U. S. Troops Increase Hold Upon Mindoro
Allied reports say American forces drove 12 miles inland on Mindoro within 13 miles of Manila, splitting Leyte’s lines. Submarine actions sank 33 Japanese vessels, including 12 warships, in the ongoing campaign against Japanese supply routes.
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Washington
William B. Dickinson
Headquart
Philippines
Pilippines
Momenum
Mindoro
Manila
Amashita Line
Leyte
Radio Tokyo
Sulu
Luzon
Anila
Douglas MacAruh
Supreme Court upholds wartime Japanese exclusion order
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision sustains the 1942 exclusion of Japanese Americans on the West Coast, affirming the wartime relocation policy. Justice Black notes hardships but says war requires such measures. Korematsu v. United States centers the ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lack
Auorntry Center
Toyasaburo Korematsu
California
Utah
Korematsu
More Jap Planes Downed By Maj Bong
United Press reports ace Major Richard Bong of Poplar Wisconsin shot down his 40th Japanese plane in the Pacific. The dispatch says Bong has added two more since receiving the Medal of Honor from General Douglas MacArthur last week, increasing his total from 35.
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United Press
Blue Network
Philippines
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Superforts Raid Nagoya and Hankow in Twin Attacks
U.S. war reports say two fleets of B-29s bombed Nagoya Japan and Hankow China in twin raids yesterday with about 100 aircraft from Saipan and another large force from China. Tokyo later reported some 70 planes returned to Nagoya today. details on damage were uncertain.
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Fred Scherff
Washington
U.2
Nagoya
Japan
Hankow
China
War Department
Tokyo
Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
Saipan
Honshu
Imperial Headquarters
Kinki
Osaka
Nara
Wakayama
Gifu
Fukui
Kyushu
House To Hold Hearing On Military Training
Chairman May of the House Military Committee announced hearings on peacetime compulsory military training to be held next month. Dates will be set after committee members return from an inspection of European battlefronts.
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Washington
May
D-Kw
House Military Committee
U S Agrees To Reducing Polish Area
Washington December 18 United States adopts policy on Poland stating no objection to settlement of the Polish Russian frontier before war's end if directly concerned UN members reach a mutual agreement The note reaffirms support for a strong free and independent Poland with Poland's right to internal self rule and credits agreed frontiers with aiding the war effort
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Washington
U.P
United States
Poland
United Nations
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Capt Yeazell Named Head of Detectives in Police Shuffle
Acting Chief Ben West announced changes to the police bureau shifts to strengthen the plain clothes division. Capt Yeazell moves from midnight to 8 am to head the detectives, with Capt Brady taking over day duties and Capt Weinzapfel adding the day shift to his record bureau work. Det. James Herron, who led the bureau recently, receives additional support to his command.
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Kenneth Yeazell
Detective Bureau
James Brady
Police
Yeazell
Joseph Weinzapfel
Record Bureau
Record Division
Ben West
West
James Herron
Jimmie
Capt
Weinzapfel
British Grip On Athens Is Made Stronger
Swarms of Elas troops attacked Averon prison at dawn, blasting and shooting their way into two of the three prison buildings. British tanks and Greek infantry pushed toward the prison to prevent an overrun and free about 920 inmates held in protective custody.
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Athens
WUP
Elas
Averon
Athens Battles and Prison Storms Mark Civil War
In central Athens British and Greek forces push toward Piraeus while Elas troops attack the RAF compound and Averow prison holding John Rallis. The fighting creates uncertain peace prospects amid new Bulgarian frontier tensions and hill gains by British forces near the Acropolis.
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Athens
U.P
Piraeus
Elas
RAF
Averow
John Rallis
Greek Macedonia
Macedonia
Monument Hill
Philopappos
Acropolis
Ardittos
Stadium
Skilias Hill
Three Hills
Falirou Bay
Falirou
Two Killed in Marana Training Plane Collision
Two aircrew members a student officer and an aviation cadet died in a midair collision at Rillito auxiliary field ten miles southeast of Marana Army airfield during a routine combat training flight. Identifications were withheld pending next of kin.
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Marana Army Airfield
Rillito
G. M. Bates
Allied Air Force Upsets Nazi Plan
Allied air forces disrupted a German counteroffensive as Ninth Air Force fighters attacked in the western front, according to a joint United Press dispatch from Virgil Pinkley and war correspondent Robert Musel.
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Allied Air Force
United Press
Virgil Pinkley
Robert Musel
Ninth Air Force
Allied air power blunts German V bomb attack on Western Front
From U.S. Ninth Air Force headquarters on the Western Front, Allied air forces shattered a German V bomb assault as a sudden weather break allowed hundreds of fighters to strike on a 60 mile front. Maj. Gen. Vandenberg and Lt. Gen. Quesada praised the break in the weather while Luftwaffe formations attempted to cover ground units and disrupt Allied communications.
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U. S
Ninth Air Force
Western Front
U.P
Wehrmacht
Second Tactical Air Force
First Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Elwood Que
London
Vandenberg
Quesada
Ninth
Nazi Attack Seen As Blow To Delay Huge U S Drive
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports a savage German counteroffensive on the Rhine front aimed at delaying a major U S drive across the Roer toward Duren and the Cologne plain. He notes increased German air power and a desperate mood as Eisenhower considers renewed offensives.
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U. S
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
First Army
Rhineland
Roer
Duren
Cologne
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
New Navy V Weapon Reported In Use On Western Front
German forces deploy a new V weapon on the western front with night and day bombardment of rear areas. The report notes prior use of V-1 and V-2 robot and rocket bombs against troops behind the front. Supposed silver ball clusters seen over Germany may be antiaircraft or radio interference devices.
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Western Front
U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Connally vows Senate vote on six State Department nominees
Sen. Connally D Texas says he will fight for a senate vote on six State Department appointees including Grew to be under secretary. He vows to keep the Senate in session all winter if needed despite filibuster tactics by opponents and a four hour speech planned by Sen. Guffey. Connally insists a quorum be present to transact business.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
Guffey
Gen. Grant
Sen. Guffey
D-Pa
Grew
Congress
U S Prepares To Take Over Ward Stores
The government plans sanctions or seizure against Montgomery Ward & Co. if it fails to meet a midnight deadline on war labor board wages and union membership directives. WLB officials label Ward’s defiance as a national threat. stores in Detroit Chicago Jamaica Denver St Paul San Rafael Portland face action. Detroit plant workers are already on strike.
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Washington
U.P
Montgomery Ward & Company
War Labor Board
WLB
Frank P. Graham
United Mine Workers
Montgomery Ward
Detroit
Chicago
Jamaica
N. Y
Denver
St. Paul
CSD
German Offensive in Belgium Contained as War Press Reports
Paris dispatches report the German assault into Belgium and Luxembourg is being contained at the northern end of the battle line. The center is described as confused and American troops in the south have fallen back two to three miles.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
William B. Summers
Glenville
W. Va
Road Forks
Paris
Up—-Front
Luxembourg
Germans Drive Deep Into Belgium and Luxembourg Front
Allied fronts report the heaviest German counteroffensive of the western campaign rolling through American lines into Belgium and Luxembourg. German spearheads cross the border near Honsfeld and Vianden with paratroop activity reported behind Ninth Army lines as Third and Seventh Armies push toward the Siegfried line and Duren.
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Belgium
Honsfled
Monschau
Luxembourg
Vianden
Echternach
U. S. Ninth Army
Cologne
Siegfried Line
Saar Valley
Rhine Palatinate
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer River
Duren
83Rd
Rolsdorf
Senate approves supplemental appropriation bill
The Senate sent to the White House a supplemental appropriations bill totaling over 480 million dollars for federal agencies. Navy construction leads with 286,626,582 dollars, plus 202,140 for senate clerical help and 15,420 for the vice president. Additional funds include 200,000 for Senate investigations and 10,000 for the Byrd committee. The National Housing Agency receives 15,000,000 for wartime housing units.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Navy
Navy Bureau of Yards
Byrd Committee
National Housing Agency
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