuts Holiday Short To Work On Labor Disputes
President Roosevelt cut short his Christmas weekend at Hyde Park to address looming labor disputes threatening paralysis in steel and railroad industries. He prepared an annual message for Congress and budget plans for 1945 while awaiting replies from unions on wage disputes and arbitration offers. He sent telegrams urging peaceful settlements to CIO leader Philip Murray and Republic Steel, as steel strikes widen.
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Sinking of Scharnhorst echoes Bismarck defeat
The Scharnhorst was sunk off North Cape after a convoy clash as Allied and German forces clashed in Arctic waters. British command hailed the victory while warning that German surface strength has been greatly reduced to pocket battleships and cruisers. The fate of her crew remains unconfirmed amid wartime reports and Berlin broadcasts.
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Weather Flu and Traffic Woes Mar City's Holiday
Holiday week end disrupted Kingsport with flu surge and road crashes. City physicians faced busy Christmas Day with high flu treatment demand and pharmacies reopening for prescriptions. Two bus crashes injured five people near Cedar Creek after icy roads. Hospital reports two patients still hospitalized with injuries.
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Yank Troops Capture Two Vital Points
Allied forces under Fifth Army in heavy rain seized two key high points along the My Samucro road to Cassino and pressed closer to San Vittore as British Eighth Army added tanks for the house to house fight in Ortone. The push aimed at Ortone and the Little Stalin grad area continued street by street with German efforts to infiltrate repelled.
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FDR Sought to Help Settle Polish Soviet Rift
Report says Premier Mikolajczyk may visit President Roosevelt to seek mediation on the Polish Soviet breach. Eden gave Mikolajczyk a Teheran Conference report while Moscow’s terms include restoring much of eastern Poland to Soviet control and ceding East Prussia and part of Silesia to Poland, with dismissal of Gen Sosnowski debated.
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