Ormoc Falls as US Forces Seal Japanese Pocket
Major US units complete capture of Ormoc on Leyte as three columns trap thousands of Japanese in a narrowing corridor. MacArthur reports the position tightens with Allied forces near Albuera and Burauen, applying a deadly squeeze. Japanese forces are driven from two Boer towns in another fierce theater.
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Ormoc
Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Albuera
Burauen
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese Forces Driven From Kweichow Province
Chinese high command announced that Japanese forces were expelled from Kwei chow Province and driven back over the Kwangsi border. Earlier, one of two invading Japanese formations in Kweichow was swept back across the border, with Liuchat recaptured. Tokyo reported the death of Vice Admiral Chiuchi Nigumi, Supreme Commander of Japanese naval forces, in action on Saipan.
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Chungking
Kweichow Province
Kwangsi
Kweichow
Chiang Kaishek
Liuchat
Tokyo
Chiuchi Nigumi
Saipan
France and Soviet Russia Sign Mutual Aid Pact
France and Soviet Russia sealed a treaty of alliance and mutual assistance during Gen. De Gaulle’s 16 day Moscow visit. The pact aims for joint defense against future aggression and parallels Britain’s 20 year alliance with Russia.
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Cnts
Germany
Europe
de Gaulle
Soviet
Russia
France
Theatres Offer Two Shows At Dixie Theatre Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs J R Jones of Maple Avenue to Maple avenue for tonight's presentation Fe Goes to Reno and Hail the Conqueror Hero starring Eddie Brack at the Dixie Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
J. R. Jones
Maple Avenue
Era
Eddie Bracke
Dixie Theatre
Deer Damage Study Aims At Statewide Relief Measures
A nine member committee of farmers sportsmen and officials of West Virginia Conservation Commission met in Charleston to study methods to curb deer damage. They may push legislation to compensate for wildlife damage in the 1945 legislature and examine deer damage laws from other states. The commission plans a special meeting to draft the state's wildlife program for the coming year.
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Charleston
The
Conservation Commission
Raymond J. Lambert
Kenova
West Virginia
the Conservation Commission
Charley Talbert
West
Virginia
Nobel Prizes Awarded to Five Americans and One Dane
President Roosevelt and King Gustav V hailed science contributions of five American citizens and one Dane as Nobel Prize recipients. The ceremony, held in New York due to wartime travel, marked the first on American soil in 43 years. Recipients include Dr. Joseph Erlanger, Dr. Herbert Gasser, Dr. Isidor Rabi, Dr. Otto Stern, Dr. Edward A. Daisy, and Dr. Henrik Dam. Each prize worth about $30,000, with notable discoveries spanning nerve fiber functions, nuclear magnetism, and photon-related physics.
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New York
Roosevelt
Gustav I
Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Joseph Erlanger
Washington University
St. Louis
Herbert 8. Gasser
Rockefeller Institute
Isidor I. Rabi
Columbia University
Otto Stern
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Edward A. Daisy
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Henrik Dam
Copenhagen
Tighter Draft Aims to Bolster War Labor Force
Labor officials in Washington say tighter draft regulations will strengthen the war labor pool by reducing turnover. James Byrnes orders expand calls for men ages 26 to 37, prioritizing essential industries and reallocations as older registrants drift from munitions. This shift follows years of reliance on younger workers.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washinton
James F Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services
Byres
WME
Army
Navy
Eight Left Roy's Raiders in Americal Division
Lt Richard L Roy of Mt Lake Park Md led a picked raiding unit in the Americal division on Bougainville. Of 43 original members only eight remain active. Nine are dead and 24 wounded. two on home leave. Noncom Howard P Simmons of Whitman Mass remains, along with Thomas F Marion of Charleston W Va and four others. Roy formed the team on Christmas Day last year amid Bougainville fights as costly patrol specialists.
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Americal
Southwest Pacific
Roy
Richard L. Roy
Mt. Lake Park
Howard P. Simmons
Whitman
Mass
Thomas F. Marion
Charleston
W. Va
Guadalcanal
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Germany Gathers New Weapons For Gunter Offenses
London reports from multiple sources claim Germany is assembling forces for a 1945 counteroffensive, including two known V weapons and a new submarine type. V-3 may reach New York before year end, while talk of V-4 and a submarine with underwater breathing devices circulates. reports describe jet raids and continued V bomb attacks amid wartime pressure.
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E. W. W. Jones
London
Germany
England
Continental
Albert Speer
New York
Schworkel Spirait
The
Daily Mirror
Brus
Hungary Invasion Pushes Toward Budapest And Vienna
The War Today analyzes a possible decisive Allied push through Hungary as Red forces approach Budapest from all sides and Muscovite advances near the Czechoslovak border threaten Vienna. The Danube region and Lake Balaton form key strategic defenses as Nazi control weakens and calls for a rapid coup de grace against Germany grow.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hungary
Europe
Germany
Austria
Danube
Budapest
Vienna
Balaton
Germans in Madrid See World Alliance Fracturing
Germans in Madrid cafes and nightclubs appear happier, believing the Anglo American alliance against them is splintering. They quote Washington London and Athens signals as proof the bloc will block Soviet expansion. They claim Germany will not bow to multiple powers but to a single master.
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Madrid
Charles
Foltz
Greece
London
Washington
Moscow
Athens
Europe
Germany
Athens in Crisis as Bombers Hit ELAS Positions
Acute food shortages and looming epidemics threaten Athens as British bombers attack ELAS concentrations. RAF planes join the fight amid heavy shelling and sniper fire. Reports say thousands killed or wounded, relief ships blocked, and UN relief kitchens failing to reach civilians.
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Athens
ELAS
Grande Bretagne Hotel
Constitution Square
Acropolis
Piraeus
Snowfall Fails to Halt Advancing Allied Drive
In fresh snowfall the Allied infantry and tanks push a mile and a quarter forward against German positions in the Roer valley near Duren and Echts. Hodges' 10 mile front drives toward Colonge while Patton's Third Army fights stubborn battles in Dillingen Saarlautern and Sarraguem Roden Prati areas. The Seventh Army engages on the east side of Hagenau as heavy fighting rages near Reichshoffen Niederbronn and Obergeich. The First Army reports Germans vacating Dhorn and nearby villages as tanks play a major role in the advance.
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Kennedy Paris
Roer
Dhorn
Echts
Duren
Courtney H. Hodges
Cologne
George 9. Patton
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Sarraguem
Roden
Pratilatern
Siegfried Line
Ditingen
Sasrlautern
Patton
Hagenau
Genau
Reichshoffen
Niederbronn
Obergeich
Ecizt
Marine Seaman Are Listed Dead in Navy Casualty Report
Navy casualty report lists four West Virginia servicemen from different towns. Marine William H. Davis and Radioman Lewis Postle Jr are dead, Seaman Norman Elwood Hunter and Seaman Clarence Nichols wounded, with families named in Wellsburg Falling Rock McMechen and Stotesbury references.
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Washington
West
British fleets readied for action against Japan
London reports a new British Pacific naval command plus the existing far eastern fleet to join United States forces in an all out push on Japan. Admiral Sir Bruce A Fraser will command the combined fleet with Vice Admiral Sir Arthur J Power as deputy. The far eastern fleet shifts to the Indian Ocean as East Indies station under Power.
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London
British Pacific Naval Command
United States
Japan
Admiralty
J.churchill
Britain
Orient
Bruce A Fraser
Aa Mander-Fchief
Farern
Far Eastern
Indian Ocean
East Indies Station
Malayan Peninsula
Aecuter
Arthur J.power
Fraser
Chesterite
Central Pacific
Doulas
MacArthur
Ins
South
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International Soundphoto
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Rio Grande College
WVU
Roy M. Hawley
Ohio
Mountaineers
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