Fortresses Attack Tokyo and Hong Kong Raid Reported
United Press reports Tokyo and Hong Kong raids by American Superfortresses continuing for the sixth straight day. In the Philippines, Leyte offensives push toward Palompon with heavy artillery and 1,546 Japanese dead counted on Leyte. Tokyo claims Japanese air losses over Nagoya. U S vessels Ward and Mahan sunk with no loss of life.
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United Press
Tokyo
Hongang
China
Philippines
U.S
Leyte
Palampon
Marianas
Okyo
Asia
Tokyo Radio
Nagoya
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Ormoc
Leyte Gulf
Ree Mingoro
Gulf of Leyte
Sulu Sea
Leigaspi
Davao
Clark Fields
Luzci Island
Navy Department
Washington
Ward
Mahan
Navy
Christmas on the German border with the Seventh Army
Soldiers on the Seventh American Army front along the German border face holiday food and mail delays. Captain James D. Wimberly plans hot meals for frontline troops via mule trains as mortars continue to shell from German soil. Frontline morale turns on turkey plans, with letters, cards, and limited packages moving slowly toward APO addresses.
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Germany
James D. Wimberly
Gulfport
Miss
Corp
George M. Henderson
New Orleans
APO
Lioyd Milavitz
Superior
Maly
Ward Seizure Won't Solve Ward Difficulties at Stores
Detroit reports say Montgomery Ward & Co stores, including Royal Oak, are on strike with about 100 pickets tearing up merchandise and blocking counters. Spokesman notes police summoned as workers disrupt sale items while nationwide seizure actions over the Chicago mail order house continue amid stalled labor talks and arbitration efforts under the War Labor Board.
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Detroit
Royal Oak
Montgomery Ward & Co
Edward Borden
Washington
War Labor Board
Chicago
WLE
United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes
CSD
WLB
Ward
Sewell Avery
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. District Court
Gtound
Wards
Office of Economic Stabilization
Roosevelt Signs Bill For Flood Control
President Roosevelt signed a $1.0 billion flood control bill while stating nothing in the law should jeopardize creating a Missouri Valley Authority. The White House released the note praising the measure as a step toward national water resources and power, with further plans for Missouri River basin development and potential MVA oversight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Missouri Valley
Bureau of Reclamation
Missouri River
Missouri Valley Authority
MVA
Huskies Edge Manhawks In Close Hardwood Night
The Oelwein Huskies edged Manchester 23 to 21 as Jim Devo led with 6 points and a stalwart defense limited Manchester’s high scorer McQuillen. Stanley HS defeated Arlington 25 to 12 while the girls’ game between Stanley and Arlington ended 21 all in a tense finish.
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Oelwein Huskies
Manchester
Oelhweinites
Jim Devo
Oelwein
Devo
McQuillen
Iwho
H.H. S
Smith Iguerd
McQuilren
Reed
Bachelit
picQuillen
Thompson
Il Ij
iJoslym
iMunn
Sancok
Smith
Huskies
Stanley High School
Apington High
Hibe
Stanley
Sheldon
Garners
Behrens
Arlnngston
Stanley High
Arlington “Fems
Arlington
Griffing
Pierce
A. Hls
British Troops Capture Tigyiang in Burma Advance
British forces of the 36th division occupied Tigyiang on the Irrawaddy, 42 miles south of Katha, as Chinese troops cut the Bhamo Namhkan road in eastern Burma. Western coastal sector saw IInd Indian Corps seize Kiwazon near the Kalapanzin and Mayu rivers, north of Akyab, with allied forces driving toward Mandalay.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy Devion
36Th Division
Tigyiang
Irrawaddy River
Katha
Burma
Bhamo-Namhkan
Iith Indian Corps
Kiwazon
Kalapanzin
Mayu
Akyab
Irrawaddy
Jef
Mandalay
Air Force plans attack on advanced ninth air force base
Dec 22 UP reports Ninth Air Force ready for a major strike in Europe to smash Field Marshal Rundstedt's forces. German withdrawals from the Baltic pockets raise questions on troop strength as Luftwaffe jets and new weapons are readied to challenge Allied bombing and ground operations.
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Ninth Air Force
Europe
Karl von Rundstedt
St. Lo
Luftfe
Luftwaffe
Air Arm New
Isolationists May Be Out In Senate Ranks
Washington dispatch reports Republican leadership plans to replace two isolationists on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with two internationalists in the new congress. Key posts to fill include Nye of North Dakota and Davis of Pennsylvania, with Salient candidates like Bridges of New Hampshire and Taft of Ohio favored for Davis seat.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
U.S
Wallace H. White
Maine
Committee
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
James J. Davis
White
Strles. Bridges
N. H
U. S
Robert A Taft
League of Nations
Peac
Bridges
Nye
Davis
GOP
Taft
Chan Gurney
S. D
Charles W. Tober
Clyde M. Reed
Kan
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Wiley
Reds Suppress Nazi Resistance in Eastern Front
Soviet and German reports describe intense battles across Latvia and Hungary as winter offensives loom. Sub-zero conditions freeze front lines from the Baltic to the Carpathians aiding armored warfare. Berlin and Moscow hinted at a major Soviet drive into Prussia and Poland within days.
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London
Latvia
Hungary
Berlin
Red Army
Poland
East Prussia
Baltic
Carpathians
Stockholm
Prussia
Praga
Reich
Yes
Lieraja
Auce
Liepeja
Moscow
Budapest
Lake
Balaton
A Card Drivers Get Little Hope Of New Tires
Washington report on wartime tire allocations shows the WPB cutting first quarter 1945 passenger car tire output by 3,000,000, leaving A card holders with recapping as their only road option. B and C card drivers may receive replacements but not grade one tires. army demand drives reductions and new plants are planned to boost military tire production.
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Washington
Pearl Harper
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
James F. Clark
Wphs “Rubber Bureau
Dwight D. Eisehower
J. A. Krug
Dale Gage Fatally Hurt in Auto Crash
Dale Gage age 13 son of Mr and Mrs Gage of eight miles northeast of town died in Mercy Hospital from injuries after running into an auto driven by Roy Zabriskie of Stanley on Thursday evening. Funeral arrangements were not available at press time.
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Dave Gage
Garel Gage
Mercy Hospital
Roy Zabriskie
Stanley
Vinson to Approve Wage Increases
Vinson, head of the Office of Economic Stabilization, reportedly ready to approve War Labor Board directives granting fringe wage increases to about 400000 workers across 86 basic steel companies. The plan allows some price adjustments while preserving overall ceiling limits. Some firms may raise steel prices and others would get cost-based forecasts if losses occur, with potential further price cuts directed if profits appear.
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Waarmincton
Fred
Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
II PA
OES
Artist Gibson Dies Of Heart Disease
Charles Dara Gibson known as the Gibson Girl died of heart disease at his New York home after a recent bout with illness. His wife Irene Langhorne Gibson sister of Lady Astor was at his bedside. Survived by Cmdr Langhorne Gibson son and Mrs. John J. Emery daughter, plus 12 grandchildren. Private funeral services will be held from the Gibson home Tuesday.
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Gibson
New York
Charles Dara Gibson
Gibson Girl
A R. Hames
Dark Harbor
Irene Langhorne Gibson
Lady Astor
Haines
Allied Air Power Shatters German Breakthrough in Belgium
Clouds of allied fighter bombers swarmed into battle across Belgium as American and British air forces bombed Nazi panzer columns from the Oarthe to the Rhine. SHAEF called the westward tank victory near St Vith a major defensive success as Patton's third army moved to threaten the southern flank and American fighters hammered rail yards and road targets near Trier and Rauscheid.
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Paris
Belgium
Oarthe
Rhine
St. Vith
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Ninth
Air Force
Gerimants
Karl von Rundstedt
George S
Patton
Bourg City
Ag Supreme Allied
St. Vath
Vielsalm
Salm
Shaef
Rhineland
Traul
Lat Enrang
Trier
Raiserlautern
Mannhein
Sainth Air Force
Tactical Air Comands
Ninth Air Force
Coblenz
Third Army
Patten
Ensdorf
Saarlautem
Dilkingen
Saar
Pattes
Station
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Falompon
Saarlautern
Franz von Papen
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Edes
Athens
Greece
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Ronald Scobie
Fam. Gov
Mounaiins
Gerisae
Napoleon Zervas
Eam
Scobie
Scomie
Attica
Piraeus
Scobdie
Siamitas Mercouris
Michael Kyrkos
Mercouris
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Memel
Libau
Russia
Western Front
Nintis
Luftwaff
Dale Gage
Sdesar
Hradhi
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