British Labor Urges World Peace Force
London reports the 43rd annual Labour convention backing an international alliance to enforce peace and curb Germany and Japan. Clement Attlee argues for reparations and disarmament, with debate on dismembering borders, a United States of Europe, and Greece policy. Laski urges collective security and worker empowerment. Morrison Bevan elected to executive, Greenwood reelected treasurer.
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London
Labor Party
Germany
Hugh Dalton
Munich
Leningrad
Dalton
United States of Europe
Greece
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Harold d. Laski
Africa
Asia
Herbert Morrison
Aneurin Bevan
Arthur Greenwood
Yank Picks Off Right Nazi as Army Advances
Dec. 12 report describes American infantrymen crossing toward Hagenau after Strasbourg with a single soldier credited for saving a bridge. A German engineer rushed to destroy the crossing but was shot by a American patrol, allowing the bridge to remain intact for the advance.
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7TH
Strasbourg
Hagenau
Moder
Spain Denies Franco Resignation Reports
London dispatch reports the Spanish Government denies claims that General Francisco Franco has quit power and that exile and Republican leaders are meeting at the Franco-Spanish frontier to form a new government. London views the Paris rumors with extreme skepticism until substantiated information arrives.
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London
Francisco Franco
Miguel Maure
Associated Press
Ma TI
Paris
Spain
Franco
French Journalist Tardieu Sentenced to Life in Lille
Paris radio said Charles Tardieu a renowned French journalist and former Echo Du Nard editor was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lille court. He aided the German propaganda machine for two years but his 1914-1918 war record reportedly saved him from death.
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Paris
Charles Tardieu
Echo du Nard
Lille
Tardieu
Eight Italian spies executed by Allied firing squad
Allied force headquarters announced today that eight Italian agents aged 20 to 27 were executed after an Allied military court found them guilty of espionage and crossing Allied lines to obtain information. The agents were Giannino Macrelli Carmelo Flandre Lino Masin Lorenzo Pizzi Nicola Abate Gino Lancellotti Paola Trivolzio.
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Allied Force
Giannino Macrelli
Lino Masin
Carmelo Flandre
Ruy
Luftwaffe
Belgian Resistance Chief Challenges Pierlot Leadership
Fernand Demany, chief of the Belgian Resistance Movement, charged Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot with government ineffectiveness toward collaborators. He said the Patriot forces were not integrated into a new Belgian Army as a unit, and urged a coalition government until Germans are beaten before the people decide. Demany, unaffiliated, joined the Pierlot cabinet after liberation and resigned last November 16 with other left wing ministers in protest.
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Brussels
Fernand Bemany
Hubert Pierlot
Pierlot
Demany
Associated Press
Belgium
De Gaulle FDR Confab Expected In Washington
Paris reports French sources say General Charles de Gaulle plans an early meeting with President Roosevelt after his Moscow mission. Washington has not replied to the invitation yet but sources expect a Paris visit soon, possibly after Churchill meets Roosevelt.
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Paris
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Washington
de Gaulle
Churchill
B 29s Over Tokyo Fifth Day With Fires Across City
Washington reports fifth straight Tokyo raid as small B 29 formations from Saipan strike the capital. Fires were sparked in central Tokyo though enemy radio claimed fires extinguished. ack ack and fighters reportedly drove off the raids. Meanwhile Liberators bomb Iwo Jima and Guam base preparations near completion with Nimitz expected to relocate.
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Washington
Saipan
Tokyo
United Press
21St Bomber Command
Ith
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Chester Nimitz
New York Times
Admiral Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Marianas Group of Islands
Italian Women Seek Reopening of Rome Schools
The Union of Italian Women submitted a plan to Rome's Mayor Prince Philip Doria Paraphili for reopening schools occupied by war refugees. The plan calls for a preliminary meeting of public and school officials as refugees are moved to other quarters and classrooms become available.
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Rome
Union of Italian Women
Prince Philip Doria Paraphili
Prince Doria
Peacetime footing reached by Finnish army
London dispatch reports that the Moscow radio announced Finland has fulfilled Armistice Article Four, placing the Finnish Army on peacetime footing within two and a half months after the Armistice. The deadline was met.
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London
Moscow
Japs Seen Avoiding Allied Naval Force
Canberra dispatch reports Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser praising the British Pacific Fleet and predicting Japan will avoid battle. He said the Japanese will withdraw toward home while Allied ships pursue, shortening the war.
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Canberra
Australia
Pacific
Japan
Bruce Fraser
United Press
Fraser
Wodehouse Freed Only Provisionally
London reports British humorist P G Wodehouse is held by the French government under provisional liberty while possible German relation inquiries proceed. No charges are on file in France though law allows detention without formal charges. Eden said there is no legal ground for extradition and Wodehouse hopes to return to Britain. he is reported in good health.
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London
P. G. Wodehouse
Associated Press
Wodehouse
Anthony Vden
House of Commons
Eden
Britain
Additional Mail Service Expanded To Italy And Vatican City
The Post Office Department announced that extra mail service is now available to parts of Italy receiving ordinary mail from the United States and to Vatican City. Letters and packages up to two pounds three ounces will be prepaid at five cents per ounce, with letters limited to two ounces. Mail remains restricted to personal or business communications not of a transactional character.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Vatican City
Post Office Department
Post Office
Italian Government Moves to Resume Ties With France
December 12 1943 Italian leaders prepared to seek early restoration of diplomatic relations with the French Provisional Government. Bonomi's cabinet faces choosing an ambassador to Paris and another to Washington as Alcide de Gasperi and Salazar figure in post Fascist diplomacy.
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France
Bonomi
Giuseppe Salazat
Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Ambbassador
Washington
Carlo Sforza
State Department
United States
The
Quirinale
Umberto
Bonemi
Salerno
National Liberal
Switzerland
Bona
Setor Luigi Einaudi
Duke Thom
Gallarati-Scotti
Spain
Francesco Carnelotti
Enrico B
Luigi Basparetto
Conectio Mare
Colonnetti
Cipriano Faccietti
Stefano Jacini
V. E. Orlando
Chamber of Deputies
Courses Available At Armed Forces Institute
The courses of the Armed Forces Institute are now available to commissioned warrant and flight officers of the Army. Inquiries should be addressed to the United States Armed Forces Institute MTOUSA Branch APO 794 U S Army.
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Armed Forces Institute
Army
United States Armed Forces Institute
Mtousa
APO
U. S. Army
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Clement Attlee
Attlee
Yank
Aly
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean Theater
J. A. H. Gammell
Wilson
Joseph T. McNarney
APS
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