Wall of Germán Forces Slows Ruhr Entry Front
US Ninth Army faces a major German buildup along the Roer river as Fortified lines from Linnich to Duren create a formidable obstacle. Jet recon planes search for Allied plans while Eisenhower weighs the next move amid expectations of a brutal battle with high Allied casualties.
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Duren
Switzerland
Holland
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Roer River
Third Army
Sixth Army
The
Roer
Eiisenhower
H. Simpson
Courtney H. Simpson
Courtney Hodges
Western Front
Russians Smash Forward in Eastern Hungary Drive
London dispatch reports Russian troops advancing in eastern Hungary with 72 miles of Austrian frontier opened and Nazi lines along the Slovak border cracked. Miskolc fell to Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army aided by Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian Army, cutting the Satoraljaujhely communications hub. Budapest breach looms as German defenses collapse.
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London
Hungary
Miskolc
Toraljaujhely
Odion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Satoraljaujhely
Iles
Mishole
Budapest
Bombers Strike German Rail Hubs Foe Heavy Air Raid
In a heavy air sweep over western Germany 1200 American bombers with 1000 fighters attacked rail hubs at Kassel Mainz Gies Soest and Bebra. Fortresses and Liberators hit railroad yards and industrial facilities while German fighters offered little resistance.
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London
Westrn Germany
Kassel
Mainz
Gies
Soest
Bebra
U. S
Eighth Air- First
Rman
Millis Re elected Guilford County Chairman
J Ed Millis a High Point manufacturer was unanimously re elected chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners in Greensboro today.
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Millis
Greensboro
J. Ed. Millis
High Point
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Grew Named Under Secretary of State in Roosevelt Reorg
Joseph C. Grew, a 40 year career diplomat, nominated by President Roosevelt to be Under Secretary of State. The move follows Edward R. Stettinius Jr. becoming secretary and includes resignations of three assistant secretaries with three successors named: Will L. Clayton Archibald MacLeish and Neilson A. Rockefeller.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Will L. Clayton
Texas Cotton Factor
Commerce
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
Neilson A. Rockefeller
Inter-American Affairs
Wallace Suggested For Latin American Work
Washington officials urge Henry A. Wallace to handle Latin American issues. Proposals come from those negotiating feed and agricultural exports, citing Latin American resentment over selling resources cheaply while the United States profits from wartime demand.
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Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
South America
United States
New Fires Set In Tokyo By Sunday Raid
Saipan dated report describes fourth bombing raid by American B 29s on Tokyo and surrounding industrial districts. Large force attacked midafternoon, accurate bombing amid heavy ac and interceptor swarms. One bomber was lost.
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Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Air Force
Germans Show Rising Alarm At Saar Gap Action
Paris, Dec. 4. Third Army troops and tanks cleared Saarlautern west of the Saar and crossed the bridge under heavy shellfire to push a wedge into the city east of the river. The First Army advanced into the Eifel region southeast of Brandenberg toward Bergstein as air defenses claimed 38 destroyed and 16 more probably shot down among 120 aircraft strafing lines.
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James M. Long
Paris
Third Army
Saarlautern
Saar River
Merzig
Barrier River
Saar
Siegfried Line
Saarland
U. S. Ninth Army
Julich
Roer
Cologne
Ruhr
Eifel
Brandenberg
Bergstein
Selestat
Strasbourg
Submarines Sink 20 Additional Jap Vessels
U S submarines report sinking 20 vessels in the Pacific including a light cruiser and a destroyer, bringing total Japanese ships sunk to 874. American airmen attack Leyte shipping and supply bases as storms limit ground activity, with fighter planes hitting Valencia and U S 32nd division forces advancing from Ormoc corridor.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Navy
M’arthur
Philippines
Leyte
Valencia
Ormoc
Borneo
Japs May Aim At Chungking Next
Japanese troops advance into Kweichow province reaching near Tu shan as Chinese defenders fight back. A.P. correspondent notes a possible Japanese target toward Kweiyang Kunming and Chungking, with U.S. efforts to bolster the Ledo Burma road amid rising airlift tonnage in October.
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Chungking
Kweichow Province
Tushan
Kweiyang
Burma Road
Kweichow
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Associated Press
Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
India
Ledo-Burma Road
Air Transport Command
Burma
Europe at war's end fuels new political upheaval across continent
The piece notes Europe’s war ending accelerates a shift between left and right, with Greece’s bloody weekend protests in Athens symbolizing broader upheaval. It cites monarchies under pressure in Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, Italy, Belgium, and Spain, plus Hungary. The Greek crisis leaves 21 dead and about 140 injured as leftist groups clash with authorities amid disbanding of guerrilla forces and cabinet resignations.
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Europe
Athens
Greece
Italy
Slavia
Rumanian
Bulgaria
Finland
France
Belgium
Spain
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Romania
Franco
National Liberation Front
Papandreou
Papandrou
Rome
Russels
Gum explode case draws FBI help in township
Suburban township police called in the FBI today as Glen Gloyd aged 54 reported a chewing gum stick exploded as he began to chew it yesterday. He suffered severe lip cuts and tongue and mouth contusions. Police sent the gum and package from a drugstore to FBI Washington for analysis.
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Philadelphia
Glen Gloyd
FBI
Washington
Wilson presses VA plan on veteran hospital choice
Rep Wilson R-Ind released a VA letter about burial plans for a seriously ill husband. He and Chairman Rankin urge legislation to allow veterans to choose any hospital with the government paying costs as if a VA hospital were used. An Outwood Kentucky VA official wrote to Mrs Pansy Vanney of Columbus Ind about burial arrangements.
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Washington
Wilson
Veterans’ Hospital
Rankin
D-Miss
House Veterans Committee
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
Outwood
Pansy Vanney
Columbus
Ind
War Plants Recruiting Many New Workers
Washington December 4. The War Production Board expressed growing optimism about armament output as Chairman J. A. Krug noted encouraging numbers of new workers entering war plants. He announced over the weekend that 500 million dollars will be spent on new plants to produce shells for infantry mortars.
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Washingawon
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Fascists Deserting To Allied Lines Near Bologna and Faenza
American Fifth Army troops shattered enemy positions near Bologna as the Eight Army fought near Faenza between the Montone and Lamone rivers. Italian assist troops reportedly deserting to the Allies at 30 to over 100 daily. German attacks at Monte Belmonte and Bombing failed with heavy losses. Eighth Army reported stubborn defense south and southwest of Ravenna as German bombardment continued.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Sega
Bologna
Montone
Lamone
Pologna
Rimini
Faenza
Monte Belmonte
Eighth Army
Cles
Ravenna
Soong Becomes New Premier of China
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong assumed the premiership of China today as Chiang Kai-Shek concentrates on military tasks. Soong took the post with appointment as acting vice president, while reports of an agreement with the communists circulated but remained unconfirmed.
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Chungking
T. V. Soong
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Soong
H. H . Kime
Lan
Atlanta Journal and Constitution workers hold continuous meeting
In Atlanta on December 4 the local International Typographical Union met to discuss a proposed new labor contract. The Journal and Constitution were quiet with the Union action affecting production. the Journal prepared a four page photoengraved edition while the Constitution ran its morning issue with no announced plans for Tuesday’s edition.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
The
Atlanta Constitution
International Typographical Union
Journal
Constitution
Leftist clashes rock Athens as ELAS battles royalist bands
In Athens a 72 hour notice to quit was issued to EAM forces after violent clashes that left 21 dead and 140 injured. ELAS seized two police barracks at Piraeus as dock workers armed with weapons demonstrated. A general strike polarized the city while British and Greek authorities pushed disarmament amid reported civil war tensions.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
Catsotas
EAM
ELAS
Piraeus
Thesseum
Acropolis
FLAS
George Papandreovu
Bretagne
George Papandreous
Soviet Embassy Urges Absolute Mercilessness Against Fascists
The Soviet embassy in Washington calls for no mercy toward Fascists, framing true humanism as absolute mercilessness. The information bulletin condemns forgiveness of Fascism as a crime and urges democratic nations to pursue harsh measures without hesitation.
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Washington
Vladimir Komarov
Academy of Sciences of
Ussr
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