Eisenhower Named Supreme Commander for Allied Invasion
Thousands of American soldiers in Britain celebrate Eisenhower's appointment as supreme commander of the cross channel invasion. The timing coincides with the Allied assault on the French coast and a projected 90 day window for U.S. troop deployment to breach Hitler's west wall.
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London
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
Europe
Eisenhower
Johnson
Colorado
Washington
United States
West Wall
Germany
Moscow
North Africa
Algiers
Henry Maitland Wilson
New Airforce for Invasion Seen
London observers anticipate a combined Allied air expeditionary force to support a second front. Lt Gen Carl A Spaatz may command strategic bombing with air cover and ground support aircraft from American and British air arms. The Observer notes such a force would include long and short range fighters, bombers, fighter bombers, recon planes, transports and troop carriers.
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London
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
Britain
Spaatz
London Sunday
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Observer
Butte Welcomes Fighting Men With Christmas Cheer
Butte residents shared warmth with Navy and Army personnel far from home during a wartime Christmas. Airport and railroad depots buzzed as volunteers handed out 1,500 gifts, 750 half pound candy boxes, fruit and treats, plus home made cookies. Music from local performers accompanied a two car load of 17 year old Navy recruits in civvies, all away from home for the first time. Donations came from women across Butte and nearby towns.
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Butte
Navy
Army
Turkey
Billy Hamilton
Frank Heffern
James Leonard
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana region
Colder Sunday and Sunday night with occasional light snow. Saturday highs around 38 and low 22. West of the Continental Divide remains cloudy and colder with snow flurries. East of the divide expects very cold Sunday with light to moderate snow and strong winds. Near zero temps in northeast and extreme east portions.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Interpreting The War News from Associated Press
The piece surveys Roosevelt’s ominous talk of stern offensives against Germany and Japan, noting a reshaped Allied command and hints of near-future success in Europe and the Pacific. It discusses Marshall, MacArthur, and Nimitz, Quebec decisions revised by new wartime developments, and the shifting war outlook across theaters.
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Associated Press
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Axis Fellowship
Europe
Pacific
European
Mediterranean
General Eisenhower
Mr. Roosevelt
General Marshall
General MacArthur
Nimitz
Quebec
Marshall
Asia
Russia
Teheran
Japs Indicate New Allied Landings at Cape Gloucester
Japanese radio indicates American forces landed in the Cape Gloucester area of northwestern New Britain opposite Arawe. Tokyo broadcast cited by United Press says bombers hit Cape Gloucester at dawn December 24. MacArthur said Allied planes raided the Cape Gloucester sector for the 11th straight day with over 1500 tons of bombs dropped, seen as an invasion prelude.
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New Britain
Arawe
Tokyo
United Press
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Allied Air Offensive Weighs On Rabaul and New Britain
Allied airmen and planes struck Cape Gloucester and Rabaul on New Britain, delivering 360 tons of bombs and forcing enemy losses. Four Allied fighters fell in the Rabaul raid as Australian forces advance toward Wandakai near Finschhafen on New Guinea.
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New Britain
South Pacific
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New Guinea
Wandakai
Finschhafen
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Solomons
Cape Torokina
Bougainville
Yanks in Indo China Suspect Santa Torpedoed Gifts
In New Delhi on December 24 delayed reports say only two small batches of Christmas packages reached the India China theater. American GIs joked that Santa Claus must have been torpedoed while delivering gifts, as officers noted the sparse deliveries and hoped more packages would arrive after Christmas.
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New Delhi
India- China
Demands voiced by Jinnah in All-Indian Moslem League meeting
Karachi December 25. Mahomed Ali Jinnah president of the All-Indian Moslem League demanded the British leave India. He declared that the party would never rest content until it seized territories belonging to India and ruled over them.
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Karachi
India
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
League
Steel Workers Threaten Industry With Paralyzing Strike
About 350 000 steel workers in Cleveland and Pittsburgh threaten a nationwide work stoppage over wage terms as existing contracts expire. The move comes amid stalled railroad negotiations and a threat to seize rail lines if talks fail. A six day packing house strike in San Francisco worsens meat supplies.
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Roosevelt
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Francis Biddle
San Francisco
Germans Bolster Fighting Forces In Yugoslavia Front
London reports Germany added reinforcements to Yugoslavia as part of a sixth major offensive while Tito's partisans claimed to hold off assaults and strike counterattacks across Bosnia Herzegovina Dalmatia and Croatia. Tito said 14 German divisions faced his guerrillas as five fresh divisions arrived from Greece and Albania and heavy losses were reported on the Bosnian fronts. A Yugoslav regular army officer in Cairo forecast no general counterattack until Allied invasion, citing deep Tito Mihailovic tensions.
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London
Germany
Yugoslavia
Army of Liberation
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Hercegovina
Dalmatia
Croatia
Balkans
Mihailovic
Holiday weekend traffic deaths rise across states
Traffic fatalities dominated the holiday weekend death toll with California reporting 23, New York 19 and Illinois 17. State tallies show 23 California traffic deaths and a regional spread of 3 to 16 per state across the nation as Christmas week ends approached.
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Associated Press
California
New York
Illinois
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Coal Production Falls in Week Off Washington
Interior Secretary Ickes reported that soft coal output dropped to 12,175,000 tons last week after surpassing 13,000,000 tons the prior week. He attributed the decline largely to the influenza epidemic.
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Washington
Ickes
Taken by Death Charles E Jewett Dies at 77
Charles E. Jewett, 77, longtime Santa Fe railroad employee and former tax agent in Los Angeles, died Saturday. He served the company for over 50 years and was tax agent here for 40 years before retiring in 1933.
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Los Angeles
Charles E. Jewett
Santa Fe Railroad
Grim Battle Is Raging on Italian Front
Allied reports from Algiers on December 25 describe Canadian troops using Molotov cocktails and grenades to push German forces from Ortona on the Adriatic. The American Fifth Army took two hill positions near Acquafondola, while torpedo boats damaged the German cruiser Dalmacija off Silba island.
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Ortona
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Italy
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Pescara
Acquafondola
Dalmacija
Silba Island
Zara
Pola
Hopkins Denies Writing Letter About Willkie Nomination
Harry L. Hopkins, close to President Roosevelt, denies writing a letter predicting Wendell Willkie would be the next Republican nominee. The claim appears in C. Nelson Sparks’s book and sparked a proposed Senate investigation by Senator Langer, though leading senators doubt it will occur.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Senator Connally
Texas
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Senate
Langer
R-N. D
Strongholds of Japs Battered on Pacific Raids
U S Navy Ventura bombers struck Nauru and other Pacific targets at dusk Christmas Eve, igniting fires in Japanese installations. Seventh Air Force Liberators hit Wotje while battling about 35 enemy planes. Nauru, occupied since early war, endured its ninth assault with carrier and land based planes. One Ventura was lost.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
U. S. Navy
Japan
mid-Pacific
Island of Nature
Chester W Nimitz
Central Pacific
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Wotje
Nauru
Fleet Air Wing No. 2
Equator
Construction begins on two 45,000-ton Navy carriers
Washington reports two of the Navy's new 45,000-ton super aircraft carriers have started, with the keel laid at Newport News and New York Navy Yard. Secretary Knox had announced three carriers would be built, two this year and the third next year, to carry twin-engined bombers as part of the regular air group.
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Wshington
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
New York Navy Yard
Frank Knox
Reduced Tax Program Said Goal is G O P Wins Control of Congress
Rep Knutson of Minnesota says Republicans would push reduced taxes on corporations and individuals as a postwar aim if they gain control of Congress. He also urges regulatory legislation to stagger war bond repayment to avoid economic chaos and inflation, noting tax cuts depend on victory in Europe and lower military spending.
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G.O.P
Congress
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Minnesota
Revenue-Raising Committee
Europe
Tanks Engage in Conflict West of Kiev
Soviet forces reported major advances near Vitebsk as they cut the Vitebsk Polotsk supply highway and captured hundreds of communities. Moscow claimed 2000 German dead and 600 prisoners with a Red Army push toward Vitebsk while Berlin said Ukraine operations resumed west of Kiev.
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London
Vitebsk-Polotsk
Vitebsk
White Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Ukraine
Kiev
Ivan Bagramian
Nevel
Zaluchye
Gorodok
Vitebsk- Polotsk
Polotsk
Marine Figures Odds in Battle
A Bougainville foxhole scene shows a Marine calculating odds of being hit during a night warning. He estimates a 1 in 12,500 chance per bomb despite the danger, then turns over and sleeps as the siren ends.
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Bougainville
Precautions Taken by Defense Bodies on Christmas Eve
Eastern Defense command said military and civilian agencies mounted protective measures along the Atlantic coast on Christmas Eve after receiving a report that a sneak air attack might be attempted on Christmas Day.
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New York
Eastern Defense Command
Atlantic
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