Red Army advances cut deeper into Hungary near Balaton
Tolbukhin’s forces push toward Austria after breaking Danube defenses, seizing Kapsovar Szekszard and several rail hubs as Budapest braces for a house to house defense. Russian gains include 60 towns and a 120 mile Danube bridgehead with heavy enemy losses and continued pressure toward Mohacs and Pecs.
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London
U.P
Arshal Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Hunry
Kapsovar
Mosw
Josef Stalin
Szekszard
Bonyhad
Dumbovar
Hungary
Austria
Tolbukhin
Lake Balaton
Stalin
Danube
Budapest
Bosivyhad
Pecs
Dumbover
Mohacs
Berlin
Moscow
Lake Laton
Europe
Yugoslav Telegraph Agency
Josip Tito
Rusia
Abovt
Red Army
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Tolin
Csikostottos
Zagreb-Budapest
Japs Alone To Pay Penalty For Pearl Harbor Attacks
The Army and Navy announced no court martial grounds against U S personnel for Pearl Harbor. Inquiries blamed errors in judgment and lack of skill in Washington and Hawaii. Congress debated investigations while affirming faith in the two commanders at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
United States
Boards of Inquiry
Hawaii
Congress
Naval Service
Stimson
Army Pearl Harbor Board
War Department
Iwo Jima Island
U. S
Marianas
Tokyo
Japan
Bonin Island
Iwo Jima
Babelthuap
Palau
Germans May Have Poison Gas In Mind
London reports the German high command contemplates abandoning the Geneva Hague laws of war amid tensions over French reprisals in Strasbourg. A Berlin broadcast cites potential countermeasures against French prisoners if French sniping continues. The piece also notes ongoing secrecy in Pearl Harbor investigations and political maneuvers in Congress over inquiries and accountability.
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London
Jacques le Clerc
Strasbourg
Germany
High Command
DNB
Synthetic Car Tires Are Real McCoy Food Feast To Porcupines
Albany dispatch reports State Conservation Commissioner John A. White warned motorists that porcupines are feeding on synthetic tires. Officials confirmed multiple reports of the animals treating synthetic tires as a delicacy and warned drivers to beware.
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Albany
N. Y
Up— State Conservation
John A. White
Conservation Department
White
Congress Braces for Longer Session as Recess Delays
Washington reports unfinished business piling in both chambers as the 78th congress contemplates extended workweeks beyond Christmas. Leaders McCormick and Martin foresee a possible return after holidays while the House races through appropriations and social security tax, war powers act, and rivers and harbors measures.
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Howard Fleiger
Washington
Senate
House
Rep
McCormick
D-Mass
Martin
R-Mass
War Production Board
Japs Launch Death by Own Action Drives Below Ormoc
Headquarter dispatches report fanatical Japanese suicide charges south of Ormoc repulsed with heavy losses as American 7th and 32nd divisions push in Leyte amid torrential rains. Air operations hindered. Leyte fighting nears seven weeks with massive enemy casualties and sea losses.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte Island
Leyte
32Nd
Limon
Ormoc Bay
Cebu Island
Iwo Jima
German Withdrawals Reported as War Fronts Push
Danes report German forces are pulling back from Norway and Denmark to bolster fronts in the west and east. Allied naval action off Norway sinks transports and damages vessels while patriots attack ships in Copenhagen. American troops advance into Saarlautern and Saar Union near Saarbrucken.
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Norway
Danish Press Service
Sweden
Copenhagen
Sjaelland
Adm
Henry R. Moore
Mosjoen
Rorvik
Admiralty
Germans Blow Up All Three Rhine Bridges at Strasbourg
In Strasbourg, heavy fog hid the Rhine and revealed that all three bridges across the river were blown up yesterday afternoon. Explosions were heard earlier, but fog obscured confirmation until morning.
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Strasbourg
Rhine
CAB Hearings To Investigate Airline Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board will hold hearings to determine the cause of the Transcontinental & Western passenger airliner crash near Van Nuys that killed seven and injured many, including San Diego Mayor Harley Knox. The plane came from San Francisco in dense fog, hitting utilities and trees. 23 aboard, pilot and co pilot died. Ralph Reed said hearings would occur in a few days to establish responsibility.
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Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Francisco
Walnut Grove
van Nuys
Lockheed Air
Burbank
Harley Knox
San Diego
Walter W. Cooper
Ralph Reed
Lockheed Air Terminal
Cooper
John P. Snowden
North Hollywood
Calif
Thomas L. Bamberger
Alameda
John V. Frankenthal
USN
Chicago
Conrad Lee Brinkman
Wellington
Billy Jack Howard
Scammon
Kan
Harold Muller
American Paper Stock Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Soviet Paper Scores China For Disunity
Moscow dispatch cites Izvestia denouncing Chinese government leaders and high command as reactionaries and capitulationists. It accuses Chungking of noncooperation with the Communists and ties this to Japan’s recent gains in China. The paper mocks Chiang Kai-shek’s cabinet reshuffle as meaningless and argues the war will fail while his regime persists in disastrous policies.
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Moscow
Izvestia Today
Chungking
China
Izvestia
Chiang Kai-Shek
General Cold Wave Moves Off To Ocean
A broad cold wave, traced from Canada through the Dakotas and Midwest, nears the Atlantic as temperatures rise in most areas by tomorrow. By today subzero readings eased to the mid-20s in parts of the Dakotas Nebraska and western Minnesota while Bemidji Minnesota steadied above zero and Mason City Indiana reported the coldest United States reading at 3 below.
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Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
E. S. Hanlon
Chicago
Dakotas
Nebraska
Bemidji
Minn
Mason City
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Faye Emerson Postpones Wedding to Roosevelts
Mrs. Jean Young quoted Faye Emerson as saying the marriage to Col. Elliott Roosevelt would not occur today. The actress cited film commitments and planned to meet the President's son in Beaumont in about a week. Earlier talk indicated a New Mexico venue, but plans were changed.
Voter Cancellations Hit Democrats Hardest in City Lists
City Clerk Carl M. Hitt reports 1,504 Democratic voters canceled from city poll lists amid a total 1,934 disqualifications. Republicans lost 374. ward breakdown shows Ward 5 with 403 Democrats, 65 Republicans removed. Cancellations span six wards and include several minor parties. Potential re registration required with the county recorder.
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Carl M. Hitt
County Recorder
Ward 5
Five Day Stock Show Opens In Chicago Yard
The Chicago market fat stock show begins a five day run at Union stockyards with 5 547 entries from 15 states and Canada Purebred cattle sheep and hogs are entered by 520 4 H and Future Farmers of America youths Seventy one girls compete Judges started weeding entries carrot judging will cover 159 carloads of cattle sheep and hogs tomorrow and Monday The junior livestock feeding contest features 790 baby beeves on Monday's judging
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Chicago
Union Stockyards
States
Canada
Farmers of America
Football Finals Include Army Navy and ACC Matchups
Army defeated Navy 23 to 7 while Virginia posted 26 to 7 over North Carolina. Oklahoma beat Nebraska 31 to 12 and Notre Dame downed Great Lakes 28 to 7 in the listed finals.
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Army
Navy
Virginia
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Great Lakes
Weather Big Question For Date Of Allied Onslaught
Berlin experts argue Montgomery will lead a northern flanking drive on the Cologne plain while Ike ponders the timing. The forecast hinges on weather airpower and mud conditions with supply issues largely resolved.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Berlin
Eisenhower
Montgomery
21St Army Group
Cologne Plain
Ike
Chinese Take Chefang Seized Ahead of Burma Road Advance
Chinese forces captured Chefang the next to last Japanese held town on the Burma road in China with American liaison units and U. S. air support aiding the assault. The capture leaves about 24 miles to Wanting as the next objective while P40 fighters and B 25 bombers hit Wanting and Japanese HQ and storage dumps.
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Chungking
Chefang
Burma Road
China
Chinese High Command
China Training and Combat Command
U. S
14Th Air Force
Burma
Wanting
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemeyer
OPA Sues Tobacco Firm For Cigar Overcharge
The regional OPA filed suit for almost $1,000,000 against the American Tobacco Company charging it sold cigarets at ceiling prices to wholesalers jobbers and distributors for resale for Army and Navy use.
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New York
OPA
American Tobacco Company
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