Night B-29 Raid on Tokyo Marks First Foray
Tokyo reports say a multiwave nocturnal bombing by 20th Air Force B-29s struck Tokyo with 20 planes taking part. Fires spread in residential areas but were contained by 5 30 A M. Japanese sources claim minor damage and question the scale. Allied air force officials confirm heavy missions over Iwo, Leyte and other targets as Japan faces mounting losses.
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H. S. Hansell
Saipan
Radio Tokyo
German Transocean Dispatch
Kuniaki Koiso
Japan
Comei
Tokio
Sungen
Shizuoka
Pearl Harbor
Iwo
Haha
Bonins
Central
West Pacific
Mitscher
Polish exile government formed under Premier Arciszewski
London reports the Polish government in exile has reorganized with Tomasz Arciszewski as premier. Cabinet ministers include Adam Tarnowski foreign affairs Zygmunt Berezowski interior Jan Kwapinski finance Bronislaw Kusni justice Adam Pragier information Wladyslaw Folkierski education Stanislaw Sopicki reconstruction labor and social welfare led by Arciszewski and Lt. Gen. Marian Kukiel to head national defense.
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London
U.P
Tomasz Arciszewski
Socialist Party
Aammmaaum Na Atendance
Wuay
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Adam Tarnowski
Zygmunt Berezowski
Jan Kwapinski
Bronislaw Kusni
Adam Pragier
Wladislaw Folkierski
Stanislaw Sopicki
Arciszewiski
Labor and Social Welfare
Kwapinski
Finance
Folkierski
Education and Religious Affairs
Marian Kukiel
National Defense Ministry
Allied Forces Push Front Squeeze Into German Heartland
Allied units drive toward the Roer and Rhine regions as German reserves flood westward to replace massive early losses. Patton’s Third Army penetrates Saar Basin near Merzig and Saarlouis. Hodges’ First Army advances toward Duren and the Roer while Ninth Army envelops Linnich amid heavy resistance and signs of a possible German withdrawal from Beech and Lindern.
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Aachen
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Crumbers
Holland
Swiss
George S. Patton
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Saar Basin
Merzig
Saarlautern
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Strasbourg
Colmar
Alsace
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Cologne
Gorsshau
Roer River
Duren
Lamersdorf
Iden
Inde
Merode
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Lindern
Geilenkirchen
Dusseldorf
Linnich
Burning Beech
Siegfried Line
United Press
Edward V. Roberts
Beech-Lindern
Sunk liners carried troops in 1942 Atlantic warfare
The Daily Mail reported in London that the 20 000 ton liner Viceroy of India was sunk by a German submarine in November 1942 while transporting U S troops to England. It also noted the Duchess of Athol, another 20 000 ton liner, sunk in October 1942 en route from the Near East to Britain with 826 aboard, many women and children.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Atlantic
United States
England
Near East
Britain
No Hope of Realizing Ambition
Amarillo faces slim chances of meeting its quota by December 16 final tabulation. War Loan officials, led by Guy Saunders, expect December paydays to boost results. Local buyers such as Broome Electric Co and Liano Cemetery Association contributed $10,000 each, with Miss Ethel Jackson’s Wolflin School sales at $36,375.
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Amarillo
Guy Saunders
Ethel Jackson
Wolflin School
Broome Electric Co
Liano Cemetery Association
Allen Shoe
White Way
Paramount Theater
Jack King
German spokesman cites 70 Allied divisions in Western Front offensive
Berlin radio quoted a German military spokesman saying General Eisenhower had thrown 70 divisions into the Western Front offensive. The dispatch placed the action near Aachen in a 16 by nine mile sector, suggesting about 850 000 Allied troops opposing German forces. Nazis claimed British attacks south of Helmond were repulsed before the big push.
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London
Berlin Radio Today
Eisenhower
DNB
Aachen
Helmond
Roosevelt marriage plans stay secret amid Hollywood links
Beverly Hills reports Col. Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson have not fixed a date or location for their wedding. The pair kept details private as news outlets awaited confirmation, amid a mix of public interest and Hollywood connections.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Australia accuses Japan of torture in New Guinea killings
Canberra reports form official accusation that Japanese military tortured and murdered Australian service members and civilians on New Guinea. Evidence from a nearly two year investigation will be sent to London for UN War Crimes Commission action. In Washington, the House Military Affairs Committee says POWs in German and Japanese camps are largely treated per the 1929 Geneva Convention.
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Canberra
Australia
U.P
New Guinea
London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Herbert Evatt
House of Representatives
Nice
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Leyte convoy destroyed as 13 ships sunk in Camotes Sea
Allied forces report a two day battle in the Camotes Sea beyond Leyte ends with 13 Japanese transports sunk and at least 4,000 troops lost. The action raises Japanese losses to 21,000 men and 26 transports. MacArthur notes heavy rains hindering ground operations while air forces claim seven enemy planes down. Lt. Curzon earns his 100th share of enemy aircraft with the Fifth Air Force.
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Leyte
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MacArthur
Ormoc
49Th
Fifth Air Force
Warren D. Curzon
Spring City
Tenn
99Th
Wade B. Lewis, Jr
Hillside
N. J
Robert A. Aschenbrener
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Legaspi
Luzon
Dutch East
Severe West Texas Freeze Grips Panhandle Regions
A cold wave across the Panhandle South Plains and New Mexico sends temperatures down to 15 by 9 30 am and 22 by noon with a forecast near 11 tonight Warnings of pipe bursts and radiator damage extend over West and East Texas except coastal areas Lubbock 24 Amarillo 15 Dalhart 17 Clarendon 16 Del Rio 34 Fort Worth 31 scene notes varied readings across the state with milder coastal temps tomorrow not expected.
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South Plains
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
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East Texas
Texas
Navasota
Houston
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Beaumont
Pampa
Amarillo
Clarendon
Dalhart
Lubbock
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el Paso
San Angelo
San Antonio
Pane
del Rio
Fort Worth
Weather Preview for Amarillo and Region
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low near 11. Friday looks mostly cloudy and not as cold. West Texas expects rising temperatures tonight and Friday with lows around 20 to 24 in the Panhandle and 26 to 32 on the South Plains. New Mexico shows partly cloudy conditions with colder east today and tonight. High for 24 hours ending 6:30 A M was 59 with a low of 16 and noon reading of 22.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Alert Signal To Captives: Instructions From Allied HQ
An Allied Supreme Headquarters spokesman broadcasts guidance to foreign workers in the Ruhr Rhineland and Rhenish Westphalia on actions if German forces retreat. He relays that the time has come to follow these orders and that immediate compliance will speed Germany's defeat and the workers' return home.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Ruhr
Rhineland
Rhenish Westphalia
Germany
Europe
Eisenhower
Big Three Meeting Likely Delayed Until 1945
London dispatch reports no likelihood of Churchill Roosevelt Stalin talks before Christmas. The British press lobby correspondent says the leaders probably meet in the new year. Dinner at Thomas ends note.
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London
U.P
British Press Association
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Bickering Over Food Rationing War Agencies Clash Over Points
Washington November 30 The OPA says current food point values will stay the same when the next ration period starts. The War Food Administration rejected OPA proposals to restore point free meat and major canned vegetables to the list. The dispute, referred to Stabilization Director Fred M Vins on, centers on basic policy as WPA argues supply is adequate and substitutions exist. If Vinson sides with OPA mid December point changes could occur.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
WPA
Fred M. Vinson
Europe
President Roosevelt Removes Assistant Attorney General Littell
President Roosevelt announced Littell's removal from office after Littell's public statements and alleged insubordination. The president cited the need for executive action and expressed hope for Littell's career, noting the long statement supported prior warnings. Also mentions a Town Meeting of the Air sponsored discussion on foreign trade.
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Justice Department
Roosevelt
Norman Littell
Eric Johnston
America
Reader's Digest
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