Fire destroys Weyant family's Garrett home
A five room frame house and its contents owned by Ernest A Weyant in Garrett R D 1 burned Saturday evening. The Berlin and Garrett fire crews fought the blaze after the Garrett trucks became bogged by a parked car. The Weyants, a family of nine, were away and left with no insurance. Neighbors and local churches organized aid including beds clothes and bedding while the Red Cross solicits further donations. The fire was the second in Berlin Saturday night.
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Garrett R. D
Berlin Fire Company
Tmey
Ste Loulung
Mr. Weyant
Garrett Fire Company
Berlin
Garrett
Marcella Conconi
Weyant Place
Robert S. Nagle
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Nagle
Somerset
American Red Cross
Helen Balls
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Red Cross
Weyant
Ne National Bank
Navy C-46 crashes near Indianapolis. five dead
A Navy C-46 transport aircraft crashed and burned in a suburban area of Indianapolis today. Five persons were killed and two injured. The plane, bound for Columbus Ohio, had been turned back at St. Louis on a flight to Olathe Kansas naval air base.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Ohio
St. Louis
Olathe
Kansas
Naval Air Base
Seaman Hurt On Turnpike In Side Swipe Accident
Conrad Denning 23 a seaman 1/c of McKeesport was en route from his training base to his parents home when a car driven by an army lieutenant side swiped him on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Saturday evening. Denning was repairing a tire when struck and suffered puncture wounds abrasions and contusions to both legs. He was taken to Community hospital.
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Conrad Denning
McKeesport
James P. Denning
Missing Lieut. Jacob T. Baer Wording Army Air Forces Hero
First Lieut. Jacob T. Baer 25 son of Mr and Mrs Harvey J Baer of Friedens has been reported missing in action over Germany since November 30 He served as navigator on a B 17 and earned the air medal three oak leaf clusters and a presidential citation for outstanding bombing at Mester Germany in October 1944 He joined service May 1942 overseas since late July 1944 with the Eighth Air Force 95th bombardment group and helped bomb targets in Berlin Regensburg and other strategic sites during World War II.
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Harvey J. Baer Af
95Th Bombardment Group
Eighth Air Force
Mester
Germany
Fortress
Berlin
Messerschmit
Regensburg
Georgia
New England
England
Lieut
Baer
Somerset
Christmas Prayer For Lasting Peace Across Allied Forces
Allied nations mark Christmas amid World War II hostilities. U S troops on the European Western Front face a critical battle as leaders like King George VI and Queen Wilhelmina send hopeful messages for liberation and peace. Americans abroad observe holiday rituals amid wartime constraints while Allied cities adjust to wartime life.
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George VI
England
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Commonwealth
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Pope Pius
Pius XII
Pontifical Gregorian University
Rome
London
Belgium
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Burma
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India
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Myitkyina
Red Cross
Turkey
China
Chungking
Kunming
Chiang Kai-shek
Patrick Hurley
Roosevelt
U.S. 14Th Air Force Base
Claire L. Chennault
Russia
LeyteSamar Allied Air Campaign Claimed Closed
MacArthur announced the Leyte Samar operation was closed aside from mopup after Palompon fell, sealing the Japanese last rescue port on northwest Leyte. He cited 112,728 Japanese killed and 493 captured, plus 2,748 enemy planes destroyed and 27 warships sunk in the campaign.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte-Samar
Palompon
Leyte
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Army
Fifth Air Force
Leyte Gulf
Palompon Bay
Seventh Fleet
77Th
Ormoc
U. S
A. D. Bruce
77Th Infantry Division
Clark Field
Manila
San Isidro
Puerto Bello
Ormoc Bay
First Cavalry
Allied air forces strike German supply lines in Christmas blitz
Allied aircraft from Britain and the United States, aided by U S Ninth Air Force and continent based units, pounded rail and road lifelines in Germany during a three day clear weather offensive. Bombers and fighters destroyed hundreds of enemy vehicles and dozens of tanks while losses for the period ran near 198 Allied planes.
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Howard Cowan
London
France
Belgium
Holland
U. S. 8Th Air Force
England
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Germany
Todaay
Bulge
U. SS
First Army
Rhine
Gibson E. Sisco
Fort Wayne
Ind
19Th Tactical Air Force
Luftwaffe
Cologne
Costine
Fisenhower
Chinese raids target Japanese supply lines near Kweilin
Chinese high command reports knife like attacks northeast and northwest of Kweilin in Kwangsi province. Hit and run forces struck Japanese communications hubs west of Chuanhsien, killing 120 and seizing supplies.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Hochih
Kwangsi
Hunan- Kwangsi
Chuanhsien
Red Cross Workers Safe From Overseas Arrival
Eleven Pennsylvania American Red Cross workers have arrived safely overseas in a December report. Mabel A. Jackson of Pittsburgh and George F. Phillips of Uniontown are among the group, according to Ramone Eat on, manager of the eastern area.
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Red Cross
Alexandria
Pennsylvania
Armistice Seen With Hungary New Provisional Gov
Moscow observers say an armistice may be agreed soon between Russia and Hungary's new provisional government formed at Debrecen. U S and British representatives will attend the armistice talks with Col Gen Bela Miklos and Col Gen Jarose Veresc heading the Hungarian side, signaling a move against fascism and a pledge to repay damages.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Hungary
Debrecen
United States
U. S
W. Averell Harrison
John Balfour
Bela Miklos
Jarose Veresc
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Librament Seizure in New Nazi Strike and Tank Patrol
Heavy snow on the Italian front confines action to probing moves after night artillery and machine gun fire. The Eighth Army advances north and west of the Senio river, reducing a German salient near Ravenna and capturing Pieve di Cesaro near Faenza. Polish patrols on the Senio report casualties west of Faenza while other Allied forces push from Bengnacavallo toward the Navi glion canal.
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Eighth Army
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Senio River
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Ravenna
Eighth
Pieve di Cesaro
Faenza
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Pieve di Cesato
Senio
Reds Drive Sea and Air Toward Budapest Limits
Soviet forces push to the western outskirts of Budapest cutting the last rail escape routes. The Red Army reports heavy German and Hungarian casualties and captures vast quantities of war materiel as it drives toward Vienna and Bratislava.
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Fast carrier task force slams Japanese in Philippines campaign
Vice Adm. John S. McCain’s carrier group reports sinking 89 ships and destroying 1,521 Japanese aircraft in two months of Luzon strikes in support of Leyte and Mindoro landings. Novembers and Decembers’ losses ran 104 planes. no undamaged ships remained in Manila harbor after a three day strike.
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ADM
McCain
Fast Carrier Force
Philippines
Navy
John
Thach
Fordyce
Ark
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Mindoro
Luzon
Formosa
MacArthur
Manila
Nazis Gain Near Colmar, Lose on Plain
German forces gain slightly northwest of Colmar while giving ground on the plain north of the city under American French pressure. Thunderbolts bomb and strafed from dawn to dusk, destroying locomotives and freight cars. Twelfth Tactical Air Command reports enemy air opposition limited. Marauders hit a 350 foot railroad bridge at Singen aiding transport to Italy.
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Thoburn Wiant
U.S
Seventh Army
Colmar
Siegfried
Thunderbolts
Seventh
Dorr Newton
San Antonio
Tex
Twelfth Tactical Air Command
First Tactical Air Force
Singen
Germany
Constance
Italy
Dead Japanese Buried Feet-First Found in Burma
Lt. Col. G Todbert Dodson reported in North Burma that villagers showed 15 pairs of Japanese feet protruding from the ground. The enemy dead were buried feet first in neat rows, with only feet and legs visible.
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U. S
Tenth Air Force
North
Burma
G. Todbert Dodson
Air Force
Portland
Ore
Weather forecast from Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia
The forecast warns of windy and much colder conditions across Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Temperatures fall Tuesday night to single digits to the low teens with Wednesday remaining very cold and fair in parts.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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