Leyte Battle Near End as MacArthur Reports Progress
General MacArthur's headquarters said Leyte's battle is rapidly drawing to an end as American forces close in from Pinamopon and Ormoc toward a corridor to Palompon. Japanese losses total 1,541 for the day with nine raiding planes downed and ground activity described as light.
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DouglasArthur
Philipnes
Leyte
Mindoro
Tokyo
China Sea
Comunique
Junction
Pamopoan
Ormoc
Palompon
Pinamopon
Yashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Singare
MacArthur
Yamashita
Ute
U. S. 77Th Infantry
Ango
Lonoy
32Nd Infantry
Unanimous Vote Appoints J Forrest Ingle Tucson Police Chief
City officials approve J Forrest Ingle as acting chief of police in Tucson effective January 1 after a council vote. Mayor Henry Jaastad and five council members participate. Niemann absent on vacation. Ingle, former city personnel director, heads the state merit system in Phoenix and earlier served in the U S consular service.
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Henry O. Jaastad
J. Forrest Ingle
Tucson
J. O. Niemann
Ingle
Phoenix
U. S. Consular Service
C. W. Otey
J. A. Manders
Manders
Otey
Joseph D. McAllister
Martin
Harold Wheeler
Forrest Priser
Priser
B 29s Hit Manchuria Factories Near Mukden
A substantial force of B 29 Superfortresses bombed Mukden in Manchuria and attacked Dairen, with 30 planes reported downed from high altitudes. Tokyo radio claimed strikes on Shizuoka and Aichi in central Honshu. The raid marks the second attack in three weeks on Manchuria’s largest city and its war plants.
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Washington
Mukden
Manura
Honn
Tokyo
FCC
Shizuoka
Aichi
Honshu
Agoya
Hsinking Dio
Dairen
Manuria
Manchuria
Air Force
War Department
Stettinius May Meet With Eden in London Talks
Washington dispatch reports a possible Stettinius trip to London ahead of a Big Three meeting. Eden urged quarterly foreign secretaries meetings. Churchill noted general Allied agreement but not every aspect. If allowed by Roosevelt, Stettinius might also meet Russian diplomats in London to discuss voting in the world peace agency.
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Washington
Stettinius
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
England
Greece
Italy
Europe
Commons
State Department
World Peace Agency
Government Agencies Will Conduct Parley
Salt River Valley Water Users association will hold discussions January 5 with government agencies to consider the proposed purchase of power facilities. Lin B. Orme said officials from the interior department and the U S bureau of reclamation would take part in the parley to review acquisition of power units and lines by the federal government.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Lin B. Orme
Department of Interior
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Soviets Renew Their Assault For Budapest
Berlin reports the Red Army renews its offensive in western Hungary between Lake Balaton and the Danube with at least 10 divisions and over 100,000 troops. The drive centers near Székesfehérvár, 32 miles from Budapest, threatening the last rail line. Fighting widens along a 45 mile front as Nazi sources warn of a large Christmas offensive.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Red Army
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Danube
Szekesfehervar
Budapest
DNB
Lake
Balaton
Stimson Skips Over Army War Losses
Secretary of War Stimson avoided his usual weekly Army casualty report at a Washington news conference saying figures had not yet been received from the fronts.
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Washington
Stimson
Tucson to appoint acting chief of police substitute
Acting City Manager recommends J Forrest Ingle to fill the vacant acting chief of police post. Ingle, ex personnel director, is certified from the civil service list and would serve in the absence of Don J. Hays who is on military leave.
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Harold C. Wheeler
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
J. Forrest Ingle
City of
Tucson
Ingle
Don J. Hays
United States of America
Phil J. Martin, JR
Hesselberg
Albert Hesselberg
Ques
German Drive Will Continue Several Weeks
UPI correspondent James McGlincy reports from Allied headquarters in Paris that the German counter offensive on the western front appears to be a protracted effort. Official sources and frontline dispatches suggest the push will persist for weeks with considerable weight and potential impact.
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James McGlincy
United Press
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Paris
Germans Drive Deep as Allied Front Suffers Major Setback
Paris dispatch reports the United States Army faces its worst setback since 1942 as German forces breach Belgian and Luxembourg defenses. Supreme headquarters warns the situation is grave and could worsen before any turning point, while officials pledge eventual victory despite heavy losses and potential months more of fighting.
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Paris
U.P
United States Army
Belgium
Luxembourg
Philippines
Supreme Headquarters
New York Long Distance Operators Vote to Strike
A majority of New York City's long distance operators backed a strike unless a $5 weekly wage increase is approved by the war labor board. Local 101 chairwoman Mrs. Norma Naughton said 98.3 percent of 3,172 voters favored action, with strike timing set 30 days later per the Smith Connally act. About 6,000 operators work in the NYC area.
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New York
New York City
War Labor Board
Local 101
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
Ind
Norma Naughton
WLB
Naughton
Convair Ships Liberator With Yule Gifts Overseas
Convair in San Diego readies a Navy Liberator bomber loaded with Christmas trees gifts and sewing items for U S forces in the Pacific. The loading involved Convair maintenance USO CPA and Red Cross with donations from the company and volunteers to supply pins needles scissors games and other essentials.
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San Diego
Calif
South Pacific
Uncle Sam
Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
USO
CPA
Red Cross
Pacific
OPA
Stimson Analyzes German Offensive Threats In Europe
War Secretary Stimson said a German counteroffensive could shorten the war if it fails, while noting the Nazis have built a substantial force on the west wall. He cited their penetration of Allied lines, warned of an all-out attack aimed at the Cologne plain and Saar basin, and expressed confidence in Eisenhower's leadership.
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Washington
Stimson
West Wall
Cologne
Saar
Eisenhower
Channel
Armentieres
Marne
Lords Alarm Over Possible Mutiny of British Troops in Greece
Lord Faringdon warned the House of Lords that mutiny could break out among British troops in Greece amid reluctance to fight the Greeks. The chamber erupted with cries of monstrous as he cited potential refusals to bomb Athens and noted commanders may have faced disobedience among men.
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House of Lords
Greece
London
Lord Faringdon
Faringdon
Athens
Gigantic Conflict Could Be Lost On Western Front
War analysis notes a powerful German counteroffensive may be waning in intensity but could still decide the war. Allied superiority looms, yet the battle across hundreds of square miles remains fluid with massive German commitment and a desperate gamble by Von Rundstedt.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Frankish
St. Vith
Viandon
Luxembourg
Karl von Rundstedt
Bazookamen
War Powers Extended One Year and More Signatures
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the urgent powers into 1945 including industrial priorities rationing and food control and allowing court review of war production board rulings. In the same session he boosted congressional staff allowances and approved inaugural ceremony measures for the fourth term. Paris dispatches report German forces piercing the Ardennes and threatening Liege with heavy fighting as Patton’s forces maneuver to meet the threat.
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War Production Board
House
Senate
White House
Paris
U.P
St. Vith
Belgium
Vianden
Luxembourg
Ardennes Forest-Sedan
France
DNB
George S. Patton
Saar Front
President Signs Crop Loan Cancellation Bill
Washington December 21 President signs a bill authorizing cancellation or adjustment of five year or older crop feed drought relief and other farm loans. The secretary of agriculture is empowered to compromise or cancel such loans under defined conditions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Patton Forces Halt German Prong In Belgian Front
Reinforced elements of the First Army checked the northern prong of the German offensive along a line through Malmedy and Stavelot. Ahead of the thrust, veteran First Army troops, backed by artillery and armor, delivered a head on collision and drove forward to stem the advance.
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Luxembourg
Patton
First Army
Courtney Hodges
Stavelot
Malmedy
Butgenbach
Liege
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