Yanks Plan Pincer Move Against Last Solomons Base
A Tokyo announcement spoke of U S forces landing on Bougainville near Cape Torokina with large landing barges under cruiser and destroyer bombardment. Allied air activity continued as Japanese losses mounted including 1,096 dead at Piva Ridge and a Bougainville death toll of 2,014. Admiral Nimitz stressed continued pressure on Japan and the value of Tarawa’s air base for future campaigns.
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Solomons
Tokyo
United States
Bougainville Island
Cape Torokina
Uifkathas 1
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Bonga
Huon
New Guinea
Changteh
Hunan
Vitiaz Strait
Sio Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Hong Kong
Bougainville
Piva River
Halsey
Magine
Empress Augusta Bay
Cape Torokinase
Jaba
Empress Augusta
Piva Ridge
Bougain
Gilbert
Gilberts
Vancouver
Wash
Knox
Allied Advance From Italian Front Near Pescara
Allied forces push along the spine of Italy with the Fifth Army two miles from Acclano and within 20 miles of the Adriatic port of Pescara. British Eighth Army advances beyond the Sangro River toward Rome as American troops reach near Montaquila and push toward Ancona and Tuscany while air raids and sea actions continue against German centers.
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Associated Press
Fifth Army
Italy
Eighth Y
Sangro River
Adriatic
Pescara
Rome
Cclano
Mont
American Libera
Fiume
Ancona
Tuscany
Montaquila
Eighth Army
Korosten
Kiev
Ger
Ukraine
White Rus
Zhlobin
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Red
Menka
Kentucky Republican Wins Legislature Seat
Kentucky Republicans celebrate a 12,600 vote victory by Chester O. in Leitchfield over Bardstown Democrat J. Dan Talbott for the Fourth Kentucky district seat. The win follows the November 2 state general election, seen as part of a broader Republican advance.
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Louisville
Republins
Chester O
Leitchfield
Scat
J. Dan Talbott
Bardstown
Kentucky
Blicans
Simeon 8. Willis
Asland
Liner Gripsholm Docks With U S Internees
The Gripsholm arrived at its pier carrying 1,500 Americans held by Japan during the war era. It also transported 1,223 United nationals and 217 Canadians, with officials saying no further stories of atrocities would be pursued.
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Diplo Jersey Exchange
Gripsholm
Americ
Orient
New Battleship Ready for Delaware Navy Yard Visit
A newly completed battleship, identified as one of the largest, will reach the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Delaware waters on December 7. The vessel, part of a noted class, marks a significant milestone in naval production and showcases ongoing military readiness.
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Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Delaware
Philadehia
Beef point values cut by OPA with December effect
The Office of Price Administration announce wide cuts in beef point values effective Sunday while lamb mutton and most veal stay unchanged in December. Pork cuts remain at the reduced November levels. Butter and margarine stay at sixteen points and six pounds per pound. Hamburger drops to six points. American cheese rises to ten dollars? per pound. Oysters fall to four points. lard drops to two points. shortening and cooking oils unchanged. Overall beef cuts lower, boosting December meat rations by about 30 percent.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration Today
OPA
Yanks Cross Sauer and Moselle in Occupation Entry
Washington reports that on December 1 1918 American forces crossed the Sauer and Moselle into defeated Germany with bands playing and the Stars and Stripes aloft marking twenty days after the Armistice and beginning occupation.
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Washington
Stars and Stripes
American Army of Occupation
Sauer
Moselle
Germany
Pressure On Operators To Seal Coal Wage Pact
Secretary Ickes pledged that southern coal mines will not be returned to owners unless they join a general wage contract under the Ickes Lewis accord. John L. Lewis met with northern and western soft coal operators to draft the pact, with Ickes urging completion in two or three days. Operators expect seizure relief once signed.
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Washington
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Ickes- Lewis
Lewis
Northern
Western
Beightler Awaits Jap Attack on Bougainville
Major General Robert S. Beightler, a National Guard officer leading a division at Empress Augusta Bay, said his lines are fortified and he welcomes an attack. The 54-year-old commander, from Columbus Ohio, previously Ohio State highway director, leads a seasoned unit veteran of the New Georgia campaign.
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United States
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Robert S. Beightler
Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
South Pacific
New Georgia
Gallia County Soldier Dies on Pacific Island
War Department telegram reports Pvt. Orville A. Rupe age 27 died November 26 on Kahuku Island in the Pacific. He enlisted May 27, 1941. Born in Kyger, he is survived by his father, a brother in Los Angeles, and a sister in Zanesville. London urges coalition against FDR in 1944.
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Kyger
William Rupe
War Department
Pvt
Orville A. Rupe
Kahuku Island
Pacific
Rupe
George Rupe
Los Angeles
Calif
Hulda Rupe
Zanesville
Revoked Gas Rations for Canton Man One Year
Office of Price Administration Special Hearing Officer C A Rogers announced the A and C gasoline rations of Earl J Taylor of Canton are revoked for one year on charges he bought gasoline at 30 cents a gallon. Bomber pilot killed in Springfield crash near Osborn.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
C. A. Rogers
Earl J. Taylor
Canton
Missing Army Medical Group Believed Safe
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports medical personnel including U S Army nurses missing since November 8 on a Mediterranean flight from North Africa to the Italian mainland are believed to be alive though no details are available.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
U. S. Army
North Africa
Stalin To Join Talks By Allied Leaders in Tehran
London reports a meeting among Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and Chiang Kai Shek appears to be taking place in Tehran Iran. Washington officials say the talks aim to reach agreement on measures to win the war and outline the next Allied steps.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Teheran
Iran
Persia
Washington
Chiang Kai Shek
No Compromise Format Contends With Germany
British Ambassador Lord Halifax declares no compromise peace with Germany and notes leaders will continue fighting. Reported talks among Roosevelt Churchill Chiang Kai-shek target coordinated war strategy and postwar order. Emphasis on allied unity in Europe and Pacific, with China needing supply routes to sustain war effort.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Lord Halifax
St. Andrews
Pacific
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Congress
United Nations
China
United States
Great Britain
Suspect in Triple Slaying Subjected to Lie Detector
A suspect in the McCoy family killings was brought to Fayette County for lie detector tests and extended questioning. Officials say the suspect, an elderly man linked to the slain hog breeder and family, faced scrutiny over his movements the prior Wednesday night as investigators shift from revenge to a deliberate plot theory. The man is jailed, and police note two victims were shot at close range, suggesting intimate knowledge of the victims.
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English Channel
Boch
van Raeder
Hitler
Rommel
Jodl
Zeitder
Admiral Doenitz
Franz von Papen
von Ribbenp
Champagne Ulesman
Germany
Cordell Hull
Brendan Bracken
Toledo
McCoy
Washington D. H
W. H. Icenhower
John B. Hill
Fayette County
Hill
Seenhower
No Heavy Christmas Travel Anticipated
Cleveland report says Ohio holiday travel should not be excessive with transportation officials noting no extra equipment for heavy travel. A railroad worker urged limited travel as soldiers on furlough need train space and the public should travel only if absolutely necessary.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt Supporters Win in Georgia County
In Donalsonville Georgia Seminole County Democrats backed a fourth term for President Roosevelt. Unofficial results from three of five precincts in yesterday's sentiment-testing primary show 816 votes for a fourth term and 70 against, indicating broad rural support.
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Donalsonville
Roosevelt
Seminole County
Trolley Crash Injures 45 in Cleveland
A streetcar rolled backward down Buckeye Hill in Northeast Cleveland colliding with an automobile and another trolley, injuring 45 persons.
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Cleveland
Buckeye Hill
Athens Stores Open Thursday Afternoons in December
Athens business houses will remain open every Thursday afternoon during December. The announcement was made today by Paul Gillilan, president of the Athens Retail Merchants Association, to provide extra service for shoppers during the holiday season.
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Athens
Paul Gillilan
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Snow Forecast for Ohio Region This Week End
Weather forecast calls for occasional light snow in northern Ohio on Wednesday and Thursday with rain in the south. Friday and Saturday bring flurries, Sunday dries with warmer south and colder north. Temperatures run below normal with windier conditions Thursday and Friday and much colder Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Aluminum Co of America to donate blood on Pearl Harbor anniversary
More than 1,000 Aluminum Co of America employees will donate blood to the Red Cross donor service on the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor, December 7, the company's labor management donor committee reports.
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Cleveland
Aluminum Co., of America
Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Land Sold To Coal Company In Mason County
Land acquisition preliminaries for 15000 acres of Mason County coal lands by the M A Ha Coal Co of Cleveland were disclosed by agent Leighton Henry of Clifton. He said the tract was nearly blocked up at about 25 dollars an acre, totaling around 375000 dollars, with plans to ship coal by water along the Ohio River.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
M. A. Ha Coal Co
Cleveland
Leighton Henry
Clifton
Henry
Ohio River
Wheat Conservation Urged by U.S. Millers
CHICAGO 4 A warning by the Millers National Federation that wheat was being used too rapidly for safety was seen by grain men as highlighting how the country's food and war efforts relied on wheat. The federation urged an immediate reduction in wheat used for livestock and poultry feed and substitutions of molasses for wheat in producing industrial alcohol.
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Chicago
Millers National Federation
War Food Administration
Millers Federation
Alumni officials attend Chicago meetings this December
Clark E. Williams, alumni secretary at Ohio University, attends the American Alumni Council mid winter meetings at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago and plans to return to campus December 6. President W S Gamertsfelder also travels to Chicago to meet a special American Philosophical Association committee examining philosophy in higher education.
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Clark E. Williams
Ohio University
Chicago
American Alumni Council
LaSalle Hotel
W. S. Gamertsfelder
American Philosophical Association
Orders Cancelled by War Plant in Cleveland
Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co announces layoff of 200 workers due to cancellation of war orders amid a shift in war strategy. In Lima, Samuel Jordan, 65, a locomotive works employee, is reported killed from a 20 foot fall at a trestle.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co
LIMA
Samuel Jordan
Lima Locomotive Works
Veteran Logan Attorney Dies During Night
Logan attorney Eu gene Wright aged 65 died suddenly last night at his home after a heart attack. He had been Logan’s prosecuting attorney of Hocking County and twice ran unsuccessfully for common pleas judge. Survived by wife Clara and two children Harold Wright of Washington DC and Kathryn Shepard wife of Captain Harold A. Shepard en route from Louisiana to Fort Knox Kentucky. Funeral arrangements are being completed today.
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Logan
Eugene Wright
Hocking County
Wright
Common Pleas
Ohio
Clara
Harold
Washington, D. C
Kathryn Shepard
Shepard
Harold A. Shepard
Louisiana
Fort Knox, Ky
Nazis May Forego Reprisals for Bombing
Madrid reports Berlin that Germany may avoid using secret reprisal weapon if Allied bombings stop. The idea is from Octavio De Alcazar, Madrid’s Berlin correspondent, following widespread damage to the capital by Allied raids.
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Madrid
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Octavio de Alcazar
Heroic Sub Commander Dudley Morton Reported Missing
Los Angeles reports Lt Commander Dudley W Morton missing after recent sea actions by his submarine crew. Morton, highly decorated, led the famed Wahoo credited with sinking numerous enemy ships this year.
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Los Angeles
Dudley W. Morton
Morton
Steer Brings 4080 At Chicago Fat Stock Show
The 1 020 pound grand champion Hereford steer from the Chicago market fat stock show sold today to the Food Fair Store in Philadelphia for four dollars a pound, bringing a total of 4080 dollars.
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Chicago
Monogram
Philadelphia
Tire history and a brief want ad sample
The notice cites Robert Thomson as the inventor of the first rubber tire in 1850 and recalls his lifelong patent. It then pivots to a sample want ad offering a coal heater for three to five rooms and a small gas stove, attributed to Mrs. B B Knight of Chester. The piece mixes historical trivia with a local sales listing.
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Robert Thomson
S Mall
B B. Knight
Chester
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