Eighth Army Breaks Nazi Lines in Bougainville Fight Takes Toll
Reports from the Southwest Pacific describe heavy fighting as Eight Army advances on Bougainville with claims of 2,000 Japanese killed on the island and a suspected Japanese cruiser sunk by a Liberator bomber near New Britain. Allied airstrikes hit Bougainville, New Guinea, and the Gilberts as Seabees move in to build airfields, while Chinese forces resist near Changteh.
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Southwest Pacific Theater
Gilberts
St. George Channel
New Britain
New Ireland
Douglas
MacArthur
Adm
William F. Halsey
South
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
U. S
Solomon Islands
Buka
Bouville
Straf- Buin
Titan
New Guinea
Beaufort
Rabaul
Vitiaz Strait
Finschhafen
Sattelberg
Navy
Seabees
Gilbert Islands
Imperial Headquarters
Tarawa
Makin
Radio Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Chungking
Changteh
Changsha
Second Bridgehead Across Sangro River Established
Allied reports say the Eighth Army under Montgomery formed a second Sangro bridgehead Archi 13 miles inland and pushed north of Rome in a night assault backed by heavy air and artillery. British Indian and New Zealand divisions led the advance while American forces gained ground west of Venafro despite German flamethrower resistance.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rome
Allied
Archi
Adriatic
Montgomery
Sangro Tom
Mark W. Clark
Venafro
Moore Heads Bricker Drive For President
Roy D. Moore of Canton will direct Governor John Bricker's national Republican presidential campaign. Moore resigns from the U S War Savings staff and will headquarter in Columbus. He has 35 years in newspapers and a long Ohio career from McArthur to Cleveland and Columbus.
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Columbus
Roy D. Moore
Canton
Brush-Moore Pers
John W. Bricker
Moore
U. Treasury
War Savings
McArthur
Middleport
Associated Press
Cleveland Cne
Cleveland News
Columbus Bureau of International Service
Dayton
Pilot Escapes as Plane Crashes Into House
Fran ces Reddy a 41 year old civilian aviator escaped with injuries when his monoplane crashed through the roof of a house near Colerain Sun Causing a fire that destroyed dwelling and plane Reddy extricated himself from the craft in the attic of the Albert rer home beside Route 250 gasoline from the ship's tank ignited He stepped to a roof and descended a ladder lit by a neighbor Reddy sustained facial burns and head lacerations.
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Martins Ferry
Frances Reddy
Colerain Sun
Albert Rer
Reddy
Three Die in Burning Home Near Lima
Fire in a house two miles west of Lima claimed Robert Bates 35 and his two children. Mrs Bates escaped with shock and lacerations after breaking a bed window. three bodies were recovered from a first floor bedroom before the house collapsed. Fire chief Harry Taflinger attributed the blaze to faulty electrical wiring.
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Lima
Robert Bates
Y 3
Peese
Les
Bates
Harry Taflinger
Washington Ottawa Air Link Proposal Emerges
The Pennsylvania Central asked permission to extend its Washington Buffalo route from Buffalo to Rochester to Ottawa, proposing a new air link between the U S and Canada capitals. No regular service currently exists between Washington and Ottawa, the PCA said in its filing to the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania Central
Navy seizes part of Remington Rand plant in New York
The Navy took possession of part of the Remington Rand Inc plant at Southport in Chemung County New York to speed war production. President Roosevelt signed an executive order directing Secretary Knox to operate the N division of the Elmira plant. The major buildings tools and equipment were Navy funded and owned, with Remington Rand having operated under Navy contract.
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Washington
Navy
Remington Rand, Inc
Southport
Chemung County
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Knox
Elmira
Remington Rand
Katakis Couple Die in Route 422 Crash
Mr and Mrs Nick Katakis of New Castle Pennsylvania were killed when their car struck an abandoned gasoline station on U S Route 422.
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Youngstown
Nick Katakis
New Castle, Pa
Outside Help To Be Asked in Murder Probe
Fay ette County officials planned to offer a reward and call in outside detectives to solve the triple murder of the Elmer McCoy family. Prosecutor John B. Hill and Sheriff W H Seenhower said clues were exhausted. relatives offered to pay outsider costs as more than 1800 attended the funeral.
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Washington C.H
Fayette County
Elmer McCoy
John B. Hill
W. H. Seenhower
Hill
McCoy Farm
Letart Flier Is Decorated
Two Ohioans earned honors from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney in the Southwest Pacific. Second Lieut. Burl S. Ashley of Letart Falls earned a fourth Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in the air, and Second Lieut. Raymond H. Hayes of Brookfield received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in at least 25 operational flights.
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Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Burl S. Ashley
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Raymond H. Hayes
Brookfield
Major development believed imminent in Europe war
Reports from London and abroad suggest a major war development, likely diplomatic, as three fronts press against Fortress Europe. The Daily Telegraph cites talks among the Big Three possibly planning dramatic announcements and a last warning to Germany before a Western invasion.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Sithle
Daily Telegraph
Switzerland
Germany
Eduard Benes
Hitler
Daily Mail
New York
Russia
United States
Britain
Hungary
Italy
Bern
Stockholm
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Vatican
Basler Nachrichten
Pius XII
Thomas Herbert enters race for Ohio governor
Columbus Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He is the third to enter after Gov. Bricker declined a third term while pursuing the presidency. Mayor James Garfield Stewart had entered two weeks earlier. Lieut. Gov. Paul M. Herbert and State Treasurer Don H. Ebright were also considering bids.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
James Garfield Stewart
Paul M. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
Morgenthau Deems Tax Bill Far Too Small For War Costs
Secretary Morgenthau urged the Senate Finance Committee that the House’s 2.14 billion dollar revenue bill falls short of needs. He warned of a 36 billion dollar wartime surplus and inflationary pressure if taxes are not raised adequately. He emphasized maintaining war production and fighting strength without delaying postwar tax burdens.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
George
Treasury
Seminole County Democrats Schedule Presidential Primary
The Seminole County Democratic executive committee calls a presidential preferential primary for tomorrow. The county led in 1936 and 1940 balloting and backed Franklin D Roosevelt then.
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Donaldsonville
Seminole County
Democratic Executive Committee
Franklin Roosevelt
Ohio Officer's Widow To Receive Decoration
The widow of First Lieut. Everett Haskell Jr. of Chillicothe will receive the air medal with oak leaf cluster Tuesday at Lockbourne Army Air Base. He earned the award during anti submarine patrol service off North Africa.
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Columbus
Everett Haskell Jr
Chillicothe
Lockbourne Army Air Base
North Africa
Induction Notices May Reach 300000 in January
Washington reports about 400000 men may receive military induction notices as January draft quotas rise to twice earlier forecasts. The surge is blamed on boards missing October quotas and slow WAC enlistments. Congress has placed pre war fathers at bottom of the draft pool.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Army
WMC
WAC
Congress
White House
Ohio Soldier Injured By Shell Explosion
MARYSVILLE Calif Pvt A Patrick Morarity of Sabina Ohio was slightly injured in a shell explosion during artillery practice at an army post. the incident occurred during routine training with no further details provided.
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Ohio
Marysville
Calif
A. Patrick Morarity
Sabina
Hitler speech broadcast from Berlin voice on war stakes
Berlin radio airs a nine day old speech by Hitler to 2000 young officers. He declares only one ideology can win and the other will be destroyed mercilessly. The report notes delays in release and cites intense fighting with German counterattacks and British counteroffensives along the Sangro in Archi.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
In World War II Day by Day Allied Advances and Setbacks
Allied forces push across multiple fronts with Montgomery's two hammer and anvil pockets widening toward first objectives. Poles and Lorrainers among German prisoners as battles press along the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts. Air and naval actions strike Italian and Yugoslav targets while Russian operations push toward Gomel and Kiev bulges.
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Montgomery
Fifth Army
Venafro
Landiock
Rome
Civitanuova
Ancona
Minturno
Mediterranean
U. S
Dogna
Trieste
Dubrovnik J
Zara
Adriatic
OPA Accused of Violating Price Control Act Over Meat Prices
A House committee investigating executive agencies accuses the Office of Price Administration of violating the Price Control Act by fixing maximum meat price rates that were not fair and by recommending indirect ceilings on live cattle.
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Washington
House Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Correspondent James Rembert Receives Purple Heart
Associated Press war correspondent Rembert James was awarded the Purple Heart by Admiral Halsey for injuries on Bougainville Island. He is the first journalist decorated by the South Pacific command.
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South Pacific
Rembert ‘James
Associated Press
Bougainville Island
William F.halsey
Two and a Half Billion Dollars Spent to Expand Air Offensive
London reports Allied air power expanding with about 2.5 billion dollars budgeted to widen operations from Britain. U S Eighth Air Force will receive roughly 552 million for airfields and depots while Maj. Gen. Kepner notes German power weakening as Allied effort grows. Goebbels threatens reprisals claiming new weapons, as Berlin rumors ignite concern. Since November, 10 major bomber operations occur with high losses, including the largest four motored raid.
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London
PAF
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Air Ministry
U. S
Eighth Air Force
William E. Kepner
United States
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Plan to Abolish Grain Duties Faces Skepticism
Congress may suspend duties for 90 days on wheat oats barley rye cottonseed and flax to increase livestock grain supplies. Grain men argue the move targets import duties rather than shortages and consider Canada or Argentina as primary sources amid shipping conditions.
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Chicago
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Canada
Argentina
Judge Proposes Liquor Purchaser Registration Plan
Probate Judge Sidney Jones of Warren Ohio argues a state system to register liquor buyers would help establishments verify ages and curb juvenile delinquency. He cited cases of minors being served in cafes and roadhouses as contributing to youth misconduct discussed at a Ninth trid American Legion welfare conference.
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Cleveland
Sidney Jones
Warren
Jones
Trid
American Legion
Abdication Demand Rings Through Naples Meeting
In Naples on November 28 a political gathering publicly urged King Victor Emmanuel II to abdicate. Count Sforza, a pro Fascist foreign writer, linked a British verse about Leros to Italian military setbacks and criticized a king’s insider as a Fascist.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Count Sforza
Leros
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