Churchill Warns Axis Allies Now In High Gear
Prime Minister Churchill urged Germany and Japan to capitulate now while declaring military solidarity among the Allies. He spoke of unconditional surrender and warned the costs of continued resistance would be far harsher for the Axis in 1945. He praised American and British efforts in the Ardennes and outlined Britain’s aims and postwar hopes.
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Churchill
Axis
London
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Honoe of Commons
Greece
Yugoslavia
Waly
Britain
Ardennes
Nowhat
Bulge
Five Minute Inauguration Talk Planned
Washington prepares a wartime inaugural event with a 20 minute ceremony and a five minute speech by President Roosevelt aiming for about 500 words. The White House meets to finish last minute details while press credentials go out and two social functions are outlined. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is invited but not expected to attend. 190 guests expected at the luncheon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mrr
White House
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Ata
Electoral College
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
OPA
War Food Administration
Juste
OFA
WEA
Nazis Pray Reds Will Tire Before Reaching Berlin
Berlin broadcasts warn the Russian winter offensive has reached Germany’s border as German leaders hope the drive stalls. Berlin radio and the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung describe German attempts to withstand and counter the Soviet push while seeking to preserve a fighting force for a later spring offensive.
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Berlin
London
Poland
Germany
Treasozean Agency
Deutsche Algemeine Zeitung
British Push Nazis Back Across Border
British Second Army with American heavy artillery gains two and a half miles and overruns four towns on a 28 mile western front toward the Rhine. U S Third Army opens assault in northern Luxembourg, crosses the Sure River, and pushes into Diekirch Bettendorf. Hodges’ First Army advances near Luxembourg City while Patton’s forces clash with German defenders along the Saar region and Alsace.
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Pasis
Germany
Rhines
U S
Luxembourg
Rarajan
George 5
Patton
Jan Diekirch
Furiles
Luxembourg City
Bettendorf
Geo. Courtney H. Hodges
Su Vith
Saar
Tanke Agaigee
Rhine
France
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Herheim
Sessemheims
Svedler
Alsatian
Maginot
General Frederic W. Castle Killed in Liege Belgium Sky Battle
Brig. Gen. Frederic W. Castle former Flying Colonel and commander of a red air wing in the Third Air Division died Dec 22 when his Fortress was shot down by seven Messerschmitts over Belgium. He refused to jettison bombs to save the crew, guided the bail out, and died with the craft exploding after reaching 1,200 feet. Castle, 36, a Washington, D. C. resident, had completed thirty eight combat flights and was a pioneer of the Eighth Air Force.
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London
Frederick W. Castle
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Liege-Belgium
Castle
Washington, D. C
Jame
Belgium
Allied Airmen Aid Red Push Over Silesia Reported
Allied bomber forces ranged over Upper and Lower Silesia last night as RAF units supported the Russian front by hammering enemy supply lines. Lancasters likely came from England with some Italian bases also contributing.
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London
Gernah
Upper
Silesia
R.a.fl
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Silesin
England
Britain
Kaiserlauten
Saar Front
Haiti
Tialiany
French Train Wreck Kills 120 Injures 200 at Saint-Valery
A railroad disaster near Dieppe France killed 120 people and injured 200 as a train went out of control down a steep incline and crashed into a station. Several American troops were aboard, officials said, though casualty details were not confirmed.
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Dieppe
France
OPI
Saint-Valery-en- Caux
Here
Yank Losses Up 74 788 In 31 Days
American casualties in Europe rose sharply across December as the Western Front faced a heavy German winter offensive. Official figures show 332 922 total American dead wounded and missing since D Day through the 31 days, with 70 009 casualties from D Day to the fall of St Lo. The Belgian Bulge battle added about 40 000 casualties, while the Seventh Army reported 40 683 casualties from D Day to Jan 15. The French First Army also suffered, with combined Allied losses totaling in the hundreds of thousands against German strength.
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Supreme Headquarters
Paris
UPI
Normandy
Europe
War Department
D-Day
St. Lo
Belgian Bulge
Aachen Gap
Saar
France
Gereman Palatinate
Stimson
Washington
Bulge
Sixth Army Group
Seventh Army
Congress Debates Salary Increase and House Modernization
Washington lawmakers discussed raising iPr pay for Congress members and expanding an allowance tied to quarterly tax payments. Rep McCormack and Rep Veroni offered opposing views on pay versus spending cuts while a committee to study modernization was proposed by Rep Monzeni.
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Washington
iPr
Congress
Rep. McCormack
D.muss
House
Veornis
D-Cal
Pales Rdas
Senatoret
Monzen Id- Oxia
Nazi Propagandists Appeal to Split Allied Troops
An Allied intelligence report notes a Nazi propaganda piece circulated to Americans claiming Europe is a lost cause. The article, attributed to a War Correspondent John W. Robertson and allegedly from the New York Herald Tribune, urged U.S. troops to abandon Europe and focus on seizing British and Japanese territories in the Far East.
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Paris
Europe
Far East
New York
Herald: Tribune
John W. Robertson
Us & AL
MacArthur Scores Gains Against Stiff Jap Defenses
American troops using mobile columns smashed Japanese positions to capture Urdeneta and nearby towns on Luzon central plain. Seventh Fleet ships bombarded Rosario aiding break of resistance as Yanks push toward Aguo and Lingayen airfield, while Allied aircraft strike Luzon roads and airstrips and attack Formosa and Japanese positions across the western Pacific.
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Associated Press
Mamita
Seventh Fleet
Rosario
Aguo
Benguet Mountains
Lingayen
White House Labels Dog Transport Decision an Error
The White House says Elfie Roosevelt’s large mastiff flight trip was a regrettable error with no staffers involved in prioritizing the dog. Secretary Stimson and Maj. Gen. George said the incident was an error of judgement and procedures will change, but no culprit was named.
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Washington
White House
Elfiett Roosevelt
Stephen Barty
Memphis
London
Emerson
Wood
Ihe
Afi
Stimson
Harold L. George
Army Air Transport Command
Judy
Baroness Fura 4 Fined on Shoplifting Charges
A West London magistrate fined Baroness Fura 4 USD 203 plus costs after two shoplifting charges. The court ordered payment and warned of immediate rehabilitation. the baroness cited financial strain and stress as factors in the incident.
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London
Fura
Tosis
Man Confession Tides Slaying Kiwanis President
Atlanta police report Horace Blalock a Black man confessed to killing Henry Heinz Kiwanis leader. Nahlik said Blalock made a full handwritten statement, witnessed by the suspect's wife and three children, detailing the Sept 1933 night.
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Atlanta
UPI
Dekale County
Leo Nahlik
Horace Bilarock
Henry (. Heinz
Kiwanis International
Nahlik
Blalock
Negra
Bar Association to Seek Legislature Action Over Judge Schenck
New York officials report Mason Bigelow of the New York State Bar Association announced a legislative push following a special investigation into Albany Justice Gilbert V Schenck and Justice Harry E Schirick. The panel urged possible removal or other actions but said the Legislature alone should decide.
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Schenck
New York (P
Mason Bigelo
New York State Bar Association
Special Bar Association
Supreme Court
Gilbert V Schenck
Albany
The
Legislla
Tre
Pernoval
Bizelow
George P. Monagham
Albany County
Harry E. Schirick
Kingston
Bar Association
Nazis Claim Reds Within 250 Miles of Reich Capital
Soviet forces advance reports claim the Red Army nears Berlin's reach with spearheads across Silesia and Poland. Units push to within 13 miles of lower East Prussia and within 30 miles of Lodz as reports of battlefield gains, captured German commanders, and widespread advances roll in from multiple fronts along the eastern border.
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Reich
Prussis
Lodz
Moscow
Szarleska
Coespata
Berlin
Poland
Lower East
Prusaig
Drogiazka
Miewa
Danzig
Baltic
Seriin
Fallen ‘Arse
Sietlinius May Go To Big Three Parley
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Eettinius expected to attend the forthcoming Big Three meeting. Prime Minister Churchill in London says British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will accompany the group. Officials anticipate Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin will also be represented by their foreign ministers.
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Washington
Eettinius
Margeting
Churchill
London
Aihony Eden
Bine
Roosevelt
Stalin
Fire Devastates North Hoosick War Plant
Fire tore through the two and a half story brick plant at North Hoosick yesterday, forcing about fifty workers to flee. The blaze, starting in an automatic machine, caused extensive damage with losses estimated around a half million dollars. The building housed the former Stevens and Thompson paper mills, recently renovated and stocked with modern machinery for essential production. Federal investigators were called in from Hoosick and nearby towns to assist, and officials expect the plant to be rebuilt as quickly as possible.
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Firmatic Corp
North Hoosick
Federal Bureau of
Tde
Iaralus
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Bennington
Stevens and Thomason
George Bordead
Plani
Noted Historian Kenneth Roberts Readmitted in Boston
Kenneth Roberts Til Boston, noted author of historical novels, was a patient at New East and Baptist Hospital in Boston yesterday. Attendants described his condition as satisfactory after a ten day hack infection at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He arrived at the hospital on Wednesday.
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Boston
UPI
Kenneth , Roberts
New East and Baptist Hospital
Roberts
Kennepunkport
Reverend Jones Calls for Tolerance Toward Anti Nazis
Reverend E S Jones a Methodist missionary and peace conference delegate urged the Protestant Church to recognize Germans opposed to Nazism and called for tolerance. The conference discussed a regional proposal on a just and durable peace. Some speakers urged opposing dismemberment of Germany but no final action was taken. A motion to urge the United Nations to abandon conditional surrender was defeated.
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Commission On
Germany
Jones
Celefates
Reich
United Nations
Quake Strikes California Area Felt at 10 13 PWT
Two sharp tremors jolted the Los Angeles area late last night around 10 13 p m Pacific War Time. No damage was reported.
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Los Angeles
Silesia Hub of Nazi Industry
Silesia is portrayed as a key wartime prize with rich mineral resources and industrial capacity. Upper Silesia holds dense mines and factories second only to the Ruhr, while northern Silesia provides vital raw materials and food. The region spans east-central Europe, once divided among Prussia Poland and Czechoslovakia after World War I, with major metallurgical plants, chemical works, and armaments facilities.
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Associated Press
Silesia
Europe
Upper Silesia
Ruhr
Germany
Silesian
Massachusetts
Prussia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Vainabie Coal
Dianis Ito
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