US First Army pushes toward Duren and Bonn in Roer front
American forces of the 1st Army cleared five miles of the Roer river west bank and advanced up to two miles toward Duren in a dawn offensive. Hodges's troops entered Rollesbroich and pushed near Bonn while other units moved toward the Palatinate border. The 7th and 9th armies also fought in the Saarland and near Julich as German resistance and new forces, including the 5th Panzer Army, stiffened.
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Paris
Roer
Duren
Courtney H. Hodges
Rollesbroich
Bonn
Hurtgen
Monschau
7Th Army
Bavarian Palatinate
Siegfried Line
Saarland
St. Jeanne D'Arc
Metz
U. S
German Palatinate
Seltz
Karlsruhe
Niederroedern
Seltzbach
Rhine
Rastatt
Germany
Cologne
U. S. 9Th Army
Julich
Linnich
William H. Simpson
Schophoven
Pommernich
Hoven
Mariaweiler
Hasso Eckardt von Manteuffel
Bizerte
North Africa
Volksgrenadier
Derichweiler
Gey
Bombers Hit Tokyo Palace Grounds Amid Propaganda Push
Tokyo radio claims and Allied silence mix in reports of B 29 raids on the emperor's palace and nearby areas. Broadcasts from Melbourne and London speak of palace damage while Japanese claims of Ponson island actions surface as strategic chatter.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Hirohito
Ponson Island
Leyte
Ormoc
B 29s Strike Honshu Industrial Target In Raid
General Arnold announced a heavy B 29 raid on Honshu with over 100 aircraft likely involved. Explosions and fires were reported as the strike targeted Japanese industry, with losses to be confirmed after final crews reports are tabulated.
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Washington
H. H. Arnold
20Th Airforce
Honshu
Airforce
Arnold
Cigarette Shortage Worsens As War Demands Grow
Washington—Senators heard that the cigarette supply may be tighter as army demand rises. Fred C. Foy of the Army Service Forces testified that overseas campaigns and Christmas parcel shipments drain stocks, with projected 1945 purchases at least 77 billion cigarettes a year. He noted free issue to troops abroad and that factories will need to meet overseas shortages amid ongoing hearings.
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Washington
Cal
Fred C. Foy
Army Service Forces
Senate
Poy
Foy
Paas
League backs Daugs resolution to let counties set forms of government
MILWAUKEE The League of Women Voters announced it sent letters to county officials urging support for the Daugs resolution. The measure would amend the state constitution to allow counties to adopt forms of government suited to local needs, with county boards choosing the system.
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Milwaukee
In League of Women Vol
Wnt
Daugs
Palmer H. Davgs
Lake Mills Demorat
Sunty
Legion Post To Accept 16 Jap Yank Members
New York report says sixteen American soldiers of Japanese descent were invited to join Capt. Belvidere Brooks Post No. 450 American Legion. Hood River post officials said the move would heal a perceived black eye to the Legion and they erased the names of the 16 from the wartime roster earlier in the week.
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New York
Belvidere Brooks
American Legion
Hood River
Ore
Frontline Distances From Key Axis Sectors
Distances to major fronts listed: Western front 301 miles from near Duren, Russian front 304 miles north of Warsaw, central front 400 miles north of Szob and Italian front 551 miles north of Ravenna.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Pep
Szob
Ravenna
Weather summary from agiatty forecast
Cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Tonight low around 18 degrees. Thursday will be warmer with a high near 34 degrees.
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Agiatty
Thurstue
Floating silvery balls baffle pilots over Germany
Paris dispatch reports German forces deploying new silvery floating balls observed by American airmen on missions over the Reich. The purpose remains unclear though speculated as a potential anti-aircraft device. The transmission was heavily censored at supreme headquarters.
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Paris
Reich
Supreme Headquarters
Seek Pensions For Solons Seek Pensions For Solons
Washington reports bipartisan support for pensions for members of Congress tied to expanding federal employee retirement. Six American aeronautical engineers return from England touting progress toward standardized aircraft. Navy measures show the Bureau of Ships maintains fighting strength at one million dollars per hour and renegotiated war contracts saving seven and a half billion on six billion in contracts.
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England
Bureau of Ships
Navy
House Naval Committee
Expect Relief From Severe Snow Storm
The weather bureau forecast relief from the season's worst snow storm as work resumed to clear streets and highways across a vast region. Snow remained heavy in parts of the east with 36 inches reported in West Virginia, while the death toll rose to 58 in the United States and 18 in Canada from storm related causes.
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Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Midwest
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
States
Canada
Ontario
Five Die as Army Bomber Crashes Near Minot
A four-engine bomber from the Sioux City air base crashed in a cornfield three miles north of Minot, killing five crewmen and injuring four. Names were withheld until next of kin could be notified.
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Minot
N. D
Here
Sioux City
Janitor Seeks $200 Salary Cut for Less Work
Gloucester New Jersey school board hear janitor Robert Eastlake request a $200 yearly salary reduction citing lighter duties. The board was surprised and did not act.
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Gloucester
N. J. —P— School
Robert Eastlake
Board of Education
Holds 4 Of A Kind As Shell Breaks Up Game
NBC reporter Janssen said in a Athens broadcast that Lieut. Arthur Schneider of Philadelphia was holding four of a kind when ELAS shell disrupted a poker game in Athens recently. None of the players were injured. He convinced companions he had four sixes before the explosion.
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NBC
Guthrie Janssen
Athens
Arthur Schneider
Philadelphia
Elas Shell
Janssen
Schneider
EAM Rejects British Terms Amid Greek Crisis
In Athens ELAS rejects British ceasefire terms as heavy explosions rock central Athens and Omonia square. British commander Scobie offers terms demanding ELAS disarmament in Attica and obedience to British orders, while Svolos Tsirimakos urges acceptance. London reports RAF action against ELAS and Piraeus progress.
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Athens
Eam-Elas
EAM
ELAS
EAM National Liberation Front
Omonia
Kifissia
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George Papandreou
Scobie
Militiades Porphyrogenis
National Liberation Front
Papandreou
Porphyrogenis
Svolos Tsirimakos
Attica
Sir Harold Alexander
Allies Take Over Nazi Concentration Camps
The Allied military government in conquered German territory will assume control of all Nazi concentration camps and use them to detain arrested Nazis after the release of camp victims, a proclamation in General Eisenhower’s name announced today.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
OPA Investigator Loses Gas Rations For Speeding
Milwaukee ration board suspends James Carney an OPA investigator of gasoline rationing violations for 15 days after he was convicted in district court on a speeding charge. The action affects both pleasure and occupational gasoline rations.
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Milwaukee
James Carney
OPA
Carney
Chinese Troops Advance Deep Into Kwangsi Province
Chinese forces reported to have pushed more than 20 miles into Kwangsi as they pursue retreating Japanese units from Kweichow. Hochih lies about 95 miles from Linchow, the former site of a major U.S. air base.
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Chungking
Kwangsi Province
Kweichow Province
Hochih
High Command
Linchow
U. S
Allied Forces Advance on Front Declares Reich Border Near Sarreguemines
Front reports show U S 1st Army massing against Roer near Dueren and U S 3rd Army pushing from Saarlautern toward the Reich border east of Sarreguemines. U S 7th Army nears the Palatinate while French forces clear towns in Alsatian plain and Vosges foothills. The 26th and 35th Infantries move northeast of Sarreguemines as 90th repels counterattacks above Saarlautern.
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U. S
Roer
Duren
Saarlautern
Reich
Sarreguemines
Seltz
German Palatinate
Alsatian
Vosges Fothills
Armour Named Envoy To Spain By Roosevelt
The White House announced Carlton Hayes would resign as ambassador to Spain and Norman Armour would replace him. Armour, acting director of the State Department office of American Republic Affairs, previously served as ambassador to Argentina. Also named were Laurence A. Steinhardt to Czech government in exile and Hallett Johnson to Costa Rica after Fay Desportes’ death.
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Washington
White House
Carlton Hayes
Spain
Norman Armour
Armour
State Department
American Republic Affairs
Argentina
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Turkey
London
Hallett Johnson
Costa Rica
Fay Desportes
Reds Tighten Budapest Ring Ahead of siege
Soviet and Russian reports indicate Red Army forces press toward Budapest from Godollo as artillery encircles the capital. German defenders dig in though no imminent fall is announced while residents flee westward. Moscow says Sajoszentpeter and ten towns near Miskolc are captured and liberation of Czechoslovakia nears per Izvestia.
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Moscow
Budapest
Godolla
Red Army
Sajoszentpeter
Miskolc
Kia
Izvestia
Czechoslovak Republic
Red Star
Austria
Convoy Sinking Drowns Thousands of Japanese Troops
MacArthur reports heavy enemy losses in Leyte sea battles as American air forces sink four transports and two destroyers in a two day convoy action. Palompon and Ormoc corridor operations threaten remaining Japanese reinforcements with continued ground pressure on Yamashita's forces.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
John M. McElfresh
Olean
N. Y
Melvin W. Haines
Evanston
Ill
Palompon
Ormoc
Japan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Limon
32Nd
77Th
Bonds Sales Reach Half Million in La Crosse County
La Crosse county reports 606 496 in E bonds sold on Wednesday toward a 1 119 000 quota in the Sixth War Loan drive. County chairman Gysbert Van Steenwyk urges Christmas gift purchases and warns against redeeming extra bonds at issuing centers. Individuals total 2 692 380 or 105 percent of their quota with corporations buying 3 117 639.
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la Crosse County
Gysbert van Steenwyk
County War Finance Organization
Batavian Bank
County War Finance Committee
Newsprint Allocation May be Cut Again in 1945
War Production Board warned a further reduction in newsprint allocations could be necessary by the second quarter of 1945 or sooner. Canada may raise deliveries after July 1 by about 10 000 tons monthly, but U S needs for army ammunition and liberated Europe will strain pulp and paper supplies for publishers.
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Washington
War Production Board
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Canada
Europe
WPB
U. S
Nimitz and Pacific Chiefs Map Coming Moves
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific, held talks with army and navy leaders from the central Pacific and Aleutians on strategy for upcoming operations. While aligned with Aleutian concerns, the discussions seek to influence actions against Japan, though not immediately.
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Fleet Headquarters
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Ocean
Central Pacific
Aleutian
Pacific
Aleutians
Japan
Japanese Radio Claims Sinking Ships in Philippine Waters
Unconfirmed broadcasts from Nipponese radio claim sinking two destroyers two medium transports and three torpedo boats in Philippine waters. Details remain unverified by Allied sources.
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Philippine
Radio Today
Allied Cooperation Shows In Burma Advance
British and Chinese infantry with American directed artillery drive into Katha and Indaw in upper Burma, about 155 miles north of Mandalay, in a move the U S command calls a striking example of Allied cooperation. Lieut Col Trevor Dupuy of Washington C C, chief artillery officer for the British 36th division, is cited for directing Chinese artillery support.
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New Delhi
India
Katha
Indaw
Upper
Burma
Mandalay
U. S
Trevor Dupuy
Washington, D. C
Dupuy
Smash Nazi Attempt On Island Of Symi
Allied headquarters said three enemy landing craft were destroyed trying to land on Symi, 15 miles north of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean. The British destroyer Liddesdale intercepted the craft and escaped damage from Rhodes coastal batteries.
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Rome
Symi
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Liddesdale
Clayton backs world price for American cotton with transition aid
William L. Clayton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he favors a world price for American cotton and income payments to domestic growers who shift to other crops. He also urged postwar export promotion of producer goods to prevent foreign competition.
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Washington
William L. Clayton
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Clayton
Quest
Connally
D-Tex
Archibald MacLeish
Senator Clark
D-Mo
MacLeish
Clark
la Follette
Agriculture Wickard
Senator Shipstead
R-Minn
Aan
United States
Gillette
D-lIowa
Rescue trains pressed to reach snowbound Grafton bound train
Charleston West Virginia reports a second rescue train was sent to reach a snowbound two coach passenger train 45 miles east of Charleston after an earlier attempt failed. A prior search from Elkhurst also stalled as weather blocked air and ground efforts. Some passengers may seek shelter in Elmhurst houses while awaiting relief.
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Charleston
W. Va
Here
Elkhurst
Baltimore & Ohio Aaiead
Hubert H. Stark
Civil Air Patrol
F. P. Fultz
Elmhurst
Bombers Hit Nagoya In Large Midafternoon Raid
21st Bomber Command reports B 29s bombed Nagoya, Japan in a midafternoon strike. The force rivaled the largest to hit Japan, feinting toward Tokyo before striking Nagoya’s castle and downtown district. The mission used Nagoya Castle as a landmark near the docks, with Nagoya’s commercial district showing limited tall buildings.
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21St Bomber Command
Ipan
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoyaftor
Great Por Castle
Jimmy Doolittle
Move Plants Underground in Tokyo War Plant Shuffle
A Tokyo broadcast reported that essential Japanese war industries will be moved underground to escape American Superfortress bombings. The plan aims to protect production and reduce vulnerability amid Allied air raids.
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London
Tokyo
Reconnaissance Flights Over Nagoya Amid War Dispatches
A long dispatch notes Nagoya's population size and dense districts ahead of air operations. It reports night recon flights over Nagoya and that about 80 B 29s struck Honshu Shikoku and Korea. The Japanese HQ claims damage and ongoing investigations into intercepts.
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Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Japan
Takeyo
Honshu
Shikoku
Korea
Imperial Headquarters
Mariana Islands
Aichi
Shizuoka
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