Fourth Raid Called Most Successful
Tokyo suffered fresh ruin as American B29s bombed the Musa shima Nakajima engine plant in a fourth raid in ten days. The operation reported high accuracy with heavy fires, one aircraft lost, and enemy claims of downed bombers. Admiral King noted allied pressure in the Pacific while Koiso warned Japan to boost munitions.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Musashima
Nakajima
Tokyo Radio
Robert McClanahan
Los Angeles
Admiral Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
21St Bomber Command
21St
Japan
Germany
America
Kuniaki Koiso
Koiso
Philippines
Western
Pacific
Adm
Ernest J. King
U. S
Nazi Counterattacks Smashed in Italy
American Fifth Army forces repelled new counterattacks south of Bologna as the Eighth Army fought along the Montone and Lamone rivers near Faenza. Allied reports say Italian Fascists have begun deserting to the Allied side at about 30 to over 100 daily.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Montone
Lamone
Rimini
Faenza
Explosion at Standard Oil Plant Kills Worker in Cleveland
A gas cracking still explosion at the Standard Oil Co plant in Cleveland killed one worker and injured two others. The blast caused a fire, with responders fighting the flames after the accident yesterday at the refinery.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Yank Planes Strafe Reds in Yugoslavia Mistake
U S 15th Air Force bombed a Russian column in Yugoslavia due to target misidentification. The Mediterranean Allied Air Force issued an official apology to Moscow and the Russian commander but did not disclose attack results. A Moscow dispatch said Russia published no report of the incident.
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Rome
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Road and river bills head to White House
Two large postwar bills totaling over 2.5 billion dollars move to the White House this week. They authorize spending on road and river projects across every state as Congress plans a Christmas adjournment.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Woman killed by truck driven by husband in East Palestine
Mrs Grace Griffith 39 mother of eight was killed when her husband Hubert accidentally backed his truck over her in East Liverpool area. Coroner Arnold W Devon said the couple resided nearby East Palestine.
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East Liverpool
Grace Griffith
Hubert
Arnold W. Devon
East Palestine
MacArthur Air Forces Hit Japanese Shipping and Bases
American aircraft struck Japanese shipping and supply bases across Leyte Mindanao and nearby areas. Fighters bombed Valencia and Samar Sea targets while heavy bombers hit Palawan and central Philippines. Patrols sank freighters off Borneo and bombers set fuel fires at Rabaul and Kavieng.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Island
Valencia
Ormoc
U. S. Ana
MacArthur
Palawang Island
Central Philippines
Leyte
Celebes Islands
Halmahera
Rabaul
Kavieng
Russians advance toward Austrian border from Hungary drive
Soviet forces smashed toward the Austrian frontier in Hungary driving west of the Danube. Miskolc fell to Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army as Tolbukhin’s forces closed on Kaposmero and Dunafeldervar. Petrov’s troops pressed on Kassa and Celovce, narrowing the path to Budapest and Zagreb.
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London
Hungary
Miskolc
Satoraljaujhely
Lake Balaton
Budapest
Malinovsky
Petrov
Satoraljaushely
Danube
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Tamasi
Kaposmero
Austria
Dunafeldvar
Zagreb
Homrogd
Kassa
Kosice
Ungvar
Celovce
Congress Probes Callous Letter on Veteran Burial Plans
Rep. Wilson and others denounce a Veterans Administration letter to Mrs. Pansy Vanney of Columbus Indiana that described burial arrangements for her seriously ill husband. Lawmakers may push bills to allow veterans to enter any hospital of their choice.
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Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Rep
Wilson
Ind
Congress
Pansy Vanney
Columbus
Veterans’ Administration
Civil War in Greece Looms After Deadly Sunday Clash
A general strike ordered by the leftist EAM followed a violent Sunday clash with police that killed 21. Martial law, British tanks, and parachutists patrolled Athens as power and communications failed. Papandreou accused EAM of trying to spark civil war amid disarmament talks.
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Athens
EAM
George Papandreou
ELAS
Girls' Industrial School Faces Water Shortage in Delaware
The Girls' Industrial School in Delaware reports a severe water shortage from a drought tied Scioto River low levels. The state highway department delivered 1,000 gallons to supply 400 inmates and 100 employees for their first bath in a week.
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Delaware
Girls’ Industrial School
State Highway Department
Scioto
1945 Boys State Set for June at Wittenberg College
The American Legion will run the 1945 Boys State program from June 16 to 26 at Wittenberg College in Springfield. It will bring together young men for government training and civic projects under Legion supervision.
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Columbus
American Legion
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Just Ask the Boys: War Will End Only With Allied Victory
A London and New York perspective argues that only the frontline Allied soldiers can grasp the hard road ahead to defeat Nazi Germany. It notes winter fighting, harsh conditions, ongoing German resistance, and a veteran unit's defiant refrain that the war will continue until victory.
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London
New York
Germany
Five Hurt as Auto Crashes Chester Store
William R. Burleson 29 of Long Acre West Virginia drove into Guy E. Summerfield’s Chester store on Route 7 causing the front to collapse. Burleson his wife and three children were hospitalized in Gallipolis with severe facial cuts and scalp wounds.
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Pomeroy
William R. Burleson
Long Acre
W. Va
Guy E. Summerfield
Chester
Burleson
Joyce
Glenda
Terry
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Queen
Walter Wolfe
Frank Clark
Canton
Bing
Ewing
James Weber
Burlesons
Gallipolis Hospital
Week End Bomb Raids Reduced by Weather
Uncertain weather and shorter days limited British heavy bomber missions over the week end. Meanwhile 1 000 Allied fighter bombers based in Belgium and France pressed the air offensive with a sharp Sunday strike on the western front left wing. Over 200 sorties supported American First and Ninth Army advances at Julich and Duren. one bomber was lost.
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London
Britain
Belgium
France
Ninth Army
Julich
Duren
Bulgarians Accused of Fliers Abuse Face Death by Own Action
Rome report says Bulgarian captors of American airmen, accused of abusing prisoners before surrender, chose death by their own hands rather than stand trial. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker said the U S mission in Bulgaria is making progress identifying those responsible and that none guilty would escape.
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Rome
Bulgaria
Ira C. Baker
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Faker
United States
Noted British Diplomat Found Shot To Death
NORFOLK England Sir Eric Teichman veteran British diplomat in the far east and former counsellor at Chungking was found shot dead on the grounds of his Honingham Hall estate. Lady Teichman said he had been annoyed by poachers and went out to investigate after hearing shots yesterday afternoon. he carried no weapons.
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Norfolk
England
Eric Teichman
Far East
Chungking
Honingham Hall
Teichman
Eric
Veteran Flyer Killed In Crash in Ohio
A fighter plane crashed three miles south of Zimmerman Ohio killing Capt. Zed D. Fountain Jr. of Hattiesburg Mississippi a veteran of 63 missions in the South Pacific theater.
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Dayton
Zimmerman
Zed D. Fountain Jr
Hattiesburg
Miss
November Air Raids Set New Weight Record
Allied air offensive against Germany shatters records by dropping over 114700 tons of bombs in November. U S heavy bombers based in Britain delivered 37880 tons, 15th Air Force in Italy 17820 tons, and Britain based RAF 59000 tons. Enemy planes destroyed exceed 794, with 303 heavy bombers and 167 fighters lost by Americans, and 155 heavy bombers and 127 fighters by the RAF.
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London
Germany
Reich
U. S
Britain
15Th Air Force
Italy
RAF
Akron Grocer Family Held Up In Home Invasion
Akron police reported four members of a grocer family were tied and gagged during a home invasion by masked robbers who escaped with about $8,000 in cash. Victims included John Zepko, 55, and his daughters Eunice, 19, and Katherine Galati, 33, plus her husband Anthony Galati, 33.
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Akron
Glenn Miller
John Zepko
Eunice
Katherine Galati
Anthony Galati
Girl Killed by Hit-Skip Auto at Patterson Field
Beulah Kincaid aged 21 of Fairfield was struck and killed at the Patterson Field entrance early today by an automobile that left the scene, according to the state highway patrol.
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Girl
Dayton
Beulah Kincaid
Fairfield
Patterson Field
State Highway Patrol
Two Soldiers Killed In Auto Crash Near Xenia
An automobile struck a bridge abutment on a curve south of Xenia yesterday, killing two soldiers stationed at the Wilmington Army Glider Field.
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Wilmington
Allied armies push across Saar and Rhine frontiers
Allied forces report gains on the Saarfront with Saarlautern captured despite heavy fire from the Siegfried Line. British Second Army advances near Venlo and the Maas crossing. American First Army crosses the Inde and nears Duren, while fighting at Juelich and Linnich. In Italy, advances continue south of Bologna as Eighth Army fights northeast of Faenza. Bombers drop a record tonnage on Germany.
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Third Army
Saar
Saarlautern
Second Army
Maas River
Holland
Venlo
Ruhr
Cologne
First Army
Inde
U. S
Juelich
Linnich
Roer
Duren
Rhine
Italy
Bologna
Eighth Army
Faenza
Yanks Capture Four Towns In Major Arnhem Nijmegen Push
American and French forces seized four towns Inden Luchem Brandenberg and Lucherberg while advancing along the Roer toward Duren and crossing the Inde River. Patton’s front extended toward Saarbrucken and Sarreguemines as major German industrial regions remain under threat and prisoners passed 64 318 since November 8.
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Patton
Saar
Germany
Reich
Ruhr
Silesia
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Sarregue
Duren
Inde
Lucherberg
Luchem
Brandenberg
Roer
Erft
Cologne
Rhine
France
Japs Menace Chinese City Near Kweichow Battle
Japanese forces push 35 miles into Kweichow Province and clash seven miles west of Tushan, 75 miles from Kweiyang as they threaten Chungking and Kweiyang. Clyde Farnsworth reports from Kunming that Japanese aim to strike toward Kweiyang, Kunking, and Chungking to hinder the Ledo Burma supply route.
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Chungking
Kweichow
Tushan
Kweiyang
Burma Road
Associated Press
Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
Kunking
Ledo-Burma
India
Air Transport Command For
Burma
Production Resumed At Wright Factory
Production in two aluminum foundries and a machine shop resumed today at the Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant in Lockland on a temporary basis after a week’s work stoppage. CIO UAW members voted to negotiate with the company to discontinue practices unfair to the workers.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ohio PAC Group To Continue Its Activity
The Ohio Political Action Committee executive group voted to continue its operations as an independent affiliate of the national organization.
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Ohio Pac
Cleveland
Ohio Political Action Committee
President's Son Marries Actress in Grand Canyon Ceremony
Col Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson wed yesterday on a snow swept ledge overlooking the Grand Canyon. The couple honeymooned in the region as the bride said they chose the dramatic setting to begin their marriage beautifully.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Jobs Worth Almost 100000 Await Lausche Cabinet Picks
Ohio's governor elect Frank Lausche will gain control of about 100000 in annual salaries through cabinet and key posts. Seven of nine cabinet slots may be filled before he takes office, including highways finance commerce agriculture health public welfare and industrial relations. Some other posts and commissions carry terms through 1947 1945 and beyond, shaping early administration appointments.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Lausche
Bricker
Frank L. Raschig
Kenneth C. Ray
William S. Evatt
George McConnaughey
Public Utilities Commission
Robert Hoffman
Board of Tax Appeals
Herman R. Miller
Board of Review of
Highway Department
Department of Commerce
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Bataan
Charles C. Johnstone
Ted R. Gamble
Treasury War Finance Division
NEA Telephoto
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Strasbourg
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Mulhouse
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Marshal Montgomery
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Inden
Luch
Wright
T. V. Soong
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
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