Allied push in China and Pacific theater noted
Allied forces press the invasion route in China with land and air power. Japanese defenses at Panian and Ansiang areas are described, while American bombers sweep targeted sites in Hanoi Shishow and other positions. In the Pacific, Nimitz reports intensified attacks on island bases including Nauru, Tarawa, and Makin as Balikpapan Makassar and Cape Gloucester are targeted.
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Cen- China
Ameri
Yester
Chengteh
Hunance
Panian
Grategic
Ansiang
Changtehn
Hanoi
Fang and
Shishow
G Lake
Salween
Go Radio
Japan
Central Pacific
New Guinea
Huonla
Son of
New Britain
Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Occu
Balikpapan
Omeo
Makassar
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
W. Nimitz
Nauru Island
Wedina
Mar
Marshalls
United
Tokyo
Knox
Truk
Pennsylvania GOP weighs presidential prospects in party list
The Keystone State Republican organization examines potential presidential hopefuls for the 1940s era. Governor Martin of Pennsylvania opens discussion while Ohio Governor Bricker campaigns in the East amid party reactions and contested endorsements.
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Burg
Gov- Martin
Keystone Organization
New York
GOP
W. Bricker
Ohio
Bombers Attack Western Germany In Heavy Allied Assault
Reported heavy bomber formations pounded western Germany as flak and retaliation resisted the raid. A Brazilian expeditionary force aiding Allied actions was in Europe, with deployment ongoing in the theater.
Operators Seek Further Coal Price Increase in Pact
Soft coal operators musters a bid for 10 cents or more per ton rise before the conditional agreement with John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers takes effect. The tentative deal, tied to the Ickes contract, includes a $40 retroactive miners’ travel-time payment and a pass-through of higher costs to consumers. The pact awaits joint miners and operators review Friday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Interior
Ickes
Fred M. Vinson
Ickes- Lewis
Court of Claims
Revolt Talk Splits Solid South Senators on Party Exit
Senators from the Solid South show deep splits over quitting the Democratic Party to form a regional party. Only two publicly entertain withdrawal under conditions as talk fades after Bailey of North Carolina floated a third-party balance of power.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Senate
Bailey
DNC
Guffey
Dpa
Smith
D-Sc
Byrd
D Pa
New Deal Subsidy Reform Faces Senate Hearing Clash
Senate Banking Committee opened executive hearings on the food subsidy repeal bill as administration leaders privately admit limited chance to stop eventual Senate passage. Administration forces seek support from Republicans against the Farm Bloc push for a flat subsidy ban like the House decision.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Toledo Crime Experts Join McCoy Case Probe
Toledo Police crime lab technicians assisted in locating the two revolvers used to kill Elmer McCoy his wife and daughter. Safety Director Edward Dean gelo said James Collett McCoy's brother in law 60 promised to reveal weapon hiding place to Lt. George Eckerman.
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Wash
C. H
Toledo
Elmer McCoy
Edward A. Deangelo
James W. Collett
McCoy
George Eckerman
Death row inmate Hagert awaits execution for twin murder
Henry William Hagert, 18, sat on Ohio Penitentiary death row awaiting electrocution on March 27 for the murder of 12 year old twins James and Charles Colve of Lakeview. The case drew statewide attention as authorities prepared for the execution.
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Columbus
Henry William Hagert
Ohio
James
Charles Colve
Lake- We
Ohio To Honor Wright Brothers Next Week
Gov. Bricker proclaims the week of December 17 as Ohio Aviation Week to mark the 40th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight. He urges Ohioans to pay tribute to Orville Wright and memory of Wilbur Wright.
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Ohio
Wright Brothers
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Plan to Cut Army College Training Program
The Army weighs reducing the number of soldier students in the Army Specialized Training Program. Pending final decisions, the plan would use fewer than the 140,000 peak enrollment, if carried out. The program provides intensive technical training to selected enlisted men through colleges and universities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
President Roosevelt visits Sicily visit and troop review
President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to Castelvetrano in Sicily during the Mediterranean tour. He reviewed the American Seventh Army under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., with Eisenhower and Clark present, and decorated officers before flying on to Ike’s villa in Tunisia.
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Allied
Algiers
Roosevelt
Sicily
Mediterranean
Seventh Army
George S. Patton
Malta
Castelvetrano
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patton
Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Tunisia
Italian Battlefront
Secret Service
Abandon Hope To Boost New Tax Revenues
Senate Finance Committee members say the 1943 tax bill likely will raise about 2.0 billion dollars, far short of the 10.5 billion sought by Morgenthau. They doubt passage before Christmas as printing and a formal report would require days, threatening a vacation start on December 18.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
George
Senate
Congress
Baby’s Charred Body Found in Home Furnace
In Sandusky the charred remains of five month old Frank Vartorella Jr were found in the furnace at the infant’s home. Sheriff William S Souther said the mother Emma Vartorella 30 is held for observation at Providence Hospital. Acting Coroner C W Koehler opened an investigation.
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Sandusky
Frank Vartorella Jr
William S. Souther
Emma Vartorella
Providence Hospital
C. W. Koehler
Artie Green grain missing GI in Britain roams the Isles
In London PFC Artie Green grain, famed as Yank magazine's talking GI, is missing after claiming a plan to mix with nobility. The fictitious character created by Staff Sgt Harry Brown of Portland, Maine, had stirred General Ross with blunt notes about soldiering. Brown's transfer and Artie's status remain undisclosed.
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London
Artie Greengrain
PFC
Artie
Yank
Foller
Harry Brown
Portland
Brown
Army Public Relations Office
U. S. Army
India
Artie di
Frank S. Ross
Ross
German Counterattacks Repulsed In Italy Gain For Eighth Army
Allied infantry and artillery in Italy repulsed Nazi counterattacks along a tottering winter line while the Eighth Army advanced on the Adriatic front seizing high ground overlooking Ortona. Ortona guards routes to Pescara and Chieti.
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Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ortona
Pescara
Chieti
Roosevelt may address Congress on war conferences abroad
President Roosevelt could be invited to speak to Congress about his wartime conferences, with Secretary Stephen Early saying the president would respond to such an invitation. Meanwhile Allied and Soviet forces report fierce fighting, 6000 Germans captured, Allied air operations limited by weather, and Soviet advances near Kiev and in the Dnieper region.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Cordell Hull
Moscow
Early
Fifth Army
Rome
Eighth Army
Pescara
Filignano
Chieti
Adriatic
Itri
Appian Way
Gaeta
Kiev
Malin
Chigirin
Kremenchug
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Red
Zhitomir
Korosten
Maltn
Red Army
Ivan S. Koney
Dolinovka
Army Planes Forced Down in Snow Storm
Five of six co pilots in three Army training planes were injured when the twin-engine trainers crash landed separately in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania during a snow storm near Alliance. The six-ship flight from George Field, Lawrenceville Illinois, became separated in the bad weather.
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Alliance
Army
George Field
Lawrenceville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Allied leaders travel through San Juan en route home
Admiral Ernest J. King and British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, both high in the combined chiefs of staff, spent Saturday night in San Juan en route to the United States, continuing wartime travel plans.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ernest J. King
U. S
Mercury to Dip to Near Zero Tonight Across Ohio
A cold wave will drive temperatures to zero to five above in Ohio tonight, part of a broader cold outbreak reaching Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and the Texas Panhandle. Cleveland hit 12, Columbus and Dayton 15, Cincinnati 18, with a two inch snowfall in Cleveland that iced streets. Youngstown faced transportation delays. The Weather Bureau forecasts fair, slowly rising temperatures for Tuesday.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Texas Panhandle
Akron
Toledo
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Weather
Sparks Urges Willkie Probe
Former Akron mayor C Nelson Sparks says he has documentary evidence to support claims that Willkie supporters bought influence at the 1940 Republican convention. He telegraphed Senate subcommittee chair Kilgore urging a formal investigation and offering witnesses and documents to substantiate his statements.
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Akron
C. Nelson Sparks
Wendell L. Willkie
Kilgore
D.-W. Va
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Sparks
Police Aid in Ending Zanesville Steel Strike
ZANESVILLE Ohio production resumed at the American Rolling Mill Company plant after workers passed through picket lines patrolled by sheriff and city police. A temporary injunction barred mass picketing and ordered pickets reduced to six, masking the end of the strike. Major Paul A. Barry, 67, a long-serving OSU military science professor and veteran, died today.
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Zanesville
American Rolling Mill Company
Ed Redman
Common Pleas
P. H. Tannehill
Columbus
Paul A. Barry
Ohio State University
Ohioans Not Affected by Draft Delay Directive
Columbus reports state selective service director C W Goble says the order to delay induction for pre Pearl Harbor classifications 1A 1AO or 4E will affect few Ohioans who hold non deferable jobs. Ohio boards were notified and affected men will be processed by order numbers as others.
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Goble
Selective Service
Eight Ohioans Cited For Valor in Pacific
Eight Ohioans received citations for outstanding service against the Japanese in the southwest Pacific theater. Lieut. Col. Robert R. Roland of Lodi was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down two Japanese planes in a high odds engagement.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
George C. Kenney
Toay
Robert R. Roland
Lodi
Light British Mosquito Bombers Raid Germany Again
Britain’s Mosquito bomber fleet penetrated Germany for the third night in a row delivering lightning strikes on targets in the Western Reich. The swift all-wood raiders sweep across city after city as the pace mirrors the earlier light bombing program preceding heavy attacks on Berlin.
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London
Britain
Germany
Western Reich
Berlin
Secretary Marvin McIntyre Dies at 65
Marvin H. McIntyre long served as secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his decade in the White House and died today at age 65.
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Washington
Marvin H. McIntyre
Roosevelt
White House
Bulgaria Slips Toward Collapse in Balkan Crisis
Bulgarian resistance to Nazi ties grows as Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania waver under Allied and German pressure. Tito appeals to Partisans while Berlin shifts Rommel west. UK and US signals warn of a major Allied blow within 100 days. Bulgarian authorities tour provinces amid fears for life and property.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Hitler
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Luton
Germany
Russia
Balkan
London Times
Europe
Hungary
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Yiosefp Broz
Tito
Berlin
Hans Neubacher
Budapest
Erwin Rommel
Norway
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Associated Press
Frank J. O'Brien
Ankara
Sofia
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Paisian Expeditionary
Ing
Brazil
NEA Telephoto
Lewis B. Hershey
Andrew J. May
Use Military Affairs Committee
Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
Solid South
College
Baby
James F. King
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Soviet Russia
Bulger
Turk Border
Black Luftwofte
Aegean
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Balto
Crimea
Danube
Black Sea
Constante
Greece
Miles
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Sea of
Candia
Zonguldak
Turkey
Cyprus
Crete
Dodecanese
Willkie
Barry
Col. C. W
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