Fighters Blast 91 German Planes In Decisive Raid
In a December 1944 air engagement near the Western Front, the 355th Fighter Group, led by Lt. Col. Hovea andIncluding Lt Arthur K. Alewander, shot down 11 German fighters as bombers toppled fortified targets. Liberators' heavy loads rained on forts and marshalling yards while Allied fighters kept interceptors at bay. After the third bomber division completed its mission, Nazi fighter resistance collapsed and the follow-on strikes hit tank and munition plants unopposed.
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kConuscea
Rage Asion
Minn
Hovea
Waals
Hoves
Arthur K. Alewander
Sollewput
Calif
FDR Nominees Face Senate Hearings On Qualifications
The committee plans further hearings on the nominees qualifications after earlier attacks. Senator Murray opposed Clayton, while Vandenberg La Follette and Langer raised concerns about rapid committee action. La Follette urged more time to study the nominees amid a contentious confirmation process.
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FDR
Sen. Wheeler
D.mont
Clark
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
White
la Follette
MacLeish
Hut Vandenberg
Repartyst
Wisconsin
Clayton
Murray
New Deal
Mureray
Senate
Sen
Langer
One Man Battles Confirmation of Edward HR Stetiinius Jr
A one man battle opposed Edward H. R. Stetinius Jr's confirmation as secretary of State. The speaker warned the President planned to appoint a State Department group aligned with reaction not the Atlantic charter. Langer criticized Rockefeller Clayton Dunn and Grow as foreign to American wishes. The committee endorsed creating two new assistant secretaryships with Dunn and Brig. Gen. Julius C Holmes likely to be named.
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Edward HR. Stetiinius, Jr
State Department
Milionaires
Rockefeller
Clayton, Dunn
Grow
Langer
Dunn
Julius C. Holmes
Eisenhower
Civir Affairs
Siaff
Firemen dance raised funds for city departments
Hundley explained after Plorca’s removal as fire chief that he organized the volunteer association and oversaw the ball, though not officially named as a volunteer fireman. The event, described as the Pollge and Firemen’s ball, aimed to ensure money went through proper channels for police and fire departments.
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Plorca
Hundley
Volunteer’ Association
Blodgett
Alleged Penitentiary Fugitive Arrested in Charleston
A youth described as an escapee from the state penitentiary at Moundsville was arrested in Charleston yesterday by FBI Agent Donald B. Adams. He was identified at Kanawha county jail as Berton G. Taylor, 10, of RFD 1 Saint Albans, originally sentenced to the penitentiary on a breaking and entering charge.
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Moundsville
Charleston
FBI
Donald B. Adams
Kanawha County
Berton G. Taylor
RFD 1
St. Albans
Defense Attacks Widen Ex Soldier in Mine Village Trial
In Clay County circuit court ex soldier Elmer Groves son of a Widen mine foreman testified that he would drive UMW officials out of town and warned they would be killed if they returned. He described a pre shooting fight with UMW rep Kirk and Foley present. witnesses and defense questioned motive and character.
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Clay
Elmer Groves
Widen
United Mine Workers
Roscoe Workman
Lite
Elmer
B. Hu Foley
Ranton Kirk
UMW
Foley
Joe Groves
Nonuato
Warkman
Hill Groves
Kirk
White
Foemer
Nelle Rogera
Groves
Mine Forsman
Cruder Mortis
Widen ¥. M. C. A
Morris
Elmer Said to Hurry Up and Run Away During Fight Trial
Testimony at the trial includes Elmer urging quick departure to run away with Kirk and Foley, Morris reporting Joe Groves saying there would be fun, and witness accounts of violence around a YMCA incident. Judge Jake Fisher excludes a disputed evidence line about Elmer’s army discharge.
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Elmer
Kirk
Foley
Morris
Joe Groves
A. Lee Wilson
Widen
UMW
Byrne Wilson
Dafense
Jake Fisher
YMCA
Wendl Samples
Earl Donohue
U.S. Army
Little Rock
Ark
Bill Graves
Civilian Pilot Crashes at Fairgrounds Near Dunbar
Civil Air Patrol officials tracked down Thomas W. Emanuel a former Long Beach resident now of Alexandria Virginia after a two seat aircraft landed on the 4 H fairgrounds near Dunbar due to poor visibility. Emanuel unhurt walked away, boarded a bus, and continued to Charleston while CAP worked to locate the missing pilot.
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Civil Air Patrol
Thomas W. Emanuel
Long Beach
Cal
Alexandria
Cras
Dunbar
Charleston
Col
Hubert Stark
CAP
Minging
Fairgrounds
Emanuel
Stark
Lexington
W Va newspaperman wins Purple Heart
Willard C. Hess, former Mounts ville and Huntington, West Virginia, an Office of War Information employee, is awarded the Purple Heart by General Douglas MacArthur. Hess was wounded in Leyte on October 26 during a Japanese bombing raid that killed Associated Press photographer Asahel Bush and injured two other correspondents. He may be sent to Australia to recuperate.
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Washington
Willard C. Hess
Mountsville
Huntington
W. Va
Office of War Information
Elmer
Davis
Hess
Douglas MacArthur
OWI
Leyte
Asahel Bush
Associated Press
Australia
Four U S Ships Survive. Marines Aid Rescue Efforts
The commander stated no lives were lost though injuries occurred. Rescue craft and amphibious tractors aided evacuations as Navy listed lost vessels including Mount Hood, YMS-19, PT-163 and others. Frank n Gure, mother from Jamestown, N Y, commanded PT-363 during the incident.
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U.S
Mount Hood
Tokar
Frank' N Gure
Jamestown
N. Y
Etre
Churchill Warns Greece Against Communist Takeover
Churchill, amid wartime talks with Greek leaders, warned that Britain will not allow external forces to force a rule or faction on Greece. He condemned using German-supplied weapons to impose a Communist dictatorship, stressing the need for the Greek people's free expression while promising Allied aid and support to prevent civil war.
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George Papandreou
Churchill
Britain
Greece
Prime Minister Deflects Questions on Bloodshed
In a heated session, labor members pressed for action to prevent bloodshed as Prime Minister defends measures. Churchill notes Communist ministers resigned from Papandreous cabinet prompting calls for clarity.
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Labor
Ertad
Churchill
Papandreous
William’ Gallacher
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