Raid on Berlin by RAF Lancasters Leaves 30 Bombers Lost
London reported that over Berlin a strong RAF Lancasters force dropped more than 1,500 long tons of explosives in the sixth raid in a month. Thirty bombers were lost, and a reconnaissance plane later noted large fires and smoke. Mosquitos and other British aircraft attacked targets in western Germany and northern France while mines were laid in enemy waters. Swedish reports said foreign journalists in Berlin were forbidden from describing the raid.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Germany
France
Stockholm
Defenses of Berlin Caught Flat-Footed
Stockholm reports Berlin again struck by RAF raid with tremendous fires lighting the sky. Berlin defenses were taken by surprise as sirens sounded and residents hurried for cover, marking a shift after two weeks of quiet.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Increase In No Heat Complaints Reported In Hagers Town
The Hagers town Area Rent Control Office reported a rise in complaints about inadequate heat over the past three days. It will mail warning letters to landlords as the first step, then pursue further action if curbs are not met. The office says excuses about coal shortages are no longer tenable.
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Hagerstown
Rent Control Office
Goebbels Plans Bleak Christmas For German Families
Stockholm dispatch reports Propaganda chief Goebbels gears a war-weary nation toward a stark Christmas. With ruins, executions, and shortages, major papers acknowledge a grim season as the regime promises each child a toy and a home-made gift amid a fifth year of hardship.
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Stockholm
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Voelkischer Beobachter
Rheinisch West-Faelische Zeitung
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
70 Dead Toll Of Railway Wreck
Lumberton North Carolina December 17 The toll in the southeast s worst railroad disaster rose to 70 as wreckers labored to free victims from four stacked passenger cars on the Atlantic Coast Line mainline from New York to Florida A civilian body was recovered and eight more are believed trapped in the cars The wrecks are the worst southeast wreck since 1926 and compare with other historic U S rail disasters as workers continued through the night to pry apart the jammed cars.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Florida
Red Cross
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
Southeastern Seaboard
Rockmart
Nashville, Tenn
Russians Gain Upper Hand In Kiev Bulge
Moscow reports Gen. Vatutin's 1st Ukraine Army has won the upper hand west of Kiev after five weeks of fighting. Counter-attacks dislodged Germans from several settlements in the Terev river sector and allowed a renewed push toward Radomysl. Simultaneously Gen. Konev's 2nd Ukraine Army pressed toward Smela and Kirovograd, with Soviet forces reportedly killing 900 Germans and seizing material in renewed drives.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
1St
Ukraine
Kiev
Terev River
Vatutin
Radomysl
Fritz von Mannstein
Korosten-Kiev
Zhitomir-Kiev
Smela
Kirovograd
Kremenchug
White Russia
Nevel
Krichev
Mogilev
Zhlobin
von Mannstein
Two Of Three Wives Present At Conviction
Kansas City dated report says jurors convicted Thomas Robertson of bigamy on his eighteenth birthday after prayers for guidance. Wife No 3 Mina Frances Pugh Robertson, 18, showed nerves, while Wife No 2 Lucile Emily Miller Robertson, 17, hid her face. Wife No 1 Katherine Norris Robertson, 20, left after closing arguments. Sentencing set for today.
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Kansas
City
Thomas Robertson
Mina Frances Pugh Robertson
Lucile Emily Miller Robertson
Katherine Norris Robertson
Annual Party of Organization Club Called Off Again
The Democratic Club cancels its annual Christmas Party due to war flu food shortages and shift work at war production plants. Leaders say these are no times for frivolity but for serious thinking and all out effort to win the war.
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Democratic Club
Where Did He Get That Liquor
Washington liquor dealer faced a Senate committee inquiry over an 8000 bottle ad amid national scarcity. Chairman Van Nuys pressed witnesses to explain how liquor reached firms and cities, as WPB and defense groups testified on potential temporary production to avert rationing.
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Senate
Washington
van Nuys
D-Ind
Samuel Horwitz
Cleveland
Allerton
War Production Board
WPB
War Food Administration
Defense Supplies Corporation
End Of Frigid Spell Forecast Ends
Western Maryland braces as sub zero spell ends with warmer outlook tomorrow. Washington county records 13 above today, 11 above yesterday, says Keeodyville observer J A Miller. He warns a heavy rainfall over months is needed to revive underground streams and springs in the Keedysville area. Hagerstown relies on mountain reservoirs for about ten percent of water and may face cut off if rain does not come within a week.
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Maryland
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Hitler Dismisses Officers as Revolt Rumors Spread
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler moving to dismiss numerous high ranking officers amid alleged insubordination and negligence. The informant notes wholesale firings along the eastern front and in occupied territories, following earlier Stockholm mentions of Falkenhausen’s Belgium command and Rommel replacing Runstedt on the western front.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Stockholm
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Erwin Rommel
Karl Rudiof Gerd von Runstedt
Western Front
Restricted War Film For War Workers Only
A War Department film showing American troops in action on Pacific islands will be shown to Fairchild workers only on Monday afternoon and evening December 20 at the Franklin Court auditorium. Scenes include Rendova Island assault and Army truck assembly with frontline gunfire. workers must wear badges to be admitted.
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War Department
Pacific Islands
Fairchild
Franklin Court Auditorium
Rendova Island
Acting Leader May Take Over Churchill Role
London reports improving condition of Prime Minister Churchill after second pneumonia attack in ten months. A potential long recuperation is seen, with Britain’s war cabinet expected to name an acting leader in his absence. Daily bulletin notes general improvement and care by three physicians, including a heart specialist, as nation awaits further updates.
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London
Churchill
Britain
War Cabinet
Middle East
No. 10
Downing Street
Submarine Campaign Totals Reach 374 Vessels Sunk
United States submarines in the Pacific report eight more Japanese cargo ships sunk bringing the total sunk to 374 since the war began. Overall, submarines have sunk probably sunk or damaged five thousand five hundred twenty four Japanese vessels, including fighting ships and merchantmen. today’s update also lists 36 probably sunk and 114 damaged.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Old Style Angler Tags Returning for 1944 Season
Frank L Bentz secretary to the Staite Conservation Commission informs Clerk Edward Oswald that enough metal was released to return to the original style angler badges this coming year. The county's 1944 supply will be shipped shortly and old badges plus blank licenses should be returned for checking. The 1944 fishing season does not open until February.
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Frank L. Bentz
Staite
Mrs C Edward Heard Injured In Potomac Home Fall
Mrs C Edward Heard of Potomac Avenue was taken to Washington County Hospital after fracturing her hip in a fall at her home last night.
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C. Edward Heard
Potomac Avenue
Washington County Hospital
American Troops Consolidate Positions On Pivotal Island
Washington dispatch notes the shift in World War II strategy as US forces move to frontal assaults on Rabaul and planned operations in the Marshall Islands and Kuriles. The piece contrasts costly Tarawa gains with expected higher future blood costs, signaling a turning point in combat tactics and wider European campaigns.
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Pivotal Island
Aerial Photo Puzzle Leads to WAC Barracks
Major Cameron Coffman conducting a photo reading test places his finger on an aerial photo and offers a beer to the first man to identify the spot. A member of the 171st Engineers correctly identifies the location as the WAC barracks. The major buys the round.
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Camp Carson
Colo
Cameron Coffman
171St Engineers
WAC
Yugoslavs Give Nazis Setback
A Tito war bulletin announces a spectacular defeat of a German annihilation offensive against Yugoslav guerrillas. Nazi and satellite forces suffered defeats and retreated in many sectors as Tito’s fiercely fighting guerrillas driven by Allied air support curb German advances. Continued details published on Page 12.
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London
Josip Broz (Tito
Tito
Cairo
French Troops Defeat Germans in Italian mountains
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports French troops, now fully re equipped with American gear, made successful attacks in Central Italy. They seized key German hill positions, captured prisoners, and surprised Germans with their action after moving to the front alongside British and American forces.
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Algiers
Italy
Tunisia
Cpl. McAdams Awarded Good Conduct Medal
Cpl. George R. McAdams has received the United States Good Conduct Medal and Ribbon for devotion to duty efficiency and meritorious conduct. He served sixteen months overseas and has been in the Solomon Islands area for the past year as War Department reports reach his parents Mr and Mrs M L Mc Adams.
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Cpl
George R. McAdams
United States Good Conduct
War Department
M. L. McAdams
Dunn Irvin
Cal. McAdams
Solomon Islands
Perfect Man Of Future Living To Be 125 Years Old
Chicago analyst Dr. James Shelby Thomas foresees dramatic future living changes. He predicts a 6 ft 3 in perfect man who never grows gray or fat and may live to 125, with rapid medical and dietary advances. He also envisions affordable housing, unbreakable glass plumbing, noise transforming filters, and redecoratable living rooms via button press.
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Chicago
James Shelby Thomas
Thomas
Clarkson(n.y.) College of Technology
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
University of Chicago
American Chemical Society
Invaders Take Arawe Peninsula in New Britain
American forces on the Arawe peninsula of New Britain Island consolidated positions after landing on Wednesday. The air force repelled several Japanese air attacks as naval bombardment and ground assault secured a strategic southern entrance to Vitiaz and Dampier straits, aiding the Allies’ advance in the Southwest Pacific.
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MacArthur
HDQS
New Guinea
Arawe
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
Jullian Cunningham
6Th Army
Walter Krueger
Vitiaz
Dampier Straits
FDR Back Home Amid Roaring Reception And Haircut Hint
President Roosevelt returns to the White House from the Middle East to a boisterous welcome by Cabinet members and lawmakers. He plans to report on Cairo and Tehran later, delaying a Capitol Hill appearance until his annual message. Barkley notes a worldwide hookup is planned the night before Christmas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Middle East
Executive Mansion
Capitol Hill
Cairo
Teheran
Rayburn
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Two Damage Suits Marked Settled in Cumberland Death Case
Two damage suits arising from the death of George H. Miller of Cumberland were moved for trial in this county and today marked agreed settled and satisfied. Miller was killed August 20 1942 when his car was struck at a Baltimore and Ohio crossing. Plaintiffs were his parents Charles and Carrie Miller and administrator Albert A. Dond Jr demanding 155.06.
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George H. Miller
Cumberland
Miller
Baltimore and Ohio
Charles and
Carrie Miller
Albert A. Dond, Jr
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Goebbels
Ivan 8S. Konev
2Nd Ukraine
Cherkasy
Hitler
Carmela S. Topazio
Yonker
FBI
Joseph J. Topazio
U. S
Rabaul
Tarawa Island
Europe
Marshall Islands
Aleutians
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Pri
Cpl. McAdams
Daniel Barbey
First Army
Tale Onty
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