Civilian production frozen by WPB in World War II
The War Production Board ordered all civilian production halted at current levels to conserve labor and meet urgent war needs. The policy limits increases, allows only minimal expansion via approved demonstrations, and maintains a spot plan for consumer goods while examining community urgency before any rise for 17 listed products.
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Associated Press
Washington
WPB
War Production Board
Samuel Anderson
Office of Civilian Requirements
Three U S Divisions Press Siegfried Line Advance
The Seventh Army pushed deeper into Germany seizing Lauterbourg near the Rhine and breaching Siegfried line defenses in Bavaria as German artillery answered with heavy fire. Farther north, the First Army cleared pockets west of the Roer and held the river’s west bank along 27 miles while the Third Army made slow gains southward. The 90th Division advanced another 300 yards into Dillinge amid fierce fighting.
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Associated Press
W S. Seventh Army
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Lauterbourg
Rhine
Bavaria
West Wall
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Palatinate
U. S. First Army
Roer River
Roer
Third Army
Dillinge
Mindoro Invasion Opens Pacific Corridor To China
Allied forces landed on Mindoro as part of a 600 mile convoy moving from Leyte to seize Philippine island air fields and ports. Filipino guerrillas aided coastal seizures of Panay Negros Cebu and Bohol while ships knocked out over 300 Japanese planes. Gen. MacArthur hailed the operation as splitting the archipelago and isolating Japanese gains southward.
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Cebu
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Japan
Burns After Mishap Claim Life of Oak Hill Child
Robert Keith Snyder 18 months old of Oak Hill died at Mercy Hospital after a scalding water accident Monday afternoon. He was rushed to the hospital and entered at 1 30 p m. Survived by his parents and siblings Vance Marlene Betty Donna. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m today at Mission Chapel with burial by a local funeral home. Body returned to the home Sunday morning.
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Vance
Marlene
Betty
Donna
Missionich
Actress to Wed Hollywood Director in Private Ceremony
Dec 16 Ve Pu Lake 22, a blonde film actress, will marry movie director Andre 30 in a private ceremony tonight. The couple's plans and venue remain undisclosed.
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Vepu « Lake
Acss
Andre ‘H
Leftists Outline Terms In Move To End Athens Fight
The EAM informed Lt. Gen. Scobie it would cease fighting if a new government formed to handle disarmament and if suspected collaborators were tried. Fighting eased in Athens as British talks with the EAM continued. British parachute troops blocked subways used by ELAS, and RAF Spitfires reportedly struck Leossia station. Cairo radio claimed the station was recaptured by the British. Harold MacMillan and George Papandreou planned a regency to rule until a plebiscite on monarchy versus republic. Damaskinos was said to join the regency, while Plastiras urged military force as the only path to peace.
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Associated Press
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National Liberation Party Front
R. M. Scobie
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Athens
Omonia
ELAS
Leossia
Cairo
Harold MacMillan
Middle East
George Papandreou
Archbishop Seolens
Philip Dracoumis
Nicholas Plastiras
George II
Plain Speaking Urged On Big Three Relations
Senator Vandenberg urged plain speaking with Russia and Britain before the Big Three meeting in early 1945. He warned against decisions on the Polish postwar question made without Washington’s consultation. Connally agreed the United States must be consulted on European boundaries. Officials confirmed a late January or February summit, likely outside the United States, after Roosevelt’s inauguration.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
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Russia
Britain
Roosevelt
Stalin
Moscow
London
Churchill
Sen. Vandenburg
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill weighs Sunday broadcast on European politics
London officials said it was quite possible Prime Minister Churchill would discuss the European political situation in a BBC broadcast Sunday though plans remain indefinite and no hour is fixed. He also signaled an intention to take the government case to the people in a debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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London
No. 10 Downing Street
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House of Commons
Churchill's No Quarrel Plea Lets Reds Gain Poland
Debated by DeWitt Mackenzie as Britain shifts stance on Polish government in exile and Moscow’s eastern Poland claims. Churchill’s signals could rupture the world security alliance and grant Stalin broader European influence, prompting a swift realignment of Anglo-American policy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Poland
Russia
World Security Organization
United Nations
Britain
America
World War Front Distances Chart Captured
Road to Berlin shows 301 miles from near Duren on the western front. Russian front stands 304 miles north of War saw. Hungarian front at 400 miles from north of Szob. Italian front listed 550 miles from Mezzano.
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Duren
Warsaw
Szob
Mezzano
U S Forces Cross German Border Near Lauterbourg Amid Heavy Battle
American units push into Germany along a 17 mile front while Lt General Patch’s veterans forge four crossings of the Nazi border. The 95th division advances inside Ensdorf near Saarlautern and the 79th enters Reich near Lauterbourg, facing stiff resistance as German panzer reinforcements arrive.
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Saarlautern
Sarregue
Erching
79Th
Seventh Army
Germany
U. S
Alexander M. Patch
Reich
Lauterbourg
Rhine
Russians Drive From Ipolysag Toward Vienna Front
Russian forces pressed a bold offensive from Ipolysag junction in western Slovakia aiming to open roads to Vienna 115 miles west while trapping German units to the east. Ipolysag fell after bitter fighting with 800 Germans killed, as Soviets widened the push along a 125 mile front toward Satoraljaujhely. Berlin noted heavier action in Debica Tarnow and suggested a broader northern move against Slovakia and Krakow.
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Associated Press
London
Slovakia
Ipolysag
Sahy
Vienna
Ipolye
Hungary
Budapest
Moscow
Satoraljaujhely
Berlin
Debica-Tarnow
Poland
Krakow
Bradley Plans Push Ahead Amid Stiff German Resistance
Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the 12th Army Group, says the American First, Third and Ninth Armies will press forward despite difficult weather and high German casualties. He notes U S air superiority and artillery slow the enemy while optimistic postures lengthen war. Bradley cites only 6,500 German sorties since D Day versus 190,000 Allied air missions, as ground troops gain confidence in air support and continue offensive actions.
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Associated Press
Twelfth Army Group
Omar Bradley
112Th Army Group
Bradley
Ninth Air Force
St. Lo
Gallimore and Meek Fall on German Front
Pvt. Willie B. Gallimore aged 19 from Portsmouth and Lt. Robert F. Meek, 22, of Sciotoville-Cleveland lineages, were killed in action in Germany and Italy respectively. Meek died Oct 17 near Milan when his bomber was hit. buried Oct 20 in an American cemetery. Gallimore died in Germany after enlisting over a year ago. survived by parents, siblings, wife Iris Meek, and other relatives.
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Robert F. Meek
Milan
Italy
Meek
J. B. Meek
Sciotoville
Cleveland
Katherine Meek
Stantonav
Molly Middaugh
Scherer Hollow
New Boston
East High School
Iris Meek
Charleston
S. C
Willie B. Gallimore
John Gallimore
Portsmouth Rt 1
Germany
War Department
Pvt
Gallimore
Webb Lumber Co
Elmer Gallimore
Raymond Gallimore
Bertie Newman
Sixth St. Nauvoo
Sciotoco
Nauvoo
Social Security Tax Freeze Bill Is Signed
Washington December 16 Speaker Rayburn announced that President Roosevelt signed legislation freezing social security payroll and pay check taxes at one percent. The House cheered as many members stayed in anticipation of a veto, with no congressional message issued.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Ammunition Rations Curbed For Hunters
The war production board moves to conserve civilian ammunition as most small arms rounds are diverted to military needs, aiding the assault against Germany.
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Washington
War Production Board
Germany
Ohio Valley Weather Update
Weather brief shows colder conditions with possible snow flurries tonight and a Sunday of sunny skies and continued cold. Schirrman reports 11 am temperature at 33 with today’s low 31 and yesterday’s high 43. a year ago today recorded a high 26 and a low 4 above zero.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Champion Retail Bond Sellers To Be Feted At Dinner Monday
The sixth war loan campaign crowns top sellers as colonels and generals of the retail bond army. Merchants and employees earning $1000 in sales are promoted while the drive nears its finish. National totals pass 17.051 billion, with local sales 3.336 million and a local goal exceeded.
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Army of Bondadiers
Uncle Sam
War Bond Drive Over Top Despite E Bond Shortfall
From Portsmouth Ohio on December 16 1944 readers learn the sixth war loan drive ended in record time with total sales 3 139 065 against 2 865 000 county goal though E bonds lagged by about 200 000. Casualties listed with local ties and a heavy 6 inch snowstorm closing rural routes and delaying events.
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