Freezing Rain Threatens Wide Central U S
A major freezing rain storm described by weather officials as the worst in years glazed a wide central swath from St. Louis to the Atlantic coast. It paralyzed traffic from Ohio to the East with dangerous conditions, canceled many flights, and left roads, rails, and buses severely hampered. Temperatures stayed just below freezing in affected areas, with some snow and sleet mixed in.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Atlantic Coast
Ohio
Chicago
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
Tennessee
North Carolina
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
New England
Kylertown
Chicago Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sleet Disrupts Somerset County Travel Amid Hazardous Roads
Continuous sleet through Wednesday forced road closures and bus cancellations in Somerset and Roof Garden areas. Route 53 ice and freezing sleet created dangerous walking and driving conditions while local crews plowed and salted. No major accidents reported. telegraph and telephone lines faced strain as temperatures fluctuated and sleet persisted into night.
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Roof Garden
Somerset Bus Company
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Oscar Reitz
East Main Street
David Grove
Somerset Highway
Mercury
Pennsylvania Electric
Rockwood
Highways Face Icy Glassy Conditions Across Pennsylvania
Weather warnings spread as sleet and freezing rain coated roads from the southwest into Pennsylvania. Auto Club and observer W. S. Brotzman cautioned travelers while rivers Monongahela and Allegheny rose toward flood stage near Pittsburgh. Overnight lows ranged from eight above in Pittsburgh to thirteen below in Kane and Morrison Run. Temperatures were set to rise and rain to change to snow on Thursday. Page Five continues.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Automobile Club
W. S. Brotzman
U. S. Weather Observer
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Kane
Royston
Morrison Run
Warren
Pathologist Testifies In Chaplin Case
In a paternity trial, pathologists testified Chaplin could not be the father of Carol Ann Berry based on blood type tests. Dr. Evans and Dr. Hammack stated Chaplin's Type O blood and Carol Ann's Type B make paternity unlikely under their analysis. Critics argued the tests do not prove parentage in California law.
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Howard C. Heyn
Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Joanerry
Miss Berry
Neston Evans
Chaplin
Carol Ann Berry
V. L. Andrews
Hammack
Caro
California
Carol Ann
Corporal Ivan Alderman Reported Killed. Returns Home
Erie, Dec 27. Corp. Ivan W. Alderman, 24, believed dead after being listed as killed in Guadalcanal in 1942. He says he was taken prisoner by Japanese, escaped, hid in caves, and was rescued by American forces. He is home on a thirty day furlough with his wife and two children.
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Erie
Ivan W. Alderman
Corp. Alderman
Guadalcanal
New York
Alderman
Ida Alderman
Ashtabula
Ohio
Lawrence Park
French Ex-Vichy Minister Jean Bichelonne Dies in Berlin Hospital
The Berlin radio reported that Jean Bichelonne, formerly Vichy minister of production and transport and later minister of labor, died in a hospital near Berlin.
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Bichelonne
London
Berlin
Jean Bichelonne
Vichy
Roosevelt Expected to Seize Ward Stores in Seven Cities
Government move to seize Montgomery Ward properties in seven cities for failure to follow war labor board directives. Detroit demonstrators and store unrest reported at Dearborn and other locations. CIO unions press for swift action amid strikes and potential referendum. Economic Stabilization Director Vinson preparing seizure and related court actions in Chicago.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Detroit
CIO
Dea
Chicago
Denver
St. Paul
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Calif
Jamaica
N. Y
Grand River Avenue
Kansas City
Avery
WLB
Chicago Ward Plants Strike Calls For 6 A.M. Action
A strike by United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes CIO members is set for 6 a.m. tomorrow at Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago plants. Leonard Levy says lines will form around the mail order plant, nearby retail store, and warehouse affecting about 5,000, 500, and 20 workers respectively to press wage and membership provisions from war labor board directives.
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Chicago
Uneeq
War Labor Board
Pfc Sheeler Wounded In Holland Landing
Pfc N Eugene Sheeler son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin H Sheeler Garrett is recovering at the 159th General hospital in England after a glider landing near Graves Holland. He says the craft struck a ditch during taxiing and many were thrown forward suffering a severely wrenched back. He has earned the Purple Heart. His brother Pvt Robert W is with the Air Corps in Vesalia California. Found Unconscious Before Home. Mike Clark 68 was found unconscious on a street in front of his home in Warren December 27. Police believe he was struck by a motor vehicle and he was hospitalized.
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Holland
N. Eugene Sheeler
Benjamin H. Sheeler
Garrett
159Th General Hospital
England
Pfc
Sheeler
Pvt
Robert W
Air Crops
Vesalia
California
Warren
Mike Clark
General Hospital
No Scapegoat Split Forces Defending For Setbacks Budapest
Allied and German forces clash as Budapest siege accelerates with von Rundstedt’s reserves breaking through. Eisenhower resists scapegoat blame while planners reassess timelines for a European victory. Russian pushes split German Hungarian defenses around Budapest, opening path toward Vienna and the Austrian border. The battle bears on multiple fronts as Red Army advances north and west.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Danube
Szentendrei Island
Moscow
Kelenfeld
Feodor I. Tolbuchkin
Budast-Vienna
Elsogalla
Sutla
Nvergesufalu
Transocean
Red Tanks
Uprest
Pest
Vienna
Aussia
Liberator Crew Rescued After Island Escape Near Balikpapan
After bombing Balikpapan refineries, a Liberator crew was rescued from an enemy island the day after the mission. Pilot Lt. Clement Baldwin led nine others including co-pilot Lt. Robert Connell and bombardier Lt. Harley Drollinger. Navigator’s fate unclear. survivors endured jungle, crocodile, pigs, crabs, and tropical hazards before being picked up by a navy patrol vessel.
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Thirteenth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Balikpapan
Borneo
Clement B. Baldwin
Calumet Dr
Houston
Tex
Robert E. Connell
Elgin, Jr
Harley L. Drollinger
Spokane
Wash
Warren W. Smith
John S. Morrison
Pawtucket
R. L
Barney Rodriguez
Lamesa
Robert C. van Gorder
Elmira
N. Y
Robert W. Blake
Tenn
Robert L. Wingert
Aliquippa
Penn
Rodney C. Avenius
Garden City
Connell
Baldwin
Smith
Morrison
Rodriguez
Drollinger
van Gorder
Blake
Wingert
Avenius
Robots Kill 7 Children in German Bombing
Seven children all members of one family aged one to seventeen were killed when a German V-bomb dropped near their London home. Their mother Mrs James Walter Jarvis survived, having been away visiting a neighbor. The tragedy adds to the losses of a family with four other sons serving in France.
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London
James Walter Jarvis
France
Nazi Panzers Fire Vehicles In Belgium Retreat
Returning fliers report German panzers destroying their own vehicles at Celles as American armor clashes with Nazi columns near Celles. Allied air power harasses approaching lines on Marche Manhay asvon Rundstedt’s drive stalls. Prisoners describe hunger and disrupted supply.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Celles
Meuse
von Rundstedt
Ciney
Relief For Bastogne Men
London dispatch reports relief columns reaching the besieged U S garrison at Bastogne after more than a week cut off by German forces. A U S First Army note says a single army vehicle broke through the ring and BBC lines place columns within miles of Bastogne as hundreds of tons of ammunition and supplies are parachuted to the withering siege.
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London
Brussels
Bastogne
U.S. First Army
Italian Premier Seeks Major Push Against Germans
Rome reports Premier Ivanoe Bonomi said the German Western Front offensive requires intensified action for a decisive victory. He proposed deploying more than six Italian divisions to the front, uniting them in a single sector as a national effort.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Western Front
Italy
Serious Setback for Nazis in Italian Front
Allied command reported a counterattack in the Serchio valley sector near Gallicano, Italy, with withdrawals to prepared positions after heavy fighting. The 92nd American Infantry Division, a Black unit, was involved as German forces and Fascist Italian troops reportedly breached American positions and took prisoners. Brazilian expeditionary forces were noted in the area.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Serchio
Fifth Army
Gallicano
Tyrrhenian
Serchio River
San Benedetto
Bolgna
Grizzana
Bologna
Mindoro front blazes as Japanese shell Mindanao coast
The Mindoro operation erupts into action as a Japanese task force shells Mindoro and nearby shores. US forces repulse the assault with Mitchells, Thunderbolts, and PT boats. several enemy ships are sunk or flee. Additional air and sea actions target Clark Field and Leyte reconquest efforts.
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MacArthur
Philippines
China Sea
Mimoro Island
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Clark Field
Reconqu
Leyte
Tuzen
Luzol
Gene MacArthur
American Breakthrough Relieves Bastogne Garrison
In Stavelot sector Belgium on December 27 American tank and infantry forces driven from the south relieved the beleaguered Bastogne garrison, punching a deep salient into the German southern flank. They report destroying 32 German tanks in today’s actions and 87 total by this point, with Luftwaffe losses mounting. The article notes German espionage efforts and the ongoing air war under clear skies.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
Gerd von Rundstedt
Luxembourg
Westwall
Siegfried Line
von Rundstedt
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Aachen
Associated Press
Lewis Hawkins
Remi-Champagne
Bastogne
Stogne
St. Dubie
Wes Gallagher
Eisenhower
Belgium
Meuse
Wes Gails.agher
Stavelot
Marshal von Rundstedt
Taxe
von Rundstede
Jap Soldier No Pushover Says Yank
Pfc. Paul Mack of McAdoo, a 30 year old rifleman, recalls a 10 day chase through eastern New Guinea coast harassing actions with Japanese forces. He describes initial outpost contact, a prolonged fight, and a main line defense before reinforcements pushed the Japanese north toward Madang and the Aussies completed the cleanup.
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San Francisco
Paul Mack
McAdoo
New Guinea
Letterman General Hospital
Pfc. Mack
Madang
Michael Mack
McAdco
Ships Lost Off Leyte in Navy Update
The navy announced the loss off Leyte of the medium landing ship LSM 20 due to enemy action. It also identified the destroyer Cooper, previously unnamed, as the other vessel lost in the same area by night action. Commanding officers survived. casualties not yet estimated. Lieutenant John R. Bradley commanded the LSM 20 and Commander Mell A. Peterson led the Cooper.
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Washington
Leyte
Cooper
Philippine
MacArthur
John R. Bradley
Oak Creek
Colo
Comdr
Mell A. Peterson
Algona
Towa
Churchill Shot At In Athens Sniping Incident
Prime minister Churchill was fired at by an Epales sniper while near the British embassy. The shot struck a young woman about 300 yards away, with details of injuries and motive not confirmed.
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Churchill
Athens
Elas
Weather outlook for Maryland and nearby states
Maryland weather projects rain in the eastern part ending Thursday morning with clouds and wind in the west, colder by Thursday afternoon. Snow or rain may begin late Thursday night into Friday. West Virginia sees snow north and rain or snow south with colder Thursday night, followed by clear and much colder Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania expects rain or snow ending Thursday morning, then partly cloudy and colder Thursday afternoon, with snow Friday and much colder by night. Western Pennsylvania reports snow ending Thursday morning, then clouds and colder Thursday afternoon, and more snow with much colder conditions by Friday night.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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