Planes Sink Destroyer and Five Freighters in Leyte Action
Allied forces reported sinking a Japanese destroyer off Bataan and five small freighters near Leyte. Leyte based war planes continued raids while ground troops blocked a breakout north of Ormoc. Adverse weather hampered advances but gains were noted on ridges south of Limon.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte River
Limon
Douglas MacArthur
32Nd
U.S
Bataan
Manila
Ormoc Ae
Lima
Ormoc Pour Ae
Borneo
Firing moves closer to heart of Athens
The leftist Elas attack the Edes headquarters near Athens main railway station as street fighting intensifies. Civilians and armed onlookers watch in the emptied streets while British trucks and tanks move in to confront Edes forces and deter civilian harm.
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Heart OF Athens
Athens
Elas
Edes
National Liberation Front
Eam
Station Square
Os Edes
American generals say Japan written off Burma is trapped in hard fighting
In Myitkyina Burma on December 4 American air force generals in the China Burma India theater say Burma is not yet recaptured as Japanese retreat continues toward Mandalay. They note Japanese troops still in Burma must be destroyed in heavy fighting and that British and Chinese forces pressure the retreating forces around Mandalay and Rangoon.
Program For Free Skies Approved By Aviation Meeting
Chicago report on the world aviation conference notes quick approval for a program aimed at international air transport cooperation and free skies for commercial flights.54 nations met since Nov 1 to merge views and concede positions with Britain Canada Australia New Zealand and the United States shaping terms and freedoms.
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Chicago
World Air Authority
United States
American Armies Face The Shortage on Tires
Paris December 5 American armies along the German border confront a tire shortage so severe it could tie up 19 percent of all army vehicles by early February General Eisenhower said the war could stretch unless tires are conserved and reused where possible in his letter to officers and men.
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Edes
Elas
Paris
Eisenhower
Eleven Presumed Dead In Blast At Naval Depot
McAlester Oklahoma December 5 Capt Elmer Woodside said eleven men are presumed killed in a massive explosion at the McAlester naval ammunition depot as torpedo warheads were transferred from a truck to a magazine Civilians and enlisted personnel were present at the time witness accounts are uncertain and under investigation The blast damaged two trucks and the magazine area the first serious explosion since plant construction
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McAlester
Okla
Elmer Woodside
Cepot
Woodside
Six Grindstaff Brothers In Service
Charlie William Grindstaff, inducted on November 27 at Roanoke, becomes the sixth Grindstaff son from North Tazewell Va. to join the armed forces. The brothers Frank Jerome Woodrow Dee and Johnny Grindstaff are also in military service.
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Charlie William Grindstaff
Roanoke
John Grindstaff
North Tazewell
Frank
Jerome
Woodrow
Dee
Johnny Grindstaff
Corporations Surpass Bond Quota In Sixth War Loan
Washington reports corporate buyers as the six million volunteer bond sellers pushed individuals harder. Corporations bought 10.038 billion dollars of bonds in one day, exceeding the 9 billion quota, while individuals added 2.43 billion. Total sales to date reach 12.468 billion with state-wide expectations to beat the 14 billion goal next day. Treasury officials caution that quota achievement does not equal campaign success.
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Washington
Treasury
West Virginia aims to top war loan quota by Dec 7
West Virginia reaches 65 percent of its 69 million dollar war bond quota as the sixth war loan campaign pushes to beat Pearl Harbor anniversary. State Chairman A C Spurr says there is reasonable hope the goal will be attained this week though "E" bond sales remain unsettled. Total raised to date is 44.59 million dollars with 8.26 million from E securities.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State War Finance
A. C. Spurr
Virginia Voters May Decide On Constitutional Convention
Richmond Va December 5 The issue of a restricted or unrestricted constitutional convention may be settled by a popular vote. If approved the convention would focus on removing barriers to voting for servicemen and may consider abolishing the poll tax for servicemen and residents at home. The General Assembly meets December 14 and may act on removing Norfolk County Judge A B Carney amid concerns of lawless conditions. Three judgeships and a vacancy on the state corporation commission are also pending.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Darden
State Supreme Court of Appeals
House
A. B. Carney
Norfolk County
State Corporation Commission
War front brief spans multiple theaters with major advances
Western front sees U S infantry breach Saarlautern defenses and advance along the Siegfried line as the 1st Army pushes 40 miles toward the Cologne plain near Aachen. The 7th Army seizes Selestat near Strasbourg, while Ravenna falls to Canadian forces near Bologna. In the Pacific MacArthur reports heavy strikes sinking ships on Luzon and at Manila, with Leyte facing a night tank threat in the Ormoc corridor. On the Eastern Front the Red Army nears the Austrian frontier within 50 miles, and in Asia British forces gain ground in Burma’s Chindwin region while Japanese invaders face losses in Kweichow.
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Promi U8
Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
Saar Border
U. S. First Army
Cologne
Aachen
Berestein
U. S. Seventh Army
Selestat
Strasbourg
Berlin
Pacific
MacArthur
Manila
Luzon Island
Leyte
Ormoc
Russia
Third Ukraine
Hungary
Red Army
Austria
Atlanta Prison Inmates Revolt Over Segregation
About 25 long term inmates at the Atlanta federal prison seized four officers as hostages and barricaded themselves in the segregation building to protest confinement with German saboteurs. Warden Sanford said no hostages were injured and officials sought surrender with aid from James Bennett.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Prison
Joseph W. Sanford
James V. Bennett
Sanford $A
Ord
Canadians Crack Adriatic Defense Break Ravenna Captured
Canadian forces smashed through German Adriatic defenses and captured Ravenna. The allied high command said Nazis fled to the Lamone river six miles west as Canadians advanced, threatening Kesselring’s line and the Po valley front. Ravenna’s ancient treasures were preserved amid the advance.
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Rome
Ravenna
Lamone River
Albert
Lamone
Valli di
Bologna
Po Valley
Kesselring
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
OWI Team Member Awarded Purple Heart
Willard C. Hess former Moundsville and Huntington newsman becomes first OWI employee to receive the Purple Heart. Elmer Davis announced Hess earned the award from General MacArthur after being wounded October 26 at Leyte in a Japanese bombing raid that killed Asahel Bush AP photographer and injured two others. Hess was shot in the left shoulder and will likely be sent to Australia to recover.
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Washington
Willard C. Hess
Moundsville
Huntington
W. Va
Office of War Information
OWI
Elmer Davis
Hess
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Asahel Bush
Associated Press
Australia
United States Urges Self-Rule For European States
The State Department declared that European nations should work out their own governments without outside interference, applying especially to Italy. The policy aims to respect Italian sovereignty while noting broader implications for Greece Belgium Poland and other recently unsettled governments.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
State Department
Italy
United Nations
Stettinius
Greece
Belgium
Poland
Americans Down 91 Planes Over Berlin War Time Report
London reports American fighters knocked 91 Nazi aircraft from the Berlin area as more than 500 Flying Fortresses dropped 1 500 tons of bombs. Twelve bombers missing and 22 fighters not returning to base reflect the heavy toll of the raid. Major William Howe and Lt. Art Alexander each credited with multiple interceptor kills during the aerial assault.
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London
Berlin
Munster
Ruhr
France
Tegel
William Howe
Crookston
Minn
Art Alexander
Hollywood
Calif
House votes to freeze Social Security tax at one percent
Washington reports the House approved by 262 to 72 a bill to hold old age insurance taxes at one percent for employers and employees, delaying the planned rise to 2 percent next year. Senate approval expected but a Roosevelt veto looms. survey of vote shows a path to override.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Poten
Dincell
Mich
Ways and Means
Cooper
Tenn
Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means Group
Congress
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Bland
Drewry
Robertson
Satterfield Smith
Woodrum
Virginia
Randolph
West Virginia
Ellis
Rohrbough
Schiffier
West Virgins
Flannagan and
Kee
Churchill Warns Greece on Revolt and Dictatorship
Prime Minister Churchill declared Britain would crush any revolt aiming to establish a communist dictatorship in Greece. He said the Greek people would decide their form of government, monarchist or republican, right or left, as Commons weighed the stance in Britain’s liberal policy.
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London
Churchill
Greece
House of Commons
Britain
Sergeant F W Thompson Wounded in Action in Germany
Sergeant Frederick W Thompson, son of Mr and Mrs Fred E Thompson of Nemours, was seriously wounded in Germany on November 16. A war department wire to his parents said details of his condition would come later. Thompson serves with an infantry division in General Hodge’s first army.
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Frederick W. Thompson
Fred E. Thompson
Nemours
Germany
War Department
Thompson
Hodge
First Army
Dorsey Hall Balcony Fight Back in Court
The Dorsey Smiley assault case moved for dismissal as Judge Crum delays verdict. Testimony covered the August party fight at the Dorseys with Hall grappling Dorsey while Smiley tried to intervene. Witnesses described a volatile scene amid drinking.
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Los Angeles
Dorsey-Smiley
Jon Hall
Arthur Crum
Jesus Castillon
Yommy Dorsey
Allen Smiley
Dorseys
Castillon
Smiley
Dorsey
Hal
Bernard Mitchell
Chicago
Jee
Congress Passes Pension Measure for World War I Widows
Washington December 5 Congress completed action on a pension bill for families of deceased World War I veterans. The plan provides up to 74 dollars monthly with 35 for childless widows, 45 for a widow with one child and 5 per additional child. Eligibility limits set annual incomes under 1000 dollars for childless widows and under 2500 dollars for widows with children. Payments for veterans with fewer than 90 days service are excluded. Government first year cost estimated at 37 million dollars.
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Washington
White House
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Elevator Shaft Fall Claims Welch Engineer
Daniel William Peak 54 a Welch resident and plant engineer at Welch Coca Cola Bottling died after falling through an elevator shaft from the second to the first floor at the Virginia avenue plant. Investigators say the fall caused a skull fracture and back injuries. Peak an Army veteran and longtime employee leaves a widow two sons and several siblings. Funeral services are set for Thursday at the First Baptist church with interment in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Daniel William Peak
Welch
Welch Coca Cola Bottling Company
Virginia Avenue
Mr. Peak
Harry Chaffins
Peak
Bottling Company
Northfork
Hurt
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Claude M. Peak
Pvt
Daniel Keene Peak
U. S. Army
China
McDowell
American Legion
Painter- Porroni
First Baptist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Soviets Capture Strategic Point Near Lake Balaton
Soviet forces under Marshal Tolbukhin seized the Szigetvar rail junction in western Hungary and expanded a front along the southern shore of Lake Balaton. Moscow said over 120 populated places fell in the area between the lake and the Drava frontier, including Siofok, a key rail hub.
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London
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Szigetvar
Hungary
Zagreb
Lake Balaton
Moscow
Tolbukhin
Drava River
Yugoslavia
Siofok
Szekesfehervar
Budapest
Banton-Boglar
Siorok
Buddy James Wounded Again in France
Pvt Wilbur M Buddy James recently returned to front line duty after a Sept 16 wound and was wounded again on Nov 18 in France. He and his parents Mr and Mrs J F James of 818 Raleigh Terrace were informed by the War Department. James serves with an infantry division in General Pattons Third Army and has a Purple Heart award for the Sept wound.
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Pvt
Wilbur M
Buddy) James
France
War Department
J. F. James
Raleigh Terrace
James
Patton
Third Army
Allied Armies Press German Front near Saarlautern
Allied forces push into the Siegfried line across the Saar river south of Saarlautern as Patton's 3rd Army advances. Reported as seven allied armies on German soil, about nine thousand German casualties daily, with progress toward Saarbrucken and Saarlautern amid heavy combat and crossings by the 95th Division.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Saar
Saarlautern
George 8
Patton
Siegfried Line
Germany
Reich
Rhine
Sarregue
Lewis Hawkins
Siegfried
Mount Hood Explodes at Pacific Base. Three Naval Craft Lost
The 3733 ton ammunition ship Mount Hood exploded at an advanced Pacific base. Three small vessels and a motor torpedo boat were lost to enemy action. Commander Harold Turner is missing. Other crews survived, with limited death details released.
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Washington
Mount Hood
Central Pacific
Navy
Pacific
Harold Agnew Turner
Palm City
Calif
Mount Hoo
John Kayes Ma&ehaffey
Pittsburgh
YMS 19
Willkie Estate Valued Over 20000 Filed for Probate
The estate of Wendell L. Willkie is formally valued at more than $20,000 and placed in trust for his wife Edith Willkie. The will filed in surrogate court dates from 1928 and directs that after the wife’s death, remaining estate goes to their son Philip H. Willkie.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Edith Wilk Willie
Philip H. Willkie
Willkie
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Isaac Pacht
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