Tokyo Air Blitz on Tokyo Fifth Time by B 29 Superforts
Tokyo industrial areas were struck by Saipan based B 29s of the 21st Bomber Command, the first Tokyo raid since Dec 3. Japan claimed nine shot down and 27 damaged, while Tokyo praised the bomber formation breaking under anti aircraft fire. The action followed a message that 3,000,000 pounds of bombs had fallen on Honshu from Saipan. The report notes one B 29 lost and high level claims of success.
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Washington
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
War Department
Federal Communications Commission
Nene
High Command
Saipan
Honshu
Chester W. Nimitz
Reds Attack Budapest from Snowy Hills as War Rages
Soviet shock troops and tanks press into flame-seared Budapest from the Danube’s western hills as German forces fall back. Reports say hundreds of prisoners march to cages while Tolbukhin’s artillery dominates the city and the Danube bridges. The Third and Second Ukrainian Armies advance northwest toward Bratislava and near Vienna.
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Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Buda
Szekesfehervar
St. Stephen’s
Zzekesfehervar
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Pest
Tolkukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodio Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Vienna
Tolbukin
Bud
Truce Breaks As ELAS Shells British Ship Amid Talks
In Athens a peace conference between ELAS and British officials collapsed after ELAS leaders rejected terms as inadmissible. British forces accused ELAS of violating a three quarter hour truce as fighting resumed near British HQ in Piraeus and tanks moved toward Omonia square.
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Athens
ELAS
Churchill
Stylianos Gonatas
Grand Bretagne
Omonia
Piraeus
Women urged to join Red Cross nurse aide classes
Mary Winchester urges women to commit to home front duty by joining new Red Cross Nurse's Aides training starting January 8. With 27,000 nurses overseas, 13,020 remain in the U.S. to carry on essential work and light the burden on trained nurses at facilities like Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia. Local Red Cross secretaries provide details and accept day and night class applications.
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Red
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Red Cross
Paris Endures First Postliberation Air Raid
Paris suffers its first air raid since liberation as bombs strike landmarks killing three and wounding 13. A servicemen’s club and a hospital are damaged while night fighters pursue the attackers.
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Paris
Lieutenant Potts Killed in Action December 12
Lt. B T Potts son of Mr and Mrs B H Potts of Kernstown was killed in action on December 12 He would have turned 32 on December 21 A Handley High School alum class of 1934 he starred in football and track and was hailed as All Handley all time quarterback He worked for Schenck Cheese prior to joining the service later commissioned second lieutenant served with the Fifth Armored Division in France Luxembourg Belgium and Germany earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart He helped train armored troops at Camp Cook and Pine Camp and was a Junior Board of Trade member in Winchester.
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B. H. Potts
Kernstown
Handley High School
Schenck Cheese Company
Young Potts
Fort Knox
Pine Camp
N. Y
Officers Training School
Ft. Knox
Camp Cook
Calif
Potts
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Germany
Fifth Armored Division
First Army
Courtney H . Hodges
Board of Trade
Winchester
Germans Claim To Have New Bomb
A German radio station claimed that Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt’s forces were using an atomic bomb in the new offensive. It said the weapon was dropped at St Vith and caused widespread devastation, with animals and plants annihilated and large areas scorched.
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London
Karl von Rundstedt
St. Vith
Experts See Victory Date Pushed Back Months
Washington dispatch reports military strategists now estimate victory in Europe may be delayed by three to six months. Analysts blame Allied intelligence for two key blunders and note potential shifts in top command as the German drive shows surprising strength on the Western Front.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Asia
Pacific
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
France
West Wall
German Parachutists In U S Uniforms Reported
Stars and Stripes reported a German parachute unit wearing American uniforms dropped behind Allied lines in the western front area. The force, about two battalions strong, carried sulfuric acid vials in matchboxes for sabotage and faced questioning with deadly intent.
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London
Stars and Stripes
Japanese Leaders Signal Philippine Focus and Casualty Claims
The Japanese war and navy ministers told the 86th Japanese Diet session that 503000 Allied casualties have occurred since Pearl Harbor and that decisive battles will be fought in the Philippines. Yonai said Japan’s navy concentrates on the Philippine area and aims for final victory through costly efforts. Sugiyama claimed 503000 American casualties.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Federal Comunications Comission
Froma
Tokyo Radio
Navy
Mitsumasa Yonai
Philippine
Yonai
Philippine Islands
Gen
Sugiyama
Domei
House of Peers
Leyte
Germans Compelled To Lower Voices
Moscow dispatch from Red Star states Gen Eisenhower's successes against the German offensive have forced the enemy to lower their voices. Allied troops are described as isolating the German group from its base, with some observers comparing the German breakthrough on a narrow front to the Allied push in the west. Reports mention a 3000 aircraft raid on enemy communications in western Germany.
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Moscow
Red Star
Eisenhower
Germany
Allied Bombing Blitz on German Front Report
British heavy bombers spearhead a fresh assault on the German western front aided by weather allowing Allied aircraft from Belgium Holland and France. U S Eighth Air Force targeted rail yards near Koblenz and bridges north of the Amerei Te. The combined air effort claimed over 1 000 German motor vehicles 146 armored cars and tanks and 71 Nazi planes with Allied losses around 30 fighters and one bomber. Since Saturday 475 Nazi planes have been destroyed.
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London
Britain
Continent
Belgium
Holland
France
Austria
U. S
15Th Air Force
Italy
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Coblenz
St. Vith
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Second Tactical Air Force
RAF
Icy Roads Loom In Virginia As Weather Turns
Icy conditions expected in the southwest as rain arrives and temps drop. The Richmond Weather Bureau cautions uncertain warnings but notes likely freezing rain over the interior Virginia region. Danville reports 24 degrees, Norfolk 28, and Lynchburg 19 with freezing rain forecast locally.
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Associated Press
Richmond Weather Bureau
Virginia
Danville
Norfolk
Lynchburg
J. M. Williams
Richmond
Franklin Denies Any Part In Killing Sisk
Defense attorney Wilbur Trout argued in Winchester Corporation Court that Lee Riley Franklin did not participate in the October struggle in which Roy Sisk was killed. The trial opened at 10 this morning before Judge Burr P. Harrison with 12 jurors seated. The prosecutor and Trout expected to finish arguments in about an hour and send the case to the jury around 4 PM. Franklin, a Stephens City neighbor, was a companion of Robert Collier, recently convicted of second degree murder in the Sisk slaying.
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Wilbur Trout
Front Royal
Winchester Corporation Court
Lee Riley Franklin
Roy Sisk
Burr P. Harrison
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Franklin
Trout
R. L. Bageant
William H. Brown
George W. Clowser
L. H. Anderson
R. Edwin Buncutter
Merton W. Browne
Milton D. Albin
James B. Daniel
Walter H. Bursey
Kenneth R. Adams
Edwin R. Glaize
J. Smith Adams
Robert Collier
Sisk
Stephens City
Collier
German PWs At Baker Hospital Near Martinsburg
A small group of German prisoners of war was delivered to Newton D. Baker General Hospital on the Martinsburg reservation. They will be used for noncombat work such as landscaping and caring for hospital grounds to relieve Army and civilian labor under the Geneva Convention.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Front line updates span multiple theaters in war report
Allied forces repel German spearheads near Ciney and push back near Namur in Belgium while Russians close in house to house on Budapest. ELAS breaks a truce with Britain as air action resumes. U S Fifth Army holds on the Serchio valley as Tokyo endures a mass raid. Ground fighting in Leyte moves to mop up.
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Celles
Ciney
Namur
Belgium
Offing
Budapest
ELAS
U. S. Fifth Army
Italy
Serchio
Tokyo
Philippines
Leyte
Hold Up Men Targeted By Statewide Police Net
City and state officers spread a wide manhunt for two armed hijackers who fled a Saturday taxi wreck on Route 50. Officers led by Sgt. Francis Funk and Deputy Robert De Haven link the pair to a Moorefield store robbery and report stolen ammo and pistols. The investigation notes a pickup recovered in Winchester and possible shell sales locally.
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Francis Funk
Winchester
Robert DeHaven
Harry Mason
Funk
G. W. Busch
West Virginia
Orndorff
Moorefield
Mets
Allied troops push back units near Meuse front
Paris dispatch reports Am troops repel armored columns four miles from the Meuse river and regain initiative on the flank as the German drive into Belgium continues. The front dispatch notes this development as of December 27.
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James M. Long
Paris
Meuse
Belgium
Silver Star Awarded to Sgt Wilkins for gallantry in France
Sgt Preeman Wilkins of Front Royal Winchester is cited for gallantry on September 2 in France during a drive of the 30th Division into Belgium. When enemy tanks opened fire near a sunken road, he exposed himself to danger to shield the wounded Task Force Commander, continuing to act under heavy fire.
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Preeman Wilkins
Route 1
Front Royal Road
Winchester
France
Belgium
Wilkins
York Inn New Year's Racer Entry Policy Announced
The York Inn announces a cover charge of $1.25 including favors and hats for a New Year’s Racer event. Stags are not allowed. Patrons are urged to reserve and buy tickets in advance.
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York Inn
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