Clark's Army Breaks German Lines In Calabritto Drive
Allied headquaters report Gen Clark's troops crack forward after stalemate on the western Italian front. British Sixth and Eighth Armies push toward Lanciano and beyond in renewed offensives, taking prisoners while heavy air and naval actions continue along multiple fronts.
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Wes Gallagher
Alegiers
WPI
Marx W. Clark
Calabritto
Sth
Sangro
Castle Frentano
Lanciano
San Vito
Adriatic
St Bernard L. Montgomery
San Giorgio
Accra
Cervano
Rone
6Th Army
Clark
8Th
Amuy
Italy
Wien
France
Laterno
Marseilig
Yugoslav
Naze Siebel
Maarseule
Chieti
Triliway Centee
Arezzo
Rote
Florence
Gasoline T Coupons to Be Issued Serially Starting First of Year
Washington report says the Office of Price Administration will issue I coupons in serial numbered strips beginning Jan 1 to curb black market supply. The plan enables instant checks on ticket ownership and prosecutions of excess holders. Motorists must update ration book data when 1843 license plates go out.
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Washington
Office
of Price Administration
Office of War
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA
OWT
Ilegal
OFA
Republicans Foresee Roosevelt Noncandidacy in 1944
Senator Wheeler of Montana predicted Roosevelt will not run in 1944, citing a GOP trend after a Kentucky special election win. He said any Democrat faces odds unless a Republican split or Willkie becomes nominee. Senator Mead supported drafting Roosevelt, praising his leadership amid wartime.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Wheeler
Mr. Roosevelt
Kentucky
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Mead
de N.Y
Secret Agents Foil Roosevelt Assassination Plot
Secret service and police arrested Walter W. Best in Washington on November 12 after an overnight hunt for a man who threatened President Roosevelt. Best, a former Detroit Pontiac area worker, claimed he aimed to kill Roosevelt and spoke of electrodes in his brain. He never entered the White House grounds and was held for insanity evaluation with action by the U.S. attorney pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Walter W. Best
Detroit
Pontiac
Mien
St Elizabeth's
United States
Best
White House
Lafayette Park
Executive Mansion
Mich
Beat
Gallinger Hospital
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
William R. Carlson
Michigan-Ohio
Oakland County
Seid
Sar Yu
Subsidy Cost Over One Billion In Food Price Plan
The administration presented Congress with a $1.28 billion estimate to extend food price subsidies through 1944, arguing it prevents inflationary price and wage rises while facing demands for a definite subsidy ceiling or abolition. The Office of Price Administration briefed the Senate committee amid debates on full control.
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Washington, L
Congress
Senate Ranking Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Stanley M. Kaster Sentenced to Die by Gallows
District Judge T A Beardmore sentenced Stanley B Kaster a 35 year old Janesville ex convict to die by gallows on December 29 1914 for the September 25 murder of Glen Winchester a Waverly utilities guard in Bremer county. Kaster offered no statement or emotion as the judge overruled a defense motion for a new trial.
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Waterloo
T. A. Beardmore
Charles City
Stanley B. Kaster
Janesville
Iowa
Glen Winchell
Waverly
Raster
Bremer County
Beardmore
J. P. Murrhy
War Production Board appeals to save more tin
The War Production Board urges citizens to reclaim tin from household cans to support wartime needs. Tin is essential for ships, planes, tanks, and weapons, with depots to collect cans nationwide. In Council Bluffs, tin drives run on the last Friday each month, with two carloads collected in November.
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War Production Board
United States
Aes
Herbert C. Plagman
Iowa War Production Board
Council Bluffs
Iowan Urges Americans Interned by Japan Be Brought Home Quickly
A former Iowan repatriate on the Gripsham pleads for all Americans still interned by Japan to be brought home fast. Hanson, from Alta, Ia, ex school superintendent at Sutherland and ex University of Shanghai faculty, spoke in Jersey City. His daughter is in a Philippine internment camp. His brothers in Davenport and Cedar Falls were mentioned. Another Iowa repatriate, Linden Farnsworth of Waterlo0, said he was interned 13 years in China and plans to stay in New York briefly before returning home.
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Jersey City
N. 1
Uph
Hanson
Gripsham
Alta
Sutherland
University of Shanghai
J. W. Thompson
Philippine Islands
Hansen
China
A.C. Hanson
Davenport
Rock Island
Charles
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Linden L. Farnaworth
Water! 160
Ching
Pootung
Hangon
Farnsworth
New York
Seek 100 Homes for This City in Council Bluffs
Applications to build 100 new homes in Council Bluffs are on file with the FHA in Omaha. Fifty projects come from local residents and fifty from an outside contractor. Most projects fall in the 4000 to 4750 dollar range with a maximum 6000 dollars. FHA processing depends on locating sites and securing financing. Holm urges local management of building, financing, and operation to speed results.
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Council Bluffs
Federal Housing Administration
Omaha
Newpareil
Holger Holm
FRA
Iowa
Nebraska
Omaha Council Bluffs
National Housing Agency
Holm
FHA
Labor will demand shorter postwar hours in US
Labor leader William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, told the Truman wartime inquiry committee that postwar hour standards should be shortened without reducing earnings. The report includes weather outlooks for Council Bluffs and surrounding regions with warm, cloudy conditions and temperature readings across Nebraska Missouri and Iowa.
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Washington
William Green
America Federation of Labor
Senate
Truman War Investigating Committee
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Tawa
Nebraska
Missouri
Finland Links Up With Germany to End War Says Moscow
Stockholm reports Finland has abandoned a separate war line and will continue fighting Russia as a full partner of Germany. Premier Linkomies and Foreign Minister Ramsey reportedly endorsed the Moscow decision, while Finnish cabinet reportedly favors continuing the war despite Axis capitulation. Germany agreed to supply Finland tens of thousands of tons of grain and sugar by January, with Nazi papers praising Finland as a comrade in arms.
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Finland
Germany
Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
Slae
Edwin Linkomies
Henrik Ramsey
Helsinki
Toivo Kiyimacki
Berlin
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ktrimacki
Reserves Fail to Stop Soviets In Key Drive
Moscow dispatches report Red Army forces expanding bridgehead on the Dnieper and pushing toward Zhlobin and Znamenka. About 2,900 German troops were killed as Soviet gains were announced along the lower Pripet and toward rail centers southwest of Kremenchug.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
UPI
Europe
Rusgana
Cherkasy
Dnitper
Red Army
Gomel
Pripet River
Zhlobin
Znanenka
Kremenzhug
Jey
Kiev
Dnieper
Cherkasy Aertor
Kiev Bulge
Zhitomir
Korosten
Smolensk
Orsha
Minsk
White Russia
Fedorki
Znamenka
Znamenko
Martin builds 1200th B-26 Marauder at Glenn L. Martin plant
The Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska company announced it completed its 1200th B-26 Marauder Fort Greek-build bomber this week. President T. J. Hartson said production is tapering to prepare for three new four-engine bombers. A $32 million plant addition is rushed to provide space for the new aircraft.
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Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Company
T. J. Hartson
Executions in France for Acts of Extremist Violence
In Barcelona, field marshal Kurl von Rundstedt announced the execution of three Frenchmen for acts of extremist violence. A German-occupied Dijon report said Dr. Rourke, chief civil administrator for the Dijon area, was struck and fatally hurt on November 22 while attempting to arrest a poacher.
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Barcelona
Kurl von Rundstedt
France
Dr. Rourke
Dijon
Nazi Planes Fail to Halt RAF Bombers Over Berlin
RAF heavy bombers attacked Berlin in force for the fifth time in two weeks, starting large fires in the German capital. Mosquito bombers hit targets in western Germany. The air ministry reported the loss of 41 aircraft in the night’s operations.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Gerciat
Air Ministry
Germany
Fires Widespread Over Berlin In British Raid
Reports from London and Berlin describe widespread fires caused by phosphorus incendiaries dropped by RAF bombers in Thursday night raids. German broadcasts claim heavy resistance and say about 30 British planes were shot down, with fires burning across the greater Berlin area and debris disrupting transportation and supplies.
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London
Berl
RAF
Sir Huttle
Greater
Berlin
Sweden
North African Command
Marseille
Mediterranean
Missing INS reporter from Berlin raid raises alarm
International News Service correspondent Lowell Bennett is missing after a RAF raid on Berlin. Fellow INS reporter William Wade also flew, while Norman Stockton of the Sydney Sun and another unidentified INS staffer were aboard. The raid adds to war losses tally, with 27 journalists killed, 33 wounded, 10 missing, and 45 captured or interned. Bennett’s wife and young son await news in New Jersey as investigations continue.
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London
Gpi
Berlin
Lowell Bennett
International News Eervice
Norman Stockton
Sydney
Australia
Young Bennett
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
Lois
Price
Air Ministry
United Press
INS
Bennett
Willian W. Wade
Edward Murrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
Alfred King
Morning Herald
International Red Cross
Germany
Lizabeth
Alan
South Orange
N. J
England
United States
France
Women say they will not return to kitchen work after war
In Los Angeles a questionnaire by a personnel conference shows 75 percent of working women plan to stay in industry after peace. Only 1 percent intend to return to domestic dishpan tasks, with some aiming to start their own businesses or farms when peace arrives.
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Los Angeles
Los Angees
Rumor Parley of Big Three Nearing Close
London and Washington kept quiet while continental radios claimed Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin met in transit to draft an ultimatum to Germany. Berlin said Lisbon dispatches quoted the meeting would end that day with a bomb threat.
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London
Washington
Roosevelt
Chruedlil
Stalin
Tran
Germany
Berlin
Lisbon
Ultimatum Drawn in Roosevelt Stalin Churchill Meet
The London Star reports a tripartite Roosevelt Stalin Churchill Middle East conference has issued a final "give in or die" ultimatum to Germany. Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt reportedly discuss terms while meeting in the Middle East, with Teheran or Tabriz as possible locations. Rally news credited to Fort Worth.
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London
London Star
Middle East
Germany
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Stalin
Teheran
Tabriz
Persia
Gonrally
Fort Worth
Allies predicted communique on conference decisions near nightfall
Reports from Axis and neutral sources place trilateral talks in Iran near Teheran or at an undisclosed location. The German radio cites Paria and Turkish outlets echo similar claims while Senator Connally calls the meeting in the Middle East of great importance. Unconfirmed dispatches hint at a demand for Germanys surrender.
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Paria Radio
Tabriz
Iran
Russia
Beya
Vithy
Turkey
Teheran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
Chiang Kai-shek
Fort Worth
U. S
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations
Middle East
United Nations Jesdera
Germany
Pearson to Explain Assertion on Senate Finance Panel
Washington columnists say Drew Pearson will explain his claim that a U S Chamber of Commerce attorney boasted he could secure Senator George's vote on taxes. Pearson's appearance was postponed as Senator George arrived at the Capitol with a sore throat and fever.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Senate Finance Committee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
George
D-Ga
Pearson
Eteworth Alvord
Serate
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