Fresh Nazi Divisions Hit U S 7th Near Rhine
Paris dispatch reports heavy fighting as German armor and infantry break toward the Rhine on a Steinite front west of the river. U S Seventh Army regiments press east of Wissembourg and near Ludwigshafen while Allied artillery duels with Siegfried protections.
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Paris
Strick
Germany
Rhine
Palatinate
West Wall
Siegfried Maccamon
Atet-anstey M. Patch
Reich
Lanterbourg
Sparrble Oppostte
Cumbach
Wissembourg
Lauter
Schotbenhard
Bien Wald Forest
Wiskenbourg
Usk
Nauk
U S Breaks Ring of CBS Smugglers
An army led probe nets arrests of American servicemen and civilians accused of smuggling contraband into China via the Hump. The international ring, aided by British Indian and Chinese officials, moved stolen government property cash and goods through Burma China routes. Estimated profits reach millions with Flying Tigers and other personnel implicated in major and minor cases.
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NEW Ublhy
Chinesj
New Love
China
Wills
Ion
Galion
Harry Onopert
Baltimore
China-Burma- India
Liguor
Flying Tigers
Chita National Air- Ways Corporation
United States Army Personel
American Red Cross
Leclinton
Brrl
Corrier Squadron
Burmaungie
Kunming
Inpitee
Atlicer
British Greek Talks Continue Amid Greek Crisis
Athens reports say British and Greek leaders pressed for a regency as ELAS activities intensified at night. RAF strikes on Leosthen station disrupted communications while talks eyed King George I’s future via a regency involving Archbishop Damaskinos and former leaders Pilip Denkoumis and Nicanis Plastimas.
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Athens
Jeits
EAM
Sitowiy
Omotia Square
Wirlet
ELAS
BAM
R. A. F. Splttires
Leosstn
Cairo
Sid
R. M. Scoble
Greece
Harold MacMillan
Middle East
George Papandreou
Damaskinos
Pilip Dencoumis
Nichianis Plastimas
WPB freezes civilian production to meet war needs
The War Production Board orders an indefinite freeze on all civilian production at present levels. The measure aims to deter shifting labor from war plants to peacetime output and keeps civilian goods strictly at this quarter's output, avoiding hardship on the home front while maintaining war material supply.
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Reng't
Thy
Associate” Press
Washington
Dec
War Production Board
WPH
Brakeman Killed By Train In South San Antonio Yard
J B Wasler, 44, of 433 East Grayson Street, a brakeman for Missouri Pacific, was fatally injured when knocked down and run over by a boxcar while attempting to disconnect an air brake hose between moving cars. He died en route to a hospital after the 2:15 a.m. accident. J B Guillory, a fellow brakeman, found Wasler after the incident and summoned an ambulance. Justice of the Peace E W Talbot returned an accidental death verdict.
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BuIh
B. Ey Wasler
East Grayson Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
South San Antonio
R Hospital
Justice of the Peace
E.W. Talbot
Waster
J. 3
Guillory
Terrell Avenue
Wrasler
U S Forces Sink Japanese Destroyer in Hong Kong Harbor
U S fighters sank an enemy destroyer in Hong Kong harbor on December 8. The U S headquarters released a December 7 to 19 operations review stating American planes destroyed 42 enemy aircraft, with 22 probably destroyed or damaged, six shot down in air combat.
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Shungking
Dan Ary
Hong, Kong
Allies to Ban War Arts to Germans
London dispatch reports Allied leaders plan a ban on teaching military subjects in German schools. General Eisenhower declares in a Luxembourg radio message that the Allied war aims include suppressing war arts and education linked to aggression.
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London
Dee
Eisenhower
Luxembourg Radio
Weather forecast for San Antonio area weekend
Partial cloud cover over the San Antonio vicinity with little temperature change this Saturday afternoon and night into Sunday. Minimum temperature around 40 degrees. Additional weather information appears on page 2.
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San Antonio
Fire deaths, burns drain family after house blaze
A farm home fire Friday killed Alfred Martinez and Marin Martinez, ages 1 and 3, as Rafael Martinez Jr. attempted to rescue siblings. Rafael Jr. remained in critical condition with third degree burns. three others were seriously burned. Justice of the Peace B B Brotherman ruled the deaths accidental. Linda Tara, 7, and her grandfather Frank Robles, 66, burned in the backyard blaze. Grace Moning, 24, survived with shock and burns. others suffered injuries as fire crews fought the flames.
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Rafael Martinez Jr
Danchy Road
Revert B. Green Hospital
Alyhter
Alfred Martinez
Marin Martinez
Alfred
Marin
Rafael
Reafael
Parkng House
Justice of the Peace
B. B
Arges Parns
Grace Moning
Bartern Street
Robert &. Green Hospital
Ami Fures
APN
Manning Brcame
Atove
Dini Spriday
Mindoro Landing Marks Bold Pacific Assault
General MacArthur reported a massive 20 mile convoy moved 600 miles through central Philippines. Air and naval forces knocked out hundreds of Japanese planes as U.S. and Filipino troops secured three strong Mindoro beachheads and pressed toward strategic airfields and ports on Panay, Negros, and Bohol.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
America
United Mechanized
Mindoro
Manila
Ching
Leyte
Sturmutp
Tokyo Radio
Mindarn
Krueger
Panay
Ne-pres
Cel Niet Bohol
Coasi
Mintanno
Queriling
Barbas
MacArthur
Allied Forces Expand Bridgeheads in Italy Front
Canadian troops north of the Reno-Bologna corridor push bridgeheads across the Naviglio canal to 3000 yards amid heavy resistance. British and Polish forces renew assaults southwest of Faenza, seizing a ridge near the city. Fifth Army reports fierce fighting around Tossignano and Bologna as air forces strike Innsbruck and nearby targets with several aircraft missing.
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Italy
Navigile Canal
Faenza
Fifth Army
Tossignand
Bologna
Heavles
Ith Air Force
Innsbruek
Liamaburg
Rosenheim
Amstettan
Aircrale
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Strubble
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