Sions Of Heaven Facing Purgatory In Pacific War Update
American forces push through the Pacific with three islands under U S control including Peleliu as fighting intensifies near Palau and near Kweilin while Japanese positions in Tanchuk Paoch and other areas face renewed pressure. British India forces advance in Burma as U S 14th Air Force targets Japanese moves toward Kweilin and Canton. Tokyo radio reports Guam and Marianas losses, with Japanese garrisons evacuated or killed. civilians suffer exposure in Tinian.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Palau
Philippines
U. S
Peleliu
Tanchuk
Kweilin
Kwangai Province
Xingan
Kwe ' Lin
Dap
Paoch
Southeast Asia Command
Fifth India Division
Tiddim
Chin Hills
Burma
Myitkyina Burma
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Stay Shui
Canton
Formosa Strait
Pravde
Regal
Moscow
Pan
Japan
Guam
Tinian
Peanut Harvest Nears Completion in Houston County
Houston County officials expect peanut harvesting to end this week as M. Ling, agent, indicated yesterday. Prisoners are mentioned in relation to the harvest effort with ongoing work and status to be determined.
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Houston County
M. Ling
Nelson retires as War Production Board chief
Donald M. Nelson resigns as WPB chairman after four years in Washington. J A Krug, released from the Navy, becomes acting chairman and pledges to keep operations on track. President Roosevelt hints Nelson may serve in a high post handling postwar economic relations with China, Russia, and other nations.
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Donald M. Nelson
Sterling F. Green Wahington
WPB
Hoosevalt
J. A. iCap Krug
Navy
Nelson
Roosevelt
China
Russia
White House
Sears Roebuck
Washington
Ture
Licenses and Taxes Due Early in 1945
Automobile and privilege licenses for 1945 go on sale tomorrow at the probate office and poll tax books open at the tax collector through February 1 1945. Ad valorem taxes are due and delinquent January 1. About 2 975 voters paid poll tax for 1944. exemptions apply for war service and age. Chief Clerk Woodham urges applicants to bring old licenses to speed processing.
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Alvin Gwaltney
Johngle Woodham
Probate
Russians Drive Through Yugoslavia To Trap 200,000 Nazis
Soviet and Yugoslav forces press a Danube crossing near Orsova to push toward Belgrade, while drive extends into southeastern Hungary and northeastern Romania. Moscow reports capture of villages, six mile advance into Negotin, and mass desertion appeals. Leaflets promise good treatment to Hungarian soldiers who surrender.
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W. W. Heecher
London
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Danjube
Romania
Moscow
Red Army
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Danube
Iron Gate
Orsova
Negotin
Tito
Draja Mihailowic
Free Yugoslav Radio
Hungary
Budapest
Szeged
Oradea
Transylvania
Germany
United Nations
Berlin
National Liberation Committee
Setback At Arnhem No Serious Factor
War analysis notes Arnhem setback not decisive for winter in any front. Roosevelt and Churchill refuse to guess German collapse timing. Eisenhower prepares western operations aiming for early victory to limit Allied losses.
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Arnhem
Kirkel
Simpson
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Amtern
Neder Rhine
Maas
Waal-Rhine
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravada
Japan
Shopeless
Pravda
United States
U. S
Muli
Allied Nations Plan Ruthless Devastation for Germany
Washington reports Allied military authorities anticipate a spring campaign to humiliate and devastate Germany. Plans focus on breaking Wehrmacht power, enforcing unconditional surrender, and targeting oil, steel, and Europe’s economy while dismantling Nazism.
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John Meightoner
Washington
Germany
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Siemptem Hitler
Policlessaw
Allied Fighting Men Move To Breach German Front
Allied forces prepared to breach Germany's last defensive line on the Western Front, with expectations of a prolonged fight into spring 1945. Churchill estimated 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 Allied troops facing German resistance as the final phase aims to exploit a breakthrough and collapse in Germany.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ambhem
Germany
Churchill
France
Port Of Calais Falls To Allies With Canadians In Calais
German resistance collapsed in Calais Saturday afternoon after a three hour artillery bombardment and a brief air attack. As night fell, five columns of smoke rose and the Germans marched out as prisoners in long files. The Calais cross channel gun had previously been knocked out.
Four Transports Sunk By Allied Planes In World War II
Allied forces struck Darvel Bay and nearby waters sinking four freighters totaling 6, a 4,008 ton vessel and three 1,560 ton ships. An enemy schooner was also sunk off the Southern Philippines as 12 ships and seven barges were reported as damaged in communiqués. A Japanese destroyer was attacked near Geram Island west of Daich New Geines.
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Allied
New Quinea
Borneo
Darvel Bay
Philippines
Geram Island
Daich New Geines
Georgia must have two holidays rule conflict
Atlanta AP report shows Attorney General T Grady Head ruling that Georgia cannot eliminate one Thanksgiving day due to conflicting statutes. Congress fixed the Fourth Thursday nationwide and Georgia law sets the last Thursday locally, with Governor Amall seeking a harmonizing change.
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Atlanta
T. Grady Head
Georgia
Congress
Elis Amall
Head
Atlanta Journal
General Assembly
No New Polio Cases Reported In Dothan
Dothan health officials reported progress in poliomyelitis cases with no new verified infections. A high school student in Dothan has a very mild case, and temperatures were taken for about 50 night school students as a precaution for 14 days.
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Dothan
W. T. Burkett
County Health Department
Salute Of Hollanders To Yanks Now Is Hello Boys
Dutch welcome the First American Army with a rising chorus of Hello, boys as troops move through rural Holland. Soldiers learn locals differ from windmill myths, noting warm greetings, cautious curiosity, and affordable beer as they adjust to occupation towns and rural life.
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Bal Boyle
Holland
Pennsylvania
Tnwne
America
Europe
Indiana
Manhattan
Aald
Gordon Conrey
Milford
N. H
France
Belgium
Arera
Paris
Wallace Says FDR Better Postwar Job Getter Than Dewey
Vice President Wallace argues Roosevelt will be better at securing postwar jobs than Dewey, criticizing Wall Street bias and noting the public should not be fed lies about war. Luce criticizes Pearl Harbor handling, while GOP clipsheet questions Roosevelt’s wartime leadership. Dewey appears pleased with a direct response to a president’s speech as campaigns widen.
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Wallace
FDR
Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
GOP
Eamstees’ Union
Carnegie Music Hals
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Washington
Fewey
Wherry
Nebraska
Republcan
Ball
Dewey
Snow Sweeping Vosges As U S Drives Onward
Allied dispatch reports the Seventh Army advancing through the Vosges foothills toward Belfort, while the FZIver Army pushes along an eight-mile front near the Siegfried Line. The Third Army destroys roughly 113 German tanks and breaches German positions east of Metz as fighting widens. Canadian forces clear Cap Gris Nez and Calais nears surrender talks, with British, American, and German maneuvers continuing along multiple fronts.
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Robert Euneon
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Seventh Army
Vosges Mountains
Belfort
Peeks
Rhineland
Riegfried Line
Wenters
Prom
U. S Third Army
Amere Ien Salient
Metz
Nam Tye
Nijmegen
French
Calais
Schroeder
Hitler
Holland
Vosges
Berlin
Trenty
le Thillot
Bussang Pass
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Saare
First Army
Third Army
Nancy
Saar Basin
George Patioo
Lorraine Plain
Panser
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