Budapest At Mercy Of The Red Army Amid City In Flames
Desperate Nazi resistance collapses as Soviet forces push toward Budapest. Reports claim German defenses falter on the east bank of the Danube while the city experiences widespread fires and evacuation, with German authorities declaring the capital in peril. Military units withdraw to avoid entrapment as Soviet troops advance.
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Anny
Iwarin
Epvilais
Seiadal
Tinlipeest
Wolostinek
Helinek Dar Oaethesbaking Artilters
Butrage
Buia Dist
Keak Avis
Dannibe
CN Tbc Bandcast
Fivditine
Tracey
Post Office Windows Open Saturday Till Six
Postmaster reports extended Saturday hours for the Bareel post and stump windows at the Eberia post office. Voting and mail dispatch arrangements are in place to keep lines moving, with additional staff assigned to handle the increased volume. Some windows will remain closed for rest due to staff distribution, but Saturday service will continue until six o clock with planned extensions.
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Eberia
Surte
Tang
Bill Funds Lorain Harbor and Ohio projects in relief bill
Congress nears final approval on a broad Rivers and Harbors bill delivering about 4.5 billion dollars for navigation, power, flood control, and highway work. The package includes funds for Lorain Harbor and other Ohio harbors, plus previously authorized improvements and dredging for several sites.
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Congress
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St Lawepee Seaway
Canfee
House
Ohio
Saudiehy
Baltumore
Davis
Aeoh Lee Nation Vobe Co
Ove Beon
Hinds
Nagoya Bombed by 100 B 29 Super-Fortresses in Major Raid
Washington reports more than one hundred B 29 Superfortresses attacked Nagoya and other Honshu targets as Tokyo broadcasts claim the strikes press evacuation of key industries from Tokyo. Additional blows on the Tosa area and Hiroshima were said to have been repulsed, with ships and industries identified only as targets of the main assault.
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Honshu
Tokyo
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Hiroshima
Reyna
Korea
Toksa
Melit
War Department
London
Japan
Wagner Will Case To Be Reviewed By Appellate Court
Appellate Judge Sumery Russ in Cincinnati is assigned to review the Wagner will case. The panel convenes December 22 to examine the decision by Common Pleas Judge Guy Bo Bindley, appealed by plaintiffs Guet Heinle et al. The seven-judge bench, including Judge Washburn, will hear arguments by Donal Alvers and Richard Stevens for the defense. The trial court’s construction of an estate valued at 1840K, which named a municipal beneficiary, is under scrutiny.
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Swhach
Common Teas
Guy Bo Bindley
Guet Heinle
Ross Wall
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Dudge Char Cree G. Washburn
Atorieus
Donal Alvers
Richard Stevens
Dudger Washourn
Findles
Wagner
Cely
Chinese Forces Push South in Kwangsi Front
Chinese troops continue rapid drive south toward Kwangsi province defeating Japanese forces. Advance places them about 40 miles below the Kweychow Kiwangsi border as the front lines tighten.
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Chung Ring
Kwangsi Province
Hecht
Kweychow-Kiwangsi
President Roosevelt nominates ambassadors to multiple posts
President Roosevelt named Norman Armour to Spain and Lawrence Steinhardt to Turkey, with Carl Hayes to Crete and Hallett Johnson to Costa Rica. Hayes resigns Madrid post as Armour takes over, while Turkey’s ambassador will be chosen after Steinhardt’s arrival. The moves follow Argentina’s non recognition and shifts in wartime diplomacy.
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Spain
Carltunm
Dh. Hayes
Lawrence Steinhardt
Tuarkey
Creche
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War Supply and Resources Divisasion
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Armour
Argentina
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Hayes
Madrid
Eiphardt
Turkey
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Bevin Links Greek Stability to Balkans Settlement
Britain's Labour Minister Errnest Bevin stressed in a Quebec speech that Greece's stability is vital to the Balkans. He defended Churchill and Labour positions while outlining proposed provisional governance and eventual free elections in Greece, tied to a broader wartime alignment with Russia.
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Greece
London
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Maat Brivan
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Quebec
Bevin
Wateston
Russia
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Beysn
Winrster Cowell
Balkans
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Violent Battle in Athens as ELAS Attacks British Forces
Fierce fighting erupts in central Athens as ELAS and EAM units attack a shrinking British pocket. British tanks and infantry clash with left wing units near military barracks and Hotel Grande Bretagne. Snipers affect University Street. casualties include an American wounded by debris.
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ELAS
EAM
National Liberation Front
Ronald Sopbie
University Street
Rural schools reopen partial after closures in Loran County
Most rural schools remain closed in Loran County as several districts like Grafton Avon Lake Clearysew Vincent and Bivrni adjust schedules. Teachers report continued disruptions and crowded halls with some classes resumed while others wait for full operations to resume.
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Vollege
Grafton
Avon Lake
Clearysew
Vincent
Teday
Elyria
Army Nurse At Sea Acknowledges Local Surgical Dressings
A Red Cross project near Elyria shows U.S. Army hospital dressings made locally. Mrs Tod Maise chairs the effort as Ta SoF Gore of the Army corps notes gratitude and the help of Elyria Red Cross volunteers. Sponges four inches square labeled with a message were sent to the hospital site.
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Elyria
Gada
Dave Gore
Ta Sof Gore
Hirt Chapster
Tod Maise
Chiirman
Surreal
Surreal Drersings
Tifonm
Wendy
Elyria Chanter
Red Cross
Gore
Casualty List From Elyria And Vicinity Report
The casualty list reports several local soldiers in action or reported missing. Joseph Yarsa Keuton’s wife received word of his wounds from the War Department on November 27. Elizabeth Ober of 392 West Hive Street received a telegram about her husband Preeph Bo Odab, presumed wounded in Leyte. Pop Gish, a former Biya high school student, enlisted January 6 and served overseas in the Aleutians. Ted E. Robson, 23, was slightly wounded in Germany on November 29. Richard D. Jordan, 19, has been missing in action in Germany since November 21.
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Joe Yarsa
Joseph Vara
Ats
Ansa Weis
Steel and
Vibes
Elyria Bele Catering Service
Tie
Camp Gruber
Oberlin High Seh
Loran Vaunty
South Millbeast
Joseph LL. Clah
Miso
Fhiabeth
Aleutias
Ales
Elizabeth Wythesan
Mire
Julia Eddy
Ted E. Robson
Pico
E. Robson
Germany
Pmt
Robson
Grafton
Te. Robson
Tia
Bean Ove Sosice
FEC
Richard D
Jordan
Rachard
War Department
I Roy Jordan
Oxford Court
Mon Elyra High School
Dune
Fort Benning
Washington and
Jefferson Beollege
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
Rural Mail Delivery Resumes After Snow Blockage
Rural mail carriers resumed service from the post office after a suspension due to snow. Deliveries began early as planned but reaching all routes remains uncertain with increased volume and potential delays for Christmas mailing rush.
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Elyaia
Denver
War At A Glance United Press War Brief
War reports from multiple fronts summarize Allied air raids on Osnabruck and Berlin area targets while German forces launch counterattacks on the Southern Front. Soviet advances in Hungary and Romanian border areas are noted with heavy bombers striking German industrial centers. Chinese forces press toward Kywang province as Japanese columns retreat near the Kwang border.
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United Press
Manche
Pacific
Honshu
Leyte
Germany
Beren
Ruher
Osnabruck
Bulagai
China
Kywangs
Storm Claims At Least 65 Lives Across Regions
United Press reports a major snowstorm gripped the eastern half of the continent, killing at least 65 people in acci dents and exposing travel hazards from Virginia to Canada. Temperatures plummeted to sub zero in the west as roads froze, with Buffalo declaring a state of emergency and hospitals mobilizing to move patients as highways and rail lines failed.
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Georgia
Nebraska
Atlantic Seaboard
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Midwest
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Canada
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Buffalo
Joseph d. Wady
Rochester
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Toronto
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Windsor
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Expect Many War Veterans At Meeting Here
Ernest L. Bowman of the United States Employment Service will be a principal speaker at a meeting at the Elyria VMLCLA to acquaint returned World War I veterans and their families with rights under Public Law No 16 and Public Law No 446. About four hundred veterans in Elyria and Lorain County are notified, with other interested parties invited. Orin Suhuuts, state veterans representative Live, Bernice Bunwt, Taweater, and others expected to speak or attend.
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United States Employment Service
Bop
Ing
Elyria V.mlcla
Veterans’ Service Committee
Elyria
Lorain County
Soon- Sorin cCominter
Bawanan Uyau
Wall
Orin Suhuuts
Bernice Buwnit
Taweater
Courland
Elyria Passes Two Million Dollar Mark In Bond Drive
Elyria nears its E Bond quota as total sales reach 2 million dollars with four days remaining. Official tallies show 257 sales yesterday and a day total at 397 6025 dollars, while school reports list 14 057 50 in War Bond purchases.
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Elyria
Bistia
Metti
Cheha Park
Vedas
Lepubl
Daily Report
Iban Wieter- Hoo Teport
Youlus
Elyvia
Central Sector Blazes Into Action In Rhine Drive
Paris—Lt. Gen. Courtney M. Hodges First Army opened a new offensive toward the Rhine south of the Hurtgen Forest. The drive captured Rollesbroich 14 miles southwest of Dur en as American forces pushed from the Cologne plain toward the Roer, with the central sector previously dormant since September.
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Courtney M. Hodges
First Army
Rhine
Hurtten Forest
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Roer River
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Doughboys
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Hodges
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Roer
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Antgen
Reich
Rallenbroich
Hurtgen Forest
Lammersdorf
U. 5
Rollesbroich
First Army United
Iigisa
Pete
Final Phase Of Leyte Battle Believed Near
Allied headquarters announce MacArthur regrouped ground forces for the final phase after air and sea actions destroyed a Japanese reinforcement convoy off the northwest coast. Ten of 11 ships wrecked. thousands drowned as 20 000 to 25 000 troops face annihilation in the Ormoc corridor. American forces sink transports and destroyers in a multi day assault. some vessels may have landed limited supplies before wrecking.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Ormoc
Wallins
Mons Wight
MacArthur
Paloms Pen
Ormac
President To Speak On Christmas Eve Address
President Roosevelt will speak about fifteen minutes on Sunday December 24 over all broadcasting nets at 5 15 p m EWT The White House announced the annual Christmas Eve address to the nation outlines the broadcast plan and timing for the holiday message.
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Roosevelt
Nets
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