Rokossovsky advances after Gomel victory in Berezina action
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky push west of the Dnieper after sealing Gomel from German garrison. Red Star reports heavy artillery and air raids driving Germans from the Berezina banks as 20 miles below Zhlobin. Romossovsky’s traps threaten Zhlobin Kalinkovichi and Minsk corridors, with fresh Soviet divisions advancing.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Star
Berezina
Napoleon
Gomel
Constantin Rokossovsky
White Russia
Dnieper
Zhlobin
Gomer
Kalinkovichi
Shatsilki
Berexina
Rokossovsky
Red
Zhiobin
Nizhnial
Olba
Zhlobin-Kalinkovichi
Pinsk
Brest-Litovsk
Dormer
Polesie
Roksossovsky
Sozh
Red Army
Propoisk
Goel
Kostyukovka
Towarn Zhlobin
Brobrnick
Minsk
Davidovka
Rechitsa
London
Stalin
Pats
Warsaw
Berlin
Lenawee Heroes Honored At Selfridge Field
Lenawee service members were honored at Selfridge Field near Mt Clemens in a ceremony presenting 13 awards to officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Five Lenawee men awarded included Tech. Sgt. Walter A. Miller of Adrian and Staff Sergeant Michael R. Vince of Sand Creek. Vince received posthumous Purple Heart, Air Medal, and Oak Leaf Cluster on behalf of his son. Miller received Air Medal and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. his father accepted for him. Miller was later reported as a prisoner in Germany after his Flying Fortress was shot down.
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U. & Army Air Forces
Selfridge Field Army Air Base
Mt Clemens
Tech
Walter A. Miller
Adrian
Michael R. Vince
Sand Creek
Martin Vince
Miller
David ‘R. Miller
Route 2
Miter
Germany
Banks pay out Christmas club savings total this year
Adrian banks distributed 94650 in Christmas club savings over the last week or two, down by 10009 from last year. Each of the three banks mailed checks to customers for early Christmas shopping, with no interest earned on payments this year.
Auctions Tuesday Nov Livestock Sale Adrain Michigan
Auction notice listing livestock sale by Al Linched Jr auctioneer with details to be seen in Market page. location Adrain Michigan.
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Adrian
Michigan
al Linched, Jr
Officer killed in Rochester plane crash near air base
Gordon H. Root of Victor New York attached to a ferrying group at Romulus army air base died in a late Friday afternoon crash of a pursuit plane near Rochester New York. Base officers disclosed the information.
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Detroit
UPI
LE Gordon H. Root
Victor
N. Y
Romulus Army Air Base
Rochester
Appointed Walsh Named U S Senator From New Jersey
Arthur Walsh of South Orange New Jersey was appointed United States senator by Governor Charles Edison at Trenton. Walsh, executive vice president of Thomas A Edison Inc, will succeed the late Warren Barbour. AP Wirephoto.
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Arthur Walsh
South
Orange
U. S
New Jersey
Charles Edison
Trenton
J. Walsh
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Industries
W. Warren Barbour
Fleet Doubling In Last 11 Months Prompts Navy Optimism
Washington November 27 the United States Navy has doubled its fleet in 11 months and now fields about 835 vessels including 40 plus aircraft carriers. Navy Secretary Knox released figures showing 419 ships built in 11 months, with 234 ships expected by year end and DE destroyer escorts over 40 per month. He cited large gains in submarine and aircraft production and projected 1944 output well above 1943, with total spending rising to about 3.7 billion dollars in stops and planes.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Navy
Knox
Japan
British extend bridgehead at Talian front in Italy and Allied air raids
British Eighth Army reports forward movement to widen the Sangro bridgehead despite swollen river levels. In Italy, Gen Clark's Fifth Army defeats two German thrusts near Venafro as American heavy bombers hit rail facilities at Recco and Rimini. A Mediterranean convoy suffers minor damage from nine enemy aircraft, while Fifth Army artillery disrupts German infantry near Mignano and advances fortifications along Mount Camino and the Via Casilina toward Rome.
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Allied
Algiers
WFI
Eighth Army
Sangre
Gen. Clark
Fifth Army
Venafro
Recco
Genoa
Rimini
Almatic
Mediterranean
Mignano
Mount Camino
Via Casilina
Toad Lo Roms
Raids on Germ Record in Allied Air Offensive
New York November 27 reports describe Allied air raids on German cities Berlin Hamburg Cologne Essen Hannover Mannheim Ludwigshafen and others as the most devastating bombing campaign in peacetime history. Casualty totals remain uncertain due to chaotic records but the scale of destruction and loss of life is described as unequaled.
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Rubent'p. Stevenson
New York
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Essen
Hannover
Mann ‘Heim
Ludwigshafen
Reich
Japan
Washington
Gilberts
Marshalls
Truk
Philippines
Rabaul
India
Andaman Islands
Burma
East Indies
Aleutians
Kuriles
Air War Tolls Across Europe and Asia in Early World War II
A compiled account notes bomb raids from 1939 to 1942 with casualty tallies in Britain Germany and Japan. It cites Churchill and Halifax figures for civilian deaths in the Battle of Britain period and estimates Hamburg Cologne and Berlin losses while describing the escalation of strategic bombing and civilian fear in occupied and neutral capitals.
Eisenhower Reports On Patton Incident
Senate Military Committees demand War Department explain official equivocation on the Patton soldier cuffing incident and release details of similar cases. Eisenhower’s report says he expressed extreme displeasure to Lieut. Gen. Patton for scolding two hospitalized soldiers, apologies offered, and a decision on command withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Commiitees
War Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton Jr
Patton
Seventh Army
Eisenhower
Stimson
Church Members Picket OPA Office in Pontiacy
Pontiag residents rally outside the Office of Price Administration demanding the dismissal of OPA official Diebel over the denial of a pastor Le land L. Maylon ration renewal. OPA district head Fitzgerald says clergy may receive supplemental rations if needed and notes the Rev. Marion did not appeal the ruling.
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Pontiac
Congregation of the Christian Temple
Office of
Price Administration
Pontieg
Leland L. Maylon
Marion
A. J. Diebel
OPA
Oakland County
Vatiajis
W. E. Fitzgerald
Detroit
Oakland County Board
Flat
Diebel
Fitzgerald
Arnold Falor House Damaged by Fire
A defective chimney ignited an attic fire at the Arnold Falor residence 900 East Beecher Street. Firemen responded at 2:10 AM and controlled the blaze with chemical releases. An earlier alarm at 1:50 AM reported smoke in Tom Eldridge’s home 831 East Maumee Street, but investigators found no fire.
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Arnold Falor
East Beecher Street
Tom Eldridge
East Maumee Street
Deer Hunters Lose Their Lives in Michigan Season
The Michigan deer season ends after a record 15 hunter deaths. Charles P Kreahl of Gary Indiana died from a back shot by John German near Fibre 40 miles west of the Sault after an operation failed. Previously 16 year old Dorothy Amsden of Saginaw County was listed as the 15th victim but later found rabbits with companions. Andrew Kristalyn, 17, of Saginaw, was loading a gun when she was accidentally shot. The 16 day season closes Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Charles P. Kreahl
Gary
Ind
Sault Ste. Marie Hospital
Kreahl
John Germain
Sault
Fibre
Dorothy Amsden
Saginaw County
Andrew Kristalyn
Saginaw
Americans Take Sattelberg in New Guinea Campaign
Allied forces seized the 2,400 foot jungle plateau at Sattelberg near Finschhafen, after Australians followed heavy tanks through dense terrain. Japanese defenders were driven from dugouts as U.S. engineers kept supply lines open. Bougainville airfield attacked and cruisers sunk in related operations in the Southwest Pacific.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas
Sattelberg
Finschhaven
Huon Gulf
MacArthur
Dampier Strait
New Britain
Japan
Pacific
Rabaul
New Ireland
Solomons
Finschhafen
Aus‘sies
United States
Garove Island
Bas«Marcel
Bougainville
Bonis
Spencer Davis
Four Page Salt Lake Tribune Hits Street During Strike
Readers received a four page Salt Lake Tribune edition this morning as typographers strike. paper printed from plates made from typewritten copy and carried summarized local regional and war news plus some pictures.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune
Senators Plan Hearings On Subsidies
Washington November 27 UPI Senator Aiken Republican of Virginia denounced administration claims that banning subsidies would trigger price hikes. He argued there is no broad demand for higher farm prices and accused the administration of a false impression to shield the President. Senator Mead of New York urged continued subsidies citing wartime inflation on fronts, noting high prices abroad and a wiped out middle class, insisting inflation controls and subsidies are essential to prevent disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Banking Committee
Mead
D-N.y
China
Senator Butler Attacks Boondoggling Spending Abroad
Senator Hugh A. Butler of Nebraska gestures during a Senate report in Washington as he charges U S spending in Latin America amounts to boondoggling. He asserts 86 billion dollars is wasted and marks Uncle Sam as a sicker while stirring suspicion. The charges follow a 20,000 mile tour of 20 Latin American countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A. Butler
R-Neb
Senate
Washington
U. S
America
Uncle Sam
Map for Turkey’s UN contribution on Telegram page
A brief instruction directs readers to turn to page Eight in today’s Telegram to view a map showing what Turkey could contribute to the United Nations. The note emphasizes the visual aid as part of the coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
United Nations
Stuttgart Bombs and Berlin Firestorm Mark Key RAF Blitz
RAF heavy bombers struck Berlin for a fifth time and pummeled Stuttgart in a coordinated strike, with near 1,000 planes involved and Berlin reporting vast fires. Losses mounted as 32 bombers failed to return, while U S and RAF raids stretched over multiple targets, boosting total yearly bomb tonnage.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
Frankfurt-Am-Main
North Sea
Bremen
United States Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
France
Duesseldorf
Germany
Frankfurt-am- Main
Stockholm
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Smolensk
Wbil
Sevastopol
Dnepross Petrovsk
Erekoy
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Joseph Stalin
Kiev
Kremenchug
Selfridge
Talian
Winston Churchiim
Lord Halifax
Tates
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Iity
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Adigrat
Ethopia
Plich
Poland
Switzerland
Coast Guard
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Sumner
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Mass
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