Dawn Air Raid On Tokyo As Saipan Fortresses Strike
Three Saipan based B 29s bomb Tokyo before dawn causing fires in a large industrial area. Nagoya was hit again as a second major raid roars in. In the Philippines American infantry push toward Leyte city centers, capturing the enemy headquarters and seizing an airfield while Allied air forces claim heavy fighter and bomber success against remaining Japanese forces in the Leyte garrison.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Nagoya
Harold F. Schramm
Coral Gables
Everett P. Abar
Concord
N. H
Shimonoshiki
Philippines
Leyte
Mindoro
Valencia
Lonoy
Ormoc
U. S
Churchill Eden Stand Put On Greek Action
In London on December 20, Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden faced bitter attacks in parliament over Britain's armed intervention in Greece. Eden urged quick face-to-face talks among Britain's, Russia's and the United States foreign ministers to handle such issues. Churchill said there is harmony on general aims but agreement on every detail remains uncertain.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
Eden
Britain
Greece
Russia
United States
Mercury Dips to 7 Degrees in City Weather
Extreme cold grips Portsmouth and Scioto areas as thermometers fall to a season low of 7 degrees above zero amid fog and slick streets. Unofficial readings show 2 at Wheelersburg and 1 west of the Scioto river. Highs reached 28 with 29 by 11 am. observers warn official temps differ from outskirts. Snowbound roads force basketball cancellations and bus service resumes later in week. East High students file a complaint over bus attendance and school access.
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Portsmouth
Sciotoco
Wheelersburg
Scioto River
H. A. Schirrman
Front St
Clay High
Bloom Township High
South Webster High
South Portsmouth
Tollesboro
Greyhound Lines
Cincinnati
Portsmouth City
Dennis Perkinson
Perkinson
Navy Thriller Tops Hollywood Effort
Dec 20 Navy previews The Fighting Lady a color biography of an aircraft carrier and her crew. The film showcases dramatic scenes with incendiary damage and a torpedo plane attack, narrated by Robert Taylor and releasing through 20th Century Fox.
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Associated Press Hollywood
Navy
Ollywood
Cellulcid
Robert Taylor
20Th Nlury-Fox
Modernized State Department Unveiled By Stettinius
Secretary Stettinius unveiled a modernized state department setup as his new assistants were sworn in. The reorganization clears lines of responsibility and relieves undersecretary Joseph C. Grew of detail work. Stettinius and Grew will function as a unit aiming to recruit the best qualified Americans for demanding tasks ahead. Further changes are anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
America
Roosevelt Opposes Poland Partition and Greek Pact Denial
President Roosevelt told reporters there is no formal Atlantic Charter document signed by him and Churchill. He avoided confrontation on foreign affairs during his press conference after a three week vacation, noting limited direct answers amid crossfire questions.
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President Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
Roosevelt
Ceiling Price Holds On Surplus War Goods
Washington December 20 The Defense Plants Corp says it will investigate any violations of ceiling prices in selling surplus war goods. Officials report farmers in northeastern Ohio complained about an auction charging above ceilings, though no formal reports have been filed.
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Washington
Defense Plants Corp
Ohio
Ohio Valley Weather Report Warms Tonight With Snow Flurries
The Ohio valley forecast calls for warmer conditions tonight with possible snow flurries. Thursday will be slightly colder and windy. Observer Schirrman records show 11 am temperature at 29, today’s min 7, yesterday’s max 28, and a year ago today high 42, low 29.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Two Ohio World War II heroes die in action
Pvt. Paul Bramblett, 19, of Milldale Road near New Boston, killed in action on the German front November 19. A Portsmouth East High graduate, he had risen to captain in drill, served at Camp Livingston and Ft. Benning, and attended Ohio State University before enlisting January 3, 1943. His brother Jesse serves in France. Sgt. Ralph V. Hehl, 21, listed killed in Germany, previously reported missing since July 19, as war department confirms to his mother.
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Paul Bramblett
John Bramblett
Milldale Rd
New
Boston Corporation
War Department
Jesse
Air Corps
France
Pvt
Bramblett
Portsmouth East High School
General Electric
Ohio State University
Camp Livingston
Ft. Benning
England
Holland
Belgium
Clyde Bramblett
Ralph V. Hehl
Germany
Guide Found Dead in Rumford Maine
Sheriff Francis reported Ralph Rich, husband of Louise Dickinson Rich author of the 1943 best seller We Took To The Woods, was found dead in bed late last night in Rumford Maine. Rich worked as a Maine forest guide.
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Rumford
F. F. Francis
Ralph Rich
Louise Dickinson
Mr. Rich
Maine
Red army drives heavy assault on Kassa in Czecho Slovakia
Moscow says four Soviet columns massed around Kassa as 400 Germans and Hungarians died at Senya with 2,000 captured. Rail and highway routes through the mountains were cut as units entered from multiple directions across an 80 mile front. Hungarian troops desert under pressure while Nazis replace officers.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Kassa
Czecho-Slovakia
Slovakia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Hungary
Senya
Red Army
Davidov
Dargov
Kerestur
Permn
Advertising Club to Honor Bob Hope for War Service Work
The Advertising Club of New York announced it would award its 1944 Award of Merit to Bob Hope, recognizing his entertainment of armed service groups around the world.
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New York
The
Advertising Club of
Bob Hope
Firemen Save Trio From Blaze At Medley Home
Smoke and flames trapped three in a bedroom at Samuel Medley’s 1133 Lithst address. Capt. Howard Kiebler and firefighters helped Mrs Rose Medley, Wanda 4, and Irving Medley 17 descend after the boy found his shoes. The fire started in a clothes press and damaged roof and weather boarding. Damages about 125 dollars. Other calls at 1126 Front Street and a false alarm at Gallia Street New Boston.
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Samuel Medley
Howard Kiebler
Rose Medley
Wanda
Edward Brown Guider
Irving Medley
Kiebler
East End Company
Herschel
Paul Pack
George W. Davis
Front St
Gallia St
New Boston
Murder trial nears for Ashland machinist Patterson
In Coshocton on December 20, closing arguments in the murder trial of 31 year old Ashland machinist War Ren Patterson portrayed him as either a man who sought to kill his four sons to roam with women or as a pitiable figure. Prosecutor Lyons rejected the defense claim of temporary insanity and argued Patterson meant to rid himself of his children. the defense contends no motive is proven and disputes his exit from Ashland the night a son drowned in the Mohican River.
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Coshocton
Warren Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Russell E. Lyons
Ashland
Russell
Patterson
Mohiaen River
ELAS warned to quit fight in Greece
Lt Gen Scobie pledged to press the fight against ELAS and warned Athens civilians that any leftist gunfire after 9 a.m. would be attacked with all arms. A BBC quote cited aircraft, naval guns and rockets among the measures. The move followed the fall of RAF HQ after an ELAS gun dynamite assault. Also seeking damaskinos as regent, with Papandreou cabinet urging royal approval.
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Associated Press
R. M. Scobie
Greece
ELAS
Athens
Scobie
RAF
Damaskinos
George Papandreou
George II
London
Damaskino
Themistokles Sophoulis
House Committee Homeward Bound After European Tour
Weary members of the house military committee returned to Bari Italy on December 20 after 25 days touring Western and Italian battle fronts. Rep Charles H Elston Ohio said the war likely won t end soon and praised the army s efforts to save materials while noting wartime waste. He added the committee sought more information on allied military government operations and heard GI complaints about cigarette shortages and the low value of the French currency.
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Associated Press
Bari
Italy
House Military Committee
United States
Charles H. Elston
Ohio
Elston
G. I
France
Liberator Flies From Alaska to Hawaii in 13 Hours
An Army Liberator piloted by Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson flew land based over water from Adak in the Aleutians to Hawaii in 13 hours. Lt. Gen. Delos Emmons, Alaskan commander, announced the feat at Ancho Rage Alaska and noted high ranking officers joined Adm. Chester Nimitz at a Pacific strategy conference.
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Alaskan Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Delos Emmons
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Davenport Johnson
11Th Air Force
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Adak
Aleutians
Yanks Hold On Flanks To Slow Counter Blows
U S troops recaptured Monschau in Germany checking the initial Nazi counter offensive that pushed into Belgium. Front remains unstable at night with heavy fighting near Stavelot St Vith and Malmedy. German columns penetrated 20 miles into Belgium Luxembourg while American forces held key towns and pockets.
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U. S
Monschau
Germany
Belgium
Stavelot
St. Vith
Malmedy
Bulge
Aachen
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Luxembourg
Liege
Associated Press
William Boni
Honsfeld
Butgenbach
Spa
Maspelt
Ardennes Forest
Echternach
Greatest Allied Danger In Nazi Drive Lies At Aachen
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports from New York that fighting on a 70 mile front surrounding a major German counteroffensive continues with little news censored. Official word is scarce yet unofficial reports suggest the American First Army holds the enemy flank, preventing a full breakthrough that could turn Allied lines, with the Aachen sector identified as the greatest threat.
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Paris
Liege
Aachen
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Rhineland
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