Pacific Front Battles Shift in Leyte and China
Across Leyte and western China heavy fighting persisted as U S airmen attacked Japanese transports, sinking 10 ships and 4 000 troops, while B 29s raided Tokyo. In Europe Patton and Patch pressed near the Saar as Ninth and First armies wrestled with entrenched German lines amid a widening front. In Washington a sedition trial ended with Justice Edward C Eicher’s death closing proceedings for 26 defendants after seven months.
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Leyte
Philippines
Yamashita
U. S
Philippine
Ormac
Tokyo
Chat
Rhine
Western Front
Doughboys
Ninth
First
Turd
Seventh
Patton
Third Army
Saar
Patch
Seventh Army
Vosges
First Army
Julich
Duren
Roer
Rhineland
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Julich- Duren
Budapest
Danube
Edward C. Eicher
Iowa
Washington, D. C
U.S
Postwar Highway Plan Clears Senate and House Action
Senators and representatives in Washington agreed on a postwar federal highway program. The Senate approved 751.6 million dollars annually for three years for rural secondary and urban highways. The House bill allocates 900.8 million dollars annually for three years with equal state matching and funding distributed by regional importance.
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Senate
Record Beef and Veal Output Hits November Peak
The American Meat Institute reports record November production of beef and veal at federally inspected plants. Total meat output reached 1,539,000,000 pounds, a significant rise from October. A Holstein bull calf fetched 775,000 in war bonds in Omaha, with a life insurance firm and a dairy breeders group each purchasing portions for future use.
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American Meat Institute
Omaha
Douglas County Dairy Breeders Association
Canada confronts crisis over conscription push in parliament
Prime Minister Mackenzie King faces a confidence vote as Quebec strongly opposes expanding the home guard to overseas service. King seeks to cushion the plan by capping draftees at 16,000 while relying on provincial support to weather the political storm.
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Canada
MacKenzie King
King
Home Guard
Quebec
King Kong
Major U S Army Units Engage On The Western Front In World War II
Report lists Allied formations advancing through the Roer and Saar regions with General Simpson Hodges Patton Patch and Patch commands. Units include 2nd armored division 29th 20th 02nd infantry divisions 19th corps and many others across western front and Vosges.
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U. S
Germany
Simpson
Sth
Roer River
2Nd Armored
Hodges
Aachen
Patton
Saar
Patch
7Th
The
Vosges
82Nd
U. S. Airborne
U.S. Armored
94Th U. S
Smiling Diplomat Edward Stettinius Named Secretary of State
Cordell Hull resigns due to ill health after a record tenure. Edward Stettinius, 44, a prominent business executive and former chairman of U S Steel, becomes secretary of state bringing a blunt, people-focused leadership style. The piece also notes farm income rises in 1944 and government spending for the current fiscal year.
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Cordell Hull
Edward Stettinius
Morgan
Stettinius
General Motors
U. S. Steel Corporation
Hull
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Edward R. Stettinius
Roosevelt
Dumbarton Oaks
State Department
Congress
Washington
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Pacific
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Ace Bong
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George Kenney
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Ering
Sumer
China
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Burma
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Linchow
Kweiyang
Kai-shek
Uncle Sar
Ted Gamble
Gamble
Rommel
Harold O. Miller
Erwin Rommel
France
United States
Reich
Coast Guard
America
Pvt
Carlton W. Barrett
Saratoga Springs
Lee
Paris
St-Laurent-Sur-Mer
Normandy
Fie
Chicago
Manila
Future
Hollywood Club
Sioux City
WM. Wachter
Mgr
National We Works
Lisox City
Iswa
Feathers
Stiteheil
DASH
Suumberland Redding Co
Washington Ny
Minneapolis
Minn
Iota, Wahlert & Guntzler
North Flrat
Losin
Peterson Jewelry
SUS
Spencer
Mader Front
FRANK’ E __ Spencer
Yowa
Roar Motor CO
Kemp Tire & Battery Co
Slows City
Ima
Et Tl
Ederman
Vani Lenes
Towa Vet
S Auto Supply CO
Fargo
Noth Dakota
Eee
Alpalfa Hay
Milligan & Son
Gloux City
South Dakota Farms
Isuy & Palm
Dept. of Agriculture
South Dakota
Commission Association Stock Verde
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