Japan's Plane-Building Center Targeted by U S Superforts
Allied air and ground actions on Mindoro and Leyte surged as Superforts bombed Japanese factories in a two-pronged campaign to cut aircraft supply. Mindoro advanced unopposed by U S forces while MacArthur announced Japan's 20th Division annihilated on Leyte and the Tithe Division taking an Ormoc Valley airport. Dozens of Superforts also hit Kyushu island industries from Western China bases.
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Mindoro
Philippines
Leyte
MacArthur
U. S
Valencia
Ormoc
China
Kyushu
24 000 Prisoners Worked to Death in War Report
British War Office cites Japanese brutality with over 60 000 white captives, 24 000 killed. Tokyo reports Omura raid on aircraft plant as U S war effort claims damage to Nagoya and Kokuki plant. Allied leaders tout air and sea actions, Mindoro airfields near Manila, and ongoing Philippines battles with heavy losses to Japanese shipping and air forces.
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London
British War Office
Women Jailed After Children Are Rescued
EAST TLIVERFOOL five children were rescued from a burning home by a passing train crew. Mrs Hubert Cline of Wellside and her daughter Mrs Lula Galento were charged with contributing to the children's delinquency. Both pleaded innocent at a hearing. Cline testified she shopped Saturday and Galento was working in a tavern.
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East Tliverfool
Hubert Cline
Wellsside
Clarence H. Peters
Lula Galento
Cline
U S Approves Poland Partition Along Curzon Line
United States endorses Poland accepting the Curzon Line as eastern frontier, enabling a frontier settlement with Poland and Russia. The move aims to ease tensions before a Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting and to delay recognition of the Lublin Committee. British and U S statements align to avert early Soviet recognition while economic talks with Law and Stettinius proceed.
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Partition OF
Poland
Washington
United States
Russia
London
Polish National Committee
Lublin
Lublin Committee
Push Inland FDR Returns From Stay at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt came back to Washington from a three week vacation at Warm Springs Georgia. He arrived by special train and began a routine day at the White House after a two hour Marine Corps inspection tour at Camp LeJeune North Carolina. News of the trip had been withheld for security reasons.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
White House
Georgia
Camp LeJeune
New River
Jacksonville
N. C
Marine
Associated Press
United Press and International News Service
Heinz Plans Major Newspaper Ad Budget for 1945
Harrisburg report says H. J. Heinz Company will more than triple its newspaper advertising spend in 1945. The PNPA noted Heinz will end support for the radio program Information Please and shift the bulk of ads to newspapers.
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Heinz Company
Harrisburg
H. J. Heinz Company
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Ssidtoray
PNPA
H. J. Heinz
More Snow and Chill Is Forecast for Ohio
An Ohio weather front brings renewed cold, ice, and fresh snow across the state. Forecasters warn of more winter conditions with continuing freezing temperatures and limited relief in sight.
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Ohio
Columbus
Churchill Defends British Troops in Belgium Riots
Prime Minister Churchill faced Commons scrutiny over war policy including Greece and Belgium. He insisted Britain acted under American instructions in last month’s Belgium riots and warned a quick Greek review would require a censure vote that could topple his government, while opposition hesitated to push.
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Commons
Greece
Belgium
Churchill
House of Commons
Negro Soldiers Found Guilty on Riot Charge
In Seattle a large military court martial sentenced more than 200 years in total. Ten soldiers were found guilty of rioting after a clash with an Italian service unit at Fort Lawton on August 24. The body of Italian Pvt Guglielmo Olivotto was later found in a gully.
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Seattle
Wash
Ne Pros
Fort Lawton
Guglielmo Olvotto
Army Draft Calls To Be Increased In 1945
Washington based report states that selective service will raise monthly draft calls from 60 000 to 80 000 starting January February 1945. All men under 30 rejected since last February will be re examined except those with obvious physical defects.
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Washington
Army
Greek Leftists Drive British From Prison
ELAS attack on Averof Prison in Athens forced the British to abandon the Bastion and flee. Quitting ex-premier Jean Rallis, believed to have escaped, was being sought. About 205 men and 30 women escaped among 475 prisoners, most awaiting trial on political charges. RAF HQ at Kifissia came under ELAS siege as clerks and BAS officers held out against rocket strafing and ground incursions. RAF communiques said ELAS cleared from the Athens Piraeus highway.
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Athens
ELAS
Averof
Jean Rallis
RAF
Kifissia
BAS
OO Elas
Piraeus
Lausche Orders Simple Inauguration Ceremony
Gov elect Frank J Lausche plans a plain inauguration in Columbus on January 8 saying no festivities are to be held as times are serious. In Lima two children die in a house fire and a caregiver is badly burned. In Columbus the Rt Rev Msgr Henry J Grimmelsman will be consecrated as bishop.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Salumbus
Lima
Columbus
Henry J. Grimmelsman
Evansville, Inn
Thurssday
Approval of Appointees Is Predicted
The Senate fight over six State Department nominations neared collapse as President Roosevelt signaled he would renominate the same names if confirmation is blocked now. The administration forecast quick votes on Grew under secretary and five assistants, amid calls to delay action and criticism of allied policy.
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Senate
State Department
Roosevelt
Pepper
D-Fla
Roose
Velt
Congress
Tengethy
Joseph C. Grew
Archibald MarcLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
James C. Dunn
Julius Thlmes
Edward R. Stettmius Jr
Sidney Hulman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Guffey
D-Pa
Grew
Reports Issued On Cleveland Blast Debris and Damage
East Ohio claims a total settlement of 4,000,968 dollars for damage from the East Onin Gas Co fire and explosion. Red Cross and the company released reports outlining area devastation and recognized smaller claims included in the total settlement.
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Cleveland
East Onin Gas Co
Red Cross
East Ohio
mainIs
Charge Buffalo Man Harbored WAC Fugitive
Buffalo police will try Jake Williams, 43, next month in Elmira on charges he harbored and refused to surrender WAC Pvt Irene Alice Way, AWOL from Selfridge Field. Williams allegedly harbored the WAC from April to this month.
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Mugene J. Donnelly
Jake Williams
Elmira
WAC
Irene Alice Way
Zanesville, O
Selfridge Field
Mick Willams
Apri Untel
Murray Green In New Clash Over War and Peace Labor Units
Washington based clash between Philip Murray and William Green over labor group support in war or peace. Both AFL and CIO recently entertained labor unit talks. Murray reopened the issue with a letter urging a broad action program, omitting merger. AFL delegates favor reunion with CIO and United Mine Workers.
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Washington
CLC
Philip Murray
AFL
Walliam Green
Murray
Green
Mourcas
AIL
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ward Stores May Be Seized
Washington reports Sewell Avery of Montgomery Ward faced possible government seizure as the War Labor Board moved the case toward the White House after failing to obtain compliance with directives affecting seven plants. An 11 day Detroit strike added pressure as Economic Stabilizer Vinson reviews non compliance details.
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Washington
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward Company
War Labor Board
Avery
WLB
White House
Fred MM. Vinson
Detroit
Bombsight Firm Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
A special federal grand jury charged Norden bombsight manufacturers Carl Norden Inc and four individuals with conspiracy to slow production of Norden bombsights. The indictments also target a conspiracy to force foreign makers of war goods to use the Cortizan Osborne and Wells Inc survey company for production control systems.
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New York
Carl . Norden, Inc
Sirm
Norden
Cortizan, Osborne and Wells, Inc
Sveteme
U S First Army Patrols Cross Roer Reach Duren Near Cologne
American forces along the Roer River advance into Duren while First Army patrols push toward Cologne area. Allied air power destroys German tanks and armor as the counteroffensive seeks to break through Belgian Luxembourg fronts. Supreme HQ provided few details amid heavy fighting and disrupted German armored losses.
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Belgian
Luxembourg
U.S. First Army
Roer
Duren
Cologne
Belgium
First Army
Harrier
Daren
Stra Pgyisson
Dueyen
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Manschau
Vonschall
Cologne Still Threatened By German Counteroffensive
German counteroffensive aims to retake Aachen and push Allied forces from Nazi territory. Allied maps show possible German momentum but also risk to German lines as they press toward Saarland and the Siegfried Line.
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Bern
Aachen
Nishal
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runsted
Titfer
Tactics Recalled as Allies Press Advantage on Various Fronts
The piece charts repeated German counteroffensive attempts led by targets like Kharkov and the Ukraine efforts. Allied air power reportedly shifted momentum with strikes at Avranches Falaise and Baltic targets, while German positions faced heavy losses. Russian advances crossed into eastern Slovakia threatening a German salient. Aerial blows damaged Gdynia Nurnberg and Munster, aiding a larger Western front assault by 1790 bomber divisions.
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Damaren
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Thungary
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Kassa
Cologne
Cohions
Mainz
Venus Moon Close Proximity Observed Across Southwest
The moon and Venus appeared near each other last night guiding skywatchers in the Southwest. The pair seemed to touch though the Moon was about 240000 miles away while Venus at closest approach stood roughly 25000000 miles from Earth.
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Venus
Kansas Citys- Pi
Heavy Fighting on Navy Front Continues
Heavy fighting on the Eighth Army front near Bagnacavalle continues with Polish troops advancing toward the Senio River. Westward the push reaches toward Tomba while Partisan forces report activity around Podgorica in Montenegro and a one line communique notes a near Albanian border posting.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Bagnacavalle
Po Valles Alonne
Rimine Bologna Hishtay
Fpaenva
Senio
Tmola
Podgorica
Montenegro
Jap Made Free Balloon Found in Timber Area
A large paper balloon with Japanese engravings and an incendiary fuse was found 17 miles southwest of Kalispell Montana. FBI officials said the device, camouflaged in cream and tan, could start a forest fire and was not a weather balloon.
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Mont
Haence
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ower Hill
O. Bell
Cape Flatter
Sealine West Pacifics
Rems
Supreme Court upholds wartime Japanese exclusion action
The Supreme Court yesterday sustained a March 1942 order excluding Japanese from the West Coast, later revoked, and unanimously ruled that a American of Japanese descent was entitled to unconditional release from a war relocation center as a loyal citizen.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Avimx
Mondas
Charles Scott Dies in New York Hospital
Charles Scott longtime engineer and former vice president at a university electrical department died in a New York hospital on Saturday. He lived in Haven, Connecticut, and had served as a dean at Yar University in 1935. Survived by his wife Ryany Clark Scott and a son Dr Herbert Scott Frans ton, the Scott family formerly resided in Athens.
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Cotmare SK
Chaos
Wola
Terry
Hrother
Weatervisn
Proga Iean Hospital
New York City
Neer Haven
Conn
Yar University
Oni
Ryany Clark Scott
Herbert Scott Franston
Scott
Athens
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