America learns to strike back after three years of war
Editor Eugene Burns recalls three years of Pacific combat from Pearl Harbor to the Solomons and Aleutians. He notes US forces now punish Japan in land sea and air, risking heavy losses but saving sons' lives as the war enters its fourth year. Burns recalls the first eyewitness report from Pearl Harbor and the ongoing global conflict.
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Eugene Berns
Pearl Harbor
Enterprise
Pacific
Burns
Solomons
Aleutians
Ceylon
Eugene Burns
San Francisco
United States
Tank parade story dismisses charges in Hall attack case
Los Angeles December 7 Judge Arthur Crum dismissed charges against Tommy Dorsey, his wife Pat Dane, and neighbor Allen Smiley connected to an attack on Jon Hall as a big tank parade gathers for an alleged attack.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Crum
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Jon Hall
China admits loss of Tushan in Burma theater drive
Chinese high command acknowledged the loss of Tushan, 75 miles southeast of Kweiyang, amid indications a Japanese offensive pushed toward Kunming. The report warns that falling Kunming could cripple the India China supply route and strike at the U.S. 14th air force. Dec 5 loss confirmed. Japanese had claimed Dec 2. A separate Japanese column reportedly neared Kunming via the Yu river from Nanning, while 14th air force reconnaissance tracked activity in Poseb area.
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Tushan
Burma Road
Kweiyang
Kunming
New India China
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Yu_ river
Nanning
14Th Air Force
Poseb
Kwangsi Province
China
The Great Moment and More at Rand Theatre Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. R. A. Morrison of McGraw Avenue to tonight's presentation lineup. Programs include The Great Moment with Joel and Betty Field at Rand Theatre, Secret Come On with Pat O’Brien and Carl Dandis, and Sing Cowboy with Tex Ritter.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
R. A. J. Morrison
McGraw Avenue
Joela
Betty Field
Rand Theatre
Pat O'Brien
Carl Dandis
Tex Ritter
Greece crisis tests big three unity in postwar era
The War Today analyzes how Greece may test Britain Russia and America as a peace depends on their continued cooperation. Churchill intervention in Athens and Eden's stance on Italy hint at a wider struggle over democracy versus influence while Stalin watches from Moscow with a wary, strategic hand.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Britain
Russia
America
Balkan
Greece
Uncle Sam
Athens
Churchill
Eden
England
Count Sforza
Moscow
Balkans
Salvation Army seeks toys and clothing for Christmas
The Salvation Army requests toy and clothing donations for Christmas packages. Call 565 or visit 127 E Main Street to donate or volunteer.
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Salvation Army
E. Main Street
American Tanks Reach Three Miles From Saarbrucken
American units pushed to within about three miles of Saarbrucken today as they closed on Forbach and Saarlautern. Third Army artillery pounded Sarreguemines while infantry cleared streets in Saarlouis. Erft defenses rumored near Cologne as Roer front held at about 22 miles from the Rhine metropolis.
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James M. Long
Paris
Forbach
Third
Pittsburgh
Sarregue Mines
Saar
Saarlautern
Mul
Tiple
Saar River
Roer
Cologne
Erft
Rhine
Byrnes Directs Armaments Rollout Effort for Allies
James F Byrnes leads a new wave of assignments to accelerate munitions to tanks ships and bombers. The campaign mobilizes all government agencies and manpower and seeks 300000 workers to restore wartime production. Maj Gen L D Clay named deputy director to oversee war programs as WPB considers labor limits on urgent plants.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
L. D. Clay
West Point
Clay
Army Service Forces
War Production Board
WPB
RAF Clears Athens Leftists as Greece Battles Rages
In Athens today Maj. Gen. R. M. Scobie announced progress in clearing the Athens Piraeus area of Leftist EAM forces attacked by RAF planes and artillery. Fighting spread to Thrace as Spitfires and Beaufighters hit resistance nests while field guns cleared other EAM strongpoints. Premier George Papandreou warned the EAM was plunging Greece into civil war, with elections delayed by weeks. A Greek government spokesman in London said the delays could extend into months. Elsewhere in Thrace, Elas and Nationalist fighting continued and a German officer commanding Elas troops was captured.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
R. M. Scobie
Greece
Athens Piraeus
EAM
Thrace
George Papandreou
London
Drama
Elas
Tokyo Manchuria Bombed Again by B29 Superforts
Japanese radio claimed three to four B29s dropped incendiaries on Tokyo causing a small fire. The same day a 20th Air Force communique said a large B-29 task force attacked industrial targets in southern Manchuria as part of the daylight campaign against Japanese war production. Imperial air forces intercepted several attackers. one enemy plane reportedly shot down.
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Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Manchuria
Radio Tokyo
Washington
20Th Air Force
20Th Bomber Command
H. H. Arnold
Imperial Air Forces
Domei Agency
Father of Blues Back in Memphis
William Christopher Handy, aging founder of the blues, returned to Beale Street for the annual blues bowl football game in Memphis. He noted jive is passing, recalled royalties from a Harry James cover, and described the room as jumping with juke boxes and jitterbugs despite changed times.
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Will Brimsley
Memphis
Beale Street
William Christopher Handy
Handy
New York
Harry James
Russians Close On Budapest From Three Sides Near Austria
Red Army vanguards near Lake Balaton and the Danube threaten Budapest as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky abreast push from west and south. Brest abandoned by Germans, Racalmas and Csepel position Russian bridges near the Danube, with advances up to 16 miles and claims of a Danube bridgehead.
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London
Red Army
Lower Lake Balaton
Berlin
Budapest
Feodor I
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Danube
Brest
Racalmas
Marshal Rodion Y ¥. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Csepel
Cspel
Hatvan
Moscow
West Virginia Bus Checks and Local Incidents
West Virginia reporters note that county school superintendents must have buses checked by state police by December 15 as part of the second statewide rolling stock survey begun December 1. Other items include a pedestrian injury in Charleston from a truck loss of control, a 10 p.m. curfew in Charles Town to curb juvenile crime, a venison feast at Pines clinic after a deer killed by a train near Great Cacapon, and Wing Commander Hubert Stark praising the state Civil Air Patrol.
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Charleston
State Education Department
Paul Boggs
Charles Town
G. P. Morison
Morison
Berkeley Springs
Pines
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Cacapon
Hubert H. Stark
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
Knife Into Nipps Vital Held Posts All Around Ormoc
American cavalry in a bold amphibious flanking move around the northern Leyte coast seized Nipponese positions near Tabgas and Baloga as other forces struck the Palanas line two miles south. Led by Lieut. Col. ONeill Kane, Amtracs pushed 125 miles in three days, reports say Japanese resistance was light with some retreating. Tokyo radio claimed paratroopers attacked behind American lines to destroy airfields though this could not be confirmed.
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MacArthur
Phillippines
Ormac
Leyte
Palanas
Copking
Associated Prews
Manila
Amtracs
Tabgas
Baloga Village
O'Neill K. Kane
Tokyo Radio
Allied Bridgehead Deepens Over Lamone River
Allied troops deepened the Lamone River bridgehead southwest of Faenza as German resistance east of the river was wiped out. Polish forces seized Brisighella and Monte San Rinaldo, with Mezzano on the Rimini Ferrara railway secured. British and Canadian units drove German forces back to the Lamone. a second crossing attempt near Mezzano failed under night action and mist.
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Lamone River
Faenza
Brisighella
Monte San Rinaldo
Mezzano
Rimini Ferrara
Ravenna
Lamons
Eighth Army
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