Train Wreck Toll May Reach Eighty In North Carolina Collision
Lumberton report details two Atlantic Coast Line crashes near the town as the Red Cross estimates up to 80 dead and more than 50 injured. Rescue crews sift debris, pull bodies, and prepare victims for burial amid ongoing investigation of the derailed trains and signaling mishaps.
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Lumberton
Red Cross
A.C.S
Clinton Griswold
West Allis
Wis
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base
Stone J. Crane
Red Cross Disaster
C. G. Sibley
Wilmington
Sibley
Italian Liberation Committee Withdraws Criticism Of AMG
The Italian Committee of National Liberation accused the Allied Military Government of becoming tools of Neo-Fascism in Italy but withdrew the letter after apologies. The group presented the document at Naples urging the ban on a political conference be rescinded and requested transmission to Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
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Naples
Ftional Liberation
Ity
Croce
Philose
AMG
Velt
Church
Stalin A
Signor
Arangio-Ruiz
Carl of
Burlington
Kans
Costner Mail Robbery Conviction Upheld by Appeals Court
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 25 year sentence on one count and a five year sentence on another in the case of Isaac Costner, indicted in 1934 on a mail robbery charge, Richmond Virginia report.
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Richmond
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Isaac Costner
Seabees Return Home From Mediterranean War Zone
More than 1,000 U S Seabees arrived in New York Harbor aboard a Liberty ship after ten months of fighting and building in Algeria Sicily and the Mediterranean theatre. Warrant Officer George Bethune Raleigh NC earned the Medal of Merit for rescuing two wounded sailors during June torpedoing off Algiers.
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New York
United States
Algeria
Sicily
New York Harbor
Davisville
R. I
Naval Construction Battalion
America
Mediterranean
George Bethune
Raleigh
N. C
Algiers
Bizerte
Bethune
Escape from Jackson County prison camp after guard attack
Three long term prisoners escaped the Jackson County prison camp near Whittier at 12:30 a.m. after attacking and severely injuring guard W. E. Trommell. Trommell fought back and is hospitalized in Sylva with about a 50 50 chance to live.
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Raleigh
Jackson County
Whittier
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
W. E.trommell
Sylva
Potts
Dangerous Photography By American Base Cameraman in War Zone
Major John D. Craig, a combat photographer aboard a B-24 over Palermo, dodges flak and gas leaks on a mission. He recalls multiple near misses in 30-plus combat flights across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East since leaving the U.S. a year ago.
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Mediterranean
John D. Craig
Bombay
Palermo
Craig
States
War Trial Reveals Nazi Atrocities
Moscow reports detail from Kharkov war crimes case as a German corporal and a Russian traitor describe torture methods and killings during the Nazi occupation. Witnesses say training taught Russians were an inferior race and extermination was justified. A German witness blames Adolf Hitler for cruelty.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Russia
Ratzlaw
A. N. Miasanikov
Ratlaw
Hans Ritz
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Churchill's Condition Improves Amid War Duty
London report says Prime Minister Churchill shows irregular pulse but falling fever and improving pneumonia. Doctors Moran Bedford Pulver ta ll sign bulletin noting continued war leadership and close contact with the war cabinet. Mrs Churchill joined him after a rushed flight from England as officials caution it may take days to pass the crisis.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Lord Moran
Davis E. Bedford
Robert J. W. Pulvertall
No. 10 Downing Street
Rail Men To Meet With F R On Strike
Railroad leaders and presidents of five operating brotherhoods plan talks with President Roosevelt in Washington to avert a nationwide strike set to begin December 30. A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, announced the meeting.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainen
A. F. Whitney
Reds Tighten Ring Around Kirovograd Germans
London reports Gen. Ivan Knoev’s Second Ukraine army has deepened the encirclement of Kirovograd, claiming 800 German counterattacks killed. Capture would threaten Krivoi Rog manganese, a key German war target, as heavy fighting continues on multiple fronts. Berlin cites battles near Nevel and the Kiev bulge as Soviet offensives press the fronts.
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London
Ivan S. Knoev
Second Ukraine
Kirovograd
Moscow
Russia
Krivoi Rog
Germany
Zhitomir
Korosten
Radomsy
Cassidy
Vatutin
Kiev
Berlin
Andrei I. Veremenko
Nevel
Weather Could Shape Next Berlin Bombing Campaign
London reports weather in the coming weeks will largely decide whether Allied raids on Nazi industry proceed at full scale. Favorable conditions could intensify attacks and deepen damage to German war plants while poor weather would aid German recovery and delay further heavy bombing of Berlin.
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London
Britain
Germany
RAF
Berlin
Sweden
Three Wives Describe Young Husband Ardent Lover in Bigamy Trial
In Kansas City a judge hears Thomas Robertson 18, accused of bigamy after three wives test their marriage within six months. Wife No. 1 Katherine Norris Robertson, 20, left him after weeks. Wife No. 2 Lucille Emily Miller, 17, married Oct. 21. Wife No. 3 Mina Francesh, 17, wed Nov. 18 for dancing and singing. Sentencing looms with minimum five years. Draft board visit follows.
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Kansas City
Kas
Thomas Robertson
Katherine Norris Robertson
Robertson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Mina Francesh
U. S. Airmen Gain Control of Arawe Peninsula
United States Sixth Army troops have occupied the Cape Merkua Peninsula and overran Pilelo Island in the Arawe sector of New Britain. The invasion force, four days ashore, tightened control of the neck toward the air strip site while engaging scattered Japanese resistance. Fifth Air Force P-38s and P-40s shot down 14 enemy bombers and fighters as patrols maintained air superiority over Arawe.
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15Th Strategic Airforce
Athens
Alpine
Italy
Austria
Yugoslavia
Albania
Coastal Command
New Britain
Rabaul
MacArthur
Arawe
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Truk
Caroline Islands
International
New Guinea
United States Sixth Army
Cape Merkua
New Britain Island
General MacArthur
Pilelo
Southwest Pacific
A Straits
Huon Peninsula
Sanga River
Fifth Airforce
P38
Coal Wage Dispute Nears Settlement As UMW Signs
John L. Lewis and operators representing over two thirds of the soft coal industry sign a two year no strike pact. Rail unions challenge Vinson’s rejection of an eight cent wage raise for non operating workers as wage talks continue.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fred M. Vinson
Lewis
UMW
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship Clerks
Vinson
Harrison
Roosevelt
Senate
House Interstate Committee
War Labor Board
Interior
Ickes
WLB
OPA
Alabama
Southern Coalroducers Association
Edward R. Burke
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