Converging Yankees Push On Leyte Island Fight
American forces push toward Valencia and north toward Ormoc on Leyte as they trap Japanese units and press the advance. MacArthur directs allied divisions against a Japanese concentrations, with airfield use expanding as ships and supply lines are attacked. Casualties rise as battles continue with Mindoro operations also noted.
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Leyte Island
Igeguke Ral
MacArthur
Philippines
Valencia
Leyte
Perth
Churchill says allied nations in full accord yet some doubt remains
London AP reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the three great powers are in general agreement on their alliance aims but questions remain on every detail. He asserted U S and Russia will continue full cooperation while avoiding discussion of spheres of influence. Greece troubles fall to Britain with no quick solution.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Fie
United States
Russia
Churchil
Britain
Greece
Great Britain
Minister Faces Wage of Sabotage Probe
The Justice Department said Carl Emil Krepper of Newark is charged with sabotage and related offenses after a yearlong investigation. Dec 1 arrest orders followed a clue from German saboteurs on the Atlantic Coast.
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Qsiington
Jus- Department
Tug Krepper
Newark
Eifese
N.J
Carl Emil Krepper
Nevwardk
Ta Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Cn Agit
Atlantic
World Today reports Allied advance in Pacific fronts
In brief dispatches, Allied forces drive across Leyte Island center, seize airfield and nearby facilities as Japanese resistance continues. Mindoro and other key areas see American infantry pushing forward amid ongoing counter actions in the region.
Advent Of V-Weapons Bolster German Morale Says Official
A high ranking neutral diplomat said German morale rose with belief in a negotiated peace after the V weapons. He reported Hitler told generals V weapons were mass produced, and that if they held on and timed the strike, war might end through a negotiated peace. Von Rundstedt reportedly regained hope after the briefing.
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John A Parris
London
Germany
Hitler
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Americana
Dewn
Malmedy
High Court Rules Unions Must Represent All Members Fairly
The Supreme Court ruled unions cannot discriminate among members in bargaining. The cases involve railway workers under the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men, where white members dominate the bargaining, though the union represents all. The decision anchors labor fairness under the Railway Labor Act and related labor laws.
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James Maelow Washington
Supreme Court
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Act
Railway
Witline
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
South
Brotherhood of
Bremen
Bryson Named President of Dothan Chamber of Commerce
J H Bryson was elected president of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce succeeding C H Adams. Clyde Lovem becomes vice president, Raymond Spann re elected treasurer, and Arthur Johnson reappointed secretary-manager. Bryson had declined the post earlier due to other duties. if he again notifies the board, possible action to name a successor remains uncertain.
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J. H. Bryson
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
C.,h. Adams
Clyde Lovem
Raymond Spann
Arthur Johnson
Bryson
Congressmen Without Homes In Capital
In Washington a dozen new members of Congress struggle with hotel room limits as five day rules force frequent movers. Speaker Rayburn and House District chairman Randolph seek a conference with the Washington Hotel Association to relax the rule so lawmakers can stay in the capital between sessions.
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Tom Reedy Washington
Larney Baruch
Park Bench
White House
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Jennison Randolph
Senate approves Grew as Undersecretary of State and aides
Washington AP report details Senate confirmation of Undersecretary Joseph C Grew and five assistant secretaries, amid wartime finance battles and a bitter political campaign. Congress wrapped the session with harmony, approving key wartime measures and extending war powers, while overseeing a $182 million spending-year and a push on tax increases.
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Francs J. Kelly
Washington
78Th Press
White House
Congress
Senate
Joseph C Grew
House
LSU coed seeks reinstatement after kissing leaflet flap
Baton Rouge AP LSU coed Gloria Jeanne Heller authored and distributed a leaflet on kissing and sex. Hundreds of students marched to the governor’s mansion seeking reinstatement, but Governor James H. Davis was not in and no action was taken. President W B Hatcher refused to reinstate the Havana, Cuba, sophomore who resigned after the leaflet criticized the university’s campus standards.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Coed
James H. Davis
Gloria Jeanne Heller
Heller
W. B. Hatcher
LSU
Havana
Cuba
Statcher
Hatcher
Red Army closes on Kassa amid heavy Soviet thrusts
Soviet columns push toward Kassa in eastern Czechoslovakia and northern Hungary as terrain fortifications fall. Soviet reports claim 400 Germans and Hungarians killed and over 2,000 captured at Senya while detachments press from southwest southeast and east, cutting the main German escape route and widening the front.
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Daniel Delcce
Moscow
Red Army
Kassa
Czecholovakia
Highland
Senya
Hue
Mddle
Slovakia
Hungary
Budapest
Three Superforts Bomb Tokyo in Pre Dawn Raid
Saipan based B 29s blasted Tokyo before dawn with three aircraft led by Lt Wilfred N Lind of Minneapolis. Fires sparked across a large area as crews reported a few anti aircraft bursts and night fighters. a later mission over Nagoya followed with several new fires.
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Veen Haugland
Saipan
Navy Radio
Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Nagoya
Gome
Wilfred N. Lind
Minneapolis
Harold F. Schratam
Coral Gables
Fla
Are
Everett P. Agar
Concord
N. H
Chancellor Advocates Honest News Policy
Chancellor argues for a world wide system of free news agencies to sustain international peace. In World's Press News he praises AP, United Press and Reuters as the core agencies, saying they provide impartial reporting and feed newspapers worldwide with truth to support lasting peace.
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London
Christopher Chancellor
Reuters
World's Press News
Britain
Chancellor
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
United Press
Bailey Says Harbors Bills Not Killed
Postwar rivers and harbor authorization bill, aiming at navigation reclamation and hydroelectric works costing about half a billion dollars, was shelved as the old Congress ended. Senator Bailey of North Carolina said the authorization would be reintroduced in January, with opposition stalling final action on rival seaway and waterway amendments. Santee and Congaree development was set aside for a new survey.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Hatch
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Mead
D-N. Y
78Th
Congress
Washington
Bailey
Senate Commerce Committee
Central Valley
Calif
J. Lawrence Seaway
Tennessee
Tombigee
Ohio
Schools Here Close For Yale Holidays
City schools shut down today for Christmas holidays after morning plays and parties. At Young Junior High School the Senior Dramatic Club produced a gift box themed play directed by Miss Carolyn Mc Callum, written by Peggy Smith, Sheldon Wooldridge, Annie Cullough, June Robertson, and Hetty Rae Love.
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Young Junior High School
Carolyn McCallum
Red Cross
Peggy Smith
Sheldon Wooldridge
AnnieCullough
June Robertson
Hetty Rae Love
Marguerite Westheater
Horaton County
Union Jurisdiction Question Brought Up
DETROIT AP A question of union jurisdiction was raised in the Montgomery Ward strike in Detroit. Frank Martel of the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor said most Royal Oak Ward employees are not striking and that 95 percent hold Retail Clerks Union cards. He claimed Gratiot Avenue store workers are largely outside the walkout.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
Frank XM. Martel
Detroit and
Wayne County Federation of Labor
AFL
Roosevelt
Ward
Cio
Gratiot Avenue
FDR Moves Left Yet Again In Shifting Course
President Roosevelt indicated he will continue edging toward the left, aiming a path between liberal reforms and practical governance. He cited past programs such as social security and wage rules while noting the complex balance with Congress and Wall Street influences.
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FDR
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
T Rao
Supreme Court
Congress
Commerce
Jeses Jones
Texas
Joseph P Kennedy
London
State Department
Wall Street
Politicos
Economiste
Mr. Roosevelt
Houston County Man Faces Assault Count
Clyde Porter, a Houston County man, is charged with assault in connection to a Mobile County incident. He was arrested by Mobile authorities, released on bond, then rearrested in Dothan. Police say Porter had written a letter about an altercation with several men on a Mobile street. Sheriff Frmer and Police Chief Craughon confirmed the sequence of arrests and communications between agencies.
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Clyde Porter
Houston County
Mobile
Rece Orde
B. G. Frmer
Porter
J. J. Craughon
Allied Counteroffensive Deepens in Belgium and Luxembourg
Allied forces report German spearheads driving into Belgium and Luxembourg with five to twenty mile advances. Monschau was retaken, Stavelot, Malmedy and St. Vith saw heavy fighting as American units halt and counterattack. Berlin claimed ten thousand prisoners, claims of air and ground losses accompany the German push amid a fluid, uncertain front.
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Duren
Trier
Belgium
Luxembourg
Paris
U. S
Monschau
Ger Geremany
Stavelot
St. Bith
Malmedy
Monsehau
Aachen
Manschau
First Army
Supreme Headquarters Disctos
Liege
Bravelot
Supreme Headquarters
St. Vith
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
Freema
Cap Thyen
Geman Jbgh
Mars
Berlin
Eit
Aid
Aeche
Tara
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