Japanese Headquarters Captured on Leyte in Pincer Move
MacArthur forces push north from Valencia after sealing Japanese positions in the Leyte pocket. The 77th division enters Valencia while the U.S. 32nd closes the surround, trapping remaining Japanese near Ormoc as air bases and supply lines face continued pressure.
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Leyte
MacArthur
Philippines
Valencia
Amheldort
Ormoc
Douglas MacArt
U. S
Tith
Kentucky man posed as government agent in heiress case
An inquiry was held in Kentucky into a man named Roy Carleton 45 of McKees Rocks Pennsylvania who allegedly posed as a state or federal recruiter. He allegedly coerced families to send their sons to defense jobs and was connected to a fraudulent check and the disappearance case involving Fannie Walford and others.
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Fannie Walford
Lee
Wilson
Williamson
Ction
Kentucky
Theatre listings tease Cowboy and the Lady show
The Sentinel invites Mrs Bruce Bumgardner of Yates Avenue to attend tonight's presentation at the Gooper and Merle Oberon interval, featuring Cowboy and the Lady. Also advertised is Marine with Pat O'Brien and Robert Ruth Hussey at the re.
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Grafton
Sentinel
Bruce Bumgardner
Yates Avenue
Gooper
Merle Oberon
Trand
West Virginia News Briefs roundup from Charleston and cities
District civilian workers including soldiers may join trucking firms on a voluntary basis to aid Christmas freight. Governor Neely is cleared in a $50 expense suit by J Shirley Ross. Cities with 10000 plus populations report 1944 traffic deaths led by hunting losses. West Virginia electoral votes go to Roosevelt and Truman. Collision probe into West Virginia Inc trolley crash delayed due to snowstorm.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Office of Defense Transportation
A. E. Teagan
Common Pleas
M. M. Neely
J. Shirley Ross
House of Delegates
Ross
Fairmont
Morgantown
South Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Pblic Safety
Lawmakers weary of war head home today
Washington dispatch reports members of the disbanded 78th congress leaving capital amid wartime fatigue and a heated campaign. Senate confirmed Joseph C. Grew and five assistant secretaries of state after a White House endorsed fillibustered slate faced little opposition. Gasoline shortages limited holiday plans as senators prepared for the 79th congress with many not returning Jan. 3.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
78Th
Congress
White House
Senate
Joseph C. Grew
Warm Springs
House
Roosevelt
Maybank
D-Sc
Hatch
D-Nm
Hattie Carway
Arkansas
Mead
Lawmakers
Chinese Engineers Inspect Huntington Waterway Projects
A group of high level Chinese engineers on leave from major posts in China began a two day inspection tour of waterway projects in the Huntington U S Engineer district. They will review flood control walls dam works and reservoirs along the Muskingum and nearby rivers with Lt Col Harry Pocras. The delegation includes Chan Hang-Ying Lin Ping-i Lin Chung-Juei Wu Yin-Sing and Tsai Pang-Lin, all tied to national conservation bodies.
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Huntington
China
U. S. Enginer
Gallipolis
U. S. Engineers
Marietta
Smuskingum River
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Louisville
Harry Pocras
Chan Hang-Ying
Hydraulic Engi
Thena Board
National Conservation Comission
Lin Ping-¥i
Hwai River Division
Lin Chung-Juei
Shensi Provisional Conservancy Bureau
General Scobie vows to push fight against ELAS in Athens
Lt. Gen. R. M. Scobie, British commander in Greece, declares intent to carry the battle to ELAS forces and warns Athens civilians that leftist gunfire after 9 p m tomorrow will be met with all arms at his disposal.
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Athens
R. M. Scobie
Greece
ELAS
Stettinius Granted Broad Authority to Modernize State Dept
Secretary Stettinius wins power to reorganize the State Department with six new assistants. Senate confirms Joseph Grew as undersecretary 66 to 7, then approves five assistant secretaries: Clayton, MacLeish, Rockefeller, Dunn, and Holmes. Clayton and MacLeish face tougher votes amid opposition. Pepper criticizes the group as out of character with Roosevelt policies.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Senate
Joseph c. Grew
Japan
Grew
Stettininius
Department
W. L. Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
James C. Dunn
Overton
D-La
LaFol
Jette
Pepper
D-Fla
MacLeish
Roosevelt
Moe
Red Army converges on key city of Kassa in Czechoslovakia
Soviet columns pressed heavy attacks toward Kassa as part of a broad 80 mile front across Slovakia and northern Hungary. Advanced units reached artillery range while 24 approach towns fell and routes to German escape were cut. Hungarian troops deserted in places as German Nazi leadership aided the defense. The siege of Budapest was not mentioned.
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Red Army
Nazi
Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Kasse
Czechoslovakia
Highland
Senys
Slovakia
Rodion
Mglinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Kassa
Hungary
Kasea
Davidov
Dargov
Kerestur
Senya
Perm
Turnava
Turna
Budapest
That's a Lie Shouting Chaplin Faces Second Day In Court
The second day of grilling in Joan Berry's paternity suit continues as Charlie Chaplin erupts in anger defending himself against claims he fathered her child. Jurors hear his denial that he committed any crime while Berry's attorney presses for support payments and testimony about a past relationship. The 55-year-old comedian appears calm at times but becomes fiery when questioned about events dating to 1942, including an alleged confrontation at his home.
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Gene Handsaker
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Chaplin
New York
Joan
Carol Ann
Gertrude Berry
Joseph Scott
Scott
War Analyst Describes 70 Mile Front Clash In Europe
The War Today column by Dewitt MacKenzie notes fighting along a seventy mile front as German forces mount a major counteroffensive in the Rhineland. Officials warn against panic while reporting the American First Army may hold enemy flanks, with Aachen and Dueren as critical links to the Cologne plain and Ruhr industrial region.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Rhineland
Aachen
Roer
Dueren
Cologne
Germany
Ruhr
Duerenthus
von Rundstedt
First Army
Aadhen
Hodges
Doughboys Hold Firm as German Breakthrough Advances
Reports from Paris and the First U S Army describe German armor driving deep into Belgium and Luxembourg with reconsolidation of Nazi spearheads. American tanks and doughboys reportedly hold firm in several sectors, while the front lines show mixed progress and pockets of encirclement near Echternach and St Vith.
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U. S
St. Vith
Belgium
Luxembourg
Echternach
Paris
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Nasi Ini
Tagud
Stavelot
Capital Ponders 116 2ng Courses for FDRs Future
President Roosevelt discussed policy drift at a news conference noting a potential zig zag in guiding his administration. He described moving right along then edging left as he seeks to maintain a general path. The piece surveys past moves including the New Deal’s social and economic reforms and court reshaping.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Merce
Jesse Jones
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