Gomel Falls to Russian Offensive in Soviet Drive
Soviet dispatches report Gomel captured or surrounded as part of a large Russian offensive piercing German lines north of Kiev and near Zhoblin. Vatutin’s forces push toward the Dnieper Bend while rail lines to Minsk and other targets are disrupted.
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Gomel
Center
Ukraine
Poland
Moscow
Odessa
Pingrad
Kiev
Polai Vatutin
Josten
Zhitomir
Minsk
Upper
Dnieper
Zhoblin
Zhoblin-Kalinkovichi
Rechitsa
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev Bulge
Kreug
Bobruisk Minsk
Ruscommunique
Kosovo
Juravichi
Vet
Korma
Selets-Khalopeyev
White Russia
Two Trains Collide Leaving Two Dead and Fifty Injured
A Thanksgiving Eve wreck near Newton Falls involving a Pennsylvania freight and a B and O freight derailed engines and coaches and left two dead and about fifty injured. Wreck details indicate the freight pushed into the rear of the B and O train on the main line, with passengers hospitalized.
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Youngstown
Newton Falls
Mill
Pennsylvania
Asylvania
Farmers Favor MacArthur or Dewey in National Poll
Nationwide poll by Farming Magazine indicates voters would back General MacArthur or Governor Dewey of New York over Franklin Roosevelt if the presidential election were held now. The December survey assesses farmer sentiment on the likely candidates.
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Gen. Wen
Thom Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Ying ¥ Su
Fighting 45th Plays Big Role in Italian Advance
Allied reports say the American 45th Division, formerly with Patton's Seventh Army in Sicily, helped push back German counterattacks as Salerno bridgehead held. Fifth Army advances were supported by Allied air strikes and patrols along the Adriatic coast, including targets near Pesecara Lanciano and the port of Ancona.
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Allied
Algiers
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Fifth Army
Italy
45Th
Salerno
Eighth Army
Sangro
Adriatic
Pesecara-Lanciano
Ancona
Miners to Resume Work on Five Eastern Ohio Mines
Adolph Pacifico of UMW District 6 predicted early resumption of work at five coal mines in Eastern Ohio where 2,000 workers did not report for Thanksgiving. The delay stemmed from holiday order confusion and pay discrepancies over Wedneday pay envelopes marked subject to later adjustment, as unions seek adjustments after talks with officials.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers Union District 6
Ickes
John L. Lewis
UMW
Pacifico
Allied air raid reported on Formosa near Shinchiku
Tokyo radio said Allied planes attacked Shinchiku on Formosa’s northwest coast about 650 miles from Japan. The broadcast claimed about 20 planes participated and three raiders were shot down by Japanese fighters, though unconfirmed by Allied sources.
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New York
Shinchiku
Formosa
Tokyo Radio
China
Two Ohio Hunters Die On Thanksgiving Day
Springfield reports Merril Leroy Mitch age 20 was killed when a companion's shotgun discharged accidentally while hunting on Thanksgiving Day. Emory S. McIntire age 76 from Cincinnati died returning to his car with a group of hunters.
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Springfield
Merril
Leroy Mitch
Emory S. McIntire
Cincinnati
Good Neighbor Policy Criticized by Senator Butler
Senator Butler reports on a 20 000 mile tour of Central and South America blasting the good neighbor policy as naive and misaligned with Latin needs. He cites lend-lease armaments, graft, inflated wages, and use of US funds to industrialize rivals, warning of postwar unemployment and economic chaos. He handed his findings to the Truman Byrd committees.
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Washington
United States
Butler
R-Neb
U. S
Truman
Byrd
Mopping Up Continues in Gilbert Group in Pacific War
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Allied air bombardment of the Marshalls advancing on Makin Tarawa and Abemama with Japanese resistance collapsing. Nimitz says few enemy survive in the Gilberts while submarines sink nine more ships bringing total Japanese losses to 355 sunk 36 probably sunk and 114 damaged.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Marshal Islands
Gilberts
Chester W. Nimitz
Jaluit
Marshalls
Tarawa
Seventh Airforce
Washington
Makin
Abemama
Nimitz
Solomons
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Huon
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Pacific
Buka
Navy
New London
Conn
Naval Academy
Captive Mines Join in Parley on Wage Contract Talks
Washington reports a historic wage negotiation with soft coal operators and union leaders from all coal producing regions present. Steel company mine owners ended their holdout and joined John L. Lewis in conference, bringing virtually all previously absent operators into talks.
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Washington
Steel
John L. Lewis
Racine Youth's Body Recovered From River
Funeral services for Harry E. Henry 17 of Racine will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at the Racine Baptist Church. His body was recovered yesterday and brought to Finsterwald Funeral Home in Pomeroy after a collision of two tug boats on the Ohio River near St Marys.
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Pomeroy
Harry E. Henry
Racine
Meigs Mountains
Ohio River
St. Marys
Finsterwald
Ln Pomeroy
Shirley Ann Davis Dies In Fire At Davis Home
Troy district sources report four year old Shirley Ann Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Davis Jr died after a fire destroyed the Davis home. Firefighters battled the blaze but the child was fatally burned. Investigators were noon on the scene and cause was not immediately released.
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Troy
Shirley Ann Davis
Earl Davis, Jr
Davis
Fourth Of Berlin Destroyed In RAF Attacks Says Nazi Officials
Stockholm's Tidningen cites German officials admitting a quarter of Berlin was destroyed in RAF concentrated raids on Monday and Tuesday. Berlin faces bread shortages, debris, and heavy casualties with 4 300 dead and 3 800 wounded reported. observers compare Berlin to Hamburg and note grimy diplomats and shabbily dressed citizens amid hardship.
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Berlin
RAF
John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Tidningen
Social Demokraten
Hamburg
Germany
Fayette County farm family slain. four men sought for questioning
Elmer McCoy 59 his wife Forrest 64 and daughter Mildred 22 were found shot to death at their Fayette County farm home on Thanksgiving Day. Prosecutor John B Hill said four men are being hunted for possible involvement linking threats by former workers and tenant altercations.
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Washington D. H
Fayette County
Elmer McCoy
Forrest
Mildred
John B. Hill
McCoy
Hill
Ee Clayton
Mishaps Take 103 Lives on Thanksgiving Day
The Associated Press reports 103 violent deaths on Thanksgiving Day nationwide. Traffic fatalities reached 41, while fires, airplane and train accidents caused 62 deaths. A B&O Railroad wreck near Newton Falls Ohio killed two and injured nearly 50. Ohio tallies nine deaths.
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Associated Press
America Today
National Safety Council
Baltimore and Ohio
Newton Falls
Ohio
Typewriter Rationing Eased By OPA For Used Machines
The Office of Price Administration announced easing of rationing on rental and sale of used typewriters. Beginning December 1, size typewriters made since 1935 join older models and may be rented with or without rationing certificates, with priority to essential war work users.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Government to Raise Corn Ceiling to Boost Movement
Washington reports officials from the War Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration are considering raising the corn ceiling price from 1.07 to a range of 1.14 to 1.22 per bushel. The goal is to spur movement of corn from the Midwest to feed shortage regions in the East South and Far West.
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Washington
Midwest
East
South
Farwest
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Plan for Vets Job Insurance Proposed in Congress
Bills in both houses propose unemployment insurance of 15 to 25 dollars weekly for ex servicemen with up to 52 weeks of benefits and social security credits as a veterans aid. Benefits would not apply when federal mustering out pay or educational allowances are received. Senator Lagner urged quick action citing 700000 demobilized since Pearl Harbor and widows losing survivors benefits due to service credits.
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Washington
Congress
America
Lagner
Pearl Harbor
Solons Press Drive To Put Bricker Over
Washington D C April Republicans in the House back Gov. John W. Bricker for president. Twenty congressmen unanimously support him and plan to voice support in the national legislature. Rep J Harry McGregor and Rep George Bender praise Bricker for his grounded, practical views and tax respect.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
J. Harry McGregor
George Bender
United States
Bender
Edison Official Names New Jersey Senator
Governor Charles Edison named Arthur Walsh of South Orange as United States Senator to succeed the late W Warren Barbour. Walsh is executive vice president of Thomas A Edison Inc and a Democrat. Barbour died Monday night in Washington.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Edison
Arthur Walsh
South Orange
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Industries
United States
W. Warren Barbour
Walsh
Barbour
Washington
Mustering Out Pay Proposed for US Service Members
Washington reports House Military Committee Chairman May proposes a mustering-out payment of up to 300 to service members on active duty six months or more and no higher than captain or lieutenant senior. Payments scale to 300, 200, or 100, with initial 100 due at discharge and the remainder in two installments. Surviving spouses and dependents receive benefits. cost estimated near 3 billion dollars based on a 10 million eligible group.
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Washington
May
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Day Raiders Strike After Week's Rest
American heavy bombers attacked Northwest Germany in daylight as the RAF carried Berlin on its fourth straight night of bombing and intensified raids on Frankfurt am Main. Bremen radio blackout suggested the port may have been a target.
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London
Germany
RAF
Berlin
Frankfurt-Am-Main
U. S
Bremen
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Frankfurt
Offenbach
I. G. Farben-Industrie
International Chemical Trust Works
Ludwigshafen
Leverkusen
Mediterranean
Zurich
Switzerland
Helsinki
Helsingin Sanomat
Berlin evacuees flee amid destruction and raids
Berlin residents flee the burning city strapped with scant possessions as thousands remain trapped under debris. Reports say Gestapo arrested thousands and some were killed. Allied air raids hit Frankfurt Offenbach and Berlin with limited losses.
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Bern
Switzerland
Dayton Judge Arthur Markey Dead at 69
Dayton city records say Arthur Markey longtime public servant who served as Dayton's first municipal judge for many years died at age 69. He spent 14 years on the domestic relations and juvenile courts and left a notable imprint on local jurisprudence.
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Dayton
Arthur Markey
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