Americans and Nazis clash near Bastogne amid onslaught
Allied forces pushed northeast toward St Vith in the Bastogne area as German units along a 70 mile front pressed in. American l ing held gains while the Luftwaffe and ground forces intensified activity around the Saar to the Rhine. Local attacks recaptured towns in the bulge as casualties mounted for both sides.
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Paris
Bastogne
St. Vith
Michamps
Maister Woods
Saar
Rhine
Surreque
von Rundstedt
Beitehe
Elles River
Sarregurmines
Belgian Bulge
Seventh Army
Saarbrucken
Bitche
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Palatinate
Elivs
Sarregue
Magaret
Gerimont
Mande-St. Etienne
Third Army
St. Hubert
George 5
Patton
Yor Rundstedt Wrg
Superforts Raid Japanese Home Islands in daylight
Air war bulletin reports B-29s hit Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu with incendiaries. Japanese claims 13 shot down, 4 probably downed, 25 damaged. Raid from Marianas spanned 3000 miles. largest announced enemy loss 90 aircraft. MacArthur citesClark Field assault. Nimitz notes Saipan raid and Iwo Jima bombing.
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Nagoya
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Lin
Tokyo
Mitsubishi
Negoya
Honshu
Yokohama
Kyo‘to
Kobe
Marianas Islands
Bist Bomber Command
H. 5. Hansell, Jr
Douglas McArthur
Manila
Clark Field
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Public Welfare Board Approved By City Aldermen
Public Welfare Board approval moved forward Tuesday night as Mayor and Aldermen prepared an ordinance for final reading. The plan, already discussed, would form a new recreation and emergency service board with members including a mount of veterans’ service and local agency heads, to coordinate with agencies like Holston Valley Hospital and the United States Selective Service.
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Gilet Bruce
Casnty Selective Service
United States
Perne Om
Lus
Triebe
Ingi
Page
New Senators Face Rules And Privileges Of Office
Newly elected senators must follow strict conduct rules as outlined in the Senate manual. Notable prohibitions include bringing flowers through channels, firing staff, or using the Senate for personal projects. The chamber grants limited perks such as a senators only barber, museum-like rest areas, and a granite tombstone upon burial with a eulogy copy for successors.
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Bear
Senate
Ful‘ent
Hoey
Johnston
McMahon Sinses
Myers
Taylor
Capehart Donnell
Hickentopper
Morse
Saltonstall
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Congressional
Soviets Fight Bitter House to House Battle in Budapest
Soviet troops pressed through Pest and Buda in what could be the fiercest urban fighting since Stalingrad. Moscow reports 222 blocks in Pest and 53 in Buda captured, with thousands dead or wounded on the German Hungarian garrison and around 1,600 prisoners taken. NATO-style clashes continued near Komárom as German forces counterattacked south of Budapest, but were repulsed. Casualty estimates rise as civilians endure the siege.
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Moscow
Budapest
Stalingrad
Red Army
Pest
Danube
Buda
Bann
Janos Voros
Komarom
Austria
Marshal Feodor
Torbutthin
Isalent
Viera
Kingsport Men Report For Exams And Inductions
Clerks at the Selective Service Board announced December pre-induction exams for numerous Kingsport area men including William Drew Neil Harry Feed Steadman and others. Names transferred from boards in Decatur Tennessee and Greeneville South Carolina. Induction sent for Johnnie Wisley Landrum Navy and George Glenn Hushour Army.
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Selective Service Board
William Drew Neil
Harry Feed Steadman
Thomas David Carter
Milton Lee Ketron
Jacob Richard Pierce
James Fred Bays
Roy Elmer Roiler
Donald Frank Cox
Paul Eugene Coates
Jack Westley Steadman
Walter Stanley Wilson
John Rufus Bailey
Thomas Watson Ketron
Jack Tipton Riggs
Orvil Glen Cox
Denzel
Neal Lady
Brazil Donen
Normen Kins
Thomas Edward LaGuardia
Mack George Rowland
Mixe Conkin
Herbert Lafayette Atchley
Decatur, Tenn
James Dotson Vaughn
Greeneville
South Carolina
Johnnie Wisley Landrum
Navy
George Glenn ,Hushour
Army
Broad Street Street Scene Adds Colorful Color Guard
A vivid street scene shows a tall, well dressed man in a sporty rain coat and bright green suit with a black derby drawing surprised looks from passersby on Broad Street. Tuesday observers remark on the sun while a rambunctious 13 year old arrives home muddy from a swampy field, triggering maternal scolding along the route.
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Broad Street
Term Starts Today For Congress
Washington dispatch notes the 7th Congress convening with war urgency as young farm workers are drafted to the full extent. Senate fights over Capehart seating and voting rights prompts calls for Justice Department inquiry while House readies Rayburn for a new term and war committees. President Roosevelt signals openness to universal service debates ahead of his wartime address.
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Washington
White House
Iy Jong Hues
Senate
Burkley
Homer Capchatt
Indiana
Capehart
Ball R-Minn
Justice Department
Cordell Hull
Forrest Bonnell
Missouri
William J. Fulbright
Arkansas
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Mem Jbers
FDR
Congress
White House Directs Young Farmers Drafted
Washington reports the White House authorized Selective Service to press deferred farm workers aged 18 to 25 into service. Acting with President Roosevelt's approval, James Byrnes urged drawing on this eligible pool to bolster the armed forces, noting about 84,000 men in that bracket hold agricultural deferments and that agriculture can be run by older workers with few exceptions.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Hershey
Bills To Aid Veterans Top Measures In Congress
Washington reports that veteran aid dominated new measures as Congress opened. About 500 proposals filed in the House show a mix from disability benefits to procedural reforms. A major non war bill, the omnibus rivers and harbors plan worth 500 million dollars, was reintroduced, while a veterans benefits speed bill by Representative Ludlow aims to accelerate disability payouts.
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Congress
Washington
Toth
Rep
Bland
H.R
Ludlow
D-Ind
Canadians Gain Ground In Italy Reported By Allied HQ
Allied headquarters say Canadian forces pushed ahead between Fosso Vecchio and the Senio River despite strong German resistance. Seventy prisoners were taken and a German pocket east of the Senio was being mopped up as a substantial bridgehead. In the west, Fifth Army patrols along Route One near Massa reached several enemy positions after crossing minefields and engaging in local clashes.
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Rome
Alfonsine
Ravenna Ferrara
Fosso Vecchio
Senio
Seiio
Fifth Army
Massa
Tyrrhenian
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
Bologna Germania
Thois
Voorhis
D-Celif
Livergnano
Lane
D-Mass
Rep. Jonkman
R-Mich
Airmen hit Clark Field in New Year Luzon raid
Liberators of the Leyte based Red Riders roared over Clark Field in the Philippines as General MacArthur expanded air strikes to Formosa. Fighters tangled with Japanese interceptors while heavy bombers pounded Halmahera and Luzon coast targets, sinking ships and damaging warehouses, power plants, and rail facilities.
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General Macarthurs
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
Fifth Air Force
Douglas MacArthurs
Formosa
Red Riders
Reymond Seidel
Olympia
Wash
Luzon
MacArthur
Hhis Lommunique
Halmahera
New Guinea
Laoag
World War Front Distances Reported From Multiple Theaters
A brief wartime bulletin lists distances from key fronts: Road To Berlin 1-Western front $01 rising from near Daren. Russian front 94% miles north of Warsaw. Hungarian front 364 miles from near the Hron River. Italian front 547 miles from Alfonsine.
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Daren
Warsaw
Hron River
Alfonsine
Legislature Names Three Officers Today
The Tennessee legislature names three officers and nominates Mrs Ive Carr for secretary of state, with Mrs Carr having served unexpired term after her husband’s army service. Other nominations include Jared Maddux for comptroller and Cecil Wallace for state treasurer, while committee lists and gubernatorial plans loom ahead of Jim McCord’s inauguration.
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John W. Lashlee
D-Camdien
Senate
Ive & Carr
Carr
Jared Maddux
Elizabethtan
Cecil Wallace
Lewisburg
Maddux
Brack R. Sams
D-Sullivan
East Tennessee
McCord
Louis Allen
D-Davidson
Wallace
Jim McCord
Prentice Cooper
Army Tightens Control Over Montgomery Ward
Army tightened control over Federally seized Montgomery Ward properties in seven cities. Eleven company officials were ousted as Army moved to full authority in operations. Federal Grand Jury investigating interference. 15 affidavits filed for injunction and declaratory judgment. Court hearing set for next Monday. dismissals may affect Selective Service reclassification.
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Chicago
Kne
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Byron
Proposal to Bring All Campaigns Under Scrutiny
A new Congress proposal aims to extend the Corrupt Practices Act to all political campaign organizations, including so called political education outfits tied to the 1944 campaign. The House Campaign Investigating Committee urges disclosure of funding, affiliations, and concrete objectives, arguing education groups may mask political aims. The inquiry lists PACs, the National Association of Manufacturers, Committee for Constitutional Government, and the Communist Political Association among those investigated.
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Washington
Congress
House
CI0
C. B. Baldwin
PAC
Sidney Hillman
New York
Harein
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la Cleiza
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Peter J. Carrell
JP Witephoto
Tennessee
Gav
Jeanette MacDonald
Pasadena
California
Southern California
Superforts Blast Japs
Japan
Kingsport
Italy
Fai
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Colepough
Tep
Erich Gimpel
Oattam
U-bear
Maine
Boston
Phiraphoto
U.S
Berlin
Nashville
Tennessee State Senate
Srst
Montgomery Ward
House Committee
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