Army Units Strike Into Cologne Plain Front
An Allied push advances on the Cologne plain while German forces retreat toward Budapest amid broader war developments. Officials report a salary dispute prompts county leaders to review pay scales and deficits as local bodies discuss maintenance of community centers using PSA facilities and a potential title transfer.
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Cologne Plain
Budapest
L Attorney General's Department
Atterneral’s Department
Cial
Farris Pirtle
Fanning
Attorney-General
Pirtle
Alevi
Glen Tinley
Pirtile
Couners’ Court
PSA
PSA, Mt
Thelbert Wingate Awarded Purple Heart for Wounds
Thelbert Wingate 28 receives the Purple Heart for wounds suffered while serving with the 132nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 6th Division in Southern France. He landed at Salerno in Italy and fought in the invasion of Southern France before being wounded. Now at McCloskey Hospital Temple he is a native of Era Louisiana and was employed by Southwest Pump Company. His wife Helen Jenkins, of 817 West Fourth Bonham, and their son Freddie, five, survive.
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Thelbert Wingate
United States
France
Wingate
132Nd Field Artillery
6Th Division
132Nd FA Bn
Bonham
36Th Division
Camp Bon Camp Blanding
Fla
Cam Edwards
Mass
Set
Salerno
Italy
McCloskey Hospital
Era
Southwest Pump Company
Armed Forces
Helen Jenkins
West Fourth Street
Freddie
Severe snowstorm hits Midwest and plains
A major snowstorm moved across Missouri Kansas and Colorado causing impassable roads and ice glazed highways. At least three deaths were reported in Missouri one in Kansas four in the Chicago area and two in Colorado as travel remained extremely dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Kanfour
Chicago Area
Colorado
Bryant Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in Navy
I M Bryant, brother of Mrs Baker of Bonham, is promoted to lieutenant commander in the Navy. Com Bryant and his wife are weekend guests of Mrs Baker and are en route to his new assignment joining the staff of the commander of the Third Fleet, a milestone in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bryant
Ander of the Third Fleet
Ifie Greg
1600 Bombers Strike German Rail Lines Across Ruhr
A large American air fleet of over 1600 heavy bombers and 800 fighters attacked German rail lines toward the Western front today. British bombers supported the offensive by targeting freight yards and the Benzel plant in the Ruhr industrial area.
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London
Ruhr
First Army advances two miles toward Roer near Cologne
The American First Army pushed eastward up to two miles along a ten mile front in closing on the Roer river line before Cologne. German forces withdrew under cover of a delaying action as the main German line gave way.
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Paris
Roer
Cologne
United Press
First Army
Duren
Seventh Army
Hevwensa
Rhine
France
Moscow
Budapest
Eighth Army
Paenza
Port Corsini
Athens
ELAS
Britih
Britain
Carlo Sforza
Action Party
Count Sfor
Churchill
Victor Emil
de Gaulle
Trusty
Alliand
Mutual R
Amy Roosevelt
United 4
U. 3
Philippines
Tipinese
Fort Worth Livestock Prices and Market Report
Fort Worth market lines report cattle at 4900 head and calves 3000 with steady trend. Medium slaughter steers and yearlings 11 to 13, beef cows 11 to 50, fat calves 12 to 13. Hogs 1200, tops 1455, 180 to 270 pounds 1380, sows 1325 to 1350. Pigs 10 to 12.0. Alabama Creek meaning place of rest.
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U.P
Fort Worth
Army Renewed Offense In Snowy Rhineland Front
In heavy snow on a 10 mile front the U S First Army renewed the Rhineland attack, advancing up to two miles and seizing seven towns near the Hurtgen Forest toward Duren. The Seventh Army pressed into Yaguennan area and Haguenau vicinity, with Kaltenhouse Oberhof and Reichshoffen among early gains. Third Army faced counterattacks guarding the Saar bridgehead near Dillengen.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Rhineland
Hurtgen Forest
Duren
Roer
Germany
United States
Reich
First
Ull
Cologne
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Seventh Army
Ray Hub
Yaguenan
Strasburg
Upper Rhine
Patch
79Th
Kaltenhouse
Oberhofen
Haguenau
Seventh Army
Reichshoffen
Riesbach
Ning
George
Patton
Third
9Th Division
Saar
Dillengen
Sasarlautern
Induction for Non Essential Workers In War Plants
Washington reports tomorrow’s selective service notice will require men aged 26 to 37 who quit war jobs or lack essential duties to join the arms production effort. Local boards will recheck deferments and may tighten what counts as essential work. The move implements Byrnes work or fight policy to boost production of tires and ammunition in labor short plants.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
James F. Byrnes
Weather Outlook for East Texas Mixed But Cold
Fair and continued cold in east and south portions with slightly warmer northwest. Low temperatures tonight 24 to 28 degrees. Tuesday expects fair skies and warmer conditions.
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East
Texas
Congress Faces Busy Week With Christmas Adjournment
Congress braces for a veto and a tangle of bills as leaders push toward a Christmas recess around December 18 or 20. Roosevelt opposition to social security fare cuts looms while river and harbor funding and state department nominations face Senate scrutiny.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
State Department
Ames C. Dunn
Julius C. Holmes
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Robert Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Centennial Year Reached by M. S Church of Bopham
The First Methodist Church here celebrated its 100th anniversary with morning and evening services. Rev Bert B Wall led both programs, inviting Rev Emmett H Mays to preach in the morning and Rev Eduar Lane Huffstuiler in the evening. The day featured earnest prayers, old fashioned singing, and strong voices from Miss Elizabeth Willms and Mrs Martha Lowrey. The church reports good financial health and a growing membership, with a bright outlook for the next century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Jacinto
Republic
Bert B. Wall
Emmett H. Mays
First Methodist Church
Teyarana
Samuel
Ebenezer
W. T. Whiteside
Elizabeth Willsms
Martha Lowrey
Olvin W. Gross
Richard Moreau
Eduar Lane Huffstuiler
Roxton
O Divine Redeemer
T. L. Huffstutter
W. E. Newton
Longevity Benchmarks of Elephants Crocodiles and Tortoises
Elphants are said to reach 150 to 200 years, crocodiles around 100, and tortoises exceed a century. The note lists these species with notably long lifespans.
British Organize Powerful Fleet For Pacific Duty
London reports a new British Pacific fleet built to rival any Japanese threat. The force, led by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, will operate across the Pacific under Admiralty command, with potential cooperation under U S commanders Nimitz or MacArthur, as Churchill directs a major expansion of British war power.
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London
U.P
Royal Navy
Amel Chester W. Nimitz
Dovelas MacArthur
Ta‘Van Ovean
Winston Churchill
Japan
Pacific
Bruce Fraser
Far Eastern
Arthur John Power
Naval Staff
Fraser
East Indies
Nimitz
Central Pacific
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty
Chinese Retake Railway Town From Japanese
Chinese troops recaptured the railway town of Whsiassu in Kweichow and attacked Liuchai on the Kweichow Kwangsi border as Japanese forces reportedly retreated. U.S. reports say the 14th Air Force sank a Japanese destroyer and damaged 43 planes while hitting shipping in Hong Kong and Nanking areas.
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Chungking
Kweichow
Whsiassu
Liuchai
Kweichow- Kwangsi
Tahshan
High Command
Kwelyang
Chunekine
Kwangs Province
U. S
China Theater
14Th Air Force
Hongkong
Nanking
China
Nanchang
Anking
Hengyang-Kweiiin-Linghow
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Auditor and Judge Praised for Work in Texas Counties
Parris Pirtle county auditor and County Judge Glen Finley were lauded for efforts to collect figures on officers salaries and to push remedial legislation. They spoke before the Texas Association of County Judges and Commissioners in Galveston where attendees endorsed a resolution backing legislation to boost state appropriation to 14 cents per capita for the officers salary fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Pirtle
Glen Finley
Texas Association of County Judges
Galveston
Draft Boards Ordered Tighten Deferments
Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey ordered local draft boards to apply deferment yardsticks in light of immediate urgencies for men on fighting and production fronts and to reclassify for immediate military service men with occupation deferments who leave their jobs without draft board permission. Invest In The Future Buy Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis
Hershey
Ormoc Falls to US Forces in Leyte Operation
Allied forces on Leyte captured Ormoc, main Japanese base on the west coast, after a four day battle sparked by a daring amphibious landing. Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce's 7th and 40th Infantry Divisions, with elements from Archibald Arnold's 7th, pressed the Yamashita line toward a junction near Ormoc as Japanese pockets were trapped and destroyed. The victory opens a west coast port for future operations.
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Allied
Leyte
Philippines
Tith Division
Ormor
Leyte Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philipines
Andrew D. Bruce
Guam
Ormoc
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Daily War Bulletin
Archibald W. Arnold
Tth
77Th
Albuera
Yamashita Line
Cotton ginning in Texas trails 1943 pace
Texas cotton ginning lags behind the 1943 peak. Eighty two percent of the 1944 crop had been ginned by December 1, totaling 2,081,000 bales, compared with 2,582,000 bales ginned by December in 1943.
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Ausiain
Tex
Texas
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Deg
Street fighting in Athens grows amid Allied advances and turmoil
Street battles flare in Athens as ELAS forces shell and snip at government positions. British and Greek authorities face a tense city center amid political shifts in London and Rome as allied strategy presses toward the Rhine and Hungarian capital Budapest.
Midwest Snowstorm Delays Travel Across Region
A heavy Midwest snow blanket disrupted travel with up to eight inches in parts of the Lower Lake region and Upper Mississippi valley. Trains arrived hours late as weather bureau called conditions extremely hazardous. six to eight inches forecast for Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois.
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United Press
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Lower
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Michigan
Tillerais
Wisconsin
Springfield
St. Louis
Chicago
Northwest
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Purple Heart
South
Ul Bryant
Ieat
Fort Worth Livestock
Alabama
Claire Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tayng Wong
Toong di
Gen. Chennault
Iffort
Joseph C. Grew
W. L Clayton
Archibald McLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
Foreign Relations Committee
Edward R. Stettinius
M. S Church of
Bopham
U.S. 14Th
Norman Littell
Attorney General
Nip
Yamashita
Tokyo
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