American Airmen Build Winter Shelters In Belgium And France
Ninth Air Force workers in Belgium and France improvise winter shelters from captured German materials. A Lightning base convoy delivered prefabricated parts for a mess hall and hospital HQ while crews like Staff Sgt. William Orr redesigned beams to fit, creating multi level tents and wooden floors. Capt. James Cobb aided with logs and morale, as crews convert a German trailer into a warm mess hall amid cold mud.
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Franklin Banker
Hal Boyle
U. S
Belgium
France
Ninth Air Force
Clinton C. Wassen
Dover
Ohio
Metz
William O. Orr
Mount Sinai
N. Y
Orr
Doubledecker
James Cobb
Petersburg
Lightning Squadron
Paul Smith
Billings
Mont
Roosevelt Sends Christmas Greeting to Armed Forces
President Roosevelt and top military leaders sent Christmas messages to service personnel worldwide. He expressed gratitude and pride, noting the fourth Christmas of war and promising to remember the troops every day. Messages shared from Stimson Forrestal Marshall Nimitz and other leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
High Command
Mr. Roosevelt
War Stimson
Navy
Forrestal
George C. Marshall
Army
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Germans gamble on delaying Eisenhower offensive plans
The article argues Rundstedt may have delayed Allied timetable by driving through the front, with heavy losses for both sides. It notes German forces risk a trap, while Allied reserves and weather conditions could flip the momentum. A fogbound front has kept air fleets grounded and limited scouting.
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Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Rundstedt
Essen
British French-Russian Pact Pledges Mutual Aid and Security
London reports on a new French Russian alliance promising mutual military and economic aid for at least 20 years. The pact commits to joint resistance against Germany, no separate peace, postwar reconstruction support, no coalitions against the other, and fast ratification by France. Gen. De Gaulle to present the treaty to the consultative assembly.
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London
Paris
Daily Mail
Germany
Hitler
France
Russia
de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
Apple Tree Produces Second Crop in December
In Rockport Indiana Mrs. Frank Rebel found an apple tree bore a regular harvest last summer and now yielded a second crop of red June apples in December.
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Rockport
Ind
Frank Rebel
Happy Bundles Merry Packages By Bugs Baer
A humorous 1944 King Features column on last minute Christmas shopping. The narrator jokes about shopping burdens, gender roles, and the heavy load of bundles while balancing humor about wives, football metaphors, and a mishap with a twenty two pound package under snow and door jams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugs Baer
Ripley
Troops Guard Gasoline From Hijackers In Paris
Paris reports hijackings of gasoline and liquor as pilfering of American Army supplies grows. New military police battalions, largely wounded veterans, guard supply trains to the front and act as watchdogs for rations and fuel.
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Paris
United States
Salvation Army Plans 10000 Sunshine Bags for Veterans
The Salvation Army will distribute 10,000 sunshine bags to hospitalized veterans this week in Davis Monthan Marana and Veterans hospitals. The dainty cellophane bags include razors comb toothpaste shaving cream candy gum and handkerchiefs. Other Christmas program events include a party at the Salvation Army auditorium grocery orders gifts for the old men’s home and a Santa visit to orphans.
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Salvation Army
Border Division
G.I
Davis-Monthan
Marana
Veterans
Rawson Gifford
Old Men's Home
Santa Claus
Water protest meet set for Jan. 12 in Las Vegas
Carson City announces a western states water agencies protest the proposed Colorado river treaty with Mexico. A Jan. 12 meeting in Las Vegas will include Nevada California Arizona New Mexico and Utah representatives. Governor Carville named Alban Bible and Alfred M. Smith to leading committees.
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Carson City
Nev
Mexico
Las Vegas
E. P. Carville
Carville
Congress
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Alban Bible
Alfred M. Smith
Tuberculosis Toll Shocks Houston Area
The nation’s induction centers have rejected more than 100,000 men due to tuberculosis. The annual loss of man-hours from this disease would total 40,000,000 man days, says W. H. Tipton Jr., chairman of the Houston and Harris County Christmas Seal campaign.
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Houston
Tex
W. H. Tipton, Jr
Houston and
Harris County
Japs' Cruelty To Captives Narrated By British War Office
The British war office said Japanese forces forced over 60 000 white prisoners to brutal labor with a death toll approaching 24 000. It cited mass abuse, torture and killings, including sick prisoners carried on stretchers, and warned of heavy death rates among Asian captives.
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London
British War Office
Thailand-Burma
War Office
Commons
James Grigg
United Kingdom
Australia
Machinists Wanted for Southern Pacific Railroad Jobs
Skilled machinists with know how sought to work in large railroad shops or roundhouses rebuilding locomotives and equipment. Promises higher wages liberal age limits medical service pension railroad pass and other benefits. Availability certificate required contact W G Currier Train Master Tucson office or nearest SP.
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Southern Pacific
W. G. Currier
Toole Ave
Tucson
S. P
Gliders Uplifted In First Double Pickup
At South Plains Army airfield Texas the first double pickup of gliders was successfully attempted last week. Tow planes snag the gliders in flight and lift them instantly into the air.
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South Plains Army Air Field
Tex
U.P
South Plains Army Airfield
Texas
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King Features
Tidmarsh Engineering Company
Pacific Northwest Project
U. S. Employment Service War Manpower Commission
East Pennington
Red Cross
Singapore
Thailand
Kinsey
Kinsey Distilling Corporation
Linfield, Pa
Norwich
Beyanj Apple
Jonathan
Jonathans
Checker Shoe Store
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