German Drive Faces First Setback in Allied Counteroffensive
US troops and tanks regained the initiative, driving a deep salient into German lines in the Stavelot area, as American forces report Germans on the defensive with infantry replacing tanks on the northern rim. Allied officers estimate over 2,000 German spies in American uniforms amid the conflict.
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Stavelot
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Meuse
Karl von Runstedt
U. S. Army
Bastogne
Bulge
U. S. First Army
U.S
Celles
Ciney
Hotton
Land-Based U S Bombers Hit Manila Airfields Near Luzon
General MacArthur's headquarters reports land based American bombers struck Japanese airfields near Manila on Luzon for a fourth day. Clarkfield was the main target with heavy explosives. 50 interceptors faced Yankee fighters, 89 shot down and four more probably downed. Leyte mop up continued with 899 enemy killed, 14 captured, while US losses were seven dead and 21 wounded.
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Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Leyte
Thomas McGuire
San Antonio
Tex
Navy reports big Japanese carrier sunk by U S subs
Washington says American submarines destroyed a large Japanese aircraft carrier and a host of other ships in Far Eastern waters. Secretary Forrestal disclosed the tally at a news conference, noting 1,090 ships sunk or damaged since the war began and 3.5 million tons lost to U S subs. Meanwhile a highway crash near Lawrence injures Mrs. Emma Boettcher 67 and her 10 month old grandson, with several others treated for serious injuries.
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Washington
Navy
Far
Forrestal
Emma Boettcher
Topeka
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fred Heck
Jefferson County
Lawrence
E. L. Knapp
Massachusetts
Mary
Warren R. Lippert
Green
Bombs Fall on Paris Signaling Narrow War Damage
Paris reports three killed and 13 injured as bombs hit near landmarks in the capital. Night raid follows liberation, with damage to buildings and a servicemen’s club. Authorities say a hospital was hit and night fighters pursued the bombers.
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Paris
Snow Cleaning Ordinance Observance Urged by Police Chief
Chief of Police C A Bligsner warned property owners and tenants to clear snow and ice from sidewalks within eight hours of accumulation or face a fine from five to twenty five dollars. He said uncleared sidewalks pose a hazard in the business district and urged prompt action after each storm. Stock market index shows 60 stocks at 57.0, down from yesterday.
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Bliesner
Encahenarbence
Forced to Withdraw Rome Front in Italian Campaign
Allied headquarters said German counterattacks near the Serchio valley forced Fifth Army units to retreat from advance positions after bitter fighting. The thrusts targeted areas east and west of Gallicano, 14 miles inland from the Tyrhennian coast, while Eighth Army held on the opposite front. Canadians pushed northeast of Rossetta, and Allied air forces conducted about 1000 missions against German ground forces in Italy.
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Karl von Rundstedt
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Celles
Meuse
French
Ciney
Namur
Brussels
Antwerp
Rome
CPA
Italy
Fifth Army
Serchio River
Gallicano
Tyrhennian
Eighth Army
Altho
Rossetta
New York Bombing Broadcast Causes Confusion
Federal Monitor reports a Brazzaville radio broadcast claiming New York was bombed last night by a single plane. Officials doubt the text but cannot dismiss the claim. In Paris, a firing squad executed Vichy collaborators including Henri Chamberlain La Fonte and Pierre Bony for their role with the Germans.
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Federal Communications Commission
Office of War Information
Brazzaville
Supreme ‘Command
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
Henri Chamberlain
Zhus: la Fonte
Pierre Bony
Vichy
France
Relief Columns to Bastogne Reach American Garrison
Brussels radio said tonight that relief columns had reached the American garrison at Bastogne, cut off for more than a week, as part of ongoing World War II operations reported from London on December 27.
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Bastogne
London
Brussels
Reds Close In On Budapest Battle Rages Across Danube
Soviet shock troops surged toward Budapest as German defenses burned stores and utilities. Reports say several spearheads reached the Buda district while roads out of the city were cut. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky’s armies linked to threaten Bratislava and Vienna, with 18 towns seized in southern Czechoslovakia and heavy fighting along the Danube front.
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Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Buda
Szekesfehervar
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
King Tiger
Pather
Feoder
I Bukhin
Pest
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Malinovsky
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Danubian
Kassa
Lake
Balaton
Service vote nears three million in presidential tally
AP reports best estimates place service and civilian votes in the recent presidential race around 2.8 million, well below prior state projections of 3.392 million. Census data show 7.86 million service-age males, with about 35 percent expected to cast votes. Only five states broke down the party split, Roosevelt ahead of Dewey roughly three to two.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arm Servicea
Census Bureau
Colorado
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Dewey
Kansas
Official notice of rationing changes and stamp invalidation
The notice from L. G. Gabbert at Wichita informs George T. Wetzel of changes effective yesterday at 12:01 am. Butter rises to 24 points a pound. Sugar stamps 30 81 82 33 and 40 and all home canning sugar certificates are invalid. Red stamps A8 through 78 and AB P65 in war book four are invalid. Blue stamps A8 through Z8 and AS through W5 in book four are invalid. Retailers must not accept invalid stamps and holders should destroy them. Dealers have ten days to transfer invalid stamps to suppliers, who have ten days to deposit cancelled stamps in their banks and destroy all invalid stamps to prevent black market use and further price increases.
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George T. Wetzel
L. G. Gabbert
Wichita
Planning Wolf Hunt Near Stull Neighborhood
A wolf hunt is planned for next Monday afternoon in the Stull area west of Lawrence. Farmers led by Vern Swallow and Theodore Buchheim invite all who wish to participate to meet at the Stall store at 1 PM New Year’s Day, with trucks to stations for the drives. Two rounds cover about two square miles aimed north of the Stull store and east of that area, using shotguns only. Coyotes are reported plentiful, with groups of up to eight sighted this fall and winter.
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Stull
Lawrence
Vern Swallow
Theodore Buchheim
Three beer licenses issued after inspections in Douglas County
Douglas County Commissioners approved three beer licenses after Sheriff Rody Skinner inspected rural establishments for slot machines and punch boards. Each license carries a $50 fee. Licensees named include Robert Taylor at Blue Bird cafe Cecil Jordon at Jordon's filling station and Melvin Molder at M A lunch.
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Douglas County
Rody Skinner
Robert Taylor
Blue Bird Cafe
Cecil Jordon
Jordon
Melvin M. Molder
RED Cross
Greek left balks at ELAS terms at Churchill conference
In Athens on December 27 Greek leftists rejected ELAS terms calling for a regency and purges, while British and French forces fought skirmishes around British headquarters. Churchill urged peace as conference delved into a plebiscite and elections. ELAS delegates faced a tense, armistice monitored session.
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E.L.A.S
Churchill
E.L.A
Stylianos Gonatas
E.l.as
Eecas S. Stud de Penne
ELAS
Piraeus
Greece
Churchill praised in London for Greece policy stance
London reports the British press praised Prime Minister Churchill for his statement to Greece as a genuine effort to end civil strife and show determined leadership. The dispatch notes the tone in London on December 27 as supportive of Churchill's approach.
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London
Greece
German tanks run short of fuel as Runstedt offensive stalls
U S First Army to report German tanks in several sectors running out of gasoline. Allied air blows press the enemy backward as fighter bombers break up rear traffic and rail lines. Combat units find Nazi vehicles abandoned in Belgium with fuel exhausted and crews fled.
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Associated Press
U. S. First Army
von Runstedts
Belgium
Ice brings tough commute in Lawrence amid storm
Lawrence residents crawled and skidded to work as a heavy ice coating blanketed sidewalks and streets. Snow, rain, and sleet left vehicles and glass encrusted with ice while observers reported .17 inch moisture in the overnight storm.
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C. J
CLEAR DAY OVER ICE IN EASTERN KANSAS DEC 27
Snow sleet and freezing rain iced eastern Kansas highways last night while skies cleared in the morning. Weatherman says not extremely cold with moisture fading though southeastern Kansas may see more. Roads remained slick and crews sanded hills and curves. buses and bus lines canceled in Parsons area due to ice.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Highway Department
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Oklahoma
Texas
St. Joseph
Wichita
Wamega
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Parsons
Kansas Ordnance
Parsons-Joplin
Joplin-Pittsburg-Parsons
Slot Machine Fine Plea In North Side Cafe Case
Leta Carrasco co owner of the North Side cafe pleaded guilty to operating a gambling device in a public place before Justice of the Peace O J Lane. She was fined 160 and 7 50 paid. Undersheriff Elmer Schiller found a one armed bandit in the cafe Saturday evening and took the machine to the county. This marks the sixth person before Judge Lane in the past week pleading guilty to a similar charge.
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Leta Carrasco
North Side
Justice of the Peace
J. Lane
Costa
Elmer Schiller
Lane
2,000 Meat Shape Closea New Rag Dec
2 000 meat shape near a holiday closure cited by butchers as disquiet over OPA rules. police survey showed concerns as the third day of the meat holiday passed.
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OPA
Y& Police
Downtown lights stay on all night in 1945 plan
City council votes to keep white way lights burning from dusk to dawn on Massachusetts street all winter, claiming improved safety for early workers. Budgeted white way costs rise by roughly 40 to 50 dollars monthly. Council also approves beer licenses for 1945, bids for city trash hauling, and purchase of land and equipment for water and fire departments plus a small pay raise for Fireman Chester roster.
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C. A.bliesner
Massachusetts Street
Sixth
West Ninth
Ninth Street
Whiteway
Rthe. Ree
Vernon, King and Harvey “Cannon
Kingsport
Tenn
Rohner
Ark
F. A Russell
the Water’ Committee
Major C. Hagar
Council
Water Department
Marcella Barnes Davis
At Conesion
George Robertson
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