Allied forces press in Rhine corridor amid German withdrawals
The report describes Allied troops pushing along the Cologne plain toward Geilenkirchen and Geilenkirchen Aachen corridor as Nazi reserves retreat from less vital sectors. It notes heavy fighting, strategic importance of the Ruhr area, and manpower shortages causing German withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Cologne
Cap- Geilenkirchen
Geilenkirchen-Aachen
C.jogne
Hitlerdom
Japanese Air War Dawns Over Kyushu Islands
Tokyo radio reports US B29s attacked Nagasaki and Omuta areas on Kyushu in the morning. Broadcast claims fierce duels from 9:45 to 11:00 Tokyo time with eight Superforts shot down and additional losses reported by Japanese agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Nagasaki
Omu
Kyushu
Japan
Oral Communications Commis
Tokyo
Comei
Sugar Factory Buildings Captured Near Ravenna
Rome reports British Eighth Army seized fortified sugar factory buildings at Zuccherificio two miles south of Ravenna on the Adriatic from a German observation post. Prisoners were taken and further gains occurred west of Forli toward Bologna. raids by German forces were repelled with no major action. Mediterranean Allied Air Forces logged about 1,800 sorties with 37 aircraft missing, alongside heavy bomber strikes on Blechhammer and Yugoslav railroad targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Srong
Eighth Army
Zuccherificio
Ravenna
Adriatic
Forli
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
U. S. 15Th Army Air Force
Blechhammer
Upper Silesia
Strategic Air Force
Yugoslavia
Grange Leader Urges Farmers To Organize
Edward A. O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged farmers to organize their political resources to make themselves heard in the legislature. He suggested using funds to support political action, noting we cannot elect a president but can elect senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. &. Chakales
Winston-Salem
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange Today
CIO
Dodgers May Take Over Thomasville Baseball Club
Negotiations open for Brooklyn Dodgers to operate the Thomasville Baseball Club as a farm affiliate in the North State League. Branch Rickey Jr, head of the Dodgers farm system, surveyed Thomasville and nearby High Point and Burlington, seeking a working agreement and a definite Brooklyn decision in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey, Jr
Brooklyn
Rickey
High Point
Burlington
Dodgers
Russians Close On Northern Escape Routes In Hungary Latvia
London dispatch reports Red Army units advancing on northern escape routes after pushing from Miskolc amid Hungary’s fifth city. German reaction claims the winter offensive is active far north, trapping about 300,000 Nazis in western Latvia.
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London
Miskolc
Hungary
Latvia
German financial expert Mainz docked in Buenos Aires as Nazi funds route
Moscow radio quoted by the FCC said George Mainz German financial expert arrived in Buenos Aires from Germany via Spain to advise Argentine finance minister Cesar Ameghino. The report claims Mainz is a principal agent transferring Nazi funds to Argentina and cites a Montevideo Espeja Diario list of Hitlerites arriving to direct Argentine mining and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moscow Radio
Federal Communications Commission
George Mainz
Buenos Aires
Germany
Spain
Cesar Ameghino
Montevideo
Espeja Diario
Moscow
Mainz
Argentina
German withdrawal near Miskolc expected as routes cut
Late front reports said a German withdrawal from Miskolc appeared imminent. Nazi escape routes to the east and west of Miskolc were cut. One Red Army column had battled to the outskirts of Füger, 22 miles away.
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Miskolc
Fger
Labor Leaders Plunge Into Routine Tasks
Delegates at the AFL's 64th annual convention in New Orleans roll up their sleeves to begin routine policy tasks for the year. Speeches today include Paul V. McNutt and Edna N. Scheiberling. prior addresses featured AFL President William Green and Frances Perkins, plus Gov. James H. Davis and Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Paul V. McNutt
Edna N. Scheiberling
American Legion
AFL
William Green
Frances Perkins
Louisiana
James H. Davis
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Green
CIO
Germans View Allied WEST Offensive As Aims At Annihilation
German military commentators in London described the Allied push in the west as targeting the entire German front and forcing a final decision regardless of losses. They noted a retreat along the front, with French forces near the Swiss border showing potential danger for Germany and cited terrain favoring tank warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fisenhower
Martin Hallensleben
DNB
Associated Press
Hallensleben
Alsace
Basle
Eisenhower
Fourth Raid Makes Hit Over Manila Headlines
General MacArthur reports another air raid over Manila as U S forces strike for the fourth time this month. The attack follows ongoing combat around the Philippines with ships and enemy positions reported active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Liberators strike Japanese destroyer at Brunei base
American airmen blasted a Japanese destroyer in a second night raid on Brunei naval base in North Bay. General MacArthur reported no sighting of battleships or cruisers, previously bombed and left burning in the harbor. Docks at the base remained afire after the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Philippines
Brunei
North Bay
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur reports progress near Limon on Leyte
General MacArthur’s communique says the 32nd Division is advancing near Limon while enemy forces press desperate attempts to break a roadblock south of the town. He notes all traffic by air ground and sea is fraught with danger and disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Limon
MacArthur
Eisenhower Urges More Supplies for All-Out Western Front Push
General Eisenhower called for steady, escalating pressure on the western front and for greater supplies to sustain the drive toward Germany. He praised French gains, including Belfort reaching the Rhine, and stressed the need for maximum effort on the day of surrender. He declined to predict end dates.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
Eisenhower
Western Front
Rhine
Belfort
Isenhower
Fisenhower
Child hospital bound after pre-dated Christmas party
Forest Hoffman age 3 known as Nubbins remains in a Denver hospital in serious condition after a nationwide Christmas gift event. He travelled 100 miles from Cheyenne to Denver for a urologist exam amid reports of a bladder condition described as incurable. The family canceled a public celebration to avoid crowds and expressed gratitude for the charity and attention received.
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Denver
Forest (Nubbins) Hoffman
Marshall Hoffman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Maine
Florida
G. B. Savory
Nubbins
Hoffmans
Hoffman
Santa Claus
Forest
Charles B. Dilbeck
Army Newspaper Protests Cigarette Sale Ban for Soldiers
The ban on cigarette sales at most England army and post exchanges except air force stations triggers protests from Stars and Stripes. Shortage and combat-force priorities drive the restriction while hospital patients and combat personnel retain access to U.S. brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Army Post
England
Air Force
Army
Stars and Stripes Today
Washington
2350 Planes Bomb Central Germany In Major Strike
London dispatch reports 2350 American planes attacked oil plants in Central Germany including Merseburg Hamburg and Harburg with over 4000 tons of explosive. 1100 fighter bombers provided escort while RAF Lancaster raids hit Coblenz and Mosquitos struck Hannover.
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London
Germany
Hamburg
Harburg
Merseburg
Berlin
Leuna
Utsche
Reich
Rhenamia
Iaaf Bomber Command
Hannover
Coblenz
Eighth Air Force
Gelsenkirchen
Munster
Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saar
Lexington Man Is Appointed Judge
RALEIGH November 21 Governor Broughton appoints T. Wall Jr of Lexington to the Davidson county court as judge for a two year term starting December 1. S. Eugene Raper is reappointed as prosecuting attorney for two years. Wall had served during Paul G. Stoner absence. Stoner returns and declines to resume the judgeship.
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Raleigh
Wall, Jr
Lexington
Broughton
Davidson County Court
Eugene Raper
Wall
Paul G. Stoner
Stoner
Two Volunteer Firemen Die Fighting Blaze
Fallston reports two volunteer firefighters were killed and a third injured in an 88000 fire and explosion of unidentified origin. Claude Ross 31 and Deputy Sheriff Tom Skeezy 58 died when a wall collapsed. A Negro M C Burkes suffered both legs broken. Fire officials rushed from Shelby and volunteers battled the blaze as barricades and casualty searches continued.
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Fallston
Claude Ross
Tom Skeezy
M. C. Burkes
A.m
Shelby
228 ships are lost to United States Navy in war report
Washington dispatch reports U S naval losses since the war began totaling 228 vessels with ten ships lost in the Pacific. The latest casualties include a destroyer two destroyer escorts and seven smaller craft. Philippine and New Guinea waters accounted for the rest.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Pacific
Philippines
New Guinea
Philippine
Abner Read
Eversole
Sonoma
Es Fog Shelton
Allied forces near Mulhouse in swift Belfort breakthrough
French armor moved toward Mulhouse on the Rhine as German resistance crumbled in the Vosges. Belfort, bypassed and guarding the Rhine, was captured. Eisenhower called for sustained pressure as six Allied armies pressed the line. Seventh and Third Armies swarmed eastward in a French American advance against disorganized Nazi resistance.
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Rhine
Switzerland
Belfort
Burgundy Pass
Seventh
Gerardmer
Badonville
Rechicourt
Dieuze
London
Mulhouse
Vosges
Strasbourg
Saarbrucken
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
French forces push toward Rhine with Mulhouse breakthrough
French armor advances north along the Rhine after storming Mulhouse, while U S troops seize Sarrebourg near the Rhine and push east toward Strasbourg. The Seventh and Third Armies beat eastward, meeting retreating German forces as Sarrebourg, population 6,500, falls 70 miles northwest of Mulhouse and 30 miles from Strasbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rhine
Mulhouse
UU. S
Sarrebourg
Vosges
Belfort
Strasbourg
Saarbrucken
Seventh Army
Battle push toward Cologne as Allied forces advance near Rhine
Berlin said Seventh Army troops broke into Sarrebourg a rail hub 32 miles from the Rhine while Third Army moved deeper into the Saar basin. American and British forces pressed beyond Aachen toward Cologne about 26 miles from the Rhine facing fierce German counterattacks.
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Berlin
Seventh Army
Sarrebourg
Rhine
Saar Basin
Aachen
Roer
Cone
Holland
Cologne
Interstate YMCA Meeting Opens in Kannapolis
The annual interstate YMCA meeting in Kannapolis opened with about 80 delegates from the Carolinas. Alfred M. Scarborough chaired sessions as John A. Kallenberger reported the year, noting two new YMCAs and several associations paying off debts. Delegates dined at Cannon Memorial YMCA and will elect officers and a national council delegate this afternoon.
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Kannapolis
YMCA
Carolinas
Alfred M. Scarborough
Sumter
S. C
John A. Kallenberger
Greensboro
North Wilkesboro
Spray
Kallenberger
Wilmington
Raleigh
North Carolina
Florence and
South Carolina
Cannon Memorial
National Council
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Fla
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Yushu Island
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CBS
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