Russians Break German Defense Rings Near Budapest
Soviet forces battle through house to house fighting in Budapest as three inner rings close in on the encircled Nazi garrison. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky push from east and northeast toward Komarom, while American troops drive Rundstedt back from the Saar and Dillengen fronts. Patton’s Third Army turns the German flank, advancing about 20 miles in six days and threatening the Eagle’s nest of resistance across the Belgian border.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Stalingrad
Lake Balaton
Danube
Moscow
Red
Buda
Pest
Ater
Komarom
Vienna
Bratislava
Feodor Tolbukhin
Third Ukrainian Army
Vertes
Danube River
Esztergom
Malinowsky
von Rundstedt
Lesse
Homme
Rochefort
Bastogne
Bulge
George S. Patton
Patton
Saar
Dillengen
Jodenville
Villeroux
Sibert
Japanese claim six transports sunk in two day convoy attack
Tokyo reports 30 transports escorted by 20 ships moving through Mindanao sea toward Mindoro with air raids in progress while MacArthur reports no confirmed enemy activity. In Bastogne, Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe leads the 101st Airborne as they resist encirclement, with Patton’s force closing the relief corridor.
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Associated Press
High Command
Philippine
Tokyo
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao Sea
Surigao Strait
Leyte Island
Mindoro
Manila
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
Federal Communications Commission
Eastern District Army
Tokyo Radio
MacArthur
Pacific
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Burns loss of schoolgirl in fatal kitchen fire
Cora Alice Scott a 14 year old Lincoln school pupil died at Ports mouth General hospital after her dress caught fire from a heater in the Scotts home. She ran to her sisters but the flames engulfed her clothing. Survived by three brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Diehher funeral home Saturday at 2 pm with a burial in Greenlawn Cemetery set.
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Cora Alice Scott
Winfield
Ardellia Scott
Portsmouth General Hospital
Cora Alice
Lincoln School
Salvation Army Luna School
Pfe
Harold Russell
Clayton W
Gary Louise West
Nellie Hale
Daehier Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Aviation Committee Named To Push Airport Safety Plan
Aviation committee designated to advance an airport safety program. The note outlines the drive for improved procedures and oversight at multiple facilities amid growing aviation concerns.
Lighting Aids Drive Launched At Raven Rock Airport
A new county aviation safety committee moved to install emergency lights and signals at Raven Rock airport to aid distressed aviators. The group backs a Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce campaign to fund the project, with Fire Chief Robert R. Leedom as chairman and countywide jurisdiction including Scioto Portsmouth and New Boston.
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Scioto
Raven Rock
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth
Sciotoco
Robert R. Leedom
John W. Bush
C. of C. Aviation Committee
L. W.burns
Sciotoco Civilian Defense Council
A. M. Eckstein
C. of GC
Leo D. Kricker
C. of C
New Boston
Ice blamed in injury of two in Portsmouth area
Freezing weather prolonged in Portsmouth and surrounding Ohio counties as two women slipped on ice en route to mail letters. The weather office warned of more freezing rain and cold conditions. River levels on the Scioto and Ohio rivers rose, with Portsmouth cresting around 38 to 38.5 feet and roads affected by floodwaters. Mrs. Myrtle Bostick, 65, broke a arm after slipping near Beaver while walking to mail a letter to her son.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Scioto
George Martha
Cincinnati
Myrtle Bostick
Beaver
Ohio Valley Weather Forecast Note
Freezing rain expected tonight with Saturday turning partly cloudy and cold. Hazardous highway conditions likely. Observer Schirrman reports 11 am temperature at 29 with a 25 low. A year ago today the high was 30 and the low 21.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Normandy Invasion Tops 1944 News Poll
A. P. News feature editors poll named the Normandy invasion the biggest story of 1944 with 176 ballots. The epic operation involved 1,000,000 Allied troops ashore in 28 days, a prefabricated port towed into place, and the Cherbourg breakthrough as Allied forces gained a foothold in France.
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Normandy
W. G. Rogers
A. P. News Review
New York
A. P. News
le Havre
Atlantic Wall
London
Associated Press
France
Roosevelt
Philippine
Japan
S Hertford
Germany
Cherbourg
1000 Expected for Children's Party in Portsmouth
Youngsters in Portsmouth will mark the new year with a Saturday 2 p.m. program at Portsmouth High School Auditorium. Sponsored by Sci oto lodge and Fraternal Order of Police, the event promises entertainment and a lodge provided treat. Over a thousand are expected to attend, a repeat of a recent similar event. Lt. Albert Bailey chairs the committee handling funds from the Policemen's Ball.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth High School
Scioto Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
Chamber of Commerce and Salvation Army
British News Wires Report Ardennes Withdrawal Turning Rout
A British front dispatch says Von Rundstedt’s Ardennes retreat has become a rout at points. It notes overall gains of about three miles today, chiefly along the southern flank where General Patton’s forces press the attack.
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London
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennes Salient
George S. Patton
Stand at Bastogne Marks Turning Point in Allied Push
The American 101st airborne division and others hold Bastogne as a seven day stand becomes a decisive turning point in western front operations. American forces also seize Ettelbruck Eppeldorf and push toward the Sure river while pressing across frozen plains to rout German columns near Rochefort Humain and Marche.
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Villeroux
Bastogne
Ettelbruck
Diekirch
Eppeldorf
Sure River
Wiltz
Sure
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Celles
Dinant
Humain
Marche
Rochefort
Great Moment Of War Finds Yanks Ready For Nazi Kill
A dramatic wartime assessment notes the German counteroffensive is at a standstill and a broad Allied counter is forming. General Eisenhower may trap and destroy much of the Hitler forces, but victory remains uncertain and details are unpredictable as the Meuse line holds.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Eisenhower
Two Killed On German Front, Others Swell Casualty List
War department notices report Sergeant Ray E. Shump aged 24 died December 9 in a French hospital after wounds suffered November 9 while with the Third Army. He leaves parents Otto and Mrs. Shump of Beaver relatives in Ohio and Virginia. Also reported killed in action near Germany December 12 is Private Rayburn, 22, of Flatwoods, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Rayburn, with the Third Army. He would have turned 23 on December 15 and had joined in May after basic training. He was a 1940 Russell High School graduate and lived most of his life in the Flatwoods area. His family later moved to ports mouth in 1942. Surviving siblings include Pat and Charles, a sister Lenora Duerk, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rayburn of Flatwoods. Sgt. Shump, born August 15, 1920 at South Webster, graduated from Stockdale High School and enlisted over two years ago. He trained at Camp Forrest and in Arizona before serving overseas five months ago. Pic. Edward Rayburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rayburn, 1315 Turn to CASUALTIS Page 7.
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Ray E. Shump
France
Third Army
Shump
Otto Shump
Offcrest
Beaver
War Department
James Shump
Howard Shump
Italy
Fay Blakeman
Donna
Shirley
Norfolk
Hutchins
Russell High School
Pfc
Rayburn
Flatwoods
Portsmouth
Pat
Charles
Lenora Duerk
Edward Rayburn
Sgt. Shump
South Webster
Stockdale High School
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Arizona
Pic
C. C. Rayburn
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