Eisenhower To Lead Anglo American Invasion Of Europe
Allied planners announce General Dwight D. Eisenhower will command the invasion of Europe as heavy daylight attacks by American bombers and RAF forces strike Pas de Calais and Berlin amid mounting destruction. The RAF sustains light losses while Berlin endures its seventh major bombardment in five weeks. strategic bombing continues despite Christmas sentiment.
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General Eisenhower
Europe
Berlin
London
Pas de Calais
RAF
U. 5 S
Reich
North Sea
Peace message from Pope Pius XII calls for just world settlement
In a Christmas broadcast from the Vatican the Pope prayed this would be the last Christmas of war and urged planning a reconstruction and a peace based on justice and honesty. He warned sanctions may be needed but opposed peace imposed by force and stressed a world communion amid present suffering.
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London
Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Rome
Associated Press
Pope
Sub Grayling Lost At Sea
Washington reports the submarine Grayling, a 1475 ton vessel with about 65 crew, is overdue and presumed lost since wartime patrols began. The loss raises American warship fatalities to 133 since December 7, 1941. Navy states next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
Grayling
Navy
Pacific
Germans Fire Shells Across English Channel
German high command says naval shore batteries fired on Dover Deal and Folkestone across the channel from France. Berlin radio translations suggested rocket shells but the term leuchtgranate means flare shells or tracers.
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London
Dover
Deal
Folkestone
France
Berlin
Russians Gain Initiative In Kiev Bulge
Moscow reports Russians recaptured the initiative in the bulge west of Kiev as German forces retreat in a broad sector. Soviet artillery and mobile cannon have bent the German tank divisions, inflicting heavy tank losses in the weeks long struggle 55 to 85 miles west of Kiev.
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Moscow
Kiev
No Snow For Christmas Weather Feels Like North Pole Night
Cold Christmas Eve in the city with a minimum near five degrees and a rare cold spot at the Singanore filtration plant. Skating on Culler Lake resumes after officials authorize ice. officials warn warmer weather may arrive tomorrow as Christmas shopping and services proceed. Needy baskets distributed to about 140 families with Salvation Army aid. deeds recorded include sale of a 220 acre farm near Forest Grove for around 9000 dollars and a Rockwell Terrace building lot for about 2000 dollars.
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Weather Bureau
Santa Claus
North Pole
Frederick
Singanore
Culler Lake
Santa
Salvation Army
Citizens National Bank
Ira E. Barkier
Forest Grove School House
Charles E. Broadrup
John R. Cheatham
Rockwell Terrace
A. H. Crawford
Major blaze destroys mill workshop and storage building
A three hour fire at 32 Orchard avenue, east of the Fair Grounds, destroyed a mill workshop and a large storage building, with machinery damaged and a nearby repair shop roof scorched. Firemen faced near zero weather and ice as flames spread, causing several thousand dollars in damage. Ownership traced to Ralph W. Miller and J D Neal, with Adjacent structures and a residence narrowly spared.
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Orchard Avenue
Ralph W. Miller
Lantz
J. D. Neal
Frederick
Miller
Neal
Austin Haffner
Franklin L. Notnagie
Notnagie
Murray Fox
Fox
Jesse Bell
Bell
Wnoinagle
City Hall
Night Before Christmas Spoof Headlines Senate War Debate
James Marlow and George Zielke report a satirical Washington piece dated December 24 about Congress on break, FD Roosevelt urging action, Democrats defending New Deal while Republicans challenge shifts. Santa, delivering aged gifts, jokes that tax and subsidy battles will continue, ending with a mock Christmas blessing of a “good fight.”
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Santa
Congress
Sly Santa
Dasher
Dancer
Americans In Jerusalem Pay Homage At Prince Of Peace
Americans from battle stations converge on Jerusalem for Christmas observances at the Church of the Nativity and the grotto where Christ was born. Maj Gen Ralph Royce and Brig Gen Gilbert Cheves attend world broadcasts as soldiers and civilians walk the Via Dolorosa, visit Bethlehem, and join troops from Britain and the dominions in candlelit rites amid wartime restrictions easing for the holiday.
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Jerusalem
Persia
Syria
Egypt
Africa
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Bethlehem
Church of Nativity
Christ
Praettorium
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Garden
Holy Little
Redeemer
la Hallowed
L. C. Finkerson
U.S
Sharafat
Confidence Of Army Leaders Is Shown In Christmas Messages
The Associated Press reports Christmas messages from Allied leaders show confidence in early victory. Eisenhower praised soldiers under tough Italian conditions, MacArthur prayed for God’s blessing for Pacific troops, Devers urged facing the new year with confidence, Clark predicted a decisive 1944 Italy victory, and Carton De Wiart expected victory in Europe in 1944 with continued war against Japan.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Italy
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Lord
Jesus Christ
Jacob J. Devers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Clark
Chungking
Adrian Carton de Wiart
Churchill
Europe
Japan
Seventy Men From Draft Board One Report for Final Exams
Sixty nine local men, mostly fathers, receive Christmas Eve summonses to final physicals and probable induction in the January Selective Service call. The list includes Frederick residents and workers from theaters, schools, state offices, and banks, plus Paul B. Rhoads Jr. of Frederick who recently served at the National Cancer Institute.
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Draft Board
Armed Services
Hini Uncle
Sam
Frederick
Louis C
Jack) Forney
Edward Albert
Ted) Crowther
J. Christian Skidmore
Burkittsville School
Earl A. Kolb
State Comptroller's
Carlton L. Baumgardner
Frederick Bank
Paul B. Rhoads, Jr
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Leon Luther Snosts
Knoxville
Norman Arthur Shankle
East Fifth Street
John [Irving Kubrick
Adamstown
Charles Clayton Staley
East Sixth Street
Albert Henry Danner
East B Street
Brunswick
Park Walter Mills
Route 5
John Edward Brawner
Eastotomac
Leslie Levi Kemney
Liberty Street
Walkersville
William Etchison Zimmerman
West College Terrace
Edward Albert Crowther
Park Place
William Herbert Diffenderfer
Wilson Avenue
Harry Clifford Kelly
William Harry Moss
Harry Wilson Smith
Buckeystown
George Edgar Fox
North Market Street
Horace Zacharias Opel
East Third Street
Alva Ray Dinterman
Maple Avenue
James Christian Skidmore
Burkittsville
Jacob Hildebrand
Louis Campbell Forney
West Third Street
Charles Blain Forney
Chambersburg
Donald Alonzo Shoemaker
Boonsboro
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Madison Street
Austin Lamar Bond
Molter Avenue
Wilson Welly Waltz
East Second Street
Howard Jesse Smith
West Seventh Street
Ernest Robert Nasher
Homer Elsworth Harris
Luther Lewren Sibert
Fairview Avenue
Earl Eugene Myers
Landover
Jefferson
Earl Aubrey Kolb
West Church Street
Alexander Smith
George Richard Lantz
Ernest McKinley Orme
John Edward Crawford
West Fifth Street
Millard Aquilla Harshman
Arlington
Leon Wilfred Blank
West South Street
Wilson T. Kidwell
Gapland
Lawrence Lee Smith
Poolesville
James Gordon Creeger
Monroe Avenue
Joseph Charles Holdcraft Wiihide
Wisner Street
Brown Harwood Watson
West Potomac Street
Robert Franklin Dudrow
Eastport
Earl Wuiliam Castle
Lew Harry Ward
Middletown
Carlton Luther Baumgardner
Albert Melvin Ringer
North Court Street
Cleon Ralph Stail
Harold Nusbaum Devilbiss
Odenton
Welty
Nikirk
Henry Russell Bury
Charles Edgar Smith
Paul Blagdon Rhoads, Jr
East
Patrick Street
Clyde Archji¢ Thomas
Biloxi
Miss
No Paper Saturday The News Christmas Edition
The News indicates no publication on Christmas Day. The editorial office will reopen after 4 p.m. Sunday and the business office will be open Sunday night from 6 to 7 p.m.
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Business Ace
Allies Fight Nazis Through Snow And Rain
Allied Headquarters Algiers reports fierce winter fighting as the Eighth Army drives north, capturing Vezzani and pushing toward Ortona while Canadian troops storm the city with bayonets. Marauder bombers strike the French Italian Riviera rail lines as American Fifth Army infantry struggle through snow to seize high ground. Weather hampers air and ground operations across the front.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Vezzani
Ortona
Fifth Army
15Th U.S. Air Force
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Two Brotherhoods Call Off Rail Strike
Chiefs of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers announce at the White House that the December 30 strike is cancelled for their unions in response to President Roosevelt's plan to arbitrate the wage dispute. Government moves to seize control of the railroads intensify as officials work to mediate wage demands.
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Washington
Brotherhoods of Railroad
White House
Roosevelt
U. S
uPj
Major Bartgis Sends Greetings From Front
V mail Christmas greeting from Major James E. Bartgis of the Signal Corps, once Frederick’s Company A commander, to The News-Post. He is reported in Italy with address 28th Sig Const Bn APO 700 New York. The note remembers peace, food, and Christmas Eve, naming several readers in Maryland and nearby towns as the sender lists.
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Bathfront
James E. Bartgis
Signal Corps
Frederick
Company A
Barigis
Italy
APO
New York
V-mail
Roosevelt names Eisenhower to supreme Allied command
President Roosevelt announced Dwight D. Eisenhower will lead the combined American British invasion from multiple fronts against Germany. The plan envisions coordinated air, sea, and land efforts with Lieut. General Carl Spaatz commanding the bombing force. Churchill to name a successor for the Mediterranean post. The address noted unity with Stalin at Teheran and outlined future offensives against Japan.
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Clyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
George C. Marshall
Army
Churchill
Britain
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Middle East
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Teheran
Italy
Africa
Sicily
Carl D. Spaatz
Japan
Europe
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Cairo
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Chester W. Nimitz
Havwadl
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South Street
Warren Preston Ellison Smith
East Ninth Street
James Cecil Moxley
Record Street
Alfred Irvin Smith
Preston Sheridan Younkins
William Bradley Fout
Douglas Eugene Dixon
Tuscarora
Harold Ellwood Eyler
East Seventh Street
Oscar Kenneth Whitmore
Thomas Franklin Rothenhoefer
Robert Irvin Butts
Irvin Wagner
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