War Today: MacArthur and Marshall Ties in Pacific Operations
The War Today column discusses Gen. George C. Marshall’s Pacific talks with Allied commanders, noting coordination with Gen. MacArthur in New Guinea. It covers Arawe, Gilbert Islands, and air raids in the Marshalls, while tempering optimism with past statements about needs and potential spring return rumors. It notes speculation about MacArthur’s political ambitions and plans to present war assets for a larger US-led effort.
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George C. Marshall
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Central
Southwest Pacific
Marshall
MacArthur
New Guinea
U.S. Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
Gilbert Islands
Mount Fox
Marshalls
mid-Pacific
MacAsthur
Street Fight in Ortona and Allied Push Near Rome
Canadians of the British Eighth Army fight through Ortona with tanks after a heavy artillery barrage near Pescara Italy as the American Fifth Army seizes more snow covered heights toward Rome. Russian offensives push toward Vitebsk while German counterattacks ripple across the Kiev bulge and Dnieper bend with heavy losses. Tito Partisans report attacks on all fronts in Yugoslavia amid improving weather aiding Allied air sorties.
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Ortona
Pescara
Vitebsk
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Kiev
Korosten
White Russia
Ziobin
Berezina
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Moscow
Elcherson
Algiers
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Portsmouth Chanukah Observance Begins at Temple Israel
Chanukah festivities begin with special services at Temple Israel in Portsmouth and will run through Dec. 28. The festival marks religious liberty and the lighting of worship candles nightly. Services will be held at Portsmouth harbor forts, led by Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker, with after service refreshments hosted by the Portsmouth Jewish Welfare Board.
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Temple Israel
Chanukah
Portamouth
Oscar Fleishaker
Fortsmouth
Grass and chimney fires hit area amid high winds
Fire crews battled five small fires Monday and another three yesterday as high winds swept Portsmouth. A car owned by Arthur Butler of Leo's restaurant lost an iron panel to fire near the city dump, with no major damage reported. Fire Chief George Cogan noted several grass and chimney fires near Marcy and Islington streets and an oil heater blaze by the dump in the evening.
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Arthur Butler
Leo's
George ‘I’. Cogan
Portsmouth
Cograll
Marcy Street
Islington Street
RAF Bombers Hit Germany in Western Blitz
RAF Mosquito bombers struck unspecified Western German targets last night as Allied air power expanded across the channel toward northern France for a third straight day. An Eighth Air Force statement described Bremen attacks as tests of precision bombing, noting heavy bomber participation and damage to port areas and rail yards.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
France
Joss
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Bremer
Bremen
Eighth Air Force
Hamburg
Youngsters See Yule Show Here at Colonial Theater
Nearly 200 children nine and under attended a Christmas show at the Colonial theater. John Hopley hosted a marionette performance and community singing, followed by a two hour film program donated by several film companies. A similar free event for older children is planned for tomorrow at the Olympia theater as part of the holiday observance.
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Colonial Theater
John Hopley
Santa Claus
Olympia Theater
Montreal Strike Reaches Day Two With Cabinet Talks
A city strike by 3,000 municipal white collar workers enters its second day as officials await a possible meeting between union reps and the provincial cabinet. Gerard Picard, general secretary of the National Syndicate of Canadian and Catholic Workers, expected the talks to occur today.
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Montreal
Gerard Picard
National Syndicate of Canadian and Catholic Workers
Tokyo says Nine Allied ships sunk off Merkus
London dispatch reports Tokyo radio asserting nine Allied transports and two cruisers were sunk in a Cape Merkus attack. The AP notes the claim is unconfirmed by Allies. Japanese waves struck in four assault turns with several transports, landing craft, and warships damaged or destroyed. four Allied planes reportedly shot down and five Japanese planes lost.
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London
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Cape Merkus
New Bri
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Church Page Deadline Notice for Christmas Schedule
The Portsmouth Herald will skip next Saturday’s issue for Christmas. The church page this week will print Friday. Ministers and church page contributors in Portsmouth and surrounding towns must send notices by tomorrow noon.
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Herald
Portsmouth Herald
Portamouth
Battle Line Tensed For Big New Push
Marshall in Cairo Teheran talks and 35000 mile global trip cited. MacArthur confirms Marshall was in advanced at New Britain invasion. Tokyo warned Rabaul hold, air battles flare in the Solomons Bougainville gains noted. Halsey Harmon Nimitz Richardson coordinated as Gilbert Islands seized. Liberator bombers face strong Japanese counterattack with losses.
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Rabaul
Marshall
Adm
William F. Halsey
Willard .P. Harmon
Solomons Island
Bougainville
Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Richardson
Navy
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Seventh Army Air Force
Three Join After Man Is Lost in Wahoo Mission
Three people join armed services to avenge a sailor lost on the submarine Wahoo. Stuart MacAlman, missing in action, was a 23 year old Maine native, married in 1942 at San Diego. His wife Wilma Delaware and sister Cynthia MacAlman enlist in WAVES, while brother-in-law Warren Delaware joined the Navy.
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USN
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Auburn
Cynthia MacAlman
Warren M. Delaware
Navy
Navy Department
Maine
MacAlman
William T. Hull
Tilton Avenue
Kittery
San Diego
Cath
Miss MacAlman
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Forefathers Day and Portsmouth Fire anniversary
Today marks Forefathers Day and the 130th anniversary of the Great Portsmouth Fire of 1913. The blaze destroyed 108 dwellings and 64 public buildings, spreading from Broad Street to the river as engine companies arrived from Dover, Exeter, and Salem to help, with a glow seen as far as Boston.
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Daniel
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Boston
Coast Guard Laments for Need Is Great at Christmas
A Portsmouth Coast Guard barracks laments lack of Christmas tree and decorations for the holiday. An appeal seeks donors to furnish trees and ornaments, urging contact with Chief Francis Viera at the Coast Guard barracks Portsmouth Navy Yard to restore cheer for the sailors.
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Portsmouth
Coast
Francis Viera
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Scientific war and mockery in Neal O Hara column
New York reports a sharp political rant about wartime broadcasts and German health, with quips on Nazi leaders and a warning about a looming pneumonia burden. The writer mocks the Ike FDR Churchill Stalin summit and questions American perception of Iran and Iraq while urging vigilance at home.
New Strike Plans Jam Rail Dispute Deadline Dec 30
Washington reports new strike plans threaten the rail system as White House efforts to avert a nationwide tieup continue. Negotiations with five operating brotherhoods aim for paid vacations, overtime rules, and away from home expenses, with Dec 20 serving as a wage-demand deadline. Presidents Roosevelt advisers caution that a straight eight-cent raise may violate wage policy while vacations and expenses fit within stabilization plans.
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Roosevelt
J. ¥. Aronson
N. ¥. Central
J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
International
Washington
Freeéy
Brotherhood
Soviets 15 Miles From Vitebsk In Baltic Drive
Soviet Baltic forces push toward Vitebsk closing to 15 miles from the Nazi fortress as encirclement looms. Russian columns advance from Nevel and north toward Gribaful and Polotsk threatening German lines and cutting communications. A separate attack targets Kherson as the Dnieper bridgehead is liquidated.
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Vitebsk
Reuters
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Gribalf
Nevel
Polotsk
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
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Kherson
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