Soviet Troops Close In On Budapest After Major Breakthrough
Soviet troops tightened the noose around Budapest as a major assault fractured German and Hungarian lines west of the capital. Red forces pushed 25 miles through the gap between Lake Balaton and the city, took hundreds of towns, captured prisoners, and claimed the collapse of key defenses near Vienna.
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Bruce W. Munin
U.P
Ule
Budat
Vienna
Budapest
Balaton
Red Army
Lake Valences
Verteskozma
Westudapest
Torbagy
Karylin
Moscow
Latvia
Pope Pius XII Conducts Christmas Mass Before Vast Vatican Crowd
Pope Pius XII celebrated midnight mass personally in St. Peter's Basilica before nearly 100,000 worshipers and 15,000 Allied service members. He urged democracy and cautioned against absolutism, calling for an international security body and postwar reconstruction aid. The pontiff praised the United States Spain and Latin American nations for wartime relief efforts.
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Reynolds Packard
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Dumbarton O&ks
United States
Spain
Europe
War Prisoners Escape From Papago Park Camp
Four-fifths of the Nazi prisoners from Papago Park camp remain at large after a winter break during heavy rains. Five were recaptured in Maricopa County as authorities pursue the others. Prisoners fled with knapsacks and extra clothing and were found at local jails and ranches amid the cold storm.
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OENIX
Ariz
Rman
Papago Park
R. Duffey
Federal Bureau of Iion
Copa County
L. Chennault
Desk Sert
Cigaret
Fourth Wartime Christmas Finds Nation In Sober Mood
In Phoenix a federal injunction blocks Theodore Taylor from giving cigarets as prizes in a dart game. Across the globe leaders including Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII call for peace as troops halt the German offensive. Norway’s King Haakon Chiang Kai-Shek Chungking and Bethlehem scenes frame a wartime Christmas with civilian fear and hope.
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Phoenix
Office of Price Administration
Theodore Taylor
OPA
Taylor
Associated Press
America
Jesie Mee
150000 Women Helped To Lick Mail Problem
Washington December 25 UP The post office department reports the Christmas rush licked by about 150,000 women volunteers and early mailing by the public. A few isolated cases left undelivered gifts, no employees delivered on Christmas day, volunteers handled perishables and Christmas packages.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Walker Plans To Quit Post In FDR Cabinet
Washington December 25 Postmaster General Frank C Walker intends to resign from the cabinet as the fourth term begins It is suggested that Robert E Hannegan Democratic national committee chairman could be his successor in Washington political circles
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Walker
FDR
Washington
Frank C. Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
OPA Restores Complete Food Ration System
The Office of Price Administration announces a return to point free meats and canned vegetables on the ration list and cancels all red and blue points issued before December 1. Sugar stamps are cancelled except No 34 and sugar and butter rationing is adjusted to offset hoarding during the Christmas weekend.
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Dean W. Dittmer
Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Yankees Hunt Down Remnant Of Leyte Japs
Allied forces push into mop up on Leyte as MacArthur’s air and ground units press the retreating Japanese. U.S. 77th Division advances toward Palompon while Japanese losses grow and hundreds of vehicles and arms are abandoned.
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Leyte
Allied
Philippines
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
U. S. 77Th Division
Palompon
Sisotder
MacArthur
Waitress Held For Murder Confesses Killing Boy
Virginia Ivey, 19, a Yakima area waitress, confessed to beating 5 year old Virgil Langley to death with a wine bottle after a drinking party in her Toppenish apartment. Prosecutors say she killed the child when he awakened and refused to return to bed, later claiming she did it out of alarm and a strange affection. The boy had been left in her care after his foster parents separated.
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Yakima
Wash
Virginia Ivey
Yakima County
Lloyd Wiehl
Virgil
Butch” Langley
Iwo Jima Airbase Raided by B-29s in Bold Strike
Allied air forces hit Iwo Jima with a daylight B-29 raid from Saipan, blasting two airfields on the Volcano Islands. Japanese resistance was feeble. no B-29s were lost and no casualties were reported. Commanders Riley and Westbrook described heavy dust and smoke and limited fires on the fields.
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Mac R. Johnson
U. S
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
U.P
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Iwo
Japan
Lewis R. Riley
Wichita
Kans
Riley
Marston T. Westbrook
la Mesa
Calif
Formida
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Woleai Island
Carolines
Marine Corsairs
Babelthaup
Palaus
Marshal Islands
Mercury Bows Low To Midwestern Christmas
Subzero temperatures gripped the northern plains with Pembina North Dakota at 14 below. The forecast warned of even colder Midwest weather tonight as snow fell in northern Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan. East regions faced rain changing to snow with zero readings in parts of Maine and Nebraska Illinois and Iowa expected to drop to five below zero.
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United Press
Mercury
Pembina
N. C
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Chicago
Maine
Nebraska
Iowa
Naval bombardment hits Bonin Islands amid air raids
FCC broadcast reports more than 10 cruisers and destroyers shell Japanese installations in the Bonin Islands early yesterday. Planes conducted raids as monitors noted uncertain reception. Shelling purportedly continued from 10 30 a m to 1 p m before the enemy fled southward.
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Tokyo
FCC
Bonin Islands
Bonins
Japan
Proposal to fold League of Nations into new world peace group
Flora Lewis reports that a plan to merge League of Nations functions into the postwar peace structure may be sent to the United Nations conference. The League committee will run on until its duties pass to the new security body envisioned by the Dumbarton Oaks plan.
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Flora Lewis Washington
League of Nations
World Peace Organization
League Committee
United Nations Security Group
League
London
Vienna
Geneva
Russia
Washington
Brussels
Luxembourg
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Geneva Organization
Christmas Gift From Yanks Fills Nation With Gratitude
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes the Allied high command reports a Nazi drive stalled for about 48 hours but cautions the offensive may resume. Eisenhower keeps a 24 hour news blackout, and von Rundstedt could mount a fresh attack despite the apparent pause.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Allied air and ground push bogs down German break through
Thousands of Allied warplanes bombed and strafed the German bulge for a third day as U S eighth air force raids and ninth air force dive bombers massed. Ground counter attacks across a 25 mile front recaptured towns and forced German withdrawals near Luxembourg and Diekirch.
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J. Edward Murray Paris
U.P
U. S. Eighth Air Force
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Karl von Rundstedt
Belgium
Luxembourg
Berlin
George S. Patton
Eisenhower
Mersch
Luxembourg City
Martelange
Digonville
Rambrouch
Diekirch
Heiderscheid
Tadler
Rundstedt
Habremont
Liege-Bastogne
C-47 Transport Crashes Killing and Injuries Reported
A twin engined C-47 Army transport carrying 27 persons crashed on Roundtop mountain near New Cumberland airport. Fifteen injured were brought to Harrisburg General Hospital with eight or nine believed killed. Most victims suffered fractures and burns as snow and ice hindered ambulance access. Passengers were reportedly on Christmas furlough.
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Harrisburg
Roundtop Mountain
New Cumberland
Harrisburg General Hospital
Nubbins Enjoys Quiet Christmas After Harrowing Delaware
In Cheyenne Wyoming three year old Forest Hoffmann known as Nubbins spent a calm Christmas at home after doctors feared he might not reach the day. He had a prior Christmas on November 19 after successful bladder surgery at Mercy hospital in Denver now reported he will live to celebrate many more Decembers. The boy played with a model auto a tricycle and his dog Slippers after a turkey dinner with his father and family.
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United Nations
Haakon
Norway
London
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bethlehem
Manger Square
Jud Dixon
Cheyenne
Wyo
Forest
Nubbins
Hoffman
Mercy Hospital
Denver
Union Pacific
Jap Subs Active Along U S West Coast
BBC London reports a Japanese broadcast says submarines are again operating along the United States Pacific coast. The statement follows prior wartime activity and reflects naval movements observed by Allied signals. The report names no specific locations or dates.
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London
United States
Pacific
BBC
Christmas Eve Train Wreckkills One In Poplar Grove
A broken rail caused the Viking passenger train to derail near Poplar Grove Illinois. One elderly woman died and 29 were injured, with 15 hospitalized in Belvidere and Harvard. Four cars derailed, two upright, as servicemen traveled home for the holiday. Red Cross workers aided by local towns and servicemen assisted the injured.
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Poplar Grove
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Here
Belvidere
Harvard
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Red Cross
Woodstock
Rockford
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