Japs Pocketed South Of Ormoc In Rain Halts Drive
MacArthur reports heavy Japanese losses as two American infantry divisions press south of Ormoc on Leyte. The 77th division advances into the pocket while the 32nd clears munitions dumps and paratroopers withdraw to confined space, despite torrents of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Spencer MacArthur
Philippines
Orimoe
Douglas MacArthur
77Th
Yamashita
W. U
Mheee Island
MacArthur
Ormoc
U. S
Leyte Island
Albuera
Albueras
Camp Downs
Ormoc Town
7Th Division
Mahong
Princeton Survivors Return To States Torrents Of Rain
Norfolk December 9 Five Virginians are among Princeton survivors of the aircraft carrier sunk by Japanese bombs off Luzon who have returned to the United States on leave. They were pilots and aircrew of air group 27. Virginians Roy L. Ford Lawrence E Garner Beverly Berkeley Leroy E. Asi ton Lt Ralph S Taylor and others from West Virginia Maryland and Alabama are listed with ranks and hometowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Princeton
Luzon
United States
Air Group 27
West
Richmond
Ens
Beverly Berkeley
Roanoke
Leroy E. Asiiton
Arlington West Virginia
Ralphs. Taylor
Eighth Street
Moundsville
William T. Jones
Fourth Avenue
Huntington
Radio Electrician
Clarence R. Lyons
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Irvington
Ala
J. C. Griesbauer
Yeoman
Kensington
Liberty Ship Survives Fifty Six Bombings
The first liberty ship to unload cargo after the invasion of the Philippines survived at least 56 bombings and strafing over six days. Merchant seamen and a navy gun crew shot down two to four enemy planes. the heaviest attack hit on day two while unloading at Tacloban airstrip. Three merchant seamen and seven navy crew were injured, along with two Army stevedores from shrapnel.
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Washington
Philippines
War Shipping Administration
Tacloban
Navy
Foreign policy to go on parade in senate caucus
Washington strong tone as the senate caucus room hosts the first grilling of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and six nominated under secretaries. Senator Chandler stresses the broad critique of a reshaped State Department, with Grew as under secretary and Archibald MacLeish Nelson Rockefeller W L Clayton James Dunn and Brig Gen Julius Holmes awaiting questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edward R. Setttmnius, Jr
Chandler
D-Ky
Stettinius
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Kentuckian
Roosevelt
Joseph C. Grew
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
James C. Dunn
Julius C. Holmes
Dunn
Holmes
Capitol Hill
West Virginia Warns on Sixth War Loan Drive
West Virginia intensifies efforts to hit the sixth war loan quota for E bonds as total state sales reach 88 million plus against a 69 million goal. State results show E bonds 16 million and individuals 37 million while corporations total 51 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. ©. Spurr
Washington
New York State
Ohio
New Jersey
Bland County man held in murder of Earl Combs
Bert Music and his wife are jailed in Bland county awaiting trial for the killing of Earl Combs after an argument at the Music home near Rocky Gap Virginia. Combs struck his wife Edith with a shotgun during a melee. the couple's injuries left Edith in Bluefield sanitarium. Combs died from the head wound and funeral services for Earl Combs are planned at the home of Joe Taylor this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Combs
Bert Music and
Bland County
Bert Music
Combs
Edith Combs
Bluefield Sanitarium
W. M. Price
Price
Music
Charles Taylor
Barnett Funeral Home
Wytheville
Joe Taylor
Jury Convicts UMW Organizer in Voluntary Manslaughter
A Clay county jury convicts E. H. Foley 47 UMW organizer of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Joe Groves mine foreman in Widen Jast on March 1. The verdict carries a one to five year sentence after a two hour forty minute deliberation. Defense planned to move to set aside. Judge Fisher adjourned court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
W. Va
Clay County
E. H. Foley
United Mine Workers
Joe Groves
Widen Jast
Jake Fisher
Foleys Defense Atorneys
Cr. C. Townsend
UMW
Groves
Elmer
Charleston
Rawson Kirk
Williamson
Sout Pacific Service
War in Brief fronts sweep Western and Pacific theaters
Western Front U S Third Army 26th Infantry smashed through Maginot line near Sarre and joined 35th Infantry east of Saar. Seventh Army attacks Haguenau area. Colmar siege nears. Roer front near Julich. Soviet forces reach Danube north of Budapest capturing Vac. Pacific Front two U S E corps trap raids on Kobe. British Seventh Army tightens around Faenza. Asian Front recaptures Shangssu near Burma road. Kweichow province invasion continues. Burma advances.
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U. S
Third Army
Maginot Line
Sarregue
35Th
Saar River
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Colmar
Ninth Army
Julich
Roer River
First Army
Roer
Asiatic Front
Chinese High Command
Shangssu
Burma
Kewiyang
China
Kweichow
Leftists Divide on Conciliation Amid Greek Civil Conflict
In Athens a split among leftists emerged as three ministers resigned and mediated talks sought to end the civil war. The Eam liberal faction reportedly broke away, General Seraphis remained with Briton Scobie, and Greek forces cleared parts of Athens while planes attacked guerrilla positions near the Acropolis and Piraeus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
George Papandreou
Associated Press
Eam
Titas Tsirimakos
Stephanos Seraphis
Elas
Papandreou
R. M. Scobie
Greece
Scobie
Seraphis
Attica
Lamia
Salonika
Acropolis
Piraeus
One Vote Ousts Rum Store In Norton Va
Norton Virginia voters decide Clintwood's state liquor store is eliminated by a 126 to 125 margin in a town election held this week. The close result ends the store’s operations in Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Clintwood
Russians Break Through Near Budapest in Major Soviet Drive
Soviet forces commanded by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky reach the Danube 13 miles north of Budapest and cut the Budapest to Vienna railway at Vac. They advance toward Bratislava and Vienna on a 75 mile front while linking with the army advancing from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Danube
Budapest
Vac
Marshal Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Vienna
Malinovsky
Austria
Ercst
Budast
Onrushi
Ukraine
Marsha
Snowstorm Across Midwest Causes Multiple Fatalities
First heavy snowfall of the season blankets Missouri Colorado and parts of Kansas with deadly automobile crashes. Carl Grant of St. Joseph Missouri dies when his car skids and Frank Alexander Puhl fatally injured by a truck near Shawnee Kansas. Colorado reports one death and several slick roads block travel as sleet and light rain fall in northwestern Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Colorado
Carl Grant
St. Joseph
Frank Alexander Puhl
Shawnee
Kas
Red
Joseph
Oklahoma
Riveter Rosie Seeks Equal Pay With Ladyly Treatment
Detroit dispatch reports 150 delegates at the first national women’s conference of the United Automobile Workers CIO urge equal pay for equal work while demanding the same work standards and rest breaks, oppose an equal rights amendment, and call for merit advancement and improved conditions for women workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Rosie
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Uawcio Executive Board
Mame
Drafting Of Men To Increase For War Effort
Washington reports that ages 26 to 37 will be drafted more to supply soldiers and sailors in a manpower short war. Byrnes says 300,000 workers are needed in war plants to boost production of critical materials and tire and tube shortages. He asked Hershey to amend regulations to induce these men and manage existing deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Army
Byrnes
Navy
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Armed Services
United States Budget Projection Shows 90 Billion Plan
The budget bureau reviews a roughly 90 billion dollar federal budget as Roosevelt prepares to send it to Congress next month. War spending dominates with about 89 billion labeled for wartime needs while debt service and other expenses fill remaining outlays. Officials forecast yearly costs near 80 billion until peace, with ongoing war-related expenses extending into the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Bureau
Board of Review
Presit
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Japan
Europe
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Marion Man Held On Charge Of Theft Of Gasoline Coupons
Leonard Robert Cox of Marion was arrested on charges of stealing gasoline ration coupons from the war price and rationing board in Marion. The robbery occurred Dec 4 and was discovered the next morning. Investigators tied the janitor to the case and traced Cox to Gary West Virginia before his Marion arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Leonard Robert Cox
Marion
War Price and Rationing Board
Arthur E. Smith
Office of
Price Administraion
Smith
Raymond J. Boyd
OPA
Lebanon
Guy E. Webber
Cox
Gary
West Virginia
United States
Laird Cregar Dies at 28 in Los Angeles
Laird Cregar, a 28 year old film character actor, died after a heart attack this morning in Los Angeles. He had reduced his weight by 100 pounds after abdominal surgery last Monday and had shown brief improvement in an oxygen tent before the final decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Laird Cregar
Bombers Blitz Stuttgart in Cold Weather Raid
London reports over 700 American war planes attacked Stuttgart, Germany in a deep cold mission, targeting airdromes and freight yards with 1500 tons of explosives. Weather and engine issues hindered Luftwaffe response as Italian-based bombers hit Munich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stuttgart
U. S
Eighth Air
Strasbourg
Saarbrucken
George 5. Patton
Third Army
Ile
Reich
Berlin
Munich
Three Children Die In Brush Creek House Fire
Norton Virginia December 9 three children of Mr and Mrs Hubert Meade died in a Brush Creek home fire when their mother and grandmother were away. Joyce Ann four Nina Ruth two and Patricia Louise four months perished in the blaze believed to have started in the children's room. The father a coal miner was at work nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Hubert Meade
Brush Creek
Clintwood
Joyce Ann
Nina Ruth
Patricia Louise
German Submarines Use Breather Tubes
Washington reports breather tubes let German U boats stay submerged longer and reach new areas. The Office of War Information defines the device as extensible air intake and exhaust. The statement, from Roosevelt and Churchill, denies reports that submarine construction was abandoned and warns of continued submarine threat and the need for vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
Churchill
U S Third Army Presses Siegfried Line as 17 Divisions Lost
Allied forces push deeper into the Saar basin and Siegfried line as the German resistance costs the enemy the equivalent of 17 divisions in three weeks of winter offensive. The 26th and 6th divisions advance near Saarlouis, Saarbrucken, and Dillingen while the Seventh Army pushes toward Haguenau.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
U. S
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Saar Basin
Allied Supreme Command
Maginot Lane
Ane
Saar River
Saarland
Opera
Saarlaucern
Continus
Saar
35Th
Seater
Saarebrucken
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Dilluiven
Saareguemines
Plans To Adopt Seven Day Week For Tire Production
Washington reports that rubber companies will run a seven day week for four months to meet army demand. Lt Gen Somervell led a meeting with company officials who pledged immediate steps to implement the schedule and cooperate with workers to boost production. International president Sherman Dalrymple urged CIO workers in tire and tube plants to give full effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brehon Somervell
Sherman H. Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
Missing PFC Shumaker Lested Believed Lost in France
Pfc Jack A Shumaker of Bluefield is missing in action in France since November 13 per a message to his wife Mrs Melva Shumaker 413 Peacrs Street The 1942 enlistee trained at Camp Blandin Camp Gordon Fort Jackson and served with the Third Army under General Patton landing in France September 7 He served in the Armor or infantry unit aiding Metz seizure and prior to service worked in tire service and the Polk yard
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Jack A. Shumaker
Bluefield
France
Cording
Melva Shumaker
Peacrs Street
Shumaker
Camp Blandine Fla
Campden
Camp Campbell
Fort Jackson
Thief Army
Patton
Metz
Polk Yard
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Miles
Leyte
Villedo
Corigora Bay
SAMAR
Polompo
Yank 77Th
San Agustin
Bayboy
States
THE
Pacific Front
U. Eae
Kobe
Faenza
Italy
San Prospero
Rum Store
Duane N. Kinman
College Place
Wash
Louvigny
Kinman
Mid
UAW
Thomas A. Johnstone
General Motors
Johnstone
By Edward Kennedy
Pfc. Shumaker Lested
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