Warning of Huge Casualties Shocks Washington
An anonymous official warns of tremendous American battle losses in three days and predicts US casualties could triple in three months, pushing totals beyond 480,000. The remark, questioned by War and Navy departments, hints at a likely European invasion within weeks and intensified Pacific actions. Officials fear home-front complacency and may release toned-down film records of Tarawa conquest.
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Washington
United States
Criro
War and Navy Departments
Pacific
Roosevelt
Tarawa Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Army
Navy
Public sees unexpurgated battle films and war lessons
Executives believe unexpurgated battle films would teach the cost of war and courage of American fighters. Roosevelt may address the nation and armed forces again Friday on the long, difficult road to victory. Advisers think a collapse in Germany hinges on costly Allied casualties, lessons drawn from Tarawa. German fortifications around Europe are stronger, with heavier casualties expected.
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Roosevelt
Agai
Germany
Tarawa
Washington
Odds Against Rocket Landing 4 Continued From Page
The piece discusses the fear of rocket attacks on London and the belief that rockets, fired from open chutes, are unlikely to hit central areas like Piccadilly Circus. Public sentiment is casual and uncertain with some who have lived through the blitz dismissive, while others worry about random danger. The excerpt ends with a cafe conversation about Christmas turkey and whisky.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Onions Scarce As Rationing Bites Army Camps
Onion supplies are tight locally as rationing hits markets. Dealers ration limited imports and some offer small bags at a premium tied to other vegetables. An onion shortage follows from exhausted homegrown stocks and war time controls. Western shippers say higher costs and labor shortages would force losses without ceiling relief.
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Hagerstown
Willis Named On NEA Committee
Benjamin C. Willis superintendent of schools of Washington county was appointed to the National Education Association academic freedom committee. The announcement came from NEA president Mrs Edith B Joynes in Washington. The panel investigates and clarifies criticisms of teachers and textbook content for laymen and educators.
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Benjamin C. Willis
Washington County
National Education Association
Washington
Edith B. Joynes
NEA
Willis
Roosevelts Plan Holiday At Home
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will spend Christmas at Hyde Park for the first time since 1983. Two sons will be home from the war. gifts will be shared without ribbons. A Yuletide broadcast from Hyde Park links to the White House tree ceremony and Dickens reading with family guests.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Aires
Hudson River
Tady
Harry Hooker
Trude Pratt
Soviets Break German Tank Drive Near Vitebsk
Soviet forces in two Kiev bulge sectors reported heavy fighting as they halted a ferocious German tank thrust. About 95 German tanks were destroyed and roughly 2,000 soldiers killed in the engagements toward the Lavian border. Bagramian’s veteran forces closed on Deredok along the Nevel Vitebsk line, crossing a water barrier and seizing villages despite renewed German resistance.
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Russia
Vitebsk
Gomel
Constantine Rokossovsky
Deredok
Nevel
Moscow
London
Bagramian
No Reports Of Shoplifting In Maryland This Season
Reports show no shoplifting incidents in Hagerstown through last night as cash in circulation rises. Police credit the trend to high consumer spending and merchants’ reluctance to report theft during a strong Christmas season. Baltimore figures mirror this, with 53 shoplifting cases in November and 31 arrests so far this month.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Baltimore City
Fire forces five families from homes today
A house fire on North Cannon Avenue displaced five families after a Wilson-Carpenter kitchen fire spread through ice encrusted rooms. Wilson, a Fairchild worker, woke to find his family safe as he carried them down from the roof. the Diffenderfers saved furnishings but property was ruined. Most families sought relief at the ration board with new slips and borrowed clothes.
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Wilson-Carpenter
Wilson
Fairchild
Ration Board
Cannon Avenue
Feel Pep and Vim With Iron Tonic Tablets ad
Men and women over 40, 50, 60 are urged to try Ostrer Tonic Tablets claiming iron and vitamins supply minimum daily requirements. The ad promises increased energy and youthfulness for those lacking iron, with introductory sizing and price offered at Rudy's Rexall Pharmacy.
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Rudy's Rexall Phar
Fire at Ber Shop Sparks Heat Flue Blaze Quelled
Fire at a ber shop was believed caused by an overheated flue. Damage was negligible and the Juniors had little difficulty extinguishing the blaze.
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Ber
Maryland CIO backs Roosevelt for a fourth term
The Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council resolved in Baltimore that Franklin D. Roosevelt should run for a fourth term as President and commander in chief. The Central CIO Executive Board adopted the sentiment at its quarterly meeting and backed a state wide labor political group to back only war platform candidates next year.
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Baltimore
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Maryland
Officials urge halting Christmas entertainments amid flu epidemic
Frederick Md December 23 Dr E C Kefauver county health officer urged churches and Sunday schools to postpone indefinitely all Christmas entertainments as influenza grippe cases rise and pneumonia develops Evangelical Reformed and Presbyterian churches have already cancelled programs to curb spread.
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Frederick
E. C. Kefauver
Frederick County
Kefauver
Allied Airmen Pierce Coast Emplacements in France
Allied air forces intensified raids on France and northwest Germany, claiming about 4,000 planes in recent days. Bombers hit coastal emplacements in France while heavy raids targeted Kiel, Bremen, Frankfurt, Mannheim-Ludwigshafen, and Berlin, with substantial losses on both sides and large-scale destruction reported in the German capital.
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Germany
U.S. Sth Air Parge
Bremen
RAF
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
U. S&s
Air Force
Kiel
Deutsche Werk Kiel A. G
Berlin
Air Ministry
London
Hamburg
England
Forest Fires Near Hancock Contained After Several Days
McCollough reported 72 hours without sleep as Tonolo way mountain fires along the Potomac River were brought under control with help from Western Maryland railway track workers and volunteers. The warden blamed dry conditions from lack of rain and warned that careless disposal of lighted matches and unattended campfires caused the outbreaks. Wildlife losses were described as heavy alongside timber loss.
Prices For Sweet Potatoes Are Frozen
The Office of Price Administration froze prices of sweet potatoes at all levels from country shippers to retailers. Effective immediately, the order comes at the request of growers and shippers. Prices will be frozen at each seller’s high for December 17 to 21, five days.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Russian paratroopers landed in Baltic states report
Stockholm dispatch says a large number of Russian parachutists have landed in the Baltic states. Leaflets urged residents to take up arms against the Germans. Afton-Tidningen quoted Riga papers noting several parachutists were seized, including 20 who mingled with a church crowd.
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Stockholm
Baltic States
Afton-Tidningen
Riga
Seized Liquor Is Ordered Returned
Pittsburgh judge voids liquor seizure warrant ruling the State Liquor Control Board unlawfully seized 82 cases and 60 bottles from Nicholas Hufnagle. The warrant was invalid for insufficient property description and no stated violation of law.
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Pittsburgh
Frank P. Patterson
Quarter Sessions Court
Llegal
Nicholas Hufnagle
State Liquor Control Board
Patterson
Hufnagle
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