Torrential Rains Stall Ground Units in Leyte Campaign
American bombers pounded Japanese air bases across the Philippines as torrential rains halted ground advances toward Leyte's Ormoc corridor. Legaspi airdrome on Luzon was cratered in a 27 ton raid, while Davo Mindanao airfields and vessels in Visayas were hit. Navy and air forces pursued strikes from Iwo Jima to Saipan and Palau as defense stiffened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hutcheson
MacArthur
Philippines
Suny
Leyte Island
Legaspi
Luzon Island
Viswan Islands
Davo
Mindanao
Leyte
Ormoc
Ofense
U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Airforce Liberators
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Saipan
Nippon
Ackack
Chester W. Nimitz
Paramushiro
Japan
Kurile Islands
Wake
Palau
Babelthuap
Wreck Victim In Critical Condition. Husband Dies
Mrs. W. R. Stowers, 30, the sole survivor of a family of six, remained in critical condition after a truck automobile crash thirteen miles east of Lebanon. Her husband W. R. Stowers, 36, died. two children perished in the fire. another infant and a stillborn child are noted. Driver Burton Leroy Monk, 1, and companion Aileen Robertson, 14, suffer fractures and head injuries but are reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Stowers
Lebanon
Lebanon General Hospital
W. C. Elliott
Tee Boy
Swords Creek
Greene County
Tenn
Farold Stowers
Stowers
W. R. Stowers, Jr
Aileen Robertson
World War Era Roundup Across Fronts and Pacific
Western Front sees Patton’s Third and U S First and Ninth Armies advance to the Roer in a 16 day bloody battle. In the Pacific heavy air strikes hit Leyte Mindanao and Luzon while rain slows fighting. On the Eastern Front Soviet forces near Budapest push toward the Austrian border. U S Fifth Army seizes Monte Giornetto near Faenza as Burma road work advances in China-Burma theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Patton
U. S
Nin
Roer River
Senate Fight Over War Property Board Appointees
Washington confirms the senate will likely approve Rubert A. Hurley and Edward H. Heller for the surplus War property board, while Vandenberg opposes as unqualified. Debate centers on expertise and the postwar economy with at least 100 billion dollars at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Qeoparen
Arte
Republican
Ohio
Vandenberg
Congress
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Langer
New Plant Plans to Boost Shell Production
Washington reports the War Production Board aims to invest $500 million in new plants to raise shells for infantry mortars while logging production programs for other war items run at strong pace. J A Krug notes faster V‑3 cuts and lower contract cancellations than earlier feared as fronts shift with Japan’s advance and Europe victory nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
J. A Krug
Krug
Japan
Pacific
Europe
War Department
WPB
Automobile Indus
West Virginia budget eyes 140 million request for 1945 46
The state plans up to 140 million dollars for the 1945 46 budgets with actual cash likely under 100 million by adjournment. The board of public works will set allocations after December 11, accounting for veteran aid, raised salaries, school building needs, and highway projects. Governor Neely ends term January 15 with Meadows to take over budget decisions.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
West Virginia Budget Commission
Joint Up
State Planning Board
Wuniversity
M. M. Neely
Clarence W. Meadows
Ernest
House
Senate
Neely
Showdown Over Social Security Freeze in 78th Congress
Washington faces a split House Ways and Means Committee 17 to 17 vote on a plan to block the automatic two percent social security tax increase set for January 1. If blocked, a freeze would require action after Christmas, with likely White House veto and renewed battle as the expiring Congress limps forward amid disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Congress
Senate
Congress Committee
Sakanis
Four Chaplains Sacrifice Lives in Ship Sinking Heroism
Four Army chaplains posthumously receive the Distinguished Service Cross for giving up life jackets and calming others aboard the Dorchester after it was torpedoed off Greenland on February 3, 1943. Poling Washington Goode and George Fox died with dignity as they linked arms and prayed, saved many by urging others to safety. Decorations will be presented to next of kin at Fort Myer on December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
Dorchester
Greenland
the Plains
Clark V. Poling
Schenectady
N. Y
William R. Arnold
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Fort Myer
Russians Hage Toward Capital Amid Hungarian Front Advances
Soviet ground forces push toward Budapest along the Danube as 74 miles from the Austrian frontier and 43 miles from Budapest are reported. Key rail and road hubs including Kaposvar and Dombovar fall, expanding the Soviet encirclement and signaling wider envelope of western Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Danube River
Stalin
Third Raine
Danube
London
Berlin
Paks
Szekszard
Dombovarena
Kaposvar
Lake Balaton
Austria
Hungary
Zagreb
Dombovar
Tobacco Company Target Of Suit
The regional OPA filed suit for almost $1,000,000 against the American Tobacco company accusing it of selling cigarets above ceiling prices to wholesalers and distributors for army and navy resale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
OPA
American Tobacco Company
Romanian cabinet resigns and new premier named
The Romanian cabinet led by Premier Constantin Sanatescu resigned today. General Nicholasescu, chief of the general staff, was named to form a new government. Sanatescu had been premier since August 23 and reshuffled the cabinet on November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Constantin Sanatescu
K Mihai
Nicholasescu
Bucharest Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Sanatescu
Radescu
Peace feelers reach capitals at rate of one or two weekly
Washington reports that peace feelers reach allied capitals at about one to two per week. Diplomatic authorities say most seek concessions before Germany exits the war, but any serious armistice talks would come through neutral diplomatic channels with no evidence of active negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Madrid
Ankara
Stockholm
United States
Serene
Pickle saga ends with Keno clue and missing half bill
The Wickel mystery on Truth or Consequences weaves a $1,900 missing half found in a book and a parrot clue that hints at hidden money. Ralph Edwards teased Wickel with treasure hunts, a buried map in Holyoke, and a mailed half bill while police aided in the pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudolph J. Wickel
Wickel
Ralph Edwards
NBC
Edwards
Emery
Acta
N. J
Keene
Holyoke
Mass
Co-eds Ask Santa for Marshall College Boys
In Huntington West Virginia on December 2 fourteen coeds from Hodges Hall at Marshall College ask Santa Claus to send them boys for Christmas. Registrar Luther Bledsoe notes the college has 1117 students with only about 300 male students and many are in military service or awaiting deployment. The letter signed Girls of Hodges Hall asks for dates with servicemen and draftees at USO centers, expressing willingness to meet any evening.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lonesome Marshall College
Santa Claus
Marshall
Luther Bledsoe
Bledsor
Hodges Hall
USO
Caieien
State Highways In Bad Condition For Motor Travel
Cold winds and snow kept mountain roads of West Virginia in a dangerous condition tonight. Snow and slush covered higher elevations in Preston Fayette and Nicholas counties with two inches more in Pocahontas county. Chains advised on Sewell Mountain and a foot of snow on state route 39 in Nicholas county. Driving conditions were hazardous in Monroe county and areas around Princeton. Temperatures fell to 15 in Raleigh and Preston counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Preston
Fayette
Nicholas
Keyser
Pocahontas County
Tucker County
Road Commission
Sewell Mountain
Fayette County
Nicholas County
Monroe County
Princeton
Mercer County
Raleigh
Allied advance south of Paenza and Alboreto captured
Allied forces report two positions south of Paenza fallen as German withdrawals press toward the plains. Indian troops of the British Eighth Army seize Alboreto, five miles northeast of Faenza, taking 100 prisoners.
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U. S. Fifth Army
Monte Giornetto
Faenza
Rome
Paenza
To Plain
Eighth Army
Alboreto
Record Cold as Norfolk and Western Sees 17 Degree Low
The area logged a 17 degree low tied for the coldest this winter as snow persisted daily. While highways remain open, some stretches are hazardous. road crews spread cinders to improve safety. Temperatures hovered near 18 to 19 degrees yesterday with no sign of a warmup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
State Road Commission
War bond sales near half way mark in sixth drive
Washington reports the eleventh hour surge in war bond sales with $5.264 billion raised so far in the sixth drive, including $1.691 billion to individuals and $3.673 billion to corporations. E-bond sales reach $807 million as officials note lagging reports and the need to hit the $2.5 billion goal for E bonds. Sports-related bond totals tied to a Baltimore game reach $58.637 million in direct sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Ted G. Gamble
Baltimore
West Virginia war loan hit 40 percent mark in sixth drive
Charleston reports West Virginia war loan solicitors reached the 40 percent milestone in their sixth campaign for 69 million dollars as planners map Pearl Harbor anniversary observances next week. Combined sales of all types of issues in federal reserve banks noted at close of business yesterday.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
Federal Reserve
Mercer County War Bond Drive Progress Report
Mercer county has raised more than a third of its quota of 3 044 000 in the sixth war loan campaign. As of November 28 and 30, a total of 1 205 934 75 in various bonds. The county is underperforming on E bonds with only 186 993 50 of a 903 000 quota, leaving 716 066 25 still to raise. Officials expect a midweek uptick as E bonds flow from paydays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Cleveland
Mercer
County War Finance Committee
Americans Press Through Saarlautern and Julich Fronts
American forces breached two river barriers at Saarlautern and Julich as they push toward the Cologne plain. The Ninth Army recaptured towns on the Roer while facing heavy German counterattacks and air bombardment in a winter offensive.
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Paris
Cologne
U. First Army
Inden
Ninth Army
Julich
Seventh Army
Cranns
Whostrasbourg
Saare Union
Saar
Saarbrucken
Mackwiller
U. S. Ninth Army
Linnich
Roer
Liefarth
Grew Receiving Consideration For Department Post
Washington reports that J C Grew former diplomat and veteran American statesman is said to be receiving top consideration for the under secretary of state post. Grew has held the role briefly in 1924 and later served as ambassador to Turkey in 1927 and Japan from 1932 to the war. After his return he became a special assistant to Secretary Hull and leads the State Department's far eastern office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J C. Grew
Japan
Dlomat
Grew
Turkey
Secretary of
Hull
State Department
Tury
Stettinias
Aece Eeedent
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Isle
Dulag Burauen
Central
Burma
China
Bhamo
By Max Fullerton
Reds
Miles
Poland
eArad
Romania
Recito
Mitrovica
Yugoslavia
Pecs
Eger
Miskolc
Saarlautern
Reich
Gen. Sanatescu
Ralph Fickle
Mr. Wickel
Santa
Bond Orie
Bond
Siegfried Line
Cologne Plain
By Edward Kennedy
Sarlautern
Ninth Air Force
Saar City
Saar River
95Th
Tenth Armored Division
Merzig
Third Army
Alterweiller
Bischen
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