Jap Bombers Damage Ships In Leyte Gulf
Japanese torpedo and dive bombers attacked American ships at Leyte Gulf in the heaviest raid since the invasion. U S destroyers moved to shell Ormoc in a three hour operation through treacherous waters, suffering no damage themselves while inflicting losses on the Japanese force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte Gulf
MA Spencer
cArthur
Philippines
U. S
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Surigao Strait
32Nd
Carigara Bay
Limon
Closed hearings loom in FCC probe over radio sale scandal
Washington November 28 the house committee investigating the FCC voted to hold future hearings behind closed doors causing protest from Rep Wigglesworth and Chairman Lea who warned of a national scandal. The session centered on the YMCA New York radio station sale to Edward J Noble for 850000 and later to Nathan Straus. Noble said he seeks no whitewash and called chief counsel Sirica's conduct improper. Sirica resigned after the vote, citing public interest and a wish to avoid a private whitewash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
Wigglesworth
Mass
Lea
Calif
YMCA
New York
Edward J. Noble
Donald Flamm
Leslie Evan Roberts
Flamm
Noble
Nathan Straus
New York City
John J. Sirica
Sirica
War Board Plans Additional 800000 Radio Tubes Monthly
The War Production Board reports plans to boost civilian radio tube production by 800000 units monthly after the first of the year. The move aims to expand consumer radio availability while continuing military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Biddle Accused OPA G role Heard By Bureau Aide In Circuit Court
Washington news reports Attorney General Francis Biddle faced charges from Norman Littell that he intervened in a justice department case on behalf of Thomas E Corcoran now in private practice. Littell alleges policy clashes and demands Littell’s resignation. Separately, Mercer county heard the first CPA ceiling price case in circuit court with Bertha Chandler and C H Dier vs Kathleen Fuller over a 1928 Kelvinator refrigerator sold as is vs reconditioned. Jurors awarded Chandler $62. Also Kwass vs Lawrence awarded full claimed fees. Gulf Oil vs Allen awarded $1617.59. Several cases continued or dismissed with others set for December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Biddle
Norman M. Lirnell
Justice Department
Thomas E
Tommy the Cork
Corcoran
Littell
Biddle
Iddie
Senate War Investigating Committee
CPA
Mercer County
Bertha Chandler
C. H. Dier
Kathleen Fuller
Bluefield
Chandler
Puller
OPA
Sidney J. Kwass
C. 8. Lawrence
Kwass
Gulf Oil Corporation
W. L. Allen
Easley-Wilson Company
R. Livingston Russell
Margie Clendenin
Euliss Harman
Dennis Hall
Dunlap Tire and Rubber Company
Thomas H. Scott
Edward Lyle Wysor
City of Bluefield
John M. Brown
Jerome Katz
Canadian Draftees Mutiny Over Overseas Service
Ottawa reports draftees in far western Canada refused orders as 16 000 under conscription plan prepare for overseas duty. At Terrace and Vernon British Columbia camps officials warned of life imprisonment for mutiny rioting and incitement while regiments face clearer penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Western Front
Canada
Terrace
British Columbia
Vernon
B. C
Chiang Kai-Shek and wife separate in Chungking report
London Daily Mail reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Mrs Chiang Kai-Shek have separated. Mrs Chiang may relocate to Miami Florida as tensions at a Chungking tea party are cited as the cause. The dispatch notes the split has been widely known in Chungking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Mail
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Miami
Fla
Calcutta
Mail
Chungking
Chiangs
Chiang
Uni
Intestinal Flu Outbreak Reported Across Virginia
Richmond Va November reports from state health officials confirm a widespread intestinal flu outbreak in Virginia. Cases cluster in Richmond Roanoke Williamsburg and Albemarle county as officials warn the peak may be near and several weeks remain to determine a downturn. Poliomyelitis totals reach 747 for the year with a new six year old girl case in Lynchburg and November thus far shows forty cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
Williamsburg
Albemarle County
Lynchburg
War In Brief from the Fronts
Western Front Patton's third army closes within eight miles of Saarbrucken and pushes 26 miles into Reich as Nazis retreat. U S first and ninth armies seize edges of the Cologne plain and Kirchberg. Pacific Front destroyers sweep west of Leyte as Japanese bombard ships and hit tanks. Eastern Front Russians drive into Hungary, capture Mohacs near Budapest. Asiatic Front Chinese command says Japanese retreat from Kweichow as Tokyo claims gains on the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Saarbrucken
Reich
U. S
Cologne
Kirchberg
Langerwehe
Duren
Leyte Island
Phili
Ahe
Leyte
Hungary
Mohacs
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Asiatic Front
Kweichow Province
Radio Tokyo
Kweichow
Lewis Hawkins
Associated Press
Sarreguemines
Forbach
Dusen
Merzig
Berus
Saas
Guerstling
Alsace
U. & Seventh
Vosges
Alsatian
Saverne-Strane
Vetomar de Reich
Start of Dorsey Trial Sees Fast Proceedings in Assault Case
Los Angeles November 28 jurors not seated as Tommy Dorsey and Allen Smiley trial moves quickly. Blonde Jane Churchill of Kansas City will testify about the August balcony beating on Dorsey’s Hollywood apartment, injuring Jon Hall. Defense moves for mistrial denied after tense bench conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tommy Dorseys
Allen Smiley
Jane Churchill
Kansas City
Dorsey
Hollywood
Jon Hall
Edwin Myers
Arthur Crum
Myers
Smiley
Benjamin Bugsey
Siegel
Isaas Pacht
Pat Dane
Jerry Giesler
Mosquitoes Strike Deep Into Germany Amid Weather Hold
London reports the RAF sends Mosquitos to bomb Neuss Freiburg and other supply centers as weather slows Britain based heavy bombers. A prior 72 hour blitz totaled about 15 000 tons of bombs and 240 enemy fighters destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nuernberg
Germany
Air Ministry
Reich
Nazidom
RAF
Neuss
Frieburg
Freiburg
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Aachen
Cmoene
Gladbach
U. S
House Committee Probes Cigaret Shortage Causes
Washington November 28 The House Agriculture Committee did not identify a single cause for the cigaret shortage. Witnesses cited an 18 month tobacco stock, record crop, and export trends while listing several potential factors such as increased wartime demand, hoarding, distribution issues, packaging material shortages, and transportation delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Flannagan
D-Va
VisaTel Manuiscwins
V Bomb Hits Depot in Burton-on-Trent
Rescue work at the RAF bomb depot near Burton-on-Trent, England, amid fears of high casualties. Officials report 23 bodies recovered, with hundreds more possibly buried, while a coroner's inquest is adjourned and authorities assess the total dead and missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton - On - Trent
England
RAF
British Press Association
Bratislava
Derbyshire
War correspondent Larry Allen recalls peril amid six years at the front
West Virginia journalist Larry Allen spoke at Ramsey auditorium recounting his six years of coverage from 1940 to 1942. He survived five torpedoings and three sinkings, was captured and spent 20 months as a prisoner in Italy and Germany, and while on a Tobruk landing ship sought Rommel for an interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Larry Allen
West Virginia
Ramsey Auditorium
Allan
Chamber of Commerce
William Snyder
United States
Eet
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Allen
Mazi
Rommel
Italy
Russian Forces Push Westward Across Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Moscow disclosed Red army advances up to fourteen miles across Slovakia and northern Hungary on fronts over 110 miles long. The communique listed capture of more than 60 communities in Czechoslovakia and 14 in upper Hungary as German forces were pressed back toward the Danube region and toward Pecs and Lake Balaton amid rain and heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Czechoslovakia
Tisza
Hungary
Red Army
Moscow
Upper
Danube
Budapest
Mohacs
Pecs
Paris
Lake Balaton
Slovakia
Tokai
Tokay
Tokaj
E Bond Sales Lag Behind Schedule in West Virginia
West Virginia bond drive officials report E bond purchases at 22 percent of the $21 million goal, a rise of three points but about $1.5 million short of target. Individual sales total $9.18 million, 24 percent of the $39 million quota. Mechanized army caravans from Fort Hayes and appearances at Alderson and Union precede a West Virginia tour through December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Treasury Department
Alderson
Union
Fort Hayes
Lewisburg
Ernie Pyle Returns to Pacific War Reporting
War correspondent Ernie Pyle, back from Europe, says he will report from the Pacific theater for about a month. He notes public term has interrupted his rest but expresses readiness and cheer. Albuquerque, N M, Nov 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Ernie Pyle
Pacific
Britain reveals cost of conflict in white paper
London reports total wartime casualties reaching 733030 with 136115 civilian deaths and 29629 merchant seamen killed. Britain flags vanished exports, damaged industry, and one home in three damaged, while noting $15.9 billion in taxes and $19.25 billion in personal savings directed to the war effort. Bracken calls Britons the greatest shopkeepers, cites US munitions aid funded by British gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United Kingdom
Bracken
Gin, Brandy And Rum Stock Sufficient To Meet Demand
West Virginia liquor stores will be stocked December 1 to 10 to meet the Christmas New York season. The liquor control commission said stores and agencies will have adequate gin brandy and rum with rationed whisky at two quarts per coupon in December. Three Aquors and plentiful wine will be available, and imports will retain a 33 percent reduced markup causing a 20 to 45 cent result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
New York
Liquor Control Commission
Ninth Army Seizes Fronts as Allies Close on German Strongholds
Allied forces push toward Duren and Saarlautern with the Third Army in the Saar basin and the Ninth Army expanding on the Roer and Inde rivers. Civilians retreat from forts near Saarbrucken Saarlautern Merzig as Patton’s troops gain depth and air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
U. S
Third Army
Saar
Siegfried Line
Saarbrucken
Saarlautern
Merzig
U.S. Ninth Army
Roer
Inde
Julich
First Army
Duren
Cologne
U. 8. First
Ninth Army
Roer River
George 8
Patton
Third Arme
Polding
Mervig
Phone operators get pay increase approved nationwide
The labor board approved a $2 weekly raise for long distance operators at American Telephone and Telegraph in Louisville and Memphis. A WLB panel recommended $5 more weekly for 5,800 New York City operators plus $1 more for 475 Louisville and 430 Memphis workers, totaling higher operating costs estimated around $1.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Board
American Telephone and Telegraphs
Louisville
Memphis
WLB
New York City
William HH. Davis
Federation of
Long Line Telephone Workers
Chesapeake and
New
Ae i
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weather Boys
Wrangle
FCC
Beckley
Guice Tudor
Tokyo
San Antonio
Tex
Opa Groe
Bureau
Tommy
Cork’ Corcoran
Princeton
Generalissimo and
Mrs
Saar Basin
House Committee
Chapman
D-Ky
Zimmerman
D-Mo
George E. Powell
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pacific Theater
Walter C. Sweeney, Jr
Wheeling
Sweeney
San Francisco
Army Air Forces
William Frye
Information
Brendan Bracken
By Austin Bealmear
Roer Lession
Barinen
Neons
Merzenhausen
Barmen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!