Tokyo Bombing Raid Tops Fourth Big Strike
American B 29 groups vaulted over Tokyo in a noon to afternoon raid that left the area outlined in sunlight for about an hour and nine minutes. The 20th Air Force reported large fires, high bomb accuracy, and heavy enemy anti aircraft fire as crews targeted the Nasushima engine plant at Naoko Kajima, a major military aircraft producer. Losses included several Superfortresses and interceptors, with Tokyo signaling growing war pressure as MacArthur, Nimitz, and King urged continued offensives against the Philippines and Iwo Jima bases.
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Tokyo
Saipan
Air Force
Nao Kajima Aircraft Plant
Superferl
Robert McClanahan
Los Angeles
Huperfort
Philippines
Vilal
Nur
Western Pacific
Ernest J. King
U. S
Japan
McArthur
Ais
Admiral Nimitz
Ab Tead Harbor
Iwo Jina
Volcano Islands
21St Bomber Command
Two Jima
Motty
20Th Air Fores
21St
Germany
Nelson Returning To Washington From China Mission
Nelson, an economics adviser to the Chinese government, travels to Washington to report to President Roosevelt on progress in boosting Chinese war production. He is represented by Howard Coorley, newly appointed adviser to the Chinese War Production Board, as he departs for the United States.
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Crungh Inn
Rec
Nelson
Washington
Roosevelt
Howard Coorley
Buard
Accused Bulgars Face Trial After Uprising Abuses
Some Bulgarians accused of abusing captured American airmen before Burgas surrender have committed death by own action. General Eaker said Lieutenant Colonel Milelde Linn will face trial as commander of the Mediterranean Air Force reports the incident.
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Det
UPI
Bui
Milelde
Linn
Gen- Wel Eaker
Medi- Ge Allen
Low
Soong Assumes Premiership and Yuan Presidency in China
Soong To head civil government as premier and acting president of the executive Yuan, succeeding He A. Kung. He will coordinate foreign policy as foreign minister while Chiang Kai-shek concentrates on military tasks. Reports of possible talks with Communists surface, as Soong becomes a key power in Nationalist China.
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Chungring
Hen Min Guey
Saong
China
Chiang Hai-Shek
Srrmies
Soong
Wce
Executive Yuan
He A. Kung
Yuan
Center
Communats
Gel
Chou En-bai
Jeff Chungking
Hane
le Soone
Foreign Ministry
Oiting
Kang
O. K. ‘Yul
Shanghai
Chug Kai-Shek
Nazi Thrusts in Italy Smashed
Allied forces shattered new German counterattacks south of Bologna as the Eighth Army held the front between the Montone and Lamone rivers near Faenza. Italian fascists reportedly deserted to Allied lines at a rising pace, while German efforts at Monte Helmonta and Bombina faced heavy losses despite foggy, rain-soaked conditions.
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Rome
Bologna
Eighth Army
Montene
Lamon
Rimini
Faenzao
Ine
Mare Asan
Monte Helmonte
Bombina
Pitth
Russians Reach Toward Austria in Danube Gap
Soviet forces push west of the Danube toward the Austrian frontier within 172 miles of Vienna. Malinovsky and Tolbukhin split aims to seize key hubs, capture Satoraljaushely and Kaposvar, and press toward Budapest while closing the Danube railway corridor to Yugoslavia and northern Italy.
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London
Hungary
Miskolc
Satoraljiu
Dhely
Lake Aalaton
Budapest
Miskale
Malinovsky
Petrov
Takling
Satoraljaushely
Milskolc
Miestom
Tamart
Danube
Mershal Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Tames
Lake Balaton
Nelzed Kaposmere
Austria
Kasse
Koslee
Ungvar
Balkans
Zagreb
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas weather update
Cloudy with rain Monday afternoon and night in San Antonio and East Texas. Tuesday turns partly cloudy and colder with a 48 degree minimum Tuesday morning. East Texas shows rain Monday afternoon and night with warmer northeast, colder northwest, near freezing in the far northwest. Tuesday is cloudy and colder with rain in the extreme east and southeast and fresh to strong winds.
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San Antonio
Yermity
East Texas
Allies Shatter All Bombing Records of 1944
Allied air power set a new bombing record with over 114,700 tons dropped on Germany in the month. Britain-based heavy bombers led with 37,880 tons from Britain and 17,820 tons from Italian-based forces, while U S air units contributed the rest. The raids targeted rail hubs and fuel depots as Allied fighters and bombers maintained pressure on western German fronts amid poor weather and dwindling daylight.
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London
Germany
Reich
Britain
Sth Aly
Italy
RAY
Fips
Western Front
FAR
Gitmat Ip
Han
Lacyest
Belgium
France
Catinon-Firng R. A
Rheine
Second Army
BRAF
United States ‘Third Army
Thunderbolt
Zweibrucken
Saar ‘Basin
Saarbracken
Fish
Ninth Army
Julleh
Dures
Apprgaches
Cologne
Kassel
Maine
Giessen
Gest
Bebra
Alberntare
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Denver
Les
Vita Hartke
Mainz
Roer River Battle May Mark Historic Allied Push
Troop concentration around the Roer River signals a potentially historic clash as the 8. Munth and U S First Army push toward the west bank, with German forces massing along a wide front from Linnich to below Duren. Eisenhower visits the front as Danish reconnaissance probes hint at new moves.
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Roer River
Wes Gallagher
U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Argonne Forest
West Bank
U. S
Cologne
Linnich
Duren
Switzerland
Holand
Ligh
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Yanks Cross Saar River Bridge Under Barrage
Allied forces on December 4 cleared the Saar river west bank and crossed the captured bridge amid heavy shell fire, extending their wedge into the city east of the Saar. Patton’s Seventh and First armies pushed toward Hagenau and Strasbourg while air units destroyed locomotives and freight cars, with German defenses retreating along the Roer and Rhine fronts.
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Paris
Saar River
Merzig
Barrier River
Prich Saer
Siegfried Line
Sasklsutern Gap
Mdo Samlutem
Julich
U.S
Ninth Army
Cologne
Hespern
First
Biel
Brendenberg
Bergstein
Firat
Selestat
Strasbourg
Lane Anton
Lord ‘Lone
Lower Rhine
Holland
Arnhem
Rang
Second Army
Orl
Venlo
Maas River
Maas
L Otter
Marshal
Montomery
Arn
Nijmegen
Canadian First Army
Germany
Sieztried
Ab Kleve
Patton
Third Army
Saarautern
Volksatrum
Siegfried Ine
Saanautern
San River
Saar
Saarlautern
O” Ratton
Sant
Sear
Umrdoneier
Reich
Ruhr
Silesia
Searbrucken
Saarland
Garrelque
Patch
Paten
U. 8 Seventh Army
Hagenau
Karlrune
Duver
Inde
Lucherberg
Luchem
Roer
Erfl
Cologn
Rhine
Eisenhower
Warssumara
Wald-Thme
Domaniniydo
Paul Pulrre Nord
Admiral Byrd’s Hard Battles Ahead Reported
Admiral Byrd, noted explorer, addressed the public silence describing a grim war outlook and detailing his observations of European battle area operations supporting ground troops. A separate dispatch reports a railroad shop fire in Harrison, Arkansas, destroying rebuilding machinery and tools.
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London
Der
Avar
Richad
Byrd
Antarette
Harrison
Ark
The
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
Submarine War Narratives Update on Jap Losses
Washington December 4 report says American submarines have sunk 874 Japanese ships, including 62 warships, with 37, 911 combatant ships listed as probably sunk. The latest tally follows a November 25 update noting 27 vessels destroyed, including two warships.
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Washington
AcHehtorniser
Mont
Wight Emsiers
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Nationaliberation Front
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Walter H. Waller
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