Aussies Gain On New Guinea Heavy Tanks Ahead To Sattelberg
Australian forces press toward Sattelberg on the Huon Peninsula as light tanks push through jungle terrain and behind steady air support from Mitchells Marauders and Liberators. MacArthur reports indicate continued Allied advances against entrenched Japanese positions on a plateau overlook.
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Sattelberg
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sapadeset
Finen
Sattel
Buka
GOP Scions Seek Change In Vote Bill
Washington November 2 4 The GOP caucus considers amendments to a servicemen voting bill set for Senate action. Changes include appointing a war ballot commission via president from major parties nominees and a chief justice to break deadlocks.
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GOP
Washington
Elections Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
War and Navy Department
United States
Women Aid At Embarkation Point In East
At an eastern port of embarkation on November 20. civilian workers including former chorus girls and housewives operate heavy equipment and drive tractors hauling ammunition and supplies to loading points. Major General Homer Groninger notes women account for more than 26 percent of staff, with roles ranging from sealing parts to stacking crates.
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Homer Groninger
T. J. .Madden
Democrats Plan 1944 Campaign Kickoff January Twenty Second
The Democratic party will open its 1944 campaign January 22 with a national committee meeting to set the presidential nominating time and the Jackson Day dinners. National Chairman Frank C. Walker said the event may include answers to questions about Roosevelt's potential fourth-term bid. Secretary George E. Allen issued notices for the meeting at the Mayflower hotel, stating the events will align with Jackson Day dinners and inaugurations.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt
George E. Allen
National Committee
Mayflower Hotel
Eighth Army Captures Perano as River Road Threatens Germans
Allied forces press the Sangro front with the Eighth Army seizing Perano and nearing the river crossing near the Adriatic. Fifth Army advances above Venafro amid heavy rain and mud, while Allied air and ground actions target German positions and supply lines despite stiff resistance.
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Fifth Army
Venafro
Perano
Bernard L. Montry
Sangro
Eighth Army
Yugoslav Partisans Fight Nazis For Erk and Crew Islands
Yugoslav forces under Gen. Tito grapple with German troops for the Erk and Crew islands, key points guarding routes to Fiume. Fighting is heavy but indecisive, with partisans reporting successes in Central Bosnia and Croatian coastal areas.
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William Smith White
London
Josip Broz
Tito
Erk
Fiume
Hitler
Crtc Ev
Bosnia
Balkan
Ankara
Belgrade-Nis
Cairo
Samos
Aegean
Ante Pavelic
Bos‘nia
Notre Dame edges Iowa 14 13 in close gridiron tilt
Notre Dame nearly perfect again after a narrow 14-13 triumph over Iowa Seahawks before 45 000 fans. Fred Early Navy V 12 trainee kick clinched the win as the Sailors missed a late 16 yard field goal.
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Orlo Robertson
New York
Notre Dame
Irish
Iowa Seahawks
Michigan
Wolverines
Purdue
Boilermakers
Ohio State
Indiana
Kansas
Tigers
Sooners
Nebraska
Colorado College
Dutch Clark
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Associated Press
Fred Early
Navy
Collegians
Northwestern
Wildcats
Organ
Allied leaders may meet to plan postwar German terms
London reports a possible tripartite conference among FDR Stalin and Churchill. They may issue a declaration of principles for defeating Germany and discuss a spring assault and a postwar reconstruction program under Allied supervision. The talks symbolize renewed Anglo American Russian cooperation.
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Richard G. Maslock
London
Germany
Presiion Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United Nations
Numan Menemencioglu
Anthony Eden
Eden
Hitler
Balkans
18 Killed In Transport Plane Crash Near Rio
A U.S. naval transport plane crashed in the mountains about 30 miles east of Rio de Janeiro on Friday afternoon, killing all 18 aboard. The craft was en route to Rio and burst into flames after the accident, according to the Brazilian government news agency.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Here
Rio
Secret session report from Turkey cabinet telecast
The Paris radio said tonight the Turkish cabinet met in secret session but no communique was issued. The broadcast recorded by the ministry of information did not include the meeting time.
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London
Paris
Ministry of Information
Japs Launch New Drive On Chinese Front
Reinforced Japanese columns with air support push 100 miles west from Tungting lake, advancing 10 to 20 miles. Chinese high command says they occupied Tzali 90 miles south of Ichang and reports over 2,000 Japanese killed. Chinese planes strafe columns. boats sunk on Tungting lake. Stilwell air force confirms allied air strikes. Chinese drive toward Ichang reportedly checked after Japanese use of poison gas alleged.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Tzali
Yangtze River
Ichang
Tungking Lake
Salween River
Joseph Stilwell
14Th
United States Air Force
Orig
British Bombers Hit German Chemical Plants Near Cologne
British heavy bombers struck Leverkusen, an industrial suburb of Cologne, in three-night raids targeting I. G. Farben chemical plants. Daylight missions followed, aiming at other war chemical targets.
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Robert N. Sturdevant
London
Germany
Leverkusen
Cologne
RAF
I. G. Farben Industrie Chemical Trust
Night raid over London reports limited damage
London observers report a brief night attack by high flying Nazi bombers over one district with no casualties. A handful of German planes were seen over Britain during the alert.
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London
Britain
RAF Bombs Hit Rhineland Town Amid Heavy Night Raid
The town, center of a major dye works employing up to 10,000, suffered renewed bombing after four prior RAF strikes. Unofficial estimates suggest as much as 1,000 tons of bombs fell on the Rhineland town and other western German objectives were hit by a large fleet of four engined bombers.
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RAF
Rhineland
Germany
French Shrug At Petain Internment Reported
Algiers dispatch notes mixed French reaction to Petain resignation and alleged internment. Some see potential for unity in the Fighting French while opposing Vichy and collaboration with Germany. A committee spokesman says Petain's fate won’t alter resolve to tribunal all Vichyites.
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Algiers
Marshal Philippe Petain
Vichy
Committee of National Liberation
Petain
Germany
Marshal
Soviets Repel Major German Drive Near Zhitomir
Soviet forces repelled a large German offensive east of Zhitomir and widened a Cherkasi bridgehead during bitter fighting. Moscow reported 4,006 German deaths with 1,200 killed in the Rechitsa area, as Red Army counterattacks recaptured ground near Cherni gov and Gomel and pressed toward Nikopol.
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London
Red Army
Zhitomir
Cherkasi
Nikopol
Moscow
Pripet River
Chernigov
Recheitsa
Fritz von Pnonne
Korosty
Shev
Dnieper Bend
Tempest Rips Cordova Alaska In Severe Windstorm
A near hurricane gale struck Cordova at 6 am and abated by noon. It caused extensive damage, ripping roofs from two warehouses including the Mitamura building, breaking windows, and damaging small harbor craft. Overturned lines left only one power circuit. Gusts exceeded 70 mph with no casualties reported.
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Cordova
Alaska
Mitamura
O'Neill
Documents Reveal Details Of Jap s March Of Aggressions Before Pearl Harbor Attack
A State Department release publicizes nearly 700 records from Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States Japan 1931 41 Volume II. The documents trace Japan s path from Manchuria s 1931 seizure through China invasions to 1941 actions, noting U S warnings and reactions and Japan s push toward broader domination in East Asia.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Japan
State Department
United States
Asia
Pacific Islands
Dutch East Indies
Manchuria
Nelson T. Johnson
Peiping
Mukden
John C. Ferguson
Ferguson
S. S. Gripsholm
New York
Johnson
North China
Marco Polo Bridge
Seph C. Grew
Tokyo
China
Germany
Italy
Fumimaro Konoye
Grew
Indo- China
Sollar Bous
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Archi
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Byth Army
Rionero
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