Bombers Hit Tokyo as War Reports Continue
About 50 Superforts bombed Tokyo interrupting official war reports read to the Japanese Diet. The B29 raid marks the first mass attack on Tokyo since Dec 3 and underscores the rising tempo of Pacific air war. American fighters claimed 74 Japanese planes destroyed over the Philippines and North China as ground fighting on Leyte winds down.
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Tokyo
Philippines
China
Leyte
Eighth Route Army
Loyang
Henan Province
Japan
Gen
Sugiyama
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo-Yokohama
Honshu Island
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Nagoya
Masahima
Saipan
Luzon Island
Manila
Clark Field
North China
Tinan
Shantung Province
Thomas McGuire
San Antonio
Tex
Mindoro Island
Taciboan
Liberators
Mindanao
Silay
Negros Island
Halmahera
Lolobata
Hatetakako
Wassile Bay
U S Convoy Attacked Amid War News and Police Briefs
An unconfirmed Japanese dispatch claimed an American convoy off Mindoro Philippines was attacked, with four transports sunk or damaged and two torpedo boats destroyed. In Henan fighting, American divisions pressed the enemy, while Tokyo and Saipan bombardments continued. Police Chief George W Neeley of Lancaster has died at 63. Athens man Harold W Tom fined for speeding.
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Washington
Mindoro
Philippine Islands
Federal Communications Commission
Harold W. Tom
Elliott St
Athens
Chauncey
Franz Woodworth
Costa
CIO Rubber Workers Face Loss of Jobs
Akron reports that 480 members of the CIO United Rubber Workers face losing their jobs for delinquent payment of a 12.50 fine for participating in an unauthorized Detroit plant strike last fall. The union will certify nonmembership to U S Rubber Co after verifying names. about 1,000 strikers were fined by URWA leader Sherman Dalrymple, with 480 remaining unpaid or unresolved after appeals.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers of America
U. S. Rubber Co
Detroit
G. L. Patterson
URAW
Sherman Dalrymple
Urwa International
Japs Planning Malaya Road Strategy Says Chinese Chief
Information Minister Wang Shih-Chieh told correspondents the Chinese High Command believes Japan plans to form a land route from Korea to Malaya to press fighting in China French Indo China and Malaya. He said eight months of offensive work opened the route and China will contribute the bulk of ground forces with improved equipment as the coming struggle approaches.
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Chungking
Wang Shih-Chieh
Korea
Malaya
China
Indo-China
Wang
Army Hospitals Cleared by House Military Committee
The House Military Committee released a report praising Army hospitals for good care, food, recreation, and equipment, noting only isolated issues like dehydrated patients and old eggs. In Paris, three people died and 13 were injured when bombs hit the area near landmarks.
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House
Washington
House Military Committee
H. Ralph Burton
Paris
Ohio to Narrow Civilian Deferments for War Needs
State Selective Service Headquarters told Ohio draft boards February demand requires manpower. Col. C W Goble urged boards to limit civilian deferments and prioritize war production and military induction. He warned occupational deferrals leaving essential jobs must not hinder armed forces' needs.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Col
C. W. Goble
Goble
War and Navy Departments
Soldier vote estimated at 2,800,000 in presidential race
Washington officials estimate the service vote at about 2.8 million for the recent presidential election, far below the 3.392 million prior statewide projections. The tally reflects best estimates from election officers despite earlier forecasts.
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Washington
Escape Routes Out of Budapest Closed
Soviet advances into the western half of Budapest press toward Danube bridges, with Tolbukhin’s artillery dominating Buda while armored units push house to house in the city’s western outskirts. Encirclement tightens a 250 mile front from Kassa to the Balaton region as German escape routes are cut.
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Budapest
Moscow
Buda
Danube
Tolbukhin
Kassa
Lake
Balaton
British Officials Break Truce Claim ELAS Fire Sparks Actions
Athens AP report says British officials declare ELAS artillery violated a conference truce by firing on a British warship and naval HQ. Offensive air action set to resume, 45 minute truce to be arranged for ELAS delegates at a second all party Greece conference. Churchill notes British troops acted with US and Soviet approval.
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Athens
ELAS
Churchill
Greece
Roosevelt
Stalin
U S Bombers Again Attack Nazi Columns
British based heavy bombers led another assault on the German western front with American support. Allied air forces totaled 1,400 sorties, destroying over 1,000 German vehicles and 146 armored cars or tanks while claiming 71 Nazi planes shot down.
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London
Britain
Belgium
Holland
France
U. S. Ninth Air Force
RAF
von Rundstedt
Gallagher
Paris
Ohio Hue of Weather Shifts Amid Snow and Ice Drift
Ohio rode from sub zero temperatures to the 20s as a wintry mix blankets the state. Snow and sleet fall over numerous counties with widespread ice on roads. Bus schedules are canceled and highway traffic remains at a standstill as freezing rain continues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Fremont
Jenkins Keeps Herbert on Staff in Incoming Administration
Columbus attorney general elect Hugh S. Jenkins will retain Thomas J. Herbert as retiring attorney general on his executive staff along with 19 assistant attorneys. Jenkins takes office January 8. Herbert will be appointed special counsel on a drafting committee for the council of state governments.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Jenkins
Council of State Governments
Kibble Funeral To Be Held At Eden Church
COOLVILLE. Funeral services for Mrs. Tabitha Belle Kibble 69 of near Reedsville will be Thursday at 2 PM at the Eden A B Church. Rev Harwood of Millersport will officiate. She leaves four sons Roy William of the home Ambrose and John of Long Bottom R D one daughter Mrs Roxie Reed and sister Narcissus of Long Bottom.
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Coolville
Tabitha Belle Kibble
Reedsville
Eden A. B
Harwood
Millersport
Roy
William
Ambrose
John
Long Bottom
R. D
Roxie Reed
Narcissus
Mrs. Fred Kleinschmidt Found Dead at Logan
Mrs. Fred Kleinschmidt, 74, was found dead at her FE Main St. home in Logan this morning by neighbor Mrs. Vernon Taylor. She leaves son Robert of Newport News Virginia, two sisters Mrs. C. A. Sloan of Jackson and Miss Emma Becker of Logan, and brother Walter Becker of Logan. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Logan
Fred Kleinschmidt
Main St
Vernon Taylor
Robert
Newport News
C. A. Sloan
Jackson
Emma Becker
Walter Becker
Trapped Yanks Break Through Nazi Lines
EAST OF MARCHE BELGIUM Allied soldiers from Hogans Task Force attacked across No Man's Land and broke out of encirclement after six days. Of roughly 400 men, about 380 returned with faces blackened and equipment lost.
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Marche
Belgium
No Man's Land
Predictions Edge War End Date Shifts in Europe
European war planners raise date estimates by three to six months as Allied forces face German offensives. Ike may reverse the western drive, but optimism wanes. Russian plans and intelligence failures cloud outlook for victory in both theaters.
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Washington
Europe
Eisenhower
Japan
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Germans Open Strong Attacks On Italian Line
Allied reports say a strong German counterattack near Italy’s west coast forced Fifth Army withdrawals from Serchio River Valley after bitter fighting. Eighth Army remained quiet on the opposite coast. Luftwaffe strikes hit north of San Benedetto, south of Bologna, and Grizzana as Allied air forces flew about 1000 missions over German ground forces in Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Fifth Army
Serchio River
Eighth Army
San Benedetto
Bologna
Grizzana
Meat Ration Outlook for 1945 and OPA Protests
Columbus OPA district director John Summers warned civilians will face about 15 percent less meat in early 1945. Canned goods supplies remain below previous years and sugar rationing may extend to next fall. In Cincinnati, William Grant Still won first prize for a jubile overture celebrating the symphony’s 50th anniversary amid regional rationing tensions. In New York, many butcher shops reopened after protests yielded partial supplies.
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Columbus
John H. Summers
Cincinnati
William Grant Still
Los Angeles
Cincinnati Symphony
New York
OPA
Germans in Belgium Repelled at Celles on Christmas Day
Allied forces reported German spearheads driven from Celles Belgium, the deepest penetration toward the Meuse in Von Rundstedt's counteroffensive. American troops held Celles eight miles from the northern French bulge while engaging tanks near Ciney and Dinant as Bastogne's siege continued and Eisenhower mounted a relief counterattack.
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Celles
Belgium
Associated Press
Meuse
Karl von Rundstedt
Supreme Headquarters
Bulge
France
Ciney
Namur
Dinant
Bastogne
Eisenhower
Major Tank Battle Reported North of Laroche Belgium
Berlin says a large clash erupted Tuesday north of Laroche in Belgium with 70 tanks from the U S Third and Seventh Divisions knocked out. The high command claims the fighting in southeastern Belgium and central Luxembourg is intensifying.
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London
Berlin
Laroche
Belgium
U. S
Luxembourg
Allied lines hold as German push toward Antwerp route continues
Allied communique reports German forces under Von Rundstedt pressing northwest toward the Antwerp supply route along the Hotton Marche Road, but Allied positions remain maintained two days after the action.
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von Rundstedt
Antwerp
Hotton- Marche
Nazi Armor Slowed In Northeastern Front During Last Night Battles
American defenses halted but did not stop German armor along the Bulge. Manhay fell near Stavelot as Von Rundstedt’s forces pressed Bastogne and surrounding towns. Relieving forces moved north of Bastogne while fighting continued near Diekirch Echternach and Diekirch area as gains were reported along the line.
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Bulge
Manhay
Bastogne
Cobreville
Holland
Timtange
Lultzhausen
Beschdorf
Kehmen
Ringel
Diekirch
Haller
Diekirech
Echternach
Waldbillig
Eechternach
Tons of supplies dropped to Yanks in Bastogne area
Allied reports say hundreds of tons of ammunition and supplies parachuted to American troops surrounded by German forces near Bastogne. C-47 sky trains delivered cargo from Britain and France as Allied air and ground forces press to relieve the pocket.
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Westwall
France
West Wall
London
Bastogne
Wartime Farm Census to Survey Ohio Agriculture
About 26 000 questioners will travel rural routes in the next two weeks to gather wartime farm data. They will use the 1945 agricultural census and report crop, livestock and labor details within two months.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fighter Planes Hit Japanese Airdrome in Shantung
A formation of P 51 aircraft from the U S 14th Air Force struck the Japanese airdrome at Tsinan in Shantung yesterday destroying 29 enemy planes. The communique said 69 were knocked out there in three days.
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Chungking
U. S
14Th Air Force
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Bomber Crashes at Cincinnati Killing Three
An Army B 25 bomber en route to Coffeyville Kansas crashed on takeoff near Cincinnati Sunken Field. Three aboard died and six were slightly injured. Pilot Capt Thomas Lambie and Co Pilot Lt Eugene C Stanso survived with minor hurts.
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Cincinnati
Coffeyville
Kan
Thomas Lambie
Wyoming
Eugene C. Stanso
Detroit
Rehabilitation Center at Camp Reynolds Converts Gear
Lt Col George Blaney reports Camp Reynolds in Pennsylvania now serves as a large rehabilitation center for the Army s damaged and worn canvas gear and webbing, previously a replacement depot.
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Camp Reynolds
George Blaney
Army
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Hungary
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Danube River
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Army Air Forces Band
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