Soviets Press West Front Across Six Sectors
Soviet forces push west in six sectors across White Russia and Ukraine, attacking from ZhLOBIN to Gomel and along the Dnieper bend. Red armies report captures of towns, villages, and enemy losses while advancing toward rail hubs and supply lines.
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Henry C. Cassidy
White
Russia
Ukraine
Zhlobin
Gomel
Constantine Rokossovsky
Red Army
Stryeshin
Zhiobin
Reuters
Moscow
London
Bobruisk
Gomel-Minsk
Berezina
Pripet
Dnieper
Kiev
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Russkaya-Polyana
Dubeyevka
Smela
RED
Dnepropetrovsk
Apostolova
Kiev Bulge
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Chernyakhov
Bruislav
Korosten
Italy
Greece
Norway
Adolf Hitler SS
CBS
Roosevelt Churchill and Kai Shek Meet in Cairo
Dispatches report a long Cairo conference among President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek. The group reportedly planned to travel to Iran to meet Premier Stalin as part of wartime diplomacy.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Kai Shek
Cairo
New York
Reuters
Lisbon
Chiang Kai-Shek
Iran
Persia
Stalin
Associated Press
London
Britain
Black market ring busted in Italy amid wine and ration thefts
Allied reports detail arrests in Naples and an Italian town as soldiers and workers reveal a large black market operation. Authorities seized stores and warehouses with army rations, tires, gasoline, shoes, clothing, and tools. Three trucks were used daily to move goods under court martial threat.
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Naples
AMG
Hitler’s war aims and the looming world declaration rumor
A comparison of Hitler’s nine day old scare talk and London rumors of a joint Roosevelt Churchill Stalin declaration. The piece explains Hitler’s claim that Germany must not be allowed to exist after the war and suggests a future German regime under Allied terms. It notes Hitler’s prophecy of providence as a claim of legitimacy and questions Soviet postwar influence in Europe.
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Hitler
London
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Russia
Parade of emergency vehicles at Mrs. Olsen home
Two ambulances two hearses and three fire companies lined up at Mrs. Roy Olsen’s house on separate days last week. A police car joined in yesterday and Mrs Olsen says the calls were not initiated by her. She did notify police about the parade after it began.
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Chicago
Roy Olsen
Germans Still Guessing On Meeting Of Big Three
In Washington on November 30 German peace overture talk was seen as a propaganda bid by Nazi leaders to counter anticipated major news from Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
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James M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Talin
Chiang Kai Shek
London
Germany
of Pg
Hull
Bern
Stockholm
Balkans
Nazi Peace Rumors Denied by German Official
Stockholm reports a German foreign office spokesman called peace rumors ridiculous. Berlin papers warn the end of the war may be near yet full of fierce rounds. talk centers on a possible big three meeting with Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill and the fate of Berlin and occupied nations.
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Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
Wilhelmstrasse
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Acording
Hitler
Army artist George Biddle joins Volturno crossing as war recordist
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook reports 58 year old George Biddle wading through Volturno waters with his portfolio high and a rope for support. He heads a 40 artist committee recording U S troops in 42 theatres of war while Life Magazine continues much of the project. Biddle, related to Attorney General Francis Biddle, has long served as an intelligence officer and has traced battles from Tunisia to Italy. His work aims to capture human and emotional soldier experiences amid shellfire and hardship.
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Algiers
Volturno
Italy
George Biddle
Congress
Life Magazine
Biddle
France
Tunisia
Sicily
Yank Airmen Raid Germany Sets March Record
U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked targets in Western Germany in daylight today achieving 11 major raids for one month of heavy operations from bases in Britain. The mission was supported by U S RAF Dominion and Allied fighters, a rare mix for the four engine bombers.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Britain
RAF
Dominion
Waybur Earns Medal of Honor in Sicily Campaign
Lt. David C. Waybur of Piedmont California received the Congressional Medal of Honor from Lt. Gen. Hark W. Clark Fifth Army commander in a muddy front line ceremony. The 24 year old recon platoon leader destroyed an enemy tank with a sub machine gun and drove off two more tanks during the Sicilian campaign.
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U.S. Fifth Army
Italy
David C. Waybur
Piedmont
Calif
Hark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Waybur
Australians Close In On Jap Outpost
Allied forces in New Guinea advance on the Bonga outpost as Australian troops push through jungle terrain with tanks and Mitchell bombers in support. MacArthur stated the assault began last Saturday and by Sunday afternoon the troops were a mile from the objective.
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Southwest Pacific
Sattelberg
Bonga
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
Solomons
13Th Airforce
Bouganville
Empress Augusta Bay
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Choiseul Island
New Britain
Senator Ellender Seeks $1.25 Billion Food Subsidy Cap
Senator Ellender proposes a floor plan to cap annual food subsidy outlays at 1.25 billion dollars and tie it to retention of the little steel wage formula. He would amend the House bill extending the Commodity Credit Corporation, with subsidies ending if the wage rule is dropped. The cap would exceed Roosevelt's cited subsidy level by 450 million dollars.
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Washington
Senator Ellender
Dla
Batt Ellender
Senate Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Little Steel
Ellender
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
World Relief Starts As UN Plan Sets Relief Bill
Atlantic City reports the actual work of relief begins with meetings of four standing committees under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration. Delegates from 43 nations agree on policy for expending 2 to 2.5 billion dollars for relief and rehabilitation of war zones. No political use or discrimination in relief. Noninvaded nations to pay. European nations with balances or colonies to cover costs.
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Atlantic City
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
British Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Nazis Fail To Stop Reds On Eastern Front Learning From Kiev Siege
London reports that German forces under Field Marshal von Manstein failed to regain initiative in the east as Soviet Rokossovsky breaches the White Russian line around Gomel and threatens rail hubs at Zhlobin and Bobruisk with Minsk as a potential prize.
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Judson O'Quinn
London
Russia
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev
Hitler
Pripet Marshes
Constantine Rokossovsky
Gomel
Black Sea
Rokossovsky
White Russia
Zhlobin
Bobruisk
Minsk
Japs Break Into Changteh in Chinese City Fight
New York November 30 Japanese forces broke into Changteh under cover artillery and air support. The Chinese communique said the assault began yesterday from the east and north gates, with stubborn hand to hand street fighting and high casualties on both sides. Fresh Chinese troops were reported closing in as Chinese warplanes aided the defense by sinking river craft and attacking concentrations.
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United States
Fifth Army
Castelnuove
Montquila
Montgomery
65Th
Mezzagrogna
Eighth Army
Fossecesia
Sangro
Mongomery
Falconara
Castelnuovo
Saraj
Aduke Ferdinand
Grosseto
New York
Changteh
T Chungking Radio
Federal Communications C
North Gat
China
Soldier killed while attempting escape near Raleigh
Wake county coroner Banks said John W. Witta, 20, of York was killed today when he led from a train near Raleigh in an attempt to escape military authorities.
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Raleigh
John W. Witta
York
Here
Wake County
Banks
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