Missing in action in Germany Sgt. Harry L. Lewis Jr
Telegram reports Sgt. Harry L. Lewis Jr of Company A 115th Infantry 29th Division as missing in Germany since November 18. He left Brunswick High in 1943 and previously served in England and France after D Day. he earned a Purple Heart after a September wound. His brother John D. Lewis serves in the Navy.
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Harry Lee Lewis, Jr
Company A
Germany
Harry L. Lewis
Ninth Avenue
Brunswick
Lewis
Alton EB. Shaft
Jerry
War Department
115Th Infantry
Ninth Army
Roer River Drive
Frederick
Fort Meade
Camp Wheeler
Camp Blanding
Fla
Fort Bragg
N. C
England
France
Belgium
D-Day
North Market Street
Corp
Yingling
Coast Artillery
California
Radical Change In Mission Of Ground Forces
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear announced a radical change in the Army Ground Forces mission, adding 65 000 soldiers from air and service forces with more transfers likely. Units no longer needed are reassigned to frontline roles, reflecting a shift from defense to offense and a broader combat duty.
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Washington
Ben Lear
United States
Japanese Claims Sink Several Vessels in Philippine Waters
Unconfirmed Tokyo reports claim Japanese radio broadcast that two destroyers, two medium transports, and three torpedo boats were sunk in Philippine waters. No independent confirmation available.
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Associated Press
Philippine
Nipponese Radio Today
Relief From Severe Snowstorm Predicted Nationwide
The Weather Bureau forecast easing from the season's worst snow storm as the vast area resumes clearing operations. Deaths reached 58 in the U S and 18 in Canada with impacts across states from Colorado to New York, hampered transport and war plant production, while peak snowfall occurred in Randolph County West Virginia at 36 inches.
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Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Midwest
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Ontario
Pennsylvania
New York State
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida
Miami
New England
Otto, N. M
Amazing Allied Co operation drives into Burma towns
British and Chinese infantry with artillery under an American officer encaptured Katha and Indaw in upper Burma about 155 miles north of Mandalay. The US 5th Army called the operation a truly amazing example of Allied co operation. Lt Col Trevor Dupuy of Washington DC received the Distinguished Service Order for directing Chinese artillery, the 36th Division's sole big gun support.
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New Delhi
India
Katha
Indaw
Upper Burma
Mandalay
Trevor Dupuy
Washington, D. C
Dupuy
British Labor Demands Armistice In Greece
The British Labor party adopted a resolution urging immediate armistice in Greece. The motion, presented by the executive committee, passed by a card vote of about 2,445,000 to 137,000, with roughly 1,000 delegates voting.
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London
British Labor Party
Greece
Churchill
Armour Named Ambassador to Spain in Hayes Resignation
The White House announced Carlton Hayes resigns as ambassador to Spain and Norman Armour is nominated to replace him. The notice confirms the personnel change and aims to fill the diplomatic post promptly.
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Armour
Spain
Washington
White House
Carlton Hayes
Norman Armour
Nazis Plan Five Years Of Guerrilla War Against Allies
Inside Germany sources reveal Adolf Hitler loyalists prepare for five years of underground fighting after a German collapse. Plans include open warfare from mountain headquarters, district organized partisan sabotage, and a 200000-strong propaganda effort across Europe and beyond to sow chaos and mislead Allies.
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Wes Gallagher
Aldsdorf
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo Tehieftain
Heinrich Himmiler
Masiter
Himmler
Hitler
Europe
Black Forest
S. S
European
South America
Nazis Dying But No Longer For Fuehrer
Madrid reports censored Nazi notices show a shift away from praising the Fuehrer in death announcements. Deaths for Germany are instead linked to country, faith, or the field of battle, with references to Christian faith increasing in memorials.
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Madrid
Spain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Kfuehrer
Volk
Reich
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Germany
Helmuth Lent
Impending New Conference Hints At Big War Leaders Meeting
London reports circulated that a meeting among President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and possibly Premier Stalin could come soon. Worsening Anglo American relations fueled talk of a decisive wartime summit as tensions rose to new lows. Also noted: Snapper Garrison, 75, clown and bicycle performer, died after a career with the Sells Floto circus.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Denver
Snapper Garrison
United States
Europe
Halpital
Sells-Floto Circus
New Enemy Device Reported On Western Front
Paris reports Allied gains as Germans deploy mysterious new devices in the Silvery Dales forays over the Reich. Observers note floats seen individually and in clusters possibly serving anti aircraft or other defense roles. Dispatch heavily censored at Supreme Headquarters.
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Paris
Reich
Supreme Headquarters
Two Elas Attacks Repulsed in Athens Center Fight
Athens dispatch reports two Elas assaults on central Athens repulsed despite strong night thrusts aimed at a British barracks on the Kifissia road. British reinforcements pushed into action while RAF planes silenced an Elas anti aircraft gun. British commander Maj Gen Scobie sought a cease fire reply as EAM leaders waver over Papandreou resignation.
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Athens
Elas
Crase
Kifissia
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George F Papandreou
Erobie
Miltiades Porphyrogenis
Lone Eam
National Liberation Front
Papandreou
Porphyrogenis
Svolos Tsirimo- Kos
EAM
Draft Boards Readying to Enforce New Selective Service Rules
Local draft boards prepared to enforce an updated directive barring deferred registrants from leaving one job for another without board approval. A group of 17 registrants was sent to Baltimore for induction, while boards anticipate fewer pre induction calls in January due to many turning 18 and registering.
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Baltimore
Armed Services
Board One
Board Two
Robert James Fitzpatrick
Frederick
Route 2
John R. Fitzpatrick
Navy
Young Fitzpatrick
Washington
Oscar B. Stitely
Harry Flock Minnick
West
Church Street
Robert Harold Remsberg
Jefferson
Richard Glenn Wiles
North Market Street
Harold Thomas
Adamstown
Jack William Tyergar
East Sixth Street
Warren Herbert Shafer
Albert Atlee Butts
Middletown
William Daniel Goad
Frank Hunt Fuller Hahn
F Street
Brunswick
Passenger Train Stalled In Snow Near Charleston W V
A passenger train became stuck in heavy snow 45 miles east of Charleston at Elkhurst, with a second rescue train dispatched to dislodge the two-coach train. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports the stalled location. Firemen fought a three alarm blaze at Baugh Chemical near Baltimore harbor, with fumes from burning sulphur noted during the incident.
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Chareston
W. Ye. Dee
Charleston
Clay County
Elkhurst
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Baltimore
Baugh’ Chemical Company
Depot Visit Ends With Cigarettes Purchase
Portland records show railroad conductor WH Kalinker entered the depot to buy cigarettes. He returned with a box. the cover featured Lillian Russell and a tax stamp dated March 1 1900.
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Portland
Ore
Kalinker
Lillian Russell
Bombing Attacks Continue in Southern England
German air raids persisted overnight over southern England causing casualties and damage as London reports ongoing strikes through the night.
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Strikf
London
England
Canadians Establish Two Lamone River Bridgeheads
Canadian troops gained two new bridgeheads on the Lamone river north of Faenza and linked them along a continuous front. Allied officials said the success threatens German forces defending Faenza after a weeklong delay on the east bank. Fierce counterattacks followed the crossing and pushing across the Lamone in 24 hours of heavy fighting.
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Rome
Lamone River
Faenza
Aday
Flaenza
Eighth Army
Lamigne
Ciy
Ceiling prices for fresh and frozen fish set by OPA
Washington December 13 The Office of Price Administration announced community wide retail price ceilings for fresh and frozen fish and seafood. Frozen species have new cents per pound markups completing preparations for the program. Fresh varieties will see increases as well. The higher tiers raise prices one to three cents per pound for common varieties like haddock and lake herring and up to four cents for more costly fish such as swordfish and shrimp.
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Washington
Office of Price Administraion
Anand Tadas
Underground shifts in Tokyo war industry
Tokyo reports say vital war industries will be moved underground to evade Allied bombing by American B-29 Superfortresses. The Tokyo broadcast cited fears of air raids and aims to protect production capacity during the conflict.
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London
Ea Tokyo
U S First Army Advances Toward Bonn and Duren Front
U S forces push east from Duren toward Bonn and roles in Rolesbroich as the First Army battles through Hurtgen forest. German Fifth Panzer Army under Hasso von Monte to repels/reluctant advance. Seventh Army nears Wissembourg while Saarland and Siegfried Line face heavy fighting.
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Paris
U.S. First Army
Rhine
Bonn
Hlurtgen Forest
Duren
Courtney HH. Hodges
Rolesbroich
Hurtsen
Monsenan
Rotwen
First
Fifth Panzer
Bown Toop
Cologne
Roer
Bavarian Palatinate
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Paneer
Nok
Hasso Eckhardt von Monteu
Teel
Bizerte
North Africa
Volksgrenadier
Roc
U. S. First Army
Derichweiler
Gey
Marlsweiler
U. S. Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Karlsrule
U. S. Third Army
Fraulautern
Saarlautern
Dillingen
Mariaweiler
Germany
Hurtgen Forest
Hans
Alexander M. Paten
Palatinate
Bavaria
Seventh
Wissembourg
Roads Closed By Drifts As Snow Storm Wreaks Havoc
Heavy winds and blowing snow shut county roads overnight with six inches to a foot of drifted covers. State routes 40 west of Frostburg, 30 into Pennsylvania and West Virginia were blocked while plows cleared frostbound highways and spillways rose at Fishing Creek reservoir. Officials estimated large water inflows and warned Monocacy Valley bridges faced closures as flood crested then receded.
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Frostburg
Pennsylvania
Bedford
West Virginia
Robert BE. L. Putman
State Roads Commission
Cumberland Uris
Grantaville
Pulman
County Roads Board
Wolfsville
Foxville
Sabillasville
Tree Fork
Waren
Ceresville
Israels Creek
Yamashita executive Yamasuta dies at 176 in Japan
Minster Kamesaburo Yamasuta president of Yamashita Steamship Company and member of Premier Gen Kuniaki Koiso's cabinet advisory board died today of pneumonia at his villa in Kanagawa prefecture Japanese Domei news agency said
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Associated Press
Kamesaburo Yamasuta
The
Yamashita Steamship Company
Gen Kuniaki Koiso
Kanagawa Prefecture
Domei
West Virginia Snowhog Rebounds After Deep Winter
Snow still blankets the Kanawha Valley after days of two to three feet in the mountains. Travel remains paralyzed and communications crippled as skies clear briefly then more snow returns. Atlantic Greyhound reports only a two hour Charleston Gauley Bridge route attempting to restart services.
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Chauivotun
W. Va
Lpart
West Virginia
Kanawha Vallex
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Charleston
Gauley Bridge
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Japan
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Cemeny
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Poreat
Ahegaert Hin
Berar Ge Bada
Astle
Osaka
Nabi Plain
Bouis
Third Army
Bies
Habkirchen
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