South Italy a Quiet War Zone for Visitors
A Chicago Dispatch from December 18 notes southern Italy remains calm despite wartime shadow. Shops show ample stock and German labels, prices vary, and locals greet Allied troops kindly. Food lines exist mainly for meat and fish, while peacetime shortages press on leather goods and clocks.
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Oxygen Eliminating Explosive Said to Be Nazi Secret Weapon
Chicago Daily News reports a new explosive that removes oxygen at 650 feet, suffocating anyone nearby. The weapon is described as a gruesome Nazi secret device discussed by the German general staff and slated for immediate use against Russia Italy and Britain.
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Yank Forces Push Toward Lakona and Arawe
Allied forces on the Huon Peninsula advance with Australian troops and Matilda tanks seizing Lakona 15 miles above Finschhafen and 43 miles north west of Bonga. Gen MacArthur air raids target Balikpapan and Macassar while long range fighters sink a 3000 ton transport at Lautem Timor.
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Congress Agrees to Postpone Food Subsidy Fight
Both Houses reached a temporary postponement on the dispute over food subsidies. The Senate backed a 60 day extension for the Commodity Credit Corporation and subsidy financing, while the House favored a 35 day delay until February 3. The diverging times were the remaining question.
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Boulware Named WPB Operations Vice Chairman
Lemuel R. Boulware, formerly with Carrier and Easy Washer, is appointed operations vice chairman of the War Production Board by Executive Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson. He will oversee all industry operations except steel, copper, aluminum, magnesium divisions, and the minerals bureau. Boulware, a Syracuse native, previously led Celotex in Chicago and helped attract Carrier to Syracuse.
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War Time Christmas Messages From Home
A WWII era excerpt presents letters from soldiers and families sharing prayers for peace, safe flights, and strength. Tom H. Keene signs a plea for resilience, freedom, and reunion, asking Santa to ease war burdens and preserve hope.
Relative Indicted For Murders Of 3 In Ohio Farm Family
James W. Collett, 60, is indicted on three counts of first degree murder for killing Elmer McCoy 59 his daughter Mildred 22 and his wife in their Washington Court House Ohio farm home Thanksgiving Eve. Grand jury returned the triple indictment after two hours of deliberation. Prosecutor John B. Hill said Collett confessed in writing to the shooting of the brother in law and later admitted killing the wife and daughter. Witnesses included Sheriff W H Ienhopeacting coroner Dr E W McDonald and B E Kelley of the Washington Court House Record Herald who photographed the scene.
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Weather Forecast Shifts by Region and Temperature
The forecast divides into Northeast and Northwest at 20 degrees and Southeast and Southwest at 25 degrees. Regions expect varying conditions as temperatures rise across areas.
Senate feud ties Taxes with Liquor amid grand jury probes
Senator Van Nuys says investigators will work on tax and liquor links as a federal grand jury subpoenas records from four large distilleries. Senator Ferguson blames the Office of Price Administration for allowing new brands. Treasury will mail new income tax forms January 1 despite ongoing congressional action.
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Bioff Called Habitual Liar In Extortion Trial
Wil Bioff, convicted extortionist and prosecution witness in the government case against seven men tied to the Al Capone era gang, was labeled an habitual liar by Otto Christiansen. Christiansen argued Bioff lied under oath and admitted truth only to that claim. James Murray and other defense lawyers prepared their closing remarks as the lengthy trial nears jury deliberation.
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Blind singer arrested for begging found living at the Biltmore
William R. Ramey a 31 year old blind singer was arrested for begging among downtown Christmas shoppers and found to be living at the Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles an expensive hotel during the holiday season.
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Wright Plane Returns to U S From England
The Wright brothers historic heavier-than-air craft leaves a British museum for the Smithsonian in Washington. President Roosevelt announces the box kite plane will be installed with Orville Wright’s cooperation. The dinner honors Kitty Hawk’s 40th anniversary with honors to aviation figures and leaders.
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British AP Chief Flies to Moscow After Ivan Parleys
Lloyd Stratton president of the Associated Press Limited British subsidiary reached Moscow by plane from Teheran after attending a three power conference. He plans talks with Vyacheslav Molotov Nicholai Palgunov and W Averell Harriman among others. He arrived with Maj. Gen. John Deane and Adm. Clarence Olsen aboard a special plane.
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43 Believed Lost Aboard Ship in Gale
The Boston collier Suffolk is overdue after sending two distress calls during a gale off Montauk Point. Thirty seamen and six Navy crew were believed lost. skippered by Capt. Charles Thistle of East Boston. Most aboard were New Englanders, including five U S Maritime Service trainees.
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Italians Protesting AMG Acts Withdraw Charge in Naples
The Italian Committee of National Liberation in Naples delivered a letter accusing the Allied Military Government of becoming tools of Neo-Fascism but withdrew the document and apologized after debate. Benedetto Croce accompanied the group as leaders sought transmission to Roosevelt Churchill Stalin. Maj. John Boettiger and Maj. Ridgeway Knight observed the proceedings.
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Evening Slippers and Leather Shoes Rationing Lifted
Washington announces removal of rationing on all women evening slippers and men's patent leather shoes to spur holiday sales of non slug gish stocks. Ballet slippers with cattlehide added to rationing list, as changes affect only a small portion of civilian footwear.
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Roosevelt Relays Tehran Plot While Big Three Hide Behind Russian Walls
Roosevelt recounts a German assassination plot to kill him Churchill and Stalin in Tehran. He and the others stayed inside the Russian embassy compound for safety, with security tight and streets blocked. No details on captures were available, but the President noted many spies in Teheran and the danger of such a haul.
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Polish Paper Boosts Chance for Signing Of Pact With Russia
London reports that the Polish daily Dziennik Polski backed the Moscow Soviet pact with Russia and Czechoslovakia while noting Poland has not been invited to join. The paper implied Poland might sign after reconciling with Russia, despite no diplomatic contact since last April.
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Coal Wage Peace Near as Rail Pay Standoff Continues
John J. Lewis and coal operators signed a two year no strike pact covering most soft coal firms. The railroad wage dispute hinges on eight cents an hour for non operating workers rejected as inflationary by Vinson. Harrison warned the action harms Democrats amid broader strike votes and pending War Labor Board approval.
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Rail Wreck Dead in Debris After Triple Train Crash
Wilmington reports a formal investigation will develop facts about actions by crews on both trains. Earlier, officials blamed a broken rail for the southbound Tamiami West Coast Champion derailment at 12 50 A M and the northbound Tamiami East Coast Champion crash 35 minutes later. Sibley said firemen attempted to flag the northbound train with a fusee and lantern but fell, and the engineer did not see the signal while sleet and snowstorm continued.
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Seabee Veterans Return After 10 Months in Action
More than 1,000 Seabees reach New York harbor after ten months in Algeria, Sicily, and the Mediterranean. The 54th Naval Construction Battalion built air fields and bases under Axis raids, before reuniting at Davisville Rhode Island for leaves.
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Wagner Granddaughter Forecast Hitler's Doom for Nazi Theme
Friedelind Wagner, Richard Wagner's granddaughter, told Kate Smith on CBS radio that Hitler used Wagner's works as the theme of a 'super-Nazi race' yet those works foretell doom. She cited Twilight of the Gods as showing greed and lust for power leading to death and destruction of the world.
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