Allied bombers sink 13 ships off Leyte in major push
Dive bombers and fighters wiped out a 13 ship Japanese reinforcement convoy near Leyte Tue and Wed, sinking transports and destroyers and flooding the sea with enemy casualties. The action, led by General Headquarters, left an estimated 4,000 Japanese troops dead and suggested a reinforced Nipponese attempt to shore up Ormoc defenses.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc
T P
Yamashita Linn
Ale Nedair
Bosen
Ate
Cebu
Ormoc's
Ehips
AIM Inna
Eisenhower
Duren-Julich
Rhine
Germany
de Wyler Forest
Wyler Sis
Nijmegen
Holland
Clave
Cologne
Hurigen
Omar Bradley
Langerwehe
Jungersdorf
Kleinhau
Koslar
Inde
Duren
Wost
Lindrensand Linich
Geilenkirchen
Juliah
Hamelt Thrower
Wurm
Roer
Courtney Hodges
U, 8
1St Army
Plee
Surigelt Jungersdorf
Keans
Geo
William Simpson
U, 5
Hodges
Julich
Hurtgen Forest
Npen
Aachen
Reich
Reichswald
Dedlay
Russians Make 25 Mile Lunge Across Danube
Moscow reports a 25 mile breakout into southern Hungary and northern Yugoslavia with 350+ towns captured. Pecs Mohacs and Bataszek fall as Budapest faces a widening flank, while fronts move near Lake Balaton and the Austrian border amid uncertain German assessments.
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Danube
Budapest
Hungary
Austria
Moscow
Berlin
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Pecs
Mohacs
Bataszek
Feodor Tolebrukhin
Ukraine
Yaroslav
Sta
Drava
Danute
Ned
Lake
Balaton
Vienna
Pees
Langer Delays Stettinius Nomination in Senate Hold Up
Senate confirmation of Edward R. Stettinius Jr as secretary of state was briefly blocked by Senator Langer who objected to immediate consent. Chairman Connally and Minority Leader White urged passage, but Langer offered no clear reason, delaying action until tomorrow while Hurley’s ambassadorship proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Static
Sen. Langer
Stettinius
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
White
Maine
Langer
North
Patrick J. Hurley Ax Amboas Teader
China
Willie Willis By Hobes Quiilen wt Fell
Visitors to Mam’s home trigger anxiety as the said company fails to interact with furniture and others. The scene conveys unease and a tense social moment.
Faye Emerson to Wed Col Roosevelt This Weekend
Mrs. Jean Young of San Diego says her daughter Faye Emerson will marry Col. Elliott Roosevelt this weekend. Time and place kept secret as the couple plan a Beaumont visit after the ceremony.
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Faye Emerson Beaumont
Tex
Jean Young
San Diego
Cal
Faye Emervon
Elliott Roosevelt
Young
Emma Smythe
Emerson
Hollywood
Col. Roosevelt
Beaumont
Enicre
House Seeks Treaty Voice to Break Senate Rule
Washington reports advocates in foreign affairs opened a bid to end the Senate two thirds rule by having the House approve treaties by majority vote in both chambers. The effort, led by Rep Kefauver, faces long odds in the Senate as backers concede.
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Senate
Washington
UN House Voice
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
League of Nations
Rep
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Comemittee
Witness Testimony in Eastern State Murder Trial
Witnesses recount shootout in Clay County court as Foley and Rawson Kirk fired on Graves and his son Elmer amid union violence. Walker testified he observed the confrontation from a window. Graves and wife pleaded for restraint. Elmer survived. The case centers on West Virginia mine workers tensions and prior indictments.
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Walker
E.W Faley
Charleston
Foley
Graves
Cuec
Clay County
Rawson Kirk
Ueelzed
Williamson
Elmer
Mare
Jast
Widen
Wirten ¥. MC
South Pacific
Perkins Personal Peeve Aired to Tax Committee
Perkins the York battery maker opposed payroll tax increases before the House Ways and Means Committee. He warned two percent payroll tax would ruin small business and attacked graduated income tax as a bid to "let the rich be the sailors of this country." He clashed with Chairman Doughton over timing and procedure as other witnesses urged explanation.
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Tax Committee
Washington
W. Perkins
York
Taxcs
Houge Ways and Means
Cooper
D.tenn
Perkins
Pete
Hon
Reed
Yul
Carnet University
Doughton
den Gy
Jon Me
Pere King
Krtiteor Reginat
Japanese Radio Condemns Tokyo Bombing as Unlawful
A Japanese propagandist broadcast from the United States said U S raids on Tokyo harmed civilians and violated international law. He described the attacks as wanton and ruthless and urged punishment for the American airmen responsible.
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Inn
United States
OWT Today Foi
Japan
Ihe
Tokyo
Seu Soba
United States Proposes New Sky Plan at Conference
The United States offered a fresh proposal for an air transport pact at the world conference. It would drop disputed points and grant five freedoms, courting broader participation while Britain was not expected to embrace the shift.
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Chicago
United States
Great Britain
Ptites
Stars May Aid Dorsey Defense
Los Angeles Nov 29 A hint that the fight between don Hall and Thomy Dorsey may have brewed for weeks surfaced in the trial of the Dorseys and Allen Stakes for felonious assault. Prosecutors seek a jury of 12 with 1 man and 11 women under scrutiny as witnesses recount a Hollywood party where alleged attentions to Put Davie Datoey figure.
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Los Angeles
Don Hall
Thomy Dorsey
Tommy
Dorseys
Allen Stakes
Felon
Lan Asa
Tase Prelit
Carmsel
Dare Soys
An Airess
Vals
Davie Datoey
Hollywood
Pacht
Mra. Dare ‘Coy
Yall
Edwin Myers
Jane
Ohe
Miss Jane Church
Kousas City
Eddie Norris
Ann Sheridan
Jerry Giester
Smiley
Agiiel
Arthur Crum
Tron
Dorsey
Antone Ieaza
Alenda Hove
Draft Disorders Stir Ottawa as Conscription Tensions Rise
In Ottawa the government says anti conscription disorders among draft youths on Canada’s west coast are watched and controlled. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and General McNaughton seek to reassure the nation while acknowledging the tense atmosphere. Demonstrations among conscripts originally meant for home service prompt government policy changes and imminent deployment to western fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Camida
W.L. Mackenzie King
House
Canada
Iwo Jima Base Lashed by Liberators in New Air War
Earl Harbor reports heavy raids on Iwo Jima and other targets as Liberators strike with 13 tons of bombs in two Sunday air offensives. The attacks come after Japanese shuttles and other bases were targeted, signaling sustained efforts near Saipan and Tokyo.
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Iwo Jima
Earl Harbor
Iwo Dima
We Navy
Buseri
Tokyo
Saipan
Polish Reactionaries: Slammers by Russians
London dispatch reports Polish reactionaries and exiled figures including Arciszewski aiming to form a new cabinet in Poland. Pravda calls the Polish regime a rising political force hindering any aid talks, as authorities pursue charges against opposition leaders.
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London
Mussia
Exity
Tontas
Arcizowski
Poland
Moscow
Pravda Xaiel
Preslamt Af
Oamertes Ait Hoe & Co
Premice
Jan Kwajpuiski
Desert Fox story and German attack at hospital noted
Harold Miller from Santa Rosa recounts strafing a German staff car thought to be Erwin Rommel’s, claiming direct hits and a gun camera record of Rommel’s fatal injury in July. The account appears in an interview at a Santa Monica distribution point with an Army fighter unit. Also reports a German rocket bomb strike on an American hospital causing casualties and damage.
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Rommel
U. S
Harold O. Miller
Los Angeles
Hts
Margaret
Normandy
Ernis Rommel
Germany
Miller
Yank
Desert
Fox
Santa Monica
Cailf
Harold
Santa Rosa
Cillarmy
Ory
Erwin Rommel
Normandy “Front
Californian
Per- Sunnel Distribution
Miter
Sth
Hee
Teves
Mitscher Sees Lowering Of Jap Pilots Quality
Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher stated Japanese air prowess has been practically eliminated. He praised U S pilots as superior and noted downed enemy aircraft totaling about four thousand in the past year and a half. Mitscher warned the war would continue long and urged sustained effort to push Japan from the Philippines and surrounding areas.
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Mitscher
Washington
Oday
Marc A. Mischer
Adm
Miers
United States
Basca
Philippines
China
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Tew
WHS
Tokyo Rail
Jinmy Doolittle
2St
Navy
Vier Adm
Mark A. Mit+scher
Paleltic Feet
Mitecher
the Paulppines
Ers
Lees Long Stregele Mitscher
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur Vaictere
Mr. Arnold
Ime
MacArthyur
Dleane
Col
3D Hammers
George S. Patton
U. S. Sed
Saar
Sasrlautern
Hagenau
Merzig
Forbach
Saareruemines
Saare Louis
Alexander M. Patch
U.S. 2Th
Flagenau
Balkans
Willie Willis
Hobes Quiilen
AFL
New Orleans
Pease
U.S
Buralig
Sherven Jnio Dich
Bel+ sittin
Army
Hosala
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