Nazi peace talk seen as prelude to propaganda move
The Associated Press reports that talk of German peace overtures signals a Nazi propaganda offensive aimed at undermining Allied resolve ahead of a possible big three peace announcement by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. Analysts warn Berlin may push for a peace short of unconditional surrender while Nazis seek to sow confusion and delay Allied victory.
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Associated
FRESS
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Hull
Bern
Stockholm
Balkans
London
Reich
Berlin
Congress
Austin
Tomwer
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Military Committee
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Africa
Tipton Soldier Wounded in Action
The War Department lists Private Russell C. Miller of Tipton among Lenawee county soldiers wounded in the Mediterranean area. Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Miller of Tipton. Public Auction notice for December 2 by Linehan & Linehan of Sylvania, Ohio, appears in the Market page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
U.S. War Department
Lenawee County
Russell C. Miller
Vern Miller
Miller
Mediterranean
Aniles
Sylvania
Ohio
Linehan
Auctio
Adv
Stearns Wins Army-Navy Star for Excellence Flag
Stearns Manufacturing Company receives the first white star on its Army-Navy Excellence flag from the War Department, signifying that high production standards have been maintained for six months. The award letter from Under Secretary Robert P. Patterson praises wartime conversion and notes the 1,500,000th end connector on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns Manufacturing Company
U.S War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Navy
Stearns
Patterson’ S
Transatlantic air record broken by Australian pilot
Captain Richard Allen of BOAC, flying a Liberator bomber, set a new Montreal to Britain transatlantic speed record at 11 hours 35 minutes with a 45 mph tail wind. The flight carried 56,000 pounds and included Christmas mail for Canadian service personnel and US Office of War Information missioner Robert Riskin among 15 passengers.
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Montreal
Britain
Richard Allen
British Overseas Airways Corporation
RAF Transport Command
M. B. Barclay
Perth
Scotland
Barclay
trans-Canada Airlines
New Atlantic
Allen
Transport Command
Robert, Riskin
United States Office of War Information
Record heavies raid western Germany in 11th operation month
London dispatch reports Eighth Air Force heavy bombers conducted daylight attacks on western Germany setting a record of 11 major raids in one month. Operations were staged from bases in Britain during November.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Britain
Mosquito Bombers Hit Western Germany in RAF Raid
RAF Mosquito bombers returned to western Germany to strike unspecified targets while Intruders hit Nazi airfields in France and Helland. The operation, conducted with heavy bomber support, followed a U S raid on Bremen. Allied losses were 13 bombers and 18 fighters. 45 enemy aircraft were claimed destroyed.
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London
Germany
Y Air Ministry
France
Helland
U. S
Bremen
Belgium
Brest
Rodney E. Snow
James‘own
Holy Terror
Richard E. Robinson
Crofton
Vandegrift Named Holcomb's Successor as Commandant
Washington reports Lt Gen Alexander A Vandegrift was named new commandant of the Marine Corps to take effect Jan 1 in succession to Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who retires age 84 Roosevelt officials announced at a press conference with Holcomb and Vandegrift present. Vandegrift, 56, a Marine veteran of 34 years, was in the Southwest Pacific when named and ordered back from Bougainville to lead landing operations after Maj Gen Charles Barrett died accidentally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Holcomb
Vandegrift
Roosevelt
Southwest Pacific
Honolulu
Bougainville
Charles Barrett
Millionaire Mixup Hits Keystone Box Chief Buyer
Pittsburgh November 30 Mark Nolan president of Keystone Box Company tried to buy war bonds. He sent five 5,000 dollar bonds and instead received five 500,000 dollar bonds from the Federal Reserve Bank. Officials said a clerk dipped into the wrong stack and the error was promptly corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mark Nolan
Keystone Box Company
Nolan
Federal Reserve Bank
Tom Harmon Safe in China
Army Lt. Tom Harmon, former All American football star, was reported safe in China after being missing on a Kiukiang mission since Oct. 10. His family packed Mass to give thanks as Michigan figures and friends expressed relief, recalling a prior April escape from a bomber crash in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Tom Harmon
Jand
University of Michigan
Harmon
Tom
China
Kiukiang
Louis Harmon
Rose Harmon
Sally Jensen
Gary
Ind
Ypsilanti
Thina
Charles Hammond
Blissfield Man Loses Legs In Corn Picker Accident
Clarence Keller a 29 year old Blissfield Route 3 resident was drawn into a corn picker on the Arthur Schulz farm in south Deerfield township around 1 30 pm losing both legs above the knee. He was freed after about an hour with assistance from a Deerfield welder and was taken to Bixby hospital where he remained conscious and in exceptionally good condition.
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Clarence Keller
Blissfield
Route 3
Bixby
Keller
Arthur Schulz
South Deerfield Township
Schultz
Kellct
Schulz
Deer- Sield
Forty-two Lenawee men inducted for Army training
Twenty-tine Lenawee county men inducted into military service November 10 depart for Fort Sheridan tomorrow morning. They will meet at the armory at 8 30 and leave on the Wabash at 9 32. The group joins others assigned to Navy and Pa corps from the November call. The draft board will release the remaining inductees tomorrow and another batch will undergo physical exams at Bixby hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee County
Fort Sheridan
Armory
U.S. Army
Navy
Pa Corps
Lst
Bixby Hospital
Gerity Outlines Industrial Demobilization Plan
James Gerity of the Gerity Adrian Manufacturing Corp announces an orderly postwar demobilization plan backed by the National Association of Manufacturers. The program urges three week paid furloughs, family and clothing allowances, and job training, aiming to ease veterans into peacetime work and prevent hardship after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerity
James Gerity Jn
Gerity-Adrian Manufacturing Corporation
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S
Manuarcimers Pingend
National Association of
New York
Allied push across Sangro river breaks German line
Allied reports from Tunisian and Italian fronts say British Eighth Army breached the winter German defense along the Sangro river, pushing four miles and seizing Mezzangrogna while contesting gains along the ridge. Fifth Army units advanced near Montaquila amid heavy shelling and air bombardment.
Women Under Axis Rule Details Nazi Abuse of Women
London dispatch reports the Inter Allied Information Committee's 20 page booklet alleging German occupation forces exploited Polish, Luxembourg, and Chinese women. It cites forced prostitution in Nazi brothels, coercion of refugees, and abuses by Italian and Japanese troops, with accounts of starvation and degradation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Inter-Allied Information Committee
Gauleiter
Gustav Simon
Luxembourg
Germany
Fuehrer
Neuwar
Anj
Greece
Piraeus
Sone
China
Australians Close In On Another Jap Base
Allied forces, after Sattelberg, press toward Bonga in New Guinea jungle. Tanks advance with Billy Butchart escorts as MacArthur announces assault began last Saturday. Within a mile by Sunday, capture of Bongages noted to fix Allied lines. Liberators drop 94 tons on Wewak. no interception, airmen puzzled by lack of resistance amid heavy bomber formation.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Bongages
Satteberg
Wewak
New Guinea
Pacific
War At A Glance War At A Glance
EF TRE ASSOCIATRO FREES Italy Eighth Army drives four miles north of Sangro River breaking into main defenses of German winter line. Fifth Army takes Castelnuovo north of Venafro. Red Army pushes ahead on ten fronts within artillery range of Minsk gateway. RAF Mosquitos attack western Germany and targets in France and Holland after daylight Bremen raid. Pacific bombers hit Marshalls Nauru Wewak Japa n installations on Bougainville. Australians tighten drive on Bonga New Guinea. Chinese say two Japanese divisions routed from Chankteh in Tie bowl. Allied planes bomb Sarajevo Yugoslavia and attack shipping off Albania. Germany drives against partisans in Hercegovina and Bosnia stopped with Nazi losses.
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Mezagrogna
Eighth Army
Romagnoli
Fossacesia
Sangro River
Archi
Montgomery
Fifth Army
Falconari
Castelnuovo
Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinand
Grosseto
Rome
Giuianova
Pescara
Adriatic
Jntelion
Furbata
Civitavecchia
TRE Associatro
Italy
Venafro
Russia
Red Army
Zhichin
Minsk
Western
Germany
France
Holland
Bremen
Pacific
Marshalls
Nauru
Wewak
Bougainville
Bonga
New Guinea
Far East
Chankteh
Tie Bowl
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Albania
Hercegovina
Bosnia
World war materiel rated world s best says Aberdeen proving ground
Aberdeen proving ground officers report Allied bombing dims German and Japanese gear while American materiel leads in most categories. German craft remain best, but quality declines. Japanese weapons are deemed third rate. Col Jarrett and Col Eddy note German deterioration but equal or superior American equivalents overall.
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Aberdeen
Proving Ground
Third Reich
Nippon
Col
George G. Eddy
Cen Liter
Col. Eddy
Jarrett
Col. Jarrett
Ordnance
U.S
North Africa
Driving Pastor Wins Gas Ration For Three Cars In Detroit
In Detroit area news the Rev Leland L Marion a Pontiac minister had his gasoline allotment approved for a three car fleet totaling 2920 miles per month after parishioners protested. OPA district director W E Fitzgerald noted delays in renewal and attributed some fault to the district office.
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Detroit
Leland L. Mariott
Pontiac
Pontiac Cpa
W. E. Fitzgerald
OPA
Marion
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Fred L. Crawford
Mich
Piggy F.L
Crawford
Michigan
House
Dar
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Bulletin
Moscow
Zhitomir
Chernyakhov
Jong Front
Brusillov
White Russia
Ukraine
Zhlobin
Gomel
Constantine Rokossovsky
Shyeshin
Dnieper
Kiev
Shremenchug
Lof
Cherkasy
Russkaya
Polyana
Dubeyevka
Smela
Dnepropetrovsk
Kremenchug
Apostolova
Nikolai Vatutin
yRiewi
Tena
S. Felice
Napii
Sangre River
Bernard Montgomery
Montaquita
Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
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