Stettinius Power Curbed by Senate Nomination Debate
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt faces questions over State Department reforms as Secretary Stettinius’ scope is challenged. Senate confirms Joseph Grew as undersecretary and approves five assistant secretaries including Clayton MacLeish Rockefeller Dunn and Holmes, amid calls for policy clarity aligned with the Atlantic Charter.
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Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Senate
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Settinius
Department
Clayton
Archibald MacLi ’ Melson
Rockefeller
James C.“Dunn
Ja- Mis CG. Holmés
Dunn
Holmes
Rillionaire
Texas
MacLeish
Congress
Uhe
Overton
D-La
Jnator Lafollette
Fie
Chandler
D-Ky
T O
Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Britain
Trial of Father Nearing Conclusion in Child Drowning Case
The murder trial of Warren Patterson, a 31 year old Ashland machinist, neared conclusion with final arguments by the defense and a State rebuttal pending before an eight women and four men jury. Patterson is charged with hurling two of his four sons into the Mohican River, with one son Larry drowning while Raymond swam to shore.
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Coshocton
Warren Patterson
Drowding
Ashland
Patterson
Larry
Raymond
Mohican River
Raymond Wader
All-Steel Ferry Contract Awarded For Detroit Windsor Route
Pere Marquette Railway Co. president R J Bowman announced a 1 153 000 contract for an all steel car ferry to link the United States and Canada. Manitowoc shipbuilders will construct the vessel to move freight cars across the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor Ontario. Delivery is slated for November 1945.
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Cleveland
Pere Marquette Railway Co
R. J Bowman
United States
Canada
Mani-, Lee Shipbuilding Co
Manitowoc
Detroit River
Detroit
Windsor
Ont
Bowman
Ohioans to be arraigned on black market gas and tie cases
Fourteen Ohioans face federal charges in illegal trafficking cases to be arraigned before U.S. District Judge Melt G. Underwood on December 28. The group includes six men from Jackson and three from Newark among 61 individuals named in 58 indictments issued yesterday. The list names C. A. Howard of Athens and other defendants linked to government mortgaged property sales. The report also notes the deaths of George Mayer, 84, and his twin Peter in a Zanesville hospital.
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Columbus
U.S
Melt G. Underwood
Jackson
Newark
C.A. Howard
Athens
CPI
George Mayer
Peter
Zanesville
Churchill Sees General Accord With U S Britain And Russia
London AP says Prime Minister Churchill told Commons in a Greece debate that there is general agreement on aims among the United States Britain and Russia and that Britain will hand over responsibilities as soon as possible consistent with obligations. Labor leader Arthur Greenwood criticized Churchill for not handling the situation as it should be and questioned the policy in liberated lands.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Greece
Brit N
Russia
Staten
Ead
Britain
Arthur ’ Greenwood
Labor Party
United States
Russi
Chaplin faces second day of grilling in support case
In Los Angeles Joan Berry seeks $2,500 monthly child support from Charles Chaplin for their 14 month old Carol Ann. The 55 year old comedian defends his humanity while denying wrongdoing and fights the attempt to label him a monster.
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Los Angeles
Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Joan
Carol
Ann
Injured Sailor's Wife Fatally Struck by Locomotive
Ravenna report says Mrs. Maxine A ge 22 wife of a sailor from Long Beach California died after stepping into the side of a moving locomotive near the hospital. Machinist Mate George E. Parker, injured when his ship was torpedoed, is recovering.
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Ravenna
Maxinedge-22
Husa
Long Beach
Calif
A. Locomotive
Machini
George E. Parker
Inspection Tour In Huntington By Chinese Engineers
A two day inspection of navigation and flood control installations begins in the Huntington district. Lt. Col. Harry Pockras district engineer reports the party arrived after touring the Pittsburgh district and plans to cover Cincinnati and Louisville areas later.
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Huntington
Orient
Huntington S. Engineer
Harry Pockras
Tourinttsburgh
Cincinnati
Louisville
Mansfield Flier Killed In Airplane Collision
Two Army airmen were killed in a midair collision near Marana field during training. Lt. Thomas N. Gerhart of Mansfield Ohio, 25, and aviation cadet William A. Zvolanek Jr., 18, of Lempoc California, were identified. Lt. Col. G M Bates said the two planes crashed near an auxiliary field as they came in to land.
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Tucson
Ariz
Marana
Thomas N. Gerhart
Mansfield
Ohio
William A. Zvolanek, Jr
Lempoc
Calif
G. M. Bates
Settlement Reached in Suits Against Republic Steel Corp
In Cleveland CPI reported a $300,000 out of court settlement ending about 192 damage suits tied to the 1937 Little Steel Strike. Attorneys said payments to individual claimants would be sent soon under the agreement.
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Cleveland
CPI
Republic Steel Corp
Little Steel
Tortured With Poker For $82 and a Pistol
St Clairsville deputy reports a 41 year old man named John Shiplevy and a nearby woman were tortured with a hot poker by assailants at Crab Apple. The pair robbed him of $82 and a pistol during the attack.
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ST. Clairsville
Jules
Carman
Anda
John Shiplevy
Soviet Troops Converging on Slovak Anchor
Soviet forces press heavy assaults toward Kagssa in Slovakia as four Red Army columns advance from multiple directions. German escape routes along a southwest highway are cut while Soviet reports claim 400 German dead at Senya and additional captures amid ongoing harassment by partisan bands.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ity
Kagssa
Siebel
Slovakia
Senya
Jinore
Indictment of German Spy Contact in Newark
Justice Department indicts Carl Emil Ludwig Krepper a Newark man charged with establishing contact for German spies in the United States under sabotage censorship and foreign agents laws. Investigation traced to a clue from one of the eight saboteurs who landed on the Atlantic coast in June 1942.
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Justice Department
Newark
Carl Emil Ludwig _Krepper
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lone
he-Atlantic
Yanks Close Net Around Leyte Japs
American infantrymen breach the Yamashita Line on Leyte Island capturing headquarters and an airfield while trapping a major Japanese force. Allied forces also press advances on Mindoro and Valencia and Lonoy, with air raids over Hankow and Tokyo. Gen Douglas MacArthur cites 1,484 additional Japanese dead on Leyte fronts, 22 surrendered, and total air losses noted.
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Associated Press
Yamashita
Leyte Island
Philippines
Mindoro Island
Tokyo
Valencia
Lonoy
Phillipines
Leyte
U. S.1
U. S. 77Th
First Cavalry
32Nd Infantry
Falompon
Japan
Ormoc
Sasaki Suzuki
Douglas MacArthur
Hankow
Transocean
T ‘Ks
Omura
Jepan
Central China Front
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Hechih
Nazis Capture 10 000 Yanks in Allied Front Report
London dispatch quotes German high command claiming over 10 000 prisoners taken and 200 American tanks destroyed or captured. Berlin says Allied air losses include 124 planes, and frontline fighting persisted with hastily assembled enemy reserves rushed into action.
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London
Berlin
Defense Plants Corp to probe surplus war goods sales
Washington The Defense Plants Corporation will investigate possible violations of ceiling prices in selling surplus war goods. Officials said complaints from farmers in Northeastern Ohio allege surplus goods were priced above ceilings.
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Washington
Defense, Plants Corporation
Ohio
Congressmen Returning from European Front Tour
Weary members of the House military committee who spent 25 days touring European battle fronts head home bound for the United States. On arrival they board planes and say the war is likely to end soon. They visited the Western and Italian fronts as they return to the United States. Lupe Velez funeral set in Beverly Hills with body to lie in state briefly before services and burial in Mexico City. Family and close friends to attend.
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Lupe Velez
Mexico City
Bari
Italy
House
United States
Beverly Hills
Calif
Intensified Drive Against Greek Leftists Reported
In Athens Lt Gen Scobie pledged a broad escalation against ELAS forces warning civilians that leftist gunfire after 9 am would be met with all arms. BBC quoted Scobie saying ELAS would face aircraft, naval guns and rockets. News followed destruction of RAF HQ after ELAS assault. Ex premier Rallis remained at large amid a nationwide search. Rizopastis claimed two other prisoners, Gen Bacos and George Pirounakis, were captured and executed.
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Athens
R. M. Scobie
Greece
ELAS
Scoblé
Scobe
RAF
Jean Rallis
Averofé
Rizopastis
George Bacos
George Pirounakis
Nazis Line in Italy Cracked
Allied troops from the Lighth Army, including Polish and Indian units, have cleared areas south of the Senio River and west of the Bologna Rimini highway of Nazi forces after two weeks of stiff resistance. Strong German counterattacks north and northeast of Faenza slowed progress for portions of the Eighth Army. American heavy bombers targeted oil refineries and rail yards in Germany, Austria, and Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Senio
Bologna-Rimini
Eighth Army
Faenza
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Germany
Austraia
Yugoslavia
Students Take Case To Louisiana Governor
Several hundred Louisiana State University students marched on Governor James H. Davis's mansion demanding reinstatement for 18-year-old Gloria Jeanne Heller who wrote a leaflet on kissing and sex. They appealed to higher authority as the governor reviews the case.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
James H. Davis
Gloria Jeanne Heller
Yank corporal cleans out Nazi pillbox for tomatoes
1 Cpl. Joseph Martino of New Haven Connecticut earned Bronze Star and Purple Heart while reconnoitering with an infantry unit in Germany. He crawled to a defended pillbox, fired on it while a civilian gathered tomatoes, then neutralized the gun crew and captured two grenades. He then moved on to mop up the emplacement and surrounding area.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Joseph Martino
New Haven
Conn
Martino
John M. Hightower
Las iCrices
NLM
First Army in Belgium Called Definitely Better in Communique
German infantry pushed more than 20 miles into Belgium behind panzers as U S tanks and doughboys held firm in some sectors. First Army dispatches said the situation was officially “definitely better,” with American flanks stiffening while German columns probed for supplies. Allied lines repelled counterattacks as Luftwaffe and flying bombs accompanied the assaults around Malmedy and Stavelot.
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First Army
Paris
Belgium
U. S
First
Luxembourg
Stavelot
Liege
Thenemy
Malmedy
William Boni
Germans Raze Allied Front In Fluid Winter Counteroffensive
US units hold key towns as German assaults press through dense defenses along the First Army sector. Stavelot and St Vith left in US hands amid air and armor battles, while Hodges’ troops counterattacked to stem the breakthrough. Reports claim over 200 German planes shot down in three days as civilian evacuations begin and a second Nazi thrust targets St Vith and Malmedy.
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U. S
Supreme Headquarters
First Army
Stavelot
St- Vith
Germany
Tine
Courtney H. Hodges
Dougheboys
Stavlot
Lig
Aachen
Tub
St. Vith
Belgium
Malmedy
Isolated Yanks Hold Out in Ardennes Border Fight
Allied lines report stubborn American pockets guarding positions near St Vith as German forces push through the Ardennes toward Echternach and Consdorf. Ninth Army units observe strong enemy activity from Geilenkirchen to the Roer while German prisoners claim Antwerp may fall soon.
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St. Vith
Maspell
Ardennes Forest
Luxembourg
Echternach
Consdorf
Monschau
Malmedy
First Army
Ninth Army
Geilenkirchen
Ninth
Fer
Patecks
Roer
U. S
Antwerp
Victoria Cross for Maj Currie of Canada’s South Alberta Regiment
Maj David Vivian Currie of Canada’s South Alberta Regiment and his 175 men earned the Victoria Cross after a three day battle at St Lambert Sur Dives France. His force held on despite heavy casualties to cut a major German escape route from the Caen Falaise pocket, securing a vital victory.
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David Vivian Currie
Canada
South Alberta Regiment
Canadian Armored Corps
St. Lambert
France
Caen-Falaise
Hang Negro Soldier For Double Slaying
Pvt Charlie B Williams a Negro of Akron Ohio was hanged at the AAF technical center Orlando after a general court martial found him guilty of the May 3 double slaying of two Negro military police guards. Credit for $312,085 to Truscon Steel Co Youngstown Ohio for tax overassessments 1839 1941. Otis L Wolfe 61 tax examiner for state tax commission died at White Cross Hospital Columbus of heart ailment.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Charlie B. Williams
Akeron
Ohio
AAF Technical Center
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Truscon Steel Co
Youngstown
Columbus
Otis L. Wolfe
State Tax Commission
White Cross Hospital
Merete W. Wolfe
New Lexingon
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