War in Air Costs Japan 38 Planes
Allied air offensives devastate Nipponese forces as 38 planes fall Friday over the Philippines and Mindanao. American units push through Ormoc terrain toward Falompin while mopping up pockets in the Ormoc corridor. Tokyo claims 150 victories as Superfortresses raid Tokyo and Hong Kong targets. Mindoro raids cost Japan nine planes. Other strikes hit airfields from Manila to Malang and refineries in Borneo and Celebes. Burma advances report retreats and renewed actions north of Mandalay with British and Chinese forces making gains.
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Yule Trees Cheer Tars in Pacific
December 28 Pearl Harbor dispatch describes high priority cargo aircraft delivering festive paper goods to sailors at outposts near Jottery Island, with fleet ships and recreation rentals receiving breezy shipments from Northwest Pacific coast states.
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iReds Report Yanks Slain in Nazi Death Pits
London dispatch cites a Soviet commission alleging nearly 100000 people including Americans and Brits were tortured or killed in Nazi camps at Lwow and Janow. It details children used as targets, typhoid campaigns, mass exhumations, and 110000 kilograms of gold recovered for Germany. Geneva report adds 600000 Jews removed from Hungary to camps like Auschwitz and a pogrom against 259000 Jews in Budapest.
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Russians Destroy 101 German Tanks In Soviet Report
Moscow reports that the Soviet high command claims destruction of 101 German tanks as winter weather aids Russian offensives. The announcement notes deep snow and freezing conditions favoring Slavic attacks and hints at a major tank battle in a mountainous sector near Slovakia with heavy Nazi tank losses and encircled divisions in Latvia.
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Nazis Hold Back Full Strength For Major Western Drive
Washington dispatch reports Germany withholding total strength on the western front until the high command decides on a truly major victory. Military officials say a victory would trap and destroy two or three Allied armies in France, but the German timetable has not yet reached the point for a decisive move. Russian winter offensive plans, disclosed by Moscow earlier, aim to strike in strategically important areas while diversions may be needed to affect the western breakthrough.
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American officer barricades room in Leeds hotel
An American army officer returning from the western front barricaded himself in a Leeds hotel room with a sign gun for six hours and threatened all entering. Firemen finally broke in through a window and overpowered him. His identity was withheld.
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Leeds
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Mother Accused of Killing Baby Son in Downtown Fall
Mrs. Marian Johnson, 26, booked on murder suspicion after baby son aged three weeks died from a fall from a downtown building's eleventh floor. An hour earlier she reported waking to find the infant missing from his crib.
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Los Axgebes
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Father Explains Why Yanks Are Real Santa to Belgian Kids
A Belgian father publishes a Christmas letter praising American soldiers and explaining to Belgian children that the Yanks are Santa Claus. He recalls ration kit scraps and wartime questions about when the war ends, expressing hope for a return home and trust in Allied troops.
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Yanks Sacrifice Mascot to Escape Nazis in Belgium
Eleven doughboys, including Teed and Sgt. Jack McChite of Sherman, Texas, broke through American lines after hiding in a cellar for hours. The group, pursued by counterattacking Germans, forced their mascot dog to be strangled to prevent barking revealing their position.
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Teed
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Sherman
Texas
New Nazi Secret V-1 2 Reported
London reports indicate several British papers claim a new German secret weapon named V-1-2. Descriptions say it has features of both the V-1 and V-2 and may be a self propelled shell used in the current German offensive.
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London
OPA curbs tire rationing plans for 1945
Washington reports a sharp cut in passenger car tire production for the first quarter of 1945 to about 5 million from an original 8 million plan, with fewer tires available for rationed use. The move comes as war production shifts toward military tire needs and invalidates many certificates dated March 31 and earlier.
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OPA
Police Quell Stampede at Rail Station
Chicago December 23. About 3000 people surged at the Central railroad station as trains prepared for Christmas travel. Police moved in with force to avert a riot. several were stepped on and jostled but no serious injuries were reported. The peak came as the New Orleans train was due, with 100 left behind at the gates due to crowded conditions.
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Canadians Gain in Italy Front Advances Near Bologna
Allied headquarters announced Canadian troops hold a six mile wide front along the Senio river northeast of Faenza with new progress south of Bologna. American troops also improved positions around Monte Belmonte as heavy fighting continued on the Italian front.
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Actress Sues For Divorce In Los Angeles Night Court
Actress Kevin McClure sues for divorce from John Emsmeth Carr 41, alleging cruelty after an onstage incident at a theater where she stars in A Doll's House. Police say Garr, a backer and show producer James Cassidy, punched her eye during the evening, and Garr is free on $10,000 bond on a charge of assault with no deadly weapon.
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Lyte Talbot
James B. Cassidy
Nazi Women Drop Inside Yank Lines
A Daily Telegraph Paris report says German parachute drops near the First Army front involved women armed with knives to seduce and kill American soldiers. Seven are reportedly arrested and confessed to the mission.
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RAF film actor dies in Japanese camp
Commodore Benjamin James Lilly, who appeared in the British film Target for Tonight, a record of an RAF bombing raid on Germany, was reported to have died in a Japanese prison camp in Mormosa. The disclosure came last night.
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Benjamin James Lilly
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Mormosa
Allied Planes Bomb Enemy Feeder Lines as Fog Lifts
Allied air units struck German feeder lines as fog lifted across Western Europe. Reports say German forces pushed 40 miles into Luxembourg and into Belgium nearing Sedan, with Bastogne under pressure and Wiltz in German hands. The Bastogne garrison reportedly held, while Allied air power targeted operational centers to halt the push toward Arlon and the Ourthe river crossing near Houffalize.
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Arlon
German Breakthrough Near Malmedy Halted by Allied Counter
Allied forces battled stern German assaults as Field Marshal Rundstedt pushed to crack lines near Malmedy Faymonville and Bullange. Despite German gains on Monschau and Echternach flanks, Allied reserves and countermeasures slowed the drive, with reports of significant losses and ongoing fighting on the snow covered fronts.
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Echternach
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U. A
American Tankmen Earn British Military Cross in Italy
Three American tank crewmen Capt. Herman R. Crowder of Mississippi Captain John Crews from Illinois and General Chester M. Whigham of Texas were awarded the British Military Cross for disrupting German armored forces behind Mons Axtery Hill in Italy earlier this year. The trio, serving with the Fifth Army, are believed to be the first U.S. tankmen to receive the decoration.
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Yaron Clits
John Crews
Chteige
Chester M. Whgish
San Antonio
West Front Doughboys Fight for Christmas on Front Lines
From London a report describes American doughboys on the western front facing harsh conditions. Some will endure combat around German positions while others prepare for counter attacks. Christmas parcels, turkey plans, and rations are noted as troops await the holiday.
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