Wartime Exchange Turns Sons Into Gifts Across States
In a wartime twist, two women from Indiana and Arkansas swap sons serving in the military. Michael Farr at Blytheville Arkansas and Davis Saxe near Dayton are among those mentioned. The gesture aims to honor loved ones while awaiting holiday duties.
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Ind
Anna Farr
Lynn
Once Saxe
Stuttgart
Ark
Michael
Blytheville
Saxe Davis Saxe
Dayton
King George Broadcast Sees War Still Brings Hope for Peace
The king spoke at noon on December 25 urging unity with the United States and Allies. He noted Soviet victories and Allied advances in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and praised India for raising strong fighters while stressing resolve to endure together.
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Ge VI
Shampire
Tte
Ng George
Iterranean
United States
Pacific
Airdrome Attacked at Magwe Burma by RAF
On December 25 a British communique reports the RAF attacked the Magwe Burma airfield for a second day running. Japanese planes were damaged, one British fighter lost, and a small Japanese raid toward Calcutta was repulsed by anti aircraft fire and fighters. In Walla Washington, Thomas C. Neibaur aged 44 is cited as a recipient of multiple honors including the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre as he dies in a veterans hospital.
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Delhi
R. A. F Ters
Magwe
Burma
Calcutta
Alla Walla
Wash
Thomas C. Neibaur
Vera
John J. Pershing
StalinPledges Ukraine Liberation as Red Army Advances
Soviet leaders vowed to liberate the Ukraine from German forces as the Red Army pressed into eastern borderlands. Units of the south western front entered villages near Millerovo and captured Kilodezy and Voloshino while reports noted more populated areas seized and German mines and tanks seized in the Caucasus offensive progress.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Ukraine
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Red Army
Central Committee of
The
Ukraine Communist Party
Millerovo
Rostov
Kilodezy
Voloshino
Okshovy Rog
Caucasus
Russia
Nalchik
Soviet Information Bureau
Alagir
Moun
F D R Sends Yule Message on Christmas Day
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt delivering a Christmas message amid wartime strain. The nation observes peace at home and continued conflict abroad with soldiers receiving holiday cheers, turkey dinners, and mail from families as factories pause for worship and gifts.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Nimitz Christmas Message to Pacific Sailors
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz extends Christmas greetings to all service men in the Pacific. He praises their past year’s deeds and sacrifices and says liberty is in every blow struck as they meet the Japanese from the Aleutians to the Solomons.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific Zone
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Aleutians
Solomons
Soviet communique reports heavy losses for Hitlerites near Stalingrad
The Soviet information bureau says in the Stalingrad area on the central front and near Nalchik and the middle Don our troops repulsed counterattacks, killed hundreds of German officers and men, and destroyed tanks and planes. Soviet airmen bombed a German airfield destroying five planes and a unit seized a strategically important height. overall reports list heavy enemy losses and advances by Red Army guardsmen in key sectors.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Stalingrad
Middle Don
Nalchik
Red Army
Don Our
Wife Receives $500 Aid After Amtrak Collision
In Des Moines Iowa Mrs. Heller accepted a $500 check from fellow workers of the Des Moines ordnance plant after her husband William Heller, seriously injured in an automobile train collision, had his right leg amputated last week.
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Des Moines
William Heller
Heller
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Allied Forces Claim First Tunisian Front Offensive Victory
London dispatch reports Allied troops repelled German positions near Medjez El Bab on the central Tunisian front, seizing a height guarding a key road junction and fending off counterattacks. French and American air support aided the drive as Axis troops retreat toward Libya, with patrols and night operations increasing on both sides.
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London
Medjez-El-Bab
Reuters
Morocco
Kairouan
Tunis
Sousse
Tunisia
Rommel
Libya
Medjez-El-Bah
North Africa
Brazzaville
Bitter Foe of Germans Won Keep Order
Admiral Jean Darlan was shot to death on Christmas Eve in Algiers. General Henri Giraud took over maintenance of order in French North Africa as the imperial council prepared to name Darlan’s successor. The assassination was attributed to Axis influence or its collaborators.
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Algiers
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Dakar
Axis
Henri Honore Giraud
Darlan
North African
Morocco
Imperial Council
France
Giraud
Jean Marie Bergeret
Vichy Air
14 Man Patrol Captures Village in New Guinea Raid
A 14 man American patrol seized a native village in New Guinea from a vastly larger Japanese force. The raiders held the position long enough to destroy arms and supplies before fighting their way back to Allied lines in a bold commando style operation.
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New Guinea
Good Fellows Thankful For Support
In Twin City homes poverty was eased by Good Fellows Christmas efforts. Over 300 homes were visited with baskets of food and clothing gifts. Cash donations totaled about 1500 dollars plus merchandise. A letter from B B Martin thanks contributors and notes Salvation Army leaders Captain and Mrs Jack Hesketh aided the drive.
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Twin City
Good Fellows
B. B. Martin
Brinsmade
Monroe
West Monroe
Jack Hesketh
Salvation Army
Veasey
Maud Riley
W. A. Blake
Fleming
Wonderworker
War Industry In U S Halts Day To Observe Yule
The United States observed Christmas amid war, with thousands stopping work to honor the Prince of Peace. President Roosevelt and War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson urged a pause in industry, while the Roosevelts attended services and had Thanksgiving turkey.
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U.S
Associated Press
United States
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Prince of Peace
Santa Claus Drops American Cheer Across British Isles
Santa Claus returned to the British Isles in a khaki uniform with U S S A insignia to bring Christmas joy to needy youths. In Belfast four halls hosted parties for over 4,000 children as 300 volunteers prepared gifts and candy despite wartime rationing.
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London
Santa Claus
British Isles
Santa
England
Ireland
Scotland
Iceland
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Belfast
Murder attempt and child stealing claim in San Diego case
Mrs. Margaret Sharon O'Dea Wallace, 26, battered Inez Maclain and abducted three children to give her imprisoned husband a baby. The kids were found. Maclain died badly beaten at an 80 foot cliff. Wallace, arrested, faces attempted murder and child stealing charges.
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San Diego
Calif
Margaret Sharon O'Dea Wallace
Inez Maclam
Blake Masoy
Encinitas
Los Angeles Union Station
Mason
Mrs. Wallace
Georgia toddler resists converting pennies to war bonds
Two year old Barbara Anne Blakely protests inside the Atlanta Constitution offices where her mother enters the penny drive contest. She clutches a jar of pennies saved since her father joined the army, choosing coins over folding money offered by officials.
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Barbara Anne Blakely
The
Atlanta Constitution
Barbara Anne
55 Are Killed in Yale Accidents
News roundup from wartime Christmas shows 55 lives lost on the home front. Motor crashes account for 32 deaths, two due to trains, 21 in other incidents. A Baltimore bus carrying aircraft workers plunged into a ravine, icy roads blamed. A 16 year old girl in Michigan died amid a family tragedy. Upstate New York reports two deaths.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Baltimore
Michigan
New York
Two Menrob Liquor Store Robbery in City
Two Black men robbed Wheeler Liles Liquor Store at 2217 De Siard Street of 329 in change and currency early Friday. Police seek armed robbery suspects. first man 20 to 22, about 5 foot 9, wearing dark suit and hat, armed with a nickel plated public safety item. Second man undescribed. suspects likely fled in a Ford with few details.
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Wheeler Liles
DeSiard Street
Darlan Death Ends Bitter Verbal Battle
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Jean Darlan was assassinated on Christmas Eve ending his role in the Vichy French Africa debate. President Roosevelt condemned the murder as cowardly and urged swift justice while observers fear new violence may destabilize French Africa and imperil Allied plans there.
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Washington
Jean Darlan
Crmer
Vichy
United Nations
French Africa
Roosevelt
Europe
Darlan
Allied forces drive Japanese from Buna last line in New Guinea
Allied troops in a double envelopment have overrun Buna area positions and pushed Japanese back to a fortified last line. MacArthur’s headquarters say allied forces control most of Buna airfield and pin Japanese along a coastal strip. Air units also sink an enemy destroyer and two merchant ships while damaging a tanker and downing several planes.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Papuan
Timor
New Britain
Salamaua
Americans Blast Lashio Base in Burma Raid
American bombers from China struck Lashio in eastern Burma in a night raid. Incendiaries hit a large warehouse center and fires spread there as Japanese supply lines via the Burma Road were targeted. Fragmentation bombs hit barracks and the air drome in the surprise attack ordered by Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault.
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China
Lashio
Burma
China Front
Claire L. Chennault
Hongkong
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