Byrnes Moves To Speed Flow Of Ammunition
A wartime mobilization shakeup announced by James F. Byrnes names Maj. Gen. L. D. Clay and several civilian aides to push munitions production. The move prioritizes coordinating manpower, power, and transport to accelerate the flow from assembly to front lines as final victory nears.
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Washington
Assembly
James F. Byrnes
Army
L. D. Clay
Clay
Army Service Forces
Byrnes
Western Front
Paul V. McNutt
Fred Searles
War Production Board
Byres
J. B. Hutson
Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
Aliegates Haber Aids Board
Byrnea
William Haber
Regulars Defeat Left-Wing Greeks In Athens Clash
In Athens British and Greek troops clash with ELAS left wing fighters while government hopes civil war ends by tomorrow. Grenade bursts and machine gun fire accompany intermittent fighting in Athens and Piraeus as ELAS bands move toward the capital. British casualties remain small, ELAS casualties higher, with figures uncertain amid ongoing turmoil.
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Athens
Elas Lefilate
Piraeus
Bany
ELAS
EAM
Nas Aries Liberation Front
Premiser
George Papandreou
Britain
R. Bt. Scobie
Pilot Under Training Dies After Wild Bomber Plunge
Vancouver Canada December 6 Canadian Press reports a trainee pilot aboard a twin engine bomber went on a four and a half hour wild descent and acrobatics endangering civilians and servicemen. Despite attempts to divert him with fighter planes the pilot plunged from about 1000 feet into the ground at Tilbury Island near Vancouver killing him and wrecking the aircraft. Name not released immediately.
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Vancouver
B.C
San
Tilsburg Island
Stars and Stripes Profits From European Campaign
Stars and Stripes reports a $3,000,000 profit in the European battle theater. Circulation reportedly exceeds a million copies, with Col. Ensley M. Llewellyn directing U S operations back in the United States from the theater of operations.
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Stars and ‘Stripes
New York
Stars and Stripes
Army
Ite
Ensley M. Liewellyn
United States
Tom
Free Movie Day Supports War Bond Drive Across Charleston
Charleston cinemas join nationwide Free Movie Day to boost War Bond sales. The Gazette plans to aid the drive with free admission for bond buyers and special shows. Chair J E England says tickets for Together Again will be available at issuing agents. Children 14 and under may attend on Dec 16 with a Gazette coupon verified by an issuing agent.
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Charleston
Gazette
Purc
Kanawha County
England
Molion Pictures War Activities Committee
Gazette Ie
Virginian
Whenvn
Train collision injures 12 at Elk yards near Charleston
A Charleston bound passenger train from Cincinnati rear ended a freight train at Elk yards South Charleston. Twelve passengers were injured, with William W. Venable among the seriously hurt. He was unconscious for about half an hour and taken to Charleston General Hospital for observation. No derailment or equipment damage reported. cause under investigation.
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Chesapeake and Otilo I
South Charleston
Tims
Ifant
Ington
Cincinnati
Hinton
Webb
William W. Venable
Quarries St
Charleston
Venable
Charleston General
Kirk says shooting was self defense in Clay county case
Ranson Kirk a United Mine Workers organizer from Williamson testified in Clay county court that he fired in self defense during a fight that left Joe Groves dead. He described exchanges with Foley and Groves, noted discussions at Charleston about a union election, and said he met Foley at the widening community and rode toward town before the fatal incident.
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Clay
Ranson Kirk
United Mine Workers
Williamson
Clay County
Jor Groves
Widen
Foley
UMW
Kirk
Joe Groves
Elk River Coal and
Time Her Co
Elmer
Groves
Charleston
National Labor, Relations Board
Elk River Co
Elk River Workers
Bil Groves
Rick
C of C Annex Gutted by Fire in Capitol Street Blaze
Fire gutted the Chamber of Commerce annex at 13 15 Capitol Street early yesterday, damaging the Kana wha Players workshop on the third floor. Fire Chief J Louis McLane said seven water streams fought the flames for over three hours. Losses included clothing store fixtures and glassware valued in the thousands. total damage not yet estimated.
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Capitol St
Kanawha Players' Workshop
Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha Players
J. Louis McLane Saith
Struccture
Richard A. Gore
Sosa
Charles Berkley
Union Clothing
Bohnert
Cat Supply Co
McLane
Central Station
Charleston Lions Club
Ines
Theater Guild Co
Washington
Dickhieet Std
Cire
Phivers
Senate Balks at Nominations in State Department Move
Senate voted 37 to 1027 to recommit four State Department nominees to the Foreign Relations Committee for hearings. John C. O’Mahoney led the move to delay confirmation of Grew, Clayton, MacLeish, and Rockefeller amid intra party opposition and New Deal criticisms.
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State Department
Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Laken
Joseph C. O'Mahoney D.wyor
Joseph C. Grew
W. L. Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tom Conenally
DsTexs
MacLeish
Drew
Roosevelt
Revolt at Atlanta Federal Prison Near End Amid Grievances aired
Atlanta December article reports convicts barricaded in the Atlanta federal penitentiary negotiating through Morgan Blake editor of the Atlanta Journal. Binke, a Sunday school teacher, to publish a piece airing all grievances. If accepted, barricades to be surrendered with no bloodshed and food to be supplied tonight.
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Atlanta
INS
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Morgan Blake
Atlanta Journal
Y Binke
Bhike
Wison
Drakes
Russians Roll Near Austria and Budapest Fronts
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army advancing within 35 miles of Austria and 13 miles south of Budapest along the Danube. German claims of a three sided Budapest offensive are unconfirmed. Racalmas and Ercsi changes noted. over 90 towns seized in Hungary and Yugoslavia amid Drava river advances.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Austria
Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Lake Balayton
Balaton
Keresztur
Lake
Racalmas
Geremans
Ercsi
Yuroslavia
Sid
Belgrade
Srigetvar
Drava
Brontier
Yugoslavia
Darany
Barcs
Feoror
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Ptenac
MacArthur notes serious Leyte fighting on third Pearl Harbor anniversary
General MacArthur reported substantial gains for American forces in the Philippines as pressure increased along the front. Allied troops breached lines near Palanad river and Balaxo and advanced south of Ormoc, while Japanese supply via Ormoc Bay was cut. Allied air attacks targeted Nipponese installations, airfields, and shipping from Manila northward.
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Phippines
Thurada
Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Marmoc
10Th
U. S. Army Corps
Ormoc
24Th Corps
Palanad
Balaxo
Crast
Kang Dagh
Ormoc Bay
Pearl Harbor
Manila
New Guinea
Tokyo Radio Reports U S Planes Fly Over Tokyo
NBC recorded Tokyo Radio broadcast claims a small number of enemy planes flew over Tokyo after 1 30 a m and Japanese units engaged them without dropping bombs. No American confirmation of U S planes over Tokyo was reported.
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U. S
Tokyo
New York
NBC
More Japanese ships sunk in air force strikes
CHUNGKING December 8 U S air force reports say 168 additional Japanese freighters were sunk damaged or probably sunk in new strikes. The biggest loss occurred in a Yanette river convoy where one freighter was destroyed two left sinking and eight damaged. Other successes were reported east of Shanghai west of Formosa and at Amoy harbor on the Chin coast.
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Chungking
U U
Wth Air Force
Fiers
China
Claire
Chennault
Yanette River
Eas
Shanghai
Formosa
Amoy Harbor
Ching Coast
Hitler’s Reemergence Reported by German Press
London reports state the German president and radio aired pictures of Adolf Hitler’s return to public life. News notes he acts personally in political and military affairs, meeting foreign officials and awarding war decorations, signaling a recovered leader after the July 20 plot.
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Hitler
London
Radio Tonight
Adolf Hitler
Tuchrer
Frehrer
Ee - 7
U S British Rift Develops European Politics Causes Split
Britain and the United States clash over intervene or stay hands off in Europe's quarrels. Sir Noel Charles negotiates with Italian leaders as Italy faces a cabinet crisis and seeks a new government. Eden warns Britain will maintain its stance while Washington presses for noninterference.
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Rome
Noel Charles
Italy
Ivanoe’Genomi
Haylong
Boenomf
London
Europe
Britain
United States
U S Soldiers Held For Diplomat Death in Norfolk
Two American soldiers were arrested at a U S camp in Norfolk and will be charged before an army court in the fatal shooting of Sir Erle Teichman the 60 year old former British diplomat found dead on his estate after going out unarmed to drive off a poacher. The arrests followed a joint Civil Police and American Military Police investigation. Names and charges were not disclosed.
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Honingham
Norfolk
Eng
U. S
Erle Teichman
Far East
H. van Neck
Ner
van Neck
Ion
Allied Break Through Saar Front Near Saarbrucken
Field dispatches report U S forces forcing four river crossings along the Saar and pushing toward Saarbrucken and Sarreguemines. Infantry and armor from the 90th and 95th divisions, with heavy artillery, overran Sarreguemines on the west bank and pressed eastward, while German counterattacks near Bergstein were repelled.
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Sarreguemines
Saar
Saarbrucken
10Th ‘Armored Division
Merziges
Tforts
Lous
Browning hints at Arnhem victory jump for airborne troops
General Frederick AM Browning, leaving command to head Southeast Asia, told his troops in Berlin that their next jump could be a victory mission over Arnhem. He praised the parachute battalion’s efforts and predicted future airborne operations.
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Arnhem
London
INS
Frederick
AM Browning
Iss
Mritiah
Mia
Herole Paule
Browning
Bis New Peat
South East Asia
War Anniversary Finds Durable Peace in Uncertain Europe
The United States marks three costly war years with confidence in victory but doubts about peace. Roosevelt may meet Stalin and Churchill within three months to align policies on Europe’s future, political freedom, and the new security framework. Observers cite unity as key to victory and warn of Russia and China weaknesses.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Italy
Greece
Russia
Europe
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Vittory
Pacific
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