Yanks Push Ahead After Rains Cease
Allied forces press forward after rain ends in the Philippines and the Leyte campaign. U S bombers struck Kyushu targets Omura and Nagasaki while claiming heavy enemy losses. carrier battles surrounding Leyte saw ships damaged and air combat with several Japanese planes shot down.
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Associated Press
Japan
Manila
Philippines
Leyte
War Department
Kyushu
Nippon
Hom
Tokyo Radio
Omura
Nagasaki
China
Ates
Unies
14Th Air Force
East
High Command
Chiang Kai- Feinland
Eisenhower Plans Steadily Increasing Pressure On West Front
Allied forces push into Eastern France and the upper Rhine as General Eisenhower vows sustained pressure along the western front until Germany collapses. French and American units advance near Belfort, Mulhouse, Geilenkirchen, and Aldenhoven amid heavy resistance and reports of new bridge attempts across the Rhine.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
France
Upper Rhine
Belfort
Cologne
All Time Record Set At Ohio Shorthorn Sale
All-time sale record reported at Ashville near Columbus where 49 Polled Shorthorn cattle averaged 820 dollars to raise about 40000 dollars for the American Shorthorn Breeders Association. Oakwood Union Jack, a 14 month bull calf, sold for 300 dollars to E Killian of New South Wales Australia. Nathan Ring veteran shoemaker 68 who repaired boots for Presidents since Wilson died yesterday.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ashville
C. K. Tomson
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
E. Killian
New South Wales
Australia
Oakwood Union
Washington
Nathan Ring
Theodore Roosevelt
Ring
Woodrow Wilson
Ace High Man in Mediterranean Aces Battle
Captain John J. Voll of Goshen is credited as high man among American aces in the Mediterranean. He raised his score to 21 after a recent dogfight with 12 Nazi fighters. Voll lured Luftwaffe into a JU-88 trap and shot down four of the dozen attackers. Signal troops report the engagement.
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Mediterranean
John J. Voll
Goshen
Hhe
Bricker Rules Out Special Session for Pay Raise Plan
Gov. John W. Bricker states there will be no special legislative session to consider a 110 percent pay raise for most state employees. He questions the legality of increasing salaries for officials who take office January 1 and notes the new General Assembly should address a permanent salary policy. Gov elect Frank J. Lausche of Cleveland also doubts legality of raises for new officials.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Peral
Bricker
Con Sion
Down
General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
First Christmas Mail for GIs Reaches Port
Twenty thousand sacks of Christmas mail for U S troops overseas arrive at a British port. An Army spokesman says it will be nearly Christmas before all the mail is cleared.
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London
U. S
Four Airmen Die in Flying Fortress Crash near Circleville
Four airmen died when a Flying Fortress from Lockbourne Air Base crashed during a routine flight four miles northwest of Williamsport. The crash left four men dead and one missing, according to the public relations office at Lockbourne.
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Circleville
Lockbourne Air Base
Ft Favine
Willamsport
Lockhourne Sai
Meeting of Big Three Delayed Amid War Conference Jitters
Washington AP dispatch reports plans for a Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting face delays with sources saying a March or later 1945 parley is more likely as postwar conference schedules shift. Leaders favor a high level gathering but travel and wartime fronts complicate scheduling.
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John M. Hightow
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
London
World Peace Organization
United Nations
Dumbarton” Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks
Paris
Eastern Front
Russia
Moscow
Anti-Hitler Placards Spotted in Berlin
Aftonbladet reports in an undated dispatch that numerous posters appear in Berlin calling for an end to Hitler and his regime. The anonymous notices declare Down with Hitler and signal growing public dissent.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Somervell urges recruitment for war plants drive
Lt Gen Brehon Somervell, Army supply chief, urged the CIO convention in Chicago to recruit 100000 more workers for war plants. He warned production is lagging 40 percent in some sectors and stressed every homefront worker must join munitions effort to speed victory in Europe and the Pacific. He cited shortages of mortars, artillery, heavy trucks, tires, radar, tanks, cotton duck, and related supplies as critical to meeting war needs.
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Isenhower
Germany
Chicago
CIO Con
Brehon Somervell
Army Suply
Europe
Pacific
Somervell
Philippines
Mants
Move To Halt Price Rise Mapped by Administration
The administration moves toward freezing wage and price rises as a step to reassure workers on living costs. Chester Bowles will announce possible controls on fabrics and apparel and tighter rules for extraordinary price increases as part of efforts to uphold the Little Steel wage formula until after V-E Day. The CIO pressure for higher wages is challenged by a steady index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while a close WLB source hints at a possible partial $0.10 an hour adjustment to address perceived inequities in night shifts.
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Chester Bowles
Bowles
Fighten
Vinson
Germany
William H. Davis
WLB
CIO
Bureau of Labor Statistics
British Troops Gain Local Ground in Italy Near Ravenna
Allied headquarters said British Eighth Army captured sugar factory buildings at Zeucher fido two miles south of Ravenna on the Adriatic coast under heavy artillery. West of Forti on the Bologna road other British units seized several localities as German raids on the Fifth Army were repulsed. No major actions reported. Mediterranean air forces flew about 1,800 missions with 27 aircraft missing, including JNineteen heavy bombers targeting an oil refinery at Blechhammer in Upper Silesia.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Zuechersfido
Ravenna
Adriatic
Forti On
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
15Th Army Air Force
Blechhammer
Upper Silesia
Oil Plants of Nazis Bombed
A massive Allied air assault reports more than 2350 American planes targeting Central Germany oil facilities at Hamburg Harburg Merseburg and surrounding areas. Over 1100 fighter bombers covered the operation with 4000 tons of explosives as the Leuna plant endured its twelfth strike. A Denver hospital recounts a boy describing bombed Merseburg as the center of a Christmas scene.
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London
Germany
Hamburg
Harburs
Merse
Burg
Berlin
Denver
Merseburg
Itas
Forest
Hoffman
Marshall Hoff
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dirs
Maine
Florian Wooster
Owens
Rubber production exceeds demand in United States
Dr H Palmer of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co former synthetic rubber production manager in the national rubber director's office told Columbus Rotary Club yesterday that anticipated total production will exceed 1,000,000 tons annually and that capacities of 873,000 tons are being surpassed at all plants in American and Canadian factories.
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Washington
H. Palmer
Firestone ‘Tire and “Rubber Co
National Rubber Director's
Columbus
Minister Ple To Charg es Guilty of Bigamy
Noah Gray a 37 year old former McDonald Ohio minister pleaded guilty to bigamy in Chicago court and sought probation. He had two wives Thelma Temple Gray of Portsmouth Ohio and Vienna Maki Gray testified they married him in 1926 and 1997 respectively and each bore five children with him.
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Chicago
Noah Gray
McDonald
Ohio
Trumbull County
Minter
Gray
Thelma ‘Temple Gray
Ports
Mouth
Vienna
Maki Gray
Athens county carpenter McAfee dies at 76
Thomas McAfee a lifelong Athens County resident and carpenter died at age 76 at his home 132 Central Ave Monday night. He is survived by his wife Eva, one son Kyle of Athens, one daughter Mrs. Rake Bissinger of West Union, three grandchildren, and two sisters Blanch Chestnut of Portsmouth and Mrs Grace Leamhorn of Na Bir. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 o clock at Jagers Funeral Home conducted by Rev Te McDonald of New Marshfield Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Weisers Cemetery near Stewart. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Thomas McAfee
Central Ave
Eva
Kyle McAfee
Athens
Rake Bissinger
West Union
Blanch Chestnut
Portsmouth
Grace Leamhorn
Na- Bir
McAfee
Athens County
Jagers Funeral
Te'McDonald
New Marshfield
East Boston Gunner Posed as Girl to Trick Nazis
Sgt. Charles H. Lambert Jr., an aerial gunner from East Boston, Mass, recently returned from Europe, was taught in Belgium before Allied forces moved in. He hoodwinked the Nazis by posing as a girl, then rejoined his unit to continue fighting.
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Charles H. Lambert, Jr
Boston
Mass
Belgium
Metz Forts Hold as Allies Advance Toward Duren and Cologne
Allied progress in Europe reported with U S First Army two miles from Saarburg and six miles from Duren on the Roer while Metz forts keep firing. Third Army operations near Metz, Saar area tied to cabinet discussions as roving plans and promotions shift in Washington and field reports detail advances near Aachen, Eschweiler, Wenau and Venlo.
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U. S. First Army
Duren
Roer
Cologne
Metz
Washington
Um— Donal
Srcranaal
Pra| Eant
Mets
Roosevelt
Saar Ironfloes
White House
Maginot
Saarbrucken
Nelson
Oerd
SaAr
Iglon
Ger Nelson
Aland
Hasten
Red Army Breaks German Lines Across Eastern Front
Soviet front dispatches report Red Army forces advancing on a broad front near Miskolc and Eger in Hungary while pushing toward the Slovak border. Units cut Nazi escape routes from Budapest as 85 miles northeast of the capital, with armored divisions pressing toward the Polish and Czechoslovak regions. Meanwhile a separate note from Latvia cites German withdrawals as Soviet columns advance near Liepaja and in western Latvia, threatening ports and rail lines.
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Berlin
Liepaja
Baltic
Latvia
Ithe
Mirkolc
Hungary
Red Army
Budapest
Eger
Miskolc
Dios Ryer
Een
Losone
Lucene
New Development To Ensure Better Tires
Dr. Cadwell director of tire development for United States Rubber Company announced a new finding to improve tire construction. The plan centers on stronger synthetic uber truck tires and higher production, featuring the 200 Denier rayon type, to be showcased before the West Virginia section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Ohio Aims 36 Million For Mental Health Expansion
The governor's committee on mental health recommends a ten year program to expand state hospitals by 18 250 beds for mentally ill and deficient offenders. Proposals include 7 000 beds at Gallipolis and Tiffin and 3 500 beds elsewhere, with a total near 30 million in new funds, plus a broad personnel plan and improved wages and conditions to attract staff.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gallipolis
Bat
Apple Creek
Orient
Lime
Ivers Asl
Semper Mney
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Geilenkirc
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Ninth Army
Sehleiden
Geilenkirchen
Cape Turing Aldenhoven
Tuelich
Roer River
Aria
Lady
Vacumoulues
Uap
Italy
Aj Fe McClean
Omas McAfee
Aldens Noven
Freialdenhoven
Gereensweller
Nedermerz
Untershaugen
First Army
Wenau
Aachen
Esch
Weller
Second Army
Maas Bulge
Holland
Venlo
Reds
St Federation of ‘Telephone Workers
National War Labor Board
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Sterling
American Telephone & Telegraph
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Telephone Workers
Michael J. Ready
Matthews
San Diego
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