Yanks Chop Down Xmas Trees In Holy Land
George Tucker reports Americans in Jerusalem and Bethlehem for Christmas amid wartime restrictions. Maj Gen Ralph Royce and Brig Gen Gilbert Cheves attend world broadcasts from the Church of the Nativity as troops tour the holy sites. Mrs. L. C. Pinkerton organizes a pine tree harvest near Sharafat to create an American Christmas display at the Y M C A.
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Holy Land
Ralph Royce
Middle East
Gilbert Cheves
Church of the Nativity
L. C. Pinkerton
U. S
Y.M.C.A
Sharafat
Jerusalem
Rail unions call off rail strike as Roosevelt weighs seizure
Washington leaders of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers say they will suspend the December 30 strike for their unions. President Roosevelt orders Attorney General Biddle to prepare for government seizure of railroads if needed, with a renewal of talks set for Monday. A new 6 cent per hour raise proposal was offered by 15 nonoperating unions, while carriers and Vinson would be consulted before any binding decision.
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Associated Pre
Washington
Brotherhoods of Railroad
White House
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Biddle
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Partisans close on Sarajevo birthplace of World War I
Marshal Tito’s Partisans report successful offensives in eastern Bosnia as they tighten around Sarajevo. They claim territory between Breza and Vares, a power station blown up, and 50 Germans killed. Other columns approach Sarajevo from the south while repelling German attempts near Jajce.
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London
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Partisans Today
Sarajevo
Berlin
Serbia
Tito
War Bulletin
Breza
Vares
Jajce
Reds Storm Defenses of Vitebsk Base
Soviet forces pressed the outer defenses of Vitebsk as a German tank offensive along a 400 mile front reportedly stalled. Moscow dispatches cited heavy battles, breaches north and southeast of Vitebsk, and Red Army advances near the rail line, with 800 German deaths claimed and German armor redeployed. Front reports noted additional Russian gains north of the fortifications and continued efforts to close escape corridors to the west.
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London
Ivan C. Bagramian
Vitebsk
Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Vitebsk-Polotsk
Fedy Gilmore
Bagramian
Gilmore
Korsten Salient
Kiev
Zhiobin
White Russia
Dnieper
Berezina
Moscow War Bulletin
Zhlobin
Constantine Rokossovsky
Eisenhower Named Supreme Allied Commander in Mediterranean
President Roosevelt announced Eisenhower will lead the Anglo American forces opening a second front against Germany. A British officer will take over Eisenhower's Mediterranean command as Churchill reveals the successor. The plan includes coordinated air, sea and land action with Spaatz commanding the bomber force.
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Associated Press
Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
George C. Marshall
Churchill
Britain
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Middle East
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Carl D. Spaatz
Sub Grayling Reported Lost In Pacific War Patrol
The navy announced the loss of the submarine Grayling, the sixteenth American submarine overdue and presumed lost since the war began. Its last patrol area was undisclosed, but the 1,475-ton vessel likely attacked Japanese supply lines in the Pacific.
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Washington
Grayling
Navy
Pacific
West Virginia Weather Outlook Fair and Cold Windy
The forecast calls for fair but continued cold conditions today and tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday and a rise in temperatures.
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West Virginia
Rocket Shelling Report From Across the Channel
London reports from the German high command say naval shore batteries shelled Dover Deal and Folkestone across the channel from Nazi France. Initial Berlin translations suggested rocket shells but later revision clarifies Leucht-Granate means flare shells or tracers.
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Associated Press
London
High Command
Dover
Deal
Folkestone
France
Berlin
Wounded Soldier Describes Rail Muddle As Disconcerting
Glenn Webb, wounded by machine-gun fire before reaching the front, addressed the Beckley Kiwanis at noon about army experiences and home-front duties. He recalled being hit in the left leg and an accidental aimed shot by a fellow gunner, an honorable discharge, and warned that railroad strikes add disconcerting anxiety for service members.
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Glenn Webb
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Beckley Hotel
Webb
Driver dies in Charleston auto crash at intersection
Alton Dahlen, 18, was killed when the automobile he drove crashed into a tree at a street intersection in Charleston. Two companions were injured in the same incident reported by Charleston police.
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Charleston
Alton Dahlen
County Fails to Reach War Fund Goal in Raleigh County
Raleigh county citizens must still raise 25331.07 to meet a 53700 goal in the National War Fund. A total of 28368.93 has been raised since the drive began. Committees reported 15.25 from the Community of Odd and 9.20 from the Womens committee.
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Raleigh County
National War Fund
Bolivia Plans Security Program for Miners and Peasants
Bolivia's new government plans a social security program to lift living standards for tin miners and peasants. Labor Minister Victor Andrade announced the plan, to be based partly on a U S commission study of labor and social problems in the country.
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Associated Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Andrade
U. S
Ortona siege push by Allied forces in winter
Allied forces battle snow and rain along the Italian front as Canadian troops dig out the last German soldiers from Ortona with bayonets. Vezzani, five miles north of Ortona, is reported captured by British forces, while American Fifth Army infantry seize high ground east of Acquafondala and lose a previously taken hill near Viticuso.
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Associated Press
Vezzani
Ortona
Fifth Army
Riviera
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Acquafondala
Viticuso
County Offices Close for Xmas
Several county offices in the courthouse closed at noon today including the circuit clerk assessor and county clerk. The board of education offices closed yesterday at 5 pm. Public assistance and health departments also closed yesterday afternoon. All offices expected to resume usual hours Monday.
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Board of Education
Ned H. Ragland
Department of Public Assistance
County Health Department
President Roosevelt signs extension of CCC and food subsidy
President Roosevelt signed today the resolution extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and its food subsidy authority through February 17.
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Bill Washington
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
New Victories Forecast For '44 From Around the World
Allied leaders across theaters forecast decisive 1944 victories. Eisenhower commends soldiers under deplorable Italy conditions. MacArthur prays for troops in New Guinea. Devers vows confidence against a defensive foe. Clark promises accelerating, crushing Italian campaign to end Christmas overseas fighting.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Italy
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord
Jesus Christ
Jacob L. Devers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Berlin under seventh big RAF raid before Christmas
London reports a large RAF bomber attack on Berlin with a claimed loss of 17 planes, the lowest major operation toll yet. The raid struck the German capital late Christmas Eve with heavy explosives and incendiaries, igniting major fires as Allied forces pursue the invasion plan amidst wartime weather.
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Associated Press
London
R.A.F
Berlin
Reich
North Sea
Pope Prays For Peace Next Year
The pope urged a future peace based on justice not reprisals and called for planning of global reconstruction. From the Vatican he spoke in Italian by radio, during Nazi occupation shadows and isolation from Rome. The Associated Press translated the remarks in London.
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Associated Press
London
Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Rome
Deepwater Mine Signs Contract in West Virginia
Vice President William Blizzard of United Mine Workers District 17 said three more coal firms signed an independent pact as part of a southern Appalachian agreement. He predicted most southern tonnage would be under contract by year’s start unless the Southern Coal Producers association joins the pact. Independent signatories include River ton Coal at Crown Hill and Handley, Kenawha and New River barge and Rail Coal Mines at Crown Hill, and Deepwater Coal at Deepwater Fayette County.
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Associated Press
Charleston
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Southern Coal Producers Association
Blizzard
West Virginia
Edward R. Burke
Riverton Coal Company
Crown Hill
Handley
Kenawha and
New River Barge and Rail Coal Mines, Inc
Deepwater Coal Company
Deepwater
Fayette County
Hurt Is Beeter J Emmett Hurt Accident Report
J Emmett Hurt of Warden road was injured November 27 when struck by a truck at Sprague while walking home from work. He was taken to Raleigh General hospital and for a time his condition was listed as serious, prompting his children to return home. they have since gone back to their posts.
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Allegra Daniel
Raleigh General Hospital
Woodlawn Avenue
Clarence F. Daniel
South Pacific
Allegra
O. C. Daniel
Mercer Street
Hurt
Beeter J. Emmett Hurt
Warden Road
Sprague
Day Raids Continue Over Pas de Calais Christmas Eve Strike
Aerial forces described as a great fleet of American Flying Fortresses and Liberators with escorting fighters conducted a heavy daytime attack on the Pas de Calais rocket gun coast. The raid followed the RAF's seventh major night bombing of Berlin.
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London
Pas de Calais
Berlin
Berlin Bombing Raid Amid Christmas Eve Turmoil
The German press called the Christmas Eve raid a terror attack as Nazi fighters and anti-aircraft fire shot down many attackers. The RAF had previously lost 30 bombers on December 16 while dropping 1500 long tons, with Berlin said to be half destroyed after six raids costing 181 RAF aircraft.
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R.A.F
German International Information Bureau
Berlin
Raleigh Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Drive Reaches 2211
Officials report 2211 dollars raised in this year’s Christmas seal sale started November 22. 11000 letters carrying seals were sent to county residents. The Tuberculosis association aims to fund year round work with 95 percent staying in state and five percent to the national group. They urge remaining residents to respond as returns continue after Christmas.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis Association
Flu deaths fall in England and Wales this week
The Ministry of Health reported a decline in influenza deaths across England and Wales. London recorded 1,109 deaths and other large cities 124 for the week ending December 18, down 39 from the previous week.
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Associated Press
London
England
Wales
Ministry of Health
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