Superfortresses Strike Nagoya and Hankow Amid War News
American forces hit Nagoya and Hankow with hundreds of B 29s as Mindoro gains by U S troops in the Philippines raise expectations of extended war. Harmon says fighting will last at least another year while Japan eyes Mindoro with trepidation and Nipponese planes scout the Sulu Sea.
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Associated Press
Nagoya
Hankow
China
Mindoro
Philippines
Leyte
Millard F. Harmon
Strategic Fair Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
Japan
Ndt
Tokyo
Asahi
Frederick H. Osborn
Victory
America
Ioland Education Division
el- Said
U. S. Stength
Sulu Sea
Armed Forces Institute
Marianas
Ni Ova
Mitsubishi
Hat ‘Oki Airplane Factory
Aew
Homesickness Is Yanks Worst Enemy in War News
Cleveland News war correspondent Ray Turk reports loneliness haunts soldiers in the Southwest Pacific. Vern Haughland notes Nagoya raid damage as B 29s strike industrial targets. Mindoro beachhead advances and Leyte fighting push American forces toward Valencia. Springfield Sun columnist John Townsend Brown dies at 60.
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Claveland
Ohio
Ray Turk
Cleveland News
Southwest Pacific
Vern Haughland
Associated Press
Hist Bomber Command
En. Haywood Hansell, Sr
Nikoya
Japan
Nagoya
War Department
Washington
Hankow
China
India
Mindoro
Mani
Leyte
Simoe
Tith Infantry
Valencia
Suzuki
32Nd
77Th
Springfield
John Townsend Brown
The
Springfield Sun
Churchill’s Radio Address Delayed But Expected Before Commons
London reports Churchill did not deliver a Sunday radio talk but is expected to outline war and European policy before Commons recess on Thursday. A Rome meeting with Roosevelt and Stalin may be announced before Christmas. UK protests in Scotland over policy in Greece draw 130000 workers across 200 plants.
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London
Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Greece
Paris
Stalin
Rome
Emmanuel Shinwell
Laborite
Poland
Minera
Ren
United Ment
Oder
Western Pomerania
Ia Goodwin
Goodwin
Congress set to adjourn for Christmas amid last Senate appointments
The House and Senate expect to go home for Christmas as final State Department appointees remain. Chairman Connally said he will keep the Senate in session until it approves the nominees, aiming for a vote by midweek. Strong entities include Congress, Senate, Connally, and State Department. The geographic or date specifics reference Washington and expected midweek action.
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Washington
Ins
Congress
Senate Ion
State Department
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Russian big guns hammer Budapest as front shifts
Soviet artillery from within five and a half miles of Budapest pounded inner defenses while Red Army units reached the Slovak border. Pravda claimed large German and enemy divisions on the eastern front, as Moscow disputed Teheran decisions. Heavy Luftwaffe counterblows and renewed Baltic port attacks signaled possible northern front activity.
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MurGun
Budapest
Red Army
Communist Party
Pravda
U.S
Ournal
Russia
Teheran
Erday
Fot
Magyorod
Pital
Luft
Faffe
Infantes
Libau
Return of Japanese to Pacific Coast Homes Authorized
San Francisco AP report says after January 1, 1945, Japanese evacuees from California Oregon and Washington may gradually return. Major General Henry C. Pratt notes revocation of security order due to war progress and other factors. Reactions vary with Los Angeles mayor Bowron warning of possible unrest and California Governor Warren urging calm to avoid civil disorder. About 115,000 were evacuated in 1942. roughly 119,000 remain under War Relocation Authority.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Henry C. Pratt
Coramard
War Department
Pratt
Pacific
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
Earl Warren
Sacramento
War Relocation Authority
Franco-Soviet Pact Praised in British Press
London reports the Franco Soviet alliance pledged mutual economic and military aid for at least 20 years with a vow to fight Germany until victory. The Daily Mail and others praised the agreement as strengthening security and binding nations to mutual peace through coordinated action.
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London
Paris
Daily Mail
Germany
Hitler
Army Probing GIs Over Found Parachute Package
A nylon parachute with a camera, a handmade locket, two prayer books, and a note was found in a yard on Sunday. One prayer book had an inscription identifying Pfe. Wesley De Quin as the owner, and his wife Barbara De Quin confirmed it. The note read a Christmas message from Jim. The Army is investigating.
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Pfe
Wesley de Quin
Barbera de Quin
Mason County Schools Stay Closed For New Year Start
Mason County schools in Point Pleasant West Virginia remain closed through January 2 after another heavy snowfall. Superintendent Delbert Staats said roads are still impassable and teachers will receive notice by mail about any further plans.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Delbert Staats
Mason County
Burma front linked as 14th Army advances toward Indaw
North Burma s front lines united into a single line as Royal Scots Fusiliers advance south and British 14th Army elements push east in the jungle west of Indaw on the Miyitkyina Mandalay Railway. The operation freed 2,000 localities from Japanese control.
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SOV Ssmnst Asia Command
Ceylon
Burma
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Esterday
14Th Army
Indaw
Miyitkyina-Mandalay
Ohio electoral college votes in doubt as lawmakers meet
Ohio legislators convene in the state senate chamber at noon to vote on presidential contenders. The record notes Gov. Thomas E. Dew ey of New York and Gov. John W. Bricker as candidates, with historical reference to the 1892 election where Benjamin Harrison’s ticket lost to Grover Cleveland.
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Solumbus
Ohio
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Benjain Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Recluse Millionaire Seeks Peace in Locked Hotel Room
Six years ago Helmuth C Setz, a 53 year old millionaire, entered a St. Louis hotel room and has not left. He explains he desires quiet to pursue studies and business, which he conducts entirely by mail.
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Helmuth C. Setz
St. Louis
Seek Release From Service For Third Son
Mrs Grimes appeals to the War Department to release the lone surviving son among three brothers sent to war. Telegrams report Wilbur E Grimes died of wounds in action in Italy, earlier wounded in France and Italy, and Lawrence A Grimes killed in action. The family has three younger sons as well.
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Min ‘Mes
War Department
Lawrence A. Grimes
Wilbur
Great Offensive Pushes First Army Troops Back Along 80 Mile Front
Allied reports describe a German counteroffensive against the American First Army along an 80 mile front from Manschau near Aachen to the Luxembourg border. The attack involved hundreds of planes tanks and paratroopers, with German forces penetrating several miles and reentering Belgium and Luxembourg at multiple points.
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First Army
Siynce Associ Micaearhe
Europe
Manschau
Aachen
Luxembourg
Belgium
Monschau
Malmeds
New Nazi V Weapon Causes Alert on Western Front
Describes reports of a new weapon used by Nazi forces on the western front, with bomb sirens in the Belgian town north of Luxembourg. Eisenhower headquarters said no alarm. Allied command prepared to respond. Indications point to intensified German effort with heavy rail movements observed behind the Third Army.
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Germany
Mans
West Front
Luxembourg
Eisenhower
U. S. Third Army
Final German push feared as Allied air force haries resolve
Allied and German air forces clash along the Alsace front and Saar region as Field Marshal von Rundstedt launches a last stand in the Belgian and French sectors. British and American fighters blasted a large German armored column near Saarbrucken and Neunkirchen, while Luftwaffe counterattacks aimed at the Roer corridor and Colmar area were repelled. The 2nd Tactical Air Force reports heavy losses on both sides, including dozens of German planes and vehicles.
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Fuehrer
Ninth ‘Tactical Air Force
Aachen
Belgium
Bom
Neunkirchen
Saarbrucken
Alsace
Colmar
Selestat
von Rundstedt
Roer
Saar
2Th Tactical Air Force
Allied airmen down 48 of 100 German planes in heavy bomber sweep
Allied air forces report 48 German planes shot down from a total of more than 100 as 15th Air Force bombers attacked synthetic oil plants in Germany. Mediterranean Allied Air Force launched about 1,900 sorties over Italy Yugoslavia with 29 planes lost. One Luftwaffe group penetrated air cover and downed 10 bombers at a cost of 20 German fighters.
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Rome
15Th Air Force
Sinesia
Mediterranean
Italy
Yugoslavia
Ninth Army
First Army
Wrights flight anniversary observed at Kill Devil Hill
Crowds gathered on the Kill Devil Hill dunes to mark the 41st anniversary of the first powered flight by the Wright brothers. Captain John Daniels, the lone surviving Coast Guardsman from the original crew, placed a wreath at the Wright Memorial as authorities continued a search for others. In Greece, Athens saw fighting as ELAS forces clashed with British troops in a major push toward the capital, while Italy’s Eighth Army advanced near Faenza and Rimini areas, clearing pockets of resistance along key routes.
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Kill Devil Hill
John ‘T. Daniels
Coast Guards
Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville
Athens
ELAS
Athena
Phaleron
Kalamaki
Sktelias
Acropolis
R. M. Scoble
Italy
Eighth Army
Faenza
Rimini
Bologna
Allied Headquarters
Student strike threat at L S U in Louisiana
A student strike was threatened today at Louisiana State University as a co ed 18 year old authored a leaflet on sex and campus kissing and was reinstated. Gloria Jeanne Helle Laugher of Havana Cuba resigned last week at the request of President W B Hatcher but remained around the campus. PROP JEWISH BANS. ROUMANIA decree abolishes Jewish restrictions and begins restoration of citizenship rights for Romanian Jews.
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BnTormarlon la
Louisiana State University
Nies
Gloria Jeanne Helle
Havana
Cuba
W. B. Hatcher
Ohio Brass workers receive pay bonuses and benefits
The War Labor Board awarded 1,300 Ohio Brass employees at Mansfield and Barberton paid vacations night shift bonuses maintenance of membership and check-off privileges. An extra five cents an hour for second shift and ten cents for third shift is provided.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Reasonal War’ Labor Board
Ohio Brass
Mansfield
Barberton
Nazi Slaughter of Captive Yanks Remains Shocking
HAL BOYLE reports survivors describe how German tanks halted an American column in Belgium on December 4, disarming troops, lining them in a field, and opening fire with machine guns. Doughboys recalls include Summers of Glenville and Gem of Elizabethtown, who witnessed the killings and fled through mud and woods as a Tiger tank kept firing. Only fewer than 20 reached American lines three hours later.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Navy
William B. Sum
Summers
Harold W. Billow
Mount Joy
Ines
Deadline Nears in Detroit Ward Strike
Detroit area Montgomery Ward stores face a near deadline to comply with War Labor Board directives or risk government seizure. Company officials remained silent on the ultimatum as workers push for terms.
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Detroit
Detroit Area
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
U S British Statesmen Due for Parley
A British official will confer with Secretary Stetlinus and senior officials about possible joint review of Allied military and civilian supply programs. The talks aim to shape broader wartime cooperation and policy direction.
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Steltinius
House Military Committee to tackle peacetime training
Chairman May of Kentucky says compulsory training is a problem the House Military Committee must face soon. He stresses the issue as unavoidable. Anticipating the end of Navy V-12 training, Bowling Green University will return to the...
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Son
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
Bowling Greeniversity
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