Air supremacy aids Arawe beachhead defense in New Britain
General MacArthur reports American air patrols broke up repeated Japanese air attacks over Arawe, with nine bombers and five fighters shot down and three probable. Allied forces consolidated gains on the Arawe peninsula after a low casualty land operation. Liberators bombed Cape Gloucester as 1,100 tons of bombs have fallen since November.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Arawe
Sixth U. S. Army
Cape Gloucester
Edward Wright
Dallas
Churchill Steers War From Red Bed In Middle East
Prime Minister Churchill continues directing Britain's war effort from his sick bed in the Middle East fighting lobar pneumonia. He has stayed in close contact with the War Cabinet and transacting urgent state business as Mrs Churchill hastily travels from England to his bedside.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Middle East
Daily Mail
England
No Foxholes Offshore Says Marine Commander Tarawa Losses Heavy
The Marine Corps commandant Lieutenant General A. A. Vandegrift testified to the Senate Naval Committee that the Tarawa attack was well planned and skillfully executed but warned future assaults would incur heavy casualties. The battle left 1,026 Americans dead and 2,557 wounded in 72 hours, and Vandegrift reminded there are no fox holes off shore and urged collective resolve toward Tokyo.
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Washington P
Senate Naval Committee
A. A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Vandegrift
Walsh
D.-Mass
Naval Committee
Tokyo
Nazi gun emplacements may have been hit
Allied air forces possibly bombed concrete emplacements from which Germany planned to shoot rocket shells into England. Unconfirmed reports from neutral European sources mention targets in northern France bombed by U S and Britain. Rumors speak of rockets weighing up to twenty tons traveling as far as a hundred miles.
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London
England
France
United States
Europe
Eight More Jap Cargo Ships Sunk
The Navy reports eight more Japanese cargo ships sunk by U S submarines in the Pacific. The tally shows Japanese ships sunk 374, probably sunk 6, damaged 114, totaling 524 against 15 submarines lost.
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Washington (P
Japan
United States
Navy
Pacific
Unclear fragment prompts local brand phrases and garbled text
Fragment reads as promotional or mixed language with brand names Utica Club Pilsner and Alp, plus garbled names and a rude exclamation. No coherent event or person details emerge to summarize into a valid news item.
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Pete Pwede
Pilsner
Gathen
Adwu
Aphiye
Roosevelt Says Churchill Worsening Yet Shows Small Improvement
President Roosevelt said he fears Prime Minister Churchill battles pneumonia in the Middle East but noted a British embassy report that Churchill had a pretty good night. A No. 10 bulletin from three staff doctors says the Prime Minister's general condition improved, though the crisis may last several days. Churchill read key war dispatches and insisted that no war plans be delayed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Middle East
Daily Mail
No. 10
Downing Street
Wartime Profits of Corporations Hit New Peaks
The Department of Commerce estimates 1943 after tax corporate profits at 3.0 billion dollars, a record high, with pre tax profits forecast between 22.0 and 23.0 billion. Nine month figures show after tax profits about 5.9 billion, up 11 percent from 1942, and pre tax profits at 16.0 billion, up 20 percent.
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Washington (P
Department of Commerce
Department
United States Treasury
Fire Damages Ford's Wayside Trade School
Sudbury Mass Fire in Henry Ford's Wayside trade school caused estimated damage of 15000 dollars yesterday. Fire Chief W E Davison gave the assessment reflecting a blaze that damaged the facility and interrupted classes.
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Ford
Wayside
Sudbury
Mass
W. £. Davison
Henry Ford
Nazi Higher Ups Admit Atrocities In War Crimes Trial
Moscow papers report a Gestapo captain and a storm troop commander testifying at Kharkov court that executions of Russian civilians and prisoners were carried out under orders. Ritz described fatal actions in Taganrog and Kharkov with hundreds of fatalities, claiming obedience to command. The trial, the first since the Moscow pledge, features multiple Germans and one Russian traitor with a Russian prosecutor and three Russian attorneys.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Russia
Britain
United States
N. K. Dunaiev
Justice Department
Hans Ritz
Ritz
Taganrog
Venteen
Mustering Out Pay Approved Christmas Gift for Vets
The Senate quickly approved a mustering out pay measure ranging from 200 to 500 dollars for service members. Those up to colonel with 18 months overseas or Alaska would get 500, others 400 for 12 to 18 months overseas, 300 for 12 months or more in the U.S., and 200 for under 12 months. Payments to be made in installments. cost estimated between 3 and 4 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Alaska
Congress
Roosevelt
Johnson
D.-Colo
Battle Rages at Kirovograd and German Attacks Abroad
London reports fierce battles as Russian and German forces clash over Kirovograd with gains and losses on both sides. Moscow states German infantry and tanks attacked, losing tanks and men, while Soviet ambushes push back. Berlin notes massive White Russia fighting that could signal a broader winter offensive.
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London
Hirovograd
Moscow
White Russia
Zhlobin
Nevel
Kirovograd
Berlin
White
Russia
Slapped Crying Baby Death in Rockford Case
Nine month old Sammy Aiello died from a brain hemorrhage yesterday. States Attorney Max Weston said Leona Lemery, 23, admitted slapping the child twice because it cried and ate on her nerves. Lemery was held in jail pending investigation.
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Rockford
Sammy Aiello
Max Weston
Leona Lemery
Lemerg
Capsizing of Cruiser Brings Death to 25 Soldiers
New Orleans reports 25 soldiers dead after a 60 foot cruiser capsized during maneuvers about ten miles offshore in Lake Pontchartrain. Eighteen wounded were taken to LaGarde General Hospital and seven to the embarkation hospital. The group of about 300 was aboard seven vessels en route to Slidell for rifle range practice.
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New Orleans
T. F. Reece
LaGarde General Hospital
Lake Pontchartrain
Easbarkation
Reece
Slidell
2Nd P
Camp Harahan
West End
Southern Yacht Club
Shoestring Invasion Allies Find Road to Rome Is No Speedway
Allied Headquarters reports 108 days of fighting in Italy with Rome far from liberation. Slow progress blamed on terrain weather and three factors including limited Italian capitulation impact. Criticism notes shoe string intrusion and partial use of forces as Germans mine lanes and flood marshes, negating rapid advances.
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Rome
Wes Gallagher
Allied
Algiers
Italy
Mediterranean
Florence
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Salerno
The
Volturno
Patton May Lead Balkan Invasion
Ankara radio quoting Turkish press predicts Lieut. Gen. George S Patton Jr’s Seventh Army will strike in a Balkan invasion. It says Allied bombings signal large scale preparations with landing barges in Sicilian ports and Patton’s Cairo trip fuels belief the Seventh Army would join the invasion in the Balkans.
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London
Ankara
George S Patton Jr
Balkan
Britain
Corsica
Sicily
Sicilian
Patton
Cairo
U. S
Balkans
Striking Busmen Return to Work in Atlanta
Striking Southeastern Greyhound bus drivers voted to resume work at 12:01 a.m. and urge the regional War Labor Board to reconsider its wage decision. Paul Styles announced the move after a meeting with the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees union. A main Florida to Midwest route was suspended as drivers and mechanics protested the pay cut under the board’s October 1 contract.
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Atlanta i
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
Regional War Labor Board
Paul Styles
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
A. F. of L
Florida
Mid-West
WLB
French Italians Battle Nazis on Italian Front
Allied forces led by American British French and Italian troops clash on the Italian front near Orsogna Ortona. German counterattacks using tanks and flame throwers are repulsed with heavy losses as mountain units arrive and the Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast.
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Almiers UP
America
Britain
France
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Russia
Sir Bernard L Mont
Orsogna-Ortona
Jury Convicts Four Men of Espionage in Newark
In a ten day federal trial in Newark, four naturalized Americans of German origin were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Judge Thomas F. Meany set January 7 for sentence, with possible penalties up to twenty years. Defendants: Friedrich Schroeder, former head of the German American Vocational League in New York. Pvt. Hans W. Koenig of Fort Dix. Carl Kranz of Rochester. and Enc H. Wedemeyer of Floral Park, New York.
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Newark
N. JL
Germany
Thomas F. Meany
Friedrich Schroeder
German-American Vocational League
New York
Hans W. Koeni
Tito declares German defeat in Balkans battles
Marshal Tito announced strong Yugoslav Partisan successes in the Balkan fight, claiming Rommel's major offensive is being halted and rail lines cut at the rear. He reported widespread German setbacks on the Yugoslav battle line and noted renewed fighting in Albania as reserves flood the region.
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London
GPI
The
Balkans
Josip Broz
Tito
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Albania
Ictory
Crop Production Tops Average For Five Years
The Agriculture Department reported final figures for the year showing total crop production fell about 6 percent below the 1942 record harvest but exceeded the average of the five prior seasons by 9 percent. Total foods output set a new record about 4 percent above last year to meet wartime needs. The report credits farmers’ longer workweeks and more Sundays despite manpower, supply, equipment shortages, and weather delays.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress approves temporary food subsidy extension
Both Houses voted for a temporary continuation of food subsidies and the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Senate favored a sixty day extension but the House approved only a 35 day reprieve until February 5. The Senate planned an unusual Saturday session to resolve the dispute as Majority Leader Barkley hinted at a possible compromise.
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Washington
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
House
Barkley
Russians Foil Nazi Plot At Tehran War Talks
President Roosevelt said Russians learned of a Nazi assassination plan against him. Churchill and Stalin met in Tehran for pivotal war conferences. He described lodging in the Russian embassy area to avoid gaps in talks, noting air routes were vulnerable to German planes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Teheran
Stalin
Middle East
Roosevelt says Stalin akin to himself in press conference
President Roosevelt described Premier Stalin as a realist type during a nearly hour long press conference. He praised the Teheran and Cairo talks as laying a postwar peace foundation shared by Churchill Chiang and Stalin and said no forecast on ending the European war next year. He plans a Christmas Eve address to broadcast widely.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stalin
Teheran
Cairo
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Hitler
Eisenhower to Direct Invasion from Britain report says
The Army and Navy Registers report that Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower will direct an invasion from Britain while Gen George C. Marshall remains in Washington as chief of staff. This reverses earlier plans to send Marshall to London to command Allied forces for a Europe invasion from the British Isles.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
George C. Marshall
Marshall
London
Europe
Isles
House Appropriates Farm Labor Funds Voice Vote Passes
A House action on farm labor funds was approved by voice vote, sending the measure to the Senate for consideration. The appropriation totals 33.73 million dollars to support state extension services and related programs.
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House
Aviation's 40th Birthday Celebration Marred by Snow
Aviation's fortieth birthday observance near Manteo NC was disrupted by the area’s worst snowstorm in 26 years. Maj. Gen. T. J. Hanley of the RA. F. Eastern Flying Command spoke to a small naval audience, honoring Orville and Wilbur Wright. Plans to hold events at Kitty Hawk and a large airshow were canceled due to wintry weather.
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Manteo. N. C.p!—Aviation
Wright Brothers
Navy
Auxiliary Air Station
T. J. Hanley
RA. F. Eastern Flying Command
Orville Wight
Tiether
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
Davion
Jom Broughton
Congress
Hanley
Elizabeth City
Wrights
Train Wreck Near Lumberton Attracts National Attention
Lumberton Nova Scotia families and servicemen mourn after an Atlantic Coast Line wreck leaves seventy dead. Crews continue to cut twisted steel as the Red Cross revises the toll, with 7 service members and 23 civilians confirmed dead. Tracks cleared and traffic resumed on the A C Line main trunks. Further bodies remain unaccounted as salvage operations proceed.
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Lumberton
NS. C. Ef
Red Cross
A. C. Li
Actress Grace Moore Survives Atlantic Coast Line Wreck
Opera and film star Grace Moore and her husband were among 100 survivors arriving on a relief train from a North Carolina wreck. Moore said they slept through the crash and she was jolted against a berth. She planned an air trip to Washington to perform in a symphony concert amid sailors, soldiers, and a WAVE.
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New York
Grace Moore
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
Miss. Moore
Yuslentin Parera
Washington, D. C
Plan to Tax Whisky To Be Revived
Washington report on revived plan to tax whisky to raise revenue. Senate leaders, including Senator Van Nuys, plan to add a proposal to the pending revenue bill. The measure would set a tax of nine dollars per gallon on whisky stored in government warehouses, reversing earlier Finance Committee rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
van Nuys
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Turkey for the Boys at Camp and Supper Notice
A fragmented note describes a camp gathering featuring a turkey meal. The text mentions a director and master roles tied to the event, with phrases indicating a supper served after activities. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but the core item is a turkey supper for attendees at a boys camp program.
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Chicago
Mic Oh Masaie
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