Ferguson: Returned soldiers
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
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‘Fresh’ State Department –
Bureau setup streamlined by Stettinius
Finally confirmed, aides are sworn in
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In Washington –
Congress quits as members start holiday recess early
Nearly $200 billion appropriated in 2 years of existence; scheduled work not completed
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Millett: Man who wanted boys and got girls just didn’t examine their possibilities
They never make Dad feel old and they can be ideal companions
By Ruth Millett
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Simms: Big Three add insult to Polish injury
Victim blamed in border dispute
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
I understand that the people in liberated countries are now catching up on five years of accumulated Hollywood pictures and gossip. Goodness, what they’ve got in store for them! Why, they’ve never even heard of such stars as Gene Tierney, Rita Hayworth, Van Johnson and Frank Sinatra. And can you imagine the impact of Betty’s Grable’s legs after five years of Der Fuehrer’s face?
As for gossip, Errol Flynn alone can provide them several months’ back reading.
Of course, they might be a little confused when they see Sinatra the first time. They’ll think we’ve had much stricter food rationing in America than they’ve had. But I don’t know just how they’re going to take to bobby sox. Somehow, they don’t have the same appeal when you call them “Sox de Robert.”
U.S. Navy Department (December 20, 1944)
CINCPAC Communiqué No. 209
On December 17 (West Longitude Date), Liberators of the Strategic Air Force, Pacific Ocean Areas (STRAIRPOA), bombed airstrip installations on Iwo Jima in the Volcanos, starting fires.
On the following day, Liberators of the same force returned to the attack, dropping more than one hundred tons of bombs on Iwo Jima. Lightning fighters shot down one enemy aircraft and strafed targets on the ground.
Marcus Island airstrip facilities were bombed by STRAIRPOA Liberators on December 18. The enemy sent up moderate anti-aircraft fire but all our planes returned safely:
Corsairs of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing bombed and strafed storage areas on Babelthuap in the Palaus on December 18.
More than one hundred fifty fighters and bombers of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and Fleet Air Wing Two bombed and strafed Maloelap Atoll on December 18 as neutralizing attacks on enemy‑held bases in the Marshalls were continued.