Japanese Losses Mount in Leyte Convoy Battles
Allied dispatches report heavy Japanese losses as convoys were destroyed by dive bombers and American fighters around Leyte. U S ships sustained few casualties while rescuing survivors amid ongoing Pacific operations including attacks on Saipan Peleliu Palau and Leyte Gulf.
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Leyte
Associated Press
Philippines
Philippine
Maspate
Cebu
Mindoro
Dean Schecter
Borneo
Saipan
Tokyo
Palau Islands
Peleliu
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
War Department
China
Japanes
Leyte Gulf
Federal Communications Commission
Japan
Palau
Philippines Sea
Kalinin Bay
Fanshaw Bay
White Plains
Katkun Bay
Navy
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
Greyhound workers approve master contract wage hike
The War Labor Board announced approval of a master contract for Southeastern Greyhound Lines workers. Nearly 2,000 bus drivers terminal and maintenance staff will receive about a 10 percent wage increase. Separate report notes 1944 ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 1,170,538 tons, ranking third largest in history per the Lake Superior Ore Association.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Seipments
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Tron
Nazis withdrawing to Po Valley amid heavy fighting across Italy
Fifth Army Indian division moved along Florence Faenza Road facing light resistance as enemy reportedly pulled back toward the Po Valley. At Alberto northeast Faenza Allied forces fought, while British troops cleared Monte Fregnanello Tramonti and occupied Contanerice near Imola after intense clashes.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Florence
Faenza
Alberto
Modigiana
Highway Nine
Monte Fregnanello
Tramonti
Monte del Tesoro
Monte Fortino
Roncosole
Contanérice
Imola
Imola-Castel Rio
Cold Spell To Continue Across Ohio With More Snow
Columbus reports severe cold wave spreading through Ohio with temperatures in the low 20s and brisk winds. Weather officials expect clearing skies but continued cold tonight and tomorrow as intermittent snow showers and icy roads persist.
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Columbus
Seasors
Ohio
Columbus Weather Bureau
Cleveland
State Highway Department
U S Casualties Rise to 536 950 Since Pearl Harbor
Washington reports total U S casualties through November 15 at 536 950 with army deaths at 461 058. War Secretary Stimson announced an increase of 6 878 in the week ending November 7.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
2000 Workers Idle At Airplane Factory
Company and union officials sought today to send a strike affecting 2000 employees of the Wright Aeronautical Corp plant in Lockland Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Lockland
Church Group Opposes Vatican Diplomatic Ties
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, representing about 26 million Protestants, adopted a resolution at its biennial convention opposing U S Vatican diplomatic relations. Delegates argued such action would confer special preferential status on one church in relation to the government.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
United States
Vatican
Albert B Fall Dies Former Harding Cabinet Member
Cleveland report notes the death of Albert B Fall, once a member of the Harding administration. The item mentions wartime production context and quotes Col Joseph C Shouvlin and Lt Col James DiPerley of the Army Service Forces as regional war production board representatives.
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Albert B. Fall
Harding
Cleveland
Army
Joseph C.shouvlin
James DiPerley
Army Service Forces
Russians Close In On Budapest Amid Danube Advance
Russian forces push west of the Danube in Hungary reaching within 78 miles of Budapest and under 100 miles from the Austrian border. Northeast of the capital they seize Eger and Szikszo, cut the Miskolc to Kassa rail line, and advance along a wide front toward Slovakia and Zagreb. The push aims to pressure Budapest, invade Austria, and cut German retreat routes in Yugoslavia.
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Moscow
Danube
Hungary
Budapest
Great River
Red Army
Eger
Szikszo
Slovakia
Miskolc
Kassa
Kosice
Petrov
Ungvar
Domasa
Presov
Moraviary
Zemplin
No Tires for A? Motorists
Washington reports passenger tire quotas reach 2,000,000 this month for the first time but A card motorists may not get new tires until spring. OPA says some passenger tire facilities may divert to jeep tires and that production increases may not be realized soon. Reductions may also continue in civilian quotas for heavy truck and bus tires.
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Washington
OPA
Athens Listed By CAA in Its Airport Plans
The Civil Aeronautics Administration backs a postwar airport program totaling about a billion dollars with $31 million in Ohio. It envisions 3 050 new airports and 1 625 improvements funded by federal and state matching over five to ten years. In Ohio the Athens project moves from Class 1 to Class 3 with $200,000 land prep and $150,000 paving among other costs.
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Washington
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAS
Athens
Chesapeake
Gallipolis
Pollution Control Body Appointed by Bricker
Gov. John W Bricker announced a five man commission to represent Ohio in an interstate compact for control of pollution of the Ohio River. Members are Kenneth Lloyd of Youngstown Hudson Biery of Cincinnati BE F Bearse of Chillicothe Barton A Bell of Logan and F H Waring of Columbus. Waring was the only reappointment.
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Columbus
U.i
John W Bricker
Ohi
Ohio River
Kenneth Lloyd J
Youngstown
Hudson Biery
Cinemnati
BE. F. Bearse
Chilliicothe
Barton A. Bell
Logan
F. H Waring
Waring
Walkout Halts Work At Ohio Arms Plant
About 600 workers at United Engineering and Foundry Co in Youngstown halted production of guns mortars and shells for the Army and Navy. The walkout stopped work at the Ohio plant, affecting ammunition and related components.
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Ohio Arms Plant
Youngstown
Army
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Seven Dead in Plane Crash Near Burbank
A Trans continental and Western Airlines passenger plane carrying 23 aboard crashed in heavy fog near the San Fernando Valley as it neared its Burbank destination from San Francisco. Police reported at least seven killed with the Army taking over the scene. seven military personnel were dead and nine alive. The total number of aboard was not immediately released.
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Los Angeles
uPi
Western Airlines
San Fernando Valley
Burbank
San Francisco
TWA
Army
Tviions
Bombers and Fighters Suffer Heavy Losses in German Raid
Allied air forces pressed a massive night assault on Germany with about 3,000 planes targeting Leipzig oil plants and Saarkrucken rail depots. The U S Eighth Air Force reported 56 bombers and 30 fighters lost, its worst heavy bomber loss in seven months, while German defenses claimed four enemy interceptors downed.
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London
Germany
U. S
Leipzig
Saarkrucken
Bohlen
Zelz
Merseberg
Lutzkendorf
Leipzg
Reich
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Allied Drive Toward Rhine Amid Heavy Front Warfare
Allied armies charge toward the Rhine on a 24th day of the winter offensive. U S First and Ninth Armies push on a 20 mile Roer front toward Cologne and Dusseldorf while Third Army advances along the Saar and toward Karlsruhe. Berlin reports heavy German resistance with thousands of prisoners taken daily as fighting rages across the Roer and Saar sectors and near Hagenau.
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Associated Press
Rhineland
Roer
Saar
Rhine
U. S First
Ninth
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Third Army
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Karlsruhe
Roer River
Argonne Forest
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Flossdorf
Oerdorf
Julich
Lanrach
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Alsatian
U. S. Seventh Army
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Berlin
Reich
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Brokshutgen
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Buerlingsheek
Linnich
Baal
Rurich
Gumbach
Gevenich
Baslar
Bussang Pass
Urbes
St. Amarin
Mulhouse
Huningen
Cily
Timken Bearing Plant Idle Over Wage Dispute
Zanesville plant, Timken Roller Bearing Co., halted operations as workers quit in protest of opposition to rate changes for piece work. Joseph Arthur, labor relations chief, reported about 50 percent of employees idle across two plants.
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Zanesville
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Joseph Arthur
Covington Play House Destroyed By Blaze Early Today
Fire rapidly engulfed the Madison Theater Building in downtown Covington Kentucky early today. Estimated loss is about 150 000 dollars with operators noting extensive fire damage and damage to surrounding structures.
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Covington
Madison Theater
General Motors Plant Planned in Columbus
Columbus rumor says General Motors will build one of 10 new plants in a 500 million expansion after the war emergency ends. Alfred P. Stoan Jr said the Columbus plant would be the largest sheet metal stamping mill in the world and would manufacture steel bodies for automobiles.
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Columbus
General Motors Corporations
Ohio State Journal
Alfred P. Stoan Jr
General Motors Board
Princess Antoinette Dances On Royal Monaco Date
Swell Date 4 Set. Tames de Kaponis of the Seventh Army in Monaco met a young woman who proved to be Princess Antoinette. He learned the address was the Royal Palace and recalls a lively dance lesson as the princess picked up American steps quickly.
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Tames de Kaponis
Seventh Army
Monaco
Alond
Xankoke
Royal Palace
Antoinette
Princess of
Kaporis
Robert Brawley Dies and Funeral Set for Sunday
Robert G. Brawley at 78 died Thursday at his home in Ames Township near Amesville. He served in the 96th General Assembly and was active in the Amesville Grange and local affairs. Funeral services are Sunday at the Amesville Methodist Church with burial in Amesville Cemetery. Friends may call at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home.
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Columbus
Ohio State Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Robert G. Brawley
Akron
96Th General Assembly
Calentine
Amesville
Lawrence Kane
Edward H
Jennie McCallum
Commit Brawley
Ames Township
Kane
Albert L
Brawley
Daniels
Greenfield
Fred R.ithe
Amesville Methodist Church
Fawcett- Stone
State Office Post Assumed By Stettinius
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. assumes the role of Secretary of State with a 68 to 0 Senate confirmation. The former United States Steel chairman steps into Cordell Hull’s job, backed by broad nonpartisan support despite charges from Senator Langer alleging ties to Wall Street and the House of Morgan. He will take the oath and may name a new undersecretary.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Bethesda
Ima. Waval Hospital
Stettinius
Langer
R- ND
United States Steel
Wall Street
House of Morgan
No Changes Planned In Food Point Wales
Washington says current food point values will remain unchanged when the ration period starts Sunday The War Food Administration rejected OPA proposals to restore most point free meat and some major canned vegetables to the ration list
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Eisenhower Delayed Allied Drive Until Ample Shells Arrive
Secretary Stimson disclosed that Eisenhower postponed a general offensive in Europe until sufficient artillery ammunition could be accumulated. He cited railway, port bottlenecks in France and Britain, and the need to conserve casualties with overwhelming artillery support. The opening of Antwerp port would greatly ease ammunition deliveries to the front.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Stimson
Europe
France
Great Britain
Rhine
United States
Antwerp
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