Soviet Drives Bring Them Near Budapest From Hatvan
Russian armored units pushed from captured Hatvan toward the north of Budapest while a second formation reached Csepel island. Hatvan fell after a day of fighting, enabling Malinovsky to maneuver to outflank Budapest.
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Moscow
Hatvan
Budapest
Csepel
Rodion Y. Malinosky
Berlin
Danube
Hungary
Ivan Petrov
Slovakia
Michalovce
Jiumenne
Ungvar
Mikole
Matra Mountains
Lucenec
Reich
British Troops Attack Nazi Position Near Faenza
British forces outflank Faenza and reach the Lamone river three miles southwest of the Bologna Rimini highway. Allied HQ says Germans defending a new delaying position as Belvedere village is involved in the fighting. Northeast of Faenza British units advance toward Scaldino and Alboreto while Fifth Army south of Bologna repulses German counterattacks.
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Rome
Faenza
Lamone
Belvedere
Eda
Scaldino
Alboreto
Splec
Fifth Army
Bologna
Election Board To Canvass Tomorrow In North Carolina
The state board of elections will canvass the November 7 vote in Raleigh tomorrow and the Democratic electors meet December 18 to cast votes for President Roosevelt and Vice President-elect ion. The board continues an inquiry into the Davidson County election where 198 civilian absentee ballots were challenged by Republicans for alleged frauds and forgeries. The case began in Lexington on November 15.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Roosevelt
Davidson County
Lexington
Battle for Cologne Plain War Totals Fierce Front Push
Allied and German lines clash at the Cologne plain with stubborn resistance by German defenses along the Roer. American forces capture Weisweiler after a 24 hour assault as the battle in western Europe nears a decisive showdown.
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Cologne
Aachen
Europe
Weisweiler
First Army
Hitler
Roer
von Rundstedt
Bombers Hit German Rail Yards and Skies Over Reich
American heavy bombers and fighters nearly 1,300 strong attacked railway yards at Offenburg and Bingen and conducted wide strafing sweeps over the northwestern Reich frontier as part of renewed raids on Germany.
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London
Germany
Offenburg
Bingen
The
Reich
Allies Claim Massive Aerial Sweep Near Berlin
Five hundred American fighters shot down at least 94 German planes in a broad strafing mission that pushed within 70 miles of Berlin, signaling a major air offensive during the war.
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London
Berlin
Allied air strikes hit rail yards near Offenburg and Bingen
Headquarters of U S Air Forces in Europe reports 500 Fortresses and Liberators bombed Offenburg rail yards near Strasbourg and Bingen. Rhine valley hubs support German forces facing American Third and Seventh Armies and French First Army. Over 250 Mustangs escorted bombers and 500 more fighters ranged over the Ruhr.
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U.S
Europe
Offenburg
Strasbourg
Bingen
Mainz
Rhine Valley
Ruhr
Backers Favor Byrnes Wallace Stettinius for Next Secretary
Washington reports James Byrnes Henry Wallace and Edward Stettinius are backed to succeed Cordell Hull who resigned due to ill health. Hull, 73, will not return to active work soon and his resignation is described as a tremendous loss to the nation and world.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Edward R. Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Hull
Connally
D-Texas
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Naval Hos
Americans Reach Frenz Inside Germany and Weisweiler Taken
American forces from the First Army advance into Frenz 14 miles inside Germany near the Rhine and reach near the Hurtgen forest. Weisweiler falls on the road to Cologne as Seventh Army spread across the Vosges corridor toward Strasbourg, with British forces clearing the Maas west of Venlo.
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Aachen
Germany
Geilenkirchen
U. S
Julich
Hurtgen
Saar
Sarrebourg
Strasbourg
London
First Army
Frenz
Cologne
Reich
Saarland
F . Courtney H. Hodges
Occa 27
George 5S
Patton
Maginot
Rasbourg
Saales Pass
Rhine
Vosges
Ste. Marie
St. Die
U. S. First
Ninth
Roer River
Duren
Hurtgen Forest
U. S. Seventh Army
Sixth Corps
Seventh Army
Saverne-Strashbourg
Weisweiler
Roer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Holland
Maas River
Venlon
Ruhr
Army takes London house committee for UK inspection
The army escorted the touring house military committee from London for an inspection of military establishments in the United Kingdom. An army spokesman cited security for not revealing the itinerary while Rep. Clare Booth Luce was missing from the first conference. Rep. Matt Merritt called the idea she was being held ridiculous.
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London
UU. .&. House Military Committee
United Kingdom
Clare Booth Luce
R-Conn
Matt Merritt
D-Ny
Canadian Delegation Budges on Fifth Freedom Air Plan
In Chicago on November 27 the Canadian delegation proposed a compromise to break the Anglo American deadlock over the fifth freedom of the air. The proposal preserves much of the details in the U S plan.
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Chicago
United States
Prisoners Escape from Richmond Prison Camp
Eight short term inmates overpowered guard Lean at the Richmond county prison camp and escaped after seizing his keys. Convicts named include Boyd Rindehardt 17 Oscar James 24 Blocker 18 Wilbur Lett 20 James Thomas Grant 27 Elmer Lewis Carraway 26 Henry Lee Taylor 23 and Joe Potts 21. They fled after locking the fence and leaving the cell block following the guard’s assault.
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Raleigh
Richmond County
Lean
Oscar Pitts
Boyd Rindehardt
Cabarrus
Oscar James
Richmond
Blocker
Mecklenburg
Wilbur Lett
Anson
James Thomas Grant
Elmer Lewis Carraway
Henry Lee Taylor
Lenoir
Joe Potts
Pitts
Rinehardt
Whiskey Ration For Dec to Match November Allocations
The North Carolina ABC board announced December whisky rations unchanged from November. New books start December 1 with tickets one and two valid to the 15th for two pints a fifth or quart, whichever is available, and tickets three and four similar unless more is released for holidays.
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Raleigh
ABC Board
Burlington Boy Wounded by Exploding Shell in Pacific
Marine Private First Class Pearlimon L. Denes of Burlington North Carolina was wounded when an artillery shell exploded near him while returning for water at Guam. The incident occurred after he volunteered to bring up a canteen of water.
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Pacific
Pearlimon L. Denes
Burlington
N.C
Guam
Landmark Of Thomasville Is Destroyed
Fire destroys the old Dr. C. A. Julian house in Thomasville, injuring June Weir 70. The 12 room colonial structure owned by Harry Lee Lambeth burned rapidly, with $10 000 damage and $2 000 contents loss. Weir treated at City Memorial hospital. Mrs. C. B. Carter and guests escaped. Fire department fought the blaze but could not save the building.
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Thomasille
C. A. Julian
June Weir
Weir
City Memorial Hospital
C. B. Carter
Harry Lee Lambeth
Thomasvilleire Department
Losses From Fifth Luzon Raid Reported By Navy
Admiral Nimitz announced a fifth Luzon strike with heavy damage to the Manila area. A Japanese cruiser and destroyer were sunk along with 14 other ships and 72 planes. two luggers and four cargo ships were damaged, as Saipan reports confirmed the sea rescue of a B 29 crew.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Cone Adm
W. Nimitz
Luzon Island
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
Three Congressmen Plan Cotton Conference in Washington
Three southern congressmen outlined a December conference in Washington to map the future of American cotton. The session, starting the week of December 4, will include growers manufacturers and federal officials and was called by Rep Pace aided by Reps Flannagan and Pogue.
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Washington
Americas
South
House
Pace
D-Ga
Flannagan
D-Va
Full
Agriculture Committee
Pogue
D-Texas
North Carolina Ranks Low in Wartime Wages
The unemployment compensation bulletin shows North Carolina with an average weekly wage of 26.51 dollars, second lowest after South Carolina, with Alaska Michigan California and others exceeding 45 dollars. Col. A L Fletcher notes low wages partly explain small benefit checks though the state holds a substantial unemployment fund.
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Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
North Carolina
South Carolina
United States
Col. A. L. Fletcher
Fletcher
S. F. Campbell
Commission
Bureau of Research and Statistics
Social Security Board
Alaska
Michigan
California
Connecticut
Nevada
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon
Washington
Arkansas
Campbell
Superfortress Air Strike Hits Tokyo in Second Wave
A large force of B 29 bombers attacked Tokyo again as part of a coordinated air campaign with strikes on Bangkok and central Honshu. Commanded by Brig. Gen. Haywood Sweeny Jr and Maj. Robert Ell Jr the raid followed an earlier attack with impressive accuracy and high altitude flight. Tokyo radio and Allied reports described heavy bomber formations taxiing and blasting runways, while Japanese broadcasts claimed limited damage and downed aircraft. The mission showcased sustained Allied air power and featured several senior officers among the bomber crews.
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Pan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
Bangkok
Kok
Tokyo Radio
Cen Honsu Island
Haywood Sell
21St Bomber Command
Sion
Walter C. Sweeney
Wing
W. Va
Sweeney
San Francisco
Robertell, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Emmett O
Jamaica
Robert K. M
Asheville
N. C
Fall of Hochih and loss of Nanning base in Chinese front
Chungking reports Hochih Falls as Japanese forces advance toward Kweichow and Liuchow. The last American air base in South China near Nanning is abandoned and destroyed, splitting China under twin Japanese thrusts and signaling loss of the Nanning air base on November 19.
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Chungking
High Command
Kwangsi Province
China
Kweichow
Hochih
Kweiyang
Bu Road
Posit
South China
Nanning
Lath S
Indo-China
Hawaiyuanchen
Liuchow
Ian
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Thailand
Reds
Ty Army
Jrd Army
Belgium
LUX
France
Job Hull
Hodges
Marine Cemetery
Second Marine Division
Saipan Island
Grant Macdonald
Paige
House Committee
Thomasville
Hochih Falls
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