French Troops Seize Maginot Fort As 7th Army Breaks Vosges Line
Allied reports say French forces captured a Maginot Line fort while American troops from the 7th Army breached the Vosges line. In the Pacific, U S forces report heavy Japanese losses as thirteen ships, aircraft and many troops are destroyed in major offensives on Leyte, Saipan, Guam, and Palau.
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Maginot Line
Fort Trap
7Th Army
Vosges
Leyte Island
Western
Pacific
Brunei
Borneo
U. S
Marianas
Caroline Islands
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
Peleliu
Angaur
Palau
Imperial
Japan
Omura Aircraft Center
Nippon
Nanking
Shanghai
Hata
Philippines
Leyte
Limon
MacArthur
Nimitz
Manila
Mulhouse
19Th Army
Johannes Blaskowitz
Vosges Mountains
Rhine
Bobby sockers loot shops in Oregon baffling officials
Portland youths from junior high to high school committed widespread shoplifting for personal use, prompting police to chase a growing wave of thefts across the city. A 12 year old seized 150 dollars worth of goods. a 17 year old admitted stealing 700 dollars to gift a sailor.
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Portland
Ore
Bobbysock Brigade
Pig Crop Gain Focuses on Corn Belt West of Mississippi
The War Food Administration urges that most of a planned two percent rise in the 1945 spring pig crop occur in Corn Belt states west of the Mississippi. 1944 hog production fell sharply due to reduced feed supplies with a ten percent cut proposed for Ohio and Indiana and eight percent for Illinois.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Mississippi River
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
WPB Seeks Higher Tin Output in Q1 1945
The War Production Board urged tin mills to raise production to 900000 tons in the first quarter of 1945, a 125000 ton increase over Q4. About 150000 tons are designated for export as part of the plan.
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Washington
War Production Board
Tin Mills
WPB
GIs to Dine on Turkey Thanksgiving in Europe
Thanksgiving meals will reach nearly all U S troops in the European theater with cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes. In London American Ambassador Winant will read the proclamation at Westminster Abbey and Episcopal Bishop Hobson will preach.
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London
Jane
United Kingdom
U. S
John G. Winant
Westminster Abbey
Henry B. Hobson
Southern
Ohio
Allied armies hold 69 German divisions in France captured
London reports Allied forces on the western front have taken at least 691,989 German prisoners since D-Day, equating to 69 divisions. About two thirds, 424,124 prisoners, were taken by the four American armies.
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London
Ohio Men Awarded Citations for Heroism
Three Ohioans among 45 U. S. Army officers and enlisted men honored for heroism and the Purple Heart after surviving the torpedoing of a Japanese prison ship off the Philippines. The Ohio group includes T-5 Joseph H. Jones, mother Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, near Oak Hill.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Philippines
Thomas F. Handy
War Department
Joseph H. Jones
Elizabeth Jones
Oak Hill
Shotgun accident kills retiree George Wise at hunt
Canton reports the death of 54 year old George E. Wise, a retired city firefighter, from accidental shotgun discharge during a hunting trip yesterday.
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Canton
George E. Wise
FD's Son Arbiter In Broadway Brawl
A civilian alleges Air Force Col Elliott Roosevelt helped quiet a Broadway taxi fight and enabled four GIs to leave before MPs arrived. Max Huddle, dance floor manager, says an army officer urged keeping quiet due to a president's son involvement amid the incident under military investigation.
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New York
Air Force
Elliott Roosevelt
Broadway
Max Huddle
AFL Blacklist Move Debated
New Orleans. The AFL resolutions committee considers recognizing as unfair all products from anti-labor states. The proposal, by delegates from the International Typographical Union, targets Arkansas and Florida which outlawed the closed shop in November.
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New Orleans
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union
AFL
Arkansas
Florida
Chain Store Sales Tax Ruling Upheld Again
In Columbus Hugh M. Foster loses again as the state supreme court refuses to overturn prior ruling. The court held that Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and Kroger Grocery and Baking Co need not pay 435000 in sales taxes he alleged were withheld early in the tax's operation.
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Columbus
Hugh M. Foster
Supreme Court
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
President Roosevelt Confesses to Voting Booth Cuss Word
President Roosevelt acknowledged using profanity in the Hyde Park voting booth when the lever jammed. He said he uttered damn and claimed a second expletive as a frustrated onlooker inserted another word. Glendale ministers complained of the incident and Time Magazine covered the scene.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Time Magazine
Glendale
Calif
Hyde Park
N. Y
Tom Leonard
U. S
James Whitcomb Brougher
Red Army advances in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Moscow reports Red Army gains in NE Hungary seizing Verpelet near Eger and approaching key rail junctions at Miskolc and Hatvan. Fresh Soviet push also noted southwest of Ungvar in Czechoslovakia as German defenses show gaps. Russians claim 11,920 German and Hungarian prisoners taken since Nov 8, with heavy casualties cited at Verpelet. No update on Budapest siege.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Veepelet
Eger
Miskolc
Hatvan
Moscow
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Ungvar
Ung
Latonica
Latvia
Jelgava
Verpelet
PAC Will Be Given Formal CIO Approval
The CIO moves to formalize its Political Action Committee with a resolution to continue the PAC. It rejects a third party, noting unity is needed to advance progress. The convention adopted anti anti-Semitism resolutions and calls for outreach to Southern and unorganized white collar workers and Hatch Act revision.
Strike Continues Despite WLB Order
In Ohio 29 Bell Telephone switchboard operators remain on strike six days after the stoppage began. Union leader Margaret Farina says the walkout will continue unless the War Labor Board issues new guidance or the government seizes facilities, with workers to decide by 10 a.m. whether to end the strike.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Margaret Farina
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
WLB
Raiders From Italy Hit Reich
London dispatch reports Allied planes from Italy attacked Germany from the south after a daytime American air raid on Ruhr oil plants. The US operation involved 1,250 bombers and 1,100 escorts, with 40 bombers and 17 fighters missing. In air combats 73 German fighters were shot down and six on the ground. Washington notes the nomination of George H. Mead of Chillicothe, D., to the War Mobilization Advisory Board.
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London
Italy
Germany
Britain
Ruhr
Washington
George H. Mead
Chillicothe, D
War Mobilization Advisory Board
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Gillette Named to Surplus Board
Washington state that Iowa Senator Guy M. Gillette is named to the surplus property disposal board as he nears retirement. He plans a farewell speech urging farm material use in industry and opposing synthetic rubber scrapping. The board may handle up to 100 billion dollars of surplus goods guiding peace time private enterprise and employment.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Diowa
Beore Gillette
Senate
London Enjoys First Street Lighting Since Blackout
London marks a return to a moonlit street scene after more than five years of blackout with a modified lighting system. Crowds, previously forced to grope for direction, welcomed the brighter nights and moved about the capital without torches.
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London
Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff and Manager
Springfield Clark County Sheriff Niles E. Young and campaign manager William E. DeWitt are charged in a joint indictment by a special grand jury with bribery. The two were named owners of the Silver Dollar Club after a suit over alleged gambling losses.
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Springfield
Clark County
Niles E. Young
William E. DeWitt
Golden C. Davis
Young and
DeWitt
Here
Sign Posts Attack Roosevelt Vote in Hyde Park
Hunters reported seeing signs in Weston Ohio urging voters who backed Roosevelt to “go hunt in Hyde Park.” The message ties political support to a violent implication, appearing in multiple locations.
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Toledo
Weston, O
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Ohio farm leaders set 1945 production goals
Columbus leaders and War Food Administration officials met to establish 1945 crop and livestock production targets for Ohio. The meeting outlined state goals for farmers and agencies involved, aiming to align with wartime food supply needs.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
War Food Administration
Ninth Army Nearing Rhine and Maas in Europe Drive
A front report says the Ninth Army advanced to within 25 miles of the Rhine and near the Roer River after enveloping nine towns in 24 hours. British forces push to Baarle and Sevenum near Venlo as operations widen toward the Ruhr gateway.
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Ninth
Rhine
Roer River
Holland
Baarle
Venlo
Ruhr
Maas
Strasbourg
Saverne Gap
Sarrebourg
Aachen
Swiss
Europe
Ninth Army Advances Deep Into Germany Opened Breach Near Roer
Allied forces pushed gains of up to two miles with the U S Ninth Army overrunning nine towns and advancing into Fronhoven near Echweiler. The Third Army pressed 11 miles inside Germany toward the Siegfried Line while Metz area operations encircled most German forces on Saukey Island. Air support aided ground fighting in Aachen and the Dutch border despite bad weather.
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Saar
Germany
Merzig
Metz
First Army
Eschweiler
Aachen
Geilenkirchen
von Rundstedt
Berlin
Belfort
Maasbree
Venlo
Baarle
Sevenum
U. S
Ninth Army
Ninth
Fronhoven
Echweiler
Linnich
Julich
Roer River
Ger
Reich
Luxembourg
Saukey Island
Kittel
Third Army
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Vosges
New Ohio Fairground Appraisal Approved
Columbus report says a $286 500 appraisal for a proposed state fairgrounds received approval from the Ohio State Fair Relocation Advisory Committee. The 1 009 8 acre site north of Columbus is owned by 29 property owners and appraised by 22 Columbus Real Estate Board members.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fair Relocation Advisory Committee
John T. Brown
Columbus Real Estate Board
Noted British Author Reported Under Arrest
London reports British humorist P. G. Dode and his wife have been arrested by French authorities in Paris. The 63 year old author was captured by Germans in May 1940 at Le Touquet and spent nearly a year in prison and internment camps. His wartime radio talks drew sharp criticism in Britain and the United States.
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London
P. G. Dodehouse
Paris
le Touquet
France
Britain
United States
Miss Rose Price Reported In Satisfactory Condition
Miss Rose Price of 327 East State Street was reported in satisfactory condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after undergoing a major operation Tuesday morning.
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Rose Price
E. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bradshaws Resign From Point Pleasant City Offices
At a special Point Pleasant City Council meeting Dana Bradshaw and Junia Jo Bradshaw resigned from their posts as waterworks and sanitation clerks respectively. C. D. Ball, defeated candidate for county clerk, was elected to succeed Dana Bradshaw, and Mrs. Camden Hogg was chosen to replace Junia Jo Bradshaw.
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Bradshaws
Point Pleasant
Dana Bradshaw
Junia Jo Bradshaw
C. D. Ball
Bradshaw
Camden Hogg
Robot Bomb Ready for Use If Necessity Arises
The Army Air Forces revealed it developed a “good” robot bomb from a German V-1 design, with test flights since October 11. It features a faster launch ramp and can be built in four days. Maj. Gen. Bennet E. Myers said the force may never need it, but it is prepared if required.
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Wright Field
Army Air Forces
England
Air Technical Service Command
ATSC
Bennet E. Myers
Meyers
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Montbeliard
Western Front
Oregon
U. S. Seventh Army
Rhine Plain
Say FD
Arbiter
Tom
Budapest
PAC
CIO
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
NEA Telephoto
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Happy Over
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U.S
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