Battle for Athens Looms as ELAS Shelling Escalates
Athens reports show ELAS forces firing on central areas with fires and cut water in large parts of the city. British and Greek troops fight in the town hall area while RAF planes hit reinforcements. Peace talks surface as leaders from EAM and ELAS show signs of conciliation and possible regency plans.
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Athens
ELAS
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Harold MacMillan
Middle East
Analiosia
EAM
National Liberation Front
BBC
E.A.M
E.L
The
Daily Mail
Harald Alexander
Greece
Churchill
the Mail
Alexander
Dimitri Lambrakis
Lambrakis
George II
E.la.s
E.L.A.S
To Keep Men on Jobs in War Industry
Topeka December 12 UP Brig Gen M R McLean Kansas selective service director issued immediate reclassification of men ages 18 to 87 to local draft boards It aligns industry with farming placing a deferment in farm work with the same risk of 1 A reclassification if a deferred man quits for any job Whether essential or not the new order aims to restore workers to essential industry rather than meet an immediate military need, McLean said.
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Topeka
M. R. McLean
Kansas
Selective Service
cLean
Mclean
Reed Names Nominations for West Point and Annapolis
Senator Clyde M. Reed lists candidates and alternates nominated yesterday to the United States military academy at West Point and the naval academy at Annapolis. Principals include A. R. Kendree Jr. Hutchinson and John G. Atherton Emporia, with alternates Sidney Cox Independence Robert Hiebert Coffeyville Earl Miller Manhattan Dean Patterson Leavenworth Thomas Davis Kansas City Kansas Henry Reed Larned and Lawrence Litwin Chanute.
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Washington
United States Military Academy
West Point
Navy Academy
Annapolis
Clyde M. Reed
Kan
Military Academy
A. R
Kendree, Jr
Hutchinson
William R. Cox
Larned
Lawrence Litwin
Chanute
Surprise Readings Strike Paralyzes Public Transit
Reading Pennsylvania witnesses a surprise 220 operator walkout from the AFL Amalgamated Association halting trolley and bus service in a War production center of 111,000. Thousands of workers stranded as the Reading Street Railway and nearby Lebanon face vehicle shutdowns and auto fleets are pressed into service.
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Reading
Reading Street Railway Company
Lebanon
War Production Board lifts gas supply restrictions for distributors
The War Production Board orders new gas supply rules for distributing companies sourcing gas from Cities Service Gas. Kangas Service Company, Lawrence gs Company, and manager Daryl J. odds confirm changes while stoves remain rationed and require purchase certificates.
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War Production Board
Cities Service Gas Company
Kangas Service Company
Lawrence Gs Company
Daryl J. Odds
Gas equipment rationing and supply hurdles cited
The Washington Post Bureau reports gas furnaces and gas equipment are ration free but obtaining installation equipment remains a hurdle for homes and businesses. The WPB restricted gas companies from new heating business in March 1942, began relaxing last August, and has now largely lifted the order.
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Dodds
Nazis to Tough Babies
Beverly Hills California December 12 General Henry H Arnold, commander of the army air forces, said German defenses are not crumbling and vowed the war will continue. He cited attacks on factories, marshaling yards, canale ball bearing plants and gas plants, noting Germans remain tough and fighting as he warned of a long conflict with Japan despite Allied air action.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Guite
Germany
Berlin
Arnold
Japan
Unclear fragment hints at WWII air forces and bombing focus
The passage references Japanese and German air forces, a bombing focus on an island, and a defense council discussion by Schoeppel in Topeka on December 12, noting ongoing talks about the future structure of defense organizations.
Kansas official council fund appropriation details
The report notes Drew Schoeppel chaired a future Kansas program with Connell leading Scoth Ber ridge Holton. Gov. Praner administration set the council, which was continued as Schoeppel completed the final leg of work. An appropriation of $85,880 supported the council's activities in the year ending last July and $34,880 for related prea-
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Drew ~Schoeppel
Kansa
Connell
Scoth Berridge Holton
Gov. Praner
Choeppel
Berridge Receives Eight Thousand Six Hundred Salary
The item notes that in the fiscal year Berridge in GE receives a salary of 8600 dollars.
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Berridge
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Cook's Paints
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