Allies Repel German Drive Toward Meuse Fortified Front
Allied bulletins report Christmas Day counterattacks halted German armored advances toward the Meuse. US forces blunted a second spearhead at Ciney while defending Celles near Dinant. Bastogne held under siege as Von Rundstedt presses toward Antwerp supply routes amid heavy Allied air and armor actions.
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Paris
Celles
Meuse
Brussels
Supreme Headquarters
Bulge
France
Ciney
Namur
Belgium
Dinant
Bastogne Garrienn
Caraval Thaeneud Dauahhaan
Eisenhower
Karl von Rundstedt
Antwerp
Hotton-Marche
von Rundstedt
Manhay
Stavelot
Bastogne
Firemen Battle Blazing Home Fire in Frederick
Frederick firemen fought a severe upstairs blaze at Harry V. Bare’s home, 300 West South Street, during a sleet storm. A general alarm sounded at 5 p.m., hindering efforts to control the fire.
Pvt Carmack Killed In Battle In France Dec 2
Pvt Wilson T Carmack Jr 21 earned induction March 1 1942 died in action in France December 2 1944. He is survived by his father Wilson T Carmack Harmony Grove wife Hilda Jelden Carmack infant daughter Sandra Lee sisters Jane and Nancy Carmack Washington Sale home front letters last dated November 1 from a frontline fox hole in France.
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Wilson. T. Carmack
Wilson T. Carmack
Harmony Grove
France
Hilda Jelden
Carmack
Sandra Lee
Washington Sale
Jane
Nancy Carmack
Pvt
Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
Louisiana
Kansas
D4th
Seventh Army
Mr. Carmack
Weather Forecast Mixed Across Regions With Cold Spells
A mixed national weather picture shows snow and sleet in the north and east, with subfreezing lows in Vermont Maine and northern Pennsylvania. Meanwhile the Gulf states and Pacific coast expect clear skies and mild temperatures. Cold snaps extend from Wyoming to New England as freezing rain threatens the midwest and south including Tennessee and Arkansas. Texas and Florida logged higher readings and New York City saw a night low of 18 with a 25 day high.
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Rocky Mountain
New England
North
Georgia
Gulf States
Pacifi
Wyoming
England
Vermont
Maine
Pennsylvania
Midwest
North Central
Iowa
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Memphis
Chattanooga
Chattancoga
Ohio
West Virginia
New York City
Texas
Florida
Tampa
Miami
Brownsville
Tex
Los Angeles
Anse
Nazis Say They Are Using Atomic Bomb
A German radio report claims Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt’s forces are using an atomic bomb in the new offensive against Belgium. The announcer says the missile wipes out animals and plants, scorches vast land, and shatters any humans in its path at St Vith.
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London
Karl von Rundstedt
St. Vith
Tokyo Bombed By Superforts
Tokyo industrial areas were slugged today by Saipan based Superfortresses in the fifth air raid on the capital since December 3. The War Department provided limited details while Tokyo radio claimed random damage. Japanese reports said about 50 B 29s took part and claimed several downed while interceptors suffered losses.
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Washington
Tokyo
21Et
War Department
Federal Communications Commission
High Command
Gen Sugiyama
Diet
Tokyo-Yokohama
Diet and protest at Fort Meade German prisoners
At Fort Meade on December 27 German war prisoners refused to work at a camp near Frederick Maryland. They were put on a bread and water diet after leaders promised a return to work the next day. Army officials said prisoners objected that Germans get two days off for Christmas and were then placed on slim rations for the second holiday.
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Fort George G. Meade
Frederick Md
Germany
Allies Successful Says Soviet Paper
Russia Army newspaper Red Star declared Eisenhower's successes against the German offensive have forced the enemy to lower their voices. Allied troops are creating conditions for isolating the German group from the main base. The article notes some foreign press observers comparing the German break-through on a narrow front with 1940 and mentions a clash of German operations and a raid of 3,000 American planes on enemy communications in western Germany.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Star
Eisenhower
Germany
Raid on Radio Tokyo and Yap Island Reported
A daylight raid in Japanese time targeted Radio Tokyo and Yap Island, located about 300 miles northeast of Palau. The attack involved more than ten enemy planes.
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Tokyo
Yap Island
Palau
Red Army Breaks Budapest Front In Fierce Assault
Soviet shock troops cross Danube into Budapest as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky push from the west and north. German resistance tightens around St Stephen's. thousands reported dead, armored wrecks, prisoners marched away. Meanwhile in Athens Greek and British delegates clash over truce and Greece’s future. Churchill vows to end disorder and enable elections.
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Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Buda
Szekesfehervar
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Pest
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Vienna
Elas
Greece
Churchill
Britain
Themistokles Sophoulis
Lberal
Jef
AL Alu Jugicatiitonbets Dees
National Political Front
EAM
Roosevelt
Stalin Amiom
Ing Uate Camamandes
Arison
Nail
Concealed Weapon Charge Preferred in Police Court
James Allen Baker of 155 Baltimore and Ohio avenue faces a concealed weapon charge after a search revealed a 32 caliber revolver an edged knife and a pair of pliers. Police arrested Baker yesterday during an investigation of garage break ins at the cider press on South Wisner street. He fled but was captured a short distance away with a sack of inner tubes believed stolen. the garage owner declined to press charges and Baker remained in jail.
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Wiig
Fiers
James Allen Baker
Baltimore
Ohio Avenue
Daniel Swomley
Norman Dietz
Baker
Cider Press
Wisner Street
Jal
Three Killed as Bombs Strike Paris Landmark Shock
Three men were killed and thirteen injured when bombs dropped on the Paris area last night striking well known landmarks. The attack followed the city’s liberation battles earlier in the war, with reports stating the French capital endured air raids during the night.
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Paris
Shops Reopen After OPA Protest Closure
In New York on December 27, many butcher shops, closed yesterday in protest against OPA regulations, reopened today as police survey shows partial supplies arriving.
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New York
OPA
Australian Tsinan air raid claims 29 enemy planes down
An American communique says United States forces struck the Japanese airfield at Tsinan in Shantung province yesterday and destroyed 29 enemy aircraft. The tally over three days reached 1069, with three days of operations totaling substantial fighter activity.
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Y Forge
Tsinan
Shamtung Provings
New York Bombing Report From Brazzaville Echoes Confusion
A garbled Brazzaville dispatch claims New York was bombed overnight by a single aircraft. The report, in French, cited a radio station and a statement from Allied forces, but reliability is uncertain due to translation errors and unclear attribution.
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New York
Federale Communnications
Canis Massa Ormettors
Bragouville
Brench Dreas
Maris
Nazis Bombed Again By Big Allied Planes
Heavy bombers from Griffin spearheaded another assault on the German Western Front as favorable weather allowed Allied planes based in Belgium and France to join the attack. U S Ninth Air Force and British Second Tactical Air Force led the front line push, with substantial damage to German transport and military assets and over 1,000 motor vehicles destroyed.
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Bastogne
Aesiai
Britain
St. Vith
London
Berlin
Laroche
Belgium
U. S
Griffin
Continent
Welland
France
15Th Air Force
Ntors
U.S
Berhsh Air Force
Coblonz
RAF
U.S. Ninth Air Force
Second Tactical Air Force
2 800 000 Service Ballots Were Cast
Washington reports 2.8 million service ballots in the current Presidential race, with best estimates near 2.6 million versus prior state projections of 3.392 million. The total military and civilian vote stands at about 47.97 million corrected to date, with uniformed service members as of February 1, 1944 noted by Census Bureau figures and adjusted for subsequent combat and eligibility of spouses and dependents. Maryland lists uniformed ballots at 34,448 with Roosevelt and Dewey leading among parties. public dissatisfaction in Baltimore grows over rationed foods and restored lists of preferred vegetables and meat cuts.
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Washington
Buleit
Armed
Census Bureau
Tesa
Coorado
Marylend
Jers
Pennsylvania
Rade Ilend
Maryland
Roosevelt
Granapa
Sia
Baltimore
Twenty additional Nipponese vessels sunk by U S submarines
Secretary Forrestal announced that American submarines destroyed a large Japanese aircraft carrier and 19 other vessels in distant waters. The tally includes 90 ships definitely sunk and totals over 3.5 million tons. he called the carrier strike a painful blow to Japan and noted ongoing secrecy about submarine operations.
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Washington
Navy
Fors Testal
Forrestal
Tle
Ominous Calm On Western Front May Presage Battle
An uneasy quiet hangs over the Western Front as Allied armies at the Belgium penetration hold firm. German and American forces engage in sporadic skirmishes and heavy artillery exchanges while reconnaissance flights survey front lines.
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von Rundsted
Belgium
Philippines Battles Key in War According to Reports
AP dispatches Japan reports that US casualties in the Pacific top 503,000 since Pearl Harbor as decisive battles shift to the Philippines. Tokyo ministers quote victory through defense of the Philippine Islands, with air battles described as fierce. Separate items note promotions in the U.S. Army among Baltimore and Myersville residents.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Ee Me ET Tokio Radio
Diet
Mitsumasa Yonai
Philippine
Yorgi
Philippine Islands
Pc Ent
Yonai
Domei News Agencs
House of Peers
Xesher
Leste
Supplies For Bastogne Parachuted to American Troops
London dispatch reports hundreds of tons of supplies and ammunition parachuted to cut off American troops in the Bastogne area. Twin engined C-47 Skytrains flew from Britain and France to aid the Doughboys under repeated Nazi tank attacks while relief columns were still about 442 miles away. A BBC London broadcast cited American columns now within 11 miles of Bastogne and noted numerous German tanks destroyed as the siege persisted.
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London
Bastogne
Britain
France
New York
BBC
Garrisgon
CBS
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Hit
Klas Gans
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Regian Vaiivsi
Elis
Blas
AU Tsinan
Brazzaville
Navy Department
Wee
On Theart
Charles Markell, Jr
Leo Junior Gaver
Myersville
Henry James Willant Bittorf
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