Battle for Cassino Road Rages as San Pietro Isolated
Allied forces press a Fifth Army pincer around San Pietro seven miles southeast of Cassino on the Cassino Rome road. American troops drive toward Mount Lungo while German divisions rush to reinforce the gate to the Cassino plain. Far inland, Lagone falls after hard fighting as the British Eighth Army strengthens the Adriatic front amid tank clashes. thirteen German tanks are destroyed and two captured.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Fifth Army
Cassino-Rome
San Pietro
Cassino
San Petro
Lungo
Cassino Plain
Russia
Lagone
Filignano
Eighth Army
Adriatic
President Seeks To Avert Strike By Rail Workers
President Roosevelt plans a White House conference with leaders of five operating brotherhoods and management representatives to avert a nationwide railroad strike set for December 30. The unusual Sunday meeting targets operating unions, while 15 non-operating unions watch from the sidelines amid a wage dispute. Roosevelt’s swift move follows his Cairo Teheran return, signaling concern over a possible paralyzing transport shutdown.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hesin
White House
Cairo-Teheran
Southern Mines Sign On To New Wage Contract
United Mine Workers announced that several Southern Coal Producers affiliates have signed or indicated acceptance of the new wage contract. The Southern Coal Producers association, led by Edward R. Burke, represents about 165 million tons of annual output and had earlier resisted the agreement. About 45 million tons capacity in southern affiliates joined, including Koppers Co in districts 29 and 17, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Co in District 17, H C Frick Co in West Virginia and Kentucky, American Rolling Mill Co in West Virginia, plus scattered southern Tennessee mines.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Coal Producers
John S. Lewis
Southern Association
Edward R. Burke
Reps
Northern
Western
Alabama
UMW
U.M.W
Koppers Co
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Co
H.C. Frick Co
West Virginia
Kentucky
Coming Weeks Seen Decisive in War of Air
London reports the war may hinge on bombing weather in the coming winter weeks. Favorable conditions could allow heavy Allied dawn raids to cripple German war centers and speed Nazi attrition, while bad weather risks extended, bitter fighting and recovery of disrupted plants.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Europe
Reich
R.A.F
Berlin
Stockholm
Seek Additional Wreck Victims Seek Additional Wreck Victims
Workmen pressing search for more bodies in the Atlantic Coast Line wreck near Lumberton North Carolina after a Thursday collision left at least 70 dead and 50 injured. Red Cross counted 70 known dead including 47 service members and 23 civilians and said up to 10 more might be in one car. Crews opened all cars but feared one or two bodies still beneath wreckage, while efforts to identify the deceased faced difficulties due to nightclothes and lack of papers.
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Associated
Ete Lumberton. N. C
Red Cross
Army reports 150 099 influenza cases in US units
The War Department released week ending December 11 figures showing about 150,000 army cases of influenza and other respiratory diseases in the continental United States, with 48,490 cases the prior week and only one death. The data cover soldiers in the continental United States.
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Washington
War Department
Continental
United States
Yugoslav Forces Repulse Sixth German Offensive
Yugoslav troops under Gen Josip Broz Tito report pushing from Montenegro to Croatia while Allied aircraft shield their lines. Nazi raids caused terror as villages faced looting and killings. Allied air support and Albanian patrols keep up a steady supply line. Ike’s HQ notes seven planes down in two days.
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Associated Press
London
Montenegro
Bosnia
Croatia
Josip Broz (Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Zagreb
Radio France
Alsiers
Adriatic
Balkans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Haly
Yugoslavia
Albania
Little Sweden Getting Tough With Germany
The Associated Press reports Stockholm warns of deteriorating Nazi Swedish relations after Norway student deportations. Sweden delivered a note to Germany in Berlin rejecting Von Ribbentrop's claim Sweden had no right to protest. The note warns further deportations would worsen ties and affect exchanges between institutions and private entities.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sweden
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Stitdi
Foreign Policy Moves to Fail
Washington report notes bipartisan efforts to place a common foreign policy plank in both parties’ platforms to remove the issue from the 1944 race. Yet lawmakers expect low odds of success as practical obstacles loom, including the Republican convention potential to adopt a platform first without Democratic action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Russians Break German Lines In Ukraine Push Near Nevel
Soviet forces capture strongpoints in southern Ukraine and advance toward Nevel as German fronts shrink. Moscow reports 1,400 Nazis killed and 28 tanks destroyed near Kirovograd while Berlin notes a Russian breakthrough west of Nevel. The drive involves multiple divisions and tank corps, with heavy fighting across the region and a looming decisive phase near Kirovograd.
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Associated Press
London
Ukraine
Kirovograd
Moscow
Berlin
Neve
Ernest von Hammer
Nevel
Sheeas
Bresenes
Bolshevists
Smela
Red Army
Mosco
French Hit 20–1 Victory in Italy Front Clash
The Associated Press reports French troops opened their continental campaign on the Fifth Army front with a 20 to 1 victory over German forces. Five nights earlier, twenty Germans and one Frenchman were killed in the opening action after the French unit relieved an American outfit. In Washington, the war labor board set a Tuesday hearing on a Steelworkers petition for extending present contracts with about 400 steel companies pending new terms.
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Associated Press
Fifth Army
Italy
Continent
Germany
France
Washington
War Labor Board
United Steelworkers of America
Board Appeals 1-A Draft Status Of Local Teachers
Raleigh county school board moves to appeal 1-A deferment classifications to the state selective service authorities after finding no teachers available on its employable list. The decision notes boards one and three retained 1-A status for several staff while others received deferments. A new coach and several faculty appointments are announced amid resignations from Sophia and Clear Fork schools.
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Raleigh County
U. S
C. C. Ballard
Beckley
James Osborne Smith
Stratton
Clyde Everett Law
Cittsville
James Willis Stover
Price Hill
Rudolph
Douglas Schwank
Woodrow Wilson
Eunice
Bernard Glen Green
Marsh Fork High School
Ira Clifton Bennett
Whitby
Leonard Roosevelt Valentine
Herman Fred Ginfen
Affinity
Sampy Giles
Fon Reed
Keith D. Bobbit
Douglas E. Shorter
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Collins High School
G. M. Turner
Elsie Keathley
Ameagle
Clear Fork High School
Louise M. Arthur
Skelton
Alma Sue Paris
Coal City
A. K. Daugherty
Sophia
G. A. Pegram
Virginia Richardson
Nancy Jo Ballenger
Richard
Churchill Near End Of Illness In London Aide Says
Prime Minister Winston Churchill appears to be past the crisis of his illness according to a bulletin from 10 Downing Street. The report notes the pneumonia is subsiding though an irregular pulse caused unease. He has been attended by a heart specialist in the Middle East while regular physicians cared for him in London last February. The war cabinet will decide soon on arrangements for duties during his absence, with Clement Attlee and Anthony Eden serving as principal spokesmen.
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Associated Press
London
Ichurchill
Downing Flight
Tere
Churchill
Middle East
War Cabinet
Jap Campaign Is Foiled From Air
US Army Air Force Headquarters in China reports the Japanese effort to seize central China’s rice bowl failed. Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault says American and Chinese air forces inflicted heavy losses, held up the withdrawal, and killed 31 Japanese planes while the Chinese air force also performed strongly in the Tungting battle area.
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Associated Press
SS. Army Air Force
China
Cenetral
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Chennault
7Th Air Force
Chanateh
Mih All Force
Controversial measures postponed to 1944 session
Congress adjourned for a three week Christmas recess delaying final action on tax registration and subsidies. A stop gap keeps the Commodity Credit Corporation alive from Jan 1 to Feb 1 while leaders push to finish the food subsidy program after the new year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Bath Houses
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ory
Car Shortage Closes Mines in Three WV Counties
Seventeen mines in Harrison Upshur and Barbour counties halt operations amid coal car shortages. The Northern West Virginia Coal association says mines served by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are affected with up to 25 000 tons production lost. Some mines ceased yesterday and cars may not be available by Monday. Northern field usually outputs 159 000 tons daily.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
West Virginia
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
Harrison
Upshur
Barbour
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
War criminals found guilty by Soviet tribunal
The Soviet military tribunal in Kharkov convicted four war criminals. They were sentenced to death by hanging. Names include Captain William Gangheld, 52, Gestapo. Hans Ritz,stormtrooper commander. Police Corporal Reinhardt Ratzlaw, 36. Mikhail Petrovich Bulanay, 26, a Russian chauffeur for Gestapo.
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London
Kharkov
Moscow
Cap
William Gangheld
Gestapo
Hans Ritz
Reinhardt Ratzlaw
Mikhail Petrovich Bulanay
Allied Push Develops On Bougainville Isle
Allied forces press advance on Bougainville with Sixth Army gains near Arawe and Umtingalu on New Britain. American troops clear positions, pound Cape Gloucester, and expand beachhead operations while fliers contend with hostile air counters.
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Bougainville Isle
New Guinea
U. S. Sixth Army
New Britain
Umtingalu
Arawe
MacArthur
Thunderbolt
Cape Gloucester
Rabaul
Cape Glouchester
Travel Demand Mounts as OD T Sees New Problems
Washington reports mass travel on trains buses and planes strains the system. OD T forecasts rail travel up 15 percent next year while overall passenger loads near wartime highs. Officials say nonessential travel should be cut to ease congestion. rationing could be considered as heavy loads persist. Military orders already divert sleeping cars and coaches, with soldiers moving between camps and embarkation points, plus 2 million service members on furlough.
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Associated Press
Office of
Joseph B. Bagtmin
Ate Ag
Hhot
Yoon
Bengal famine over says Indian official
Ro Hutchings, secretary of the India government food department, claimed famine no longer exists in Bengal and the province has moved from acute shortage though effects may linger for a year. Malnutrition and disease battered people who sold land and possessions to obtain food. In New York, Belgrade radio in German occupied Yugoslavia went off air during a domestic broadcast, a possible sign of an aerial attack.
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Ro Hutchings
India Government Food Department
Bengal
Hutchings
Associated Press
New York
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Draft boards face 2 million more men by July first
Washington says draft boards must furnish about 2,000,000 more men to armed services by July 1, including 1,000,000 pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Occupation deferments kept many fathers from service after losing 3-A, while non-fathers were removed from 2-A and 2-B lists. About 1,418,833 pre-World War II fathers were reclassified after October 1, many obtaining agricultural or essential-work deferments. actual inductions in two months reached 40,465.
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Associated Press
Washington
Armed Services
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service Sia
Mountbatten vows resources shift to win Pacific war
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten told Allied troops on his Burma front tour that resources now go to Germany, but will soon be concentrated against Japan. He said once deployed, the war against Japan will move quickly and not end until Japan sues for peace.
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Associated Press
NEW Delht
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Burma Front
Germany
Day Oon
Esa
Bur- Y
Japan
Jaya
Solons Approve Gen. Vandegrift Commandant
Washington senate confirms General Alexander A. Vandegrift as commandant of the U S Marine Corps to succeed Lt. Gen. Holcomb. Roosevelt appoints him for a four year term starting January 1. Cleveland dispatch notes War Production Board manager E C Drake resigns in Wheeling district.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Alexander A. Vandegrift
U. S. Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Roosevelt
Vanderrift
WPB
Hited Press
Cleveland
E. C. Drake
Wheeling, W. Way
War Production Board
C. Virden
W.P.B
Weather West Virginia Fair With Moderate Temps
A fair weather day across West Virginia with moderate temperatures today and tonight. No precipitation is expected and skies remain mostly sunny. Light winds from the west will ease evening conditions across the state.
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West Virginia
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