Ortona Stalemate as Eighth Army Fights In Adriatic Port
Allied troops press bitter urban combat in Ortona for a third day as German parachute reserves push to shore up a desperate defense. In the west, Fifth Army forces seize Mount Cavallo near Viticuso, while French troops push through a contested mountain pass.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Ortona
Adriatic
Stalingrad
Fifth Army
Cavallo
Nevwifro
Viticuso
Americans Advancing at Arawe on New Britain
American forces at Arawe have smashed organized Japanese ground resistance and are enlarging the beachhead eight days after landings on December 15. Patrols dig into coral caves along the beaches and have taken Uniitingalu village, with the Arawe Peninsula forming the main beachhead from Cape Merkus to Posillion.
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Robert Eunson
Associated Press
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain Island
Cape Merkus
Posillion
Uniitingalu
Bunson
Missing War Prisoners From Schweinfurt Raid Reported
The War Department says 581 crewmen were missing after 60 Flying Fortresses were lost in the Schweinfurt attack. Of those, 346 are alive and prisoners of war, while 18 listed as missing are now officially dead. More updates may follow as reports arrive. The October 14 raid set a record with 186 fighters shot down and significant plant damage.
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Washington
War Department
Schweinfurt
Europe
Reds smash Nazi lines at Vitebsk in major offensive
Moscow reports claim massed Russian artillery and mobile guns crushed a large German assault along a 400 mile front from White Russia to the Dnieper bend. Frontline dispatches say the Red Army held firm, destroyed at least 148 German tanks, and breached the Vitebsk defense line as Gen. Bagramian's Baltic Army advances.
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Moscow
White Russia
Dnieper
Red Army
Vitebsk and
Polotsk
Bagramian
Gaid
Vitebsk
Flat-Tops Now Point To Tokyo Carrier Arrived
Washington reports the aircraft carrier has arrived after months of debate and test raids in the Pacific. Carrier task forces, built around flat-tops with battleships and other ships, struck at Rabaul, sinking cruisers and destroyers while land-based bombers from General MacArthur’s forces supported operations.
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Tokyo
Washington
Pacific
Marcus Island
Wake Island
Knox
Carrier
Rabaul
Japan
MacArthur
New Guinea
New Super Bomber Development Revealed
Washington dispatch reports Congressman John J. Sparkman disclosing a new super bomber after a 10,000 mile tour of eight states. He says the weapon will surprise and hurt the enemy and enter large scale production soon, likely for Pacific use due to long range. He declined to share details pending Army confirmation.
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Washington
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
House
Military and Aviation Subcommittee
Army Airforce
Sparkman
Army
Pacific
Sparksman
H. A. Arnold
Japs Lose 16 Planes In Attack At Arawe
Allied reports from New Guinea state American ground forces solidified positions at Arawe New Britain amid night and day air attacks by Japanese. Enemy losses included at least 16 planes as Lt General Kenney's Fifth Air Force dropped 205 tons of bombs on Cape Gloucester area reaching over 2000 tons since December 1.
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New Guinea
Arawe
New Britain
George C.kenney
Fifth Air Force
Cape Gloucester
Awang
Gloucester
Kavieng
New Ireland
South Pacific Command
Madang
Fighting 69th Advances on Butarifari Beach
Allied air forces raid the French coast focusing on rocket gun emplacements at Pas de Calais and northern France. RAF, bombers, and escorts target undisclosed sites as German fighters fall. Allies report losses and German air activity continue along the western front.
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Butarifari Beach
London
France
Royal Air Force
Berlin
French
Pas de Calas Reion
England
Germany
United States
New York
Allan Mitchie
Magewine
Mitchie
Conference on Strike Fails Despite Wage Talks
Washington Dec 23 The Joint committee of railway management and operating brotherhoods reported near agreement on wage demands with a week left before the strike deadline. One spokesman said the conference has terminated while another called it a failure. Conferees later went to the White House.
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Washington
Joint Committee of Railway Management
White House
Dramatic Order 15 Issued by Free Yugoslavia
Marshal Broz in exile's liberation council denounces King Peter's regime, depriving it of all rights and barring young King Peter from returning home until Yugoslavia is fully freed. The radio broadcast reflects Allied aid to Broz and tensions between Yugoslav factions.
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London
Peter
Yuoslav
Marshal Broz
Council of Liberation
Yugoslavia
Broz
MacArthur Not Coming Back Home To United States
UMEA Dec 23 Reports from the United States say General Douglas MacArthur would go to Washington next March. The spokesman for MacArthur for President movement says these reports are unfounded and MacArthur has no plans to return to the United States soon. CAMP ROBERTS Calif One trainee found a gift wrapped bundle reading Do Not Open Over Christmas Perishable.
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Allied
Umea
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
MacArthur
Camp Roberts
Calif
Thas
Roosevelt Is On Air Tomorrow Across World Radio Net
President Roosevelt will address the nation’s fighting forces tomorrow at noon Pacific War Time via a worldwide radio hookup. The broadcast will include all American networks the BBC Australia New Zealand and stations in Algiers Palermo Naples and India. He will speak from Hyde Park and spent today preparing.
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Dinah Shore
Hyahaan
George Montroveesy
Fermon
U. S. Air Force
Montgomery
Las Vegas
Nev
Dinah
Nashville
Tenn
Juneau
Price
Duck Creek
USO
Washington
Roosevelt
British Broadcasting Corporation
New Zealand
Algiers
Palermo
Naples
India
Hyde Park
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First Dispatch
Dinah Corp
Jack Stinnett
Columbia
S. C
Chesf
Wrangell
Birdie McNeill
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Sublette
Mary Jo Sublette
Anchor
Atth U. 8. Infantry
Butariard
Makin Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Signal Corps
Makin Island
U. S. Infantry
Fighting 69Th
Conference ON Strike
Free Yugoslavia
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