Allied push for total war against Japan gains high level backing
A postwar statements tally says military leaders including Mountbatten Stilwell and Chennault backed sweeping operations to strip Japan of all territories seized by force. Meetings in China Burma India theater note improving weather for combat as Gen Sherland attended, linking MacArthur's southwest Pacific command.
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Japan
Luis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. Air Force
China
China-Burma-India
MacArthur
Richard Sherland
Southwest Pacific Command
Sutherland
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina Tonight and Friday
North Carolina sees mostly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures and light rain at times tonight, then cooler Friday with morning rain along the coast. South Carolina reports similar conditions with overcast skies, rain along the coast in the forenoon, then a cooler afternoon and night. The report notes accompanying wartime conversations and leadership rosters, including Eisenhower and allied officials at Moscow talks.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Burma Road Opening Is Assured
Cairo dispatch reports the United States and Britain assured Chiang Kai-Shek the Burma road would reopen to supply a possible China coastal port for the main assault against Japan. The ABC conference aims for a European push against Germany before committing full force to the Far East, with Burma operations limited by China’s internal divisions but already a heavy Allied presence in the theater.
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Cairo
United States
Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
Japan
China
Germany
Chiang Kaik
Singapore
Litter Bearers Reach Wounded Amid Fire in Frontline Tour
In a forward battalion aid station Captain Robert Carey of Mowbridge S D explains how litter bearers and airmen evacuate casualties under shelling. Red Cross crews work in darkness, with three squads evacuating 15 wounded in a valley before one infantryman was shot in the head as he advanced. The crack team trekked 125 miles over two days and nights without sleep.
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Mowbridge
S. D
Red Cross
Germany
Ior
War Today Seeks Unity Among Stalin Roosevelt Churchill
The piece argues for sticking to essential operations to win quickly against Hitler and emphasizes pressing the second front in France. It predicts that the first wartime conference could forge solidite in goals among Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill, marking a major strategic moment.
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France
China
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Allied gains widen Sangro ridge control in Italy
Allied communique reports the Sangro ridge from Fossacesia to Romagnoli in allied hands after heavy fighting. Fossacesia saw a fierce engagement while Castel Frentano resists eight miles inland. Eighth Army nears Casoli, 14 miles from the Adriatic along the main supply road behind the Sangro line.
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Fossacesia
Romagnoli
Castel Frentano
Eighth Army
Casoli
Adriatic
Two Tar Heels Killed Washington War Casualties
War Department released 224 names of soldiers killed in action. Among them were Pvt. Joseph B. Stokes Jr. of Timmonsville South Carolina and Pvt. Allen D. Severson of Turtle Lake North Carolina. Stokes died in the Mediterranean area and Severson in the Pacific. The note on canonization is unrelated to the war deaths.
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Washington
War Department
Carolinas
Joseph B. Stokes, Jr
Joseph B. Stokes
Timmonsville
S. C
Mediterranean
Allen D. Severson
Amy Severson
Turtle Lake
N. C
Pacific
Nose Drops Claim Easier Breathing Amid Cold Advice
A fragment urges use of nose drops to ease breathing during a cold, noting they provide cooling air flow. It emphasizes consistent use and cautions about proper entry points and administration.
Plant Seizure Defended Amid War Labor Controversy
The war effort sparks a dispute after the President ordered seizure of a plant whose management refused a war labor board order. Officials insist it functioned as a single unit with multiple departments and insist the act covered the entire plant. Rep. Jennings accuses Patterson of stretching executive authority.
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L. A. Woods
War Labor Board
Greenbaum
Ralph F. Gow
Army
Gow
Rep
Jennings
R-Tenn
Patterson
Two Army Privates Sentenced for Labor Day Robbery
Two Army privates pleaded guilty to grand larceny in a Mount Vernon banking district holdup. William D. Ackerman of Miami received five to ten years at Sing Sing. Louis C. Coviello of Chelsea got an indeterminate term at Elmira Reformatory. They were linked to a Krug Baking Company cashier robbery of 4600 on September 4 and were later arrested in Poughkeepsie while attempting to steal from parked cars.
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Frank H. Coyne
Mount Vernon
N. Y
William D. Ackerman
Miami
Fla
Sing Sing
Louis C. Coviello
Chelsea
Mass
Elmira Reformatory
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Forts Raid Sub Base At Marseille
Allied air forces launched a heavy bombing raid on the Marseille area targeting naval bases. The operation followed a prior November 24 strike on Toulon that damaged ships and drydocks, sinking several vessels and causing extensive destruction to port facilities.
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Marseille
France
15Th Air Force
Toulon
Army Nurse Corps To Get Promotions
Washington December 2 The Army Nurse Corps will receive promotions under a new policy. About one third of its members will advance with new ranks tied to unit size and responsibilities. Under the new rules a 100 nurse unit can have a lieutenant colonel major and several captains and lieutenants.
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Washington
Gove
Conference admits winter limits on spring offensives
The text states that winter offensives block large spring operations due to heavy mud and argues for coordinating a western assault with an eastern drive before winter ends or delaying until summer. It also notes the Florida Everglades span nearly 5,000 square miles.
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Florida Everglades
Meet the Squander Bug War Bond Drive Cartoon
Treasury Department launches a wartime propaganda cartoon describing the Squander Bug as an invisible insect that lives on money meant for war bonds and stamps. It claims buying bonds starves the bug since he cannot digest the funds.
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Treasury Department
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