Freezing Rain Slows Traffic In Portsmouth Area
Heavy glaze from freezing rain cripples travel in Portsmouth and nearby towns. Buses struggle up grades while pedestrians move on grass or near buildings to avoid slick spots. Several injuries reported including a broken back and fractured hips as river observers warn of rising Ohio waters and potential late week floods.
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Portsmouth
City Lines
Weath Bureau
Ohio
F. B. Winter
Government River Observer
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Union Mills
Hill Road
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
von Rundstedt
Volksgrenadiers
Supreme Headquarters
Celles
Dinant
Meuse
Deferment Field Narrowed By State Orders On Draft
State orders constrict draft deferments and shift decision making to local boards. The policy reduces eligibility criteria and centralizes discretion, affecting how servicemembers and students may avoid conscription while awaiting board review. Local boards gain greater responsibility in applying new standards.
State selective service head warns of narrowed deferments
Ohio draft director Col. C. W. Goble told Scioto County draft boards that civilian deferments must shrink to meet wartime manpower needs. He urged boards to rely on local conditions and balance war production with induction calls, noting many registrants left deferments for occupations less linked to wartime output.
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Selective Service
Sciotoco
Col
C. W. Goble
Col. Goble
Col. Coble
Tokyo attacked as 50 B-29s strike in high raid
U S air forces pound Tokyo as about 50 B 29s raid the capital for the first time since December. Reports say 74 Japanese planes were shot down over the Philippines and north China while ground fighting on Leyte winds down. Japan claims 9 raiders shot down and 27 damaged.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Philippines
China
Leyte
Eighth Route Army
Loyang
Henan Province
Japan
Gen
Sugiyama
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo- Yokohama
Honshu
Haywood Hansell Jr
Saipan
Luzon Island
Manila
Clark Field
North China
Death blow for Nazis lift morale near Budapest
Red army shock troops storm Budapest from hills above the Danube as German garrison scorches stores and fights with field artillery. Soviet spearheads push on western Budapest while thousands of German dead line roads between Szekesfehervar and the capital. Field dispatches note street by street fighting and silenced pillbox near St Stephen’s cathedral amid large German forces and many prisoners.
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Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Garrion
Buda
Szekesfehervar
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Two Way Drive Opens To Save Army Fliers Lives
A two way drive to make Portsmouth safer for army airmen was launched to prevent more accidents in the last two years. Sheriff Earl C. Brandel formed an aviation safety committee with chamber of commerce support to fund airport improvements at Raven Rock and port lighting. The finance plan seeks 15000 by January 1 with contributions to local banks and The Portsmouth Times office.
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Portsmouth
Earl C. Brandel
Raven Rock
Chamber OF Commerce
Atlas
William Atlas
Sciotoco War Finance Committee
C. of C. Finance Committee
Leo D. Kricker
C. of C
Security Central National Bank
National Bank of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Banking Co
The
Portsmouth Times
Sheriff Brandel
Aviation Safety Committee
Sareto Co
Brandel
Mt. Crab
Wounded Soldiers Include Harry Spencer and Herman Smith
Pfc Harry J Spencer 27 was slightly wounded in action in France with the Third Army on Dec 10. He returned to his wife Virginia, son Larry, and former home in Ofmcrest, after service since May. Pfc Herman Smith son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Smith was wounded slightly in Germany on Dec 4.
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Harry J. Spencer
France
Third Army
Virginia S
Larry
Columbus
Ofmcrest
Spencer
Gilbert Grocery Co
Lydia Spencer
Ninth St
Clarence E
Pfc
Herman Smith
Lewis Smith
Brushart
Fullerton
Germany
Pfe
Marce Smith
Meat supply to fall 15 percent in early 1945
John H. Summers of the district OPA says civilians face about 15 percent less meat in January 1945 than January 1944. He also notes canned goods will stay below prior years and sugar rationing will likely continue at least until next fall.
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Columbus
John H. Summers
Price Administration
Crash of Army Bomber Takes Lives of Three
Cincinnati December 27 an army bomber en route to Coffeeville Kansas crashed on takeoff at the edge of Cincinnati Sunken Field killing three and injuring six others. The dead are Second Lt Theodore G Martin of Chattanooga Tenn Sgt Edward Sirger of Collingdale Pa and Sgt Louis E Haywood of Cozaddale Ohio. Pilot Capt Thomas Lambie of Wyoming Ohio and co pilot Lt Eugene C Stane of Detroit escaped with minor hurts.
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Cincinnati
Coffeeville
Kas
Air Transport Command
Theodore G. Martin
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edward Sirger
Collingdale
Louis E. Haywood
Cozaddale
Thomas Lambie
Wyoming
Three indorsed for highway post in ninth division
Joseph Doyle of Waverly won the first choice indorsement for division highway engineer as Democratic chairmen of nine district committees met. Albert McFarland received second choice and George Little third. Doyle led with six of eight counties. the governor elect will pick among them.
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Joseph Doyle
Waverly
Portsmouth
Ninth Highway Division
Albert McFarland
Rossco
George Little
Scioto Co
Doyle
Scioto
Little
Ross
McFarland
Frank J. Lausche
Army
Columbus
Brown and Highland Cos
2 800 000 Votes Cast by U S Armed Forces
Best estimates from election officials place service votes in the recent presidential race at about 2.8 million, far below the 3.392 million earlier projected. Census data show 7.86 million males in uniform as of Jan 1 1944, with growth since then and eligibility of younger service members and women in Georgia.
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Washington
Georgia
Weather Update for Ohio Valley Freezing Rain Ahead
The Ohio valley faces freezing rain with temperatures gradually rising tonight and Thursday. Observer Schirrman reports 11 am temperature at 28, today’s low 18, yesterday’s high 35. A year ago today the maximum reached 43 and the minimum 34.
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H. A. Schirrman
Mercury
Greyhound Lines
Columbus
King Bros
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Croswell Line
Locust Grove
Blue Ribbon Lines
Kentucky
Portsmouth
Ashland
Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Army Hospitals Get Clean Health Bill
Washington December 27 the house military committee gave army hospitals a clean bill of health after inspecting 89 facilities in 20 states and the district of columbia. the report by h ralph burton said treatment food recreation and equipment were generally excellent despite some isolated cases of dehydration and use of ancient eggs.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Military Committee
H. Ralph Burton
District of Columbia
V E Day Delayed By 3 To 6 Months Says Strategists
Washington dispatch reports military strategists raise estimate for victory in Europe by three to six months and foresee a waning hope for an early Allied triumph. Uncertainty hinges on Russian plans and potential red army moves on Poland. If Berlin falls slowly, Japan’s end would slide accordingly.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Titanic Engagement Nears For Allies, Nazis In West
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports that a major Allied counterattack under Eisenhower is awaited to test Von Rundstedt’s assault. The anticipated titanic engagement may unfold across roughly 2,500 square miles as German forces push along the Argonne, with censorship delaying full casualty and progress details.
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Celles
Ciney
Meuse
Bastogne
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Antwerp
Hotton-Marche Road
West
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Argonne
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Wah Ey
Reich
Marilyn Faris
Sixth St
Mercy Hospital
Faris
Ohio Stove Co
Bertha Moulton
Arthur Moulton
Lucasville
Belgium
U. S
Hotton
Wes Gallagher
Stavelot
German Bulge
Karl von Rundstedt
Namur
Brussels
Nertie
Tid Saeay
Clapton
Hasselt AU
Clervaux
Ret
Bastoone
Luxembourgiod
Juuich
Malmedy
Sduren
Aachen
Luxembourg
Cologne
Vianden
Trier
Wiltz
Honan
Daniel DE Luce
Riess
Curt Reess
NEA
London
Hitler
Fuhrer
Goebbels
Harry Spencer
Pacific
Highway Post
Lausche
U.S
MacKenzie
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