U S Armies Plunge Deeper Into Reich Philippine Counteroffensive
Desperate Japanese counteroffensive attempts in the Philippines and surrounding islands were reported by both sides. Tokyo claimed reinvasion of Morotai. MacArthur acknowledged damage to American ships. Japan said battleships and transports were sunk or damaged. Allied reports described heavy clashes near Ormoc and persistent Japanese probing around the 7th division outposts as torrential rains hampered operations.
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Washington
Radio Tokyo
Associated Press
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Morotai
MacArthur
San Pedro
Ormoc
Japan
Leyte
Spencer Davis
Saipan
Mikado
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
Burma
China
Chungking
P. H. Chang
Kwelchow
Kwei
Domel
Kweiyang
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Nantan
Kwangsi Province
Carry Me Back Portrait of a Messenger Tale
Fragmentary text references a magazine piece on a messenger role and a comparison of figures with old newspeers. It hints at Erik leaves and a father figure, noting a wider elevation in pulling power, and a vague remark about buying a used piano. The readable portions are unclear.
Paratrooper Harrell Dreams of Home After Long Combat
Pvt William Guy Harrell of Ayattsville Maryland aged 20 was dropped behind German lines on the Cherbourg peninsula the night before D day. He fought 15 days in heavy combat before a German tank knocked him unconscious for 34 days. He woke in a New York hospital surprised to see his father and mother at his bedside and is now recovering at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
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Yank
William Guy Harrell
Ayattsville
G. I
Cherbourg
New York
Pvt
Harrell
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Veterans Seen as Potential Political Force in Ohio
Congressman Harry P. Jeffrey of Dayton told the Ohio Chamber that veterans could form a powerful bloc, discussing possible adjusted compensation or a GI Bill of Rights, while noting passage seemed unlikely soon as lawmakers favor veteran input in shaping benefits and warned against special interests riding the issue.
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Cleveland
Harry P. Jeffrey
Dayton
Ohio Chamber of
Congress
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Union Regulation Licenses
The Florida Supreme Court ruled unions may be regulated like other groups due to their public impact. It upheld a 1943 act requiring labor union business agents to obtain licenses and unions to report names, locations, and officer details.
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Florida Supreme Court
Washington Co Oil Well Big Producer at Ludlow Township
An oil well on an abandoned Ludlow Township farm produced 100 barrels in one day. Dean Copeland of Butler, Pennsylvania, a representative of the Ludlow Oil and Gas Company, said the well was “better than average.”
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Washington Co
Marietta
Ludlow Township
Dean
Copeland
Butler, Pa
Ludlow Oil and Gas Company
Floods Fail To Halt Red Army Drive
Soviet forces push westward across Eastern Slovakia capturing more than sixty towns and extending the advance toward Hungary. In Hungary the Tisza river line falls to the Russians with 14 more towns taken, as 400 Germans killed and 150 captured near Vysni Svidnik and 600 captured at a border junction. No Moscow word on claims of a Danube west offensive toward Mohacs and Pecs.
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London
Carpathians
Red Army
Slovakia
Moscow
Hungary
Tisza
Vysnt Svidnik
Berlin
Danube
Mohacs
Budapest
Pecs
Vysni Svidnik
Dukla Pass
Borier
Nyiregyhaza
Kassa
Presov
Tizsa
Tokay
Poland
Csap
Miskolc
Marshal Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Hatvan
Canada Moves Toward Solution in Draft Crisis
Troops protest overseas service as Canada’s draft policy fuels racial and political tension. In a secret session Defense Minister A L McNaughton spoke as Parliament neared a confidence vote for Prime Minister W Mackenzie King, amid a week of crisis. A separate accident report notes Harry Bober, 32, of North Ridgefield, fatally injured after his motorcycle collided with a car in Elyria Up Falls.
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Pacific Coast
Defense
A. L. McNaughton
Canada
W. MacKenzie King
H-Falla
Elyria
Harry Bober
North Ridg Fatallyville
Allied armies hold 73 German divisions in prison haul
Allied forces have captured at least 790,749 prisoners on the western front since D Day, the equivalent of 73 German divisions. The four American armies total 451,628 captives led by the First Army with 206,866. Latest figures show older tallies from U S Ninth, British Second and Canadian First Armies.
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U.S. Third Army
U.S Ninth Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Lausche pledges support for state welfare work
Governor elect Frank Lausche vows energetic backing for welfare programs at the Unto Welfare Conference. He urges strict law enforcement to protect freedoms and urges officials and citizens to uphold duty. The article notes CAAs airport expansion plans and cost projections for Ohio skin deep.
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Lausche
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Washington
Ohio
CAA
Sugahoga
China Chief in General Overs 3
General McClure of Palo Alto California becomes chief of staff of U S forces in the Chinese theatre succeeding Major General Thomas G Hearn who moves to a U S post General McClure previously headed Army psychological warfare in Algiers and London and later commanded an American division in the Southwest Pacific
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Overs
McClure
Ove
Palo Alto
Calif
U. S
Thomas G. Hearn
Algiers
London
Southwest Pacific
Nazi Guns Forcing Workers In Armament Plants
A Swiss dispatch reports Nazis threaten mass shootings to force workers to stay at armament plants. It cites a claim that 300 workers were shot under Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler’s orders during a strike at Mannheim.
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Bern
Schaffhausen
160 May Be Dead in Bomb Storage Blast
A physician at the bomb depot disaster reported rescue work may be abandoned after more than 36 hours on site. Buried men in the underground galleries are said to be covered by thousands of tons of earth, with weeks needed to reach some. Only a few recovered and the death toll feared to exceed 160 as the storage dump held millions of dollars worth of bombs for potential attacks on Germany.
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Germany
Roosevelt era plan funds non federal public works
President proposal to Congress outlines a $73,900,000 appropriation to spur planning and financing of non federal public works. Funds would flow to the Federal Works Agency for advances and loans to states counties and municipalities under the Reconversion Act, supporting postwar jobs.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Federal ‘Works Agency
German Rail Lines Blasted Across Ruhr and Neuss
London reports RAF and US Air Force sorties against Neuss and Duesseldorf area in the Ruhr with bombers attacking Nurnburg. In total, ~1,200 sorties flown yesterday by British and American air forces. two US Ninth Air Force medium bombers and two fighters lost, RAF Second Tactical Air Force three fighters down. Government announces reinstatement of Frank J. Raschig as director of public works in Ohio. Brussels reports a general strike in protest against Hubert Pierlot's government with unclear outcomes.
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London
Essen
Neuss
Ruhr
RAF
Duesseldorf
Nurnburg
Germany
U.S
Ninth Airforce
RAF Second Tactical Airforce
Falls Arussels
Nation
Hubert Pierlot
Sevonse
Say Japs Are Leaving Burma afterminn punmaner Air forces reports
Japanese forces are retreating from the Mandalay area toward Bangkok with plans to evacuate all of Burma. In North Burma, retreating units act to delay advancing Chinese forces. Forward Chinese elements under Lt. Gen. Daniel Sultan bypassed Bhamo and continue southward. The retreat faces two Chinese armies closing in on the old Burma Road from Western China and North Burma.
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Afterminn
Punmaner
Mandalay
Bangkok
Burma
Ints
Wasa
Daniel J. Sultan
China
Slain man found in river following railroad yard collapse
Cincinnati report states Lawrence Haney, 62, of York Central, was killed when a body recovered from the Ohio River tied to a case involving two passenger coaches in a railway yard incident. Coroner W. W. Lynch ruled cause as likely a skull fracture after autopsy, with a river recovery and eight other victims in the Gulf air crash context.
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U . Keannibay
Proctorville
Cincinnati-Um
Ohio River
Lawrence
George Haney
New County
W. W. Lynch
York Central
STLOX
Keesler Field
Washington
Gulf
California
Lensus Bureau
Lynd
Enemy Resistance Cracks Ahead of U S Army Advances
German defense buckles as U S First Army and Third Army push toward the Saar Basin and Cologne. Ninth Army breaks organized resistance near Julich and Duren. Patton’s forces reach Saarlautern Merzig and Saare unions within artillery range as fighting rages along the Roer River in house to house combat. A bridge over the Inde River is captured intact at Alt.
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Hurtgen
Cologne
Jungersdorf
Duren
Kosiar
Julich
Roer
Berlin
Patton
Saarlautern
Merzig
Saar Basin
Saare Union
Saarbrucken
Third
U.S
Mon
Churchill revises peace forecast amid German fronts
Churchill told Parliament that victory in Europe could come swiftly if Allied forces break the German lines. Patton's Third Army pressed toward the Saar and Siegfried Line, with the 5th Division advancing near Duren and crossing into German soil. The front extended about 26 miles inside Germany toward Besch and Luxembourg.
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Julich
Patton
Third Army
Saar
Siegfried Line
Patti
5Th
Imost
Getters Jay
Berus and
Duren
Cologne
Hat
Germany
Besch Opsposite
Luxembours
Canadians on German Soil Push Into Nijmegen Front Lines
Allied forces report heavy combat as Canadians break onto German soil amid mud and mortar fire in the Nijmegen sector. Ninth and First Armies push near Jageneau and Rolland while air power targets Holland and Germany. French First Army closes an eight mile gap south of the Dollar River, trapping German forces near Belfort and Mulhouse. others advance toward the Vosges as enemy numbers press in.
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Nijmegen
Reichwald
Mies
Eisen
Rower
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
First Army
Dollar River
Belfort
Mulhouse
Seventh Army
Jaguenau
Rolland
Maas
Holland
Italy
Eighth Army
Alserceto
Faenza
Bologna Rimini
Modignana
Barr
Vosg Mountains
St. Croix
Lievre
Ste. Marie Pass
Vosges
French First Army
Switzerland
Dennemarie
Agencies Stall Change in Food Point Values Amid Deadlock
Government agencies clash over rationing revisions with December as a potential date for keeping current point values. OPA and WFA deadlocked, with stabilizing director Vinson called in. WFA opposes broad changes, citing shortages and substitutes. OPA pushes restoring some meats and certain vegetables to rationing lists.
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Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Fred M. Vinson
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OSCE
WPA
Fry
White
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Senate
John W. Bricker
Frank J. Raschig
Cincinnati
Ihsoby
Red Cross Club
Brit- France
Fred D. Davis, Jr
Pine Bluff
Cpl
Gustave Stowe
Deerfield
Wis
James W. Mason
Birmingham
Ala
Robert 8. Anderson
St. Petersburg
Fia
Ronton
Aaj
Patrick Jay Hurley
Hove
Clarence E. Gauss
U. S First Army
Hurchill
Churchill
George VI
Span
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WEA
WFA
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