Allied and German Forces Battle in Northern Front
Massive Allied and German actions unfold as British and American troops push toward Venlo and Julich while French armor drives toward Strasbourg. Heavy weather slows advances, with over 3,000 prisoners and several generals captured as U.S. Ninth and Third Armies press the Rhine valley and Vosges fronts.
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Vosges
Associated Press
Haven
Reich
Geilenkirchen
Fornt
Strasbourg
Rhine
Alsace-Lorraine
Rhineland
Vosges Mountains
Battenheim
Mulhouse
Holland
Ruhr
Venio
Cologne
U.S
Ninth Army
Julich
Lohn
First Army
Julich Grove
Weisweiler
Eschweiler
Third Army
U. S
Saar
Palatinate
Ninth
Roer
Third
Metz
Oberluken
Germany
Pattern
Linnich
Prench
Alsace
Tnd
Paris
Sneaien
Earlshire
Rth
Aem
Airong
Normanay
Relentless air assault on Tokyo signals broad war plan
Allied forces begin large B 29 raid on Tokyo from newly built bases in the Marianas led by Brig Gen Hayward Hansell. The attack, described as relentless until invasion, targeted Tokyo and its outskirts with hundreds of tons of bombs. Officials say the operation marks the first land based bombing of Japan’s capital since 1942 and underscores the start of a sustained air campaign across the home islands.
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Enty-First Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
Japan
Emmett “Rosie O'Donnell
Jamaica
N.Y
West” Point
21St Bomber Command
20Th Army Air Force
Marianis
Hayward S
Possum" Hansell, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
China
United States
Cap
Tonyo
Imperial
Terumasa
James
Uty
Here
Kim Fren
Pikeville
Ammalds
Chasies H. McKinni
Sonal Tezort
Robaes Tang
Helt Stott ‘Scott
Tate
Tee
Tiene
Hansell
Marianas
Boning
Tokyo Radio
Pacific
Pigskin Shoes To Be Sold Ration Free
The OPA announced wartime pigskin shoes may be sold ration free, with as many as 5,100,000 pairs a year available. Washington reports the plan to remove rationing on these shoes.
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Washington
OPA
Williamsport Private Led Pearl Harbor Alarm Honored
Lt Joseph Lockard of Williamsport Pennsylvania warned of incoming Japanese bombers at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal and rose to staff sergeant before attending officers training and becoming a lieutenant in the Signal Corps.
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Joseph Lockard
Awav
Williamsport
Pearl Harbor
Lockard
Signal Corps
Hard Peace Is Demanded for Makers of War
The CIO at its Chicago convention endorsed a hard peace plan for Germany and Japan. A resolution urged labor representation at the peace table and called for absolute destruction of Hitlerite Germany and the Japanese militaries. It demanded retribution for war criminals and denounced amnesty for German industrialists and Junkers, warning against renewed world conquest.
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Chicago
CIO
War Labor Board
Germany
Iabor
Maidanek
Junkers
Say Jap War Output To Slump Next Year
Washington reports Japanese production faces a turn. American experts estimate war output will peak then decline early next year as air attacks bite. The forecast notes some areas under control by December 1, with continued Allied pressure on Japan’s industry.
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Washina
Price
Chester Bowles
Telephone Strike Ends as War Board Moves In
The nationwide telephone walkouts end after threats to cripple wartime lines. Union leaders seek fair treatment as the War Labor Board prepares to adjust terms with employers and outside operators. South of Leyte, MacArthur reports key advances as American forces push toward the Ormoc Corridor, destroying Japanese resistance along the Yamashita Line.
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Washington
Ohio
Detroit
New York
War Labor Board
National
Telehone Workers Federation
Independent
WLB
Tele
Russians claim major advance against Hungarians and Germans
Moscow reported Petrov and Malinovsky forces advancing west of Ungvar and toward Csap as units reached 16 miles with several towns captured. Prisoners totaled over 5,500 in two days, with 3,000 plus north of Csap and 2,500 in two days across Hungary. Front described as 854 miles long with continuing mud rivers as rains fall.
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London
Moscow
Petrov
Ungvar
Kasse
Kosice
Caap
Cop
Tolrance
Malinovsky
Linits
Toka
Budkovee
Bacaka
Csap
Hungary
Budapest
Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Toll Drops From Panic Era
New York AP reports 61 holiday deaths during Thanksgiving 1941 with 36 from traffic and 25 from other causes. California recorded 17 deaths, including 12 traffic fatalities, while Ohio logged six deaths, two from traffic. The earlier 1941 Thanksgiving Day saw 115 traffic deaths amid a gasoline shortage reducing travel.
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New York
California
Ohio
Clothing Price Rise Attacked
Washington M OPA moves to puncture inflated clothing prices and give dealers more low priced garments. Bowles says the attack will be followed by tighter price rules for retailers. Some food prices may be pared next year while subsidies for farms and food are eyed to assure farmers’ income in 1943 amid war demand uncertainty.
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Washington
M—Opa
Bowles
Congress
WPA
Jefferson States Seek Westward State Formation Sequel
Angered by road conditions, counties in Jefferson state pursue secession to form a new state called Jefferson in the West. They urge Congress to include road funds and threaten to reserve the right to form another state if not granted.
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Jefferson
Congress
WAC unit sent to Casablanca for North African duty
A contingent of the Women’s Army Corps comprising 114 enlisted women and five officers has been flown to Casablanca for duty with the North African division of the transport command. The War Department announced today.
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Washington
Women's Army Corps
Casablanca
Tranport Command
Great Lakes Coal Shipments Break Seasonal Record
The Solic wuels Administration reports shipments of bituminous coal through lower Lake Erie ports to Great Lakes docks during 1944 broke prior records, three weeks before navigation season end. As of Nov. 12, 304,014,082 tons moved, exceeding the 49,733,000 ton 1941 high.
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Nashington
Solic Wuels Administration
Lake Erie
Gre Lakes
Prisoners Exchanged as Germans Trade 79 Americans
In the Lorient sector of France on November 16, about 79 American prisoners were exchanged for a similar number of Nazis. Several Ohioans were among the Americans. The captives had been held up to 90 days, and were transported to a rest camp where they received fresh clothing, a large dinner, and entertainment.
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Paris
Lorient
France
Bus Service Restored After Valley Motor Strike Settlement
EAST LIVERPOOL local and interstate bus service resumes today after Mayor Arnold W. Devon announced settlement of an eight strike involving 30 maintenance employees of Valley Motor Transit Co. DIES AKRON a destroyed federal housing project home last night killing Robert Burks 25 and fatally burning Malaysian five year old nephew Mie Bux
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East Liverpool
Arnold W. Devon
Valley Motor Transit Co
Akron
Robert
Burks
Mie Bux
Battered Huddle in Broadway Clash Closes Scene
Floor manager of a New York dance hall and former National Guardsman Battered Huddle shows the effects of a Broadway scrap with four noncommissioned soldiers in a taxicab. He alleges Col. Elliott Roosevelt, President Roosevelt's son, intervened and persuaded the G. T's to leave before MPs and police arrived.
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Huddle
New York
National
Quebec French to Battle Draft Changes
Ottawa reports the Canadian government abandoned volunteer troop policy triggering strong Quebec opposition. Prime Minister Mackenzie King faced potential removal as conscription began with 16 000 men available abroad. In Quebec City 700 youths protested with banners, boards at the Chronicle Telegraph office were torn and windows broken.
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Ottawa
Quebec
W. L. MacKenzi King
Pime
House of Commons
Withyrawing
Liberal” Party
Government Party
Quebec Chronicle
Tito proposal for six-state Yugoslav federal government announced
London reports that Marshal Tito proposed a six state Yugoslav federal government in a night radio broadcast. He told a Bulgarian journalist the new regime would apply all powers to closest collaboration and rapprochement with neighboring states including Serbia and Croatia.
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London
Marshal Tito
Ligoslav
Free Yugoslavia Radio
Columbus Bound Bus Destroyed by Fire Near Finer e
A Greyhound bound from Charleston West Virginia to Columbus Ohio caught fire and burned one mile south of Finere yesterday. Forty passengers fled with baggage and were unharmed. Akron driver Chauncey A Steele said the fire started at the rear of the bus engine during hunting trip. Robert Phelps 3 of Stowe was killed when a shotgun discharged. During the incident the bus engine and cargo were damaged.
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Columbus
Chillicothe
Charleston
W.va
Akron
Chauncey A. Steele
Wester
Ville
Robert Phelps
Stowe
Churchill Hails United States as War Power at Albert Hall
Prime Minister Churchill declared the United States the war greatest military and naval power in a speech at Albert Hall. Eight thousand attendees including Americans heard him urge Allied resolve as battles raged, with Time reporting air raids causing minor damage to residential sections and hospital wards.
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London
United States
Churchill
Albert Hall
Ps Ith
Victor
Ial
Federal Communications Corps
Aaid
British Lend Lease Costs to Americans Hit Three Billion Dollars
Washington reports show United States mutual aid outlay details in a British White Paper. It tallies the United Kingdom reverse lend lease at about 3.348 billion dollars through June 30, with total British contributions near 4.318 billion. Roosevelt stresses lend lease as a war supply system benefiting the United Nations, noting the United States received 2.428 billion dollars worth of goods and services from Britain in the 1943–44 year.
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Londad
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Kingdom
London
Fleet Street
Land
United ‘States
Britain
Portugal
Turkey
United Nations
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Colo
Ormoe
Ipil
Ormoc
Valencia
Camotes Island
Eimont Waite
Ol. Tanne Gill, Jr
Rhode Iland
Pinamoppan
Ormoc Road
Sian Fourth Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
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England
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
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NEA Telephoto
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Faenza
San Biago
Monte Ricci
Marzeno
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