Ninth Squeezes Tight on Juliet American Subs Sink 27
Navy communique reports U S submarines sinking 27 vessels in Pacific Far East waters including one destroyer and one converted gunboat. Total enemy ships sunk by submarines reach 80 combat and 774 non combat vessels, with a Netherlands submarine under U S control credited with 4,500 tons sunk in Netherlands East Indian waters.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Netherlands
England
United States
Netherlands East Indian Waters
LU. S
Navy Department
U.S
Ninth Army Boosts Eight-Day German Tank Toll to 125
Ninth Army troops tightened their lines near Julich, boosting their eight-day German tank toll to 125. Bourheim fell as American forces pressed the Roer front while Paris and Berlin reports described the battle as near a climax and the greatest of the war.
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London
Ninth Army
Julich
Roer River
Cologne
Aachen
Berlin
Germans Forced From Positions Along The Cosina
Allied armored patrols reached Frenza suburbs and forced German withdrawals from Cosina river positions four miles southeast of Rimini highway town. British forces cut northeast from Cosina bridgehead, blocked Highway 9, and reached Corlito while another thrust moved northwest along Highway 9 to Borgo Durbecco in the Faenza area. The spokesman noted Italy’s autumn as the wettest on record, turning fronts into quagmires.
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Frenza
Cosina River
Na - Rimini
Highway 9
Corlto
Faenza
Borgo Durbecco
Italy
Crisis Deepens Over Polish Cabinet Formation
London reports grave doubt that Jan Kwapinski can form a stable regime after Stanislaw Mikolajczyk's sudden resignation. The Peasant party, led by Mike Meek, reportedly refuses to join a coalition, hampering Kwapinski. He plans a government drawing from Socialist Christian Democratic and National Democratic members.
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London
Jan Kwapinski
National Liberation Committee
Kwapinski
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Peent Party
Mike Meek
Socialist
Christian Democratic
National Democratic
B 29 Substitute Target Hit Merchant Vessel Near Tokyo
A B 29 pilot diverted to a substitute target 40 miles south of Tokyo due to engine trouble and hit a merchant vessel from 30 000 feet, a fact disclosed today in an NBC pool broadcast from Guam.
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Tokyo
Guam
NBC
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Dies in Chicago Hospital
Kenesaw Mountain Landis 78, baseball commissioner since 1921, died at St. Luke's Hospital at 5:35 a.m. CWT after seven weeks of illness. Mrs. Landis and secretary Leslie M. O Connor were present. no funeral services will be held per Landis wishes. He had suffered a heart attack since his hospitalization and missed World Series duties.
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Kenesaw Mountain
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St. Luke's Hospital
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American Armies To Help Bond Campaign In Europe
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower writes to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau saying allied armies will buy bonds in the sixth war loan. He notes good overall results but difficulties reaching every one while on a wide front. Bond offices report $536 million in individual sales toward a $5 million quota.
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Navy
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Treasury
Morgenthau
Eisenhower
Bond
Max Gardner Slated To Be Board Head
Capitol reports say former North Carolina governor O. Max Gardner may be appointed chairman of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion advisory board. The Senate likely confirms 12 Roosevelt nominees next week with the chair from public members Gardner Davis or Mrs Rosenberg.
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Navy
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Office of
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Senate
Roosevelt
Gardner
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Anna M. Rosenberg
War Manpower Commission
White House
Sections Of Tokyo Left In Flames
U S bomber command reports a massive raid on central Tokyo from Saipan carried out by Mighty Superfortress bombers. The fleet, flying 3,000 miles round trip, struck industrial districts at high speed and produced widespread fires. Two aircraft were listed as lost with fires still burning hours later. Tokyo radio described the previous strike in 1942 by carrier planes led by Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle.
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Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Empire
Jimmy Doolittle
Five Men Die In New Orleans Rooming House Fire
Five men perished in a fire at a French Quarter rooming house in New Orleans. Manager Benjamin Aperim identified three victims as Albert Develin forty, August Textar forty nine, and Charles Louis forty four. Aperim escaped after being awakened by a shout of fire around 6 a.m. One victim was found jammed halfway through a window grill on the third floor as he tried to escape.
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New Orleans
Benjamin Aperim
Albert Develin
August Textar
Charles Louis
Aperim
Russians advance into Miskolc and Hatvan in Hungary
German and Soviet reports conflict over Hungarian towns as Russian forces push into Miskolc a key rail hub and Hatvan near Budapest while Berlin claims counterattacks. News notes Soviet gains near Courland and Baltic actions, with Baltic and East Prussia pressure ongoing.
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Hungary
Transocean
Hatvan
Budapest
Berlin
Courland
Latvia
Baltic
Saare
Osel
Red
Moscow
Ig A Maeem
Cereth
Lielauce
Liepaja
Priekule
A. Helin
East Prussia
Hull Receives Humanitarian Award In Absence
Secretary of State Cordell Hull was honored with the Humanitarian Award of the Variety Clubs of America, accepted by Acting Secretary Stettinius as Hull, recovering from throat illness at Bethesda Naval Hospital, could not attend. President Roosevelt praised Hull as "more richly deserving" of the honor.
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Cordel Hull
Variety Clubs of America
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Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Stettinius
Four Japanese destroyers sunk in Leyte counterattack
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced a four-ship Japanese convoy delivering reinforcements to Leyte was destroyed by American fighter planes. About 3,500 Japanese reportedly killed or drowned. Additional reports said an enemy destroyer and a transport were sunk in Celebes and Borneo raids, with 42 enemy planes shot down and increased Japanese air activity following improved weather.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Island
Visayan Islands
Small Arms Plants Double Production
General Eisenhower called for a 100 percent boost in output to sustain the Allied offensive. War Production Board Chairman J. A. Krug said orders to roughly double current schedules were sent to 13 plants, with about 77,000 additional workers needed beyond the existing 200,000 for other munitions programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Germany
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Underground Nazi Network Grows Under Himmler Threats
British expert Veritas reports a widening Nazi underground under Heinrich Himmler. Youth leaders and boys as young as 13 trained for murder, liquidation, and sabotage across Germany, with hand-picked fanatics sworn to the Fuehrer. Some operatives use false IDs and even pose as anti-Nazis in concentration camps.
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Gestapo
Himmler
Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
United Nations
Fuehrer
Governors Are Given Bright Picture
Governor Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma told Southern governors in Biloxi that for the first time in history Southern citizens have ample capital to finance their own industrial development. He said combined debts are lowest and liquid assets are high, and that the South’s mood and debt burden are improving. He urged doubling the capacity of existing Southern industry to create peacetime employment and expand the economy.
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Biloxi
Miss
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Mica Mine Controversy Heads Toward Court Action
Investigations into North Carolina mica dealings point to possible federal indictments. Colonial Mica Corp controls U S mica purchases while two thirds of U S production comes from NC. Government agencies, miners and officials held high level talks after a stop purchase order and reclassification of mines. The case moves toward public court proceedings for clearer facts.
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Enterprise
Raleigh
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
North Carolina
Colonial Mica Corporation
Metals Reserve
America
United States
High Clover
Colonial
Bombers Hit German Oil Plants In Heavy Assault
More than 1,000 American heavy bombers with equal fighter escorts attacked the Leuna synthetic oil refinery at Mersburg, dropping over 3,000 tons of explosives. The raid involved Flying Fortresses Liberators and more than 1,000 fighters from the U S Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
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London
Navy
Leuna
Mersburg
Hollywood Saves the Rebel Yell For Posterity
The United Daughters of the Confederacy voted at their Golden Jubilee to store an authentic Rebel yell recording in a St Louis vault. The recording, donated by a motion picture firm for locating an aged Confederate veteran in California who taught it to extras, will be copied for service members and UDC chapters.
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Tenn
Hollywood
United Daughters of the Confederacy
U. D.C
St. Louis
California
James E. Woodard
Wilson
N. C
Japs Claiming Railroad Town In Asia Sector
CHUNGKING Nov 25 Chinese high command reports both Chinese and Japanese patrol actions near Hwaiyuanchen 50 miles west of Liuchow as Japanese advance continues. American air force communique says Hwaiyuanchen bombed by planes but Chinese spokesman says still in Chinese hands. Tokyo radio claims Panyang near Yungning is within seven miles of fall with significant Chinese losses since Sept 14.
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Kungsheng
Kweilin
Kweichow
Paoching
London
Tokyo Radio
Panyang
Kwangsi Province
Yungning
Nanning
Chinese forces seize four strong points at Bhamo Burma
Southeast Asia command reports Chinese troops of the 38th division widened the wedge in Japanese defenses north of Bhamo airstrip and gained ground in the town's southern sector. Bhamo has been encircled for two weeks.
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