Three More Metz Forts Fall to U S Forces at Manila
American carrier planes bombed Manila Bay destroying 14 Japanese ships as land based aircraft hit Burma Road strongholds. U S ground forces launched a double flanking move around entrenched Japanese units in the Philippines, aiding the reopening of the crucial supply line. Carrier planes also damaged two destroyers in the Manila attack.
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Manila Bay
Japan
U. S
Burma
Chins
Philippines
Manila
Relief ship for prisoners docks in Kobe after raid
Allied prisoners relief ship arrived at Kobe after bombardment of Nakhodka and freighter losses. Japan claimed 400 planes and 400 sorties against Cebu and Luzon. American aircrews triumphed, shooting down ships and planes while Chinese forces pressed the Salween sector and Burma Road. In Leyte operations the 24th Infantry and First Cavalry closed on Ormoc, with the 96th Division crossing mountain trails and the 7th Division repelling landings south of Ormoc.
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Washington
Radio
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Nakhodka
Siberia
Brade
Kobe
Ars
Aamagea
Salween
Sith
China
Burma
Mangshih
Bhamo
I Ches
Leyte
24Th
Limon
Ormoc
96Th
7Th
Ormoe
Soviet officer says Allies gain in Pacific power shift
Col. Ivan Tolchenov, Soviet authority on Japan, told Japanese correspondents and Red Army men that Japan’s aggression has weakened. He cited American production at 9000 planes a month versus Japanese 1400 to 1500 and said the U.S. fleet is larger. He predicted uncertain Philippines results but confidence in Allied success.
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Red Army
United States
Philippines
Fapt
Soviet Union
Pacific
French Forces Occupy Andorra in Preventive Move
French troops seized Andorra in the Pyrenees late Tuesday, with a Foreign Office spokesman stating General Charles de Gaulle, as co-prince, ordered the action as a preventive measure to secure winter months and maintain order. Andorra spans 191 square miles with iron mines and forests on the border.
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Raals—Ve—Rrenen
Andorra
Pyrenees
Foreign Office
Charles de Gauille
Processed Turkeys Released for Civilians and Civilians
Turkeys failing to meet Army specs are released for civilian use under wartime policy. The Census Bureau reports births total 2,995,171 with 1,507 male and 1,498 female ratios. War production plans include supplying 16,000,000 extra pounds of copper alloy for civilian items. Norwegian detachments begin returning home from the Arctic front as Russians oppose Germans.
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Washington
Census” Bureau
Food Administration
London
Norway
Arctic
Home for Ants
Fragmentary ad text describes an insect colony in a wood frame house with tunnels and sandy soil. Mentions investigation by messenger, reference to a furnace, electricity, and refrigeration. Requests calling before the ad appears, with a contact number partially shown.
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Inenes
Asige
Dying Boy Will Have Early Christmas Party
Three year old Forest Nubbins Hoffman, stricken with an incurable kidney disease, will get an early Christmas party on Sunday. His father Marshall F. Hoffman moved the celebration up because doctors say Nubbins may not live until Christmas. The park commission offered to provide an evergreen tree for the event.
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Eyenne
Wye
Nubbing
Nubbins
Hoffman
Marshall F. Hoffman
Park Commission
Youngster’s Condition Is Said Hopeless
Dickie Shipman four years old from Seville is reported hopeless after a brain injury from a fall a year ago. Doctors say the brain is severely injured and an operation is out of the question. He is blind and deaf with the left side of the brain gone and a fractured cervical vertebra.
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Clevel
Babies
Children’s Hospital
Dickie Shipman
Louis Shipman
Seville
John, Toomey
Dickie
Byrnes Near Secretary of State Post in Roosevelt Era
Rumors place James F Byrnes as a potential successor to Secretary Hull amid wartime shifts. Hull weighs finishing peace work. Byrnes’ suitability grows as health doubts shadow Hull’s return and cabinet duties.
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Byrnes
Secretary of State
Peter
James F. Byrnes
State Department
Hull
Roosevelt
BUC
Tennessee
Tf Hey
Demonstration Planned At Ath ins Tee and Storage Co
Wright, county extension agent, urges business men to attend a rat control demonstration at Ath ins Tee and Storage Co on Thursday, Nov 16. Mr Hamlet of the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service will perform the demo and offer poisoned material for sale. every rat killed reduces the population as they breed five to six times yearly.
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Athins Tee and
German Danube Bridgehead Wiped Out South of Budapest
Red Army reports claim to have liquidated the bridgehead on the east bank of the Danube south of Budapest and to have widened the front with advances toward the capital. Moscow says about 30,000 Germans and Hungarians have been captured since the Budapest drive began. A Yugoslav broadcast notes partisan gains at Skopje. A NEA journalist, Frank Prist Jr., was killed in the Philippines while photographing front line action.
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London
Red Army
Danube River
Budapest
Moscow
Marshal Malinovsky
Monon
Uni
Peters
Bains
Solt
Duna Egydhaza
Bud +apest
Danube
Berlin
Malinovsky
Hunngary
Poland
Prussia
Nagykata
Buds Pest
Jaszbereny Hieves
Jaszbereny
Miskolc
Hungary
Tito
Skopje
Yugoslav
Vardar
Balkans
Kested
Frank Prist, Jr
NEA Service
Acme News
New York
Prist
Australia
Philippines
Metz Front Holds After Allied Breakthroughs Near City
Allied forces press toward Metz with Lt Gen Patton’s Third Army assaulting Forts Driant and Jeanne d Arc while advancing from Peltre Pouilly sector and strengthening the Koenigsmacher Thionville bridgehead. British troops push to Roermond after crossing the Noord and Wessem Canals. German resistance remains stiff around the high ridge beyond captured Pouilly as civilian evacuation begins in Metz.
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Hubert
Jussy
Thionville
Fort Tange
Metz
L’aisne
L’yser
Pouilly
Jeanne D'Arc
Noord
Wessem
Roermond
Peltre-Pouilly
Alliance
Sixth Armored
Nied
Berlin
Koenigsmacher-Thionville
Moselle
Third Army
Guebling
Ity
Dieuze
Unieago Mother Jailed For Assault On Infant
A 19 year old Unieago mother, Jane Dybies, was convicted of assault with intent to kill one of her two infant sons and faces a prison sentence of one to 11 years. The jury verdict followed accusations she injured the six week old Dennis and twisted the other child’s leg. Prosecutor Edmund Doughton said she confessed striking the baby in the eye. The case drew comments from tax and finance leaders but no immediate tax impact details were provided.
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Chau
Neny Jane Dybies
Criminal Court
Dybiez
Dennis
Washington
Edmund Doughton
D-Nc
Grant
House
George
Senate Finance Committee
Two Indicted In Conscientious Objection Case
Homer L. Daniel 44 of Lockland and William J. Boylan 22 of Newark were indicted yesterday on charges of violating the Selective Service Act by taking part in a down strike in a conscientious objectors camp.
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Phrapsumun
Renera
Homer L. Daniel
Lockland
William J.boylan
Newark
Federal Court Upholds War Labor Disputes Act Ruling
A federal court ruling by Judge William C. Coleman upholds the constitutionality of the War Labor Disputes Act, marking the first decision on the question and addressing Congress's authority to impose its provisions. The vote and details remain described by attorneys. The report notes the act’s “rather mild provisions” and references the judge's view on federal power.
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Baltimore
William C. Coleman
Congress
Coleman
Navy Production Now Twelve Ships Daily
Rear Admiral F G Crisp, head of Navy shore establishments, told the metal trades department of the AFL in New Orleans that production is rising and 12 ships a day are sliding from the yards. He forecast similar manpower six months hence and said the Navy's drive continues until Japan is defeated.
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Navy
New Orleans
F. G. Crisp
Tony
Crisp
Metal” Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Japan
Allied Forces Push To Straighten Front Near Aachen And Nijmegen
Allied operations across the front north of the Maas aim to flatten the German bulge and straighten the line between Nijmegen and Aachen. American First Army troops push into German soil as Metz nears fall, with advances from the Vosges to Bruyères and Granges Sur Vologne despite snow, mud, and minefields.
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Neder
Venlo
Aachen
Maas
Meuse
Nijmegen
Metz
Theit
Third Army
Chateau-Saling
Oestrich
Baronweller
Sixth Army
Vosges
Baccarat
Bruyeres
Granges- Sur-Vologne
Doubs
Fort L'Yse
Pouilly
Cuvry
Orny
Pontoy
Coin-Les-Cuvry
Hopital
Lato
Rugny
Thionville
90Th
Ts. Koenigsmacher
Moselle
Ingrange
Koenigsmacher
Fend
Eighth Crosses Montone River on Bologna Highway
Allied forces crossed the Montone River two miles northwest of Forli as they push along the Po Valley toward Faenza. German troops withdrew slightly in the Apennines while preparing to defend along the Cosina canal, marking a widening advance by the Eighth Army toward the next major objective.
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OME
Rgmtn
Montone
Forli
Bologna
Iny
Apennine
Cosina
Eighth Army
Faensa
Pearl Harbor case to be decided before December 7
Authoritative congressional sources say the Pearl Harbor attack will be acted on after an Army Navy board report. The action, whether exoneration or trial, will occur before December 7 when the statute of limitations on prosecutions expires. One well informed source declined to be named.
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Pearl Harbor
Army-Navy Board
New Trial Sought For Slayer Of Say 1,200 Nazis
A garbled report states Herron 23 was convicted by a three judge court of manslaughter related to a Sept 11 ship disaster. Police said he confessed throwing a shoe at an infant and spanking her. Northwestern Ohio residents filed 60 quake claims totaling 15000 with Webb Insurance Co.
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Tirpitx
Cea Ag Umbus
New York
Stockery Herron
Corm Tidningen
Ardella
Ee Herron
Lima
Hio
Webb Insurance Co
Ohio River not a power producer says era plan
Barrett and O. Slack Bara of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association argue the river and its tributaries cannot serve as a major power source. They reference Roosevelt’s flood control aims and Col. Roger Powell’s plan for a regional authority to coordinate flood relief across multiple states and rivers.
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Roger G. Powell
Ohio
TVA
Roosevelt
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Missouri
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Arkansas
Tombigbee
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Cumberland
Columbia
Tennessee
Barrett
Ohio Valley Authority
Cincinnati
Auction Ligarets Sell For 106 At Chicago Post Office
Twelve cartons of ligarets brought 106 dollars at the Chicago post office semi annual sale of unclaimed goods. The auction offered eight dollars total plus various loose packs in small lots. The auctioneer urged bidders with the line here’s what you’ve been waiting for.
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Chicago
18 OU Staff Members Named on Committee 1944 48
Ohio University announces the appointment of staff members to four committees for 1944 48. Emerson Posty Prize Contest committee includes J B Heicher as chair and members Raymer McQuiston Greta Lash. Conservation and Forestry committee lists C L Dow chair with A W Boetticher Thier 0 E McClure and W Wiggin. Museum Committee features W Boetticher Yazel Willis Victor Thomas N Hoover Beecher and Will Committ.
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Iscaident
Walter
Uamerateler
Ohio University
Emerson Posty
J.B. Heicher
Chairenan
Raymer McQuiston
Greta Lash
C. L. Dow
A. W. Boetticher
E McClure
W. Wiggin
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Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Himmler
Red Military Authority
Ivan Tolchenov
Howe
Surigao Strait
Frank Rrist, Jr
Unieago
Asia
Joans
Columbus
The
Obie Dental Society
Council of Dental Health
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Eighth
Montone River
New
Ohio River
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