U S Armies Deepen Push as Japanese Counteroffensive
Allied and Japanese reports describe desperate attempts to mount a general counteroffensive in the Philippines and surrounding islands. Tokyo claimed American ships sunk and damaged while U S forces pressed operations near Leyte, Ormoc, and Morotai with destroyers crossing minefields and bombarding key routes.Japanese raids and mid-Pacific activity continued with Saipan targeted and new measurements of battlefield movements in Burma and China, as Allied and Japanese sources cite varying outcomes.
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Washington
Radio
Tokyo
Associated Press
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Morotai
MacArthur
San Pedro Bay
Leyte
Ormoc
Japan
Spencer Davis
Saipan
Mikado
Marianas Islands
Burma
Toyko Radio
Philippine
China
Chungking
P. H. Chang
Kweichow
Kweiyang
Domei
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Nantan
Kwangsi Province
Paratrooper Survives 34 Days Unconscious in War
Pvt. William Guy Harrell of Hyattsville Maryland was dropped behind German lines on the Cherbourg peninsula the night before D day. He endured 15 days of combat before being knocked out by a German tank and remained unconscious for 34 days before waking in a New York hospital to his parents at bedside. He is now recuperating at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
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William Guy Harrell
Hyattsville
G. I
Cherbourg
New York
Pvt
Harrell
Walter Reed Hospital
Carry Me Back A Messenger and Classified Ads
A column notes how many American businessmen once served as messenger boys and the pull of classified ads. West Millfield School wants to buy a used piano for 625 dollars, contact 2562 Millfield, then cancels the ad after finding a piano. Holiday buying mood noted as Christmas approaches.
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Messenger
Legion
West Millfield
Millfield
Veterans Seen as Major Voting Bloc in Opinion
Cleveland dispatch reports Rep. Harry P. Jeffrey of Dayton telling the Ohio Chamber of Commerce that World War II veterans could form the nation’s largest voting bloc. He discussed a possible adjusted compensation or bonus bill as add on to the G I Bill, noting passage soon is unlikely as lawmakers want veterans to help shape provisions. He cautioned about interests seeking to ride on veterans’ support and emphasized attitude of mind as a factor in any bill.
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Cleveland
Harry P. Jeffrey
Dayton
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Court Holds Unions Subject To Regulation
Florida Supreme Court unanimously upholds 1943 law regulating labor unions. The decision says unions and their business agents vitally affect the public and may be regulated like other professional groups. The act requires license for union business agents and annual reports with names locations and officer details.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Washington Co. Oil Well Big Producer
An oil well drilled on an abandoned Ludlow Township farm produced 300 barrels in one day. Dean D. Copeland of Butler, Pennsylvania, Ludlow Oil and Gas Company representative, called the well better than average.
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Marietta
Ludlow Township
Dean D. Copeland
Butler, Pa
Ludlow
Floods Fail To Halt Red Army Drive
Soviet forces push west through Eastern Slovakia capturing 60 plus towns and advancing up to 14 miles on two fronts. In Northern Hungary Russians clear the right bank of the Tisza, taking 14 more towns as clashes widen toward Tokaj and Miskolc. Reports note hundreds of German troops killed or captured, with plans for a winter offensive and a push toward Danube bridges.
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London
Carpathians
Red Army
Slovakia
Moscow
Hungary
Tisza
Vysni Svidnik
Berlin
Danube
Mohacs
Budapest
Pecs
Dukla Pass
Nyiregyhaza
Kassa
Presov
Tizsa
Tokaj
Baltics
Balkans
Stalin
Courland
Petrov
Poland
Csap
Miskolc
Marshal Malinovsky
Ukraiian
Malinovsky
Hatvan
Canada moves toward solution to draft crisis in Parliament
Canada’s conscription dispute shifts to parliamentary steps as Defense Minister McNaughton answers questions in a secret session. Pacific Coast troops protest overseas deployment while Prime Minister King appears to gain support for a confidence vote in the coming days.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific Coast
Defense
A. G.L. McNaughton
W. L. MacKenzie King
Fatally Injured Man After Motorcycle Collision
Harry Bober age 32 of North Ridgville was fatally injured yesterday when his motorcycle collided with an automobile. Authorities reported the accident occurred locally and are investigating circumstances surrounding the crash.
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Elyria
Harry Bober
North Ridgeville
Probers Hunt Cigaret Shortage Cause Despite Record Tobacco Crop
Congressional investigators heard that U S tobacco output is at a record 1944 crop with 18 months of cured tobacco in storage. Civilian cigarette supply is up about 50 percent from prewar levels while export allotments of this crop are below the usual 40 to 60 percent. WFA officials say overseas needs will reduce domestic releases to about 237.2 billion cigarettes, down from 257.7 billion last year, as lawmakers seek the shortage cause.
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Washington
Congressional
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
War Food Administration
WFA
Allies Capture 73 German Divisions on Western Front
Allied forces report at least 730,749 German prisoners captured on the western front since D-Day, amounting to about 73 divisions. Breakdown shows U S First Army 206,866 and Third 126,922. Ninth 55,670. Seventh 62,170. French First 69,175. British Second 94,794. Canadian First 95,132. French Forces with British and Canadian 20,000. Data cited are two to three weeks old.
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Western Front
First
U. S
U. S. Third Army
U. S. Ninth Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Lausche Pledges Support For State Welfare Work
Governor-elect Frank J. Lausche told the Ohio Welfare Conference final sessions in Columbus that his administration would give welfare work energetic support. He urged law and order, stressed shared responsibility for juvenile delinquency, and cited rising juvenile court figures in Cuyahoga County to show adults must bear more blame.
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Columbus
Ohio Welfare Conference
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Cuyahoga
Nazi Guns Keeping Workers in Armament Plants
A Schaffhausen Zeitung dispatch quotes arrivals from Germany saying Nazis resort to mass shootings to force workers to stay in armament factories. It reports 300 workers were shot on Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler is orders after a strike at Mannheim following an Allied air raid.
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Bern
Schaffhausen
160 May Be Dead in Bomb Storage Blast
Burton on Trent England A physician at the bomb depot disaster scene after more than 36 hours says rescue may end as reaching buried men seems hopeless The dump is buried under thousands of tons of earth with galleries unreachable for weeks The death toll may exceed 160 and the stockpile held millions of dollars worth of bombs ready for attacks on Germany
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Burton-On-Trent
Eng
Germany
75 Million Dollar Work Program Urged by FD
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve a $75,900,000 appropriation to spur postwar job creation. The funds would be provided to the Federal Works Agency to advance loans and aid planning for non federal public works projects to states counties and municipalities under the George Recovery Act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Works Agency
German Rail Lines Blasted In RAF Attacks
British heavy bombers attacked Essen and Neuss in the Ruhr while Mosquitoes hit Nurnburg. The night saw RAF and US forces combine for almost 1,200 sorties. Five German planes fell, with U S Ninth Air Force losses of two bombers and two fighters. Frank L. Raschig reappointed Columbus director of public works.
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London
Essen
Neuss
Ruhr
RAF
Duesseldorf
Nurnburg
Germany
U. S
Ninth Airforce
RAF Second Tactical Airforce Fost
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Frank L. Raschig
Cincinnati
Resistance Front Calls National Strike Across Belgium
A Brussels report says a resistance front called for a nationwide general strike to oppose Premier Hubert Pierlot's government, but the move drew little immediate response across the country.
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Brussels
Resistance Front
Hubert Pierlot
China theater gets new U S forces chief of staff
Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure of Palo Alto California is named chief of staff of U S forces in the Chinese theatre succeeding Maj. Gen. Thomas G. Hearn who moves to a U S post. McClure previously led Army psychological warfare in Algiers and London and later commanded an American division in the Southwest Pacific.
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Robert B. McClure
Palo Alto
Calif
U. S
Thomas G. Hearn
McClure
Algiers
London
Southwest Pacific
CAA Proposes New Airports In Ohio Cities
The Civil Aeronautics Administration urged Congress to fund 129 new Ohio airports and upgrades to 77 existing facilities as part of a postwar program costing 31.161 million dollars. The plan envisions shared federal and state financing over five to 10 years, with 27 current Ohio airports not benefiting. The bill projects 400000 civilian aircraft nationwide within a decade postwar.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Jap forces retreat from Burma toward Bangkok
MYSTERYINA Burma reports indicate Japanese units are withdrawing from Mandalay toward Bangkok as Chinese troops advance from the north. Forward elements under Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan bypass Bhamo, with limited organized resistance as two Chinese armies close on the Burma Road corridor from Western China and the north.
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Mystkyina
Burma
Mandalay
Bangkok
Daniel I. Sultan
Bhamo
China
Ironton Man Slain and Body Thrown Into River
Lawrence County Coroner ruled Al Workman of Proctorville died from a skull fracture before being placed in the Ohio River after an autopsy showed no water in the lungs. The body was recovered Monday, several weeks after the death.
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Ironton
al Workman
Proctorville
Ohio River
Lawrence County
W. W. Lynd
Enemy Resistance Cracks In Major German Breakthrough
Allied forces push deep into German defenses on a broad front as U S First Army and Ninth Army drive toward Julich and Duren along the Roer River. Third Army advances up to ten miles in the Saar Basin and nears Saarbrucken and Saarlautern. First Army tanks seize Hurtgen Forest ruins while Patton’s units edge toward Cologne.
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U. S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
Germany
Saar Basin
Searbrucken
Hurtgen
Cologne
Jungersdorf
Duren
Ninth
Koslar
Julich
Roer
Berlin
Patton
Saarlautern
Merzig
Saare Union
Saarbrucken
U. S
Rhine
Ninth Army
Inde
Alt
Dorf
Third
Saar
Siegfried Line
95Th
Berus
Third Army
Besch Opeposite
Luxembourg
Churchill Revisions Peace Forecast Ahead of End
Prime Minister Churchill warned the war against Germany may last longer than earlier thought. He said his forecast of possible end by early summer might drop the word early. He told Parliament Britain would reinforce United Kingdom forces fighting Japan and Patton's Third Army pressed toward the Saar through the Siegfried Line as German forces pulled back.
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London
Churchill
Germany
George VI
Britain
United Kingdom
Japan
Canadians on German Soil Breakthroughs in Netherlands Front
Allied forces push into German soil across Nijmegen sector amid heavy field fighting. Eisenhower’s forces reinforce for a major push toward Ruhr Rhine and Saar while French, British and American units close gaps, trap Germans, and press into Po Valley and Vosges regions. In Illinois, a B-29 crew searches miss from Keesler Field for eight men after engine trouble over the gulf.
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler Field
Gulf
Hurley Nominated U.S. Ambassador to China
President Roosevelt nominated Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, a former lawyer and War Secretary, to be the U.S. ambassador to China. Hurley, 61, has served as Roosevelt’s special envoy in Chungking since late summer, succeeding Clarence E. Gauss after his resignation.
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Patrick Jay Hurley
Roosevelt
U. S
China
Clarence E. Gauss
Railroad Yard Worker Dies In Collision Near Cincinnati
George Haney, 62, a New York Central Railroad yard worker from New York, was killed last night when he was caught between two passenger coaches. California accounted for nearly one eighth of all motor vehicle death in the latest census bureau tally, with 23,826 deaths nationwide last year.
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Cincinnati
George Haney
New York Central Railroad
Washington
California
C Census Bureau
Disagreement May Prevent Change In Current Point Values
Washington report on a deadlock between the Office of Price Administration and the War Food Administration over December rationing. OPA pushes to restore point values for unrationed meat and return canned vegetables, while WFA resists, citing overall shortages and desire to avoid surpluses as the war nears end. Stabilization Director Fred M Vinson is to mediate the dispute for a second time this year.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
WFA
Germany
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Gustave Stowe
Deerfield
Wis
James W. Mason
Birmingham
Ala
Robert 5. Anderson
St. Petersburg
Nijmegen
Reichwald
Eisenhower
Rhineland
First Army
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Belfort
Mulhouse
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Holland
Maas
Italy
Po Valley
Alboreto
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Modigliana
Barr
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St. Croix
Lierre
Ste. Marie Pass
Supreme Headquarters
Vosges
Switzerland
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