British Troops Seize Athens EAM Headquarters Commanders Theaters
British Sherman tank squads seized the left wing EAM headquarters on Constitution Square in Athens. Parachute troops forced entry and took 42 prisoners, with one British soldier killed. Snipers fired as British troops cleared the building and established control citywide amid ongoing shelling and strikes in Patras and Salonika. Prime Minister Churchill reportedly vetoed a Papandreou replacement, with Sophoulis proposing a coalition cabinet.
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Athens
EAM Party
Communist Party
Constitution Square
EAM
National Liberation Front
Eras
Britain
George Panandreou
Acropolis
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greek Liberal Party
Churchill
Papandreou
Sophoulis
Eden Defends Right to Dictate Policy
London, foreign secretary Anthony Eden asserted Britain has the right to shape governments in liberated countries. He defended vetoing Carlo Sforza as Italian foreign minister, while the United States said Italians should form their own government with no outside interference. Eden warned of future British influence and announced a Friday debate on Greece crises.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Italy
Eden
Carlo Sforza
Stettinius
United States
Sforza
Europe
Ivor Thomas
Count Sforza
Ivanhoe Bonomi
Manchester Guardian
Yorkshire Post
Darlan
North Africa
Greece
Churchill
Russia
Two Idaho Soldiers Awarded Bronze Star Medal
The War Department announced that Idaho infantrymen Corp. Walter B. Jaussi of Paris and Pvt. Victor C. Dowdle of Blackfoot have been awarded bronze star medals for their service in the war.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Corp
Walter 8. Jaussi
Paris
Pvt
Victor C. Dowdle
Blackfoot
Telephone workers halt strike after wage agreement
Memphis and Louisville long distance operators canceled a planned strike after AT&T agreed to a $5 weekly raise, raising beginners to $20 and experienced to $30. The proposal awaits War Labor Board approval, which had previously granted only $2 of the request.
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Memphis
Louisville
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
WLB
Britain Stakes Prestige in Greece Crisis as Communism Spreads
DeWitt Mackensie analyzes Britain's reluctant intervention in the Greek political turmoil and the shift of Europe toward leftist solutions. He notes Washington's hands off stance and the strategic aim to preserve British influence amid postwar power realignments and rising communism in monarchies across the continent.
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DeWitt MacKensie
Associated Press
Britain
Churchill
Athens
Washington
Balkan
Greece
Russia
Europe
John Bull
Moscow
U S Factories To Create Bigger Planes
Washington reports secret tests on oversized air giants like the B-36 as B-29s bomb Tokyo. Dr George W Lewis cites rapid aero weapon progress with B-35 B-36 B-42 tests and a expert shortage. Rear Adm W A Kitts requests 10 million dollars to boost rocket production for current combat use.
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Washington
Tokyo
House Appropriations Committee
George W. Lewis
Aeronautical Research
National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics
Lewis
W. A. Kitts
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Ships Increasing Deliveries Reach New 1944 High
Washington reports November merchant ship deliveries totaled 154 ships, nine more than October, with 1 530 660 deadweight tons. Cumulative 1944 output reached 1 532 ships and 14 986 538 DWT, a yearly record pace, including 56 military vessels and 48 Liberty ships among the totals.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Justice Files Suit For Marriage Fee
BOISE Idaho T M Roberts former justice of the peace has filed suit in small claims court against Louis W Hastings seeking five dollars for officiating at Hastings marriage on December 13 1940. The suit was filed a week before the four year statute of limitations would have outlawed such open accounts.
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Boise
T. M. Roberts
Troops Cross Lamone River to Establish Bridgehead Southwest of Faenza
British and Polish forces crossed the Lamone river near Quartolo to form a firm bridgehead against Nazi resistance. Ravenna is cleared of isolated German units with Italian patriots aiding, as the Eighth Army pushes west after Ravenna’s capture. San Michele and Piangipane lie five miles and four miles west of Ravenna respectively as the advance continues.
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Rome
Lamone River
Faenza
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Lamone
Quartolo
Rimini- Bologna
Ravenna-Godo
San Michele
Piangipane
State Department Sets New Dates For Returns
The State Department aims to have its representatives back in Copenhagen by February 1 and Prague by March 1 and Vienna by April 1. Moving into Berlin has no date set. The details came in testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on a catch-all bill.
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Washington
State Department
Copenhagen
Denmark
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Austria
House Appropriations Committee
Five German War Criminals Hanged at Maidanek Scene
A Moscow dispatch from Lublin reports five German war criminals executed for atrocities at Maidanek, Poland. The hanging occurred before about 20,000 spectators who chanted that they deserved death and denounced German evil doers.
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Moscow
Lublin
Maidanek
Poland
Half Year Since Start of Invasion of Europe
Paris reports six months since D Day as Eisenhower’s forces freed all of France except a small area. Belgium is fully liberated and part of Holland is behind allied lines while Brest to Sarreguemines advances 430 miles. Western German casualties are officially tallied at 1,150,000 with 749,294 captured.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Belgium
Holland
Brest
Sarregue
Leyte battlefront heats as 25 000 Japanese surge in Ormoc valley
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports renewed Leyte ground fighting as 25,000 Japanese in the Ormoc valley press for victory or death. American infantry with bazookas halt a Japanese drive while U S air and naval forces sink a destroyer six small freighters and a tanker in Philippine waters.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
U.S
Philippine
Limon
Luzon
Bataan
Manila
Ormoc Bay
Borneo
Sibuyan
Weather summary for Pocatello and vicinity December forecast
The U S weather bureau reports 24 hour period ending noon December 6 as partly cloudy with fog in the valley for Pocatello. Nearby stations show Idaho Falls 29 22 Dubois 28 26 trace and Butte 44 36 20.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Poratello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Trace
Butte Sereeweee
Ridge battle on Leyte leaves 1,000 Japanese dead
Bitter five day clash on Shoestring ridge near Ormoc sees 60 Japanese killed per American, trench like fighting with hand to hand combat. Supplies run low as Americans borrow rifles from the fallen. Tokyo claims air strikes on a convoy and reinforcements may arrive for future Philippines actions. Australian forces prepare to join western Pacific operations after talks with MacArthur.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Ormoco
Ormoc
U. S
Attu
Kwajelein
Tokyo
Western Pacific
Thomas A. Blamey
Leyte
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Shuttle Raids Aid China Fight Corridor Across Burma
U S fourteenth air force fighters fly shuttle raids between Yunnan front lines in China and Bur m a bases, attacking Japanese positions. The operations push from China bases into Burma, refuel and return to strike again. A separate mission saw P-51 Mustangs strafing troop trains near Langson on the Indo China border.
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Mystkyina
Burma
U. S
Fourteenth Air Force
Salween
Yunan
China
Tenth Air Force
Indo- China
Yunnan
Poseh
Kunming
Langson
Indo-China Frontier
Kwangsi Province
Idaho Soldiers Wounded In Europe Named by War Dept
The War Department lists five Idahoans wounded in action in Europe. Pvt. Clifford O. Barker of Kellogg. Pfc. Donald D. De Mott of Idaho Falls. Pvt. Albin P. Eckberg of St. Anthony. Pvt. David G. Humphrey of Swan Valley. Pfc. Gilbert Van Every of Rupert.
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Washington
War Department
Idaho
Clifford O. Barker
Robert C. Barker
Kellogg
Donald D. de Mott
Armba M. de Mott
Idaho Falls
Albin P. Eckberg
Irene Eckberg
St. Anthony
David G. Humphrey
Frank F. Humphrey
Swan Valley
Swan Valley, Pfc
Gilbert van Every
Jay V. van Every
Rupert
Play Proves Fatal in Columbus Boy Burn Death
In Columbus Georgia nine year old Ernest Bell died from burns after a game of cowboys and Indians. Police officer J W Wills said a report cited boys playing and a 10 year old starting a grass blaze. Bell’s clothing caught fire and Jack King aged 16 freed him too late. The incident ended in a fatal fire connected to a game.
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Columbus
Ernest Bell
J. W. Wills
Young Bell
Wills
Jack King
Japan signals third year of struggle on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Tokyo radio propaganda on the eve of Pearl Harbor's third anniversary forecast a total offensive in the fourth year. The FCC recorded the broadcast stating Nippon would press ahead as the enemy's push in China and the Philippines stalled in what it calls Japan’s inner defense sphere.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Pearl Harbor
Nippon
Federal Communications Commission
China
Philippines
Soviet Sweep Near Austrian Border Claims New Bridgehead
Soviet tanks pushed around Lake Balaton and crossed the Danube near Budapest, forming a bridgehead at Csepel island and advancing toward the north and northwest. Berlin reports say the main blows occurred between the Danube and Balaton, threatening Zagreb's rear lines and bringing Marcali under Soviet control.
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London
Balaton
Moscow
Budapest
Germany
Berlin
Danube
Csepel
Brest
Lake Balaton
Austria
Zagreb
Marcali
Berlin Denies Reports on Hitler Health Control
A Berlin radio for foreign listeners rejected claims that Hitler is incapacitated or out of control. It asserted Hitler remains in the best health and fully directs military and political affairs, despite Allied speculation and German reports suggesting Junkers generals direct strategy.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Junkers
Army Closing Distance to Saar Capital
Allied forces push toward Saarbrucken as Patton’s troops breach the Siegfried line and cross the Saar at multiple points. Texans of the 90th Infantry seize new river crossings near Merzig and Saarlautern while the German defense contracts around the Saarland capital.
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Aachen
Luchem
Brandenberg
Saar
Saarlautern
Maas River
Venlo
Paris
Saar River
Saaregue
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Merzig
Invested Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton
90Th
Hitler
Patton
U.S. Seventh Army
Lorraine
Karlsruhe
Ond
Supreme Headquarters
Sarre Union
Roer
Cologne
Ninth Army
Bergstein
Hurtgen Forest
Karlsbrunn Forest
War With Japan to Cost Nation 71 Billion Annually
Lt General Somervell warned the conflict with Japan will require enormous munitions and manpower after Germany falls, predicting annual costs of 71 billion dollars and urging a production surge. He cited vast European and Pacific demands and noted weapons now rolling faster than production can keep up.
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New York
Germany
Stefon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
National Association of Manufacturers
Pacific
Europe
Japan
Aachen
Wile
Ieee
Ee Somervell
J. A. Brug
Poostcion
Realszie
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Justice
Third Army
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