Warships and B-29s Hit Iwo Jima Bonins Clash
Navy and air units including B-29s B-24s and Lightning fighters blasted Iwo Jima in the Bonins. Saipan based Superfortresses launched raids on Iwo Jima while China based craft bombed Manchuria and aircraft plants at Malden. One American was killed another wounded and several hurt during the Saipan attack as Tokyo was sighted brilliantly from the air, likened to New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iwo Jima
Bonins
Navy
Bomber Command
Saipan
Marisnas Islands
Der
Mitsubishi
Tokyo
New York
20Th Air Force
Manchuria
Malden
Man Runs Amuck Kills Four Wounds Two in New Jersey
New Brunswick police held Daniel Molnar 24 of Carteret for questioning after a spree that killed his father in law an elderly bystander and two Carteret officers and wounded two others. He fled a 300 man posse before surrendering last night. The shooter visited his estranged wife at her father Adam Roszanski home and allegedly attempted to shoot her with a rifle before killing others.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Fyhoran Amiucks
Henry Harrington
Carteret
Daniel Molnar
Carteret, Police
Herrington
Molnar
Caderet
Adam Roszanski
Prosecution Aims in Reckless Driving Case in City
Local police to prosecute reckless driver Joh Wolfflez of B Da Shartanaburi after a late night incident on Center Street. Officers halted a car that demonstrated dangerous driving near The Fillow area, with the vehicle failing to stop and attempting a fleeing maneuver toward West South and West Maint streets. Police describe the events as a flagrant display of reckless control.
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Joh WolfWlez
Shartanaburi
We Federal
Center Street
Aarne
Paris envoy denies Spanish government resignations report
AP dispatch from Paris says the Spanish envoy denied Liberation newspaper claims that all or some members of one government of General Franco resigned. In Washington the debate over social security payroll tax and war powers heads toward a Senate decision.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dec
Varia
Liberation
Genermine Wranco
Washington, Gee
Senate
Hays
House
Lindsley Receives Ensign Commission At Pensacola Exercise
Jack Lindsley was commissioned an ensign in the Navy during Designation Day exercises at Pensacola Air Station. A Corry youth and Senton High graduate, he trained as pilot navigator radioman and gunner and expects to teach at a Navy aviation school. He plans holidays at home with his parents before a possible posting as an instructor. His brother Richard, a Parks Air College graduate, serves as a meteorologist with Pan American Airways in the Canal Zone.
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N. Lindsley
Teon Lindsley
Navy
Pensacola Air Station
Pensacola
Wis
Corry
Ate
Senton High
Parks Air College
Naval Service
Navy Aviation
Florida
Young Lindsley
Richard Lindsley
Balboa
Canal Zone
Pan American Airways
American Ambassador to Spain expected to resign
Hayes is expected to resign as American Ambassador to Madrid soon. Norman Armot, head of the State Department office of American Republics Affairs, is seen as likely to replace him. Reports also say Juan Francisco de Cardésiti may be named Spanish ambassador to Washington with an early shift.
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Hayes
Madrid
Srv Ull
Norman Armot
State Department
Office of American Republics Affairs
Juan Prancisco de Cardésiti
Spanlehste Cassodar
Washington
Fon Mey Saxe
Surprise landing traps 75,000 troops in Ormoc Bay
Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s headquarters reports a bold Ormoc harbor assault by 77th Division Yanks from Guam. Landing behind Japanese lines disrupted the defense, swept toward Leyte’s west, and left enemy forces split as battles rage along the Philippines as the Pearl Harbor anniversary nears. Major Richard Bong earns the Medal of Honor as air battles intensify and naval gunfire supports the operation.
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Ansogigied
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
77Th Division
Guam
Leyte
Ormoc
Jess
Seventh Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Or~andch
Army
Richard J. Bong
Poplar
Wis
America
San Pablo
Tacloban
Andrew ‘D. Bruce
Temple
Tex
St. Loui
A.D. Strible
Surigao Strait
Otdlay
CAP CADETS VISITED BY WARREN OFFICER
Thirteen Civil Air Patrol cadets met last evening at the Armory for a special drill instruction by Tatbell and Corp. Dickinson of o, A. Afterward, tests were given. cadets urged to attend all classes and drills.
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CAP
Warren
Civil Air Patrol
Tatbell
Corp. Dickinson
Warren Gap
Corey
Tokyo Earthquake Acknowledged Tidal Wave Damage
Tokyo was shaken by an earthquake with a tidal wave that inundated houses and damaged buildings. The Domei dispatch, intercepted by the FCC, placed the epicenter in the Sea of Enshi with effects in Hamamatsu Shizuoka Nagano and surrounding areas.
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Tokyo
Eee Ites
Radio Tokyo
Dome
Federal Communications Commission
Sea of
Enshi
Hamamatsu
Shimuoka
Nagano
Corry Marine Loses Right Leg on Peleliu
Marine Sergeant Lewis J. Radecki, 21, of Corry Pa, lost his right leg on Peleliu. In a hospital interview he recalls Guadalcanal and New Britain battles, mortar fire, and his unit’s first day on Peleliu. He notes two brothers in military service and his factory work before enlisting in 1942.
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U. S. Naval Hospital
Mare Telifid
Gili
Lewis J. Radecki
Katherine Radecki
Snyder Circle
Corry
Guadalcanal
New Britain
Pelelit
Pighling
Gusdalesnil
Peleliu
Redecki
Raymond Manufacturing Co
Sterling Engine Co
Buffalo
service—Corp
Stanley Radecki
Sgt
Chester Radecki
Army
Aero Directors Meet Tuesday in New York City
Aero Supply Co Inc directors plan their regular meeting in New York City next Tuesday to decide if they will appoint a successor to the late Frank N Ames as president. Ames, a driving force since 1916, died suddenly last Sunday and the board may delay any election to a later meeting.
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aero Supply sng, +Co, Inc
New York City
Frank N. Ames
Corry
Tim
Isla
Tig Board
Fire kills four in Wilford home blaze
A deadly house fire in Wilford left J Camste and two other residents dead and two grandchildren injured. Firefighters battled flames as the blaze swept through the residence, destroying the structure and prompting an investigation into the cause.
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Camste
Corry War Finance Drive Surpasses Weekly Goal
Today’s report shows Corry exceeded its Sixth War Loan quota by 182 932 with eight days left in the campaign period. The War Finance Committee noted prior 24 hour sales totaling 322 085, boosted by a 201 000 purchase for a client mace and a 10 000 transaction via National Bank of Corry.
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Corry
War Finance Committee
Citizens National Bank
National Bank of Corry
Cory
War Manpower Board seeks missing war workers in crackdown
The War Manpower Commission plans to track down straying munitions workers and tighten controls on nightlife and related establishments to force able-bodied labor into military production. Regional directors discussed possible stern employment rules and stronger enforcement without new legislation, aiming to trace quitters and fake job moves, with tests in New York state cited.
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WMC
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Hoosevelt Gaie
New York State
WMG
North Girard Hunters Escape As Camp Burns
Six North Girard hunters narrowly escaped when the Seroom house they were staying in burned to the ground at Tastanter Pay. Det GensanD reports the structure was rapidly engulfed while the group of campers woke to the blaze. CW Turner and Mr and Mrs Dale Brooks awakened the sleeping occupants and helped them evacuate with only clothing and essentials saved.
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North Gensand
Det
North Girard
Seroom
Tastanter
Richardson
Har
Luther
Robert Clark
CW. Turner
Dale Brooks
Glrs
Poms Galiban
Resistance Nears Budapest Amid Red Offensive
Russian and Romanian allied units push toward Budapest with a major drive to sever the Hungarian capital from Austria. Front reports claim heavy armoured columns advanced near the Danube as Tolbukhin and Tolbakhin coordinate assaults to encircle the city while forces along the Drava river near Zagreb tighten the siege.
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Moscow
Deo
Heavly
Exastan
Utplnd
Way
Bupyes
Awstrhin
Pieladinwuttches
Peodorf
Tolbulehin
Wremy
Danube
Tom Viennia
Tere Wil
Squiah
Rioilion
Malinovsky
Zagreb
Balkany
Austria
Croatim
Aierska Stalare Ink
Anc
Churchill in full defense of British stand
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill defended Britain's intervention in Greece and Italy in a Commons vote of confidence, stating the action ensured security and opposed American-supported moves. He denied breaking joint US-UK agreements and urged the House to back his government amid a contentious debate.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Greece
Taly
Tattle of Commons
Dec
Sharehill
Hixgovacim
Greve
Italy
Churchil
Carlo Sfivza
Churchill
Wing
Sforza Tallin
Stebintus
Count
Airthermore
Fermi
House of Commons
United States
Flwin
Jengenson
Alng
Wascak Wounded on Western Front Reported
War Department message to Mr. and Mrs. Wabeak of Hatch Street reports Private John Wascak wounded in action in France. He enlisted in April 1917 and saw heavy fighting in November. Wascak sustained slight injuries but remains in service.
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Wyre
Europe
War Department
Aumint Wabeak
Hatch Street
Pfs
John Wascak
France
Comey
King Gets Vote Of Confidence In Canada Parliament
Ottawa Dec. 8 The Canadian Parliament granted Prime Minister W. J. Mackenzie King a decisive vote of confidence endorsing his decision to conscript troops for replacements in Europe. The vote was 143 to 70 with Nationalists and Canadian nationalists split on overseas conscription, seen as a triumph for the government and for King’s wartime policy. The division reflected support for mobilizing 10,000 initial men for service on the Western Front.
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Soy Moomenance
Ottawa
Canaan Parlament
Prime Minster
W. J. Mackendie
Ruvoyy
Icing
Canada
Western Front
Delayed Christmas Mail Warnings At Post Office
Postmaster James P Sullivan warns mail and cards mailed late risk missing Christmas Day delivery. Extra mailing window opens Monday December 11 with extended hours until 8 PM weekdays. Carriers will shorten routes with two daily trips. patrons urged to drop items at the post office.
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James P. Sullivan
Patton Drives Deep Into Siegfried Line Front
Allied forces led by Lt Gen George S Patton push a mile and a half into the Siegfried Line and eight miles into Germany's Saar Valley as the Third Army drives into Saarbrucken area. American artillery and armor strike key rail and railhead targets while pursuing penetration near Saarlouis and Saarlothern.
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Paris
George 5. Patton
Siegfried Line
Germany
Soar Valley
Suiebrucken
Saarbhucken
oMlpul
Nevis
Saarhwucken
Saar
Aschon
Third Army
U. S
Seventh Army
Brance
Rhine
Nehen
Berg
Bitche
Saarbriekenbattle
25 Atlanta Convicts in Solitary Confinement
Twenty five Atlanta convicts at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary held four guards for three days before surrendering. They await federal court action for prison security rule violations. Attorney General Biddle said the men would be tried promptly and punished. The revolt ended after prisoners yielded to appeals and news coverage.
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Atlante Federal Penitentia
Biddle
Washington
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