Victory ship La Crosse launched from Bethlehem Fairfield Yard
The S S La Crosse named for La Crosse Wisconsin was launched at the Patapsco river yard by Navy Mother Mrs Leslie Cilley of La Crosse. The ceremony drew about 300 to 400 workers and featured a luncheon where Mrs Cilley received a diamond brooch.
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Patapsco River
Baltimore
S. S. la Crosse
Isconsin
Patapsco
Bes Jost
Navy
Leslie C. Cilley
la Crosse
la Verna D . Mmk
South Pacific
Hassie E. Cilley
Barton
Fla
Army Air Base
Paul E. Cilley
Chicago
Bethlehem Fairfield
Nellie Twele
Navy Mothers’ Club No
Cilley
Beulah R. Cilley
Washington
Katherine E. Cilley
T of Agriculture
Miles
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Mary Mmn
Navy Department
Wahington
George C. Seeérs
Baltimore Navy
Twele
Arina Kauffman
Sipender
Anna Gegner
S. S. Fairmont Victory
Fairmont
W. Va
W. C. Reynolds
Leslie S. Cilley
ELAS Attacks Break Pact in Greece as British Move
British military headquarters announced a strong ELAS assault in northwest Greece against EDES led by Gen Napoleon Zervas violating a Caserta pact. The communique noted deep ELAS penetration into EDES areas, with unofficial reports up to 20 miles. British forces landed near Piraeus and advanced in Athens while truce efforts faltered and ELAS terms remained unsettled.
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Athens
ELAS
Greece
Napoleon Zervas
Caserta
Piraeus Harbor
Cairo
FCC
Scobie
Ankara Radio
Attica
Piraeus
Executed German Spies In U S Uniforms Captured In Belgium
Three German spies captured wearing American uniforms in Belgium were executed by firing squad after a court martial. One officer candidate and two noncommissioned officers admitted they were tasked to impersonate Americans and reconnoiter bridges and roads along the Meuse. They were seized by U S military police at Aynaille near Liege while driving an American truck.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Meuse
U. S
Aynaille
Liege
Belgium
Allied Air Strikes Hit German Drive Toward Sedan
Allied air forces pounded the Nazi offensive toward Sedan as heavy bombers and fighters hit Rundstedt’s columns advancing 29 miles from Sedan by Thursday noon. American armor held near St. Vith while air drops aided Bastogne defenders amid continued heavy fighting and destruction of tanks trucks and positions.
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Paris
Sedan
Karl von Rundstedt
Bastogne
Supreme Headquarters
Luxembourg
Belgium
St. Vith
Stavelot
Vielsalm
von Rundstedt
St. Hubert
France
Trier
Coblenz
Euskirchen
U. S
101 Nazi Tanks Knocked Out In Red Offensive
Soviet announcement claims 101 German tanks destroyed in 24 hours as winter offensive pressures Germany. Nazis report 270,000 Russian troops moving in snow covered Latvia with about 30 divisions encircled. Word of large battles across the front hints at a broad, active push in cold weather conditions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ipoly
Gran
Hor
Berlin
Latvia
Ivakian
Ata Oo
Lucenec
Hungarian
Matra
Quake Recorded Near Weston Seismograph Station
A moderate intensity quake was recorded at the Weston seismograph station. Officials said the event likely originated in northern Chile or Argentina, occurring at 6 42 36 p m and lasting about two hours, about 4 580 miles from Boston.
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Weston
Mass
Chile
Argentina
Bos
Weather Outlook Turns Colder Then Warmer Sunday
Local forecast calls for a cold night with lows from minus one to five degrees. Sunday will bring increasing clouds and a milder high around 22 degrees. Sunday evening expected to remain light and partly cloudy.
Don’t Burn This Paper Eight Fights For Victory
A compact report notes eight scheduled boxing bouts under the banner Dont Burn This Paper, aiming for victory. The card features local fighters and promoters plan a staged event at a city venue.
Charles Dena Gibson Dead at 77 in New York
Charles Dena Gibson, 77, famed artist behind the Gibson Girl and the Gay Nineties ideal American woman, died today of a heart attack in New York. His wife Irene Langhorne, a Virginia beauty and sister of Lady Astor, was beside him.
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New York
Charles Dena Gibson
Gibson Girl
Irene Langhorne
Virginia
Lady Astor
A D Schilling Found Dead at Home in City
Police and the county coroner investigated the death of Arthur D. Schilling 33 found in bed at his home on South Sixth Street. An autopsy was planned for Saturday afternoon. He had fallen ill Friday after working at the Bodega Lunch club until 11 p.m. Survived by wife mother Phoebe Schilling and brother Edwin. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Blaschke funeral home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Monday evening.
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Fredric W. Crosby
G. D. Reay
South Sixth Street
Arthur D. Schilling
Schilling
Bodega
Phoebe Schilling
Edwin
Blaschke
W. Ross Connor
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wisconsin Governor Goodland Christmas Message
Governor Goodland sent a wartime Christmas greeting to Wisconsin citizens saying this is the fourth war time Christmas with peace far away yet he hopes all may find solace in the spirit of the season and the wish for on earth peace and goodwill toward men.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Wisconsin
Doughboys Face Christmas Battles On Front Lines
Snowbound fronts seal a white Christmas for American troops as many Doughboys risk battle to defend gains in France. Turkey rations arrive as parcels reach front lines and morale activities expand with carols and dances in hospitals, camps, and shelters across France Belgium and Britain.
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London
America
Germany
Turkey
France
U. S
Belgium
Holland
United States
Soviets Claim 700000 Slain In Nazi Camp At Lwow
Moscow radio reported a Soviet commission found nearly 700000 people died in the Nazi camp at Lwow including some Americans and British. It cited 200000 killed at Janow and claimed Hitler youth used children as shooting targets. The commission linked Heinrich Himmler to Lwow crimes.
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London
Moscow Radio
Lwow
Monitor
Janow
Heinrich Himmiler
Poland
B 29s Repulse 150 Nip Planes Over Nagoya
The 21st Bomber Command reports a large Japanese air assault of about 150 planes aimed at Superfortresses over Nagoya. The B 29s defend the bombers and destroy enemy war industries in a two to two and a half hour engagement with zero B 29 losses from enemy action.
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21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo and Hongkong Bombed by Allied Bombers
Tokyo radio reports a single Superfort bombed Tokyo with incendiaries and another hit Hongkong early today. B 29s appeared on reconnaissance missions from Saipan and China bases. The unconfirmed broadcast was recorded by the FCC.
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Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Hongkong
Saipan
China
Federal Communications Commission
Mitsubishi plant attack described as strongest fighter attack yet
In Nagoya the Mitsubishi air craft works near a city of over a million faced heavy air attack. Five interceptors were destroyed and four damaged as overcast limited result assessment. U S pilots reported strong, persistent fighter opposition with references to Betty bombers and German-like fighters.
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
Nagoya
Tokyo
Hatsudoki
Mitsubishi Works
Maj
Robert Fitzgerald
Ridgewood
N. J
The Road To Berlin Front Distances
The Western front stands at 301 miles from near Duren. The Russian front sits 304 miles from north of Warsaw. The Hungarian front reaches 400 miles from north of Szob. The Italian front extends 550 miles from Mezzano.
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Duren
Warsaw
Szob
Mezzano
Japan claims sinking of eight Allied ships in three day attack
Japanese imperial communique reports sinking eight Allied warships and transports and damaging 12 more in a three day Philippines sea operation. The claims, unconfirmed by Allied sources, also mention two additional cruisers or destroyers sunk by own action off Mindoro and other areas.
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Philippines
Mindoro Islands
Federal Communications Commission
Mindoro
Gulf of Leyte
Sulu Sea
Patch Christmas Message From Gen Patch To 7th Army
General Alexander M. Patch sends a Christmas message to the U S Seventh Army thanking the men for their achievements and noting many will spend a third Christmas abroad. He expresses appreciation while hoping for reunion with loved ones and a peaceful return home.
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U. S. 7Th Army
Alexander M. Patch
Commanders Named For Europe Air Service Roles
Brig. Gen. Clarence Kane of San Diego and Fairfield Ohio named commanding general of the air service command for Europe. Maj. Gen. Hugh Konerr Jr remains deputy commander for U S strategic air forces in Europe.
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U.S. Air Service Command
Europe
Clarence Kane
San Diego
Calif
Fairfield
Ohio
Air Service Command For
Hugh Konerr. Jr
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Obituary: Oscar J. Jenson Dies in Wisconsin tobacco trade
Oscar J. Jenson 66 longtime Wisconsin tobacco buyer and manager of Wisconsin Tobacco Co died Friday after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Eberson.
Shoot Down 84 Germans In Air Battle Over Germany
London dispatch reports Allied air power pounded the German counteroffensive as weather cleared. U S Thunderbolt Lightning and Mustang pilots of the 8th and 9th air forces shot down at least 84 German planes. British heavy bombers ferried 400 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with 700 escorts to strike rail yards, junctions, and armored columns behind German lines.
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London
U. S
Britain
Ehrang
Trier
Kaiserlautern
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Swede Arrested For Supplying Nazi Aid Information
Stockholm police announce the arrest of John Alexander Lonnegren former chief of the Scandinavian Telegram bureau on charges of supplying Germany with information on Norwegian refugees in Sweden Lonnegren left the post over a year ago.
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Stockholm
John Alexander Lonnegren
Scandinavian Telegram Bureau
Germany
Sweden
Lonnegren
Telegram Bureau
Skating Rinks Open On Saturday and Sunday
The park department announces Hood West Hogan Roosevelt Copeland and Lagoon rinks will be open for skating Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday three more rinks Emerson Goose Green and First Ward will be ready. All rinks close at 8 p m Christmas Eve.
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Park Department
Hood
West Avenue
Hogan
Roosevelt
Copeland
Lagoon
Emerson
Goose Green
First Ward
Patton’s 3rd Army Strikes North in Belgium Push
Allied reports describe German breakthroughs into Belgium with Patton’s 3rd Army moving to counterattack von Rundstedt’s southern flank. Bastogne Wiltz Saarlautern Dillingen note contested. Air raids target Coblenz Bingen as St. Hubert wedge deepens the front.
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Supreme Headquarters
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
von Rundstedt
Ensdorf
Saarlautern
U. S
Dillingen
Bastogne
Belgium
Wiltz
Luxembourg
St. Hubert
Vianden
Reich
Saar
Patton
Berlin
1St Army
Aachen
Liege
Arlon
E boats beaten off after raid on Allied convoy
German E boats attacked an Allied convoy bound for Antwerp off the Schelde river mouth. British ships and coastal forces repulsed the assault, with at least two E boats sunk and five damaged. The clash lasted until near daybreak with no reported Allied losses.
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London
Antwerp
Admiralty
Schelde
European Situation Grave as Nazi Plans Remain Obscure
Washington reports Germany withholds full strength in a western front breakthrough while high command weighs a major victory plan. Analysts say the goal could be trapping several Allied armies in France. Russians promise a winter offensive, timing set by weather and strategic needs.
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Washington
Germany
Western Front
France
Moscow
United States
Britain
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N. H
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Louis L. Haltom
Nacogdoches
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Paren Cockerill
Sacramento
Fred Trickey
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