New Landing Ends Campaign On Leyte After 67 Day Battle
Report covers the Leyte operation ending after 67 days with 842 percent wounded and 17 percent missing. It notes 2,748 enemy planes destroyed in the Philippines since the invasion on October 20 and naval losses including 27 ships and 41 transports sunk. battles outside Leyte Gulf not included. Also mentions Yamashita praised as Nippon hero and new Iwo Jima bombardment by air and sea with B 29s and warships against the Volcano Islands.
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Philippines
Leyte
Leyte Gulf
Tomoyuki
the Tiger" Yamashita
Singapore
Malaya
Iwo Jima
Toki
Saipan
Tekxio
Iwo
Sesipan
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Churchill and Eden Arrive in Athens amid Greek Crisis
Churchill and Eden landed in Athens as ELAS reportedly planted pounds of dynamite under the Hotel Grande Bretagne and government seats. Officials met with Premier Papandreou while British leaders consulted with Lt. Gen. Scobie and Greek authorities amid tensions threatening Britain's coalition and policy. Some Labour circles push for a Greek crisis resolution before Parliament reconvenes on January 16.
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Hotel Grande Bretagne
Butisa
Georges Papandreou
ELAS
Stadium
Arditos Hill
Grande Bretagne
Elas Central Committee
Churenill
Ronald Scobie
Flreece
Churchill
London
Athens
United States
Great Briain
Soviet Union
United Press
Britain
Commions
Legion Post Seeks Reinstatement for Nisei Soldiers
HOOD RIVER Ore Dec 26 The American Legion Post offers to restore the names erased from its honor roll if the soldiers prove they have renounced Japanese citizenship. The removal occurred amid belief they were citizens of Japan while claiming U S citizenship.
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Hood River
Ore
American Legion
Japan
States Experience A White Christmas
A cold wave sweeps the Midwest and Northeast with subzero readings across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Bernidjl Mina records 18 below, Duluth 14 below, and northern New England expected to plunge further. Western New York and Kentucky face subzero to five below while Florida nears freezing later tonight.
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New York
Midwest
United States
Bernidjl
Mina
Minnesota
Duluth
Alexandria
New England
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Tomiérraw
Bureau
Dakotas
Canada
Butte
Mont
Lone Rock
Wis
Mason Cty Tg
Chicago
Prats
Rockford
Joliet
Molne
Cannon Dedicates 12th AAF Station
Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon dedicates the 12th Air Force expeditionary radio station broadcasting on 1386 kilocycles to MTO listeners. It will be on air daily from 530 to 2300 hours with eight daily news broadcasts.
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12Th Aafp
12Th Air Force Expeditionary
John K. Cannon
12Th Air Force
MTO
Nazis Renew Offensive Near Maas River Forts
The US Army reports heavy fighting as Allied counterattacks push gains up to four miles near the Bas togne rail junction. German sources claim widespread Allied pressure and a retreat of the 3rd Army from the Saarlautern area. An unrelated FBI case identifies a man impersonating General MacArthur as Thomas F. Hinton Jr. in New York.
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New York
Des
Denmenverg
Douglas MacArthur
FBI
E. Conroy
Fbrs
Hinton
MacArthur
Bastogne
Luxembourg City
DNB
3Rd
Bhes
Sasi
Sarreguemines
Saarlautern
German And Polish Oil Plants Bombed
Heavy bombers of the 15th AAF attack three synthetic oil plants in Germany and Poland and strike two bridges on the Brenner Pass line in northern Italy. Oswiecim refinery appears heavily damaged in recon photos though repairs proceed. Fortresses and Liberators also bombed Biechhammer and Odertal refineries in German Silesia and the Ora bridge on the Brenner Pass was hit. Lightnings targeted the Lausensa bridge north of Venice over the Tagliamento river.
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MAAF
15Th Aaf
Germany
Poland
Brenner Pass
Italy
Oc 3
Oswittim
Polish Silesia
Oswiecim
Biechhammer
Odertal
German
Silesia
Byenner Passine
RAF
Ora
Adige
Trento
Lausansa
Tagliamento River
Venice
Adriatic
Girl Admits Beating Child Fatally With Wine Bottle
Virginia Ivey a 49 year old waitress was jailed on a first degree murder charge after confessing to beating five year old Virgil Langley to death with a wine bottle in her Toppenish apartment. Investigators state the child woke during cleanup after a party and refused to return to bed prompting a warning to go to sleep then a fatal beating.
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Yarima
Wash
Virginia Ivey
Virgil
Butch" Langley
Portland
Ore
Lloyd Wiehl
Wiehl
Bathtub Death Baffles Police In New Orleans
New Orleans police pursued a mysterious case after a red haired woman was found dead nude in a hotel room bathtub. Authorities searched for D Stafford of Chicago who shared the room, noting no violence. The coroner called the death possible hormicide from suffocation under water.
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New Orleans
Stafford
Chicago
Philip Montlepre
Asistant Parish
Atlas
Toor
Authors Sue To Bar Themselves In Film
New York December 26. Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Imbrough, co authors of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, sue to restrain Paramount Pictures from using their names in the film Our Hearts Were Growing Up. Skinner says they granted rights to use their names but did not intend to permit use of their names for characters in the story or picture.
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New York
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Emily Imbrough
Paramount Pictures
Miss Skinner
Paramount
New Combat Arrowhead Award for Theater Service
The War Department announced a new service award for Army personnel in combat parachute jumps, combat glider landings, or initial assault landings on enemy shores. The bronze arrowhead decorates the Theater Service Ribbon with the point up and is awarded to individuals who qualified while serving in eligible actions since December 7, 1941.
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Washington
Greastion
War Department
Socom
Comemands
Russia Seen Bowing Out Of Lend-Lease
The NAM News reports that US officials expect Russia to withdraw from Lend-Lease by year end and liquidate its Soviet buying and selling agency Amtorg next summer. Administrations proposals to guarantee foreign credits for American business may pass Congress as a prelude to a Soviet commercial treaty.
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Washington
NAM News
Ne=tions Association of Manufacturers
Russia
Pendine
New York
Wth
Congress
U.S
Amtorg
State Department
FEA
Foreign Economic Administration
Recognition Refused Over Tangier Occupation
Paris December 26 French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the Consultative Assembly that France will never recognize the occupation of Tangier as an established fact in response to a Tangier situation question.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Consultative Assembly
France
Tangier
Rettes
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Legion Post
Osltéd Teaturead
NMOL
Uis
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Cannon
Maas River
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