9 000 Japs Slain on Bougainville in War Week Wrap
The Associated Press reports heavy Allied action in the Southwest Pacific. A Liberator bomber struck a Japanese cruiser near Bougainville, with 1 000 dead claimed. bombers hit Bougainville, New Guinea, and Rabaul as SeaBees move into the Gilbert Islands. Japanese losses and air battles mount across the theater.
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Bougainville Island
Southwest Pacific Theater of
Gilberts
St. George Channel
New Britain
New Ireland
Douglas Na
MacArthur
Solomons
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
U. S
Solomon Islands
Buka Island
Bounville
New Guinea
Beaufort
Rabaul
Vitiaz Strait
Finschhafen
Sattelberg
Navy
Seabees
Marshall Group
Gilbert Islands
Imperial Headquarters
Tarawa
Makin
Radio Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Chungking
Changteh
Changsha
Second Sangro Bridgehead Expanded as Allied Offense Opens
Allied forces under Montgomery push from Sangro bridgeheads in a new Sunday offensive. British Indian and New Zealand divisions advance past Archi amid heavy artillery and air bombardment while American units under Clark seize high ground west of Venafro and blunt German counterthrusts.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rome
Archi
Adriatic
Montgomery
Sangro
Mark W. Clark
Venafro
Fifth Army
Civitanuova
Ancona
Minturno
Mediterranean
U. S
Dogna
Moore to Lead Bricker Presidential Campaign in Ohio
Roy D. Moore of Canton will direct Gov. John W. Bricker's national Republican presidential bid. He resigns as head of the U S Treasury War Savings staff in Ohio after 1941 service to take charge of Bricker's national headquarters in Columbus. Moore, 56, long in newspapers, was born near McArthur and worked for the Associated Press and Cleveland papers before managing the Columbus INS bureau after the Dayton flood.
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Columbus
Roy D. Moore
Canton
Brush-Moore
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Moore
U. S. Treasury
War Savings
Ohio
National
McArthur
Middleport
Associated Press
Ieland
Cleveland Leader
Cleveland News
Columbus Bureau of International News Service
Dayton
Pilot escapes after monoplane crashes into house
Fran ces Reddy, 41, a civilian aviator, survived a crash when his monoplane plowed through a roof near Colerain Sunday. The blaze destroyed the house and aircraft, ignited by fuel. Reddy crawled from the attic, then climbed down a neighboring porch roof. He suffered facial burns and head lacerations.
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Martins Ferry
Frances Reddy
Colerain
Albert Ever
Route 250
Reddy
Three Die in Burning Home Near Lima
A family of four perished in a house fire two miles west of Lima when an electrical wiring fire trapped Robert Bates 35 and his children Patricia Lee 5 and Jr. 3. Mrs Bates escaped with shock and lacerations after breaking a bedroom window as the house collapsed. Fire chief Harry Taflinger blamed the blaze on wiring.
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Lima
Robert Bates
Patricia Lee
Bates
Harry Taflinger
Washington Ottawa Air Link Proposal Sparks Cross-Border Route Talk
Pennsylvania Central Airlines proposed an air link between Washington and Ottawa by extending its Buffalo Rochester corridor to Ottawa. PCA filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board noting no regular service exists between the capitals.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Pennsylvenia Central Airlines
Ission
Washingtolo
Buffalo
Rochester
Ottawa
PCA
Civil Aeronautes Board
Navy Seizes Part of Remington Rand War Plant
The Navy took possession of part of Remington Rand Inc's Southport Elmira plant in Chemung County New York to speed production of a key war item. Roosevelt issued an executive order directing Knox to operate the N division of the Elmira plant. Major buildings tools and equipment were Navy owned and funded and the plant has been operated by Remington Rand under Navy contract.
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Washington
Navy
Remington Rand, Inc
Southport
Chemung County
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Knox
Elmira
Remington Rand
Couple killed in crash into abandoned gas station
Mr and Mrs Nick Katakis of New Castle Pennsylvania were killed when their car crashed into an abandoned gasoline station on U S Route 422 near Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Nick Katakis
New Castle
U. S. Route 422
Outside Help To Be Asked in Murder Probe
In Washington C H Fayette County officials prepared to offer a reward and call in outside detectives to speed the triple murder investigation of the Elmer McCoy family. Prosecutor John B Hill and Sheriff W H Scenhower said clues had led to dead ends and may hire specialists if no progress is made. Neighbors examined cars tracks and fingerprints at the rural farm before authorities reached the scene. Relatives offered to pay outsider costs and over 1800 attended the funeral services on Saturday.
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Washington C.H
Fayette County
Elmer McCoy
John B. Hill
W. H. Scenhower
Hill
McCoy Farm
Letart Flier Is Decorated
Two Ohioans received decorations from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney in the Southwest Pacific. Second Lieut. Burl S. Ashley of Letart Falls earned his Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in the air, and Second Lieut. Raymond H. Hayes of Brookfield received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement after at least 25 operational flights against the enemy.
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Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Burl S. Ashley
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Raymond H. Hayes
Brookfield
Imminent major development whispers foreign war move
Reports from London and abroad suggest a dramatic diplomatic development may be imminent as Allied offensives press on. The Daily Telegraph notes a possible Big Three meeting and a last warning to Germany before a Western invasion.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
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
Herbert enters race for Ohio governor nomination
Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Columbus. He becomes the third entry after Gov. Bricker declined a third term, with Mayor James Garfield Stewart already in and Lieut. Gov. Paul M. Herbert expected to announce soon. State Treasurer Don H. Ebright may also seek the nomination.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
James Garfield Stewart
Paul M. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
Morgenthau Says Tax Bill Is Far Too Small
Secretary Morgenthau urged the Senate Finance Committee for a $10.5 billion tax rise saying the House's $2.14 billion plan fails to meet wartime needs. He warned inflation from a $36 billion surplus and urged restraint on spending to avoid price controls erosion while supporting war production. He stressed taxes should peak during and after the war to avoid burdening armed forces and postwar repayment.
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Morgenthau
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
Treasury
Presidential Preference Primary Set to Be First Nationwide
Seminole County Democratic executive committee schedules a presidential preferential primary for tomorrow, a likely first in the country. The county previously pioneered this ballot in the 1936 and 1940 campaigns, reflecting strong Roosevelts support.
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Donaldsonville
Seminole County
Democratic Executive Committee
Franklin Rooseve
Ohio Officer's Widow To Receive Air Medal
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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Columbuc
Everett Haskell Jr
Chillicothe
Lockbourne Army Air Base
North Africa
Induction Notices Could Reach 300000 in January
Washington reports about 900000 men may receive draft notices as January quotas double earlier predictions. The Army Navy combined quota stays high due to October shortfalls and slow WAC enlistments. Officials say the impact on fathers remains uncertain as prewar fathers face changes in the draft pool.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Army
WMC
WAC
Congress
White House
Ohio Soldier Injured By Shell Explosion
Pvt. A Patrick Morarity of Sabina Ohio was slightly injured by a shell explosion during artillery practice at Marysville California.
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Ohio
Marysville
Calif
Patrick Morarity
Sabina
Hitler speech broadcast from Berlin alarms British troops
Berlin radio aired a nine day old Hitler address to 7000 young officers claiming only one ideology can win and the nation that loses will cease to exist. In the Sangro area combat between German and British forces continued with counterattacks and tank assaults, as the British regained ground.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
Allied offensives advance across multiple fronts in Europe
In the war update, Allied forces push across northern Italy and the Balkans with river crossings and bridgehead advances. American and British units bombard coastal targets while Soviet troops press in White Russia and toward Kiev, as German positions weaken along the eastern front.
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Montgomery
White Russia
Zhiobin
Ukraine
Kiev
Koros
Red Army
Gomel
East Prussia
Leningrad
Baltic States
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Price Office Accused of Violating Price Control Act
Washington lawmakers accuse the Office of Price Administration of fixing meat price ceilings and proposing indirect live cattle ceilings. The committee says OPA violated the act by setting rates not generally fair and equitable.
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Washington
House Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Correspondent Rembert James Receives Purple Heart
Associated Press war correspondent Rembert James was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries on Bougainville Island. He is the first correspondent decorated by Admiral Halsey’s South Pacific command.
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South Pacific
Rembert James
Associated Press
Bougainville Island
William F. Halsey
Two and a Half Billion Spent to Expand Air Offensive
London reports about 2.5 billion dollars allocated to expand the Allied air offensive from Britain. About 552 million funds U S Eighth Air Force airfields and depots. Maj Gen Kepner says German air power weakens as Allied strength grows. Goebbels promises dire reprisals and claims new phosphorus canisters in Berlin. Since November ten major operations with 155 planes lost in total. August worst month with 293 bombers.
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London
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Air Ministry
U. S. Eighth Air Force
William E. Kepner
Air Force
Ihe
Goebbels
Plan to Free Grain Imports Faces Shortages Risk
A congressional plan to suspend duties for 90 days on wheat oats barley rye cottonseed and flax aims to boost grain for livestock but grain men say it ignores real shortages. Most imported grain would come from Canada with possible Argentina influence if shipping improves and Buenos Aires contemplates burning wheat for fuel.
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Chicago
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Canada
Argentina
Proposes Registration of Liquor Purchasers
Cleveland judge Sidney Jones of Warren urges a state registration system for liquor sellers to verify ages, saying it would curb juvenile delinquency. He spoke at the Ninth District American Legion child welfare conference noting minors are being served in cafes and roadhouses.
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Cleveland
Sidney Jones
Warren
Jones
Ninth District
American Legion Child Welfare and Rehabilitation
Abdication Demand Arises For Italian King in Naples
In Naples on November 28 a public call for King Victor Emmanuel to abdicate was made at a political meeting. Count Carlo Sforza, pro Fascist foreign minister, blamed a British reversal on Leros on poor Italian leadership under a king’s general. It marked the first open demand for the monarch's retirement by Italian or political leaders.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Carlo Sforza
Leros
Benan
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