Yanks Pound Germans From West And South
American armies push west and south in France driving Germans from Haguenau Sarreguemines and western Roer line. First army nears Dur en Mariaweiler Haven as Hart of Roer defenses weakens. Seventh army over Haguenau advances toward Woerth and Maginot line frontier. Third army breaks stubborn resistance as operations widen.
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Paris
Haguenau
Sarreguermines
Roer River
Cologne
U. S
Reich
Sarregue Mines
Rhine
Roer
Mariaweiler
Duren
Haven
U.S. Seventh Army
France
Maginot Line
Woerth
Germany
Niederbronn
U. S. Third Army
Nazi V Bomb Toll Rises in Britain for November
London reports Nazi V bombs killed 716 civilians in the United Kingdom in November, including 269 men 345 women and 102 children under 16. Long-range rocket attacks announced earlier, but November fatalities fell from August's peak. Injury totals also declined from August levels.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Agust
OPA Determined To Hold Cigaret Prices
Charleston West Virginia December 11 1943 the district office of price administration declared it will use all means to keep cigarette prices at legal ceilings during the shortage Conley H Dillon district price executive cited unconfirmed reports that some cigarettes are being disposed of at black market prices and said such practices can be stopped only by full cooperation between the public businesses and the OPA
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Charleston
W. Va
District Office of Price Administration
Conley H. Dillon
OPA
Greatest Armada of Bombers Hits Reich in Massive Strike
London reports a record raid by about 3,200 U S warplanes including 1,400 Fortresses and Liberators. The attack hit rail yards and industrial targets around Frankfurt and Vienna with thousands of tons of bombs, while RAF bombers struck Ruhr targets in a separate operation.
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London
Frankfurt
U. S
U.S
Hanau
Giessen
Austria
Italy
Hitler
15Th Air Force
Vienna
Graz
Britain
Berlin
Hanover
Brunswick
Saarbrucken
Normandy
Produce-or-fight draft push accelerates wartime policy
Washington reports swift action on the produce-or-fight directive as draft boards are told to apply occupational deferment rules to urgent military and civilian war effort needs. War Mobilizer Byrnes calls for drafting older men not in essential work while Hershey says revisions will route under-38 registrants from key jobs into military service.
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Washington
Selective Service
James F. Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
Channel 1
Reno Divorce Decree Declared Inoperative In Virginia
Norfolk optometrist Roger Creighton Wheeler had his Reno divorce from his first wife declared inoperative in Virginia by Judge Clyde H. Jacob. The circuit court granted Eleanore Celeste Mac Far Wheeler separate maintenance, while ruling Nevada's decree had no effect in the state. The judge noted Wheeler did not establish legal residence in Nevada and the decree cannot be nullified by Virginia courts but the Nevada decree was found inoperative here.
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Norfolk
Roger Creighton Wheeler
Reno
Clyde H. Jacob
Nevada
Virginia
Jacob
Eleanore Celeste MacFar Wheeler
Ph Si Nom
Fraction Keeps State From Quota in War Loan Drive
West Virginia state chairman A C Spurr said the sixth war loan drive is a foregone conclusion to meet its 39 million dollar individual buyers quota as sales reach 38.7 million. Overall sales total 93.37 million or 135 percent of the 69 million goal, with corporation sales at 182 percent of 30 million. The lag remains in E issues as the army show tours continue through the final week with stops in Clarksburg West Union Harrisville St Marys Sistersville and New Martinsville.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
A. C. Spurr
GheTeatt
Fort Hayes
Clarksburg
West Union
Harrisville
Wedy St. Marys
Sistersville
New Martinsville
War in Brief from Associated Press
The first army renews an offensive near Duren as Germans fall back across the Roer. The third army pushes toward the Saar basin breaking resistance in Sarre. In the Pacific Mac Arthur says batteries bomb rail lines, gains in southwest and central areas. Paris to Moscow fronts report mixed progress with towns captured and Greek leaders ready to withdraw from Athens. British forces in Italy repulse German counterattacks below Paenza and Chinese report Kweichow cleared of Japanese forces.
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Estern Prent
First Army
Duren
Roer River
Third Army
Saar Basin
Sarre
Ines
France
Greece
Athens
Italy
Paenza
Budget Requests Before West Virginia Board of Public Works
West Virginia budget units seek about 144.7 million dollars for 1945-47, far above available funds. Budget Director Cleveland M. Bailey notes expected revenues around 84.55 million, with postwar expansion driving excess needs. The board plans cuts and meetings through January 10 to shape the 1946 legislature budget.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Cleveland M. Bailey
WOUNDED Major Hudgins Reported Near Paris
Major Paul 8. Hudgins of Bluefield has been wounded by a mortar shell on the western front and is hospitalized near Paris. A letter to his wife says he is getting along fine, while a cable from Major George Smoot in Paris notes Hudgins’ wounds are not serious. He has been overseas since July and served with the Third Army infantry after training at multiple bases.
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Paul
Hudgins
Bluefield
Paris
Cumberland Road
Third Army
George Smoot
England
France
Jackson Barracks
Camp Swift
Texas
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Coxcomb
Calif
Indiantown Gap
Richardson and Kemper
Snowstorm Closes Mercer County Schools and Paralyzes West Virginia
A severe snowstorm blankets West Virginia and parts of Ohio and beyond. Schools in Mercer County close as power lines fail, roads ice over, and buses halt service, while Bluefield College cancels classes and officials plan to resume after weather improves.
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Mercer County
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Raleigh-Mercer County
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Huntington
Wyoming
Mercer
BE. C. Wade
Bluefield College
C. C. Keeney
Albemarle Street
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Norfolk and Western
Greyhound
Frederick Street
North Side
Consolidated Bus Line
C. A. Archer
Board of Education
Wade
Ladies Urged To Watch Feathers For Hats
Washington reports a government order limiting goose and duck body feathers in women’s hats to four inches, advising shoppers to check length. The rule applies only to new feathers, not old ones, as pillows and sleeping gear for military hospitals need feathers.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Russians gain ground around Budapest amid fierce winter battles
Soviet forces push from northeastern Budapest area capturing Veresegyhaz and Szada as Russia widens front toward Bratislava and Vienna. Red Army advances up to seven miles north and northest, leaving the approaches to Budapest littered with dead, while Germans defend with fresh armored units.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Red Army
Bratislava
Vienna
Slovakia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Veresegyhaz
Szada
Paris
Hungary
Teoria
E‘eht
Miskolc
Budanest
January Call To Be Heaviest In Months
State Selective Service Director Careltone Pierce says the January pre-induction call will be the heaviest in months and will exceed December totals. Deferments for men over 30 in essential industries continue, and classifications for ages 18 to 37 are to be established. Local boards are reminded of a GI bill amendment extending demobilization reinstatement rights from 40 to 90 days.
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Charleston
W. Va
Selective Service
Careltonec. Pierce
Pierce
Agl
Resignation of Rural Electrification Chief Slattery
Harry Slattery resigned as rural electrification administrator asserting Secretary Wickard’s deputy appointment bypassed him. He warned the move jeopardizes loan repayment and REA’s welfare and permanent success, naming William J. Neal as deputy with coordinate authority. Roosevelt accepted the resignation on December 8.
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Washington
Harry Slattery
White House
Slattery
Roosevelt
Wickard
Coordinate
William J. Neal
Survivor of U S S Princeton Spends Leave in City
Eugene Crotty oatswain's mate first class survivor of the U S S Princeton spent a 30 day leave with his parents at 638 Pearl street. He swam two hours before rescue after the Princeton was sunk off the Philippines during the invasion. He has five years in the Navy and will report to Nes, R I for reassignment after leave.
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Eugene Crotty
Princeton
Philippines
B. C. Crotty
Pearl Street
Crotty
States
Navy
U. 8. S. Wichita
S. Princeton
Nes, R. I
Uty
Elas Rebels Close to Truce in Athens Amid Fierce Fighting
In Athens heavy clashes continued as Elas forces massed around the capital and offered a possible withdrawal from Athens and Attica in exchange for guarantees of no prosecution. British troops and Elas factions reinforced, with several buildings seized as the night progressed.
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Athens
Elas
Attica
Papandreou
See-Saw Battle Rages In Italy Southwest Of Faenza
Allied forces clash with German 90th Panzer Division along a four mile front southwest of Faenza as British Eighth Army fights to hold a vital ridge. Kesselring unleashes counterattack with tanks and self propelled guns while Allied air forces strafe and bomb enemy troops.
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Rome
Faenza
Eighth Army
Albert Kesselring
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Rommel
Africa Corps
San Prospero
Picteura
Celle
Band Leader Bratcher Sentenced for Draft Violations
Everett M. Washie Bratcher, a Washington band leader from Alexandria, was convicted by a federal jury on November 30 for violating the selective service act. He received four years in prison and a $1,000 fine, with $3,000 bail posted pending appeal. Judge Pollard denied a new trial motion before sentencing. Bratcher faced charges of using drugs to evade induction.
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Alexandria
Everett M
Washie) Bratcher
Washington
Robert W. Pollard
Bratener
MacArthur Says Ormoc Garrison Annihilated In Leyte Drive
General MacArthur announced the complete destruction of the Ormoc garrison on Leyte as American forces closed a nutcracker vise with the 7th and 77th divisions linking south of Ormoc. Allied forces seized equipment and supplies while air attacks hit central Philippines and Japanese shipping.
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Ormoc
Paiss
MacArthur
Philippines
Yank
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Ith
Seventh
Pierce
Parl
Japan
32Nd
Borneo
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Princeton Girl Fatally Injured in Car Crash Near Princeton
Miss Sally Arbutus Fralick, 18, a Princeton high school senior, died after a car she rode in rear ended a 1937 Dodge truck on the Bluefield Princeton road. Driver Leon K Peraldo was charged with manslaughter. Passengers Bobby Jones and Mary Joseph sustained injuries. Jones later discharged. Fralick was daughter of J C Fralick and J Claude Foy, member of Princeton Baptist Church.
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Sally Arbutus Pralick
Princeton High School
Bluefield
Princeton
D. T. Carr
Princeet
Bobby Jones
Russell Street
Fromton
Jones
Mary Joseph
Rogers Street
Cornell Pete Hairston
Gary
Miss Fralick
J. C. Fralick
Re. J. Claude Foy
Columbia
the Baptist Church At
Sherry Fralick
Prt
I. Eee Macist
U. Pralick
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