British Push Nazis Across Maas River
Allied forces drive toward the Rhine with heavy British and American advances across the Maas and Saar front. Third Army pushes through Saarlautern toward Saarbrucken while Ninth Army collapses German defenses on the Roer and Aachen-Cologne corridor. Patton’s force nears Forbach and Sarreguemines as air power and river crossings reshape the western front.
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Saarlautern
Saarbricken
Saar
Mering
Second Army
Maas River
Holland
Cologne
Ninth Army
Roer
Juich
Seventh Army
Sarre Union
Palatinate
Strasbourg
Switzerland
Lorraine
Alsace
Karlsruhe
Patton
Berthronn
Arnhem
Nijmen
Zisi
Forbach
Sarregue
Merzig
Siegfried Line
Saar River
U.S. First
Roer River
Ruhr
Four State Posts Filled By Stettinius
Washington AP A startled but agreeable Congress is expected to back Secretary Stettinius in reshaping the State Department with four new appointments announced the day before. The slate, with three resignations, leaves the policy direction largely in new hands, subject to Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Congress
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Joseph Clark Grew
Cordell Hull
Grew
Boston
Japan
William L. Clayton
Texas
Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
White House
MacLeish
Office of War Information
Nelson Rockefeller
Joan D
Germany
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Breckinridge Long
Howland Shaw
Shaw
Long
Florida
Berle
New York
Use of British Troops In Greece Threatened
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament that Britain will not hesitate to use the large army in Greece to restore law and order. He refused to identify who started the weekend Athens fighting based on current information.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Greece
Athens
New Yorker Slain After Asking for a Cigaret
Police reported an unidentified man on the lower Bowery shot and killed another man who had asked him for a cigaret. The victim died at the scene with witnesses recalling the fatal confrontation. The shooter fled as officers began a probe into motive and a possible arrest.
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New York
Lower Bowery
CIO Chiefs To Visit Western Fighting Front
Three American CIO labor leaders Sidney Hillman R J Thomas and Katl Reive announced plans to travel to France and Belgium for consultations with British union officials. A continent visit was barred for British MPs by Home Secretary Morrison and Foreign Secretary Eden cited transport and accommodation issues. US lawmakers previously visited the continent despite the ban.
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London
CIO
France
Belgium
Home
Herbert Morrison
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Morrison
United States
House
Sidney Hillman
R. J. Thomas
United Automotive Workers
Katl Reive
United Textile Workers
Senate Passes Benefits Bill for World War I Widows
Washington report notes the Senate approved an administration welfare bill granting pensions for families of deceased World War I veterans. Benefits reach up to 1874 monthly, with House action pending on Senate amendments liberalizing the scale. Four prior House votes failed to reach a Senate decision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eighth Army Opens North Italy Highway Breakthrough
Allied forces breach northeast of Faenza severing Ravenna Bologna rail line and seizing Russi and todo as they push toward the main highway linking Ravenna and Faenza. Rossi and Gedo serve as midway roadway towns amid the advance.
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Eighth Army Levers
North
Italy
Rome
Faenza
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Bologna
Russi
Todo
Adriatic Port
Rossi
Gedo
Philippine Sea Battle Ends in Draw and Sunk Destroyers
American and Japanese destroyers were sunk in a night engagement off Ormac Harbor on Leyte as a small U. S. squadron clashed with three enemy ships. Catalina planes rescued most sailors amid dangerous seas, while more than 14 Japanese planes were shot down. Allied air forces reported partial success against Japanese targets and continued bombings of Tokyo and surrounding airfields.
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Tokyo
Ormac
Leyte
U. S
Catalina
Philippines
Borneo
Ormed Harbor
Haywood Hansell
2St Bomber Command
Men Up To 30 To Be Reclassified In Draft Quotas
State Selective Service headquarters announced that deferred men aged 25 to 30 will soon be reclassified to fill draft quotas, with emphasis on industrial areas. Col. C. W. Goble, state draft director, said the move stems from shortages and an exhausted pool of physically fit manpower across ages 18 to 25 and 26 to 23, affecting local boards and armed forces.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Col
C. W. Goble
Russian Armies Advance 12 Miles Nearer Austria
Soviet forces pushed toward Austria in Western Hungary moving along Lake Balaton and the Danube. Led by Marshal Tolbukhin, units gained 17 miles in a day and 12 miles closer to the border, about 60 miles from Nagybajom at the southwest end of a 42 mile front.
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Austria
London
Red Army
Hungary
Budapest
Lake
Balaton
Atetrian
Almie Wag Flublaaall Ae Ulleedis
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Nagybajom
Moscow
Danube
Germans to get little Allied aid
Paris reports General Eisenhower indicated Germans cannot count on food fuel or clothing from the military government and must rely on their own resources. Aid will go to nations ravaged by the Germans where possible as Tolbukhin's forces move toward the Austrian border and Lake Balaton. Russians seized over 100 towns surrounding Kaposvar with 2000 German dead and 3000 prisoners in three days of fighting.
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Paris
Eisenhower Klunth
Budapest
Tolbukhin
Lake Balaton
Austria
Kaposvar
Moscow
Postwar Water Program Aims Three Million Dollar Plan
Ohio Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert chairs the Postwar Program Commission proposing a 3.3 million dollar water development appropriation to fund projects totaling about 23 million. The plan envisions state municipal and federal contributions, with reservoirs on Sunday Creek Burr Oak Olen Bangy River at Delaware and Dillon Reservoir on Licking River. The commission favors creating a state agency for water programs under a new department of conservation and natural resources.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio ‘Postwar Program Commission
Loday Water Development Projects
Alexander
Ames
John W. Athens
Bricker
Frank J. Bern Veces
Lausche
Cannanere
Herbert
Carthage
Dover
Sweeee
Mu- Lod
Rome
Waterloo
C. C. Yorkeesereeee
Athens
Nelsonville
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Jder Chambers
U. S. Army Engineers
Sunday Creek
Burr Oak
Perry-Hocking County
Olenbangy River
Delaware
Dillon Reservoir
Licking River
Zanesville
Chambers
Ohio
Commission
Conservation Committee
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
1000 Planes Raid German Rail Centers
London reports Allied air forces strike Germany in force for a swift follow up to yesterday’s twelve hour assault on eight rail centers vital to Rundstedt’s western front. Bombing in daylight hit six centers, five by American crews, with RAF Lancasters striking Oberhausen Karlsruhe and Heilbronn after dark. Loss figures not released. opposition described as moderate.
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London
Germany
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Soest
Kassel
Giessen
Bebra
Mainz
Oberhausen
Karlsruhe
Heilbronn
Nazi Hospital Ship Sunk by U S Airmen Near Trieste
Allied headquarters announced that the German hospital ship Tuebingen was sunk by Mediterranean Allied air forces during poor visibility on November 18 while en route to Trieste. Regrets were conveyed. casualties among the crew were described as very light and the ship was not carrying wounded.
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RCME
Mediterranean
Allied
Tuebingen
Trieste
Logan Cigaret Price Violator Is Fined $150
Willard Campbell of the Columbus Office of Price Administration announced that the Logan Ration Board assessed $150 against Ben Singer, a Logan shopkeeper, after five witnesses testified he sold cigarets above ceiling prices. The principal witness, disabled veteran W. O H. Tucker, said he paid 25 cents per package during a stop en route to Dayton Veterans Hospital from Laurélville. Additional complaints in Logan prompted two investigators to probe.
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Columbus
Willard Campbell
Columbus Office of Price Administration
Logan Ration Board
Lavich
Ben Singer
Logan
Campbell
W. O H. Tucker
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Laurélville
Columbus Opa
Login
DeMille Faces Radio Show Loss Over Dollar Costs
Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille may lose his radio program over a $5,000 weekly fee as the American Federation of Radio Artists fights a state ballot issue. He says he cannot afford to lose his rights as an American citizen. Also, Cincinnati police and the FBI hold three men over a $30,680 bank messenger robbery in Middletown, Ohio.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
American Federation of Radio Artists
de Mille
Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Middletown
Family in grief as two sons killed in action
Mr and Mrs John Roberts of McLeish learn by telegram from the War Department that their son LeRoy Roberts was killed in action in Europe. Another son Daryl Roberts was reported killed in action a few weeks earlier, leaving the family mourning two losses.
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Glouster
John Roberts
McLeish
War Department
LeRoy Roberts
Daryl Roberts
Canada Army Men Clash at Fort Frances
Draftees from home army units clashed with regular troops and civilians at Fort Frances Ontario during a weekend violence linked to the conscription crisis. Six injured as a French speaking unit was moved to Camp Shilo Manitoba for training. Ottawa defers comment.
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Ottawa
Fort Frances
Ontario
Camp Shilo
Manitoba
Fort Frankes
United States
Duluth
Minn
Defense
Europe
Cigarette Tax Receipts Show Shortfall in November
Columbus report shows November tax stamp receipts at 839103, down 225179 from a year earlier and 26784 below October. The drop equals 4359200 packs compared with October, signaling a cigarette tax revenue shortfall.
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Columbus
Tax Commission
Navy Plans To Spend 100 Million Per Month on Rocket Ammunition
The Navy will spend about 100 million dollars monthly on rocket ammunition within four months, a sum said to equal current monthly naval ammunition outlays. Rockets are described as advancing artillery fire for landing operations and used on multiple US aircraft types. The Office of War Information notes no public release of detailed rocket designs or long-range projectiles yet.
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Navy
Washington
Ins One
Office of War Information
U.S
Army
Caen
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