Germans Trapped as Soviets Break Dnieper Front
Soviet forces push through a widening Dnieper breach near Dnepropetrovsk and Kremenchug driving a 15 mile wedge. Red army crosses the river again near Gomel as Melitopol street fighting intensifies and German reinforcements rush to stem the advance.
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London
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Melitopol
Crimea
Reuters
Moscow
Europe
Kremenchug
Dneprotrovsk
Red Army
Gomel
Popelnostoye
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Red
Zaporozhe-Melitopol
Perekop
Kherson
Seven Alabama Mines Reopen Amid Idle Statewide Output
At least seven Alabama mines reopened while most workings stayed idle despite a plea from John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America. No mines owned by steel and iron concerns operated, though small groups appeared at several shafts. The Bradford mine of Alabama Age Corp employed over 500, and the Bieta and Johns Mines of Black Diamond Coal Co employed many more.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Steel and Iron
Bradford
Alabama Age Corp
Bieta and
Johns
Black Diamond Coal Miing Co
Kansas City Market Swamped With Cattle
The Kansas City Stockyards faced the largest cattle run in U.S. history with 57,000 head, far surpassing the previous record of 51,508 set in 1923 and beating the Chicago market peak by about 8,000. The top run reached 49,128 on November 16.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Eight crew killed in plane crash near Alexandria AAB
Harry Martin Jr. of South Webster Ohio was among eight crew members killed when their four engine bomber crashed near Alexandria Army Air Base. Sgt Lewis Buess aged 34 from Blythe California was among ten fliers killed in a separate crash in the mountains last Friday night.
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Virginia
Alexandria
Harry Martin, Jr
South Webster, C
Flying Fortress
Alexandria Army Air Base
Blythe
Calif
Lewis Buess
For‘st
Y Mountains
Here
Weatherman Sees Higher Temperatures
Relief from a weekend cold snap is predicted as the weather bureau notes a thaw. Snow and rain in northern Ohio contributed to two auto fatalities, one in Cleveland and another near Fremont, while a six inch snowfall in Chardon spurred antifreeze use. Columbus logged 29, Akron 32, and other lows included Springfield 34 and Cincinnati 34.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Beatrice B. Koch
Cleveland
Pfc
John McQuire
Gibsonburg
Fremont
Chardon
Columbus
Akron
Springfield
Cincinnati
Findlay
Toledo
Youngstown
Zanesville
Trade of Prisoners Delayed On Voyage To Asia
The American consulate in Portuguese India said the exchange of American and Japanese nationals aboard the Teia Maru and Gripsholm will start tomorrow at 8 am local time after talks with Japanese authorities. Repatriates waited along the ships rails during the delay.
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Mormugao
Portuguese India
Teia Maru
Gripsholm
German Private Hitler Surrenders to Fifth Army
Allied headquarters in Algiers announced that a German private named Hitler surrendered to the American Fifth Army after swimming naked across the Volturno River. The private’s first name was not released.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Hitler
Fifth Army
Volturno River
House Moves Toward Vote on Dependence Allotment Bill
Washington report says the House aims to pass a dependency allotment bill with sizable increases for relatives of servicemen. The Military Committee debates a father-deferment measure and an inquiry into army contract funds. In the Senate a $300 million public school subsidy bill may be pigeonholed or tabled amid economy-leaning opposition.
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Washington
House
House Military Committee
Senate
Congress
Taft Seeks Postwar Federal Spending Controls
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio urges Congress to draft a postwar budget plan. He proposes preliminary steps toward a national budget that allocates federal and state expenditures on a scientific basis.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Seek Blood Donors for Ohio Leukemia Victim
Three year old Gerald Sacks of Cleveland is near death from acute lymphatic leukemia. Doctors say no cure exists and a transfusion from a recovered patient may save him. Norman Honigberg of Youngstown offers his blood after a Winchell appeal.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Gerald S. Sacks
Isador J. Sacks
I. B. Silber
Gerald
Silber
Gerald Lusee
Walter Winchell
Norman Honigberg
Youngstown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Honigberg
Possible Smaller Civilian Food Supplies in 44
Washington report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes civilian food supplies may be smaller next year though overall production may meet or exceed this year’s records. Cereals and per capita supplies of chickens eggs fruits vegetables potatoes dried beans and peas remain abundant while meats and dairy may shrink. Non civilian needs including military and lend lease may offset any production gains.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
War Food Administration
Bureau
Allied airmen down 104 Japanese planes in two days
Allied airmen said they shot down 92 planes Friday and Saturday and destroyed 12 on the ground with 24 more probably downed. The Oro Bay raid saw 26 bombers and 20 fighters lost by Japan as Allied P 38s and P 40s halted attacks near New Guinea. No Allied planes were reported missing.
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George C. Kenney
New Guinea
Oro Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Labor Slaves Pose Problem for Germany
The report notes 112 million foreign workers in the Reich, plus disarmed Italian soldiers, now faced with work or fighting. Unrest among Italian, Croatian, Serbian, French, and Balkan labor may be sparked by recent events, with guards tripled around camps housing these workers.
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Madrid
Reich
Italy
Germany
Gestapo
Croatia
Serbia
Balkans
Mediterranean
Ohio Draft System Enters Fourth Year Of Operation
Columbus report notes Ohio selective service enters its fourth year with about 500000 men drawn from 2450000 registered. Six of nine original officers remain and over 70 percent of volunteers stay on. Col. C. W. Goble, state director, provided the update.
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Columbus
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Col. C. W. Goble
Greeks Face Repetition of Famine Threat This Winter
ISTANBUL report warns that a repeat of the 1941 famine could occur in Greece this winter unless Nazi occupation ends or large relief shipments arrive. Propaganda says Greeks hoarded food after Allied victories in North Africa and Sicily, hoping liberation comes soon.
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Istanbul
North Africa
Sicily
New Lend Lease Pact Arranged With Britain
A new British American lend lease agreement will be signed in London tomorrow with simultaneous announcements in London and Washington. Details are secret but indicate several significant changes and it will be the third such document arranged between the two nations.
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London
Washington
Yanks Healthier Than In First World War
Washington reports America's fighting men today are healthier than during World War I. Modern preventive measures reduced non effectives by illness to three percent in the Army and two percent in the Navy.
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Washington
America
Navy
Wooster College Professor Emerson Miller Dies
Emerson W. Miller, 54, professor of speech and intercollegiate debate director at Wooster College, is reported dead. The Wooster obituary notes his leadership in campus debate and theater activities and his influence on students.
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Wooster
Emerson W. Miller
A A At Wooster College
Death of Rev. J Norman King Former Blullion Mayor
Dayton obituary notes 63 year old Rev J Norman King Protestant chaplain of the national military home in Dayton dies. He formerly served as mayor of Blullion.
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Dayton
J. Norman King
National Military Home
Blullion
Workers Demand Probe as Cramp Shipyard Stoppage Ends
Philadelphia Cramp's shipyard ends a six day work stoppage as Local 42 union members approve a return to work. They seek a federal investigation by the Senate Truman committee into the plant and ongoing labor dispute.
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Philadelphia
Cramp
Senate
Truman Committee
Local 42
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
British Paper Denounces U S Secaida on Lend Lease
The London Daily Mail criticizes American senators and defends lend lease terms. It argues Britain did not claim sole credit for materials and notes America has benefited from British supply. The piece asserts Britain will repay and continue lending as part of the mutual arrangement.
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London
London Daily Mail
America
Britain
Daily Mail
Mother Pleads Return of Son in Uniform Photo
Mrs Agnes Kilgore of Cleveland appeals to the thief who snatched her purse last night to return the only picture she has of her son Maurice H Kilgore a Navy flying instructor killed in a plane crash at Somerset in April. Keep the money but return the photograph she requests.
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Cleveland
Agnes Kilgore
Maurice H. Kilgore
Navy
Grossenleich
Somerset
Reduction of Ohio Beef Ration Forecast
Charles A. Mitchell regional Office of Price Administration rationing officer told Ohio grocers and meat dealers in a meeting Sunday that consumers could expect a reduction in beef ration points in a week or 10 days.
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Cleveland
Charles A. Mitchell
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Allied forces push toward Rome as fires hint at German withdrawal
Allied accounts report Fifth Army victories beyond the Volturno with Cancello Ruviano and Nerrone under control. British Eighth Army advances toward the Apennines while fires in German rear areas suggest supply dumps may be destroyed in preparation for withdrawal.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Volturno
Cancello
Ruviano
Nerrone
Eighth Army
Apennine
Rome
Clark
Salerno
Nazis Hold Strategic Ridge In Italy
Allied forces report British troops at Cancelere on the Volturno after repelling a major German counterattack. Montgomery’s forces push west from the Termoli Vinchiaturo highway aiming to cut behind the enemy above the Volturno as air forces bomb communications and bridges south of Rome and near Pescara.
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Massico
Carniola
Garrigliano
Volturno
Gaeta
Pescara
Adriatic
Cancelle
Volturno River
Termoli-Vinchiaturo Highway
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Rome
Fifth Army
Counterattacks Beaten as Allies Push Across Front
Allied bulletin reports German counterattacks north of the Volturno crushed while engineers bridge the stream to support Fifth Army reinforcements. Morin notes infiltration skirmishes without a solid front. British naval units patrol the Italian peninsula as Axis air losses top 6,500 in the Mediterranean and airfields reveal nearly 3,000 abandoned planes since 1942.
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Volsturno
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Piombino
Elba
Adriatic
Mljet
Dubrovnik
Air Force
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
Gereman
Mosquito Bombers Hit Berlin in Night Raid
RAF Mosquitos bombed Berlin Sunday night in a bold strike as Allied forces push on major fronts. The mission reported no losses, while German fighters attacked Britain including London in retaliation.
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Berlin
London
Britain
Ohio Flier Scores in Pacific Air Battle
Two Ohioans bagged Japanese planes in an aerial battle where 46 enemy planes were shot down. Second Lieut. John C. Smith of Portsmouth and Lieut. Doland D. Kevenaugh of Toledo each claimed one enemy aircraft.
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New Guinea
John C. Smith
Portsmouth
Doland D. Kevenaugh
Toledo
American Planes Hold Four to One Combat Edge
OWI reports military air power favors the United States with four to one or better in losses and destroyals. From Dec 7 1941 to Sept 1 1943 Army and Navy aircraft destroyed about four Axis planes for every US loss, while more than 5 389 Axis planes were knocked out at the cost of 1 239 US ships.
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Washington
Navy
Office of War Information
United States
OWI
U. 8 S
Distribution To Be Problem
President Roosevelt said domestic distributive channels remained open and essentials were available in quantity to meet industry and consumer demands. He warned a postwar distribution problem will arise in providing peace time goods on an equitable basis as the war lengthens. Business leaders from across the country attended a Boston conference on distribution. Sir Gerald Campbell expected a developing world economy and spoke in a prepared address.
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Boston
Roosevelt
California
Gerald Campbell
United States
Berlin Radio Reports Hall Arrival in Tehran
Berlin broadcasts said Cordell Hull U S secretary of state arrived in Teheran Iran on the way to Moscow for a tri partite conference. British foreign secretary Anthony Eden and W Averell Harriman the new U S ambassador to Soviet Russia were also in Teheran en route to Moscow.
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London
Berlin
Raedio
Cordell Hull
U. S
Teheran
Iran
Moscow
Anthony Eden
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Russia
No Expiration Date for No 18 Shoe Stamp
The Office of Price Administration declares no plan to fix an expiration date for Shoe Stamp No 18. It promises that if a final date is ever ordered voters will receive very adequate notice in advance.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Soldier dies as Havana Special derails near Richmond
The Atlantic Coast Line's Havana Special derailed shortly before midnight in the Richmond area. One soldier was killed and at least seven others were wounded in the crash.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
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