World War II News Roundup From Europe to Greece
Greece faces leftist uprising and British intervention amid European fronts. Patton leads U S drive into Saar basin near Saarbrucken as Eisenhower nears Rhine. Nazis thinly spread with 6 million field troops. Red forces press Hungary and Budapest area. Meat industry predicts record income and higher cattle marketings in 1945 per American Meat Institute.
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Europe
Greece
Papandreou
Suez Canal
London
Suez
M. Scobie
U. S
3Rd Army
Saar
Patton
Saarbrucken
Aachen
Marshall von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Rhine
Balkans
Italy
Hungary
Red
Budapest
George M. Lewis
American Meat Institute
Lewis
United States Department of Agriculture
MacArthur Lands 77th Division Below Ormoc In Leyte Drive
U S General Douglas MacArthur moves the 77th division ashore below Ormoc after weather and strong hill defenses slow the advance on Leyte. Beachhead secured as heavy naval gun support and air bombardments press Japanese positions in the sector. Separately a massive earthquake near Tokyo disrupted activity as tidal waves struck Honshu coast.
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Douglas MacArthur
77Th
Ormoc
U. S
Leyte
MacArthur
Sea of
Enshu
Tokyo
London
Japan
Honshu
Sea of Enshu
Senate battles delay a series of appointments and policy clash
Senate friction halts quick confirmation of Joseph C. Grew and others as undersecretary and assistant secretaries as Ken tucky's Happy Chandler attacks Wall Street linked picks while Tom Connally defends presidential foreign policy. Stettinius blasts Britain's and Russia's moves in liberated Europe and Italy's Sforza. US farmers Donald Mowery and Ben Grove gain recognition at Chicago 4-H event. Seaway debate resurfaces as Aiken seeks a simple majority vote. Australian native health program trains locals with pidgin lessons in Malaria diagnosis.
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Joseph C. Grew
William L. Clayton
Nelson Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Department
Senate
Kentucky
Chandler
Clayton
Rockefeller
Wall Street
Texas
Tom Connally
Edward Stettinius
Britain
Russia
Stettinius
Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Moscow
United Nations
Congress reorganization eyed to improve efficiency
Washington writer argues for a Senate and House plan to streamline legislative machinery. He highlights LaFollette and Smith committees as progress toward expert, nonpartisan reform, urging reduced committees and expert staff to counter lobby influence and improve drafting of laws.
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LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Senate
Smith
House
Maroney
Representative Monroney
Congress
Charles Beard
Beard
Congressional Record
Truman
Virginia
Barbs and Bureaucracy Echo in Distant City List
Bankhage Washington ranks 84th among 92 cities in JungalMunctions. Wind sounds return as remarks echo. Hull reciprocal tariffs sit near 1913 levels, Underwood act changes noted. French air ministry suspends voluntary enlistments due to excess applicants. Congress aims to streamline, prompting quip about dieting to fit.
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Washington
French Air Ministry
A Thrilling Surprise For This Christmas
Charming Colonial doll house pattern inviting a young house keeper to craft a home for a family of dolls from plywood or panels. Fits in 28 percent inch space, movable, with lower shelves and convertible back into book shelves. Pattern 273 includes illustrations, dimensions, and coloring directions for doors windows shutters fireplace and kitchen bath features.
Directions in Sections Should Not Confuse Him
A farmer gives a salesman a tangle of directions ending back at the start. The salesman asks where it leads and the farmer replies that the reply was split to avoid confusion, ensuring ignorance of the full route.
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New Jersey State College of Agriculture
J. W. Bartlett
New Jersey
Gad Shor
Wal
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