Red vanguard threat near Budapest as fronts converge
Berlin reports a three sided Soviet push toward the Hungarian capital with Marshal Tolbukhin's forces driving up the Danube and encroaching within miles of Budapest. German claims of gains near Hatvan and on the Danube are balanced by Moscow dispatches noting no confirmation of a west bank bridgehead.
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Berlin
Feo
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
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Erest
Budapest
Racal
Rodion Malinovsky
Csepel
Imas
Ube
Hatvan
Moscow
Balaton-Bereny
Japanese Forces Advance Toward Kunming and Kweiyang
Chungking reports Japanese troops occupy Tuyun and threaten Kweichow and the Burma Road center at Kweiyang. Chinese high command notes the loss of Tushan and the recapture of Sanho, while another Japanese column drives toward Kunming and Nanning falls to the invaders.
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Chungking
Tuyunus
Weiyang
Sanho
Kweiyang
Burma
Kunming
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Supers Strike Manchurian Industrial Targets
Washington dispatch reports a large B 29 task force from the 20th Bomber Command conducted a daylight raid on Japanese dominated Manchuria. The operation aimed to further the campaign against Japanese war production by hitting key industrial objectives.
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Washington
Manchuria
20Th Air Force
20Th Bomber Command
Bombers raid Tokyo in two weather flights
Two B 29 Superfortress bombers on weather reconnaissance flights struck Tokyo last night and this morning in two separate raids seven hours apart. Gen H H Arnold said more details would follow. Japan claimed 15 bombers down and damage at Mukden and Dairen with slight installations damage.
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Saipan
Tokyo
71St U.S. Bomber Command
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Federal Communications Commission
Manchuria
Mukden
Dairen
War review cites U S casualties on Western Front
Under Secretary of War Patterson reports on the Western Front as U S battle casualties reach 552,018 on the third Pearl Harbor anniversary. Army toll through Nov 22 totals 474,898 with 91,625 killed, 268,099 wounded, 58,926 missing, and 56,248 prisoners. Navy totals 77,120 with 29,738 killed, 33,469 wounded, 9,427 missing, and 4,486 prisoners.
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Washington
Patterson
Pearl Harbor
United States
Navy
Charlotte Man Dies As Result Of A Beating
Charlotte police report Robert Cashwell 61 a filling station operator fatally beaten and shot on his porch after an apparent fight or holdup near his home. Wallet and small rifle missing. Cashwell recently moved from Laurinburg and was a native of Bladen county. Survived by four daughters and three sons including C. C. Cashwell of Burlington.
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Charlotte
Robert Cashwell
Cashwell
Laurinburg
Bladen County
4. C. Cashwell
Burlington
Allies Deepen Bridgehead On Italian Front
Allied troops have expanded their Lamone River bridgehead southwest of Faenza and cleared resistance east of the Lamone. Polish forces seized Brisighella and Monte San Rinaldo while Mezzano near Ravenna fell to British and Canadian units. A second Lamone crossing by Eighth Army was repelled as forces pushed toward the west bank.
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Lamone River
Faenza
Brisighella
Monte San Rinaldo
Mezzano
Rimini-Ferrara
Ravenna
Lamone
Eighth Army
British bombers strike German synthetic oil plant and rail hubs
London reports British bombers attacked Germany's prize synthetic oil plant at Merburg and two railyards with 7000 tons of bombs last night. Earlier 1600 American bombers and fighters raided the oil plant and another rail center. RAF conducted the eighteenth nightly raid on Berlin.
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London
Germany
Mersburg
Berlin
Soldiers Under 19 to Serve Overseas as Replacements
Under Secretary of War Patterson announced a policy change allowing men under 19 to go overseas as infantry and armored replacements. He cited urgent mil ing needs and a shrinking pool of eligible inductees. He noted 80 of 100 inducted in January would deploy after training, while 20 under 19 would stay in the United States until turning 19.
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Washington
Patterson
United States
British Forces Attack Athens in Civil War Fierce Action
British parachute troops with planes tanks and artillery assault ELAS strongholds around the Acropolis. Fighting spreads to Thrace as snipers fire in Athens streets. Premier Papandreou says EAM's actions plunge Greece toward civil war and elections are delayed. General Scobie reports steady progress in clearing Athens Piraeus. many areas liberated by nightfall.
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Athens
Greece
ELAS
Acropolis
R. M. Scobie
EAM
Thrace
Pireus Road
George Papandreou
London
Scobie
Piraeus
Foreign Policy Of Churchill Is Under Fire
London reports growing criticism of Churchill's foreign policy as debate over intervention in Italy and Greece looms. Eden may broaden discussion to policy principles and explain divergence with the U.S. hands off stance. Churchill defends keeping order behind Allied lines and pledges support for free elections when conditions permit.
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London
Europe
Churchill
Italy
Greece
Commons
Anthony Eden
Britain
American State Department
Carlo Sforza
Liberated
Stettinius Champions Greek Political Freedom Policy
Secretary of State Stettinius announced U S support for Greece to choose its government free from foreign imposition, endorsing Churchill’s call for Greece to form a government of either the right or the left. He avoided backing Britain’s troop-based effort to block a Communist-led regime.
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Washington
Stettinius
United States
Greece
Churchill Tuesda
Churchill
State Department
Europe
Britain
Japan Earthquake Shakes World On Pearl Harbor Day
West Bromwich reports a massive earthquake centered near Japan on the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Seismologist J J Shaw calls it one of the greatest quakes recorded, with wind tremors hindering precise direction. Zurich and Nurnburg observatories note violent activity toward Japan.
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West Bromwich
Eng
Japan
Pearl Harbor
J. J. Shaw
Aleutians
Kuriles
Zurich
Nurnburg
Shaw
Big Three unity tested by Greek imbroglio amid war
The article argues that Greece's crisis could test unity among Britain, Russia, and America as World War II evolves. It notes Churchill's intervention to block a communist takeover, Eden's stance on Italy, and Washington's push for democratically guided governance in liberated nations including Greece. Stalin remains reserved, shaping postwar alignments.
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Britain
Russia
America
Balkan
Greece
Uncle Sam
Athens
Churchill
Eden
England
Count Sforza
Lefruwr
Anl-Mornarchief
Italy
Phio
Washington State Department
United States
United Nations
Stalin
Moscow
Balkans
Communism in Europe and Moscow's Influence
The writer argues Moscow seeks to bless communism across Europe and that revolutions are imminent in many nations including Greece. He predicts a political upheaval after war and asserts the big three must forge a common policy to prevent splits as revolutions unfold.
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Europe
Greece
Congress Proposes Big Steel Formula for Pay Boost
Washington reports a House drive to raise congressmen salaries from 10 000 to 12 500 and clerk hire from 6 500 to 9 500 yearly to offset living costs and wartime duties. Both measures were blocked from a deficiency bill as out of order.
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Washington
House
Senate Nominations Defeated by Senate Vote
President Roosevelt’s picks for key State Department posts were rejected by the Senate in a 37 to 27 roll call. The nominees to serve as undersecretary and three assistant secretaries were sent back to the Foreign Relations Committee after questioning from New Dealers and others about their political beliefs and plans. Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, was among those named.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Stettinius
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Americans Swat Down About 500 German Planes
Anti-aircraft gunners of the American First Army report they have shot down over 500 German planes since D-Day. In a 24 hour period they downed a Focke Wulf at four 37 mm hits a Junkers with five 19 mm rounds and a Messerschmitt with three machinegun rounds. Four AA battalion men killed three German soldiers and captured one during action near Cherbourg. Private Carl L. Godwin of Rt. 3 Dunn North Carolina is named among the soldiers.
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Washington
First Army
Junkers
Messerschmidt
War Department
Aig
Cherbourg
Pfc
Carl L. Godwin
Rt. 3
Dunn
N. C
Tanks advance near Forbach and Saar towns in push
Allied forces drive tanks within three and a half miles of the Saar front near Forbach while Third Army artillery bombards Sarreguemines region for an eighth day. Street fighting continues at Saarlautern as Hodges' First Army expands east toward Pier from Inden.
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Paris
Saare Bracken
Forbach
Pittsburgh
Sarregue-Mines
Saar
Saarlautern
Germany
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Inden
Pier
Allies push near Roer as patrols seize Pier outskirts
American First and Ninth Armies push toward the Roer front inching closer to the Rhine citadel, with Pier near Julich and Duren in reach. German forces strengthen positions along the Erft and Roer while Patton's Third Army extends gains around Hurtgen forest village Bergstein.
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Muuntiple-Creaeed Saar
Roer
Cologne
Secon
Erft
Ninth
Rhine
Ninth Army
Linnich
Courtney Hodges
Inden
Pier
Roer River
Julich
Duren
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Bergstein
Holland
Maas
Venlo
Lorraine
Alsace
Geo. S. Patton
Third Army
Mass Sedition Trial Closed After Mistrial Declared
Associate Justice James M. Proctor halted the eight month mass sedition trial in Washington after 22 of the 30 defendants refused to proceed under a new judge following Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher’s death. Only Prescott Bennett favored continuing. the court formally declared a mistrial and ordered jurors to depart quietly.
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Washington
James M., Proctor
Edward C. Eicher
Prescott Bennett
Justice Proctor
Eicher
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