Nips Pay Dearly For Leyte Battle
Desperate Japanese attempts to reinforce Leyte Island ended with the destruction of a fourth Nippon convoy and about 2,000 troops lost. General MacArthur said four troop ships were sunk off the island by American pilots, with all aboard perishing. Enforcement costs to Japan run into roughly 17,000 troops, 16 transports, and 14 warships.
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Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
F James
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Far East
Showdown Battle Near the Rhine in Western Front Push
German forces commit bulk of armor as Eisenhower’s winter offensive enters its second phase. U S First and Ninth armies along with British Second push into Rhine Ruhr valleys near Cologne and Dusseldorf. Patton breaks Metz defenses and presses toward the German border as heavy rains slow the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Rhine
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Cologne
Dusseldorf
France
George S. Patton
Metz
Hitler
Polish Peasant Party rejects new coalition cabinet bid
In London Nov 25 Polish Peasant Party leader Mikolajczyk refused a plea to join a new coalition government. He resigned as prime minister and left Jan Kwapinski to form a cabinet from party leaders plus National Democrats, a move seen as a shift to the right and a setback for nonaligned policy toward the Soviet Union. The Polish National Liberation Committee in Moscow criticized Kwapinski’s appointment as likely to draw Poland closer to reaction.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Peasant Party
Nislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Soviet
Russia
Jan Kwapianski
Vistian
National Democrats
Moscow
Polish National Liberation Committee
FCC
Kwapinski
Britain
United States
Union Chiefs Pledge Speed In Production
In New Orleans four major unions pledged to speed up military supply production under AFL President William Green. Molders machinists garment and textile unions would urge workers to shift to essential war plants. Colonels and war officials outlined priority needs including heavy trucks tents duck and ammunition. Green offered to cover worker transportation and proposed emergency battalions to free staff for 90 days to boost output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Army
A. H. Raskin
Patterson
Green
U.S. May Reposition Troops From Burma Area
The United States plans to withdraw its small combat contingent from India and Burma as the Burma road reopens. The move aims to keep China as the main U S fighting objective while Britain secures India and regains Singapore. Ground combat units may depart with engineers and transport specialists remaining to support the route to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
India
Burma
Southeast Asia
Associated Press
Preston Grover
America
Grover
China
Britain
Singapore
Malaya
India-Burma
Connally Proposes Delayed Powers for US Delegate
Senator Connally urged Congress to delay defining the American delegate’s powers until a enabling world security treaty is approved. He backed separate legislation to set authority after approving a broad plan, warning against jeopardizing the Dumbarton Oaks framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
Dumbarton Oaks
Congress
Roosevelt
Steel Workers To Get Wage Adjustments
The War Labor Board approved changes in compensation for CIO United Steelworkers, averaging about five cents an hour in pay boosts. Critics call the second and third shift premiums a workaround of the Little Steel formula and oppose a base pay raise. The action could raise annual take home pay, though exact totals are not yet known.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
White House
John A. Stephens
Steel Case Research Committee
WLB
Stephens
War Labor Board
CIO
United Steelworkers
William H. Davis
Stricken Child Wins Regular Banana Supply During War
Liam Murphy, a child with celiac disease since 1941, depends on bananas as his safe food. Banana importers and distributors, with government help, keep the supply line open and give him first service from banana boats. He ate 14 bananas on Thanksgiving and doctors say long-term banana access could allow a normal holiday dinner in time.
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San Francisco
Liam Murphy
Liam
End of the War Narrows Across Europe and Asia
Kirke Simpson reports Allied pressure tightens on German positions from Luxembourg to the Swiss border as British American forces push in the Siegfried line and the last Dutch bridgehead folds. In the east the Soviet drive advances toward Krakow and Silesia while Allied Po valley gains grow in Italy. Across the Pacific, B 29s hit Tokyo. Japan’s war industry nears total reach of bomber fleets. General Arnold notes first land based bomber at the Superfortress force.
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General Arnold
Godspeed
H. H. Arnold
Eft
U. S. Army Air Forces
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Lairis Norstad
20Th Air Force
Gen. Arnold
D. C. Horsfall
Kalamazoo
Mich
E. L. Stahl
Summit
N. J
E. T. Brandon
Glendale
Calif
L. E. Barron
Hastings
Neb
Cpls
R. D. Salmon
Detroit
R. H. Slater
Bay City
E. P. Slagler
Sgt
W. M. Rogers
Auburn
Ala
International Soundphoto
Europe
Asia
Saar and Rhine River
Luxembourg
Holland
Aachen-Geilenkerchen
Siegfried Line
Poland
Carpathians
Massalian Lakes
Prussia
Budapest
Vienna
Sian
Krakow
German Silesia
Western Carpathian
Slovakia
Italy
Po Valley
Alps
Pacific
Japan
West Central Pacific Islands
Nippon
Arnold
Army Air Chief
Strategic Air Task Force
Germans Admit Reds Closing On Budapest South of City
Berlin reports Hatvan fell after heavy Russian tank assaults and that Csepel island near Budapest is within seven miles of the city. Moscow claims five Hungarian villages captured as Soviet forces press toward the capital, potentially severing the Budapest Hatvan highway and tightening encirclement.
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Budapest
Hatvan
London
Danube
Csepel
Miskolc
Hungary
Moscow
Kerenkharaazt
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Aregesanalos
Misnole
Tarnaszentmaria
Matras
Eger
Berlin
Hatvan-Aszad
Zemke Reported Prisoner of War After Missing Flight
Col. Hubert Zemke, second highest scoring European theater ace, was captured by Germans after his Mustang escort mission to Hamburg. The 30-year-old Missoula native and 56th Fighter Group leader disappeared near the front and was later confirmed as a POW. he held 19.5 aerial kills and helped the group down 170 German planes in under three months.
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London
Hubert Zemke
Missoula
Mont
Eighth Air Force
Hamburg
Zemke
War Department
Richard D. Creighton
Los Angeles
Calif
Creighton
U. S
56Th
FBI Uncovers Dining Car Welfare Ripoff on Union Pacific
FBI arrest sweep targets dining car waiters and stewards accused of withholding meal receipts on the Union Pacific Challenger trains. Indictments cover 113 Black and 23 white workers across Los Angeles Omaha Cheyenne and Las Vegas with losses pegged at about 200000 yearly.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Union Pacific Railroad
U. S
Charlies H. Carr
Omaha
Cheyenne
Las Vegas
Richard B. Hood
Union Pacific
Hood
Duane L. Traynor
William M. Jeffers
Traynor
Duke Invited To Meet Ala In Sugar Bowl
Duke University officials said they would accept a Sugar Bowl invitation to face Alabama in New Orleans if permission is granted by the Navy and the Southern Conference. Duke earned the conference title by defeating North Carolina 33 0, with Navy V 12 trainees stationed on campus. Some felt Duke preferred the Sugar Bowl for shorter Navy leave periods.
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Durham
Duke University
Duke Blue Devils
New Orleans
Alabras
Navy
Southern Conference
Dukes
North Carolina
Duke
Princiny
Duke and Alabama to meet in Sugar Bowl Jan 1945
New Orleans reports Duke University and Alabama were chosen to play in the Sugar Bowl on January next season. J A B Nicholas, president of the Mid-Winter Sports Association, praised both teams as nationally outstanding and expected the game to be among the finest in the series. Dr. W H Wannamaker accepted for Duke.
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New Orleans
Duke University
Alabama
J. A. B. Nicholas
Mid-Winter Sports Association
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Peare
Bonins
By Ray Cronin
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Bonin Islands
U.S
Saipan Island
U. S. Army Air Force
Boer
By Jack Bell
By Kirke Simpson
Yushyu
Pacific Ocean
By Richard Kasischke
War Manpower Commission
Dwight D. Fisenhower
New Jersey
WMC
Thomas F. Costello
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