Americans Press Leyte Fight as Rain Hampers Push
General MacArthur reported U S 32nd division gained ground in the Ormoc valley while the 7th division repelled Japanese counterattacks along the coast below Ormoc. Heavy rains slowed supply convoys and limited operations as battle entered its seventh week with high casualties on both sides.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Philippines
U. S
Leyte
Ormoc
Palanas
Limon
Ormoc Bay
Ormoc Valley
Fifth Airforce
Ceou Island
Imperial High Command
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Germany Threatens Quit International Rules Of Warfare
The German high command warned it may abandon international war rules in response to what it calls growing infringements by enemies. The trigger was a French proclamation threatening execution for hostages if Strasbourg shipping continued, prompting talks of counter reprisals and a possible Geneva Hague convention departure.
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London
DNB
Jacques le Clerc
Strasbourg
Germany
Reich
le Clerc
Virginia Republicans Pass Plan for Constitutional Reform
Virginia Republican leaders endorsed a report urging a special General Assembly session to keep the poll tax as revenue, followed by a constitutional convention to revise the constitution. The plan calls for a bipartisan state elections board appointed by the governor and elections boards for each county and city, with a vote on holding a convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Fame Hic Parey
Dorsey Trial Witness Describes Nightclub Scene
Antonio Icaza testified at the Dorsey Hall trial that most guests at the bandleader Tommy Dorsey apartment party on August 5 were intoxicated. He said he saw Dorsey strike Hon Hall with a bottle, while other attendees including Jane Churchhill Eddie Norris and Dorothy weer also appeared intoxicated.
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Los Angeles
Antonio Icaza
Icaza
Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey
Hon Hall
Hall
Isey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Mustachi
Dorseys
Edwin Myers
Myers
Smiley
Jane Churchil
Eddie Norris
Bernard Mitchell
Chicago
Dorothy Weer
Dorsey - Halich
Jerry Giesler
Simsley
Fovea
Seven Die in Fog En Route to West Coast Flight
A Transcontinental and Western Airlines passenger plane struck high tension lines in dense fog near the Lockheed terminal area and crashed, killing seven and injuring 15 of 23 aboard. One passenger was uninjured except for shock as the craft hit trees and came to rest without explosion.
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Los Angeles
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
San Francisco
Trade Volume Peaks as 1944 Gains Forecast in West Virginia
West Virginia chamber of commerce reports 1944 will close with about 100 million dollars more in consumer spending and payrolls up at least 40 million from 1943. Bituminous coal output is set to rise toward a new production record, boosting tax income and construction activity. Retail sales rise 10.8 percent in the first ten months of 1944, while building permits surge 66 percent and overall construction volume grows 30.9 percent versus 1943.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Con Inctus
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Younceelton
Individual Bond Sale Totals Near Half Way Mark
In Charleston West Virginia December 1 4 sales to individual investors in the sixth War loan drive neared half the $39000000 quota reaching $17804592 46 percent while series E bonds totaling $5852542 28 percent of a 21000000 objective lagged. State War Finance Chairman A Coours noted daily updates after Sunday will compare E sales and overall totals. Pearl Harbor Drive Within a Drive had netted $9429900 by November 27 and yesterday recalling the war cost funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State War Finance Committee
State War Finance
A. Coours
Pearl Harbor
Ameri
War Front Briefs Signal Allied Push Toward Saar
Western Front reports indicate Nazi defenses under heavy pressure as Patton's Third Army advances toward the Saar river near Merzig while U S First and Ninth Armies probe east of Aachen and the Seventh Army moves toward Haguenau near Strasbourg. In the Pacific, forces repel Japanese counterattacks south of Ormoc. Eastern and Southern fronts note Soviet evacuations near Budapest and large Japanese concentrations near Chungking.
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Western Front
Nazi Germany
Western Wall
Patton
Saar River
Germany
Merzig
U. S
Aachen
Seventh
Strasbourg
Haguenau
Reich Frontier
O. O
Rue
Rhine
Vosges
Selestat
First Army
Linnich
Julich
Saar
VU. S. Army
Evacuation Ordered for Budapest East Bank
London reports German radio says 60 square miles of Budapest east of the Danube are being evacuated as Soviet forces threaten to envelop the city from the rear. Soviet communiques claim advances south and west of Budapest with captures across southern Hungary and northern Yugoslavia, while the Danube front tightens.
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London
Budapest
Danube
Moscow
German International Information Bureau
Ae Danube
Buda
West Bank
Pest
East Bank
Berlin
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Oe Poth
Alfred von Oldberg
Transocean Agency
Tim
trans-Danube
Marine Corps Officer To Command Pacific Region Next Week
Maj. Gen. Julian C Smith will assume command as commanding general department of the Pacific succeeding Maj. Gen. Joseph C Fegan who has led since May. Fegan is receiving treatment at Mare Island naval hospital California with no announced future assignment. The post governs Marine Corps activities across the Pacific and reports to Marine Corps headquarters in Washington.
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Washington
Julian Constable Smith
Marine Corps
Department of the Pacific
Marine Corps Headquarters
Joseph C. Fegan
Pegan
Mare Island
Calif
Naval Hospital
San Francisco
Marine Corps Activiies
Pacific Area
Court martial fears fade as boards rule no trials
Army and Navy boards concluded errors of judgment at Pearl Harbor but found no grounds for court martial. Stimson and Forrestal released statements while promising further investigations. Senators Ferguson and Martin urged Congress to review evidence and push an independent inquiry.
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Boards of Inquiry
Washington
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
William T. Peacock
Army and Navy Boards of Inquiry
War
Stimson
Navy
Forrestal
Congress
Hawaiian
Rom Stimson
Coral
Naval Service
Army Pearl Harbor Board
War Department
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Ferguson
Mich
Army and Navy
Senate
Roberts
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Owen J
Nvew
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
May
War Production To Be Boosted
Washington reports a drastic order delaying civilian production under the spot reconversion plan. In regions with labor shortages or lagging war output, no new civilian production is allowed for 90 days. The suspension covers 68 Group 1 markets and about 45 other areas with critical war programs.
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Washington
Army, Navy
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Chen Ee Apede
Weesesman
Goebbels Urges Germans to Halt War Discussion
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels urges the nation to stop public talk on the war’s course. He writes in Das Reich and broadcasts demand national unity, secrecy about shortages, and unwavering belief in final victory amid a dramatic war climax.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Goebbel
Das Reich
Cigaret Shortage Not Manufacturers' Fault Says OPA
The OPA stated that cigarette makers are not responsible for the shortage, denying rumors of stock withholding. It noted manufacturers are producing more cigarettes than ever and that supplies for domestic buyers exceed all years except 1943, despite claims about high raw tobacco prices.
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Washington
OPA
Britain's Mightiest Battleship Launch at Northern Yard
Princess Elizabeth launches Britain's most powerful battleship as workers cheer. Details on size armament and name are secret but the ship targets the Japanese navy. A V Alexander notes it will sail in tropical waters and marks the princess's first solo public duty with her personal standard unveiled.
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Britain
Princess Elizabeth
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Eay
Royal Navy
Ex-state Senator Greene Succumbs in Williamson
John H. Greene a years old Williamson attorney and former state senator died at a hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He served in the state senate from 1934 to 1942 and held local offices in Mingo county. Born in Pairplain Jackson county he moved to Williamson in 1901 to teach before becoming a lawyer. Survived by his widow.
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Williamson
W. Va
John H. Greene
Greene
Green
Senate
Mingo County
Pairplain
Jackson County
Findings Have Only Moral Value For Accused Officers
The army and navy boards on Pearl Harbor have only a moral value for officials like Bansory Husband E.ry J Gen Walter C. The navy and army commanders in Hawaii were removed from active duty after the Japanese attack and the reports show no technical change in status. The findings resemble a grand jury's decision that there were no grounds for indictment.
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Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
E.ry
Walter C
Navy Canoe
Hawaii
West Virginia Roads Impaired by Snow and Ice Tour
Sub freezing temperatures and up to a foot of snow halted travel across West Virginia. The road commission urged caution as ice and snow coated most highways despite cinder crews. Falls reported in multiple districts with temperatures dipping to the single digits in several cities. car accidents and injuries noted as conditions worsened through the night.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission
Cheat Mountain
Keyser District
Randolph County
Quinwood
Greenbrier
Sewell Mountain
Lewisburg
Keyser
Clarksburg
Preston County
Princeton
Huntington
Moundsville
Fist Top
Mercury
Beckley
Flood Control Measure Passes Senate Amid Debate
The Senate approved a major flood control authorization, authorizing postwar construction costing about 1 billion dollars across major river basins. Actual appropriations will come later, with the bill returning to the House and likely to a conference committee for reconciliation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Murray
D. Mont
Missouri Basin
Missouri Valley
Democratic Am
MVA
Overtom
Monte
Ie Mva
Americans Seize Sector of Saar As Allies Press
Allied forces drive into a nine mile Saar sector and push toward the Roer as U S armies assault the Rhine front. German counterattacks and air raids occur while American and Allied troops tighten lines near Linnich Julich and Duren.
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Saar
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
U. S
Germany
Saar Valley
Roer
Cologne
Eisenhower
Linnich
Julich
U. S First Army
Duzen
Gey
Brandenberg
Duren
Courtney H. Hodges
Inden
Belgium
Bolland
U.S Ninth Army
Roer Oteest Roerdorf
Flossdor
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Netherlands
U. S. Ninth Army
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Jon Hall
Pacific Front
Marine
Asiatic Front
Kchow
Chungking
China
W. W. Hercher
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Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
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