Yugoslav Partisans Resist German Pressure in multiple fronts
Tito reports heavy fighting across Croatia Lika and Banija with Yugoslavs repelling German and Croat units near Donji Lipac Bihac and Rogatica while Partisans claimed sinking two enemy ships off Dalmatia and destroying a German garrison in Mali Sladnik Slovenia and skirmishes east of Sarajevo.
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London
Croatia
Marpai Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Kordan
Banija
Zagreb
Lika
Donji Lipac
Bihac
Bosnia
Rogatica
Sokolovic
Isegrad
Sarajevo
Dalmatia
Slovenia
Mali Sladnik
Heroic Rescue Work Continued After Train Crash
A southbound passenger train derailed and northbound collision ripped cars apart. At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in freezing dark. An Army officer nearby was killed. a dying woman feared for her unborn child. Rescue crews used acetylene torches to reach trapped passengers. A sergeant named Wood recalled scenes of people torn apart and the rush to save those aboard. Many service members were believed among the dead, on last leave for the holidays.
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Wood
ACL
Rocky
Red Lumberton
Fayetteville
Itary
Installa
Invasion Report From Tokyo Alleges New Britain Fighting
Phoenix amateur radio listener L D Brewer said Tokyo broadcasts claimed American forces invaded New Britain Island with beach fighting. The Tokyo report also said enemy torpedo boats were sunk or damaged in two separate sea engagements north of Finschhafen New Guinea, with no dates given.
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Phoenix, Ariz
L. D. Brewer
Phoenix Radio Amateur
Tokyo
New Britain Island
New Brittain Island
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Norfolk Man Charged With Vagrancy Receives Suspended Sentence
Fred G. Gulleage 40 of General Delivery Norfolk Va was arrested Tuesday on vagrancy charges. He appeared before Judge Rice and was found guilty receiving a 90 day suspended jail sentence with costs of 4.25. Gulleage had been warnedMonday after complaints on Fairmont Avenue.
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Fred G. Gulleage
General Delivery
Norfolk
Rice
Gulleage
Fairmont Avenue
Gasoline Allocations Cut For January March Use
The Petroleum Administrator for War ordered new civilian gasoline quotas for January through March, with most districts reduced. District 1 on the east coast set at 372000 barrels per day, down 7000. District 2 in the Midwest cut to 433000, the largest reduction. The PAW notes farm fuel needs and truck farm produce movement drop in winter.
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Washington
Petroleum
South-West
PAW
District 1
Midwest
The
Fugitive Complaints Arraignment Set in Virginia
United States commissioner at Harrisonburg and another official will arraign today in Alexandria on fugitive complaints for removal to Roanoke.
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United States
Harrisonburg
Alexandria
Roanoke
Ohio liquor purchases expose cross‑state siphoning
Senate testimony shows Ohio hotels bars and other drink purveyors bought about one million gallons of liquor from out of state via brokers and warehouse receipts between April and November while state stores faced whisky shortages. Lentz said regulations were relaxed to permit outside purchases.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Ohio
William F. Lentz
Wherry
R-Neb
Lentz
War Casualties Reach 131000 for U S Forces
Washington reports total U S armed forces casualties at 131 098 with Army losses since the war’s start through November 30 at 98 594 including 15 334 killed 35 049 wounded 23 725 missing and 24 486 Navy prisoners of war 32 504 overall with 13 983 killed 5 868 wounded 8 406 missing and 4 247 prisoners. The 5th Army in Italy totals 13 419 with 2 010 killed 8 583 wounded and 2 826 missing.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
5Th Army
Italy
Surprise air raid alerts to be issued monthly in Virginia
Brig. Gen. Philip Hayes announced that Third Service Command will issue one surprise air raid alert in Virginia each month and one every two months in Pennsylvania. Alerts may be daylight or nighttime and will continue as civilian defense remains essential.
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Baltimore
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Aler Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hayes
Senate delays food subsidy vote 60 days
The Senate Banking Committee recommended a 60 day postponement of the food subsidy showdown to seek a compromise. It refused both the flat repeal bill and Taft's alternative, and authorized Majority Leader Barkley to seek to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation program from December 31 to February 29. He said he would work at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to find a satisfactory solution.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
D.-Ky
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pennsylvania Avenue
Invasion Likely On New Britain After Raid
American forces appeared poised for an invasion of New Britain following Allied bombings that dumped 356 tons of explosives on Arawe and other targets. General MacArthur announced the raid as part of a pre invasion softening up pattern with heavy damage reported.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Japan
South Pacific
Arawe
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Strike at Baltimore Western Electric plants blamed on company
The AFL Machinists union charged the five Baltimore Western Electric plants were struck to avoid bargaining with a legitimate union. It sought police protection for workers, urged a War Labor Board investigation, and labeled the Point Breeze Employer Association as company dominated.
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Baltimore
AFL
Western Electric
Theodore R. McKeldin
International Association of Machinists
Point Breeze
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Clearbrook Woolen Company Buys Land Near Brucetown Road
William H. Lawrence and others trading as Clearbrook Woolen Company purchased about 70 acres near Clearbrook Station from Edna A. Whetzell and heirs. The Freder ick Circuit Court deed records buildings and improvements on the south side of Brucetown Road for ten dollars and consideration.
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William H. Lawrence
Gore Dental Clinic Expands for County Schools
Miss Annie Preston Starling rural school supervisor announced the county schools' dental clinic is now operated at Gore. In addition to students, Mountain View School students are transported there for dental work. Dr. Catherine Clarke has examined at Gainesboro and Gravel Springs, with next site undecided.
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Gore
Annie Preston Starling
Mountain View School
Catherine Clarke
Gainesboro
Gravel Springs
Train Derailment and Collision Reported Near Rocky Mount
An ACL northbound train derailed after collision with a flier wreck near Rocky Mount. Initial reports claim about 75 killed on one train and one on the other, with 50 dead feared by a Fayetteville doctor. Highsmith Hospital treated around 50 injured, including 12 civilians, as rescue work continued.
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Ers
Atlantic Coast Line
Rocky Mount
Buie
ACL General Headquarters
Wilmington
S. W. Pleming
Highsmith Hospital
Faye
Christmas Bonds Today Will Buy Christmas Auto Tomorrow
A brief legal notice announces a local holiday bond sale offering shoppers a chance to buy a used car with Christmas bonds accepted tomorrow. The event runs at the city lot with limited stock and a first come, first served policy.
Engine Stays On Track In Derailment In Northbound Crash
A wreck near Rocky Mount involved three coaches with 250 passengers on the northbound No 8 and southbound No 91 trains. Engineers Frank Beljnap and William Myers, both from Rocky Mount, guided their engines through derailed cars as ambulances ferried the injured while civilian defense teams aided in rescue and recovery.
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Fleming
Rocky Mount
Frank Beljnap
William Myers
EWT
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