Leyte Campaign Ends In Decisive Jap Defeat
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced the Leyte Samar campaign closed after American forces captured Palompon sealing the Japanese fate. He cited Yamashita’s defeat as unprecedented, with 712,728 killed and 493 captured. American losses totaled 2,628 dead, 8,422 wounded, and 172 missing as PT boats and artillery aided the assault.
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Yates McDanted
MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte-Samar
Palompon
Leyte
Yamashita
Army
Fifth Air Force
America
Leyte Gulf
Tith Division
Palompon Bay
Seventh Fleet
Street crews shovel snow on Christmas morning in Juneau
Street gangs were out early Christmas morning shoveling snow from stairways in various sections of the city to expedite pedestrian traffic on Juneau's deeper thoroughfares.
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Juneau
US Leads in Soil Conservation Efforts Says Bennett
Washington December 26 The United States is ahead of the world in soil conservation and is sought for advice by other nations Dr H H Bennett head of the Soil Conservation Service reports after a two month tour of South Africa He says 15 to 20 more years are needed to complete major work using terracing planting and erosion control Across 70 million acres have been conserved since 1934 with 700 million more needing attention to save topsoil Plans for 1945 aim to conserve 15 to 20 million acres, with last year at 12 million Bennett notes the program gains momentum yearly and intends to use every acre for farmland He estimates 122 million acres still require action
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Washington
United States
H. H. Bennett
Culture Department
Soil Geneation Service
South Africa
U. S
Bennett
Ute Scs
Garrett
Churchill seeks end to Greek civil war after dynamite found
In Athens on December 26 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived to press for peace as ELAS and government forces clash. A ton of dynamite in boxes was found under Hotel Grand Bretagne streetcar lines, believed to have been planted overnight. Churchill met with Field Marshal Alexander and Greek Premier Papandreou, amid tense citywide street fighting and British troop support.
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Athens
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Anthony Eden
ELAS
Alexander
Mediterranean
Harold McMillan
Papandreou
White Christmas in Juneau Snow Slows Streets
Juneau enjoyed a rare white Christmas as snow began Sunday afternoon and continued into yesterday. Autoists faced chain requirements while pedestrians walked carefully on slick surfaces. Children played on Gold and Indian Streets with snowball fights and snowmen visible across the city. Total snowfall reached four to six inches on the landscape.
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Juneau
Christmas Tree Surplus Warns Seward Power Purchases
Roosevelt signs bill allowing Seward to buy private utilities. Albert Peterson notes many December trees cut in Juneau remained unused, with one third of loads containing unused trees. Fire alarms mark holiday period with two blazes reported, one near a building.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Seward
Albert Peterson
Juneau
Peterson
Wally
Western Front observer planes and fast Nazi jets noted
The column notes that both sides on the Western Front observe each other’s activities. It mentions jet-propelled Nazi planes exceeding 400 miles per hour and U S observation planes, with the author acknowledging continued coverage on page four.
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Washington
U. S
Rizal Day Banquet Date Moved to Friday
The Filipino Community Club announces Rizal Day celebration moved from Saturday December 30 to Friday December 29 due to hotel room booking issues at Baranos Hotel Gold Room. Mayor A B Hayes will be guest speaker and a public dance follows the program.
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Filipino Community Club
Baranos Hotel
Gold Room
A. B. Hayes
Decorations Of Note Appear Here In City Homes
Outdoor Yuletide displays attract attention as Empire reporters tour the city last Friday night. Lights adorn the Sgt. and Mrs. Bob Davlin residence on Sixth Street between Main and Seward and shine at the Hugh J. Wade home on Basin Road, among the season’s early decorations.
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Empire
Bob Davlin
Jon Sixth Street
Main and
Seward
Basin Road
Hugh J. Wade
Midnight services draw large crowds in city churches
During midnight on Sunday many Juneauries attended worship across three city churches. Pontifical mass filled the Church of the Nativity with crowding standing room only at Resurrection Lutheran Church for a special musical service and at Holy Trinity for a Choral Eucharist with festive music for the muletide worshippers.
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Tha
Special Election Tomorrow for Territorial Legislature Seat
A light turnout is forecast for tomorrow's special election to fill the Territorial Legislature vacancy after Senator Arthur P. Walker's death. Candidates Allen Shattuck, Dick Davis, and Frank Price contest in Juneau Sitka and Southeast Alaska, with labor and Alaska Native Brotherhood support noted. Polls close at 7 p.m. at designated precincts. ballots may be written names or candidate ballots as no official ballots are furnished.
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Juneau
Sitka
Alaska
Allen Shattuck
Dick" Davis
Frank Price
Shattuck
Davis
Price
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Tae
Jap Attacks Won't Halt Yank Plans
Washington reports Secretary Forrestal says Japanese air attacks failed to disrupt American heavy offensives. He notes some naval damage in the Philippines but says no disruption to future plans, citing Leyte fall and Mindoro landings as proof. He denies rumors of undisclosed losses. Fisher couple from Hoonah arrive for a short visit. Emil Fisher is a government BIA teacher.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Philippines
Forrestal
Leyte
Mindoro
Battte
Emil B. Fisher
Hoonah
The
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Army plane drops Christmas mail to Bering Sea outposts
Four remote islands in the Bering Sea received Christmas mail via parachute drops after a perilous flight by Lieut J J Trevisant and a six man crew. They carried 2400 pounds of packages through subzero winds, circling Ninivak thrice to deliver to St Paul St George St Matthew and Ninivak outposts already peering for the surprise cargo.
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Alaskan Department
Bering Sea
St. Paul
St. George
St. Matthew
Ninivak Island
Canadian troops seize Rossetta near Ravenna in Italian front drive
Canadian forces from the bridgehead over the Canale Navigio on the Adriatic flank captured Rossetta ten miles northwest of Ravenna. Headquarters reported a further push beyond Rosetta to within two miles of Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara Highway.
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Rome
Canale Navigio
Japs Claim Many Ships Of U S Sunk
London reports a Japanese broadcast via BBC and Domel says submarines are active along the U S Pacific Coast and have sunk two destroyers four transports and aircraft carriers. The claim totals 15 carriers three battleships five cruisers three destroyers two submarines and about 2 000 000 tons sunk with no Allied confirmation.
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London
United States
Pacific
Japan
BBC
Domel
Pearl Harbor
Alaska Juneau mine stock closes and Dow hits high
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 6 and many other stocks such as American Can at 9 14, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem Steel 63, U S Steel 58 14, plus Dow Jones averages: Industrials 199.66 Rails 48.04 Utilities 25.9. In Sitka a couple Dick and Annie Johnson were convicted of family desertion and jailed six months Fed eral. Baranof Hotel host Jack Fletcher hosted a cocktail party. Former U S Senator Blair Lee of Maryland died at 11. He served in 1913 and led the 1912 Wilson nomination movement at the Baltimore convention.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Dow, Jones
Sitka
Annie Johnson
U. S
Senate
Baltimore
Wilson
Warning Issued On Robot Bomb Attacks Coast Areas
The Office of Civilian Defense sent instructions to State Defense Councils for defense against rocket and robot bomb attacks. The notice says little or no advance warning is possible and urges the public to stay alert, especially along coastal regions.
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Washington
Dec
Office of Civilian Defer
OCD
Cold Wave Grips Nation As Mercury Dips Badly
A new cold wave brings bitter below zero readings across the Midwest with 22 below in Dakotas and parts of upper Michigan and Ohio. Chicago records seven below as city suffers its coldest yet this season while Miami remains warm at 66 degrees. Abbie Jane Wells heads home to Texas due to her mother's illness after traveling from Chicago. J B Burford hosts a steak dinner in Baranos Gold Room for eleven guests. USO parties draw over two dozen children to blend with servicemen with songs recitations and a buffet last evening.
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Dakotas
Upper Michigan
Ohio
Rockford
Tlinois
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Miami
San Diego
Sos Angeles
J. B. Burford
Baranos Gold Room
USO
Germans Trapped in Budapest as Red Army Advances
December 26 dispatches report eight to ten German and Hungarian divisions encircled by Soviet forces around Budapest, with the city largely cut off and escape limited to a single possible route. Soviet artillery shell the remaining airports while Sturmoviks bomb and harass the besieged capital as panic spreads inside. western outskirts see Soviet units reaching the Buda hills and a possible 19 mile corridor northwest toward Erstergrom. Soviet momentum continues toward Vienna and Bratislava with distances under 98 and 65 miles respectively.
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Budapest
Red Army
Sturmoviks
Budakes
Budy
Danube
Ebon
Erstergrom
Cyvechslovakia
Qiao
Hron
Leva
Vienna
Bratislava
German Prisoners Escape Camp Near Phoenix
In Papago Park War Prisoner Camp near Phoenix a Nazi celebration ended in forceful suppression as about two hundred prisoners protested. six escapees, all submarine officers, were captured led by Lt Col Jurgen Wattenberg. Rumors linked Gunther Prien to the camp, but officials denied Prien’s escape.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Papago Park
Here
William Holden
Holden
Jurgen Wattenberg
Pheenix
Gunther Prien
Prien
Hitler
Royal Ark
Eugene Tays
Cacaines
Nazis Fifty Miles Deep in Belgium Bulletin
Allied air forces report heavy activity in the low countries with the Ninth Tactical Air Force destroying tanks armored vehicles and hundreds of motor vehicles while downing several enemy planes. German columns pushed deep into Belgium reaching near the Meuse River and threatening Bastogne amid a major counter offensive. American forces hold Bastogne against repeated assault as Eisenhower’s counterattack advances toward the Arlon road. Christmas gifts include gum and shortages noted. Attorney General says legal ballots will be those printed for the Senate election. voters may mark names or write them on blank paper.
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Ninth Tactical Air Force
Paris
Belgium
Meuse
St. Vith
Supreme Headquarters
Hitler
Bolzidni
Celles
Menetat
Duarit
Ciney
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Cellea
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Marche
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arion
Ariven
Henry Roden
Senate
Roden
Vox
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Jack Fletcher
Baranof
Blair Lee
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PAA
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