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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
1
Tokyo, battered in force four times before, faced a heavy B 29 raid this afternoon from Saipan. The first wave struck at noon amid clear visibility with little cloud cover, targeting the vast urban area and reporting good bombing conditions.
Saipan based B 29s of the 21st Bomber Command launched a daylight raid on Tokyo and Yokohama, first since December 3, with results contested by Japanese reports. Imperial releases claim 9 shot down, 27 damaged, while radio described the city as cheering amid the attack.
La Crosse residents hear two McCoy Army unit events with the 109th Army Services Forces band from Camp McCoy to play at the Vocational school auditorium. The program promotes E bond sales with two showings for Combat America featuring Maj. Clark Gable as narrator and producer.
Snow is ending late this evening with a return of colder conditions. Lows will fall to 10 below zero with a high near 22 expected Thursday.
The Navy said American submarines sunk a large Japanese aircraft carrier plus six other ships and twenty more Nipponese vessels in Far Eastern waters. Secretary Forrestal announced the update at a news conference noting 1,090 ships sunk or damaged and 3.5 million tons of shipping destroyed by U S submarines. He called the carrier loss a painful blow to Japan.
Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia exited Melbourne General Hospital where he had been convalescing since November 4, sparking news updates from local radio on his recovery and return to public duties.
Henry A. Schmidt reported missing in Germany on November 4 was killed in action that day according to the War Department. Survived by wife Wilma Risen and parents, three brothers in the services, three sisters in La Crosse. requiem high mass Friday at St. Wenceslaus church. He served since 1942, trained at Camp Livingston, Gordon Johnston, and Camp Picket, and went overseas in October 1943.
Snow fell overnight across Iowa Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota with 1.8 inches in La Crosse by mid morning. Temperatures ranged from six degrees above zero to a high near 15 to 18 as skies cleared later in the day with colder air expected Thursday morning.
Greek leftist ELAS terms deemed inadmissible by former Premier Stylianos Gonatas as a conference led by Prime Minister Churchill ends its second session without agreement. British claim ELAS violated a truce by firing on a warship and naval headquarters amid tense talks at the Grand Bretagne hotel.
Land based American bombers blasted Japanese airfields on Luzon for the fourth straight day. Clarkfield received 88,000 pounds of explosives as 39 of 50 interceptors were shot down by escorting fighters. The Manila raid left 72 Japanese planes downed in 48 hours. American losses were six fighters.
Infuriated Yanks staggered from woods after piercing 30 miles into German lines near Marche Belgium. About 400 men led by Lieut Col Samuel M Hogan escaped encirclement with most returning after six days of hard fighting.
Soviet assault units of tanks and infantry pushed into the western half of Budapest as German defenses tried to halt the advance. Russian commanders reported large German forces, many dead and prisoners as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky linked fronts to push toward Bratislava and Vienna along a 250 mile Danube front.
Berlin broadcasts say the Allied counterattacks pressure the German wedge from both sides as a major tank battle north of La Roche involves 70 U S 3rd and 7th armored divisions. The high command notes increased violence in southeastern Belgium and central Luxembourg with 158 Allied tanks shot or captured on the western front.
Washington experts estimate three to six more months for victory in Europe with possible delays for Japan and a deciding role for Soviet actions in Asia. Observers cite Allied intelligence failures and contemplate a shake up in top intelligence and Eisenhower aides if the war lengthens.
Allied forces report a deep American drive in the Stavelot area of Belgium and Bastogne relief progress. U S troops countered German penetration to Meuse front, with tanks and infantry inflicting heavy losses while pushing the initiative back.
One thousand U S 8th Air Force planes from British bases attacked rail yards and a major junction in western Germany after reconnaissance noted the main Berlin to west corridor cut. Six hundred heavies with 400 fighters targeted Euskirchen Andernach near Coblenz Hamburg Kassel Fulda and a Coblenz area junction. The battle yielded at least 25 Nazi fighters southwest of Bonn as Luftwaffe opposed the raid.
U S First Army reports German tanks in several sectors starving for fuel as Allied air power targets Field Marshal Von Rundstedt's counteroffensive. Combat commanders note many Nazi vehicles abandoned in Belgium after running dry and failing to resupply from rear areas.
In Paris a military firing squad executed Henri Chamberlain alias La Fonte Pierre Bony and six other members of Vichy France's Gestapo for collusion with German occupiers against French patriots during the occupation.
The Red Star asserts Eisenhower’s successes have forced the German offensive to quiet. Allied forces are creating conditions to cut the German group from its base. The piece notes a slower German tempo and an American air raid of about 3,000 planes on western communications.
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