Japanese Losses Grow as Leyte Convoy Battles Continue
MacArthur reports heavy Japanese troop losses off Leyte as air and naval forces sink transports and destroyers. Five to six transports and several destroyers are believed lost across two days, with a total of 39 transports and 28 escort ships sunk to date. Aerial attacks continue into the Palompon–Ormoc corridor amid difficult rain and combat conditions.
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Leyte
John M. Fresh
Olean
N. Y
W. Haines
Evanston
Palom
Palompon
Yankesso
Tom Yamashita
Tors
Ormoc
Canadians Cross Lamone River Establish New Bridgehead Near Faenza
Canadian forces crossed the Lamone River and linked bridgeheads northeast of Faenza, driving German troops back toward Lugo. More than 300 prisoners were taken as Allies widened the front near the Fosso Vecchio and cleared routes east of Russi. The flooded Lamone hindered German counteractions and secured the Faenza area for Allied positions.
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Ome
Faenza
Lugo
Uaced
Russi
Fosso Vecchio E Cana
Lamone
Greeks Consider British Proposal
In Athens on December 13 the EAM Elas rejected British settlement terms for the Greek crisis. Town criers declared the stance while explosions rocked central Athens as Elas militants used dynamite laden streetcars against British tanks.
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Eamelas
EAM
Elas
Refe
EAM National Liberation Front
Athens Under Fire as Elas Surge Besieged Center
In Athens fierce night assaults by Elas troops targeted central areas and a British barracks on the Kifissia road. British reinforcements pressed the fight, while RAF planes silenced a 75 millimeter gun. Ceasefire terms by Maj. Gen. Scobie awaited reply as leaders ponder Papandreou’s resignation.
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Elas
Kifissia
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George Papandreou
Mt. Likavettos
Rimini Mountain Brigade
Goudi
State Hospital Budget Considered At Meeting
PHOENIX December 13 The board of control of the state hospital for insane will meet Saturday to consider the institution s biennial budget to be submitted to the legislature next month.
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Phoenix
Board of Control of the State Hospital For Insane
Bevin outlines British Soviet zones of influence in Balkans
London reports Ernest Bevin states Britain and Russia with President Roosevelt's approval have assigned spheres of influence in Romania and Greece. Bevin says the agreement was presented at Quebec, approved by Roosevelt, and later started.
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Greece
FDR
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Russia
Roosevelt
Bevin
Labor Party
Quebec
Big 3 Meeting Hinted In London Amid War Strains
London reports today that a meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, with possible Stalin, may occur soon. A sharp downturn in Allied relations is cited against delay, with security concerns delaying date and place announcements. The British press has pushed for a summit in Britain while German V weapons pose safety doubts.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Britain
Anthony Eden
Marshal Stalin
President Roosevelt to Speak Christmas Eve Address
President Roosevelt will deliver a 15 minute Christmas Eve radio address to the nation via all broadcasting networks. The White House announced the speech will air at 2 15 p m MST on Sunday December 24.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate Hearing Ends On State Nominees
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrapped up hearings on six diplomatic nominations after a heated exchange between Archibald MacLeish and Senator Clark. Clark pressed on MacLeish's writings before government service and questioned democracy. Secretary of State Stettinius was briefly recalled at the close.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Archibald MacLeish
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
MacLeish
Stettinius
Winter Storm Toll Reaches Sixty Three Across Nation
A new layer of snow on icy highways worsened travel hazards nationwide as a cold wave subsides. Sixty three deaths were attributed to the storm. The Weather Bureau forecast gradual relief from frigid temperatures, with change first near the Midwest and spreading eastward.
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Weather Bureau
Colorado
Seaboard
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
West-Central
States
Deep South
East Central
Essen Is Afire After Bombing By RAF Pilots
RAF fire bombers attacked Essen home of the Krupp works and joined four major raids against eight German cities within 24 hours. Allied losses totaled 13 British bombers, 11 American bombers, and nine American fighters. five night fighters were shot down. Daylight raid on Witten by Lancasters claimed six German aircraft.
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London
Essen
Krupp Armament Works
The
Reich
Germany
U. S
Britain
Italy
RAF
Witten
Nagoya Raid By B 29s Reports Large Fires
Heavy explosions and large fires were reported by B 29 fliers raiding Nagoya today. Gen H H Arnold said preliminary reports show the strike on Honshu was visual. Officials declined exact B 29 counts but indicated up to about 100 Superfortresses may have participated.
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Washington
Nagoya
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Honshu
Air Force
Nagoya Bombing by B-29s Signals Large Scale Strike
Nagoya was hit by a large force of B-29s in a midafternoon raid striking the city with a feint toward Tokyo. The operation lowered altitude and used westerly winds to improve bombing accuracy, targeting industrial districts and landmarks such as Nagoya castle amid urban fire hazards and dense housing.
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Saipan
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya Bay
Jimmy Doolittle
Germans Introduce Weapon Fill Air With Silver Balls
Paris December 13 Allied forces push forward on the western front as Germany reveals a new device described as silvery balls that float in the air. Pilots report single and clustered sightings during patrols over the Reich and uncertainty remains about their purpose, possibly an antiaircraft defense or weapon.
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Paris
Reich
Casa Grande Man Re-elected President of Districts
A Van Wagenen Jr of Casa Grande is re-elected president of the irrigation and power districts of Arizona after a Phoenix meeting. The group urged Arizona’s congressional delegation to speed federal plans to bring Colorado River water into the central state area.
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Phoenix
A. van Wagenen, Jr
Casa Grande
Irrigation and Power Districts
Arizona
Colorado
Arizona Public Works Bill Okayed by Senate
Senate approves rivers and harbors bill totaling 500 million dollars for postwar work. Arizona receives 3.56 million dollars including 3.02 million for the Alamo reservoir on the Bill Williams river and 258 thousand for Holbrook public works, with the measure headed to a conference committee after house passage.
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Washington
Arizona
Senate
Alamo Reservoir
Bill Williams River
Holbrook
Uncle Sam and the Allied War Load in World War II
Military analysis argues there is no unjust burden on the United States sharing the war load with Britain and the Soviet Union. The piece cites Secretary Stimson and notes that all Allies are contributing fully to required resources amid trade and economic concerns.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated’ Press
Uncle Sam
Western
Europe
Orient
Stimson
John
Germans Hold Russians Out of Budapest
Allied dispatches report Soviet tanks and infantry pressing into Budapest as Nazi and Hungarian forces defend the capital. House-to-house fighting rages east of the Danube while Stalin's forces push from the northeast toward Danube crossings and the last escape routes to Vienna.
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Robert Musel
London
U.P
Budapest
Moscow
Red Army
Danube
Red
Vienna
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Godollo
Berlin
Malinovsky
Buda
Pest
Jury Seated for Joe Davis Trial in Phoenix
In Phoenix on December 13 a jury nears completion for the trial of Joe Davis a Black patrolman accused of fatally shooting Leonce Navarre in the city police station on October 4 Navarre had been acquitted earlier of a street murder charge in which Davis testified Navarre was killed two weeks after that acquittal and Davis was the prosecution’s principal witness in that case
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Phoenix
Joe Davis
Leonce T. Navarre
Navarre
David Johnson
Davis
Lillywhite Submits Low Bid for Tucson Field Office
Phoenix December 13 report notes J W Lillywhite of Tucson submitted the lowest bid of 8830 44 to the state highway department for a Tucson field office construction project.
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Phoenix
J. W. Lillywhite
Tucson
State Highway Department
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