German Front Crumbles Under Allied Assault In Italy
Allied reports say German forces abandoned substantial material on the Fossacesia Romagna Ridge as the Eighth Army presses near the Sangro River in Eastern Italy. Heavy fighting, repeated counterattacks, and large losses accompany advances toward Lanciano and Pescara while Allied air support fights to seal the ground.
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Associated Press
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Italy
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Rome
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Fiat Bil Bering Oral Tin In Norther Taye
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Seewee ExGuard For Beating Patient LAND-Municipal Case
Petrash convicted in Lima for beating a patient at LAND-Municipal hospital. The former guard Booth or Booth was fined $50 and sentenced to 60 days in jail. Details of the case are unclear due to damaged text but involve a medical facility and municipal legal action.
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Petrash
Lima
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Bias Here Booth
Wise Petrath
Booth
News Delay Sparks Congressional Criticism of Military Briefings
Congress deplores slow release of Churchill Roosevelt and Chiang conferences news. Rep Carlson argues timing hinders the public and parallels Tokyo raid and Patton incident shadows. Brig Gen Doolittle and Eisenhower aides note withholding info hindered troops and reporters.
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Tokyo
Patton
Neltents
James H
Doolittle
Guadalcanal Veteran Fatally Shot During Hunting Trip
Rudy Nozica a Guadalcanal veteran and former Marine discharged last August was shot while hunting near an automobile. The incident occurred while he prepared a shotgun and he was struck during a hunting trip. Authorities described the event as a fatal shooting with Nozica’s exact injuries under investigation.
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Guadalcanal
Bucyrus
Rudy Nozica
Allied forces poised for Pacific assault after Cairo talks
Dispatches report massive Allied buildup across land sea and air along the Pacific front. Forces numbered in the hundreds of thousands await the attack order as the Cairo conference shapes the plan for Japan's defeat and end of the empire.
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Pacific
Japan
Cairo
Pacific Fleet
Signs of German Withdrawal Reported Near Cassino
Allied pilots observed several demotions near Cassino and Key Point on the Via Casilina as Allied pressure increases. Lt Gen Mark W. Clark’s forces advance, with commands by Maj Gen Holland and others, while strategic gains include raids from Rangoon to Bougainville and renewed attacks on Japanese bases.
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Oaalling
Rome
Mark "W
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Whaing
Holland
Menere Grnth
China
Pacific
Japan
Rangoon
Bougainville
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Great Britain
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Delhi
Burma
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Ame Fan
Solomons
Tokyo
Invasion Plans Discussed At War Conference
Report from Cairo cites Allied talks among Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill on a second front and Mediterranean operations. The piece notes disagreements on timing and coordination for a major western invasion and a broader strategy across Europe and the Balkans.
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John M. Reve
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Cairo
Washington
UPA
Germany
Ty Dispatch
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Tong
Stalin
Mediterranean
France
Balkans
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Ique
Europe
Japan
Heavy Guard at Cairo Conference Site
Describes a high security setting around a palm-filled Cairo hotel used for a British American and Chinese conference. Generals and admirals viewed during a period described as a near world headquarters with slit trenches and deep air raid shelters in a guarded area surrounding villas for Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek.
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Roosevelt
Steelworkers Demand Widespread Wage Gains In Drive
Pittsburgh sources report the United Steelworkers of America push for an 11 centan hour wage raise a guaranteed weekly wage and a severance pay allowance as part of a drive aimed at overturning the Far Labor Board Little Steel wage formula Philip Murray president of the union and its bargaining conferences prepares for talks to begin December 13 He said he would not cross any line before addressing the issue with the companies and any potential WLB disapproval was left to that body.
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Pittsburgh
United Feelworkers of America
Far Labor Board
Little Steel
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Fec
WLB
Murray
Young Service Mother Claims Nation Record
Mrs Mamlel Tobergia believes her 18 year old son James Cagle may set a national record as a service member. Cagle serves in the RAF ground crew at Keesler Field and is cited by his mother today in Cincinnati records.
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Nation
Cincinnati
Mamlel Tobergia
James Cagle
Keesler Field
Roosevelt Pictures Sent to Allies in Campaign Gallon Plan
A report states Roosevelt campaign pictures bearing a U S seal were sent to Arabs via Sensible channels, with Taft backing a bill to ban political material paid for by the government from transmission to services. The issue centers on alleged military distribution of campaign items and potential legislation to restrict such government funded materials.
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Wasbsseriesen
Sena
Ohio
Roosevelt
San
Taft
Ban on Transferring Fun Faces Senate Panel Review
The Senate Appropriations Committee is considering a ban on transferring surplus funds between federal department accounts. The debate follows recent disclosures that the War Department channeled 113 million for the Canal without congressional approval.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Murder Confession Ties Brother-In-Law to Slayings
In Toledo, 60-year-old James W. F. Collett confessed to the McCoy family murders after being questioned at the police laboratory. Prosecutor John B. Hill said Collett claimed self defense and memory loss while detailing a debt dispute and a barn confrontation with Elmer McCoy. The case was treated as solved after Collett’s statements and detector tests followed the funeral. Collett and his wife arrived for Thanksgiving dinner as authorities pursued charges.
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Toledo
McCoy
John B. Hill
Washington D. H
James W. F. Collett
Collett
Elmer McCoy
Hill
W. H. Lenhower
Wilmington
Oak View
Repatriates Forecast Prolonged Pacific War Struggle
American repatriates from the Far East head home amid grim prospects of a long Pacific war. Journalists former Tokyo-area reporter says Japan may fight at least five more months or longer as they approach American soil. Concerns rise over hundreds of thousands of Americans held by Japan and the path to liberty after return.
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Far East
Pacific
Saa
Gripsholm
Ameri
Trussell Brines
Associated ? Press Bureau
Manila
Tokyo
Amp
MacArthur Name Not To Be Entered In Ohio
MacArthur for President Club will not enter General Douglas MacArthur as a candidate in the preferential or national convention efforts. Rep Robert A Wilkinson of Van Wert said the club aims to foster MacArthur sentiment and cooperate with other groups to support him at the convention next summer.
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MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. ‘Wilkinson
van Wert
Three-Power Cairo Talks Promise Japan's Destruction
Reported at Cairo where Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek pursued a plan for a new invasion of Europe and possible Balkans strike. Leaders pledged unrelenting war to defeat Japan and strip its empire, with chatter of Iran conference and Teheran talks.
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North Africa
America
Roosevelt
Britain
Churchill
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Pacific
Far East
Cairo
United States
Europe
Balkans
Chiang
Chungking
Iran
Marshal Stein
Reuters
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Berin
Teheran
Sita
Commodore Perry
British Protests Over Censorship Stir Across Atlantic
London reports show widespread indignation at censorship tied to North African conference coverage. Critics claim inaccurate reporting and biased handling damaged press credibility while BBC and several outlets faced hostile reactions from governments and readers.
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London
Daily Mail
Beith
Tuesdag
BBC
Beery
War on All Fronts Reports Major World War II Decisions
A broad wartime conference covered global strategy, with focus on the Mediterranean, Middle East, Balkans, and potential campaigns. General Dwight D. Eisenhower attended, signaling high-level planning for ongoing and future operations. A senior American war planning group met jointly with British counterparts in a separate session.
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Japan
Middle ‘East
Balkans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tealy
Allied leaders plan future operations against Japan
A British nurse reports that discussions among the three great Allies centered on punitive actions against Japan, detailing plans to expel Japan from territories and populations, with leaders including Mountbatten Stilwell Chenault and MacArthur's chief Richard K. crying out opposed moves.
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Japan
Corn Held on the Market as Prices Rise
Dispatches from Washington report a likely increase in selling prices aimed at spurring grain sales. The anticipated rise could be used to move corn held in storage and release it to the market.
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Collins
Washington
Processed Food Point Reductions Announced by WPA
The Office of Price Administration reveals major point cuts for processed foods in the new rationing chart. Grapefruit juice and several canned items drop to ten points or fewer, including green beans, soy beans, carrots, spinach, baked beans, and certain frozen fruits and vegetables.
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Office of Price Administration
Explosion at Dynaky creek clears family in isolation
Five of a Dyn aity ite explosion kills two members of the family of a coal miner near Williamson West Virginia. The blast from a keg of powder or carbide head tamp touched off by Kerry Lee Amos while fishing overnight caused a fatal house fire in isolated Extina. Meanwhile in Columbus Ohio the Supreme Court rules on wages for state employees hired before June 24.
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Williamson, W. Va
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Artcime
Ext
Tina
Plies
Kerry Lee Amos
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
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