Warplanes Sink Leyte Bound Ships in New Pact of Destruction
American air forces destroyed a convoy bound for Ormoc, sinking a 9,000 ton transport and three freighters and engulfing a 6,100 ton freighter and destroyer. Reinforcement losses rose to 29 transports and 18 escort ships. Japanese casualties totaled 26,000. Ground fighting continued despite torrential weather in the Philippines.
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Jim Hutcheson
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Fr West
Madoro
F Masbate
Cebu
Carmen Bay
Ormoc Gulf
Hall Gives Version Of Fight In Dorsey Apartment
Screen Actor Jon Hall testified under cross-examination about the August 5 confrontation at Tommy Dorsey’s apartment. He described being struck, wearing a cap over his nose, and insisted he had not met Allen Smiley before the party. He admitted uncertainty about how a chin wound occurred and suggested Mrs. Dorsey may have struck him with a knife.
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Los Angeles
Jon Hall
Tommy Dorsey
Hall
Dorsey
Allen Smiley
Smiley
Jerry Giesler
Land
Giesler
Per- Meg Giecer
Bond buying continues to lag in Sixth War Loan
Washington reports total individual sales reach 1.211 billion dollars with 629 million in E bond deposits. Treasury officials, aiming at a 2 billion dollar E bond quota, focus on payroll savings programs to boost purchases.
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Washington
Japs Renew Threat To Kill American Airmen On Spot
Washington reports the third B 29 raid on Tokyo was carried out at night through clouds with no losses. Tokyo radio threatens to kill any American flyer who parachutes after bombing the capital. Secretary Stimson says the attack demonstrates U S capacity to strike Japan and promises a regularly expanding destruction of Japan's war production.
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Washington
Tokyo
Stimson
Japan
Roosevelt fires Norman Littell over insubordination
President Roosevelt dismissed Assistant Attorney General Norman Littell citing insubordination after Littell refused to resign and released a lengthy memorandum. The move sparked congressional pushback as Rep Voorhis urged a House Judiciary Committee investigation into grounds for Littell’s removal.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Roosevelt
Norman Littell
Justice Department
Congress
Rep. Voorhis
Cal
House Judiciary Committee
Littell
Biddle
Thomas Corcoran
Navy identifies carriers sunk in battle of the Philippines
Washington reports detailed action by six escort carriers in the Philippines engagement. The St. Lo and Gambier Bay were sunk with about 800 and 600 survivors respectively. Kalinin Bay Fanshaw Bay White Plains and Kitkun Bay were damaged. Destroyers and destroyer escorts launched a brave torpedo attack, with one destroyer scoring a direct hit on a battleship.
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Washington
Philippines
Navy
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
C. A. F. Sprague
Sprague Ene
Kalinin Bay
Fanshaw Bay
White Plains
Kitkun Bay
Sprague
Amnes Oal
San Bernadino Strait
Russians blitz invasion routes south of Budapest seize Eger and Sziksze
Soviet forces reported capturing Eger and Sziksze as they push toward the Austrian frontier. Malinovsky’s second Ukraine army besieges Miskolc and advances near the Danube and Slovakian border. Tolbukhin’s forces push 100 miles from Budapest while German reinforcements stream from Italy to halt the drive.
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London
Budapest
Slovakia
Eger
Sziksze
Stalin
Hunga
Pecs
Danube
Italy
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Miskolc
Kassa
Kosice
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Miskolc-Kassa
Rome
Lev Cadenah
Motre
Bukk
Moscow
War In Brief Across Fronts From Aachen To Bologna
Western Front reports Ninth Army attacks east of Aachen and in Alsace Lorraine as U S forces face counterattacks near Saar Basin while the Seventh Army nears Strasbourg. Allied air forces bomb German refineries and rail yards as losses climb on both sides. In the Pacific, MacArthur says planes destroy another Leyte bound convoy with thousands of Japanese casualties. On the Eastern Front Russian forces open invasion roads into southern Slovakia with Hungarian strongholds captured. Southern Front sees Nazis counterattack and recapture heights south of Bologna.
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Associated Press
Western Front
Ninth Army
Aachen
Alsace-Lorraine
U. 8. Third
Germany
Saar Basin
MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Slovakia
Eger
Sziksze
Budapest
Pecs
Danube
Hungary
Bologna
Jaly
Reich
Ruhr
Albert B. Fall Dies at 83 Former Interior Secretary
Albert B. Fall 83, secretary of the interior under Harding and a Teapot Dome figure, died in El Paso at Hotel Dieu. He died in his sleep at 4:30 p.m. with Dr. John Morrison present. Fall had been hospitalized since 1942 at Hotel Dieu and 1935 to 1938 at Beaumont General. Funeral plans not announced.
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el Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Pal
John Morrison
Morrison
Hotel Dieu
Catholic Hospital
Pall
William Beaumont General Hospital
Fall
New Mexico State Prison
Weather Fails To Halt Bond Sale Volunteers
Charleston West Virginia November 30 the state war finance committee reports that despite bad weather local gains were made by most sixth war loan forces. Officials say agen ts will keep sales reports up to date to monitor county regional and state totals and address sale distances. The E bond series shows only fractional gains with 25 percent of a 21 00 000 quota. All issues to individuals total 14 880 580 toward a 39 000 000 goal. The Pearl Harbor memorial drive aims to fund the war cost and will end December 7.
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Charleston
W. Va
State War Finance Committee
West Virginia
Federal Reserve
Eiuliseer
Pearl Harbor
War Finance
A. C. Spurr
Two B-24 Bombers Collide During Training Flight
Tucson air base reports two B 24 bombers collided and exploded during a training flight off Davis Monthan. Officials say both crews are presumed dead and the casualty total is estimated at 19 with next of kin pending notification.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis Monthan
Withaoe
Noti
Senate Approves Stettinius as Secretary of State
The Senate confirmed Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of state by 67 to 1, succeeding the ailing Cordell Hull. The under secretary brings diplomatic leadership to World Peace efforts amid World War II, with critics labeling him a Wall Street figure while supporters praise his intelligence and character.
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Washington
Senate
Langer
N. D
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
World Peace Organization
Cordell Hull
Langer Wroves
Stettinius
L Street
House of Morgan
Baan
Pene
Arty
McKellar
Tenn
Seventh Army Tops Ground Gain in Paris War Map
Seventh Army leads in penetration with 60 miles gain to north of Strasbourg as French armor spearheads Eisenhower winter offensive. British Second, Ninth, First, Third, French First report varying advances from Venlo to Mulhouse and the Roer, Hurtgen, and Lorraine fronts.
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Paris
U. S. Seventh Army
Eisenhower
Maas
Venlo
U. 8
Ninth
Roer River
Julich
Hurtgen Forest
Stolberg
Germany
Metz
Lorraine
U. S
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Doubs River
Heavy Snow Hits West Virginia as Winter Comes Early
A statewide snow event blankets West Virginia with one to five inches in many counties. Snow squalls, high winds, and temperatures around 15 degrees raise hazardous driving conditions. road crews deploy cinders and abrasives while officials urge motorists to avoid nonessential travel.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
West
Bluefield
Panhandle
Charleston-Huntington
Coal Mountain
Putnam County
West Virginia
Webster Springs
Valley Head
Sewell Mountain
Fayette County
Nicholas County
Mercer
Huntington
Road Commission
Keyser
Cold mass chills most of U S reaching Arkansas Tennessee
A cold air mass moved south from Canada covering much of the United States as far south as Arkansas and Tennessee last night. The system looped over the region bringing unusually low temperatures and winter conditions.
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Canada
United States
Arkansas
Tennessee
House Puts String On War Powers Bill
The House voted to extend through 1945 the life of the second War Powers Act and add a provision allowing federal courts to review WPB orders suspending allocations of critical materials. The amendment narrows court review to specific war production orders while preserving agency authority.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Production Board
War Food Administration
WPB
Office of War Mobilization
Requeree
96 U. S. Bombers and Fighters Fail Return From Reich Raid
London reports American Fortresses and Liberators led a large raid on oil refineries and rail yards in Germany. Fifty six bombers and 30 fighters did not return, many likely landing in friendly territory. German defenses were heavy but escort craft kept attackers safe.
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U. S
London
Germany
Eighth Air
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Allies to Seek Postwar Goods for Rebuilding Plans
Washington reports Allied governments aim to buy at least 10 billion dollars worth of materials in the United States for postwar reconstruction. Officials cite financing expansions, phase two lend-lease agreements with Britain, and calls to widen Export-Import Bank credit and repeal the Johnson Act to aid distressed governments.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
France
United Nations
Dean Acheson
Congress
Stettinius
Treasury
Morgenthau
Leo Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Germany
Acheson
Offic
State Department
Export-Import Bank
Churchill outlines Anglo American lend lease plan for Britain
London Nov 30 Churchill disclosed new Anglo American lend-lease terms designed to aid Britain's export trade and recovery from war sacrifices. He outlined a program next year to import raw materials with cash payments, expect reduced aid after Germany's defeat, and potential housing and civilian production support alongside continued wartime controls.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Germany
United States
Commons
Japan
Freight Car Of Bombs Explodes At Santa Fe Train
A freight car with bombs exploded on a Santa Fe train at Tolar siding near Clovis New Mexico causing structural damage and injuries. Fire crews from Fort Sumner and Clovis bases aided the response while Len J. Cassell said one worker, Pease Brown of Tolar, was seriously injured.
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Clovis
N. M
Santa Fe
Tolar
Fort Sumner
Len J. Cassell
Amarillo
Tex
Cee
Cassell
Itein
Pease Brown
Nazi Dead and German Counterattacks Across Front
American Ninth army troops swept three German towns along the Roer front and pressed toward the Rhine as Hitler’s forces mounted counterattacks from Holland to Switzerland. Lindern Flossdorf Roerdorf were taken. Beech near Lindern reported heavy Nazi casualties. Patton’s 95th Division repelled ten counterattacks in 24 hours while advancing toward Saarlautern. Seventh army neared Hagenau as German withdrawals were noted.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Aachen
Roer
Julich
Dwight D. Eisentehower
Rhine
William Simpson
Geilenkirchen
Lindern
Plossdorf Roerdorf
Beech
Phe
Son
Munchen Gladbach
Linnich
Flossdorf
Roerdorf
Dusseldorf
Courtney Hodges
U. S. First Army
Lamersdorf
Grousshau
Hurtgen Forest
Holland
Switzerland
George 8S
Patton
Saar
Saarlauttern
Mervig
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower
Alexander
AFL Reelects William Green at 21st Term Victory
New Orleans reports the American Federation of Labor re elects William Green to another presidency amid calls for broader unity with CIO and United Mine Workers. All 13 vice presidents and Secretary Treasurer Meany are re elected. the 64th convention closes in Chicago after weeks of labor strife and oil industry pressure.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Law
William Green
CIO
United Mine Workers
Green
AFL
George Meany
Chicago
John L. Lewis
CI0
Sed Philip
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