First Army Strikes Back in 80-Mile Front Battle
Allied forces under Lt Gen Courtney Hodges counter German advances in Belgium Luxembourg with armor and air support as Rundstedt drives a winter counteroffensive. Ninth Army airmen report heavy German losses. German paratroopers and armor push into Luxembourg and near the Belgium border amid a fluid front and blackout of detailed updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. First Army
Belgium
Luxembourg
Karl Reudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Hodges
Holland
Normandy
Ninth Tactical Air Command
William H. Simpson
Ninth U. S. Army
Hohe Venn
Marsland
Borgen
Malmedy
Berlin
Luxembourg- Belgium
Eindhoven
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Momischau
A@chen
First Army
Christmas Shopping On Home Stretch Keeps DownTurns?
It was the last week before Christmas and downtown shoppers surged through store counters on the home stretch. Early overseas mail deadlines spurred holiday buying as Portsmouth meters buzzed with coins and cars crowded the busy zones to avoid crowded buses. Stores announce three late shopping nights Thursday through Saturday to ease crowds. Santa eyes late arrivals as toylands face dwindling dolls and wagons, while hosiery shelves show near depletion though stock remains adequate for local Scioto County shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sauter
Cere
Yuletide
Portsmouth
Santa Claus
Toylands
Pre Peace Pacts Allowed If UN Agrees on Poland Frontiers
Secretary Stettinius announced the United States would not object to an agreement on Poland's future frontiers if the United Nations agreed. The three point statement followed Prime Minister Churchill’s Commons claim that Britain favored transferring the eastern third of Poland to the Soviet Union. The U S backed keeping border questions in abeyance until hostilities end, with possible settlement by friendly conference. approval hinged on the Polish government in exile accepting the Curzon line.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stettinius
United States
Poland
United Nations
Churchils
House
Commons
Britain
U. S
Hull
Curzon Line
London
Siege Of Athens Near End
British forces launched a full scale drive to rout ELAS in Athens and aimed to lift the siege within hours. They captured an ELAS stronghold on the highway from Athens through Phaleron toward Kanonere, with about 200 ELAS barricaded in a brewery.
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Associated Press
Athens
ELAS
Phaleron
British hold in Greece amid renewed Athens fighting
Fighting surged in Athens after British Commander Lt. Gen. R M Scobie rejected a leftist EAM peace proposal. British armored units moved along a road from Athens to Piraeus as Kalamaki airport is cleared to 300 yards, with heavy machine guns in use. Scobie rejected the offer since it did not require immediate end to two weeks of civil warfare before negotiations.
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Kalamaki
Athens
Piraeus
R. M. Scobie
EAM
Scobie
Bombing Nagoya and Mindoro Mark Big WWII Pushs
Allied air forces hit Nagoya with heavy B 29 assaults possibly 200 strong while Mindoro landings advance the U S in the Philippines. Leyte fighting tightens as U S forces push toward Valencia and link with units north and south, with substantial Japanese casualties reported.
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Associated Press
Nagoya
Hankow
China
Mindoro
Philippines
Leyte
Millard F. Harmon
Strategic Air Forces
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Tokyo
Asahi
America
Domei
Sulu Sea
Marianas
Hatsudoki
Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Haywood Hansell Jr
Haugland
Christmas spirits supply improves in Ohio
State Liquor Director Don Fisher said bad weather last week halted shipments to state liquor stores but added that if weather cooperates there is enough stock so no store should run out. Transportation will determine if stocks reach all outlets.
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Columbus
Pair in jail in Pike slaying
In Pike county a man William Henry Warren alias Henry Lyons and 14 year old Ida Belle Sistrunk face murder charges after bodies were found buried in a Dry Bone area barn. Warren confessed to the killing of Robert Daniels, a 68 year old pensioner who vanished on November 1. Daniels’ body was exhumed from a shallow grave as investigators pursued the case.
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Times Waverly
R. E. Mercer
Jesse Foster
Kingsport
Tenn
William Henry Warren
Henry Lyons
Robert Daniels
Oi Pikeco
Pikeco
Mr. Daniels
Dry Bone
Waverly
Ida Belle Sistrunk
Barracksville
W. Va
Daniels
Warren
Arista
William Lyons
Rogersville
Mercer
Bond Campaign Surpasses Half Million Over Goal
Scioto county war loan drive ends with bonds sold totaling 537395 over target. Local campaign offices report 3402395 raised against 2865000 goal, with further contributions expected through December 31. Nationally the drive topped five billion, Treasury secretary Morgenthau says morale boost for overseas troops.
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Sciotoco
Wat
Treasury Department
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Washington
Kettle Day Boosts Salvation Army Fund In Portsmouth
The Junior Chamber of Commerce reported the second annual Kettle Day in Portsmouth raised 881.25 for the Salvation Army Christmas fund, topping last year’s 641.54. Jaycees William Bierley and John Ream led the event, handing the sum to treasurer Ray E Griver as public participation drew strong praise. The article notes Salvation Army efforts in prior seasons.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth
Salvation Army Christmas Fund
William Bierley
John Ream
Jaycees
Ray E Griver
Christmas Fund
Yale
Salvation Tripods
Tons of Steel Lash Budapest
Soviet forces pound the Budapest area as Red Army units reach the Slovak border near 72 miles northeast. Pravda cites 220 enemy divisions in the east as Germany fights on the southern front. Fot and Magyorod fall near Budapest while 40 towns, including Susa, are seized northwest of Miskolc.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Budapest
Red Army
Communist Party
Pravda
U. S. Army and Navy Journal
Russia
Teheran
Fot
Magyorod
Slovakia
Susa
Miskolc
Kassa
Rodion Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Nothward
Hatvan
Pazsto
Weather Report for Ohio Valley
Colder tonight with Tuesday forecast fair and cold. Observer Schirrman reports 11 am temperature at 29, today’s high 27, yesterday’s high 45. Last year this date saw a high of 41 and a low of 17.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Nazis Postpone Reckoning Day
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports a German counteroffensive on the U S First Army front in the Rhineland aims to delay an American crossing of the Roer at Duren and the thrust toward Cologne. Eisenhower eyes another major push as Rundstedt seeks to disrupt the line. reports of massacred American prisoners and shootings underline the grim fighting around Aachen and Duren as Luftwaffe crisis measures unfold.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
U. S
First Army
Rhineland
Roer
Duren
Pen
Cologne
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Europe
Luftwaffe
Aachen-Duren
Sailor Ed Bennett Killed in Pacific
Forest Edwin Bennett an 18 year old Seaman First Class son of Mr and Mrs Francis Marion Bennett of Lucasville joined the Navy in April after leaving Minford High School He trained at Great Lakes went overseas in June and was killed in action October 20 in the South Pacific He is buried in an armed forces cemetery in the Pacific Survived by parents and brothers Marion Jr Harold George and Violet with Claude W Gaybart also listed as a casualty
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Forest Edwin Bennett
Francis Marion Bennett
Lucasville
Rt 2
Minford
Navy Department
Seaman Bennett
South Pacific
Armed Forces
Pacific
Navy
Great Lakes
George
Marion Jr
Harold
Violet Bennett
Pvt
Claude. W. Gaybart
Harrison
Germans Deploy New V Weapon On Western Front
German forces have launched a new V weapon on the western front as they bombard rear areas day and night, expanding use alongside V-1 and V-2 devices. The dispatch provides few details on deployments against troops and behind the front lines.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
150 Doughboys Disarmed Slain At Belgian Front
American Doughboy survivors describe German tank force attack near Malmedy Belgians disarmed and shot in a field. Tech Summers from Glenville West Virginia recalls watching wounded comrades killed as Tigers rolled through. Observation unit surrendered after trucks and light vehicles were torn up by armor.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Belgium
William B. Summers
Glenville
W. Va
U. S
Summers
Ted
Pvt, Wile
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95Th
U. S. Third Army
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War Department
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MacKenzie
ED Bennett
Seaman
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