1000 Japanese Slain In Shoestring Ridge Fight
In five days of intense fighting along Shoestring Ridge in the Philippines, Allied forces report 1,000 Japanese killed. American bazookas disrupted a tank assault aimed at breaking a roadblock in the Ormoc Corridor as General MacArthur announces air and PT boat patrols spanning from Manila to the southern waters.
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Associated Press
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Ormoc
MacArthur
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Manila
Greeks and British Clash in Athens Amid Widespread Riots
In Athens a British Sherman tank and troops seized EAM headquarters on Constitution Square and killed a British soldier. ELAS snipers fired as fighting spread, with central Athens under control attempts and continuing sniping citywide. The attack comes as UK and US forces press into Germany, with heavy bombings and river-line advances across the Saar and Siegfried defenses.
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National Liberation Front
Nimitz Warns Of Long Pacific Struggle Ahead
Admiral Nimitz told the National Association of Manufacturers in New York that a long and perilous route lies ahead in the Pacific and that American factories must supply a long list of essentials. Front-line reports from Leyte Island described intensified Japanese attacks, fierce fighting near Shoe-bing Ridge south of Ormoc, and close hand to hand combat as U S and Japanese forces battled across ridges and mountains. U S forces on Leyte made limited gains as weather hampered progress while Tokyo and Chungking reported air and ground actions across Burma China and the Philippines.
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Reds Reach Final Defense Zone of German Frontier
Russian armored columns near the Austrian frontier press 40 miles into Hungary after breaking the last defense line guarding the Southwestern Reich. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army drives from Lake Balaton area toward Budapest and Zagreb while Croatian Partisans and Tito’s forces counter and drift toward the German front in Northern Yugoslavia. Unofficial skies claim rapid gains as hundreds of Hungarian towns fall to the counteroffensive.
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British Polish Cross Lamone in Strong River Crossing
British and Polish troops crossed the Lamone River southwest of Faenza and formed a firm bridgehead. Eighth Army units cleared Ravenna with Italian patriots, advancing west as German forces pulled back behind the Lamone. Ravenna and nearby towns San Michele and Piangipane were secured in the push.
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15 Ohioans Vote for Social Security Freeze
Washington report notes 15 Ohio congressmen supported a proposal to freeze the social security tax at one percent in the House of Representatives. Three opposed the bill, all of them Republicans, named Bender Bolton Brehm Carson Clevenger Hess Jenkins Jones Lewis McGowen Ramey Rowe Smith Vorys and Weichel.
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House of Representatives
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Hess
Jenkins
Jones
Lewis
McGowen
Ramey
Rowe
Smith
Vorys
Weichel
No liquor rationing change announced in Columbus
State Liquor Director Don A. Fisher announced there would be no change in liquor rationing for the next period. He stated the current policy remains in effect and no new adjustments are planned.
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Columbus
Don A. Fisher
Young Mother Admits Perjury In Manslaughter Trial
In Columbus, Patricia Herron, 18, mother of two and pregnant, pleaded guilty to perjury in her husband Harry Herron’s manslaughter trial. Judge Joseph H. Clifford placed her on one year probation. Harry Herron was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield for the fatal beating of Ardella Mae Brobst, an 18 month old niece.
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Columbus
Patricia Herron
Harry
Common Pleas
Joseph H. Clifford
Ohio
Somervell Predicts Pacific War Costs After Nazi Defeat
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell warned in New York that conquering Japan would cost about 71 billion dollars yearly after Germany's defeat. He urged 300000 more war workers, an upsurge in production, and noted secret weapons ready for Pacific campaigns. He said munitions demand was rising faster than production and cited heavy Allied losses in Europe to justify increased materiel buildup.
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Pacific
Europe
Japan
Aachen
France
Imore
Child Regains Sight After Rescue Attempt
Seven year-old Judy Ann Koch who lost her sight while trying to rescue a dog from a car today began to recover vision. Physicians found no medical explanation for the sudden improvement, though her parents credit the prayers and good thoughts from well wishers nationwide.
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Judy Ann Koch
Clyde Koch
Hillman Expands PAC for Postwar International Co operation
London reports CIO Political Action Committee head Sidney Hillman plans to keep the PAC alive and grow it as a force for postwar cooperation. He says organized U.S. effort is needed for world peace and opposes isolationism and labor-baiting politics. He cites free enterprise guidance and opposition to cartels, urging government led international cooperation.
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London
Sidney Hillman
CIO
United States
Convicts Seize Segregation Unit at Atlanta Penitentiary
Two army detachments arrived with rifles to pressure 25 long term inmates holding four guards as hostages in the segregation building. Prison officials cut heat light and water to deter the rebel group while the warden cited protests over German saboteurs and spies quartering with inmates as a stated motive.
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Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Veterans Return to San Diego After Pacific War Service
Two thousand five hundred veterans return to the United States for leave and reassignment after Pacific warfare. The Saint Lo crew totals 150 among those aboard one of the escort carriers lost in the battle off the Philippines.
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Saint Lo
Philippines
United States
Bill Blocks Increase in Social Security Approved
Washington AP House votes 263 to 72 to block an old age insurance tax rise to 2 percent next Jan 1. Bill would set student 1 percent on employees and 1 percent on employers. Senate action expected soon, Roosevelt veto likely, override risk hinges on two thirds.
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Prosecutor Indicted On Charge of Bribery
SPRINGFIELD Jerome A Nevius 33 Clark County prosecutor joined Sheriff Niles E Young and three others under bribery indictments from a grand jury probing gambling in the area Nevius denied the accusations The jury charged Nevius accepted large sums of money and two automobiles from Dayton men Joseph Parisi and Ralph Schear who were also indicted in the inquiry led by Attorney Simon Leis of Cincinnati as special prosecutor for Judge Golden C Davis BELLEVUE Construction of a 3000000 plant to extract oil from soybeans will start in 10 days on a 27 acre site here
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Jerome A. Nevius
Clark County
Niles E. Young
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Dayton
Joseph Parisi
Ralph Schear
Simon Leis
Cincinnati
Golden C. Davis
Bellevue
Eden Defends British Right in Shaping Postwar Europe
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden asserted Britain is within its rights to shape governments of liberated countries, breaking with the US hands off Italy stance. He backed Britain’s veto of Carlo Sforza as Italian foreign minister, signaling a broader postwar Europe plan amid House criticisms.
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Anthony Eden
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Italy
Eden
Carlo Sforza
Stettinius
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Sforza
Europe
Ivor Thomas
Laborite
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OPA Opposes Increase In Natural Gas Rates
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will oppose rate hikes proposed by subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas and Electric Corp. It urges the Federal Power Commission to set lower reasonable rates if evidence supports cuts. Also noted are deaths blamed on stove fumes in Chesapeake where Lewis Langdon and his wife Bertha, both elderly, were found dead in a rooming house.
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Office of Price Administration
Federal Power Commission
Columbia Gas and Electric Corp
Charleston
W. Va
Harry R. Booth
OPA Utilities
FPC
Chesapeake
Goroner W. W. Lynd
Lawrence County
Lewis Langdon
Bertha
Roosevelt Says Liberated Peoples Will Supply 90 Per Cent of Needs
President Roosevelt told Congress that liberated Europeans will supply about 90 percent of their basic needs this winter. The UNRRA report notes 100 million people freed in Europe, widespread food shortages, exposure deaths, and malnutrition among hundreds of thousands of children. UNRRA operations are forming, with staff and stocks to be distributed as relief agencies mobilize across Europe and later the Pacific and Far East.
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