Raiders Hit Mitsubishi Aircraft Plant in Japan In Aerial War Report
Report from Japan describes B 29 raids on Mitsubishi’ s Na a facility with 24 hits shown in photos by Capt. Thomas Kuen of New Bremen Ohio. American sources reported B 29 strikes on Rangoon and Ran in Burma while Tokyo claimed a lone bomber over Japan.
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21St Bomber Command
Japan
Mitsubishi
Tsudoki
Na‘a
Washington
Iland
Ran
Burma
Thailand
Tokyo
Rangoon
Zoya
Thomas Kuen
New Bremen
Ohio
Nts
Ashry
Haywood Hansel, Jr
Wednes
Millionaire Sealed Inside Hotel Room Six Years
Helmuth C. Setz, 53, a California-educated chemist and son of a Missouri metallurgist, entered a St. Louis hotel room on March 16, 1939 and has stayed there ever since. He has not left the room or spoken with a reporter, subsisting on meals brought by a waiter and reading newspapers. His brother says the reclusive life suits him, while hotel staff report daily routines continue with no special requests.
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ST. Louis
Ntl
St.uis Globe-Democrat
Helmuth C. Setz
Oneer Missouri Metallurgist
Setz
University of California
Setz Ks
B-24 Bomber Crashes Near Durham Airport
An B-24 bomber crashed near Durham airport killing several officers from the army base there. An unofficial report says others were killed and two were hurt.
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Raleigh
Durham
Hard Winter Looms Over Moscow as Cold Deepens
Moscow reports its coldest spell of the season with temperatures dropping to four below and then twenty two below zero. Frost bite warnings spread as residents joke about white noses while Christmas plans form amid state tree controls and forest procurement.
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Moscow
Churchill May Make Another Address on Greece and Italy
Prime Minister Churchill signaled another national address as he faced continued attacks over Britain's Greece and Italy policy. In a Commons debate he gave a terse casualty figure of about 460 in Greece since the landing this year, while questions about the current Athens fighting remained unresolved.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Greece
Italy
Athens
Carlos Sforza
de Sakiaeehoud
Five State Department nominees approved by Senate panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved five of six State Department nominees and withheld final action on Archibald MacLeish. The panel’s decision comes as it reviews diplomatic appointments amid ongoing confirmation debates.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Archibald MacLeish
Senate panel backs Archibald MacLeish and five State appointees
Senate Foreign Relations committee appeared poised to approve Archibald MacLeish and six State Department nominees after Senator Guffey switched his vote. The change gave the panel an 11 to 9 result, breaking a prior 10 to 10 tie.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Archibald MacLeish
State Department
Guffey
D-Pa
Connally
D-Tex
Pennsylvania
McLeish
Senator Clark says committee split on confirmation vote
Senator Clark reports the committee voted 10 to 10 on the confirmation of an unnamed Assistant. The article notes continuation on Page 2 Sec A.
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Clark
D-Mo
Ish
War Expenditures Decline In November
War Production Board reports November 1944 war expenditures at 7.085 million dollars, down 352 million from October. Total war spending from July 1940 through November 30, 1944 reached 236.7 billion dollars.
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Washington
War Production Board
Reds Send Up Barrage Near Budapest
Soviet siege guns shelled Budapest suburbs as armored columns advanced yard by yard seven miles north and 10 east of the capital. The Red Army announced captures at Kisalag and Isasveg while pressing toward Pest and bracing for fighting toward Vienna and Austria.
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Moscow
Budapest
Ujpest
Rakospalota
Kispet
Pest
Danube
Kisalag
Isasveg
Rodionlinovsky
Second Ukraine
Red Army
Bratsalva
Austria
Izvestia
Vienna
Sevastopol
Luftwaffe
Chinese Chase Japs Out Of Kweichow
Chinese forces advance toward Hochin in Kwangsi as they pursuit Japanese across Kweichow. Cheho fell last night along the Kwei chow Kwangsi railway, opening the way toward Kunming though a latent danger remains for the base. Maj. Gen. Robert McClure describes U.S. aid to China as extensive.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
Hochin
Kweichow
Cheho
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Kweiyang
Liuchow
Kunming
Robert McClure
Stadt
Albert C. Wedemeyer
A. S
China
Nazis Fail To Land In Greenland
Four coastguard cutters battled ice packed Arctic waters to stop a Nazi effort to base in Greenland. One armed trawler sunk another captured and a third found abandoned. About 60 prisoners and a radio station were seized and destroyed. A bomber attack was repelled in a campaign spanning July to October. The Eastwind and Southwind cornered the trawler Externsteine on Oct 16.
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Washington
Arctic
Greenland
Navy
Coast Guard
Northland
Eastwind
Increased Freight Rates Are Denied
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended the suspension of emergency railroad freight rate increases to January 1, denying railroads a request to raise freight charges. Passenger fares were raised by 10 percent, with freight boosts 3 to 6 percent set for wartime use from March 18, 1942, but suspended since May 15, 1943.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bevin Supports British Greek Intervention in Balkans Split
Ernest Bevin defends British policy amid charges of separate spheres with Russia in liberated Europe. He cites a prior Anglo-Russian agreement on Balkans, agreed with FDR, and says Britain and Russia share influence aims in Romania and Greece, with self determination upheld. The story notes continued coverage on page 4.
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Ernest Bevin
England
Britain
Russia
Europe
Bevin
Romania
Greece
Quebec
Roosevelt
Balkans
GET Out
Charterington
War Department Reports Army Casualties Rise Sharply
Casualties for all branches now total 567,368 with the latest Navy report adding 1,791. The Army totals show 97,195 killed and 777,351 wounded, plus 62,786 missing and 56,685 prisoners. Ground forces in Italy increased 16,755 between September and December 9.
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Washington
Stimson
Bie
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Italy
Counter Blows Of Germans Are Repulsed
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army enlarged their Lamone bridgehead north of Faenza after repulsing German counterattacks. Canadian tanks cut the Ravenna Ferrera highway northwest of Mezzano and crossed at Mezzano. Fifth Army units moved into Tossignano as Allied air forces hit power stations and road transport along the southern France and Italy frontier.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Lamone River
Faenza
Fanni
Ravenna-Ferrera
Mezzano
Canale Naviglio
Bagnacavallo
Imola
Fifth Army
Tossignano
France
Italy
Minimum Draft Age Stays at 18, War Dept Says
Secretary Stimson announced the War Department will not seek lowering the minimum selective service age from 18. He stated there is sufficient manpower in the 18 to 38 age group to meet all army requirements.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Navy warns on unexploded ordnance in home areas
New York dispatch reports navy warnings to stop handling enemy and Allied ordnance souvenirs found at home. Third district ordnance officers urge turning over ordnance and unexploded ammunition to police.
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New York
Navy
Numbers of Japs Killed on Leyte
General MacArthur announces extraordinarily heavy Japanese ground losses on Leyte as American forces seal the Ormoc corridor. Seventh and 32nd divisions press from north and east while Japanese reinforcements crumble, spreading in disarray.
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Mac Arthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Division
Jast
77Th
Yamashita
32Nd Division
Guccanner
George Thomas Forster
Ormoe Valley
Dangerous Phase of Greek Battle Believed Over
ELAS forces driving the center of Athens appeared halted as British leaders said the most dangerous phase of the 12 day turmoil had passed. Civilians were banned except noon to 2 pm while British and Greek mountain brigade forces held a three mile square area in central Athens and extended to Piraeus amid ELAS attacks.
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Athens
ELAS
National Liberation Front
Piraeus
Americans Reach 14 Mile Roer River Advance Near Duren
American First and Ninth armies push along the flooded Roer River gaining a 14 mile stretch fromaich to two and a half thousand yards west of besieged Duren. They are within about 20 miles of Cologne as other forces seize Kesternich and continue to pressure German pockets near Pier and Marletulien.
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Paris
Roer
Aich
Duren
Supreme Headquarters
Cologne
First
Kesternich
Aign
Rhine
Rollesbroich
Simmerath
Pier
Marletulien
Aachen
Erft
Gurzenich
12 Inch Snow In Indiana As Cold Wave Subsides
A freak snowstorm off Lake Michigan paralyzed Gary and parts of northern Indiana with heavy snow while nearby cities saw light flurries. The system extended from eastern Colorado to New England, causing damage and transport disruption with fatalities nationwide. State crews cleared roads, but delays and rescues occurred along U. S. routes and interstates near Crown Point and Gary.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Colorado
New England
Hammond
Chicago
Steel City
Chesterton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Crown Point
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Bitche
Saar
Obergailbach
Sarregue
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Christmas Tree Trust
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Kiev
Rostov
Soviet Union
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