Germans Claim 20000 Yankees Prisoners in Belgian Offensive
London reports the German high command says Nazi spearheads cut the Liege Bastogne highway and took 20000 prisoners as Allied resistance collapsed. It warns of penetrations to Stavelot and Ardennes advances while seven thousand Americans were captured in Schnee Eifel fighting. The Scheldt mouth near Antwerp saw six Allied freighters sunk.
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London
Liege-Bastogne
Stavelot
Liege
Bastogne
Belgium
Meuse River
Ardennes
Schnee Eifel Forest
Germany
Scheldt River
Antwerp
Ardennes Forest
Luxembour
Sedan
Meuse
T&1.ith
Assaults Halted by American Guns Near Stavelot
Allied forces near Stavelot and Malmedy repel a Nazi push to rescue about 60 trapped tanks. American anti-tank units destroy five captured Shermans, knock out a German destroyer, and claim roughly 30 enemy tanks with 50 supply vehicles, amid heavy fighting that seals German forces between the Ambleve and rugged terrain.
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Stavelot
Belgium
Malmedy
Liege
Stewart L. Hall
Newark
N. J
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Monschau
Butgenbach
St. Vith
Hogemont
German Drive Reaches 14 Miles From Liege In Ardennes Push
Allied lines report German spearheads driven 14 miles west of Liege with two deep wedges into Belgium and Luxembourg as Friedrich Rundstedt’s forces force a major counteroffensive. American units halt northern push near Monschau and Stavelot while heavy fighting rages along the Siegfried Line and around Bastogne.
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Paris
Karl von Rundstedt
Belgium
Liege
Supreme Headquarters
Monschau
Malmedy
Liege-Bastogne-Arlon
Werbomont
Luxembourg
Sedan
Vianden
Wiltz
Bastogne
Clervaux
Witz
1St Army
St. Vith
Echternach
Nieder Schiettenbach
Wissembourg
Strasbourg
Butgenbach
Stavelot
Meuse
Maspelt
Courtney H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
2Nd Army
Roer
Duren
Linnich
George S. Patton, Jr
Siegfried Line
Dillingen
Saarlautern
7Th Army
Simserhoff
Schiesseck
Sarregue
Bundenthal
Palatinate
Vosges
Lake Noir
Colmar
Les Hautes Huttes
Lindern
Volks Grenadiers
Consdorf
Japanese Break Flee As Yankees Close In On Leyte
General MacArthur announced Japanese cohesion is broken on Leyte as U S forces push toward Ormoc and Palompon. Japanese losses mount with 90 000 enemy casualties estimated. air battles reach Iwo Jima and Marcus Island as B 29 raids continue from the Philippines toward Tokyo.
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Philippines
Japan
Accoun
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Leyte
Mindoro
Tokyo
China Sea
Cam MA
Manila
Philipina
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Vol- Se Islands
Marcus Island
U S Planes to Batter Ports in China
Maj. Gen. Robert, the U S chief of staff in the China theater, announced plans to bombard every Japanese supply port in China with maximum bombs and planes. He urged Chinese evacuees from occupied areas to move to Formosa and avoid travel on roads.
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Chungking
U. S
China
Robert
Chin
Formosa
Blewatha Auto Collision Injures Oke Man
Olson of Elroy was seriously injured when his car was struck by a Milwaukee Road train at a crossing near Lisbon. He was taken to a nearby hospital after the collision at about 4 50 p m Wednesday.
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Blewatha
Oke
Olson
Elroy
Biawatha
Wednes
Lisbon
Very Cold Tonight With Frigid Temperatures Ahead
The report notes very cold conditions with 8 to 10 degrees zero at night. Friday will bring a rise to around 20 degrees as temperatures inch upward, followed by a slightly warmer trend.
Superforts Hit Mukden Plant in Major Raid
U S bomber force hit the Mukden aircraft plant and other targets in Manchuria in a raid described as substantial. The 20th Air Force reported 15 enemy planes destroyed seven probably destroyed and 11 damaged with up to 60 aircraft involved. Three B 29s were lost in the operation as Japanese claims of air opposition varied from weak to strong.
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Washington
Mukden
Ukia
20Th Air Force
Dairen
Manchuria
Japan
Greater East Asia
Chungking Radio
Hankow
China
Nagoya
Honshu
20Th
Bomber Command
Radio Tokyo
Blue Network
Winter Arrives In La Crosse With Cold Snap
The arrival is marked at 6 15 p m central wartime time in La Crosse but residents already felt winter as temperatures dipped near zero and light snows covered the area. By midday Thursday the thermometer slipped to three below zero then rose to three above with highs near 10 to 15 degrees. The forecast calls for further cold to eight to 10 below zero Friday with a possible warmer Saturday.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Cold Wave Grips Midwest as Subzero Temps Spread East
The nation endures a deep freeze as winter tightens its grip from Kentucky toward Pennsylvania and New York. International Falls recorded 19 below, with Duluth at minus 16, and Minnesota areas, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa facing subzero readings. Illinois Michigan and Indiana will dip further tonight, with Chicago and northern Illinois at zero to eight below and zero to five below in northern Indiana. A slight warmup is forecast Friday night into Saturday, but colder conditions are expected Sunday.
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Midwest
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Canada
Duluth
Great Lakes
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Rail Targets Blasted By 15th Air Force
U S 15th air force heavy bombers hit rail targets at Rosenheim near Munich and struck Bologna battle sector and Brenner pass cutting feeder line to Verona at two points. Weather hindered west operations against the Nazi counteroffensive as Wednesday weather persisted.
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London
U. S
15Th Air Force
Rosenheim
Munich
Thunderbolts
Bologna
Brenner Pass
Brenner
Verona
Chinese Close In On Hochih Railway Town
Chinese troops close on Hochih in Kweichow Kwangsi rail town 95 miles west of Liuchow. U S 14th Air Force strengthens support and blasts supply lines from Tungting Lake to Liuchow and along the Lung river valley.
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Chungking
Hochih
Kweichow-Kwangsi
U.S
Liuchow
U. S
La Crosse County Sells 801526 In E Bonds
La Crosse county war finance group reports 801,526 in E bond sales on Thursday, reaching 71 percent of a 1,119,000 quota. Individual purchases total 2,974,370 to date in the county, with overall bond sales including corporate buyers at 6,378,012.
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la Crosse County
County War Finance Organization
Rev Plecity Promoted to Monsignor Rank in Church
The Most Rev. A. J. McGavick relayed by radiogram from Rome that Rev. Victor J. Plecity of La Crosse and Very Rev. Bernard Doyle of Darlington were promoted to domestic prelate with the title of monsignor. Plecity pastors Blessed Sacrament church. Doyle leads Holy Rosary church. They join the household of the Holy Father in recognition of meritorious service.
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A. J. McGavick
la Crosse
Amileto Giovanni Cicognani
United States
Victor J. Plecity
Bernard Doyle
Darlington
Blessed Sacrament Church
Holy Rosary Church
Rome
Washington, D. C
Household of the Holy Father
New York Long Distance Operators Vote Strike
New York City long distance operators vote to strike unless a $5 weekly wage increase is approved by the war labor board. Local 101 reports 98.3 percent of 3,172 members favored the strike. WLB will be notified but strike delayed 30 days under the Smith Connally act. About 6,000 operators work in the NYC area.
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New York
New York City
War Labor Board
Local 101
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
Incl
Norma Naughton
WLB
British reach Wantho and Nankan north of Mandalay
Calcutta reports British troops advancing along the Myitkyina Mandalay railway have occupied Wantho 135 miles north of Mandalay and Nankan 15 miles northeast. A Mars task force unit near Tonkwa 120 miles north of Mandalay killed 152 Japanese in skirmishes since Dec 9 with very light American casualties.
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Calcutta
Mandalay
Wantho
Nankan
Mars
Burma
Tonkwa
La Crosse Victory Ship Ready At Baltimore Yard
The La Crosse Victory, the 20th Victory ship built at Bethlehem Fairfield in Baltimore, is set for launching Friday. Keel laid November 4, 48 days build. ship named after a main street town per maritime commission. Mrs. Leslie Cilley to christen. city funds include a ship library and Navy Mothers club magazine subscriptions.
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Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
J. M. Willis
Bethlehem
Maritime Commission
Leslie C. Cilley
la Crosse
Navy Mothers’ Club No
Navy Mothers’ Club
British Move Against ELAS In Athens Amid Greek Crisis
British tanks and rocket planes opened a campaign against ELAS forces in Athens after an ultimatum by Lieut. Gen. Scobie. The attack targeted Averoff prison and the military academy as references to a broader push for control.
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Athens
R. M. Scobie
Tunnel to Connect Honshu Kyushu Isles
The Japanese Domei agency said a mile long tunnel linking Honshu and Kyushu will be completed by December 30. Construction began in May 1938 and the project advances toward connecting the two main Japanese islands.
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Domei
Honshu
Kyushu
Trier Under Attack In World War II Bulletin
Built on trimmed report, Lancasters hammered Trier in a daylight strike targeting the German west front garrison and railway hub.
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London
Lancasters
Westfront
Trier
Roosevelts Gift Scrolls To White House Staff
President and Mrs Roosevelt presented 258 White House staffers with their Christmas gift a scroll of the President s D Day prayer engraved and tied with a blue ribbon Each worker also received a handshake and a Roosevelt Christmas card bearing the inscription wishing a happier nineteen forty five
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Setback To Hit Us Between Eyes Warns Of War Concessions
Washington reports say Allied setback in Europe will hit us between the eyes with new war production problems. WPB Vice-Chairman Samuel W. Anderson warned Thursday that the German counter-offensive makes it hard to predict an end to the civilian production freeze. He said urgent demands for shells guns trucks and other materiel will be followed by armament problems as difficult as the ones we have now.
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Washington
Europe
WPB
Samuel W. Anderson
Anderson
Two Women Plead Guilty in Child Kidnapping Case
Milwaukee. Eleanor Hansen 37 and Marian Fiegel 23 pleaded guilty in circuit court to kidnapping Billy Clark 3 on November 27. Judge Roland J. Steinle did not set a sentence. The pair allegedly took the boy from a department store toy section and held him 26 hours before returning him to his mother Florence Debiak.
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Milwaukee
Eleanor Hansen
Marian Fiegel
Billy Clark
Roland J. Steinle
Toy
Florence Debiak
Seven Percent of Draftees To Be Negroes Stimson Says
War Secretary Stimson announced at a news conference that about seven percent of the 160,000 men drafted in January and February will be Negroes. He added the army will not lower physical standards for inductees and that combat troops must meet top physical condition.
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Washington
Stimson
Llama Meat Sold After Upstate Farm Incident
A New York packing company sells dressed meat from a lama after an accident at an upstate game farm rendered it unsaleable to a zoo. The meat, described as similar to choice veal, was offered for sale by the firm.
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New York
Upstate
Warship Damaged Claim Reported By Tokyo Broadcast
An unconfirmed Tokyo broadcast claimed Japanese planes damaged an enemy warship, described as possibly a cruiser, in Philippine waters west of Leyte. The English broadcast was recorded by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Tokyo
Philippine
Leyte Island
Federal Communications Commission
Lieut Hager Reported Dead in World War II Flight
Lieut James Hager, 28, of Ironwood Michigan, killed over Munich Germany on Oct 4 while serving with the 15th Air Force. He enlisted 1942 trained Moody Field Valdosta and Davis-Monthan. Survived by his wife Barbara Smith and his mother Jessie Wotherspoon Hager.
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Ironwood
Mich
Munich
Germany
Jessie Wotherspoon Hager
la Crosse
Hager
City Lumber Company
Moody Field
Valdosta
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Italy
15Th Air Force
Carroll College
Barbara Smith
Milwaukee
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