Allies 12 Miles From Tunis Lifts North Africa Push
Allied sources report forces nearing Tunis within 12 miles after retaking Tebourba, with Sirte occupied 210 miles east of Tripoli. Montgomery’s 180 mile advance continues to pressure Rommel as Allied air raids cause limited damage around Sousse.
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Associated Press
London
Algiers
Tunis
Tunisia
Tebourba
Bizerte
Morocco
Fishtine
Lake Chad
Equatorial Africa
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Fezzan Oasis
Sirte
Africa Corps
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Agheila
Sousse
Christmas Holiday Business Shutdown Describes Frederick
The Christmas spirit lingered as Frederick shops closed for the holiday and banks observed the day. Post office tail arrived, with about usual post holiday mail and 100 parcels delivered by volunteers. Rain and showers cooled the night to 34 degrees, the first December night not below freezing.
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Frederick
Chalk Figures 1918 to Taunt Germans in Occupied Europe
London December 26 Colonel Britton BBC broadcaster who backed the V sign campaign urges chalking the symbol 1918 on walls in German occupied areas. He says it will remind Germans of their tradition of defeat and taunt them.
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London
Britton
BBC
Nazi Generals Face Three Soviet Problems
Moscow reports Maj. Gen. Nikolai Zhuraviev, a Russian military expert, identified three main Soviet-front challenges for Hitler's generals. The issues include protecting troops trapped at Stalingrad, preventing a total surround of forces in the Rzhev area west of Moscow, and stopping the Soviet push in the Velikie Luki sector. The remarks come amid concern over the Don front and overall frontline danger.
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Moscow
Don
Hitler
Nikolai Zhuraviev
Stalingrad
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Production Of Synthetic Rubber Lags In Wartime
Senator Gillette of Iowa declared synthetic rubber production lagged two to three months behind schedule. He blamed complacency for a desperate situation and said the Agriculture subcommittee would question Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers and War Production Board officials next month. Jeffers warned a month’s delay could push rubber supplies below the danger line by next summer. He urged timely action to bring order from chaos while noting possible calls for spare tires and reduced auto use if shortages persist.
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Washington
Dac
Gillette
Iowa
Agriculture Subcommittee
William M. Jeffers
War Production Board
Bradley Dewey
Jeffers
Omaha
Ofth
Pushed Raft For 4 Days After Armindale Sinking
Survivors recount four days on a improvised raft in the Timor Sea as sharks trailed and a storm forced water from rain. Armindale, a 998 ton minesweeper, sank 250 miles northwest of Darwin after air attacks. 43 crewmen were rescued and several aircraft were shot down.
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Melbourne
Australia
Timor
John Parkes
Aerendia Lisesi Agaist
Darwin
British Penetration Of Burma Continues
New Delhi reports the Chin Hills area near the Mindi border saw minor clashes after a Japanese attempt to recapture positions failed. British officials deem the engagement small with air operations remaining the decisive factor in the Burma theater.
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New Delhi
Burma
Chin Hills
Adyab
Chin Hille
Arakan
Soviet Drive Advances as Nazi Supply Strains Grow
Soviet columns pressed the Don area drive and occupied a large factory district in Stalingrad after heavy German losses. Advances near Kotelnikovo and Nalchik were reported with pushes into Ukraine around Kantemirovka and Millerovo. Berlin said German airlifts were filling supply gaps, signaling worsening Nazi logistics.
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Middle
Don
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovekj
Caucasus
Nalchik
Red Army
Ukraine
Kantemirovks
Rostov-Moscow
Markovka
Millerovo
Milerovo- Voroshilovgrad
Kharkov
Donbas
Donets
Millerovo-Kantemirovka
U.S.S
Ten Per Cent Of Inductees Negroes
Washington reports that 10.1 percent of soldiers inducted through Selective Service were Negroes, while Negroes comprise about 12 percent of the population. The Office of War Information released the figure to counter claims that Negroes were not drafted in proportion to their population share. In nine of 14 southern and border states the number of Negro draftees has exceeded the proportion, the OWI added.
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Wasmngton
Office of War Information Today
Te Owl
OWT
Kieran Exits Times For Sun Column
John Kieran, noted sports columnist and Information Phase radio panelist, resigns from the New York Times. He will start a daily column for the New York Sun effective January 4.
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New York
John Kieran
New York Times
New York Sun
Winant Returns To Talk With President Roosevelt
John G Winant United States Ambassador to London has returned to the United States for a brief visit to consult with President Roosevelt authorities announced today.
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Winant
President
London
John G Winant
United States
Roosevelt
Rommel whipped says Andrews says Egypt safe now
Cairo reports Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews states Rommel has been thoroughly whipped and poses no threat to Egypt or the Suez Canal. He cites Axis supply cuts and Allied air and sea superiority as key to defeating Rommel, praises British organization, and notes improving U S British cooperation in Egypt.
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Cairo
Frank M. Andrews
Middle East
Afton
Edwin Rommel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Andrews
Amon
Sam
Rommel
General Andrews
Britain
Escape After Ship Is Torpedoed in North Atlantic
An entire ship's company of 52 escaped in three lifeboats after a United States merchantman was torpedoed in mid November in the north Atlantic. One lifeboat was wrecked by the blast. the 41 merchant crew plus 11 gun crew abandoned in good order. They were rescued about an hour later. Romeo Bellevance of Fall River Mass, a merchant seaman, required medical attention for rope burn from sliding down a line to a lifeboat, but expressed a desire to return to sea.
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United State
North Atlantic
Romeo Bellevance
Fall River
Mass
Bellevance
Doughton Opposes Rum Tax Plan in Pay as You Go
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, chair of the Ways and Means committee, backs a pay as you go tax scheme but opposes the Rum plan to wipe out a year's taxes. He warns the wartime burden on the Treasury makes erasing billions in one year unrealistic.
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Washington
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Federal Treasury
Doughten
Submarine Enters Illinois Waterway for Sea Fleet Duty
The Peto, first U.S. naval submarine built on the Great Lakes, reported in service after a long voyage to the sea. Ninth Naval District HQ announced the 300 plus foot vessel entered the Illinois waterway en route to join the fleet.
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Chicago
U.S
Great Lakes
Ninth Naval District
Illinois Waterway
Local Selective Service Registration Totals Noted
About 170 Freder ick city and county men aged 18 registered in the first two periods of the sixth Selective Service. Board Two notes no colored registrants so far, warns of penalties for nonregistration, while Board One reports 100 registrants including several Negroes. Walter G. Crowther and Franklin R. Fox Jr. are set for Army acceptance.
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Frederick City
Board Two
Board One
Army
Walter G. Crowther
Franklin R. Fox, Jr
Typhus Commission to Be Appointed by Roosevelt
Washington on December 26 announced by President Roosevelt. A typhus commission will be created to protect armed forces from typhus fever both in the United States and abroad. The panel will work with the Army and include a director appointed by the Secretary of War and officers from the Army Medical Corps Navy Medical Corps and Public Health Service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Secretary of War
Army Medical Corps
Navy Medical Corps
Public Health Service
U.S. Airmen Hit Japanese Shipping From Guadalcanal raid
Flying Fortresses from Guadalcanal attacked Rabaul harbor on December 25. Reports say a large transport and several cargo ships were hit or near-missed while a small force of enemy fighters did not press the attack. The 1,420 mile round trip marks possibly a new Solomon Islands air offensive.
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Washlinton
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Rabaul
Christina
South Pacific
Henderson Field
Pacific
Truk
Teland
South Seas
Douglas MacArthur
Nineteen Strube Gardner Dies En Route Home
Mrs. Nettie Strube Gardner died Christmas night while traveling from York Pennsylvania to her home in Thurmont Maryland. Acute dilation of the heart caused her death announced by a physician in East Bergh, Pennsylvania after the family sought care. Survived by husband Arthur Gardner, son Donald J. Gardner, two grandchildren and sister Mrs Caroline Boyle. Funeral from Thurmont with services conducted by Rev Charles H. Corbett and Rev Dr. James C. Oterking, interment in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
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Nettie Strube Gardner
Arthur Gardner
York
Gardner
Maryland
Sabillasville
AL Lytistown
East Berun
State Road
Sue Ed Attenaed
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Thurmont
Henry Strube
Tate
Pauline Strube
Donald J. Gardner
Blue Ridge Summit
House of Delegates
Caroline Boyle
Elizabeth
Tourmont
Charles H. Corbett
James C. Oterking
Baltimore
Blue Ridge Cemetery
M. L Creager and Son
Crashing Fortress Takes Nazi With It in Navy Flight
Dec 24 report states a Flying Fortress crash during a raid last Sunday resulted in the loss of a Nazi fighter. Sergeant Jack D. Snell of Sedana Missouri testified after returning from the raid to officers of the Eighth United States Air Force.
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Lander
Romiulus Sur-Seine
Lief
Jack D. Snell
Sedana
Eighth United States Air Force
Motive Of Slayer Is Not Yet Divulged In Algiers
A 22 year old French assassin killed Admiral Jean Darlan on Christmas Eve. A court martial sentenced him to death swiftly after the crime. the assassin’s name and motive were not disclosed. Allied officers attended Darlan’s funeral rites in Algiers Cathedral as authorities moved toward unity among French forces.
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London
Reuters
Algiers
Jean Darlan
CBS
Charles Collingwood
New York
Angel
Italy
Eisenhower
Imperial Council
Darlan
Dé& Atti
North Africa
Henri Honore Giraud
Darian
Jean Marie Bergeret
France
Morand
Summer Palace
Paris
Commandant Hourcade
Andre Vuichard
Vuichard
Hull Brands Assassination Cowardly Act
Secretary Hull condemned the assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan as odious and cowardly. He urged continued unified support for Eisenhower in the North Africa battle and noted Darlan's role was military in aiding Allied efforts. De Gaulle and Giraud concerns on French unity and leadership followed the slaying.
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Washington
Hull
Jean Darlan
African
Mediterranean
United
Eisenhower
Admiral Dartan
North Africa
de Gaulle
Girand
London
Charles de Gaulle
Henry Giraud IV
Jean Darian
Trench
Parieles
de Gatule
Darlan
Bern
Dispatches
Paul Schmidt
Foreign Press
German Foreign Office
Vichy Radio
America
Britain
Needed But One Gun To Down 2 Jap Planes
Anchorage dispatch reports Captain Arthur T. Rice of Farmington Utah earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for single gun action on September 28. With all but one cannon jammed he strafed and shot down two Japanese Zeros during a raid over Kiska harbor, using only one operational gun for the final engagements.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Arthur T. Rice
Farmington
Utah
Rice
Kiska Harcor
Twonemy
Dorva
OPA Extends 3 Cent Gasoline Margin Plan Across Nation
The Office of Price Administration extended the three cent operating margin on gasoline and fuel stations nationwide to help retailers stay in business amid curtailed sales. Previously in effect only on the East Coast where rationing began last summer. The extension is expected to raise consumer prices generally across the country.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wounded U S General Directed Buna Attack
Allied report from Australia December 26 confirms Brigadier General Clovis E. Byers of Columbus Ohio was wounded directing forces near Buna New Guinea. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism, continued to command after injury, and was promoted to brigadier general after surviving to Australia.
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Austeralia
Americas
Buna
New Gainea
Clovis E. Byers
Columbus
Ohio
Byers
Bunavile
Inge
Boom
Plage
Australia
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