Clarks Army Push Through Nazi Defense
Allied reports from Algiers describe Fifth Army infantry breaching Nazi defenses in a five by five mile block to seize key terrain near the road to Rome. British forces crossed the Moro river on the Adriatic flank while U S forces pushed toward Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore, with heavy air and artillery support and notable tank actions in mountainous Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Rome
Wnt
Italy
Moro
Monte Camino
Monte Maggiore
Adriatic
10Th Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Sungto
U. S
15Th Air Force
Elevais
Kalamaki
Athens
Filignano
Mount Maggiore
8Th Army
Sar Leonard
San Vito
Maio
Moro River
Orsogna
Caeoli
Gacigiano
Ceprana
Cassino
Atkinson
Deshart
Tex
Christus
Tram Company Signs Wage Agreement in Omaha area
The Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company and the Transport Workers of America signed a wage agreement. It covers about 50 employees in Omaha and Council Bluffs and includes pay raises from 73 cents to a higher hourly rate and a top wage cap for certain workers. The pact will be sent to the regional war labor board in Kansas City for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Transport, Workers of America
Era
Joan A. Cassidy
Omaha
War Labor Board
Kansas City
Nazis Reported Rushing Troops to Turkish Border
Berlin radio said Turkey's President Turk Samet Tunau returned from Cairo to Ankara as cabinet meets. German spokesmen claimed allies push Turkey to join the war while Bulgarian reports linked Turkish-Anglo-Saxon talks to a wider conference. German divisions reportedly moved through Sofia toward the Turkish border. analysis suggested Turkey could tip the Balkans and open southern routes to the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson O'Quinn
London
Berlin
Samet Tnanu
Turkey
Ankara
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Budapest
U. S
Dobri Bojilov
Sofia
Iran
Teheran
George Schroeder
German Overseas News Agency
Wilhelmstrasse
Balkans
Farm Leader Calls for Global Farm Voice for Peace
Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged at the organization's annual convention that farmers worldwide can do more to preserve peace than any other group. He called for regular cross-border farmer meetings, expanded world trade, tariff overhauls, currency stabilization, freer exchange of surplus goods, and careful domestic price reform after the war. He warned that isolationism caused the lost peace and urged international agreements to tackle national problems. He criticized food subsidies as artificial barriers to production and free trade, arguing for removal once the war ends despite political challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Neal
Oneal
United States
O'Neal
Salvation Army Commissioner Parker to retire after 38 years
New York announced on Tuesday that Edward J. Parker, 74, national commander of the Salvation Army, will retire at year end. He has served the organization 38 years, the longest tenure among leaders in the party’s territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Parker
The
Salvation Army
Salvation Party
Invasions Loom in Pacific as U S Strikes Marshalls
Two years after Pearl Harbor American air forces press the fight in the Pacific with heavy carrier air strikes on the Marshalls and New Britain. Admiral Nimitz says fighter and bomber task forces smashed bases in the Marshalls, while MacArthur’s planes hit New Britain from Rabaul to Cape Gloucester, signaling possible invasions of key outposts and routes toward the Philippines. American submarine success further dents Japan's sea lanes as U S industry boosts invasion craft output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
America
Marshalls
New Britain
Japan
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilberts
Hawaii
Navy
Frank Knox
New Brittain Island
Rabaul
Cape Gloucester
Weat
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
MacArthur
Huon Peninsula
Dlaclosure Tnt
Washington
United Staten
Nimitz
Mussolini Reported Very Sick in Switzerland Villa
Zurich sources say Benito Mussolini is nearly paralyzed with a worsening condition from an old disease contracted in youth. Le Democrates reports he is under care of three German specialists at his Lake Garda villa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Zurich
Benito Mussolini
le Democrates
Delemont
Mussolini
Lake Garda
Soviets Break German Rail Link Near Dnieper Bend
Red Army forces under Gen Radion Malinovsky push through central Ukraine southwest of Kremenchug severing the Smela Znamenka railway and threatening Kirovograd. Tass reports heavy artillery and air barrages, capture of Tsibulevo and Olim paidovka, overrun of 20 towns, 900 Germans killed and 17 tanks destroyed, with advances toward Znamenka and Cherkasy as part of a widening Soviet offensive across the lower Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Red Army
Radion Malinovsky
Smela
Znamenka
Kirovograd
Tsibulevo
Znamenka-Smela
Alexandriya
Dikaovka
Znamenke
Olimpaidovka
Smeta
Cherkasy
Tvestens
Lower
Black Sea
Rumanian
Krivei Rog
Zaamenka
Russian War Bulletin
Chernyakhov
Kiev Bulge
Gomel
Communi
Zhiobin
Gambling devices seized at Ottumwa Novelty firm
Sixteen hundred punchboards 130 slot machines and a large prizes assortment were seized by seven state agents in a Ottumwa raid led by D. O. Bender. A county attorney Information charging legal possession of gambling devices was filed against Harold Ginsberg. Two vans needed to haul the articles from the quarters. Prizes included 21 cartons of fruit cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Novelty Company
D. O. Bender
Harold Ginsberg
Two Years Since Pearl Harbor Miracle
President Roosevelt vetoed a proposed Pearl Harbor observance while praising American resolve and industrial strength. He cited military growth from 1.5 million to five million, a nearly 3 million navy and coast guard, and vast aid to allies. The piece traces grit from Wake Island to Midway and Guadalcanal, noting Allied momentum against Japan and Germany amid divergent wartime priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frye
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Pacific
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Berlin Bombings Report Claim 250000 Dead
A Bagel dispatch cited by The Gazette De Lausanne claims allied bombings of Berlin killed 250000 people with injuries unestimated. Report notes previous unconfirmed Swedish figures of 25000 death toll and states no official figures from Toany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Gazette de Lausaugne
Bagel
Berlin
Sweden
Gert Toany
Jin
Cigaret and Beer Tax Revenue Rise in November
Iowa tax commission reports November increases from the prior year with cigarette tax receipts totaling 240481.03 and beer tax receipts rising by 13846.42. The November tobacco revenue rose 38216.86 and beer revenue 13846.42 versus November last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tax Commission
Wisconsin Battleship Launched in Philadelphia Navy Yard
The 90 million battleship Wisconsin was launched Tuesday at the Philadelphia navy yard, its bow rising above a five story building. Assistant Secretary Bard hailed it as an answer to Japan’s earlier aggression, and Mrs. Walter Goodland christened the vessel before a cheering crowd. The ship slid into the Delaware River at 10 46 a m central war time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Friladelfair, VP
Delaware River
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Ralph A. Bard
Japan
Walter
M. F. Draemel
Fourth Naval District
Good Neighbor Policy Critique From U.S. Inspectors
A congressional subcommittee returning from a Central and South American inspection found the good neighbor policy largely profitable but criticized bungling by amateur goodwill emissaries. They urged immediate postwar planning for commercial ties, better coordination among agencies, and argued seaplanes could replace costly Amazon airports for rubber trade operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Committee
U. S
Central
South America
Western Hemisphere
House
Merritt
D.-N
Hemisphere
United States
Butler
BEW
Board of Economic Warfare
Amazon
Brazil
Life sentence for killing father in Sigourney
Carl N. Knox, 29, a Sigourney livestock buyer, was sentenced to prison on a first degree murder charge for beating and poisoning his 68 year old invalid father Walter Knox last July 21. District Judge P. J. Siegers overruled a motion for a new trial before pronouncing the sentence recommended by the jury which found Knox guilty on November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Carl N. Knox
Walter Knox
P. J. Siegers
Sound Knox
Germany Faces Task of Dismantling Forces to Halt Defeat
London AP dispatch surveys Nazi strength across fronts as Teheran promises allied pressure from east west and south. It estimates Germany up to 320 divisions with about 13.8 million personnel plus supply and admin staff, while Soviet forces may number 6 million plus armor and artillery. Allied strength in Europe totals around 2 to 8 million on land with growing air power in Britain the United States and Russia. The piece notes Germany must keep two thirds of its forces on the eastern front and flags a reduced air force, while American and British industry sustains the war effort amid expectations of inevitable defeat if Teheran unity holds.
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Londo
Wilson Broadbent
Daily Mail
Turkey
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Teheran
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Russia
Britain
United States
Red Army
Bulgaria
Rumania
Dodecanese
Pearl,Harbor
Wake Island
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Doolittle
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Halsey
South Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
Ninitz
Gilbert Islands
Mountbatten
India
High Command
Lewis Hawkins
London
Adolf Hitler
Rugaia Atone
Mediterranean
Smail
France
Low Countries
Norway
Finland
Greece
Hitler
Ddr
Arene
RAF
United States Army Air Forces
George C.marshall
United Kinge
Dora
Borbera
United Kingdom
Geremany
Hitleria
French
Visions of Winning Germany Within a Year
UPI report from Washington notes allied leaders at Teheran forecast Germany’s defeat within the third year of U.S. participation, beginning on Pearl Harbor’s second anniversary, while planners see at least two more years of war before Japan’s unconditional surrender. Analysts foresee major offensives across Europe and the Pacific, with potential Balkan actions and Turkey’s role drawing keen interest as Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin coordinate postwar aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
UPI
Germany
High Command
Teheran
Japan
Cairo
Britain
America
China
Balkans
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Chins
Turkey
Barshal
Stalin
Siace Your Tin Cane Irvin Cobb II health report
Irvin S. Cobb, the 67 year old author and radio star, was reported “quite sick” at his New York hotel apartment by his wife. The Weather Bureau forecast for Council Bluffs and region calls for partly cloudy skies, gradual warming, and light rain by night.
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Siace
Irvin S. Cobb
New York
Hig Hotel
Sheraton
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Missouri
Mony
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Big Dnieper Bend
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