Russians Drive Toward Odessa Warsaw Railway Front
Russian spearheads pushed toward the Odessa Warsaw railway as General Konev and Vatutin’s armies breached toward Smela and Sarny. Soviet forces claimed major German losses and threatened to sever rail lines, with advances redrawing positions near Vinnitsa and Khristinovka.
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Moscow
Rumania
Odessa-Warsaw
Bug River
Zhmerinka
Second Ukraine
Ivan S. Konev
Dnieper Bend
Smela
Kirovograd
Kerch
Crimea
Berlin
Sarny
Old Poland
Ukraine
Smela Gap
Nikolai Vatutin
First Ukraine
Koney
Bereznoe
Ludvipol
Konev
Vatutin
Red Army
Stockholm
Rovno
Voronovitsa
Nemirov
Vinnitsa
Warsaw- Odessa
Fair Enough Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Congressman Jennings Randolph recalls wartime labor troubles and strikes since Pearl Harbor. He cites 5522 strikes with 2470 in 1943, plus cases like John Lewis coal stoppage and union racketeering in Rochester New York and a New Mexico town. He warns of fake union meetings used to halt war production.
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Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
House Committee On Labor
Pearl Harbor
John Lewis
Rochester
N. Y
New York
New Mexico
Bataan
Inquiries Into Negro Ruling Opens FEPC Authority Debate
Washington hears the House special committee probe the legal backing of the FEPC directives banning racial hiring discrimination. Philadelphia Rapid Transit officials and union leaders testify on the retroactive order affecting 10 000 employees and upgrading prospects for African American workers amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Congress
President's
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Smith
Virginia
Special
House Committee
FEPC
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Frank P. Carney
Frank M. Coburn
Philadelphia
Smith Committee
Copney
United Nations win two great 1943 shipping victories
The 1943 shipping communique notes a doubling of new tonnage built versus 1942 and a 49 percent drop in shipping losses. It details that nearly half of merchant ship tonnage sunk occurred in Q1, with 27 percent in Q2 and 26 percent in Q3–Q4, and confirms 150 U boats were destroyed in Q2 and Q3. Fewer U-boats were destroyed in December due to enemy caution.
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Washington
United Nations
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cur
Ciano and four others reported executed at Verona
German agency DNB said Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister and son in law of Mussolini was shot at dawn after being convicted for voting to oust Mussolini. Four other grand council members sentenced to death in absentia for high treason. Frontier reports varied and uncertain about the trials and sentences.
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London
Galeazzo Ciano
DNB
Benito Mussolini
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Grand Council
Verona
Emilio de Bono
Giovanni Marinelli
Carlo Pareschi
Luciano Gottardi
Pius XII
Milan Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Castel Vecchio
Ciano
de Bono
Lake Garda
Halsey Says Japanese Fleet Heavily Crippled
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. declared the Japanese fleet seriously crippled and pledged to press on until Tokyo is occupied. He urged Americans to reject peace until troops reach Tokyo, noting American superiority in air sea and land and warning Japan may still offer a serious fight from Truk.
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Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
Tokyo
South Pacific
Halsey
Pacific
Truk
Nerve centers in Berlin wiped out by Allied bombing
The air ministry listed Berlin targets destroyed up to December 21, including Hitler’s chancellery Goebbels Goering Gestapo Himmler von Ribbentrop and many ministries. Over 60 percent of Tiergarten’s central government buildings were ruined and 628 acres damaged. 98 percent of industrial plants were identified as bombed.
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London
Nazi War Administration
Berlin
Air Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Treasury
Justice, Transport, Food and Agriculture
Nazi Fighters Repelled Sofia Raid By American Bombers
American B 17s and B 24s attacked Sofia from Italy as German fighters numbered 40 to 50 engaged the formation in a 30 minute battle over the Adriatic. Eight German planes were shot down by escort ships while two Fortresses were lost. Pilots reported severe flak and close passes as they bombed the Bulgarian capital.
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Italy
Europe
Adriatic
Sofia
Alfred Lebrecque
Merchant Street
Robert Norton
Box 165
Beaverton
Ore
Fifth Army In Italy Is Closing In on Cassino
Allied forces press toward Cassino as Fifth Army closes in on the Italian front. In the Pacific, United States ships and planes strike Japanese supply lines around Madang Saidor and Wotje plus targets in the Solomons New Britain Marshalls and New Guinea.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Cassino
Associated Press
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Guinea
Saidor
Gali Point
Solomons
New Britain
Marshalls
Madang
Jenenese
Sixth Army
Netherlands East Indies
Kendari
Celebes Island
Darwin
Australia
Wotje
Jaluit
Kawajalein
Navy
South Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bougainville
Republican Meet Sets Chicago Convention
The Republican national committee chose Chicago to host the presidential and vice presidential nominating convention starting June 25. Chicago won the bid with $75,000 after North Dakota committeeman William Stern submitted a humorous bid to move the gathering to Fargo, North Dakota.
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Chicago
William Stern
North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Henry A Wise
Virginia
Soviet Plan to Hold Ukraine and White Russia Stated
London dispatch reports the Soviet government warning it will not yield Ukraine and White Russia territories incorporated in 1939. Moscow radio proposes the Curzon line as a basis for a new Polish border while keeping most Polish lands. The broadcast favors a Soviet Poland, Czecho-Slovakia pact, and tensions with the London exile government.
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London
Soviet Union
Poland
Germany
Baltic Sea
Moscow Radio
Red Army
Potana
Russia
Czecho-Slovakia
Moscow
Allied forces close on Cassino as fronts flare in Italy Balkans
Fifth army pincers tighten on Cassino four miles southeast at Corvare as air land and sea actions roil Italian and Balkan fronts. British destroyers sink German schooners near Civitanova Ancona and San Benedetto while American troops push toward Rome on the Mt Rocchio line and seize Mount Pedro and Mount Di Piperia near Cervaro.
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Algiers
Cassino
Rome
Corvare
Balkan
Sofia
Civitanova
Ancona
San Benedetto
Mt. Rocchio
Mount Pedro
Cervaro
Mount di Piperia
Soldier Vote Controversy Drives Push for Federal Ballot
Washington reports both parties backing absentee voting for soldiers as Congress considers a uniform federal system, with states to distribute ballots while the army and navy handle delivery. House and Senate committees meet to shape a compromise and bypass 48 separate state methods.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Federal
Senate
House
Elections Committee
Worley
Texas
Bradley
Pennsylvania
Bender
Ohio
Quiet Billy Miller Tricks Germans Into Surrender
Peggy Mitchell a 11 year old war pliant mechanic from Macon recounts how Billy Miller 21 of Peoria Illinois fooled 19 Germans into surrendering in Italy and marching them to captivity. She says he is not talkative but proves decisive in danger. Peggy met Billy at Camp Wheeler and later worked as a mechanic's helper at Warner Robins air depot near Macon.
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Macon
Peggy Mitchell
Billy Miller
Italy
Billy
Miller
Peoria
Peggy
Warner Robins Air Depot
Camp Wheeler
Mosquito Raid Reported Against Berlin and Western Germany
British and American air forces staged daytime raids across the English Channel with heavy bombers and fighters amid ongoing Mosquito strikes on Berlin and western Germany. Berlin radio said four engined American bombers attacked central Germany near noon with heavy losses claimed by defenders.
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London
English Channel
Europe
Berlin
Germany
United States
English
Ludwigshafen
Schweinfurt
Air Ministry
France
Vichy Radio
Paris
Somme
United States Air Force
Boy 11 dies in hallway hanging after game
Dennis Dennett 11, after inviting two younger boys to play, hanged himself with a silk scarf in the Gordfrey apartment. Neighbors aided his mother Ruth Dennett who found him. he died in her arms despite artificial respiration.
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Chicago
Jan
Dennis Dennett
Gordfrey
James
Tommy
Dennis
Godfrey
Ruth
Denny
War Hero Edition seeks Ouachita Parish service members
The News-Star and Morning World urge all Ouachita Parish men and women in armed service to submit photos for a hero edition this month. Deadline and submission details emphasized to avoid omitting anyone.
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The
News-Star
Morning World
Ouachita Parish
Roosevelt proposes national service to end strikes
President Roosevelt outlines a five point plan including national service legislation to mobilize all able bodied adults for civilian work to support the war effort. He cites Tehran and Cairo talks as non secret and aims to speed victory while reducing suffering and bloodshed. He also sketches a second bill of rights for economic security and says the act would run for the duration to prevent strikes with some exceptions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Teheran
Cairo
House
Senate
National Service
Two Killed as Flying Fortress Crashes Near Harding Field
Two airmen died when a Flying Fortress crashed after the plane lost its tail assembly in a collision with another aircraft. The crippled ship flew inverted for minutes to allow most crew to parachute. the wreck occurred in a muddy cotton patch near Harding Field. Pilots and several others were injured.
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Baton Rouge
Hardingfield
Harding
R. J. Hughes
Detroit
Mich
A. R. Gauthier
Romain Gauthier
Liverpool Lane
Walton
Mass
K. H. Gaylord
Engioneer
Edna Gaylord
Seiieing
Okla
R. A. Elrod
Myrtle B. Elrod
Henryville
Ind
G. P Howeard
Leonard Ll. Howard
Forrest Park
Valparaiso
Dyersburg
Tens
M. J Guillory
Japanese Gun Breaks Up Brother Team in War Casualty
New Orleans report details Marine sergeants Ernest and Albert Richard Ernest and Albert Richard, brothers from school to marine service, employed at a local mill before joining the Marines. They trained and rose together, seeing action from Iceland to the Pacific. In a November 14 battle on a southwest Pacific island Albert survived, while Ernest was killed. Albert wrote that he served on Ernest's burial detail and visits his brother's grave.
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New Orleans
Ernest
Albert Richard Ernest
Albert
Iceland
Pacific
Albert Richard
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Pegler
Ann
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Stoneham
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