Rhine Breakthroughs Hit German Front And Strikes Toward Saar
Allied forces grind toward the Rhine as French armor drives into Strasbourg and closes the Vosges, pinning 70 000 Germans of the 19th army at the river. U S Ninth and First armies push toward the Ruhr while Tiger tanks halt near Julich on the Roer.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Straspourg
Rhine
Strasbourg
Vosges
Mulhouse
Th Seventh
U. S. Third Army
Saar
Palatinate
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Germany
U. S
Ninth
Ruhr
Rhineland
Jap Bastion Of Limon Falls To Yank Troops
American infantry captured the Japanese bastion of Limon on Leyte and pushed 1000 yards south as the 32nd Division broke through shell battered positions. The advance threatens the Yamashita line and Ormoc corridor with heavy rains hindering operations.
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Limon
MacArthur
Philippines
Yamashita
Leyte Island
Leyte River
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
Pinamoppan
Carigara Bay
32Nd
Pinamopoan
Capoocan
Russian Army Resumes Drive on Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Russian forces push 16 miles on a 25 mile front west of Ungvar in Czechoslovakia. Soviets recapture Tokaj, Hungary, and advance toward Kassa as 55 miles of front form northeast from Tokaj to Sobrance. Csap railway junction changes hands as Malinovsky and Petrov commands drive across Slovakia and Hungary. Naval battle reports say Baltic fleet sinks a Nazi torpedo boat and aircraft sink a 4,000 ton enemy ship. Latvia campaign shows renewed pressure fading after a sudden surge.
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London
Red
Czechoslovakia
Ungvaroday
Tokaj
Hungary
Ivan Dytrov
Slovakia
Rodion Malinovsky
Sobrance
Unevar
Petrov
Csap
Cop
Kassa
Kosice
Enna
Alihe
Moscow
Red Banner Baltic
Latvia
Congress Braces for Post-Election Clears in 1944 Storm
Washington faces a crowded post election schedule with debates over social security tax 1944 freeze and Senate talks on a Missouri Valley authority and St Lawrence waterway project. Rep. Doughton leads Ways and Means as leaders fear a White House showdown on tax changes.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
White House
Capitol Hill
Coughton
Roosevelt
Senate
Missouri Valley Authority
St. Lawrence
Langer
R-N. D
Murray
D-Mont
Missouri Valley
MVA
TVA
Mr. Roosevelt
Yanks Overseas Celebrate Thanksgiving Day in War Zones
Americans abroad marked Thanksgiving with turkey at fronts in Europe Asia and India. About 4000 troops nurses and Red Cross workers joined services at Westminster Abbey Reims France and Chungking amid air raids. Eisenhower urged support for the sixth war loan while war fronts endured mud and danger.
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London
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Red Cross
Westminster Abbey
Cathedral of
Reims
France
Moscow
Chungking
India
Burma
John G. Winant
Roosevelt
Henry W. Hobson
Ohio
England
Boston
Eng
Manchester
Nottingham
Liverpool
Bedford
Eisenhower
United States
Aoe
Saipan to Tokyo Bomber Route Details
Fragmentary notes reference a Saipan to Tokyo bomber route with unclear dates and Asian locations. contains stray words indicating Japan and Mie plus possible ship or mission identifiers, but lacks full context or specifics.
OPA Stages Drive to Curb Clothing Prices
Washington announces two moves to control costs: fixed ceiling prices on low cost infants and children's garments using 40 million yards of cloth, and penalties to curb over finishing and fancying up fabrics. Chester Bowles says clothing cost rises threaten the living standard and measures will stay in place through the war.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
War Production Board
OPA
Vinson
Hed Bowles
Bowles
Telephone Strike Called Off After War Board Action
The nationwide telephone strike ended as union leaders in Ohio and Washington asked members to return to work. Sympathy strikes in Illinois, northern Indiana, and Detroit were dropped, and New York actions were put on hold as the War Labor Board prepared for possible seizure of facilities. Union heads said they acted to avoid war-related disruption and restore normal service.
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Washington
Ohio
War Labor Board
MRO We
Veloil
Budack
Detroit
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Metro
Robert G. Pollock
Ohfio Federation of Telephone Workers
Mary E. Gannon
Washington Telephone Traffic Union
WLB
White House
Nathan Feinsinger
Feinsinger
Govern
Pollock
National War Labor Board
Yester
Nubbins Hoffmans Hopeful After Denver Doctor Says
Forest Hoffman a three year old from Cheyenne Wyoming remains hospitalized in Denver with a genitourinary obstruction at the bladder neck. A Denver urologist reports Nubbin's temperature normal for 24 hours that he is eating well and holding his own with a whistling chance to get well. The family hopes to build his strength for an operation in the coming weeks.
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Denver
Nubbins Hoffman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nubbins
Superforts Demonstrate 10 Tons of Bombs Load
Washington reports the B 29 would be shown this weekend with a bomb load exhibit including forty 500 pound bombs and gasoline carried in one hundred sixty 50 gallon drums. The shots indicate a gasoline load of at least 6000 gallons and raise questions about total weight with fuel.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
RAF
Churchill lauds American might at Thanksgiving gala
In a surprise Thanksgiving address in London Albert Hall Prime Minister Churchill lauds the United States as the world's greatest military power. He credits allied progress with swift potential victory and thanks God for the aid of the United States as 8000 attendees including American servicemen hear the concert conducted by John Barbirolli.
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London
Churchill
United States
Albert Hall
Ao Ig
John Barbirolli
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Judge Hutcheson Takes Orders On Street In Norfolk
In Norfolk on November 23 Judge Sterling Hutcheson was approached by an elderly couple in Granby Street. The man told the judge to take a nickel and use it at a parking meter, which the judge did before returning to his duties.
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Norfolk
Sterling Hutcheson
United States District Court
Nickle
Hutcheson
Great Air Battle of Japan Begins
Washington reports the air war against Japan is expanding as B 29 raids target the Japanese air force and Luzon invasion bases. The strategy aims to destroy ships and air power, with counter moves from Japan including efforts around Leyte Luzon and Kyushu. Major General Wedemeyer says B 29 raids are inflicting more damage than acknowledged and will intensify from new directions.
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Washington
Japan
America
Philippines
Pacific
Asia
United Fliers
Luzon
China
Leyte
Kyushu
Honshu
Tokyo
Germany
Europe
Sizeable B 29 raid hits Tokyo from Mariana bases
A sizeable task force of B 29 aircraft from the 20th air force attacked industrial targets in Tokyo. The daylight mission, conducted from Saipan, marked the largest strike from land or sea. It targeted hydroelectric plants, docks, shipping, and air fields in the Tokyo-Yokohama area as officials prepare a communique with further details.
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Washington
Tokyo
Mariana Islands
War Department
20Th Air Force
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Japan
Yokohama
Kobe
Yokohama Bay
H.H. Arnold
21St Bomber
H. 8. Hanselin, Jr
Truant Officer Cast In Role Of Wildcat Hunter
In Vanceburg Kentucky attendance officer B C Douglas is tasked with locating wildcats in the Queens district to allow Joseph Johnson’s children to return to school. Superintendent Rowland later permits a brief delay, with a 29 November return date, as a county $100 reward is posted for the grand daddy of the creatures.
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Wildcat Hunter
Vanceburg
B. C. Douglas
Queens
Joseph Johnson
Thomas W. Rowland
Johnson
Douglas
D. J. Carty
Frankfort
Rowland
Taft Stone
Lynching of Negro Trusty at Pikeville Tennessee
A young Black inmate accused of murdering the supervisor’s daughter and assaulting her mother was taken from the county jail and shot dead on reformatory grounds. Gov. Cooper orders a full inquiry into the lynching while offering a 500 dollar reward for those responsible.
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Pikeville
Tenn
Tennessee Training and Agricultural School
Chattanooga
State Highway Patrol
Lynn Bomar
Prentice Cooper
W.S. Nell
Scott
Nashville
James I. Scales
Neil
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Leo L. Kaller
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Francis M. Lemay
Ixita
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PAGAN
Alamagan Scaguan
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