Third Army presses Saarland as Saarbrucken nears danger
Allied forces led by General Patton battered across the Saar River and reached Saarbrucken while pressuring the Siegfried Line. Texans of the 90th Infantry crossed in assault boats near Merzig and Saarlautern as U.S. forces advanced toward the border coal region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Pittsburg
Saarland
James M. Long
Paris
Third
Saar River
Saarbrucken
Pittsburgh
Merzig
Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton
90Th
Saar
Hitler
Patton
U. S. Seventh Army
Lorraine
Karlsruhe
Saar-lautern
Cologne
Bergstein
Hurtgen Forest
Roer
Karlsbrunn
Sarreguemiles
35Th
Sarregue
Germany
Fourth Armored
Roer River
U. S. First Army
Dank Hurtgen Forest
U.S. Third Army
Saar Valley
Roden
Russian armored columns close on Austria as Budapest threat grows
Russian forces under Marshal Tolbukhin pushed across western Hungary toward the Austrian border after seizing near Lake Balaton. Units from the Third Ukranian Army stabbed toward Nagykanizsa and pressed around Budapest and Zagreb, with reports of a new bridgehead near Csepel and continued moves threatening the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Austria
Lake Balaton
Hungary
Reich
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Nagykanitsa
Yugoslavia
Tolbukhin
Budapest
Zagreb
Croatia
Berlin
Red Army
Csepel Teland
Danube
Drava
Marshal Tito
Tulbukhin
Szekesfehervar
Atlanta prison rebellion reported ongoing unrest
Officials said long term inmates still controlled a segregation unit at Atlanta Federal Prison with no force used to break up the revolt. Fort McPherson troops appeared briefly for target practice, while four junior officers remained hostages as negotiations continued.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Prison
Fort McPherson
Ft. McPherson
James V. Bennett
Unions
Washington
Bennett
Joseph W. Sanford
Reno H. Townsend
Arlin Harper
John W. Baconan
Rifles From Dead Borrowed In Leyte Battle
In Leyte Island fighting 1000 Japanese were killed as U S troops on Shoe String Ridge held off assaults by the 26th division. American units reportedly borrowed rifles and ammo from dead and wounded as fierce eight hour clashes and hand to hand fighting continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Philippines
Ormoc
Attu
Kwajelein
Tokyo
Rabaul
New Britain
U. S. Tenth Air Force
Bhamo
Burma
Japan
China
Kweiyang
Twangking
Pachai
Tushan
British Interference in Athens Aims to Preserve Monarchy
Associated Press analysis argues Britain's Greece intervention seeks to shield monarchies from Communism amid strategic pressure from Russia and shifting European power, signaling a broader prewar tension. The piece frames Greece as a flashpoint at the Dardanelles and a preview of continent-wide upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Balkan
Greece
Russia
Europe
Britain
John Bull
Moscow
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Artillery Still Rationed On Western Front
With the U S Ninth Army in Germany the article notes ongoing ammunition shortages despite overall supply gains. Large caliber munitions production dipped after temporary adjustments, and rations persist during lull periods as wartime demands and shifting priorities strain stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
High Command
Britain
America
North Africa
Arnall Says He Will Run Again If Home Rule Needs Support
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall said he would consider running for re election in 1946 if no candidate would champion home rule for counties and municipalities. He spoke after addressing the Georgia Municipal Association and noted the constitution revision commission plans to reconvene to review home rule and civil service provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnall
Atlanta
Dee. 6
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Georgia Municipal Association
Crmson Beard
Eden Defends British Acts in Athens Area
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden asserting Britain is within its rights in shaping postwar governments, opposing the US stance of hands-off policy in Italy. He defended Britain vetoing Carlo Sforza as Italian foreign minister as a matter of principle, amid mixed reactions in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Athens
James F. King
London
Anthony Don
Britain
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Stettinius
United States
Sforza
Che Ta Hane
Conquest of Japan War Cost Seen by Somervell
General Brehon Somervell told the National Association of Manufacturers that the conquest of Japan will cost about 71 billion dollars annually after Germany defeated. He urged upsurge in production and warned munitions demand is rising faster than supply as Geto trains fresh troops for Pacific pushes.
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New York
Crormany m
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
National Association of Manufacturers
Pacific
Europe
Somerveil
Japan
Geto
Germany
British troops seize left wing HQ in Athens amid spreading fighting
In Athens British Sherman tanks and troops stormed the left wing EAM headquarters as fighting widened across the city. A British soldier and a Vlas soldier were killed, and snipers and shelling continued around landmarks including the Acropolis. The clash follows a mutiny charge by EAM forces amid political moves toward a coalition government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
New Move
Stephen Barber
EAM
FAM
National Hberation Front
Bam
Vlas
Trent
Fiphtine
Hadrian’s Gate
Avcroft
Acropolis
R. M. Scobie
Elastrops
Plakka
Piraeus
Elas
ZAM
National Liberation Front Party
Ito
RAF
Scobie
Themistocles Sophoulis
Greek Liberal Party
Churchill
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Sophoulis
Rayon and synthetic fibers may replace cotton goods
A spokesman warned that rayon and synthetic fibers threaten to push cotton from U.S. markets. Dr Claudis T Murchison of the Cotton Textile Institute testified that synthetics already cut into cotton trade and unless cotton is priced competitively, mills may shift largely to rayons before postwar planning committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Claudis T. Murchison
Cotton Textile Institute of New York
Murchison
Rep
Paca
Crard
Truscott Named New Commander of U.S. Fifth Army
Lt Gen Lucian K Truscott Jr aged 49 appointed recommander of the U S Fifth Army succeeding Lt Gen Mark W Clark who moves to lead the 15th Army group Clark replaces Sir Harold Alexander as Allied ground forces chief in the Mediterranean McNarney announces the changes Truscott who hailed from Chatfield Texas helped plan Dieppe and led Ranger units and raids in North Africa and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Anzio
France
U. S. Fifth Army
Truscott
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Clark
Italy
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Britain
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Dieppe
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Saarbru
U.S. 9Th Army
Luxembourg
Zeon Karthaus
Ving
Nancy
Thenfeld Germany
Niederzert
SV. Avold
Lebach
Er Namborn
Skarbrucken
Phatsbourn
Dewitt MacKenzie
U.S. Fifth Army
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Eisenhower
Third Infantry
Chatfield
Texas
Luttelhouse
Signal Corps
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