Mindoro falls to US forces. San Jose captured
General MacArthur announced the strategic seizure of Mindoro island and the town of San Jose after a three-wave landing. The airfield near the town will enable intensified air strikes against Luzon and improve ground and sea operations in the Philippines.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Bunday
INS
Etrategia
San Jose
Mindoro
United States
Manila
Luzon
Ward
MacArthur
Nimitz
Macacan
Jesp
Tepte
Luson
South China Sea
Puth
Contrel
China
Pope to Keep Yule Midnight Mass in Saint Peter's
Pope Pius XI will celebrate midnight mass on Christmas Eve in Saint Peter's Basilica the first time in papal history amid Rome’s first street hunt since the war began. The event signals a return to traditional rites as tensions rise in Vatican City and Italy.
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Vatigan-Cepy
Pope Pius XI
Pontifical
Saint Peter's
Vatican
Rome
Postoffice To Be Open Sunday For Christmas Packages
Postmaster Dan Quill announced the main office will be open Sunday and parcel post deliveries will occur. If warranted, delivery of parcel post packages on Christmas day may be ordered. HISTORIAN DEAD LONDON Philip Guedalia noted British author and historian died in a London hospital.
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Dan
Quill
London
Philip Guedalia
Hospital Today
Cairo India
ELAS
Ras Do
Omonas Square
Seatta
Scientists Seek Secret of Longevity in Britain
London reports Dr. Korenchevsky aims to extend healthy lifespan beyond 100 years with studies on aging and pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, and sex glands in rats. He notes unknowns about translation to humans and seeks three more years and 15000 pounds in funding from Lord Nuffield.
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London
Britain
Korevchevsky
America
Korenchevsky
Lord Nuffield
Filipino Guerrillas Rise Behind Japs in the Philippines
General MacArthur disclosed that Filipino guerrilla groups had occupied many provinces and towns since Leyte landings, forming a sizable force capable of guiding supplies and attacking Japanese positions. Mindanao saw major guerrilla actions led by Col Wendell Fertig, with Panay and Cebu also active as part of preparation for upcoming island hops.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Guerrila
Europe
Leyte
Mindanao
Col
Macartao Peralta Jr
Panay
Negreasland
Panay Gulf
Philippine Commonwealth
Mack Arthur
Wendell W. Fertig
Fertig
Samar
Imand
Bataan
Mindian
Win
Guerin
Charles Cushing
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Getveral MacArthur
De Gaulle Returns From Moscow Talk
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle head of the provisional government has returned from Moscow where he concluded a Franco Soviet mutual assistance pact and non aggression treaty with Russia. In Washington agreements paving commercial air transport services between the United States and Denmark and Sweden were signed at the state department, marking the second such accord in international civil aviation.
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Paris
UNB
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Washington
TNS
United States
Denmark
Sweden
State Department
TAS
San Antonio
Aigmentite
Spain
Harvard Girls Fight Sparks Cheering Harvard Crowd
In Cambridge on December 16 Harvard students cheered two 16 year old girls as they fought in the street breaking a window and knocking down a man who tried to intervene. Four policemen subdued the pair and they were taken to Cambridge City Hospital for cuts and bruises. Parents vowed their daughters would mend the damage and return to work to pay for the broken window.
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Cambridge
Maar
Harvard Square
Harvard
Cambridge City Hospital
Jap Cabinet Shakeup Forecast In Manila Dispatch
General Mindoro fighting and Tojo’s downfall speculation dominate a Manila desk report. Far East authorities cite Kolso propaganda alleging Japanese forces will halt Allied advances and vow to defend the Philippines. Broadcasts emphasize a guaranteed Yank defeat as Leyte operations unfold.
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Maacarntaur
Philippines
INS
Far East
Tojo
Seiztve
Saipan
Kolso
ManArthur
Mindoro
Tokyo
Empire
Leyte
Kelso
Manila Radio
Koleo
Congress in Uproar Over Polish Deal
Uproar in the senate over proposed partitioning of Poland as Senator Vandenberg calls for Roosevelt to clarify U.S. stance. Reynolds warns of power politics and Stalin's likely control of postwar Europe, while O'Toole urges Churchill and Stalin to seek a UN conference to prevent any partition.
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Congress
Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg JR Mich
Poland
Roosevelt
Senate
America
Robert R. Reynolds
D.N. OJ
Military Affairs “Committee
United States
Reynolds
Stalin
Europe
Nerate
Donald L. O'Toole
Churchill
House
United Nations
Yugoslavia
House of Commons
Foland
James J. Davis
RePa
O'Toole
Kremlin
New Yorker
Crea
Morgenthau Sees War Loan Drive Surpass 19 Billion
Secretary Morgenthau estimated the sixth war loan will exceed 19 billion dollars as the drive ends. He called the effort magnificent and noted wartime solidarity amid Europe offensives and liberation actions in the Philippines. He said the five billion dollar bond quota for individuals will be fully met.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jy
Europe
Philippines
Jay Conquest
Morgenthau
The Death of Poland in Churchill's Shadow
The piece argues Poland is carved into Russian sovereignty and a Polish name only remains. It accuses Britain and the United States of isolation, saying Churchill exposed the grim Polish predicament while Britain and America sit apart from decisions, unable to alter the outcome.
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Poland
Russia
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Mr. Churchill
United States
WAC Becomes G I s Bride as Eisenhower Attends
In Paris on December 16 18 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower attended a wedding at an army chapel uniting WAC Corporal Pearlte Hargrave of Pillager Minnesota to Master St Michael Mekkeogh of Corona New Jersey the couple’s groom serving as Eisenhower’s orderly and chauffeur among guests.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wac-Qt Supreme Wilied
St. Mic
Hhael MekKeogh
Corona
L. J
Eisenhower
WAC
Cpl
Pearlte, Hargrave
Pillager
Minn
Army
Germans Attack on 70 Mi Front in Early German Push
Paris dispatch reports Seventh Army forces driving more than two miles into Bavaria after overrunning Wissembourg and Lauterbourg while German units along a 70 mile front counter-attacked the Firek army. American forces advanced in the Saarland and Palatinate as the Nazis unleashed multiple counter offensives to ease pressure along the Western Front.
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Sundsag
INS
Seventh
Columims
Germany
Wissembourg
Lauterbourg
Saarland
Away
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Duren
Trice
Hodges
Rhineland
Cologne
Bonn R
Koblentz
Germink
Tande
Rorr
Patton
Third Army
Ambcri
Dilingen
Sears
Brettingan
Niuder-Gatlbach
Haly
Berlin
Holland
Strasbourg
Rhine
Colmar
France
Alsace
Wittersheim
Reich
Pateh
Hattviler
Bitche
Schetbernhardt
Hattviler Les
Saar Basin
Palatinate
Zweibrucken
Seventh Army
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