Japanese Raid Hits Saipan Air Base in Broad Daylight
The attack involved Japanese fighter planes bombing and strafing the Saipan base, with at least thirteen enemy aircraft shot down. The assaults occurred in two waves, one shortly after midnight and a noon strike, as American defenses including PAs and PATs engaged the attackers and Marines reported casualties among enemy aircrews.
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Manila
Saipan
Marianas Island
Tokyo
Orce
21St Bomber Command
Ant
Pas and
Pats
Iwo Island
Tinian
Allied push near Saarbrucken and Rhine crossings
Allied forces advance toward Saarbrucken with Third Army near Seinghousse ten miles from the German stronghold. Rhine crossings north of Strasbourg reported as tanks destroyed and 1,000 Germans captured. British and American units widen von corridor toward Strasbourg while German resistance slows the Cologne sector. A robot X-ray device was announced in New York.
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U. 8
Third Army
Seinghousse
Saarbrucken
French War Ministry
Rhine
Strasbourg
Fee
Supreme Headquarters
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Alsace
Belfort
U.S
Ninth Army
Roer River
Kirchberg
Cologne
First Army
Inden
Grubbenvorst
Venlo
Blerick
Maas
Neuss
Rhine Valley
Second Army
First
Frieburg
Germany
Eisenhower
Aachrich
George S. Patton
Strebourg
Saar
Berlin
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Saverne
Mutalg
Molsheim
Rimbach
Colmar
New York
Westinghouse Electric
Yutneturing
Third
Saar Basin
Saaregemuines
U. S
Seventh Army
Western Front
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Vast War Powers Of FD To Be Cut
The House Judiciary Committee backed a one year extension of the Second War Powers Act while adding an administration opposed amendment to bring war agencies under court review. The move signals a congressional clash over wartime authority affecting industry and private individuals as the administration faces a new fight in Congress.
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Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Gallia County Soldier James E. Eads Killed in Action in France
Private James E. Eads age 25 of Gallipolis Gallia County died in action in France on November 6 according to a War Department message. He was born in Mason County West Virginia April 19 1919 and entered service January 31. He left furlough in June and went overseas soon after. He was the son of Mr and Mrs William Eads Mill Creek and had a sister married to a Columbus resident.
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Gallipolis
James E. Eads
France
War Department
W. P. Crandall
Run
Chicamauga
Eads
Mason County
W. Va
Willam Eads
Mill Creek
New Guinea
Churchill assures Commons of ammunition reserves
Churchill told the House of Commons there is no reason to believe British armies will run short of ammunition. He cited steady factory output and possible improvements, noting reserves depend on how long German resistance lasts and on American supply.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Canadian Parliament to take stand on draft
Ottawa reports reveal a secret session as Prime Minister Mackenzie King demands unity on conscription. He warned that without solid Liberal backing in a confidence vote this week the country could drift toward anarchy and he would resign if necessary.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
W le’ Mackenzie King
Canada
Snow Slows Reds Drive In Battle For Budapest
Snow lengthens the Battle for Budapest as Soviet and Romanian forces push through Northern Slovakia and Hungary. Fronts report 4 Red Army columns penetrating toward Dukla Pass, while Germans threaten to counterattack near the Danube and Batina.
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Budapest
Sea Losses of Allies Listed Through 1949
The Office of War Information releases a year by year tally showing Allied and neutral ships sunk since the war began, totaling 5 758 vessels and 22 161 000 gross tons. The War Shipping Administration reports U S losses at 753 ships and 3 311 000 gross tons, while U S merchant ship construction is listed near 30 000 000 dead weight tons.
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United States
WASP Pilot Killed in Ohio Trainer Crash
Mrs Katharine A Dussag 34 a WASP staff executive and AT 6 trainer pilot died Sunday night southwest of New Carlisle Ohio in a crash while en route from Washington to Cincinnati. Her husband Lt Rene A Dussag a paratrooper overseas is named in the Army Air Forces statement.
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WASP
Ohio
Dayton
Katharine ‘A. Dussag
New Carlisle
Army Air Forces Training Command
First U.S. Soldier Faces British Trial in American Robbery Case
Karl Gustav Hulton of Cambridge Massachusetts and Elizabeth Marina Jones an 18 year old English dancer are accused of the robbery slaying of George Heath a taxi driver. The death penalty was demanded marking the first trial of an American soldier in British courts.
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Feltham
Middlesex
Karl Gustav Hulton
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth Marina Jones
George Heath
Veteran Pilot Killed in Dayton Cargo Plane Crash
The cargo plane bound from Marietta, Georgia to Buffalo, New York struck a high tension wire near Dayton and fell, killing Carl A. Cover, 51, Bell Aircraft vice president and veteran pilot, and Max Stupar, 49, Bell Industrial planning director. The twin engine craft crashed near the end of the field during approach.
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Daxiun
Carl A. Cover
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Max Stupar
Bell Industrial Planning
Marietta
Buffalo
N. Y
Fight on Leyte At Standstill During Storm
In heavy rain and mud on Leyte Island the battle slowed as U S planes bombed Manila area targets. Nimitz reported sunk ships and damaged vessels including a heavy cruiser and multiple destroyers, while MacArthur noted losses on the Philippines and renewed air strikes on Cebu Negros and Mindanao.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Aanila
Cebu
Negros
Davao
MacArthur
Manila
Nimitz
Bataan
America
General MacArthur
Philippine
Dlindanao
Morotai Island
U.S
Wildcats Fail In Hunt For School Terror
A Lewis County posse returned from Martin Hollow after an unsuccessful hunt for a wildcat blamed for keeping Farmer Joe Johnson's children from attending school. Dovigins said he would report to the school board about providing a sled to transport children who live three miles away to the Martin country school.
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Vanceburg
B. C. Dougls
Lewis County
Offeer
Martin Hollow
Joe Johnson
Chop
Dovigins
Martin Country School
Camp ovens at Vught house 13000 victims during Nazi era
Report describes former German concentration camp at Vught with ovens said to have cremated more than 13 000 people. The account notes Nazi actions during the occupation and the presence of specialized furnaces used for mass killings.
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Vught
Cabinet Post Of Hull Given To Stettinius
Quick senate confirmation was predicted for Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of state. The 44 year old former naval secretary will steer American foreign policy, with Dumbarton Oaks plan for world security a priority amid wartime international concerns.
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Senate
Ward Ro Stettinius, Jr
Roosevelt
Stemessor
Cordell Hull
State Department
Stettinius
Hull
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Europe
Dumbarton ‘Oaks
Bomb Dump Explosion Claims Many in English Midlands
Unofficial estimates place the death toll from the underground RAF fuel dump blast near Burton on Trent between under 100 and about 250. The British Press Association reported the range as details emerged from the Midlands district aftermath.
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Burton-On-Trent
England
Midlands
British Press Association
Minor Gain By Allies in Italy
Allied forces press Italian breakthrough as the Eighth Army drives German troops from the Lamone River east bank toward the Alberto region five miles northeast of Faenza. Indian units in the Fifth Army front push northwest with light opposition within ten miles of Faenza.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Lamone
Alberto Region
Faenza
Army
Roosevelt hints at travel plans amid war news
President Roosevelt suggested he may travel unexpectedly to any point in the country, keeping plans fluid. In San Francisco, Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony faced a potential auto industry disruption as Nazis were reported to threaten occupation of France. A cigar shipment arrived at a broker’s stand, seen as a bargain. Washington warned coal production will meet only about 60 percent of normal winter heating needs.
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Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Oklo
San Francisco
Oseph W. Frazer
Monteux
San Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Francisco
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Todas
Athens businessman L H Smith dies at 69
Leonard M H Smith 69 a partner in Burnett and Smith Co died Monday at his home 110 Morris Ave Athens after a three month illness He was born in Cutler son of Harry J and Leonora Smith and moved to Athens in 1922 He was a member of the Presbyterian Church Savannah Lodge F and AM Guysville Modern Woodmen of America Tank Walton League survived by wife Nellie daughter Jos Morite of Hudson Ohio son Leonard W Smith in Fort Benning brother Roy W Smith Athens and grandson Gibson Morite Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at his residence with Rev Harold Kellogg officiating burial in West Union St Cemetery Friends may call after Wednesday noon.
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Leonard MH. Smith
Athens
Morn Ave
C. 0. Burnett
Burnett and Smith & Co
Mote Inn
Court St
Smith
Cutler
Harry J
Leonora Smith
Stewart
Presbyterian Church
Savannah Lodge
Guysville
Modern Woodmen of America
Tank Walton League
Neller Smith
Jos S. Morite
Hudson
Administration asks Congress to double social security tax
The administration formally presented to Congress its request to double the social security tax starting January 1. A. J. Altmyer, chairman of the Social Security Board, told the House Ways and Means Committee that Congress must either raise the tax now or commit to subsidizing future obligations to cover security costs.
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Washington
Congress
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
House
Ways and Means
Naval Air Armada To Hit Japs In Force
Rear Adm. Joan H. Cassady announced the carrier fleet can launch 1500 to 2000 planes in single strikes against Japan. She spoke at a Wings Club meeting as deputy chief of naval operations for air and former carrier commander.
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Naval Air Armada
Washington
Five Years of War Costs Britain Heavy Casualties and Destruction
A White Paper from Washington and London reports 136,116 civilian deaths and 733,090 total casualties in Britain, with over a third of houses damaged. It notes one in three British men 14 to 64 in the armed forces and many women in uniform or industry, plus large wartime production and fiscal shifts from 1938 to 1943.
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England
Britain
Hington
London
Commonwealth
Tom
White Paper
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Prosteas
Slovakia
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Orate
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
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Arth
Praov
Kansn
Petrov
Reed
FCC
Toka
Bekecr
Miskolc
Hungarian
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Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Italy
L. H. Smith
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