American Troops Strike Back at Nazis in World War II
American forces press the war in the Pacific and Europe with air and ground actions. B-29 Superfortresses target Japanese industrial hubs on Kyushu while Mindoro advances unfold in the Philippines. MacArthur reports Japanese divisions crushed on Leyte and U S forces seize an airport near Valencia in Ormoc Valley as fierce combat continues.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Mindoro
Leyte
MacArthur
U. S
Valencia
Ormoc
China
Ikyushu
First Army Advances Across Roer to Duren and Monschau Threats
U S First Army patrols cross the Roer River barrier reaching Duren about 20 miles from Cologne as German armor counteroffensives press to halt the push. Allied airmen report heavy destruction of German tanks and armored vehicles, with 200 Luftwaffe planes lost in the early days of the offensive. Combat fronts stretch from Monschau to near Aachen as Allied forces extend their push into Belgium and Luxembourg.
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U.S. First Army
Roer
Duren
Cologne
Begin
First Army
Roer River
Belgium
Luxembourg
Bie Lpc
Sted Wintsinns Beni
Roser River
Rer
Aypres
Asus
Momsehan
Gernan
Monschau
Kehtetn- Cale
Aachen
Fomwarth
Ninth Air Force
Noremands
Seventh Army
U. S. First Army
Rolsedorf
Frvtz
24 000 Prisoners Worked to Death in War Report
London reports the British War Office stating that Japanese captives faced brutal conditions with over sixty thousand held and about twenty four thousand died. The dispatches mention air raids on Omura and Nagoya, Allied claims of damage to the Kokuki plant, and optimism about future airfield strikes from Mindoro.
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London
WPI
British War Office
Japan
Tokyo
Omura
Hankow
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Nageya
Honshu Island
U. S. War Department
Haywood Hansell Jr
Saipan
Nagoya
Philippines
John 5
McCain
Mindoro
Manila
Associated Press
Elmont Waite
China
Chin- Cheng-Kiang
Golden City
Raihway
U.S
Tliuchow
Kwangsi Province
Navy Department
U. S
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Ma- Tila Bay
Lizan
Douglas MacArthur
Miers
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Nnne
Women Jailed After Children Rescued in East Liverpool
In East Liverpool Hubert Cline of Wells, mother and grandmother to several infants, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of children after five children were removed from a derailed home by a passenger train crew. Also charged was Lulu Galento, Cline’s daughter and mother of all five children. Both pleaded innocent at a hearing. Cline had been shopping while Galento worked at a tavern.
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Liverpool
Hubert Cline
Wellsev
Tive
Clarence H. Peters
Surning
Lulu Galento
Cline
Chine
Saturda
Galento
U S Approves Poland Partition Curzon Line Diplomacy
Washington reports say the United States supports Poland accepting the Curzon Line as its eastern frontier, signaling possible negotiations among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. The move aims to avert recognizing the Lublin Committee and to keep Russia from seizing provisional government status before the next summit.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Russia
London
Polish National Committee
Lublin
Lublin Committee
Push Inland FDR Returns From Stay at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from a three week vacation at Warm Springs Georgia. He traveled by special train to the White House and immediately resumed duties amid looming war and Allied diplomacy challenges as he entered a new term and organized a new Congress. The trip included a two hour Marine reservation inspection at Camp LeJeune North Carolina and was kept secret until his return. Associated Press United Press and International News Service reporters accompanied the party.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
White House
Georgia
Camp LeJeune
New River
Jacksonville
N. C
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
Heinz Ad Budget Shift to Newspapers in 1945 Plan
Harrisburg sources report H J Heinz II says the Heinz Company will spend a newspaper advertising budget for 1945 many times larger than the previous year. The company will discontinue sponsoring the radio program Information Please and place most advertising in newspapers, PNPA said today.
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Heinz Company
Harrisburg
H. J. Heinz Company
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association
PNPA
H. J. Heinz II
More Snow and Chill Forecast for Ohio Today
Columbus reports a winter wave returns, bringing record low temperatures and a new ice and snow cover across Ohio. Forecasters warn of continued cold and more snow with little relief in sight.
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Ohio
Columbus
Churchill Defends British Troops Over Belgium Intervention
Prime Minister in Commons defense of British force in Belgium amid Greek crisis. He said Britain acted under American instructions and warned that a censure vote would thrust the government to a straight up or down test of confidence. Opposition showed little appetite for such a parliamentary maneuver.
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London
Commons
Greece
Belgium
Churchill
House of Commmons
Negro Soldiers Found Guilty on Riot Charge
In Seattle UPI reports the largest mass court martial of the war sentenced 27 Black soldiers to over 200 years total for rioting. They participated in a violent attack on an Italian service unit at Fort Lawton on August 14. The body of Italian Pvt Seeae votta was found damaged.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Fort Lawton
Ae Votta
Army Draft Calls Increased In 1945 Plan
Washington announces two draft developments for 1945. Monthly calls will rise from 60 000 to 86 000 beginning January and February. All men under 30 rejected since February 1 last year will be re examined unless they have clear physical defects.
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Washington
Army
Greek Leftists Drive British From Prison
ELAS mounted a strong assault on Averof Prison in Athens forcing the British to abandon the Bastion. About 205 men and 30 women escaped from 475 inmates, most awaiting political trials. RAF HQ at Kifissia faced ELAS strafing as Beaufighters and Spitfires targeted 600 ELAS troops.
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Athens
APL
ELAS
Averof
Quisling
Jean Rallis
RAF
Kifissia
BAS
Fai
ELA
Piraeus
Reports On Cleveland Blast Released By Red Cross
Cleveland area damage from the Mast Chin Gas Co. fire is detailed with state and company reports. East Ohio paid 1 000 565 in settlement of 1488 damage claims, while a company spokesman calls this stage smaller.
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Cleveland
Chin Gas Cn
Red Cross
East Ohio Angal F Nced
Commans
Murray Green In New Clash
Washington report on a heated exchange between Philip Murray and William Green over labor strategy for wartime and peacetime, with Murray urging a meeting to craft action and opting against a merger, while Green and AFL delegates push for CIO and Unite Mine Workers to rejoin the federation.
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Washington
Philip Murray
AFI
William Green
Murray
Green
AFL
CIO
John J. Lewis
Ward Stores May Be Seized
Washington reports the War Labor Board moved toward government seizure of Montgomery Ward Company after unsatisfied directives on minimum wages and job security in seven cities. WLB deadline passed. Economic Stabilizer Vinson to review noncompliance details in four Detroit stores amid an 11 day strike.
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Washington
Sewell Avers
Montgomery Ward Company
War Labor Board
Avery
WLB
White House
Fred M. Vinson
Jon Securiy
Detroit
Ryortess
Norden bombsight makers indicted in conspiracy case
A special federal grand jury in New York indicted Carl J. Norden, Inc. bombsight manufacturers, a war plant survey firm, and four individuals on charges of conspiring to slow production of Norden bombsights. The indictments also charged a conspiracy to force makers of warners to employ the survey company Corrigan Osborne and Wells Inc. specialists in installation of production control systems for industrial cameras.
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New York
Farlay
Carl J. Norden, Inc
Warners
Ceompany, Corrigan, Osborne and Wells, Inc
Cologne Still Threatened By German Counteroffensive
Dispatches say Allied and German forces fought along the Rhine and into the Palatinate with advance and withdrawal across several villages. Berlin reported counteroffensive aims to recapture Aachen and push back Allied lines, while German leaders faced potential risks as communications lines strained and offensives continued.
Repeated Tactics Foiled by Allied Air Power
The piece notes repeated German attempts to seize the initiative, citing past efforts in Africa and Ukraine, and describes Allied air power as pivotal in halting gains. It references battles around Kharkov and a failed counteroffensive, with a brief mention of weather affecting operations.
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Hiller
Africa
Ukraine
Venus Moon Stand Close In Sky Over Southwest
Venus and the Moon were visible in close proximity last night across the Southwest as the Moon appeared at the top of the crescent. The Moon stood about 240,000 miles away while Venus at its nearest point was around 25 million miles from Earth. In other wartime notes, British and American bombers claimed 112 German tanks and vehicles destroyed as fighting raged along the Czechoslovak border and eastern Slovakia. RAF heavy bombers hit Gdynia, Nurnberg, and Munster, following attacks on Cologne, Conlen, and Mainz.
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Kansas
Venus
Amoon
Naarast Pont
Earth
Erman
U.S
Ninth Air Force
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Second Ukraine
Wkassa
Stranenold
Cnt
Massa
Patrist Gantlers
Cyechnslovak
Keeske
Brodva
Hernad
Kassa
Baltic
Gdynia
Heavy Fighting on Italy Front Continues
Heavy fighting on the Italy front persists as Eighth Army advances near Bagnacavallo about 19 miles into the Po Valley above Rimini and Faenza. Troops push toward the Senio River while Yugoslav partisan activity and notes from Montenegro are mentioned.
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Italy
Rome
Treavey
Eighth Army
Inday
Bagnacavallo
Rimini-Bologna
Faenza
Senio
Mnia
Eemer
Montenegro
IV Fn
Formimuninne
Supreme Court Upholds Japanese Exclusion Action
The Supreme Court ruled the exclusion order justified and that the Army could apply it in March, while another opinion held that an American of Japanese descent was entitled to an unconditional lease from a wartime authority center, reinforcing citizenship status.
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Washington
Suepreme
Wwes
Jap Made Free Balloon Found in Timber Area
A large paper balloon with Japanese ideographs was found 17 miles southwest of Katispel, Mont, near a timber area. FBI said it posed a potential hazard after landing during a sighting by residents. no injuries or damage reported. The device was reported to have been camouflaged and contained varnish treated paper.
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Aree Cares
New York
Katispeli
Mont
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jay
Quen Hall
OG. B. Hill
Hallann
Ward Bannisie
Montana
Coue Fietler
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