Marines Reach Half Mile Toward Cape Gloucester Airdrome
Allied dispatch from New Guinea on December 30 reports Marine forces on the Eastern flank breaking stiffer Japanese lines. Artillery air support and flamethrowers drove through pillboxes as Marines advanced about a half mile toward the Cape Gloucester airstrip, with at least 200 Japanese killed along a river bank. Major General William H. Rupertus notes the action.
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Douglas MacArthur
2 River
William H. Rupertus
Marine Corps
Borgen Bayee
Washington Merry Go Round examines Russia ties in GOP talks
A Washington roundup notes discussions among Willkie supporters, Hoover opponents, and Dewey backers over Russia policy. It highlights signals from Hoover and New York circles as party leaders seek a candidate aligned with anti Russia sentiment. The column also references South Carolina Senator Maybank pressuring the FCC over a soldiers vote issue.
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Washington
Joan D. M. Hamilton
GOP
West
Mr. Willkie
Denver
Colorado
Willkie
Hamilton
John
Russia
Poland
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
Republican Party
Tom Deweyas
Alf Landon
Dewey
Pennsylvania
Joe Pew
Herbert Armpits
Eighth Army advances as Allied forces crack Italian fronts
From Algiers December 30 Allied reports say Eighth Army pushes one mile up the Adriatic coast from Ortona toward Pescara on a mined route. Bombers block German ports and rail lines while Fifth Army hits Mount Cersaulon near Biagio. Canadians report booby traps in Ortona. Also, Rep Harry Sheppard vows a postwar Navy unsurpassed in defense.
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Ortona
Pescara
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Cersaulon
Biagio
Nashington
Harry R. Sheppard
California
House
United States
Sheppard
Congress
More Chicken of Feathered Kind For Service Men
Washington reports the War Food Administration will limit home and hotel chicken use. Cold storage stocks exceeding 3 000 pounds are to be set aside by dealers restaurateurs processors wholesalers and retailers for Armed Services and military hospitals. The War Shipping Administration and other government buyers have struggled to meet twice monthly chicken dinner needs for the Army.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Nazi Navy Commander Out
Moscow radio reports Admiral Karl Dienitz, age 52 and submarine expert, has resigned or will resign as German Navy commander after the Scharnhorst battle. Named commander last January, his departure is viewed as signaling a broader U-boat offensive.
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London
Moscow Radio
Karl Dienitz
Reds Drive Toward Old Polish Line
Soviet First Ukraine Army under General Vatutin advances toward the 1939 frontier as German resistance weakens. Malinovsky's Third Ukraine Army drives west across the Dnieper at Zaporshe restoring control of the Dnieper Dam. Baltic Army under General Bagramian presses toward Vitebsk as Zhitomir falls to the Russian advance. Stalin hails Vatutin's gains and declares a German rout along the front.
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Red Army
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New Landing Reported On Italian West Coast Near Garigliano
Berlin broadcast cited by DNB said Allies carried out a leapfrog landing on the Italian west coast near the Garigliano mouth. The Beaches were reportedly secured with forces of the Fifth Army, and the action possibly aims at the Appian Way toward Rome. No Allied confirmation yet.
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London
DNB
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Garigliano
Fifth Army
Appian Way
Rome
Mark Clark
Gulf of Gaeta
Roosevelt Stays Home With Cold At White House
President Roosevelt remained away from his office at the White House on December 30 as doctors reported a cold in the head without fever. The day saw no new appointments and no clear schedule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Two Pills for Income Tax Headache from Notices
Washington prepares Americans for 37 million notices arriving early in the new year. Employers will list wages and 1943 withholdings while taxpayers receive 1942 and 1943 tax statements in the same envelope.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Lycomet
Lke
U. S
Sam
Berlin Hit by British Heavy Bomb Raid
Berlin endured a massive night attack with over 2400 tons of explosives and incendiaries. British Lancasters and Halifaxes led the raid supported by Canadian air units, while 20 bombers were lost and fires raged, signaling heavy damage to the Reich capital and surrounding districts.
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Berlin
Germany
RAP Aramda
France
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Tein
Reich
Navy plane with 2 officers and 4 sailors missing
Seattle December 30 The Thirteenth Naval District announces two officers and four men aboard a large Navy plane missing after taking off from the Naval Air Station on Whidby Island last Sunday. Search has been abandoned.
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Seattle
Thirteenth Naval District
Naval Air Station
Whidby Island
U S Plans Shift of All Forces to Pacific Against Japan
Admiral King says plans are ready to concentrate the full strength of the United Nations against Japan likely next year. He indicates the Pacific push could begin before Germany’s defeat and notes preparations have been under way for months. He expects continued pressure on Japan and confirms readiness to strike with carrier assets to draw out Japanese fleets.
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Admilral
Ernest King
United States
United Nations
Japan
Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Tam
Pacific
King
Saratoga
Truk
Adm
Adm. King
China
Manchuria
Burma
Two American Fliers Spot Nazi Fleet
Two American Navy pilots aboard a patrol Liberator V for Victory spotted a German flotilla of 11 destroyers in the Bay of Biscay and shadowed it for six hours. Their signals drew British ships to the scene, contributing to the sinking of three enemy destroyers on Tuesday.
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Bay of Biscay
Liewt
Stuart Johnston
Upper Darby
Hugh Greeley
Boston
Mass
Argentina
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