Yanks Blast Convoy Kill 4500 Japs in Philippines
Allied headquarters say American air forces destroyed a four-ship convoy of about 6,000 troops southeast of Masbate and damaged or sunk 14 other vessels in East Indies waters. MacArthur reports at least 4,500 enemy troops drowned or burned as Warhawks and Thunderbolts hit transports.
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HDQ
Philippines
Leyte
East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Warhawks
Thunderbolts
Masbate
Balabac Strait
Borneo
Martin Mariner
Brunei Bay
MacArthur
1S2nd
Ormoc Plain
Leyte River
Limon
Ormoc
Big U S Raid on German Oil Plant
London AP reports a large night raid by over 1,000 American heavy bombers on the Leuna synthetic oil refinery at Merseburg, plus Bingen and Berlin targets. More than 3,000 tons of explosives used. Mosquito fighters joined later strikes on Berlin. Italian-based bombers hit Linz Munich area and Innsbruck.
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London
Leuna
Merseburg
Strategic Air Force
Italy
Linz
Munich
Germany
Innsbruck
Austria
Fall of Nanning Imminent Reported by Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio broadcast that Japanese forces in Pinyang, Kwangsi, are within seven rails north of Nanning and it said the city’s fall is imminent. The report claims since September 14 the Chinese have suffered 12,590 killed and 16,106 captured in the Kwangsi offensive.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Pinyang
Kwangsi Province
Nanning
Snow and sleet chill Iowa with mixed precipitation
Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas faced rain sleet and snow with a 2 30 p m temperature of 31 degrees in Cedar Rapids as precipitation spread across Des Moines Fort Dodge Sioux City Ames Ottumwa Council Bluffs and central South Dakota. Tonight will be rain and slightly above freezing then Sunday rain turns to snow and colder with strong winds.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Ames
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Chambers
Japs Claim U S Bombing Of Manila Invasion Broadcast
Japanese radio in Manila claimed about 60 American carrier planes bombed Manila and Clark Field on Saturday. It said the attack started with high level bombing of ships in Manila Bay and, as usual, judged the strike ineffective. Witnesses in Manila said they saw two American planes shot down.
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Philippines
Makassar
Leyte
United Press
Manila
Clarkfield
Manila Bay
Tokyo Raid Not Up to Expectations
The first U S bomber raid on Tokyo hurt Japan but did not meet expectations, says Brig Gen Haywood Hansell Jr base commander. Weather and cloud cover limited hits while four of dozens of B 29s hit paths. One aircraft lost in combat another presumed missing with life rafts sighted. Hansell calls the mission largely satisfactory but not perfect.
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21St U. S. Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Hansell
Guam
Here
Eyewitness Air Raid Over Tokyo Factory Fire
War correspondent recounts aboard a B 29 Superfortress over Tokyo. He describes six fires blazing in the Nakajima aircraft factory district as bombing conditions were ideal and the city receded below the bomber crews.
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Mac R. Johnson
Tokyo
Nakajima Aircraft Factory
Eight Shot in Brussels Riot Reported During Pierlot Protest
In Brussels a protest against the Pierlot government ended in shooting and fist fights as demonstrators moved toward a mass meeting. At least eight men were wounded, with some reports claiming up to three deaths.
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Brussels
Belgium
Eet
Pierlot
Five men die in French Quarter boarding house fire
In New Orleans on Saturday a blaze swept through a rooming house in the French Quarter, burning five men to death. The fire caused extensive damage and prompted investigations into its origin and safety conditions.
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New Orleans
Scouts Boost War Loan Drive in Cedar Rapids
Scouts of Cedar Rapids including Sea and Cub Scouts begin a door to door campaign to support the sixth war loan sales. Earlier drive raised 400000 in pledges and organizers aim to beat that total. Iowa War Finance Committee reports 12200000 in state sales toward 178000000 quota by December 16, with rural counties leading in Series E and overall quotas while urban industrial centers lag.
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Scouts of
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
Sea Scouts
Cub Scouts
Iowa War Finance Committee
W. L. Clark
Des Moines
Iowa
Clark
Baseball's Czar Judge Landis Dies in Sleep
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 78 longtime baseball commissioner died at St Luke's hospital in Chicago. He ruled the sport with an iron hand since 1921 and declined funeral rites cremation will be private per his wishes. His death ends a controversial era marked by the Black Sox scandal and strong stand against pampering players.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
America
St. Luke's Hospital
Leslie O'Connor
Landis
Black Sox
Richard W. Phillips
Ilinois
Standard Oil Company
American National League Committee
K. M. Landis
St. Louis
FBI ARRESTS UNION PACIFIC DINING CAR CREW OVER CHALLENGER RACKET
FBI agents began arresting Union Pacific dining car waiters and stewards on charges they withheld meal receipts on the Omaha Los Angeles Challenger. Dozens were taken into custody in several cities with more than 100 expected. the scheme used multiple or missing meal checks to skim funds.
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Washington
FBI
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Omaha
J. Edgar Hoover
Eisenhower troops back sixth war loan drive
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his fighting men support the sixth war loan drive while dodging German bombs in a new European offensive. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau released a Nov. 14 letter in which Eisenhower pledges to do his part and go over with a rush. official sales rise to 563 million dollars, over 10 percent of the 5 billion individual quota.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Supreme Allied Commander
Europe
Eisenhower
U S Submarines Sinking Japanese Vessels Reported
Washington AP reports American submarines in Pacific and Far East waters have sunk 27 more Japanese vessels. The figure includes a destroyer and a converted gunboat among four thousand five hundred tons of merchant shipping, with 25 merchant ships sunk in Netherlands East Indies waters.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Navy
Netherlands East Indian Waters
Missing First Lt. Stepanek Reported In France War
First Lt. Lester F. Stepanek 24 is reported missing in action in France since November 2 per a War Department message to his parents Mr and Mrs John Stepanek 945 N Street SW. He enlisted June 11 1942 trained at Fort Benning promoted to first lieutenant November 1943 deployed Sept 1 1944 to France. He left Wilson and Company prior to service. He leaves a wife Jeanne and son Dean of Lisbon and brothers Joe John and oe Stepanek in military service.
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Lester F. Stepanek
France
War Department
John Stepanek
Jeanne
Dean
Lisbon
Stepanek
Ralph Blaylock
Fort Benning
Wilson and Company
Joe Stepanek
South Pacific
John
Germany
Oe Stepanek
South
Turks Seize Nazi Holdings in Postwar Exchange Move
The Turkish government reportedly seized Nazi holdings as part of a wartime assets exchange effort. Details remain unclear as officials confirm action but offer few particulars about the seized items or their current disposition.
Burst From Hurtgen Forest Breaks German Stalemate
American First Army forces burst from the Hurtgen forest near Aachen and pushed toward the Cologne plain in a bold breakout. The offensive also tightens the grip around Strasbourg and advances on the Vosges front as Ninth Army reports gains near Julich and Colonge.
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Paris
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Rhineland
Cologne
Ninth Army
Merzenhausen
Geilenkirchen
Courtney H. Hodges
Rhine
Thunderbolt
United States
Grosshall
Duren
Six Hundred South Chicago Steel Workers Ordered Back to Work
Six hundred strikers at Carnegie-Illinois Steel in South Chicago were directed by regional War Labor Board to end the walkout and return to production on Saturday.
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Chicago
INS
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
War Labor Board
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Seventh Army
Baon l'Etape
Strasbourg
Celebes
U. S
Ralph R. “Duke” Ellis
Commonwealth Apartments
Cedar Rapids News
Pierre
S. D
Arnold
Army Hour
NBC
James Doolittle
J. T
Archer
Broadwood
Texas
University of Texas
Emmet O'Donnell
Ashu Island
Mt. Fujiyama
Fuji
Czar
Judge Landis
St. Luke's
Col
Reed G. Landis
Milleville
Ohio
Abraham Landis
Kennesaw Mountain
Lester Stepanek
Ione
Egre
Epes
Marquis
David Law
Drew Pearson
United States First Army
Cologne Plain
Henry T. Gorrell
Vosges Mountains
Bourheim
Julich
Gorrell
James C. Kemp
South Carolina
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