Normandy Invasion Grows to Last Ditch Rhine Battle
Six months after the Normandy invasion the Allied drive toward the Rhine intensified. British Canadian forces push from Nijmegen toward Arnhem while Americans penetrate beyond Aachen into the Siegfried Line as Antwerp and Walcheren battles loom. Eisenhower warns Germany must make its final stand west of the Rhine.
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Roosevelt's Son Weds Actress Fay Emerson in Grand Canyon Ceremony
Col Elliott Roosevelt, the president's second son, married actress Fay Emerson in a brief, snowbound ceremony at a Grand Canyon overlook led by Rev. Roger Sawyer. Only a small group attended as winter storms disrupted travel. The bride wore a blue doeskin suit with mink accessories and orchids. John Meyer gave her away. Ruth Roosevelt served as maid of honor and Jack Frye acted as best man. The couple planned a honeymoon in the region after the ceremony.
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Aye Emerson
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Los Angeles
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
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Jack Frye
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
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Allied Bombing Surges Over Tokyo Musashima Engine Plant
Saipan field reports a fourth B29 raid on Tokyo with pinpoint accuracy despite heavy anti aircraft fire and interceptors. The Musashima engine factory at Nakajima, a major aircraft plant, was the prime objective, with one squadron claiming 75 percent of bombs hit within the target area. Returning pilots called it the toughest yet most successful Tokyo raid in ten days.
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Associated Press
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
20Th
Air Force
Musashima
Nakajima Aircraft
BILL FOR POSTWAR RIVERS AND ROADS HEADED TO CAPITOL
Washington dispatch reports two major postwar infrastructure bills moving toward the White House. One authorizes about 2.5 billion dollars for flood control irrigation power and navigation on rivers. The other plans 1.673 billion over three years to improve highways in anticipation of a postwar car boom. A Senate reader said they will not linger in conference committees.
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Washington
White House
Senate
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Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Commerce Committee
Tennessee
Tombigbee
Appalachian
Gulf of Mexico
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Europe realigns as war ends sparks political upheaval
In Europe the war accelerates a political social shift with left right clashes across Greece Italy Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria Poland Finland France Belgium and Spain. Greece faces a deadly weekend with 21 dead and 14 injured amid a general strike as Premier Papandreou warns of civil war while monarchies face renewed challenges.
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3Y Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
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Greece
Italy
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Rumania
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Poland
Finland
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Belgium
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National Front
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West Virginia News Briefs Summary
Morgantown Harold M Hyre of the West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service is named associate professor of poultry husbandry. Charleston Judge Julian F Bouchelle certifies a constitutional question on the 1939 oil and gas tax amendment allowing royalty deductions, upholding in a Pond Fork case. Kanawha County real estate suit seeks 1246 dollars deducted from royalties. Also in Charleston L F Livingston of DuPont speaks to Kanawha valley workers and Charleston Rotary about chemicals shipped for war production. White Sulphur Springs Esther Williams listed in West Virginia page.
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Harold M. Hyre
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Charleston
Kanawha Circuit
Julian F. Bouchelle
Supreme Court
Bouchelle
Pond Fork Oil and Gas Company
Boone County
Cole and Crane Real Estate Trust
Kanawha Valley
L. F. Livingston
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Red Army Seizes Miskolc and Key Rail Link in Hungary
Russian forces push through south western Hungary within 72 miles of Austria and seize Miskolc, a major German Hungarian supply hub, as Malinovsky and Petrov’s forces join to storm the Satoraljaushely junction. Tolbukhin’s units advance toward Kaposmero and Tamasi, tightening the Danube front and closing on Budapest.
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Hungary
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Satoraljaumely
Rodion ¥. Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Satoraljaushely
Budapest
Danube
Feodor 1. Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Tamasi
Lake Balaton
Kaposmero
Austria
Tolbukhin
Japanese troops penetrate deep in Kweichow Province
Japanese forces have pushed 35 miles into Kweichow and clashed with Chinese defenders seven miles west of Tushan, 76 miles southeast of Kweiyang. The advance along the Kwangs Kweichow railway marks the deepest penetration so far. The Chinese high command acknowledged the action, while observers noted possible aims at Kweiyang and Chungking as the Ledo Burma road opens.
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Kweichow Province
Tushan
Kweiyang
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Tushan Sea
Kwangs-Kweichow
Associated Press
Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
Ledo-Burma
India
Veterans may choose own hospital under new plan
Rep. Wilson released a letter from a veterans hospital official detailing a plan to let a veteran enter any hospital of his choice. The government would pay all or part of the bill, whether a VA hospital or a local facility, with emphasis on humane treatment and new legislation to authorize such options. The letter to Mrs. Vanney described burial arrangements if death occurs under the government contract burial system.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Rep
Wilson
R-Ind
Veterans’ Hospital
Rankin
D-Miss
House Veterans Committee
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
Nation's farm leaders seek policy for cotton future
Washington reports a week long conference convened by the house subcommittee on postwar agriculture planning to craft a unified plan for cotton. Pace of Georgia chairs as witnesses include Marvin Jones Claude Wickard and Oscar Johnson while observers from allied nations attend this fact finding session.
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House
Subcommittee
Pace
State Department
Marvin Jones
Claude Wickard
National Cotton Colincil
Oscar . Johnson
Athens Strikes Shake City as EAM Clashes Escalate
Gen. Catso tas acting military governor orders armed EAM units to quit Athens within 72 hours after violent clashes. Leftist strikes cut electricity gas and communications. martial law imposed. 21 dead and 140 injured in riot. Papandreou accuses left wing leaders of driving civil war amid curfew and cabinet crisis.
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Athens
Cats0tas
EAM
George Papandreou
National Liberation Front
American Airmen Stab Jap Shipping Base in Philippines
General MacArthur's headquarters reports American airmen conducted wide ranging strikes on Japanese shipping and supply bases across Leyte and Palawan. Fighter planes bombed Valencia and the Ormoc corridor while heavy bombers targeted Palawan. patrol planes sank freighters off Borneo and a small vessel near Samar sea.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Valencia
Ormoc
Borneo
Samar Sea
Masbaten
Min- Douglas
Palawan Island
British Advance To Crush Saar River Line Front
British Second Army pushed toward Venlo as U S Third Army crossed the Saar river bridge at Saarlautern amid German resistance. Montgomery’s 21st Army Group faced Arnhem and Nijmeren floods while Canadian forces approached the Biegfried line near Kleve. Americans from the First and Ninth Armies pressed along the Roer toward Cologne as four towns fell in a week of brutal fighting.
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James M. Long
Paris
Stegfried
Saar River
Saarlautern
U. S. Third Army
Saar
Second
Maas River
Venlo
Marshal Montgomery
21St
Arnhem
Nijmeren
First Army
Germany
Biegfried
Kleve
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Ninth
Julléh Snd
Linnich
Roer
Cologne
Women Said Ten Be More Thrifty Than Men
Charleston December 4. Banks across the state report women lead in Christmas savings with checks mailed to the “little lady” recipients. A Charleston banker admits women are shoppers and plan ahead, while some deposits are made by husbands for gifts.
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Gruene Robinson
Charleston
Wether
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