Soviet and Axis Fronts Clash Near Balaton Amid Advances
A Soviet led push nears the Danube and Balaton as German and Hungarian troops face pressure on multiple fronts. Reports describe river line advances, near Budapest, with forces from Ukraine and Third Army breaking toward the Austrian border and capturing towns around Tamasi and distant approaches from the west.
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Marfede
Tolbrukhin
Tamasi
Wiles
Lake Balaton
Austria
Die Danube
Dun
Budayamuah
Tokbuiouy
Balaton
Italy
Muskole
Hom- Nomites
Optimistic Navy Team Forecasts Victory and Unity
Admiral King expresses confidence that the Navy team will travel far to victory over adversaries. Army leaders highlight teamwork among Navy, Coast Guard, and Army units as key to unified success in war efforts. President and Marshall voice resolve and emphasize coordinated sea power and training across ships and crews.
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CAP
King
Navy Team Corps
Coast Guard
Mitten
Army Journal
C. Marshall
Army
Anooth
World Today Reports Turbulent Frontline Fighting
Fragmented dispatch describes heavy clashes on fronts involving Russians and Germans in the north and a tense defense amid a British and Japanese theater. Authorities note recent gains and counterattacks, with care to preserve casualty figures and specific unit names.
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Asrhead
Maas
Aslo
Netto Eee Iy
Buda
Athens in grip after bloody riot and strike chaos
Athens faces martial law as a general strike ends a violent Sunday clash that left 21 dead and 140 injured. British tanks patrol streets while communications fail, and protests erupt outside the American and British embassies. The EAM accuses police and disarmament talks spark civil war fears.
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Stephen Barker
Athens
EAM
George Papandreou
Elas
Eet
Athers
National Liberation Front
Ater
Ptolemy Sariyanis
BR. M. Scobie
Greece
Scobie
Roosevelt
Papandreou
Group Of Board 3 Registrants Leave For Fort McClellan
A group of Houston County Board Three registrants left today for Fort McClellan for pre induction physical examinations. All were under twenty six, including several fathers. Listed are Samuel Clarence Branch J D Creel Robert Eugene Woods George Whit Parker Major Franklin Brackin Edward Damar Elmore James Willard Gamble L P Ridley Wade Elton McArdle Leonard Junior Miller J D White Cecil Floyd Eubanks James Alton Croont KE B Ridey Andrew Foole Fred Quinton Beasley Clayton Marvin Blackshear Carl Will Hand Lester Rickers Barnard Franklin Hop Millard Heasht
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Houston County Board
Fort McClellan
Samuel Clarence Branch
J. D. Creel
Robert Eugene Woods
George Whit Parker
Franklin Brackin
Edward Damar Elmore
James Willard Gamble
L. P. Ridley
Wade Elton McArdle
Leonard Junior Miller
J. D. White
Cecil Floyd Eubanks
James Alton Cr
White House To Get Road River Projects Bills This Week
Two major postwar spending bills head to the White House this week for river and road development. One seeks about 8.1 billion for flood control irrigation power and navigation, the other 1.473 billion over three years for highway improvements. Senate leaders foresee timely conference. A rivers and harbors bill with 60 million in authorizations hit a snag over a canal linking Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers.
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FRANCIS J. KELLY _ WASHINGTON
White House
Senate
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Tennessee
Tombighee
Appalachian
Gulf of Mexico
Bilbo
Miss
Americans Hold Own Near Bologna Front
Allied forces reported strong American Fifth Army gains south of Bologna as German and fascist units faced desertions feeding Allied advances. Eighth Army fought near the Montone and Lamone rivers northeast of Faenza while heavy fog and rain limited operations.
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Eighth Army
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Lamone
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Faenza
Mont Belmonte
Bombina
Ravenna
Two Programs To Highlight Bond Drive In Houston County
County Chairman Pat Poyner announced Sixth War Loan figures show 20000 in E bonds and 1150000 in total sales. Two Friday programs will rally Dothan Negroes for E bonds and hold a Harmon School barbecue. He noted the halfway mark was not met, urging more bond buyers before December 18, the drive’s closing date.
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Houston County
Pat Poyner
Harmon School
Dupree School
Poytier
Wallace Seen As Possible Smoother Of Latin Relations
Washington officials propose Henry A. Wallace as a capable envoy to ease tensions with Latin American nations over wartime trade. Critics cite Cuba sugar and Brazil coffee price disputes amid the hold-the-line policy, hoping Wallace can mend rifts while preserving U S wartime profit aims.
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Wallace
United States
Cuba
Brazil
Wallace Tt
Rehning
Filling Station Entered By Thieves
Thieves broke into a Pan Am filling station on the Headland highway near the Fairgrounds last night and escaped with 259 gallons worth of gasoline ration coupons, $250 in pennies, two cartons of cigarettes, and candy. Police say entry appears to have used a pass key with no locks or windows broken. No clues found.
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Headland Highway
Fairgrounds
Eddie Kelley
W. M. Tamm
Kelley
Cotton conference aims to shape future of US industry
Washington AP reports a broad group of farm leaders gathered under House subcommittees to draft an overall plan for cotton. Pace D. Gait, Skycommuter chairman, calls cotton America’s top farm problem and warns the agricultural economy risks destruction without a workable policy. Witnesses include War Food Administrator Marvin Jones Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard and National Cotton Council President Oscar Johnson. observers from other nations may attend.
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House
Skycommuter
Pace D.ga
America
Rep
Crawford JR. Mich
Ste 10
Pace
State Department Appoval
Marvin Jones
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Natonal Cotton
Council
Oscar Johnson
Fires Reported Burning Today In Jap Capital
Tokyo faced a fourth major bombing raid by American superforts, targeting the Musashima engine factory at Nakajima Aircraft Plant. Fire and anti aircraft fire rose as pilots reported successful strikes despite heavy defenses. Japanese claims cited planes shot down and interceptors lost, with Tokyo broadcasting a defiant response.
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Mailianas Iss
Tokyo
Saar
Tohso
Sunhighe
iMy
Associated
Musashima
Nakajima Aircraft
Eqpire
Tats Foustia
Ifong
Atlanta Newspapers Suffer Difficulties Over Labor Dispute
Atlanta's two major papers The Journal and The Constitution held a continuous meeting of the local International Typographical Union to press a new labor contract. Negotiations stretched since last September with federal mediation and a proposed wage scale tied to daily 53 dollar days, 3950 weekly, as editors prepared irregular Tuesday editions.
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Grooms
Atlanta Journal
The
Atlanta Constitution
Tf Atlant
International Typographical Union
Journal
Constitution
Ctief
Te Union
Atlants
Coacuyation
Lt. &. Department of Labor
Lifrd
R. T. Pavlovsky
Firemen Respond to Three Blazing Fires Nearby
Fire crews answered three calls yesterday and this morning across the city. A blaze at the Sychar Refinery plant damaged the Alan Pireet wire works and caused considerable damage before extinguishment. Another fire on South Sh Arethese street damaged the Rome of Stra SRG and forced evacuation of surrounding properties. A third alarm from 103 Flowmie Alley involved a fire sparked by wood in a feeplate, prompting rapid response by the department.
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Stra Srg
Chet Pohutun
Flowmie Alley
Miraculous escape recounted by Texas sergeant
Tech. Sgt. Denver R. Rose, 23, from Houston, told of 30 American prisoners lined along a Japanese ship rail and shot at after a four mile swim from torpedoed vessels. He freed himself by cutting ropes and slipping into an anchor hole, escaping as guards searched the deck.
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Tex
Elesa
Denver R. Rose
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Bataan and
Corregidor
Wold
Japr
Fae Byan
Submarine reports 20 Japanese ships sunk in navy communique
The Navy announced U S submarines have sunk 20 more Japanese ships, including a cruiser and destroyer, bringing total sinkings to 814. The report lists 8 battleships among the losses and details sections of vessel types and classifications from Navy communique No AaT.
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Washington
Uphtemuser
United States
Pacific
Far East
U.S
Tise
Mediunt Corps
Five Rail Arteries Of Germans Struck By American Fliers
American bombers hit rail arteries feeding German frontlines, targeting Kaisel Mainz Gler sen Oest Hebsa and nearby yards. Heavy American forces backed by RAF escorts disrupted supply lines, with German fighters reporting little interference. Weather limited bombing accuracy, delaying follow up actions as operations continued on the Western Front.
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Fie Radl Arterleg
Kaasel
Maing
Glersen
Oest
Hebsa
Elquith Airforce
Mainz
Myias
Hamin
Soong Assumes Chinese Premiership in Key Move
V. Soong takes office as Chinese premier, succeeding his brother and becoming Chiang Kai-shek's right hand man. The change aims to unite leadership and free Chiang to focus on military tasks amid reports of possible accords with communists.
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Uniter T. V. Seung
Coma
To & Luove
Chang Kur
Combarderie
China
Arrases
Song
Den
Kung
Vita
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Com. Tygninihts
Ok, Yul
Shanghat
Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
German Salvos Thrown At Saar River Bridge
Paris reports Third Army troops and tanks at the Saar opposite Saarlautern pressing under German shelling. U S Ninth Army fights across the Saar river barriers near Merzig and Julich as antiaircraft crews claim several German aircraft. Selestat falls to American forces while British Second Army advances toward Venlo and the Roer front tightens near Duren and Linnich.
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James M. Long
Paris
Third Arm Troope
Tanke
Saar
Siegfried Line
Saarlauter
Selestat
Yoad
Strasbourg
Sarge Union
Lorraine
Second Army
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Venlo
Marg Rove
Holland
Maas
Marshal Montgomery
F1at
Arnhem
Hilmegen
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Linnich
Roer
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Laichern
Brandenberg
Artales
Ducen Ween
George
Patton
Third Army
Saarlautern
Siegfried Bine
Merzig
Night crash kills three crew at Courtland Air Field
A last minute AP bulletin reports an B-24 bomber from Courtland Army Air Field crashed about three miles from the field Saturday night, killing three crew members and injuring one, as announced by Col. W. Grosa, commander.
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