Belief Grows War Development Near As Allies Shape Fate
London dispatch reports mounting evidence of a major war development expected soon in diplomatic circles. The move would align the Big Three with possible inclusion of Chiang Kai-Shek and Eduard Benes in Moscow talks, signaling a potential turning point tied to Allied victory strategy.
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James M. Long
London
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Adolf Hitler
Hirohito
Russia
Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Eduard Benes
Moscow
Rus
RAF Hammers Berlin as Stuttgart Bombed in Night Raid
RAF heavy bombers pounded Berlin in a third mighty assault this week, hurling over 1 000 tons of bombs. Stuttgart was hit simultaneously as 32 bombers were lost, with Berlin’s fires and 500 000 residents left homeless per Stockholm reports.
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Gladwin Hill
London
RAF
Berlin
Benin
Stockholm
Charlottenburg
U. S
Bremen
Air Ministry
Germany
Europe
Britain
Puget
Sec
Marines and Allies Push at Empress Augusta Bay
American Marines and soldiers advanced 800 yards northeast to extend the Bougainville beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay amid heavy fighting. Casualties were reported on both sides as Japanese defenses and supply efforts faced disruption by Allied air and sea power.
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Robert Euison
Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Amercan
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Solomons
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Halsey
Jaba River
Buka
Huon
New Guinea
Cevere
Sattelbergrom
Bogadjim
Madang
Finschhafen
Gasmata
New Britain
MacArthur
Huon Gulf
Chabai
Buka Island
Japan
Truk
Kapingamarangi
British Drive Deeper Into Sangro Defenses In Italy
Allied forces push the Eighth Army deeper into German lines along the Sangro river, using heavy air barrages and creeping artillery. The advance comes as Fifth Army repels two counterattacks near Venafro, with weather hampering ground operations and aiding aerial assaults.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Venafro
Cassino
Rome
Eighth
Eighth Army
Berlin Faces Turmoil After RAF Night Raids
Stockholm reports Berlin in chaos after fifth straight RAF attack as residents seek shelter amid explosions. Eyewitnesses describe heavy bombing, fires at Siemensstadt, collapsed buildings, and civilian casualties including 38 dead in one district. Residents sing hymns in shelters as shells fall.
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Stockholm
Berlin
RAF
Solveig Schol
Sweden
Brussels
Siemenstadt
Jadt
Dagens Nyheter
Montgomery Urges Eighth Army to Drive Nazis North of Rome
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports General Montgomery calling the Eighth Army to push the German forces north of Rome. He pledged a "colossal crack" and noted Allied advances northwest of the Sangro River as they approach the capital.
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Eighth Army
Sangro
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mignano
Fifth Army
Rome
Cassino
Rocca D’evandro
Montgomery
Alers
Eighth
Italy
Oegege
Desert Air Force
Strike closes Carroll's theater restaurant in Hollywood
The Hollywood Carroll's lavish theater restaurant remained closed tonight due to a strike by AFL miscellaneous restaurant employes union. The producer declared he would seek a court order to restrain the walkout.
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Theater
Hollywood
Carroll
AFL
Americans Fight Weather On Italian Front Near Cerro
Don Whitehead reports from Fornelli Italy on November 23 1943 about US forces facing both German artillery and brutal weather. Mud snow and sleet render roads and trenches into quagmires as troops on the extreme right flank push to take a mountain, driven by high morale despite isolation and hardship.
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Don Whitehead Fornelli
Italy
Doughboys
Fifth Army
Cerro
Vermont
Tanker Splits Destroyer In Collision On Oct Ocean Run
The 8000 ton tanker collided with the destroyer Murphy, cutting it in two. The forward section sank in ten minutes with 35 crew. 110 survivors were rescued within two hours. The Murphy, a veteran from African and Sicilian campaigns, was under Commander Leonard A. Bailey.
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New York
Murphy
the Herald Tribune
New York Harbor
Leonard A. Bailey
Calvert Street
Jamestown
R. L
Search pressed for air cadet in boggy Wateree swamp
Shaw Field in S C launched a large-scale search for Gerard T Held a 22 year old aviation cadet whose crashed plane was found in the Wateree swamp. More than 1000 soldiers cadets and civilians aided with aircraft from Shaw Field and nearby bases. Helds father Marcel F Held of Cappaqua N Y joined the search at Wateree field headquarters with two way radio.
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Shaw Field
S. C
Gerard T. Held
Wateree
Marcel F. Held
Cappaqua
N. Y
Charleston
Biddle Fears Race Riot Recurrence
Baltimore, November 27 Francis Biddle, U S Attorney General, warned a group of Negro lawyers that he fears a recurrence of race riots "at any moment" and voiced deep concern over rising racial tension. Dr Charles H Houston urged Justice Department action when civil rights are unprotected locally.
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Baltimore
Francis Bibble
United States
Charles H. Houston
Washington
National Bar Association
Biddie
Department of Justice
Biddle
No Inflation Danger Despite Possible Price Rise
Paul S. Willis, president of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc, warned in New York that food prices could rise up to five percent if Congress rejects the subsidy program, but he said there is no danger of runaway price increases.
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New York
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Incs
Congress
Cairo Parley Increases Turk's Chances For War
Ankara report notes Cairo talks may push Turkey toward war as editorialists question entry timing. Yalchin warns that conditions for entering remain undecided while allied cooperation grows. Turkish envoy and Papen move through Budapest amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Cairo
Tish
Anthony
Vichya
Istanbul
CBS
Turkey
Yalchin
Antolian
Budapest
Rome
Unaydin
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Berlin
Varga Girl Defended by Navy Journal
The Army and Navy Register defends the Varga girl and cites a Navy chaplain’s opinion to support its stance. The unofficial service journal positions itself against critics and presents clergy backing for the defense.
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Washington, Navy
Army and Navy Register
Navy
Butler labels Wallace Don Quixote over Latin America spending
Senator Butler reiterates charges that the New Deal wastes billions in Latin America and accuses Vice President Wallace of spending six billion dollars south of the border. Wallace calls the figures fantastic and says they will be refuted by agencies involved.
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Washington
Butler
R-Neb
Latin America
Wallace
Senate
United States
Blue Network
Don Quixote
Federal Register
South America
Colombia Declares Belligerency Over Nazi Sinkings
Colombia recognizes a state of belligerency with Germany after the sinking of the Ruby and the Resolute. Acting President Echandia says no troop deployment is planned, while Lozano Lozano and Lleras Camargo pledge active support to UN efforts and protest Germany. Senate supports the stance but resists a full war declaration.
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Bogota
Colombia
Germany
Dario Echandia
Carlos Lozano Y Lozano
Alberto Lleras Camargo
United Nations
Ruby
Caribbean
Senate
Lozano
Brazil
Reds Flank Last Nazi Defenses
London report says about 400000 Germans retreated from Gomel under Soviet pressure. Guerrillas mined retreat routes and Soviets struck from the sides as Red Army forces advanced nine miles in 24 hours. In the Gomel region many German trucks and heavy equipment were captured or destroyed.
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James M. Long
London
Gomel
Red Army
Zhlobin
Bobruisk
Minsk
Monitor
Ins
Berezina
Kiev Bulge
Italy
Greece
Norway
Uvarovichi
Grettiek
Dnieper
Propoisk
Come Munique
Bong awarded nine new decorations in Southwest Pacific
Captain Richard L Bong of Poplar Wisconsin, the war zone’s leading air ace, receives nine additional decorations from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney. Bong has downed 21 Japanese planes and is on home furlough.
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Southwest Pacific
Richard L Bong
Poplar
Wis
Bong
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Force the
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Kiev
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