Allied Forces Advance from Bulge Toward Cassino
Allied troops of the Fifth Army cleared Monte Camino and Rocca Devandro, pushing down western slopes toward the Rome corridor. In the northeast, American forces captured elevations near Venafro and reclaimed pillboxes west of Filignano, advancing to flank the Cassino highway.
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Fortresses Boosted with External Bomb Racks in War Drive
The Allied air force announced increased Flying Fortress payloads adding external bomb racks to deliver more than four tons per mission. Russian lines faced pressure as Chernyakhov retreated and rail links near Znamenka were severed, amid a Tehran conference signal of united Allied aims.
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Kiev
Chernyakhov
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Four Point Egg and Poultry Plan For 1944 Agreed
Chicago officials and farm groups reached a four point egg and poultry program for 1944 at a War Production meeting. The plan calls for culling flocks in January 1944, aims for 16 percent more egg production, four percent fewer broilers, and about five percent fewer turkeys.
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Chicago
A Food Administration
Six Months More of Draft Forecast Forcing Young Men
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told the National Association of Manufacturers manpower panel that at least six months more of draft lies ahead before armed service demand declines to maintenance levels. He projected 10 million in the Army and Navy and 13 million eligible ages 18 to 38 to furnish 1.9 to 2.1 million over six months, with possible recruits from the father group, those turning 18, and 4-Fs.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
National Association ‘of Manufacturers
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Hershey
Absentees To Lose Overtime At Lorain Shipyard
The War Manpower Commission orders halting overtime on navy and maritime contract work at American Ship Building Co. Lorain yards. Yard head John E. Steinman says 600 workers a day are absent on average, and limiting to 48 hours a week aims to curb absenteeism while keeping pay steady.
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Regional War Manpower Commission
Robert C. Goodwin
United States Navy and Maritime Commission
Lorain Yards
American Ship Building Co
John E. Steinman
Steinman
Columbus Attorney Phil Bradford Dies at 56
Philander S Bradford prominent attorney and Denison University board chairman died last night from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 56 and led major legal and university affairs.
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Columbus
Philander
Phil) S. Bradford
Denison University Board of Trustees
South Wearies of Hopkins as Party's Leader
Senator Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith urged new talks in the Senate to push for an independent southern Democratic Party. The South Carolina veteran, long in the chamber, said the region is ripe for forming its own party and could hold the electoral college balance, criticizing Harry Hopkins as the party's chief organizer.
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Ellison D
Cotton
Smith
Senate
South Carolina
Dean
South
Bailey
DNC
Democratic Party
Gas Shortage Looming In Lake Shore Towns
Lake shore towns face a household gas shortage after Diamond Alkali and Standard Chromate shut down at Fairport Harbor following a work stoppage over a foreman dispute. The coke plant producing artificial gas has not operated since yesterday afternoon.
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Painesville
Lake Shore
Diamond Alkali Co
Standard Chromate Co
Fairport Harbor
Expect Passage of Pay Hike for Railroaders
In Washington senate backers pressed a pay hike for 1 100 000 non operating railroad workers toward an overwhelming vote of approval. War Mobilization Director James Byrnes cited the measure in a Tuesday night attack on special groups said to threaten the administration fight to hold the cost of living line.
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Washington
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Worked in Reverse by a U S Fighter Base Pilot
Lt. Col. Jack H. Jenkins recalls a Bremen raid where P-38 escorts protected B 17s and B 24s. Lieuts. Peter Dempsey and Fleming W. Sutter kept the group safe, while Capt. Joseph Myers drove off ME-109s and saved Lt. Gerald Brown's badly damaged fighter.
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UPI
Jack 8S. Jenkins
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Bremen
Germany
Lieuts
Peter Dempsey
Tacoma
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Fleming W. Sutter
Chesapeake
Ohio
Jenkins
Dempsey
Gerald Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph Myers
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Missing WAC Patricia Babcock en route to Seattle
Patricia Babcock a 14 year old who enlisted in the WACs under the alias Eleanor Chattereaux is reported missing while traveling from Fort Des Moines Iowa toward Seattle Washington. She was traced to Minneapolis Minnesota before vanishing.
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Eleanor Chattereaux
Fort Des Moines
Seattle
Wash
Minneapolis
Minn
Alliances With Enemy of Axis Now Stronger
Ankara reports Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu said Inonu's Cairo talks with Roosevelt and Churchill widened Turkey toward the Allied camp without committing to war. He said relations with America and Russia are now nearly equal to England and stressed the alliance with England was considerably strengthened.
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Turkey
Numan Menemencioglu
Ismet Inonu
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Inonu
Menemenologlu
America
Russia
England
Higher Price Fails To Lure Corn From Farms
OPA ceilings on corn have not drawn large quantities from farms. Experts doubt marketings will expand much before year end. New maximums set No 2 yellow at 1.16 dollars a bushel in Chicago, vs 1.07 previously.
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Chicago
OPA Eases Rules on Christmas Baskets and Shoes
The OPA lifts its ban on giving rationed foods in Christmas baskets without collecting stamps. Donors must surrender stamps when purchasing the food. The agency also allows the giving of rationed shoes under the same provisions.
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Washington
OPA
48 Hour Week Limits Labor Shortage Problem
Washington reports the 48 hour week will apply in most labor shortage areas by year’s end and has reduced the demand for extra workers in these centers by thousands, according to War Commission chairman Paul V. McNutt.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War — Commission
Muster-Out Pay Bill Now Taking Form
House Military Committee pushed hearings on mustering-out pay bills for service members aiming for House passage by tomorrow. Two May bills propose top $300 pay, one universal with limits, the other scaled by service length, with Army Navy and American Legion backing. Senate Finance trimmed $190 million from the tax bill, considering renegotiation changes and new court appeal rights for contractors.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
May
Army
Navy
American Legion
White House
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Treasury
Joint Committee On Taxation
Senate
Senate Committee Modified A Number of Excise Boosts Voted By the ‘House
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Cooling Off Period Urged in Price War
Senator Ellender leader of administration forces urges a Christmas holiday recess before voting on food subsidies. He says senators are mad and tired and supports delaying action beyond the holidays to allow more considered debate despite opposition to a 60 day postponement.
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Washington
Louisiana
Ellender
Europe rejects permanent Santa Claus in postwar pledge
Czechoslovakia foreign minister Jan Masaryk told Youngstown audience that European nations freed from Nazi rule seek only one chance to begin anew and do not expect the United States to remain a perpetual benefactor. He warned against relying on the Allies as a long term Santa Claus and urged self help.
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Youngstown
United States
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak
Child Marriage Reported in Jackson
Fourteen year old David Meacham Jr plans to quit sixth grade to work for his 16 year old wife Mary Lou Spires. The couple wed Monday at the bride's mother's home, officiated by Rev. M L Fisher of Beaver Methodist Church.
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Jackson
David Meacham, Jr
Mary Lou Spires
Jennie Spires
M. L. Fisher
Beaver Methodist Church
Motorist Killed In Embankment Accident
Martins Ferry reports 31 year old Cliff Ford Hunter of Lansing died when his stalled car rolled backward into a 50 foot embankment. The incident occurred today as the vehicle plunged from the roadway.
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Martins Ferry
Clifford Hunter
Lansing
Turks and Germans Face Each Other Along Border
Turkiye and Germany station troops on opposite sides of the Turkish border facing Bulgaria and Greece. A border emergency is declared and all traffic halted as nerves rise over a possible Allied invasion. Reports from Bern and Sofia note Turkish troop positions and two German divisions near Bulgaria.
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Germany
Bulgaria
Greece
Bern
Switzerland
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Lindamerane
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Dotrger
Balkans
Svenski Dagbladet
Dardanelles
Russia
Ankara
Sofia
Southeastern Europe Information Bureau
Svenska Dagbladet
Europe
Flu Prevalence Reported in Columbus
Two thousand influenza cases have been reported in Columbus, Ohio, by Health Commissioner Nelson C. Dysart who calls the figure a conservative estimate. He notes the illness has not reached epidemic proportions.
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Columbus
Nelson C. Dysart
NAM Leader Sees Benefits of Global Industrialization
William P. Witherow, NAM chairman and Blaw-Knox president, told the 48th NAM meeting that nations should not fear industrialization abroad. He argued it could shift import types but expand demand for American goods, boosting buying power for millions previously without customers.
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National Association of Manufacturers
America
Blaw-Knox Co
Pittsburgh
South America
Crooner Sinatra Declared 4-F For Ear Drum Injury
Newark N J Frankie Sinatra known as The Voice fails to pass Army medical tests and is declared 4-F due to a hole in his left eardrum. Sinatra confirms the outcome at the Newark induction station as women and girls react with sighs of relief.
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Newark
N. J
United States Army
Frankie
the Voice
Doughboy Feat Landed By Veteran Yank Chief
A U S Fifth Army briefing quoted a gray haired brigadier general praising American infantry for capturing Difensa and Maggiore mountains near Rome. He likened the feat to stacking Lookout Mountain and described grueling hand to hand fighting, heavy sniping, and rope assisted climbs.
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Don Whitehead
U. S. Fifth Army
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Maggiore
Rome
Lookout Mountain
Mignano-Cassino Road
Vital Supply Center Fell in Pacific War Turning Point
Japanese recaptured of Changteh reported as part of a string of Pacific setbacks for Japan. The U S Navy released first details of the carrier air strike on the Marshalls on December 4, sinking six enemy ships and destroying at least 72 planes. Indications of Japanese reinforcements to defend mid‑Pacific bases followed.
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Marshall Islands
Australia
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Changteh
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Marshalls Dee. 4
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Kieta Harbor
U-Boat Losses Reduced Amid Global War Efforts
In a joint statement President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill report November saw fewer merchant ships sunk by U boats than any month since May 1940. Allied air and ground operations continue across the Pacific, with U S and Australian forces advancing on Bougainville and the Huon Peninsula while Japanese lines resist in China and the Marshalls.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Six-Time Geauga County Auditor Dies at 66
Mrs. Ethel Thrasher, age 66, longtime Geauga County auditor, died after a several months illness. She was elected to the office six times and at one time was the only woman county auditor in the state.
Double Talk in Interurban Trucking Sellads Language
Messenger Want Ads promise results at low cost with one insertion. Readers learn terms like push water meaning gasoline and cackle crate for a poultry truck, while furniture sales are urged through Messenger Want ads and the Result Number 0242.
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