Death Toll For Holiday Reaches 339
AP reports holiday fatalities across the nation with 359 total violent deaths. Traffic deaths reached 216, fires 38, and miscellaneous incidents 5. Illinois led with 32 deaths, New York 31, while New York and California tied at 70 traffic fatalities each.
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Army Cuts Its Fuel Needs Substitutes Loft for Hard Coal
Fuel Administrator Harold L. Ickes said the Army will cut anthracite use by half this winter by substituting bituminous coal for domestic size anthracite in heating and cooking at camps and posts in the East, saving about 150000 tons.
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East
Fifth Army drives Nazis from 2 hills near Cassino
Fifth Army assault forces stormed two enemy hilltop positions en route to Cassino. One position was Mount Samucro guarding San Vittore. the other’s fight continued. Meanwhile British destroyers shell Drvenik near Split and American Marauders hit rail yards near Florence.
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Empoli
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Riviera
France
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Pedaso
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Crete
New Zealand
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Cassino
San Vittore
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General Clark awards 100 decorations on Fifth Army front
Lt Gen Mark Clark conducted a dawn to dusk tour of the Fifth Army front on Christmas Day and distributed more than 100 decorations promotions and battlefield appointments to American British and French troops. He spoke through an interpreter to recently captured German prisoners and informed them the Germans had left Russia 13 days earlier.
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Fifth Army Front
Clark
Russia
Strong Winds and Drought Threaten Bear Mountain Forests
Strong winds and two months without rain have left Bear Mountain forest preserves tinder dry. Henry H. Tryon of Black Rock Forest warns 24 hours of heavy rain would help prevent fires. Visitors urged to avoid carelessness as wildlife struggle to find water holes amid drought.
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Lee Ue
Modern plumbing for Buckingham Palace servants wing
The servants' quarters at Buckingham Palace are getting modern plumbing for the first time. Bathrooms are scarce in the palace and central heating is limited to a few rooms. A bomb-damaged wing is being repaired and updated with these new facilities.
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British Palace
London
Buckingham Palace
State Police Bureau undergoes transfers and new acting commander
Albany December 27 announces reorganized state police with Inspector J J King named acting Commander of Troop L Babylon L I and five lieutenant transfers. C 3 Finnick moved Troop L to Troop C H A Keator Troop G to Troop L J J Warner Troop C to Troop G M E Doescher Troop G to Troop A Batavia L G Nelson to Troop G King 46 previously on headquarters staff now serves as inspector of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Retirement and vacancies noted among higher command since Governor Dewey took office.
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Malone
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Veeteran
Gov. Dewey
Upturn in Building Likely If War in Europe Ends by July
James W. Follin of the Producers Council said private construction could rise in all sectors next year if the European war ends by July 1. If the war continues past midyear, residential, industrial, public utility and farm construction are expected to fall by about one billion dollars. He noted basic building materials will remain available as the war tapers off.
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New York
James W. Follin
The
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National Organization of Manufacturers
Germany
Follin
Diesel Engine Film To Be Shown To Club Auburn
A U S Navy sound motion picture titled Principles of the Diesel Engine will be shown at the Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Osborne tomorrow. Courtesy of John W Linford sales manager of the American Locomotive Company the film highlights diesel engine principles.
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