Withdrawal Of Nazis Covers 100-Mile Front
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army cracking the German flank east of Budapest and driving armored forces through a breach within 12 miles of the Hungarian capital. A decisive battle for invasion routes to Austria looms as Malinovsky’s forces press a sustained assault, forcing withdrawals from over 50 towns including the railway hub at Jaszbereny.
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Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Austria
Rodovi Y Malinovsky
Jaszhereny
Mende
Korom
Miskolc
Matra Mountains
Jaszbereny
Vienna
Godollo
Hatvan
Jaszberney
Herring Re-elected Head of North Carolina Baptists
Dr. Ralph A. Herring of Winston-Salem was re-elected president of the North Carolina state convention at its closing session in Charlotte. He had initially favored a single term but accepted a second after the vote. Arthur Gillespie, Tom Pruitt, and Archie Ellis named as first to third vice presidents. Committee on the council of Christian education includes R. S. Dickson Charlotte Mary Susan Steele Smith Wagram Egbert Davis Sr. Winston-Salem Taunton Rutherfordton Pruitt Hickory A Paul Bagby Louisburg Edwin F. Perry Rockingham.
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Charlotte
Ralph A. Herring
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Sankey Blanton
Wilmington
Holt Blackwell
Herring
Claude Gaddy
Raleigh
Arthur Gillespie
Wake Forest
Tom Pruitt
Hickory
Archie Ellis
Salisbury
Council of Christian Education
R. S&s. Dickson
Mary Susan Steele Smith
Wagram
Egbert Davis
Taunton
Rutherfordton
T. P. Pruitt
A. Paul Bagby
Louisburg
Edwin F. Perry
Rockingham
Ninth And First Go Into Action In Germany
Allied forces launch a major Rhineland offensive with the First and Ninth Armies leading. About 1,700 German defenses north east of Aachen are struck as 1,200 heavy bombers target the Dureneschweiler arc. The Ninth Army then drives toward the German frontier near the Dutch border as all Allied fronts mobilize for a broad winter offensive.
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London
Aachen
Rhineland
Courtney H. Hi
Dureneschweiler
U. S. Ninth Army
Holland
Switzerland
Dwight D. Fisenhower
William
Texas Bill) Simpson
Ninth
France
Belgium
Germany
Churchill Outlines Postwar Trade Plans in Commons
In a Commons session Churchill outlined postwar economic aims for allied victory. He urged restoration of exports after Germany’s defeat and said wartime controls on labor and resources would ease gradually. The housing shortage and distribution of resources would be addressed to avoid inflation and ensure essential needs are met.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Germany
Jan
Britain
Japan
North Carolina Man Honored By Medical Body
Brig. Gen. James Stevens Simmons, chief of the army preventive medicine service, accepts the 1944 Walter Reed medal from the American Society of Tropical Medicine. The award honors his work in preventing tropical diseases in the military and cites ongoing investigations into superior chemical weapons against malaria. Simmons, a Newton, North Carolina native, heads the Army Surgeon General’s office in Washington.
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At. Louis
James Stevens Simmons
Army
Walter Reed
American Society of Tropical Medicine
United States
Society
Newton
N. C
General Simmons
Army Surgeon General
Washington
British Take Village on Italian Front
British Eighth Army forces have captured Petrignone a village about two miles west of the Montone river below the Rimini Bologna highway and six miles southeast of Faenza Allied headquarters announced. The Eighth Army pushed to the Montone on a wide front west of Forli and north of the Po Valley border route. The Florence Forli road is now in Allied hands and Polish troops have improved their post farther west. Fifth Army patrols remained active.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Petrignone
Montone River
Rimini- Bologna
Faenza
Monitone
Forli
Po Valley
Florence-Forli
Fifth Army
Mapia Island Invasion Protects Biak Airbase
American forces invaded the Mapia Islands northwest of Biak in a protective operation to shield U S air installations. The assault followed heavy bombardment and light Japanese resistance, aiming to convert Mapia into a forward warning post for Biak.
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Marlin Spencer
Leyte
Philippines
Mapia Islands
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Biak Island
Schouten
Mapia
Biak
U.S
MacArthur presses on Leyte near Ormoc with four divisions
American forces tighten grip on Leyte as they press toward Ormoc, closing to about 10 miles from the city on the south and near the eastern and northern approaches. Four divisions advance slowly around the Japanese perimeter defending Ormoc, their last base on the island. continuous combat reported as the campaign continues.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Yamashita
Leyte
Ormoc
Small Allied Commando Landings Melos Island
An Allied naval report states a small Nazi held Melos island commando raid occurred Tuesday 700 miles north of Crete. Casualties were inflicted and prisoners taken before the raiders withdrew.
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Rome
Melos
Crete
Pilot Attacks Jap Bombers On Carrier Off Formosa
Flying Lt Robert Warren Blackeslee charged 18 to 20 Japanese planes amid clouds, scoring two kills before his Hellcat was hit and he radioed I’m coming in. He disappeared and is presumed lost. crewmen praise his sacrifice and bravery aboard the carrier task force off Formosa.
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Formosa
Robert Warren Blackeslee
Blackeslee
Kalamazoo
Mich
Robert S. Griffin
Bailey
N. C
Griffin
Aviation
Norman Hess
Ilion
N. Y
Hess
Berlin radio reports Hungarian town Kasvaroksralias lost near Budapest
London dispatch says Berlin radio announced the loss of Kasvaroksralias, a Hungarian town eight miles northeast of Budapest and ten miles north of Jaszbereny, whose loss was reported by the Germans yesterday.
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London
Berlin
Kasvaroksralias
Budapest
Jaszbereny
Stilwell Praises Doughboys In First Return Interview
Gen Joseph W Stilwell, relieved of his China Burma India duties, praises American soldiers in Carmel interview. He credits training and discipline, says soldiers respond well and notes Japan’s soldiers are well trained but American methods are superior. He declines to discuss his removal or China. The newsmen in China are doing a wonderful job.
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China
Cherry Inauguration Set for Jan 4 in Raleigh
Gov elect R Gregg Cherry of Gastonia will be inaugurated in Raleigh on Thursday Jan 4. The date was agreed at a conference with Governor Broughton. The legislature opens Jan 5 and the incoming governor is inaugurated the next day. A joint committee will arrange most details.
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Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Cherry
Broughton
House
Senate
Sweden orders German agents to leave the country
Sweden has ordered German agents to depart immediately, a BBC report cited by NBC said in a broadcast recorded today.
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New York
Sweden
BBC
NBC
Furniture Makers Meet At Sedgefield In South Conference
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association gathers at Sedgefield for a two day annual session with 244 factory members. States represented include Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and West Virginia. Speeches scheduled feature Frank S. Whiting War Production Board Harvey Mansfeld Office of Price Administration Leslie Dodge Office of Civilian Requirements. Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska to speak at the dinner with Brayhill presiding and Dr I G Greer toastmaster. Officers to be elected on the second day.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers , Association
Miely
Sedgefield
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
High Point
J. E. Broyholl
Lenoir
Brayhill
I. G. Greer
Thomasville
Maj. L. P. McLendon
Saaunet
Robert *. Brumby
WLB
Atlanta
German Japanese shipping curb urged at meeting
At the International Business Conference delegates in the transportation section urged sharp restrictions on German and Japanese shipping after the war to prevent a resurgence of naval power. They also called for close scrutiny of the Japanese fishing fleet and discussed private industry with French participation noting possible postwar nationalization.
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N. Y
Anglo French talks chart postwar balance of power
The essay analyzes Churchill Eden and de Gaulle meeting in Paris as a key wartime development. It argues Britain aims to form a western bloc with France Belgium and Holland to check German aggression while Russia seeks influence elsewhere. Britain plans to maintain some policing role without yielding the old remit.
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Britain
Churchill
Eden
de Gaulle
Paris
Europe
John Bull
France
Belgium
Holland
Reich
Japan Plans Final Battles on the Asiatic Mainland
Maj. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, new commander in the China theater, said Japan intends to fight decisive battles on the mainland as it reinforces South China. He predicted the war would extend about a year after Germany's defeat, with Europe’s end perhaps this year or early next summer.
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Chungking
Navy
Japan
South China
A. C. Wedemeyer
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
China
Chia Kai-Shek
Meyer
Germany
Europe
Unjust Taxes Attacked by The Grange Session News
In Winston Salem the National Grange in session adopted a resolution defending cooperative principles and statutes governing operations. The measure urged business interests backing the National Tax Equality Association to push for removing unjust tax policies rather than imposing them on agriculture. The Grange entered its second day of sessions at the Hotel Robert E. Lee with reports from the cooperative committee and others led by Fred Brenckman.
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Winston-Salem
National Grange
National Tax Equality Association
Grange
Robert E. Lee
Eisenhower nearly swaps overshoes on mud frontlines
General Dwight D. Eisenhower almost traded his sheepskin-lined overshoes for a GI’s worn arctics while wading knee deep mud near the front. Sgt Darrell van Ness of Stars and Stripes reported the exchange as Eisenhower declined the offer and kept his flight boots.
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Supreme Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
van Ness
Jerry
15 Point Program For Kiwanis Clubs in Carolinas
CHARLOTTE November 16 The Carolinas district Kiwanis International announced a 15 point program at its organization conference yesterday Gov Elect Sam D Bunday presided over the meeting Attending lieutenant governors included Jesse Barbour Morehead City Walter Beck Lincolnton Nat Harrison High Point Hector McKethan Fayetteville Spurgeon Boyce Durham W D Harden Scotland Neck F A Hodges Wilson William Stender Sumter S C and Olin B Cannon Newberry S C
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Kiwanis International
Sam D. Bunday
Tarboro
Overnorscleet
Jesse ©. Barbour
Moreganton
Walter C. Beck
Lincolnton
Nat M. Harrison
High Point
Hector M. McKethan
Fayetteville
H. Spurgeon Boyce
Durham
W. D. Harden
Scotland Neck
F. A. Hodges
Wilson
William H. Stender
Sumter, S. C
Olin B. Cannon
Newberry, S.C
Husky Waiter Admits Fiendish Crimes
A 31 year old waiter Otto Steve Wilson was held after confessing to the mutilation slayings of two nude women in separate Los Angeles hotels. The first victim Virginia Griffin 25 and the second Mrs Lillian Johnson about 38 were found with brutal wounds. Police call the crimes fiendish and linked Wilson as a hotel companion.
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Los Angeles
Otto Steve Wilson
Navy
Virginia Lee Griffin
R. F. McGarry
Wilson
Pip
Lillian Johnson
Pacific
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