Mosquito Bombers Target Nurnberg in Heavy Night Raid
Allied air ministry reports a large force of RAF Mosquito bombers attacked Nurnberg in western Germany after 7 p.m. Tuesday, dropping two ton bombs on rail hubs and industrial targets. The raid aimed to disrupt German supply lines to fronts facing the Allied armies, with fires reported at Neuss and Presburg and rail centers along major routes from the north and east.
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Don
U.P
RAF Mos
Germany
Berg
Moscow
Gery
RAF Bomber Command
Neuss
Freiburg
Stuttgart
Seventh Army
Son
Cologne
hen-Gladbach
Chinese Urged Triple War Production Effort
M Nelson, former War Production Board head, told Chungking’s Peoples Council that China must triple war production to meet a pressing situation. He urged urgent cooperation among Chinese, American, and British groups and warned delays could imperil China’s wartime and postwar position. He called the plan the biggest economic step yet and stressed unity.
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China
Nelson
War Production Board
Peoples Council
Chungking
Ald
Bookends Presented to Ex County Judge O L Couch
Ex county judge O L Couch who retired earlier this month received a set of bookends from the commissioners court and county employees in the courthouse. The gift honors nearly three terms of service and work done by Couch.
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O. L. Couch
Commissioners’ Court
Judge Couch
Patton's Third Army Pushes Into Saar Front
Patton's forces invade the Saar advancing up to seven miles and forming a 26 mile front in Germany. Eight miles from Saarbrucken they overrun 18 towns including Duren and Berus near Saarlautern as German resistance loosens.
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Paris
U.p
George S. Patton
Saar
Germany
Saarbrucken
Vilages
Cologne
Wehrmacht
Ankara
Berlin
Patton
Reich
Duren
Berus
Saarlautern
Napoleon
Marshal Ney
Senate Committee Recesses In UT Inquiry
The Senate committee probing the UT clash recesses subject to call and may not meet for a week or more. A A U P official Dr Ralph Himstead says 16 charges against former President Homer Rainey show prima facie academic freedom violations and the Rainey regent case is also being examined. Rainey denies lax action against campus immorality.
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Austin
Senate
University of Texas
Ralph Himstead
American Association of University Professors
Homer P. Rainey
Himstead
Rainey-regent
Rainey
Appointment Of Stettinius Is Approved
The Senate foreign affairs committee unanimously endorsed Edward Stettinius for secretary of state and Senator Tom Connally urged the full Senate to approve the appointment. Mesdames Homer Thompson Dwight Hackley and John Day were in Dallas Tuesday. Mrs Wayne Anderson was a Dallas visitor Tuesday. Mack Smith has gone to Tennessee to visit a brother. Mack, long a Bonham resident, may not recognize the scenery as he returns to the Volunteer State.
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Washington,d. C
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Edward Stettinius
Tom Connally
Senate
Mesdames
Homer
Thompson Dwight Hackley
John Day
Dallas
Wayne Anderson
Mack Smith
Tennessee
Mack
Bonham
Volunteer
Soldiers urge more artillery shells to speed victory in Europe
Twenty seven GIs returning to the U.S. say increased ammunition would let them fire more, easing infantry pressure. S Sgt Edward R Breardon describes D Day actions and a Caumont Normandy lull due to shell shortages. The group tours plants to spur production.
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Washington
Siegfried Line
United States
Germany
Edward R. Breardon
C. Kelly
12Th St
Waco
Texas
Fifth
FDR Seeks 75 Million For Postwar Public Works Planning
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize 75.9 million dollars for state public works planning grants to aid postwar projects by states counties and municipalities. The program would be run by the Federal Works Agency and support about 1.518 billion in planned construction, including airports and a nationwide highway network. He also backed watershed plans and a Missouri River Valley Authority. Other items include veterans benefits increases and a permanent fair employment practices committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Fedderal Works Agency
White House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Big River
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Sheridan Downey
Calif
George C. Marshall
Stalin Reports New Red Gains
Premier Josef Stalin announced Red Army forces pushed along the Danube north of the Drava and broke through western bank defenses south of Budapest, with advances described as new gains in the campaign.
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Stalin
London
U.P
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Danube
Drava
Budapest
Shells Roll Off Assembly Line on Thanksgiving Day
A Shreveport Louisiana plant of J. B. Beatty produced 81 mm shells on Thanksgiving Day with 270 workers slated on the line and only one absent, a guard named Mr. Harkins.
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J. B. Beatty Company
Shreveport
D. L. Harkins
Harkins
Editors Call On All Nations To Join In Pact
The American Society of Newspaper Editors urged removal of political legal and economic barriers to free information exchange during peace. They invited the United States and other governments to join in reciprocal declarations guaranteeing the right to read and hear news without hindrance. The push includes press radio and media and aims to make freedom of information a global reality. Ralph McGill led the committee with Hugh Baillie and Paul Miller aiding the drafting.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
United States
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Europe
Paul Miller
Associated Press
Demand For Small Arms Ammunition Will Be Met
J H Bond regional director of the War Manpower Commission said in Dallas that the increased demand for small arms ammunition in Europe will be met. He noted this comes as production also must support heavy artillery ammunition tanks radar and other war needs while facilities and manpower are expanded.
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Dallas
Tex
J. H. Bond
War Manpower Commission
Bond
Member of U.T. Regents Dies
Houston November 29 Judson L. Taylor a nationally known surgeon and newly appointed member of the University of Texas Board of Regents died of a heart attack at his Houston home. Other notes report Dallas visits by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Leatherwood and by Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Crider. F. O. Thomas is confined to his room at his daughter’s home.
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Houston
Judsoh L. Taylor
U. of T. Board of Regents
C. A. Leatherwood
Dallas
Howard L. Crider
F. O. Thomas
Glen Finley
U S Warships Bombard Ormoc Harbor
U S destroyers and light ships shelled Ormoc Port on Leyte for about 90 minutes setting large fires with five inch and smaller guns. The action aimed to isolate Japanese forces in the Ormoc corridor as MacArthur's campaign proceeds. Air attacks on convoys continued with no Japanese counters.
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Allied
Leyte
Philippines
U.P
United States
Ormoc
Mormoc
Philipines
Ormoc Bay
United Press
Ormoc Corridor
Douglas MacArthur
Adm
C. Kinkaid
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Camotes Sea
Cebu
AAF Concentrates Preflight Training at San Antonio Center
San Antonio aviation cadet center remains the sole Army Air Forces preflight school after Dec 1 discontinuances at Maxwell Field and Santa Ana. SAACC reports staffing cuts elsewhere but says limited instructors will handle more cadets routed to San Antonio as overall training is streamlined.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Maxwell Field
Ala
Santa Ana
Calif
Severance of Pipeline From Gas Wells Ordered in Texas Fields
An order signed by Railroad Commissioner Olin Culberson and Ernest Thompson orders immediate severance of pipeline connections for natural gas wells in Agua Dulce and Stratton sands in Jim Wells Nueces and Kleberg counties. The action follows failure to repressure the sands as required by a prior order.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad
Olin Culberson
Ernest ©. Thompson
Agua Dulce
Stratton
Jim Wells
Nueces
Kleberg
Tokyo Reports B 29s Over Capital Again
Tokyo said a minor formation of enemy B 29s from the Marianas appeared over the Tokyo area shortly before midnight November 29. A later report said American Superfortresses made their first night attack on Tokyo, starting fires at two places.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tokyo
Marianas
Tisza River Is Crossed Anew By Red Forces
Soviet armies linked across the Tisza river advancing seven miles along a 90 mile front in Czechoslovakia and northeast Hungary. Berlin said Red Army tank columns converging on Pecs as heavy fighting continues near Satoraljaujhely and Presov. Moscow reported strong artillery exchanges with enemy incursions into East Prussia and patrol clashes around Goldap and Pillkallen.
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London
U.P
Tisza
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Berlin
Pecs
Budapest
Satoraljaujhely
Goldap
Pillkallen
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
4Th
Ivan I. Petrov
Red Army
transg-Danubian
Lake
Balaton
Mahees
Danube
Rotary Plans Membership Campaign at Wednesday Meeting
The Rotary Club discussed a membership drive and formed a planning committee led by Gordon Brown, Joe Hrdlicka, and Dick Saunders. J B Golden Roy Owens and Gordon Brown join the Boy Scout committee. Mrs Lipscomb and Mrs Marston performed numbers while Joe B Hrdlicka led the program. Guests included Forrest Taylor Denison Frank Fuller Paris and Sam Morrison of Dallas.
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Rotary Club
Gordon Brown
Joe Hrdlicka
Dick Saunders
J. B. Golden
Roy Owens
Poy
Margaret Marston
Joe B. Hrdlicka
Forrest Taylor
Denison
Frank Fuller
Paris
Sam Morrison
Dallas
Californian Believed To Have Fatally Struck Rommel
Bits of information point to 20 year old Lt. Arnold O. Miller of Santa Rosa California as the Allied flier who fatally injured Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel on July 24 near the Normandy front. Army Air Corps films show bullets from Miller’s P 47 strafing a German staff car 20 miles behind the lines.
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Santa Ana
Cal
U.P
Arnold O. Miller
Santa Rosa
Erwin Rommel
Army Air Corps
Normandy
Miller
Air Corps
Rommel
von Rundstedt
Western Front
Allied and neutral ships lost to U boats early war years
wartime merchant shipping losses totaled 5758 vessels representing 22161085 tons from outbreak of war through last year. 753 American ships among the losses. 1942 worst year with 1859 vessels lost. An unofficial tally notes at least 17 losses in 1944, raising wartime totals toward 5775.
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Washington
Nnions
Europe
Office of War Information
United Press
Bond Rally Slated Friday At Ravenna
An entertainment and bond rally is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the Ravenna school. The public is invited to attend and help Ravenna reach its quota in the 6th War Loan. Ravenna has historically met its goal and residents are expected to go over the top this campaign.
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Ravenna
One Man Killed In Plant Blast
A Phillips Petroleum refinery in Hobbs New Mexico suffered a flash explosion in a refining unit while being cleaned. One man, identified as Webb, a stillman’s helper, was killed. another man was seriously burned and a third suffered shock as the unit blew apart.
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Hobbs
N. Mex
U.P
Phillips Petroleum Company
Mr. Webb
Stillman
Allied Forces Press 60 Mile Front Against Saar Frontline
U S Third Army drives across the Saar basin front within 26 miles of Saarbrucken and nears Sarre Union while First and Ninth armies push toward the Roer river line. Soviet forces cross the Danube near Pecs as 90 mile front forms on Hungarian Slovak border. Eighth Army faces resistance near Faenza as mass air strikes hit Misburg Hamm and other German targets. American ships bombard Japanese positions in Ormoc Bay.
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United Press
Germany
Saar Basin
Reich
Saarbrucken
Sarre Union
Roer
Cologne
Julich
Berlin
Danube
Budapest
Pecs
Lake Balaton
Eighth Army
Italy
Faenza
Misburg
Hamm
Anth Mors Atte
Ormoc Bay
Leyte
Churchill Warns Against Overoptimism Over War End
Prime Minister Churchill cautioned again that victory would not come soon and indicated he might drop the word early from his forecast that the war with Germany would end by summer. He announced Antwerp port was captured intact and is now functioning.
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London
U.P
Churchill
Geremany
Sumemer
Antwerp
Brussels Strikers Vote Return To Work Sparks Wider Talks
About 1,000 striking Brussels post office workers voted to return to work tomorrow and 3,000 street car workers out two days may follow. The protest strikes against Premier Hubert Pierlot's government spread to utilities and factories around Brussels.
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Brussels
Oui
Hubert Pierrot
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report
Fort Worth November data shows cattle and hog activity with steady price ranges. Medium steers and yearlings trade 11 to 13, fat cows 11 to 50, calves 12 to 13. Hogs active with top 146 percent and good to choice 180 to 270 pounds. Stockers and sows 1250 dawn.
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Port Worth
Not Much Help From POWs On V Bomb Question
Paris dispatch reports American prisoners of war replying to German interrogators about V bombs with deadpan answers. The soldiers repeatedly deny knowledge of the term and refuse to acknowledge its effects, leaving the German questioner irritated.
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Paris
U.P
Aeomat
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