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December 13, 1943

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Headlines from December 13, 1943

ARMY, NAVY ALLOW OFFICER TO ACCEPT CALL TO PRESIDENCY; Stimson and Knox Say Rules Don't Forbid Active Service After Draft Nomination VANDENBERG ASKED STAND Way Is Seen Open to Admirers of MacArthur, Stassen and Others to Advance Them ARMY, NAVY ALLOW CALL TO PRESIDENCY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Secs Stimson and Knox, in reply to Sen Vandenberg query, state army or navy officers may accept nomination for Pres or Vice Pres while on active duty and resign at Pres discretion if elected

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Snow and More Cold Forecast for Today

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New York City received a brief respite yesterday from the cold snap that hit the East Coast Saturday, but the Weather Bureau warned that a new cold wave was on the way. The forecast for today was much colder and snow flurries.

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Historical Events

Kalavryta massacre

1943World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.[†]

The Kalavryta massacre, or the Holocaust of Kalavryta, was the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, Axis-occupied Greece, by the 117th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) during World War II, on 13 December 1943.