10 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1943
Page
1
Fragments describe a severe windstorm across California and neighboring states. One death is reported and hundreds homeless as homes, trees, and infrastructure suffer extensive damage. Monterey fishing boats, San Francisco wharves, and power lines are affected while traffic and communications are disrupted.
A Chinese military communique reports 40,000 Japanese casualties at Changteh with 13,000 to 25,000 Japanese dead or wounded and 300 Chinese 37th Division wiped out. It notes heavy fighting in central China as Chinese forces press a counteroffensive with American air support aiding ground troops.
Reported radio communiques describe Partisans led by Marshal Tito capturing Biozrad southeast of Zara and inflicting heavy losses on German and satellite forces in Serbia. They claim ongoing defense in Bosnia with tolls along enemy rail and supply lines, while German and Budapest broadcasts talk of Nazi advances toward Vlasenka and Zagreb blackout, and mopping up Partisans in Eastern Bosnia and Northern Croatia.
Senator Byrd of Virginia declined a proposal by Senator Smith to head an independent Democratic slate in the South. He said he does not plan to be a presidential candidate and urged immediate move to replace Senator Guffey as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee over disagreements on alignment with Republicans. The South is pushing to organize its own political party to back Byrd.
A damaged OCR fragment references a herald era phrase and a monitoring site. Names and specifics are obscured, but the readable bits suggest a notice or column noting a place and a period without clear action or outcome.
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