Allied armies push into Germany as Vosges drive strengthens
Allied forces press in from the south and north as French armor seizes Battenheim and Strasbourg advance. The Third Army reaches near Julich while the Ninth and First Armies threaten the Ruhr gateway. German resistance stiffens with Tiger tanks and brakish weather hampering operations across the Rhine corridor.
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Strasbourg
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Alsace-Lorraine
Rhineland
Holand
Ruhr
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Julich
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Plas
First Army
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Hoven
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Roer
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Metz
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Mulhouse
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Alsace
Vonges
Belfort
Sixth Army
Gelaeniaehen
Rupr
Paris
Jacques. le Clerc
Karlsbrue
Mtn
Mormenty
Pigskin Shoes to be Sold Ration-Free
Washington announces wartime pigskin footwear will be sold without rationing. Officials say up to 815 million pairs annually could be produced, expanding supply for consumers while wartime shoe materials remain prioritized.
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Washington
OPA
Pearl Harbor hero gains promotion and honors
LE Joseph Lockard, from Williamsport Pennsylvania, sounded the alarm during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 1941. For his alertness he received the Distinguished Service Medal and was promoted to staff sergeant. He later attended officers training, became a lieutenant in the Signal Corps.
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LE Joseph Lockard
Williamsport
Pearl Harbor
Lockard
Matt
Officers’ Training School
Signal Corps
Hard Peace Is Demanded for Makers of War
CHICAGO delegates at the annual convention urged hard peace for Germany and Japan. The 600 attendees backed a resolution demanding labor representation at the peace table and demanding no amnesty for German industrialists and Nazi leaders. They called for absolute destruction of Hitlerite Germany and Japanese militarists and punishment of war criminals.
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VIO
War Labor Board
Germany
Anere
Maidanek
Junkers
Say Jap War Output To Slump Next Year
Washington reports that Japanese wartime production, increasingly targeted by B 20 bombers, is nearing a peak and is expected to fall early next year. American experts estimate output will slow and then slump as Nazi industry continues despite frequent attacks.
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Washington
Telephone Strike Ends As War Board Moves In
Wartime telephone disruptions ease as operators return to work in 29 Ohio cities Washington and Detroit amid threats of wider walkouts. The War Labor Board now faces adjustments between ex workers employers and union leaders who shifted toward a peaceful settlement. MacArthur says Yamashita Line crushed near Limon Leyte with American artillery and air power driving Japanese to defensive poses as forces press toward the Leyte River.
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Washingson
Ohio
Washington
Detroit
New York
War Labor Board
National Tele Phone Workers Federation
Independent
WLB
Tele
Red Armies Take Thousands of Huns Prisoner on Front
Moscow announced another Russian offensive across a wide front in Hungary and Ukraine. Petrov and Malinovsky forces overran dozens of towns west of Ungvar as the front stretched 55 miles. More than 5,500 enemy prisoners were reported captured in two days, with total since Nov. 8 reaching 14,470. Roads turned to mud by autumn rain aided the advance along the 85 mile line from Budapest toward Miskolc.
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Moscow
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Ungvar
Kassa
Kosice
Can
Cop
Malinovsky
Ingwar
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Bacska
Csap
Cap
Hungary
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Toka
Miskolc
Budapest
Thanksgiving holiday traffic toll falls to sixty one deaths
AP reports 61 deaths over Thanksgiving with 36 from traffic and 25 from other causes. California led with 17 total deaths including 12 traffic. Ohio followed with two traffic fatalities. An earlier Thanksgiving Day in 1941 had 115 traffic deaths before a gasoline shortage cut car use. Fay County, Ohio, is among 15 states slated for price control starting December 1, per Price Administrator Chester Bowles.
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New York
California
Ohio
Fayette
Washington
Fayounty
Chester Bowles
Clothing Price Be Tackled By New Price Rules
Washington reports Bowles will curb inflated clothing costs to aid deniers with lower priced garments. The move aims to slow living costs with further measures including enterprise rules for stores and potential food price relief next year. Farm subsidies may be sought to steady farmer incomes amid possible war demand shifts.
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Washington
CPA
Bowles
Congress
WPA
Nce
Jefferson State Movement Sways in West
Former Oregon and California counties press a Jefferson state plan amid road discontent and secession talk from 1941. They urge Congress to fund secondary roads in a new highway bill or threaten to reserve the right to form another state.
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Oregon
California
Jefferson
Congress
WAC contingent flown to Casablanca for North African duty
A contingent of 114 enlisted women and five officers from the Women’s Army Corps has been flown to Casablanca for duty with the North African division of the Air Transport Command, the War Department press release announced today.
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Wassingiun
Women's Army Corps
Casablanca
African
Air Transport Command
Great Lakes Coal Shipments Break Record in 1944
The Solid Fuels Administration reports bituminous coal shipments through lower Lake Erie ports to Great Lakes docks in 1944 set a new record, totaling about 48.7 million tons, surpassing the 1941 peak.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Chioans Freed in Prisoner Exchange Amid War News
In Paris up to 79 American prisoners were exchanged with German captives in Lorient France on November 16. The detainees, some held up to 90 days, were described as boisterous and bearded as they were marched to a camp for processing and a brief, formal program.
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Paris
Bus Service Restores After Valley Transit Strike Settlement
EAST LIVERPOOL Mayor Arnold W. Devon announced the settlement of a strike by 30 maintenance workers at Valley Motor Transit Co. Restored local and interstate bus service was scheduled to resume today. In Akron a fire destroyed a federal housing project home overnight, killing 25-year-old Robe Burks and fatally burning his six-year-old nephews.
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East Liverpool —P
Arnold W. Devon
Valley Motor Transit Co
Akron
Federal Housing Project
Robe Burks
Huddle Quarrel Over Taxicab In Broadway Dance Hall
New York floor manager Battered slax Huddle, a former National Guardsman, appears affected after a Broadway scrap with noncommissioned soldiers over a taxicab. Reports say Col Elliott Roosevelt intervened, convincing the soldiers to leave before MPs and police arrived.
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Slax Huddle
New York
National
Quebec French Are To Battle Draft Changes
Ottawa government abandons volunteer overseas policy provoking strong opposition in Quebec. Prime Minister Mackenzie King faces threats as conscription is approved by an order in council enabling 16 000 draftees. In Quebec City youths protest with banners reading Down With Conscription and windows at the Chronicle Telegraph office are broken.
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Ottawa
Quebec
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
Liberal Party
Government Party
Quebec Chronicle ‘Telegraph Office
Yugoslavia Democra Sought by Marshal Tito
London broadcast quotes Marshal Tito calling for a new Yugoslav federal democratic government embracing six states. He says the regime will use its powers to pursue close collaboration with Balkan neighbors, notably Bulgaria, in an interview with a Bulgarian newspaper.
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Marshal Tito
Free
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Bus Bound for Columbus Destroyed by Fire
CHILLICOTHE an A rey round bus bound from Charleston to Columbus caught fire a mile south of here yesterday. Forty passengers and baggage were removed unharmed. Driver Chauncey A. Steele of Westerlo said the fire started at the rear near the engine.
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Charleston
W. Va
Columbus
Chauncey A. Steele
Westerlo
Relentless Air Attack on Tokyo Opens World War II Barrage
Twenty first Bomber Command units based near Saipan blasted Tokyo with hundreds of tons of bombs in what Gen. Arnold called a relentless air assault leading toward the planned invasion of Japan. Brig. Gen. Emmett Donnell led the daylight strike, the largest such attack on Japan’s home islands to date, as bases south and east of Tokyo helped squeeze Japan’s vital industries.
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Saipan
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
Japan
Emmett “Rosie Y Donnell
Jamaica
N.Y
West’ Point
21St Bomber Command
20Th Army Air Force
Marsiants
Jen Hayward S
Possum" Han ‘Ell, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
China
United Stat
Ent
Yokohama
Palace
Truk
Bonin Islands
James Doolittle
Arnold
Rooseelt
Smalie
Lpan
Hansell
Marianas
Pacific
Dee
Raid Unnaimed Strike Reported Near Tokyo
Reconnaissance flights report Japanese defenses ringed by airfields and intraireraty coverage around Tokyo as U S forces conduct a raid in the region. The action highlights ongoing aerial operations over occupied Japan with emphasis on surrounding military installations.
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Tokyo
Negro Convict Killed by Mob at Pikeville Jail
In Aukeville Tennessee a Black convict James Ceales, held at the state reformatory nearby, was slain by a mob within hours of a double murder. Victims Mrs. Charles H. McKinni and her mother, Mrs. H. Watt, were killed earlier. Authorities pledge a full investigation. Governor offers a reward for conviction of those responsible.
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Aukeville
Tenn
Jamesceales
State Reformatory
Here
Pikeville
Mra
Charles H. McKinni
H. Watt
Scott
Lynn Bomar
Gover
British Bridgeheads Form On Cosina River Front Italy
British Eighth Army troops crossed the Cosina River in the hills southeast of Iaza and established five small bridgeheads on a two and a half mile front despite strong German resistance. Polish troops on the left flank moved north of San Bingo, seized Monte Rico, and crossed the Marzeno River.
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Italy
Rome
Cosina
Iaza
San Bingo
Monte Rico
Marzeno
Britain Reports Lend Lease Cost At Three Billion Dollars
The British tally shows lend lease costs to Americans at 3,348,127,000 up to June 30. Roosevelt told Congress to end reverse lend lease with the European war’s close, noting the program was a war supply system uniting United Nations resources. The United States was the chief beneficiary, receiving 2,438,000,000 worth of goods and services from Britain in the year July 1943 to June 1944, while over 868,000 U.S. servicemen, including 120,500 aboard the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were transported to the United Kingdom by British ships.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Erith
United Kingdom
United Nations
Britain
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Air Technical Service
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Wright Fie
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NEA
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Democra
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