MacArthur Returns to Manila Amid Fire and Shelling
General Douglas MacArthur briefly returned to Manila to take in the city’s grim battle as American forces try to clear entrenched Japanese across the Pasig River. Internees crowded Sambo Tomas camp amid shelling and fires, with demolition squads burning large swaths of the metropolitan area. MacArthur toured the internment site while fires spread and bombardment continued into Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Samo Tomas
MacArthur
Pasig
Cesta
World War Fronts Report Amid Global Push to End War
AP dispatch summarizes Allied and Soviet advances across Europe and the Pacific. Western Front troops invade Germany, pushing toward the Rhine and biting into the Roer dams region. Soviet forces breach Oder defenses and advance toward Berlin region while Fifth Army advances near Bologna. Pacific actions include Manila maneuvers, Corregidor bombardment, and raids into Indochina and Thailand.
Allied leaders meet in Black Sea area top U.S Soviet Britain
Last minute bulletin from Washington reports the Big Three Allied leaders the U S President the Soviet Premier and the British Prime Minister with their chiefs of staff and foreign secretaries are meeting in the Black Sea area with advisers present in a high level wartime conference.
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Washington
Black Sea
United States of America
Soviet Union
Great Britain
House Group Seeks More Information On Army Nurse Needs
Washington AP The House Military Committee asked for more data on whether a draft of women is needed to supply nurses for the armed forces. Indications suggest plans to push a nurse draft bill by next week may be dropped as discussions focus on expanding the Bolton Act Cadet Nurse Corps. Representative Sparkman noted Thomas Parran of the Public Health Service testified there are about 105000 cadets in the corps with 40500 graduates applying for military service. Parran argued a selective draft for graduate nurses up to 45 would meet needs, while without it many private duty nurses about 69500 might not contribute enough to military or civilian demands. The committee will study amending the Bolton Act to require cadet nurses to agree to military availability, with dissenters able to drop out.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Nurse Corps
Bolton
Cadet Nurse Corps
Sparkman Dala
Thomas Parran
Public Health Service
Parran
Sont Sparkman
Solons Back Commerce Program for Dothan Chamber
Plans to establish parks and recreation with federal funds receive support from Senator Lister Hill and Congressman George Andrews. Arthur Johnson, secretary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce, will compile project information and confer with government authorities on the application.
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Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Lister Hill
George Andrews
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Lend Lease Pipeline Burrows Into China To Aid Americans
Washington AP reports a 2000 mile lend lease pipeline burrowing into China's interior to power Allied air offensives against Japan. Leo T Crowley says the pipeline will boost monthly lend lease from 15 000 tons and support a larger UN offensive from China. He urged a one year extension to prevent lapse in June.
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Washington
Japan
Leo T. Crowley
Crowley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Burma Road
United Nations
China
Crowleys
Large Dothan Group Off For Draft Exams
A large group of Houston County Selective Service Board No. One Dothan registrants reports for pre induction physical examinations at Fort McClellan. The group is the largest sent for examinations in months and includes Milford Howard Thomas Earl Alford Ax a Garrison James Darby Odom Willie Goodson Fletcher Jordan Benjamin Excell Watson Quan Creamer David Eugene Harris Ad dis Emanuel Welch Marlin Lull Crk Murray Wells John Sinquefield Leroy Sinquefield Bear Jay Hilrry Clements.
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Houston County Selective Service Board No. One
Dothan
Fort McClellan
Board One
Milford Howard Thomas
Earl Alford
Axa Garrison
James Darby Odom
Willie Fred Goodson
Fletcher Duncan Jordan
Benjamin Excell Watson
Quan Creamer
David Eugene Harvard Addis Emanuel Welch
Marlin Lull Crk
Murray Max Wells
John Leroy Sinquefield
Lee Roy Bear- Jey
Hilrry Herbert Clements
Wil
Britain backs future big power talks on European frontiers
London AP Britain endorsed including France in a future big power conference to settle European frontiers. Richard Law, standing in for Eden and Churchill, said reshaping borders must be decided by all powers later. He noted De Gaulle’s Jan 25 remarks did not demand both Rhine banks for France. He urged free elections for newly liberated governments when possible.
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London
France
Charles de Gaulle
Richard Law
House of Commons
Britain
Law
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Gen de Gaulle
Paris
Rhine
de Gaulle
Oliver Locker-Lampson
Condemned Soldier Refuses To Drill At Camp Roberts
Pvt. Henry F. Weber, 27, a former Vancouver shipyard foreman sentenced by court martial to hang for refusing to drill, told AP photographer his belief in a world where all men can live peaceably. He questioned killing and cited being a conscientious objector, saying a transfer to non combatant duty was requested but denied. He warned that conversations in the Army could disrupt the organization.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Henry F. Weber
Associated Press
Vancouver, Wash
Brest K Hennett
San Francisco
Weber
Marianna Man Dies While Testing Well
W. J. La Blanc of Abbeville Louisiana died in a Cypress Florida cave during oil well testing. A seismograph crew member was buried under dirt for hours before rescue. Attendants tried artificial respiration and oxygen after removal to a Marianna hospital. The cave measured about ten feet deep and fifteen feet across. A company truck reportedly fell into the cave-in.
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Marianna, Fla
W. J. la Blanc
Abbeville
Cypress
Marianna Hopital
Oi Company
Balkan hopes rise as Big Three talk peace in Europe
Balkan leaders see the ongoing Big Three conference as a chance to secure peaceful postwar collaboration with the western powers. Greeks, Rumanians, Bulgarians, Yugoslavs, and Turks watch anxiously for a balanced settlement that preserves national freedoms while addressing armistice terms with Russia and the Allies.
Patton Shock Troops Cross Two Rivers By Bridges And Boats
American Third Army units crossed the Our and Sure rivers into Germany near Clervaux, advancing toward the Siegfried Line. Patton's divisions used boats and bridges to seize positions, facing heavy fortifications and continuing combat as Eisenhower's front expanded into Western Germany.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
Third Army
Germany
Aprient Kehlyensch
Luxembourg
Clervaux
George S. Patton
Seven Points
Siegfried Line
Eisenhower
Meland
Saarlantern
U.S
West Wall
Upper
Roer
Schmidt
Echternach
Sixth Armored
17Th Airborne
Third
Pruem
Irangil
First
Hellenthal
Schlniden
Fogght
Courtney H. Slodies
Schleiden
Gemuend
Strasbourg
Colomar
Vosges
Rhine
Neufbrisach
Supreme Headquarters
Schovidt
Aachen
Rebleiden
Beheuren
Corthwest
Schieden
Gore
Eray Serwin
Robe
Aloe
Rehternach
Shipyard Worker Confesses Slaying in Brunswick
Brunswick police say 75-year-old 4-F shipyard worker Richard M Bailey confessed to suffocating two and a half year old Betheley Frazer and threw her body into a muddy swamp near her home. Maj C A Williams stated Bailey identified as the killer, was arrested hours before the child’s disappearance was confirmed, with search involvement by over 1,000 locals. Bailey lived near the Frazer home and claimed to have talked to the child before the assault, which he said he carried out by pressing her nose to her body. he also admitted an attempted rape. The body was found in a Palmetto swamp off Pineville, W Va, after two women reported seeing him emerge from the swamp.
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Fapi
Maj
C. A. Williams
State Highway Patrol
Betheley Frazier
Willems
Richard M. Bailey
Pineville
W. Va
Palmetto
Taftnall State
Renstith
Barney
Aber
Williams
Frazer
Hue
Enly
Bronewick
Bailey
Evidence of Nip foreseen Manila fall disruption revealed
War dispatches reveal Japanese plans to seize Manila as MacArthur launches Mindoro landings on December 15. Reports from liberated camps recount British internees freed near Baguio and a dated proclamation suggesting Tokyo’s timing for a Manila campaign and convoy movements off Manila Bay.
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Harold Streeter
Presa War
Mala
Lingayen Gulf
Pacific
Sana
Manila
Baguio
Philippines
Rosario
Bacuio
Billbid
Bagula
Batibid
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro Island
Luzon
MacArthur
Lberated Bilisid
Manila Bay
Artis
Lingayen
Amm
Stockholm Foresees Shakeup In Germany
Stockholm's Aftonbladet reports a German government reorganization could see Haber surrender the title of Fuehrer to become Reich President with Franz von Papen as Chancellor. The rumor cites Berlin circles and suggests a plan to gauge Allied reaction as the war outlook shifts.
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Aftanhiader
Haber
Fuehrer
Reich
Frans von Papen
Berlin
von Papen
Gereman
Turkey
Ankara
Terre Teocome
Oosevell
Charehutr
Stalin
Ganferenes
Germany
Missing Captain Lamar Hart Reported In Europe
Captain Lamar Hart of the Army 6 Mental Corps, born in Dothan and brother of Mrs. John J. Flowers Jr., is reported missing in action in the European theater. Mother Mrs JB Hart of Auburn was notified by the War Department. The last message from him dat ed December 6 from Luxembourg.
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Lamar Har
John J. Flowers
Dothan
JB Hart
Auburn
War Department
Hart
Army 6 Mental Corps
Teller
Kirby
Luxembourg
A. Hiatt
Reds Announce Troops Beyond Eastern Barrier
German reports claim Russians established bridgeheads along the Oder and advanced beyond Breslau toward the Baltic coast. Moscow praised a breach on a 50 mile front and hinted at drives toward Dresden, while German radio urged revolt as Berlin faced wider Soviet operations.
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Kuestin
Kuestrin
Berlin
Serim-Kuestein
trans-Oder
Silesia
Red Army
Moscow
Reich
Austria-Fankfurt
Steinau
Oder
Breslau
Germany
Stelnau
Dresden
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Rev Burdeshaw Final Rites Held
Funeral services for the Rev. J. J. Burdeshaw aged 88 who died at his home on Dothan route four Ture ray night were held this afternoon at the residence with Rev. T. C. Brannon of Ashford officiating. Surviving are two sons Dr H. B. Burdeshaw Dothan and Houston Burdeshaw Birmingham two daughters Mrs G. W. Robiston Dothan route four and Mrs D A Still Montgomery five grandchildren one great grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers listed. Burial was in Rocky Branch cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge.
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J. J. Burdeshaw
Dothan
T. C. Brannon
Ashford
H. B. Burdeshaw
Houston Burdeshaw
Birmingham
G. W. Robiston
D. 4A
Still
Montgomery
Palbeartra
Doyle Crawfied
Phiiliip Cherry
T. E. Buntin
Dr. A
FB. Gissendsynner
Arthur ‘Morris
Joe Sanders
Ilunerary
John Saunders
O L.‘Tompking
W. R. Jordan
C. New‘ton
W. T Street
Weldon Lance
Strong Yank Attack Breaks German Lines Near Bologna
In Italy, Fifth Army forces pushed about 690 yards into German positions southeast of Bologna after breaking a winter stalemate. The bold Monday assault aimed at the Gotha Line guarding the Po Valley hub, facing tougher resistance but signaling a German withdrawal of some units as Russians pressed other fronts.
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Fifth Army
Bologna
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Italy
Gothi
Po Valley
de Ode
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