Americans Gain On All Fronts On Leyte Island
General MacArthur reports advancing American forces on Leyte in the Philippines. Allied air and naval actions hit Japanese airfields and shipping from Manila to New Guinea. American bombers pound Dumaguete airdrome as losses are modestly noted.
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Leyte Island
Manila
New Guinea
Marlin Spencer
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
10Th U. S. Army Corps
Palanas River
Balogo
Kang Dagit
Communistie Id
Ormoc Bay
Pearl Harbor
Kananga
Leyte Gulf
Dumaguete
Negros Island
Russian Army Nearer Hungary Push Near Budapest Danube
British dispatches report the Red Army advancing within 35 miles of Austria and 28 miles from Budapest along the Danube. Moscow said gains reached up to 16 miles in two sectors and captured Racalmas, 29 miles south of Budapest, as German reports claimed limited progress south of the capital.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Red Army
Lake Balaton
Hungary
Austria
Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Balaton- Keresztur
Lakeve
Yugostina
Belgrade
Szigetvar
Capal
Drava
Skipper Of Princeton Tells Of Futile Fight To Save Ship
Captain William H. Buracker, skipper of the light carrier Princeton, recounted at a Pearl Harbor press conference the doomed effort to save the ship after it was hit by a Japanese bomb on October 24. Fire and magazine explosions followed as destroyers and cruiser Birmingham aided in fighting the blaze, but the Princeton was ultimately sunk by torpedoes from American destroyers. Buracker noted the initial disbelief, the spread of fire, and the decisive explosions that sealed the fate of the vessel.
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Princeton
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
William H. Buracker
Manila
Buracker
Winchester
Mass
Birmingham
Morrison
Senate revolt on nominations signals clash over Roosevelts picks
Senate lawmakers voted 37 to 27 to return several State Department nominations to committee for study. The move, led by Senator Connally with support from White, reflected anger at the foreign relations panel for not holding hearings. Nominees Included Joseph C. Grew and Nelson Rockefeller.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations
Guffey
Joseph C. Grew
Nelson A. Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
Archibald Macleish
Grew
Chandler
Sidney
Wallstreet
White
Kilgore
West Virginia
Murray O
Montana
Mead and Wagner
New York
McFarland
Arizona
Foreign Relations Committee
Kil
New Air Giants Being Developed
Washington reports reveal secret tests of enormous new aircraft surpassing the B 29. The B 36 is described as the largest aircraft attempted in the country with work on the B 36 V 35 and B 42 disclosed. Army sources note rockets and jet missiles are also being developed for Pacific use.
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Washington
Japan
House Appropriations Committee
George W. Lewis
Aeronautical Research
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautic
Army Service Forces
National Association of Manufacturers
Europe
Pacific
War production figures announced for defense needs
Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell urged continued output as he released targets for war needs: 1.8 million trucks 68 thousand tanks 2.8 million guns and rifles 15 million machine guns and rifles 43 billion rounds 196 million uniforms 98 million shoes 187 thousand planes.
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Brehon B. Somervell
Byrnes appoints key officials for war mobilization drive
James B Byrnes announced a renewed and intensified war production effort naming Maj Gen L D Clay deputy director for war programs and administration and coordinating agency efforts. Deputy directors include J B Hutson for agriculture and William Haber on manpower with Fred Searles returning to assist Clay. O Max Gardner named chair of a 12 member advisory board with representatives from public labor industry and agriculture to meet next Monday.
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Washington
James B. Byrnes
Army
L. D. Clay
Clay
Byrnes
Tron
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
William Haber
War Manpower Commission
Fred Searles
New York
Office of War Mobilization
Roosevelt
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
War Mobilization and
Gardner
Industry
Agriculture
Board Announces Liquor Store Hours
Charleston liquor control commission informs employees of holiday hours with 9 am to 9 pm openings on December 22 23 29 and 30. Dispensaries close Christmas Day December 25 and New Year days January 1 2.
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Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
Allies Inch Forward in Cologne Plain as Weather Hinders Pace
Supreme Headquarters reports Eisenhower’s winter offensive is behind prewar pace in the Cologne plain where two American, armies press the Roer river barrier yet remain far from the Rhine. Despite slow advance, planners claim the strategy aims at final destruction of German fighting power, with weather and mud worsening conditions.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Cologne Plain
Roer River
Rhine
Saar River
Germany
Roer
Wehrmacht
Cologne
Duesseldorf
U S Third Army seals three-year war with four Saar crossings
The United States ends three costly years of war with confidence in victory but doubts about peace. Roosevelt plans to meet Stalin and Churchill within three months to align policies on Europe’s political freedom and postwar security. Russia’s role and a winter offensive loom as Britain and America push toward victory.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Italy
Greece
Russia
Europe
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Afrika
Erwin Rommel
Suez
India
Pacific
Berlin
Warsaw
Fire Kills At St Ambrose Church Hall In Baltimore
A blaze at St Ambrose church hall in Baltimore killed at least two and injured 60 to 80 as crews worked through the wreckage. Police reported four alarms and priests among the injured including Father Stephen Blazucki. victims were treated at Union Memorial and nearby offices.
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Baltimore
St. Ambrose's Bone Church
Union Memorial Hospital
Stephen Blazucki
Father Blazucki
Blazucki
A. A. Weinstock
Baltimore City
George R. Sands
Sands
OPA to Check Gas Ration Coupons Nationwide
The OPA announced all gasoline ration coupons will be checked for validity by dealers. Previously checks were spot based. now counterfeit or invalid stamps will be debited to dealers. A margin error provision allows credit for up to one percent of monthly volume unless illegal operation is proven.
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Washington
OPA
Dorsey Defense Argues State Witnesses Perjured Themselves
In Los Angeles the Dorsey defense urged dismissal of assault charges against bandleader Tommy Dorsey his wife Pat Dane and neighbor Allen Smiley arguing that state witnesses Jon Hall and Antonio Icaza lied for personal gain. Judge Crum to rule at 9:30 a m tomorrow after district attorney Howser announced not opposing dismissal.
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Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Arthur Crum
Dorsey
Jon Hall
Antonio Icaza
Clare Warne
Hall
Icaza
Crum
Edwin Myer
Warne
Ace
Smiley
Fred N. Howser
Myers
Wide-open Split Between U.S. Britain On Italy Policy
London reports a sharp British American rift over liberated Europe with Britain asserting the right to intervene and the United States insisting on a hands off approach. The dispute centers on Italy and Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza in the Bonomi government as Eden and Stettinius clash over intervention and democratic governance in liberated territories.
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London
Europe
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Bonomi
Edward Stettinius
Eden
United Nations
Washington
Strifetorn
Greece
Commons
Manchester Guardian
Yorkshire Post
Ivor Thomaas
Bomber Pilot Runs Amok Dies In Crash
A trainee bomber pilot went on a four and a half hour rampage above Vancouver causing near misses with civilians and military personnel. Despite fighter attempts to herd him down he continued acrobatics before diving and crashing at Tilsbury Island, six miles south of Vancouver. the pilot was killed and the aircraft wrecked. The pilot’s identity was not released.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tilsbury Island
Mercer County Bonds Drive Reaches Two Thirds of Quota
Mercer county reported two thirds of its $3 044 000 Sixth war loan quota raised. As of December 4, $1 971 711 50 was credited, leaving $1 072 288 50 to raise. County leaders praised corporate purchases but noted weak activity in E bonds.
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Mercer County
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance
County War Finance Committee
Wwave
Allied air fleets hit German oil plants and railways
Allied air forces led by the American Eighth Air Force by day and the RAF at night bombed German oil plants and rail yards. The Luma synthetic oil factory at Merseberg and Ruhr feeder yards at Bielefeld were attacked by 1,600 American planes in the 17th daylight strike on Merseberg.
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London
Eighth Air Force
RAF
Air Ministry
Mersberg
Ruhr
Bielefield
Merseberg
American Third Army Drives Across Saar in Major Breakthrough
Patton’s forces crossed the Saar at six points and pressed toward Saarbrucken and Saarlouis, capturing two thirds of Sarreguemines and expanding bridgeheads near Dillingen and Saarlautern. Allied troops advanced along a 12 mile front, with a push toward the Reich frontier as German forces reported heavy resistance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces Pareil
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Saar River
Sarreguemines
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Saar
Saarlautern
90Th
Dilligen
95Th
Orig
Third Army
Emines
Saarebrucken
Saareguemines
Reich
Barricaded Convicts Demand Columnist Air Grievances
Twenty five convicts have barricaded themselves in a five story Atlanta federal penitentiary building with four guards as hostages and demand columnist Morgan Blake publish a story of their grievances. Blake, summoned by the inmates, spoke through a window for 45 minutes urging surrender. Warden Sanford reports food given to the hostages and notes several inmates are described as constitutional psychopathic cases.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta Journal
Morgan Blake
Journal
Blake
Joseph W. Sanford
Sanford
Perenne
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NBC
By Seif Erickson
State Department
BY James M. Long
Normandy
George 8. Patton, Jr
U.S. Third Army
U. S
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China
Alaska
Pacific Northwest
VU. S
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Mercer Committee
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Aachen
First Army
By Austin Bealmear
Saarbrusken
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Merzig
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