Limon Under U S Control Near Breakneck Ridge
US 24th Division forces pressing from the west reach within 1000 yards of Ormoc valley village Limon as weather and heavy Japanese defenses slow the drive on the Ormoc road. Casualties mount and air power dominates the corridor toward the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Limon
Ormoc Road
U. S
Breakneck Ridge
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Ormoc Valley
24Th Division
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Claudius M. Easley
96Th
Pegun Island
Mapia Group
New Guinea
Atras Island
Mapia
Furniture Men Name Lenoir Man for Presidency
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association ended its two day session at Sedgfield Inn with J E Broyhill of Lenoir Chair Co re elected president. J E Justice Jr of North Wilkesboro and C E Richardson of Pulaski Va were re elected. J T Ryan of this city named executive vice president. Board members renamed include W M Bast Bassett Va Doak Finch Aville Horace G Spatlias Tex W E Covington S C W L Davis Nashville Tn F H Delker Anderson Ky H A Foscue Point L S Gilliam Statesville C S Heyman Rome Ga J C Hooker Martinsville Va D L Gordon Roanoke Va E H e Altavista Va S H Mil Mebane and William J Mooreville Tenn H C Philpott.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield Inn
J. E. Broyhill
Lenoir Chair Company
Mr. Ill
J. E. Justice, Jr
North Wilkesboro
C. E. Richardson
Pulaski
Incents
J. T. Ryan
W. M. Bast
Bassett
Doak Finch
Asville
Horace G. Spaltilias
Tex
W. E. Covington
O S.C
W. L. Davis
Nashville
Tenn
F. H. Delker
Derson
H. A. Foscue
Point
L. S
Japs Leave Allied Prisoners To Die In Sea
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that 1,300 Allied prisoners of war and other detainees died at sea after a sinking transport off Singapore in September. American submarine crews risked their lives to rescue survivors. 150 reached England. Many prisoners were from Siam and Burma where conditions were reported terrible and death rates high.
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London
Singan
James Grigg
House of Commons
England
Sir James
Siam
Burma
Rail Station Near Budapest Captured by Soviet Forces
Soviet troops pierced the main German defense 10 miles east of Budapest and captured Gyomro rail station. They threatened Godollo and Hatvan, key junctions, while Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army advanced toward Miskolc. Berlin reported heavy attacks and Baltic operations continued.
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London
Budapest
Gyomro
Godollo
Hatvan
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Miskolc
Hungary
Austria
Eee
Budapest Miskolc
Slovakia
Dany
Vienna
Vamosgyork
Berlin
Red Air Force
Baltic
RAF
Tirpitz
Red Banner Baltic
Bic
Danzig
Executed in Raleigh for Raping a Child
Raleigh November 17 1948 Charles Alexander a 24 year old Halifax County Black man died by gas chamber this morning for the rape of a nine year old girl last August. He denied the crime and spoke with Chaplain L A Watts before the execution saying he was saved and would meet his mother and others in heaven. Evidence showed he led the girl into nearby woods and assaulted her after returning from a roads term.
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Raleigh
Charles Alexander
Halifax County
L. A. Watts
Alexander
Watts
Mama
Jesus
Halifax
Germans Use Human Minelayers in Nazi Claims
London dispatch reports Transocean said German forces employ swimmers termed human minelayers who drag explosives. The swimmers wear a wool rubber canvas suit with camouflage helmet and fins, using a chest air bag to aid breathing and flotation.
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London
Transocean
Killer Held in Third Slaying Case in Los Angeles
Otto Steve Wilson, 31, a janitor and former Navy pharmacist's mate, is in custody after confessing to killing Virgie Lee Griffin and Lillian Johnson with a knife. Detectives probe a bar sighting as a possible third victim. grand jury to consider first degree murder charges after Tuesday investigations.
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Lotto
Steve Wilson
Los Angeles
Singer Pret
Mrs.ohnson
Virgie Lee Griffin
Lieut. R. F. McGarry
Wilson
Miss Griffin
Otto Steve Wilson
Thad Brown
Police
Navy
Boris Karloff
Lillian Johnson
District Attorney's
Grange Opposes Diversion of Commodity Funds
The National Grange adopted a resolution urging that CCC funds be used solely to support agricultural prices and that the War Food Administrator have final say on fund disposition. Delegates argued current subsidies mask wage demands and undercut farm price support mechanisms.
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Winston-Salem
National Grange
Grange
CCC
Herschel Newson
Indiana Grange
Cotton Ed Smith Dies at His Lynchburg Home
Senator Ellison Durant Smith died at his plantation home Tanglewood near Lynchburg South Carolina at 10 15 am of coronary thrombosis. Funeral services set for Sunday at 3 30 pm at St Luke's Methodist Church burial in the family plot. Survived by widow two daughters Mrs Smith Pierce and Mrs Alfred Lawton and two sons Ellison D Smith Jr and Farley Smith. Known for backing New Deal leadership and forming an anti New Deal committee to oppose a fourth term.
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Lynchburg
S. C
Navy
Ellison Durant Smith
Tanglewood
Here
W. R. Nead
Smith
Florence
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Bishopville
Iis
Smith Pierce
Washington, D. C
Alfred Lawton
Ellison D. Smith, Jr
Farley Smith
Cotton Ed
Germans Show Resentment To Rule Of Nazis
Reports from Basel and Switzerland describe German public discontent with Nazi rule. Industrial stoppages emerge due to coal shortages and air alerts. In Cologne 210 people were hanged in a single day for questioning Nazi leaders. Hallie in Westphalia faces barricades and isolation by Nazi authorities.
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Bern
Germany
Switzerland
Gestapo
Reich
Basler Arbeiter Zeitung
Cologne
Hallie
Westphalia
Eisenhower Faces Major Rhine Offensive Clash
The piece outlines General Eisenhower's planned push to crack the Rhine defenses and break the German line. It notes Allied air supremacy, a 450 mile front, and the risk of a costly, muddy advance through the Rhineland with potential river crossings and airborne operations shaping the breakthrough.
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Eisenhower
von Runstedt
Rhineland
Rhine
Carole Landis Fans Pack South Pacific Canteens
GIs on Marshall Island bases crowded a makeshift theater to secure front seats as word spread that Carole Landis would appear. The shows drew eager service members eager for entertainment and morale boosting performances.
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Marshall Island
Carole Landis
South Pacific
Fifth Army Troops Occupy Key Road Junction Near Faenza
Fifth Army troops seized Modigliana nine miles south of the Bologna Rimini highway at Faenza after a German withdrawal. Allied forces reported mines and booby traps in the town. Eighth Army advanced toward the Montone river near Forli, with Coccolia taken and San Pancrazio within 2,000 yards, while other units pushed west of Forli. Flooding from a German breach on the Fiumi units disrupted Adriatic maneuvers.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Modigliana
Bologna
Rimini
Faenza
Forli
Eighth Army
Montone
Coccolia
San Pancrazio
Adriatic
Fiumi
Enza
San Martino di Villafranca
Bologna - Rimini
Petrignone
Bologna-Florence
German Lines Falter as U S First Army Presses Toward Duren
In the Rhineland, the First U S Army drives two miles toward Duren while the Ninth Army captures large prisoner numbers. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges reports infantry and armor reach 6 miles west of Duren, amid sleet and rain. German Tiger tanks counterattack against the Ninth Army but are repulsed with losses.
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London
Rhineland
Duren
Ninth Army
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Cologne
Germany
U. S S
Allied Breakthroughs Stiffen Assault From Aachen To Holland
Allied forces pressed north of Aachen as Ninth Army under Lt. Gen. Simpson pushed on the second day, capturing towns and repelling a Tiger tank assault. German reports spoke of line breaks near Stolberg and multiple weak points along the front while Patton’s Third Army moved new troops from Thionville toward Koenigsmacher.
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Aachen
Germany
Rhineland
Holland
Alps
Switzerland
Moselle
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Severa
Stolberg
Noord and
Wessem
Maas
Churchill Urges Jews in Palestine to Crush Stern Gang
London November 17 Prime Minister Churchill called on the Jews of Palestine to expel and crush the Stern gang denouncing the Moyne assassination as a “shameful crime” that threatens Zionism. He warned that continued attacks could force him to reconsider long held support for Zionist aims.
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London
Churchill
Palestine
Stern Gang
Lord Moyne
Middle East
Commons
Telephone Operators In Dayton Quit Jobs
Dayton and other Ohio cities faced a sudden operator strike as union affiliated workers walked out over out-of-town staffing. About 600 Dayton operators were affected, with Columbus and Toledo operators joining in sympathy. Long distance services were reduced to emergency calls during the wartime work stoppage.
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Dayton, CO
Columbus
Toledo
Paul Dennins
Feastern
Jeannette Reedy
Dayton
Southwestern Area Council
The
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
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U. S. Grasp
U. S. Pacific
Pea
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Thine W
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Soitterdam
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Brussels
Lengres
Iat Army
Belgium
Bastogne
LUX
France
Trier
Saardhucken
Einlafeld
Gressen
Offenbure
Osnamrud
Stuttgar
Lenoir
Killer
Cotton Ed’ Smith
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ike
Arnhem
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Hodges
U. S. First Army
Ninth
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