Russians Open New Offensive in Hungary and Czechoslovakia
Berlin reports a Red Army drive into northeastern Hungary threatening rail hubs near Eger Miskolc and Hatvan and a fresh push southwest of Ungvar in Czechoslovakia. Berlin says seven to eight Soviet divisions pierced German lines between the Ung and Latorica rivers.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Verpelet
Eger
Miskolc
Hatvan
Moscow
Berlin
Unc
Czechoslovakia
Ungvar
Ung and
Latorica
War Today column on European conflict and Christmas victory odds
The column warns against excessive optimism about the war end and assesses German morale, manpower, and supply shortages. It notes Allied superiority, Eisenhower’s plan to press the front, and a veteran’s view on German resilience before quoting Stalin on a postwar alliance and Poland seeking Western Allies.
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General Bison
Eisenhower
Reich
Europe
Ike
Bobbysockers Stir Portland Shoplifting Mystery
Portland officials report a wave of juvenile shoplifting by girls from many schools and homes. The thefts are for use as gifts or personal wear, totaling thousands of dollars over two years. Police say the acts resemble a fad more than crime.
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Portland
Ore
Bobbysockers
Bobbysockers Brigade
Elizabeth Moorad
Fighting Forces Are To Get Their Share Of Turkey
Thanksgiving meals with cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes will reach U S troops in Europe and the United Kingdom. Religious services are planned at every post. In London Ambassador Winant will read the Thanksgiving proclamation at Westminster Abbey with Bishop Hobson preaching.
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Turkey
London
Jane
United Kingdom
U.S
John G. Winant
Westminster Abbey
Henry B. Hobson
Ohio
Polish Troops Recapture Monte Fortino and Advance
Allied Headquarters announced Polish forces recaptured Monte Fortino five miles southeast of Faenza and moved a mile beyond to seize Monte Piano. British units retook Castiglione near the Rimini Bologna highway and pushed to the Cosina river as German raids against Fifth Army were beaten off.
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Rome
Monte Fortino
Faenza
Monte Piano
Rimini-Bologna
Castiglione
Cosina
Fifth Army
Bowles Outlines Farm Price Policy At Grange Meet
Bowles told the National Grange in Winston-Salem that keeping farm prices high requires full urban production and steady city wages. He urged cooperation with government, industry, and labor to maintain full employment at high wages, noting inflationary pressures on farm inputs and the need to hold prices up rather than down.
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Winston-Salem
Navy
Chester Bowles
Office of
Price Administration
National Grange
Farm Organization
OPA
Bowles
Moscow communique reports 40 vain counterattacks and Baltic gains
The Moscow release says German forces in southwest Latvia near Jelgava suffered 13 tank losses after 40 counterattacks while Berlin claims Russians began a major offensive. It also notes near clearance of the Osel gulf and Red Army advances in Hungary near Verpelet with activity at Eger and Miskolc as rain slows progress.
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Moscow
Latvia
Jelgava
Berlin
Baltic
Saaren
Osel
Riga
Verpelet
Red
Hungary
Eger
Miskolc
Three New Members Join Interstate Y M C A Committee
Kannapolis reports three new leaders join the Interstate Y M C A Committee for the Carolinas meeting. P M Hplatzdorf Jr from Clemson S C C A Dillon from Raleigh and Dr F C Hubbard of North Wilkesboro elected to the committee.
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Kannapolis
Carolinas
P. M. Holtzendorf, Jr
Clemson
J. T. Fesperman
Erwin Carothers
Rock Hill
S. C
J.T. Fesperman
National Council
George M. Ivey
Charlotte
Scarborough
Sumter
Genl. Harllee Dies In His 68th Year
Brigadier General William Curry Harllee U S Marine Corps retired who was a candidate for the U S Senate in South Carolina in 1936 died here yesterday He was 67 years old His ancestral home was at Dillon South Carolina born in Manatee Florida after The Citadel Charleston The University of North Carolina West Point and a noted military career.
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Washington
William Curry Harllee
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S. Senate
South Carolina
Harllee
Dillon
Manatee
Fla
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
University of North Carolina
West Point
Robot bomb repl ica from V-1 tested by ATSC wartime
The Air Technical Service Command disclosed it had developed a wind tunnel tested jet propelled bomb based on the German V-1. The project moved from July testing to a first flight by October 1 and claimed faster construction than the Nazi model. Maj. Gen. Bennet Meyers praised engineers while noting the weapon may never be needed.
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Army Air Force
England
Air Technical Service
Eee
ATSC
Bennet Meyers
Army Air Forces
Doughboys Drive Against City Of Limon
General MacArthur reports American infantrymen hacking at Limon defenses as Japanese forces show resolve to hold. Fresh 32nd Division units relieve strains on the battered 24th Infantry which broke an enemy roadblock on the Ormoc highway during the Leyte campaign.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Limon
32Nd
24Th
Leyte
Ormoc Highway
B 29 Superfortresses Face Heavy Losses in Japan Strike
Allied bombers from China attacked the Omura aircraft plant on Kyushu in a three pronged strike. The communique reports two or possibly three B 29s lost and twenty Japanese fighters shot down with two more damaged. None of the planes were lost on secondary targets at Nanking and Shanghai. Weather forced partial diversion of the Omura assault.
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Washington
20Th Bomber Command
China
Omura
Kyushu
Tokyo
Nanking
Shanghai
32nd division presses on Japanese stronghold at Limon
The 32nd division kept steady pressure on the Japanese stronghold at Limon as Nipponese installations were being put out of commission one by one. This line continues on page Hight.
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Limon
Metz Falls to Third Army in Historic Siege
Metz, a fortress city long deemed among the world’s strongest, surrendered to Third Army forces after a weeks long encircling siege. General Patton’s troops, including the Fifth and 95th Divisions with help from the 80th and 90th Divisions, secured the historic capture once last achieved in the fifth century.
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Metz
Georges. Patton
Attilla the
Labor Union Targets Arkansas and California in Boycott Plan
Resolutions committee of the American Federation of Labor debated labeling as unfair all products from anti-labor states Arkansas and California. Delegates from the International Typographical Union had proposed the step, criticizing amendments banning the closed shop in the November 7 election. The AFL was urged to inform members about sources and trade names of such products. Paul V. McNutt, War Manpower Commission chair, addressed the convention.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union
AFL
Arkansas
California
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Operators offered Booze To Go To Work
State headquarters of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers reported that the strike against Ohio Bell Telephone Co. remains on after the War Labor Board deadline. The National WLB ordered Independent Labor members to end their walk out by 10 a.m. or risk government seizure of facilities.
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Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
WLB
Independent Labor Organization
Ohio telephone workers refuse to return to work
The Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers refused a War Labor Board demand to resume duties. The WLB warned it would act to end the strike, with a 10 a.m. deadline set for workers to return or risk government seizure of facilities.
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Washington
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
War Labor Board
WLB
Allies Drive Swiftly Upon Rhine Fronts in Alsace Lorraine
Paris radio reported Mulhouse and Metz fell to Allied forces driving toward the Rhine. French positions near Strasbourg were not within 19 miles. Allied troops on the northern flank captured Eschweiler, a 36 000 resident town on the Adolf Hitler highway from Aachen to Berlin, a key defense point near Cologne.
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London
Mulhouse
Metz
Rhine
Alsace-Lorrain
Paris
Strasbourg
Eschweiler
Cologne
Teller
Aachen
Berlin
Allied raids on Ruhr oil plants and rail hubs hit Germany
German radio reported Allied airstrikes from Italy and Britain targeting oil refineries and rail centers in Germany. About 7,000 tons of explosives were dropped in a second major blow within 12 hours, hitting the Sierkrade refinery, Castrop-Rauxel plant, and the Aschaffenburg rail center near Frankfurt.
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London
Italy
Germany
Britain
Ruhr
Sierkrade
Castrop-Rauzel
Aschaffenburg
Frankfurt
Paris report notes Saverne capture and Seventh Army advance
The Paris report says French troops seized Saverne in the Saverne Gap toward Strasbourg, the Alsace Lorraine capital and still in enemy hands. Headquarters placed the U S Seventh Army 23 miles away as Allied infantry and armor push east against crumbling resistance on a wide front.
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Paris
Saverne
Sarrebourg
Strasbourg
Alsace - Lorraine
Heeadquarters
Seventh Army
Eisenhower
British Ninth Army Seizes Julich Roar River Bastion
NBC recorded report says U S Ninth Army troops captured the Roer river bastion at Julich 78 miles from Cologne with two small Roer towns near Julich reported taken.
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New York
NBC
U. S. Ninth Army
Julich
Cologne
German 9th Army Faces Peril as Staff Is Captured
French First Army seized staff at Mulhouse while French forces closed on Colmar 22 miles away. Gen Charles de Gaulle announced Colmar in upper Alsace a transport hub south of Strasbourg. Meanwhile the U S Ninth Army pulled back from gains near the Roer on the Aachen front amid bitter weather and savage fighting.
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9Th Army
Mulhouse
First Army
Colmar
Charles de Gaulle
Federal Communications Commission
Upper
Alsace
Strasbourg
U. S
Ninth Army
Roer
Aachen
German Occupied Sections Nearing Starvation Point
Allied survey reports German-occupied and recently liberated regions face severe food shortages as Nazi control shifted reserves to support Germany. Norway, Holland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Albania suffer, with France and Belgium reliant on aid. Dutch appeal for supplies. Yugoslav official warns thousands may die this winter without relief.
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London
Europe
Norway
Holland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Germany
France
Belgium
Eindhoven
Stoyan Gavrilovic
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