Four State Posts Filled by Stettinius
Washington AP A shaken but confident Congress is set to back Secretary Stettinius as he pushes a bold reshaping of the State Department. Four new appointees await Senate confirmation: Joseph Clark Grew under secretary. William L. Clayton assistant secretary for economic affairs. Archibald MacLeish assistant secretary for public and cultural relations. Nelson Rockefeller assistant secretary for the American republics. Three assistants resign to clear the path: Adolf Berle Jr Breckinridge Long and G Howland Shaw. Roosevelt may offer Berle a new post. status unclear.
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Washington
Congress
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Joseph Clark Grew
Td” Cordell Hall
Grew
Boston
Japan
William L. Clayton
Texas
Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
White House
Facts and Figures
MacLeish
Wax
Nelson -Rockefeller
John D
Germany
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Breckinridge Long
Berle
New York
Use of British Troops In Greece Threatened
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain would not hesitate to use the army in Greece to maintain law and order. He said he could not yet determine who started the fighting in Athens, based on information available.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Greece
Jared
Athens
Unidentified man fatally shoots rival on Bowery
An unidentified man drew a gun and killed another man on the Bowery after a demand for a cigarette. Police reported the fatal shooting occurred today as the assailant and victim argued over a cigarette request.
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New York
Lower Bowery
War Loan Progress Update Numbers Reveal Totals
The record shows a sequence of figures labeled Qinute and multiple subsequent totals. It lists 17,045 25,037 43,149 14,149 16,894 46 117 21,460 24 048 and a final 90,863, indicating cumulative progress in the war loan campaign.
Ask Three Millions for Postwar Water Program
Ohio Lt Gov Paul M Herbert chairs the Postwar Program Commission proposing immediate water development appropriations totaling 3.3 million with 2.5 million for reservoir projects. The plan envisions a 23 million dollar program funded by state federal and municipal sources, plus a new department of conservation to oversee water and natural resources.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio
John W
Bricker
Fleet Frank J
Lausche
HerWfert
C. C
Licking River
Zanesville
Herbert
Chambers
Commission
Conservation Committee
Department of Conservation Land Natural Resources
CIO Chiefs To Visit Western Fighting Front
Three American CIO labor leaders Sidney Hillman R J Thomas and Earl Reive traveled to consult with British officials and plan a trip to France and Belgium allowed for some lawmakers but denied to two MPs. Morrison barred continental travel citing transport and accommodation issues.
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CIO
Western Fighting Front
Londlon
France
Belgium
Home
Herbert Morrison
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Morrison
United States
House Military Committee
Sidney Hillman
R. J. Thomas
United Automotive Workers
Earl Reive
United Textile Workers
Senate Passes Benefits Bill for WWI Widows Families
The Senate approved without debate an administration bill to grant pensions up to 74 dollars monthly to families of deceased World War I veterans. The House had passed a similar measure last May and must act on Senate amendments liberalizing benefits. Four prior House votes had favored pensions, but this is the first Senate vote on the issue.
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Washington
GFI
Senate
House
Eighth Army Severs North Italy Highway
Eighth Army cuts the Ravenna Bologna railway and captures Rossi and Godo as forces push northeast of Faenza. Allied HQ says troops now straddle the major highway between Ravenna and Faenza, with Rossi and Godo towns seized midway between the two cities.
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North
Italy
Rome
Faenza
Ravenna
Bologna
Rossi
Godo
Adriatic
Russi
Men 25 to 29 to be reclassified for draft quotas
State Selective Service headquarters in Columbus announced that deferred men between 25 and 30 would be reclassified to fall draft quotas, especially in industrial areas facing shortages. An examination showed the 18 to 25 age pool of physically fit manpower is nearly exhausted, with local boards still supplying manpower for the armed forces, so men ages 26 to 29 are expected to be reclassified from deferred classifications.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Russian Armies Advance Toward Austrian Frontier
Western Hungary witnesse d Red Army gains under Marshal Tolbukhin as forces moved along Lake Balaton toward the Austrian border. The drive extended the distance to 60 miles from Nagybajom and 37 miles south along the Danube, signaling a widening advance toward Budapest’s siege line.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Budapest
Lake
Balaton
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Nagybajom
Moscow
Danube
Germans to Get Little Allied Aid
General Eisenhower announced that Germany cannot rely on food fuel or clothing from the military and must depend on its own resources. Allied aid will go to nations ravaged by the Germans where possible as Soviet forces advance. Tolbukhin’s troops maneuver around Lake Balaton toward Austria as Russians claim heavy enemy losses and large prisoner counts.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Kovern
Budapest
Tolbukhin
Lake Balaton
Austria
Kaposyar
Moscow
4000 Planes Raid German Rail Centers
Allied bombers and fighters mounted a large daylight and night raid on German rail centers including Soest Kassel Giessen Bebra Mainz Oberhausen Karlsruhe and Heilbronn. American and British aircraft reportedly faced moderate opposition with some losses. The effort followed yesterday’s 12 hour, 12000 ton assault targeting the same critical rail hubs in a swift sequel.
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London
Germany
Gerd van Burd
Oberhausen
Ruhr
Karlsruhe
Heilbronn
Upper Rhine
Nazi Hospital Ship Sunk by U S Airmen
The Mediterranean Allied coastal air force sank the German hospital ship Tuebingen on November 18 amid poor light as it neared Trieste. Allied headquarters expressed regret and said casualties were light and no wounded were aboard.
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U. S
Rome
Mediterranean
Tuebingen
Trieste
Planes Save Majority of U. S. Seamen in Pacific Action
American command reports a near draw in inland Philippine sea war as Superforts fail to destroy the Musashima aircraft plant. A U S destroyer was sunk off Ormoc as a small U S squadron battled three enemy ships. Catalina flying boats rescued most survivors in full view of fortified shores. More Japanese ships and transports were sunk elsewhere in Philippines and Borneo waters. Ground fighting on Leyte remained at a standstill amid mud and rain as the 32nd Division pushed north of Ormoc Corridor, capturing an artillery battery and 21 machine guns.
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Associated Press
Philippine
Tokyo
Ormocon
Leyte
U. S
Catalina
Philippines
Borneo
Ormoac Harbor
Haywood Hansen
21St Bomber Command
Musashima
Tokyo Radio
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Sai‘pan
Ormoc
Limon
Dagami
Ormac
Logan Cigaret Price Violator Is Fined $150
Willard Campbell of the Columbus Office of Price Administration said a Logan Ration Board panel fined Ben Singer, a Logan shop keeper, $150 after five witnesses testified he charged above ceiling prices for cigarets. Chief witness W H Tucker, a disabled soldier, said he paid 25 cents per pack. Investigators were dispatched and more complaints were noted in Logan.
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Columbus
Willard Campbell
Campbell
Columbus Opa
Logan
DeMille faces radio pay dispute and ballot issue defeat
Cecil B DeMille may drop his radio show over a $5000 weekly fee as the American Federation of Radio Artists fights a $1 assessment. State Proposition No 12, backing employee labor rights, failed on the ballot. DeMille says he cannot afford to lose his rights or respect. Three men are questioned in the $30000 Middletown bank messenger robbery case by Cincinnati police and the FBI.
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Tiolly Wood
Cecil B. DeMille
American Federation of Radio Artists
de Mille
Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Middletown
Canada Army Men in Clash at Fort Frances
Drafted home troops fought with regulars and civilians at Fort Frances Ontario over the weekend in a violent outbreak of the conscription crisis. They were moved to Camp Shilo Manitoba for training after a three hour Saturday night clash that left six injured. The unit, reportedly French speaking, was aboard trains bound for dispatch to Europe under the government policy.
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Fort Frances
Ontario
Camp Shilo
Manitoba
Fort Franjees
United States
Duluth
Minn
Defense
Europe
Second Son Is Killed in Action in Europe Front
Mr and Mrs John Roberts of McLeish received a telegram from the War Department stating their son LeRoy Roberts was killed in action on the European front. Another son Daryl Roberts had been reported killed in action a few weeks earlier.
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Glouster
John Roberts
McLeish
War Department
LeRoy Roberts
Daryl Roberts
Tax receipts reflect cigarette shortage in November
The state tax commission reported November tax stamp collections at 834,103, down 229,179 from a year ago and 26,784 from October. The shortfall equals about 11,139,200 fewer packs sold, highlighting a cigarette shortage impacting revenue.
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Columbus
Tax Commission
British Push Nazis Across Maas River
Allied forces continued pressing along a 450 mile front from Holland to Switzerland. U S Third Army broke deeper into the Siegfried Line, nearly capturing Saarlautern and pushing toward Saarbruck m as British forces cleared west of the Maas in Holland. Third and Seventh Armies moved across the Saar region while efforts aimed at the Ruhr Valley intensified with Patton ready for counterattacks near Saarlautern.
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Saar River
Sasrlautern
U. S. First
Ninth Army
Ross River
Ruhr
Associated Press
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Saarbruckm
Saar
95Th
Merzig
Saaslautern
Second Army
Maas River
Holland
Cologne
Roer
Jue Ich
First Army
Aach en-Cologne
Duren
U.S
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Sarre Union
Palatinate
Strasbourg
Switzerland
Lorraine
Alsace
Karlsruhe
Patton
Harlsruhe
Heilbronn
Arnhem
Nijmen
21St Army Group
Forbach
Sarregue
Navy Plans To Spend 100 Million Per Month On Rocket Ammunition
The Navy expects to spend about 100 million dollars monthly on rocket ammunition within four months, a figure said to surpass current Navy outlays for all ammunition. OWI notes American rocket efforts focus on artillery rockets and improving accuracy, with no disclosure of long range designs like the German V-2. Rocket use spans seven aircraft types including Navy torpedo planes and jet models, and the Bazooka credited with destroying German tanks at Caen.
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Navy
Washington
Office of War Information
U. S
OWI
Army
Caen
Normandy
Owl
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