Canucks Drive Toward Port of Pescara
Allied reports say Canadian troops of the 8th Army drove toward the Adriatic port of Pescara despite heavy mining and booby traps in Ortona and along surrounding roads. Infantry pressed a ridge assault on the Catanella Della Mis marche while the 5th Army fought near Pontafiume as weather worsened.
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Allied Force
8Th Army
Ortona
Naples
Pescara
Adriatic
Villa Grandi
5Th Army
Pontafiume
Garigliano
Tyrrhenian Sea
Colli- Atina Road
Catanella Della Mismarche Ridge
Dress Rehearsal For Invasion Training In England
Thousands of American soldiers in England are conducting daily and nightly dress rehearsals for the European invasion. Naval and army units practice landing operations with amphibious troops, armor, engineers, and supply outfits coordinating actions under blackout conditions.
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London
England
Europe
Associated Press
Mail Carrying Sailor Indicted
SAN FRANCISCO December 30 Gilbert P. Anson a 19 year old merchant seaman has been indicted by a Federal grand jury on a charge of bringing nine letters from war fronts into the United States for mailing. The indictment followed actions by military authorities to prevent leakage of information through such practices.
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San Francisco
Gilbert P. Anson
United States
Anson
Marines Strike At Jap Airfield Near Cape Gloucester
Allied forces report intense fighting at Cape Gloucester New Britain as Marines use flame throwers to push toward the Gloucester airdrome. Japs suffered heavy losses in hand to hand combat with over 200 killed. Bombers and artillery aided the attack while Australian tanks advanced on Blucher Point Huon Peninsula.
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U. S
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Big Gloucester
Japan
Rabaul
Aravo
Peiho
Pulie
Blucher Point
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
Bells Toll For The New Year In War Scene Echoes
The cathedral bells ring in 1943’s closing night as the world contemplates victory and the looming end of fascism. Allied gains surge while Berlin and Tokyo face foreboding, with 1944 promised to deliver decisive blows that could end the European war. The bells’ toll depend on North Africa or Berlin.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Europe
Berlin
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Germany
North
Africa
Bomb Raid on Berlin Tops 2000 Tons in Second Night Strike
Berlin faced a massive RAF assault as over two thousand tons of bombs fell on the city in the second raid within six days. Fires burned along the horizon and a smoke plume rose to fourteen thousand feet as British bombers pressed a broad attack across Berlin, the Ruhr and Rhineland with heavy opposition from German defenses.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Stockholm
Reich
Germany
Sweden
Hanover
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Munich
Bochum
Ruhr
Rhineland
Engineers Rebuild the Ancient Road to Rome
Engineers from the 5th Army labor to restore a road to Rome amid ruined Italian houses and mud filled with debris. Capt. John Upton recalls rare rewards like a cask of wine found in a cellar as shells and bombs reshape the landscape.
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Rome
Capt
John Upton
New York City
Company A
Capt. Upton
War Court Proposal Attracts U S Attention
Washington reports indicate a United Nations Court to try Hitler Mussolini and other war criminals is under consideration by the U S government A Moscow broadcast cited Major Bozdra a former German adjutant who said he attended two secret meetings where Hitler ordered executions of Russian civilians and prisoners
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Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Mussolini
United States
Moscow
Bozdra
Stalingrad
Russian Troops Close in on German Bend at Dnieper
London dispatch reports German forces in the Dnieper Bend being pressed by a Russian offensive announced last night. Gen Nikolai Vatutin’s force advances threaten railway links at Berdichev and Korosten, tightening the Kiev salient’s grip on Nazi positions.
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London
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Berdichev
Korosten
Stalin announces fall of Kasatine and Ukraine army gains
Marshal Joseph Stalin issued an order detailing the capture of Kasatine, a crucial junction on the western rail line to the German army group in southern Russia. It reports Gen Vatutin's 1st Ukraine Army driving in the Zhitomir direction, advancing 30 to 60 miles over five days and widening a breach across 180 miles, with eight enemy tank divisions and fourteen infantry divisions defeated.
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Moscow
Soviet Drive Presses Toward Polish Border After Korosten Victory
The offensive around Kirovohrad is crushing Nazi divisions. Korosten’s capture yesterday highlights gains in the Kiev salient. Russians also reclaimed 25 towns as they push toward the Polish border. The Korosten victory frees the bulge’s northern flank, observers say.
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Kirovograd
Korosten
Kiev
Railroads Continue Normal Operation Amid War Scrutiny
Washington December 30 railroads ran normally after three unions cancelled strike plans. War Department officials stood ready to deploy troops to run trains if needed as union leaders dispatched telegrams confirming walkouts would not occur. Secretary Stimson said unions and their groups will avoid actions that could jeopardize war efforts.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers
Switchmens Union of North America
War Department
At & O’clock
Henry L. Stimson
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Ralph G. Martin
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Dneiper Bend
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