Americans Sink Japanese Convoys Near Leyte in Seven Runs
Allied air and sea actions knocked out seven Japanese convoys near Leyte, sinking 29 ships and 26 000 troops. MacArthur said 18 escort ships and 103 750 tons were lost across the seven efforts. Americans also reported Peleliu cleanup with 1 300 Japanese killed and 142 captured as U S forces press inland despite storms.
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Philippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
City
Peleliu
Saipan
Palau
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
War Department
China
Albert C
Leyte Gulf
Progress Slow In Bond Drive Amid War Loan Push
La Crosse county workers push to exceed the quota across 11 townships three villages and two cities by December 7 Pearl Harbor day with mid December end. Purchases of E bonds reach 276000 or 24 percent of the E quota while total bonds and corporations add to 1 501 463 dollars, 38 percent of the county goal.
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la County
Pearl Harbor
Priday
Individus
Totel
la Crosse County
Local Weather Brief and Public Notice Fragments
Readable weather note notes cold tonight with a low around five. Temperatures rise to about twenty eight by Saturday. The rest of the fragment mentions “Don’t Burn This Paper” and a phrase about fights for victory, with unclear context.
Seven Killed and 16 Hurt in Foggy Airliner Crash
A Transcontinental and Western Airlines plane en route from San Francisco to Burbank crashed in heavy fog near its destination. Seven people died and 16 were injured including City Manager Walter Cooper of San Diego and Mayor Harley Knox, while pilots are among the deceased. The craft struck power lines and caused local disruption as it plummeted through tree tops.
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Los Angeles
Transcontinental and Western Airlines
San Francisco
Burbank
Walter Cooper
San Diego
Harley Knox
Lockheed Air Terminal
TWA
J Snowden
Calif
T. L. Bamberger
R Emeda
Knox
Tokyo Night Raid Success
The U S night raid over Tokyo lasted at least three hours with big bombers over the metropolis. Precision instruments helped hit war industries despite cloud cover as anti air fire was light. A Tokyo radio broadcast claimed citizens would endure to the end while AP correspondent Vern Haugland verified the lengthy raid from Saipan.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Saipan
Japan
Kichiro Karashima
Vern Haugland
The Road To Berlin Summary Front Lines Distances
Western front lies 301 miles from near Duren while the Eastern front is 304 miles from north of Warsaw. Hungarian front distance is 420 miles from Budapest and Italian front 557 miles from near Ravenna. The Associated Press reports these figures detailing Allied advance across fronts.
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Duren
Warsaw
Budapest
Ravenna
German Forces Mass on Western Front Ahead of Allied Drive
Strategic briefing from 21st Army Group HQ estimates about six million German troops with 2.5 million fit men aged 19 to 46. Command by von Model Balck and Student alongside Rundstedt as western supreme commander details 70 western, 130–140 eastern, and about 300 total divisions amid threefold plan to economize, defend Ruhr, and blunt Allied advances.
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21St Army Group Headquarters
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Walther von Model
Kurt Student
Hermann Balck
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Nazifuehrer
Europe
von Model
Balck
Student
Eisenhower
Normandy
Italy
Scandinavia
Ruhr
Allied Forces Break German Defenses Across Roer and Saar Fronts
American armies push across the Roer and Saar regions as Patton's third army advances toward the Saar bend, while Hodges and Simpson drive into the Hurtgen area and Haguenau's outskirts. German losses mount as the winter offensive tightens its grip along the Rhine front.
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Paris
Roer
Saar
Rhine
France
U. S. 1St Army
Duren
Cologne
Eisenhower
Courtney H. Hodges
Hurtgen Forest
Gey
Brandenberg
Strasbourg
15Th Corps
U. S. 7Th Army
Haguenau
Karlsruhe
Baden
U. S. 9Th Army
William Simpson
Auer
Inde
Hodges
George S. Patton
U. S
10Th Armored
Merziz
9Th Army
Welz
Beeck
Linnich
Rhineland
Munchen Gladbach
Lindern and Hoven
Nazi Ack Ack Downs 40 U S Heavy Bombers
Berlin reports indicate Allied air operations over Germany amid a two day British and American offensive. Luftwaffe intercepts claim heavy losses with 76 bombers and 32 fighters reported down, while RAF and USAAF suffered several crews.
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U.S
London
U.S. 15Th Airforce
Italy
Germany
U. S. 8Th Air Force
RAF
Berlin
Bavaria
8Th Air Force
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Rhine-Ruhr
Duisburg
Hamburg
U. S
Destroyers Rally In Philippines Sea Battle
Navy report by Rear Admiral Sprague describes escort carrier group fending off Japanese warships on Oct 24 near Leyte. US destroyers and escorts launched torpedo strikes with no losses, while two carriers were sunk and four damaged. About 1,400 men were rescued from the sunken ships St Lo and Gambier Bay.
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Washington
The
Philippines
C. A. F. Sprague
U. S
Sprague
Leyte
Spragues
Spraghy
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
Pleads Innocent To Mutilation Murders In Los Angeles
Otto Steven Wilson, 31, waiter, pleads innocent by reason of insanity to killing and mutilating two women in hotel rooms on November 15. Three alienists were appointed to assess his insanity defense. Trial scheduled for January 8. He was arrested in a downtown bar after the bodies of Mrs. Virgie Lee Griffin and Mrs. Lillian Johnson were found mutilated in nearby hotels.
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Los Angeles
Otto Steven Wilson
Wilson
Virgie Lee Griffin
Lillian Johnson
Chiang Kai-shek and wife deny tea party rumor
A Chungking source denies a London dispatch claiming Chiang Kai-shek and Mrs. Chiang separated after a tea party. The generalissimo says rumors of a concubine are false, calling the reports enemy propaganda aimed at weakening China. He hosted a July 5 meeting at Koloshan to quell gossip and protect national security.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Calcutta
London Daily Mail
China
Chiang
United States
Koloshan
Rio de Janeiro
New York
New York Post
Washington
Madame
Germans Begin To Evacuate Budapest Area
The German radio announced that the eastern area of beleaguered Budapest was being evacuated. The move affected the suburbs and districts on the left bank of the Danube, representing Pest, the Hungarian capital.
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Budapest
London
Danube
Pest
Death of Soldier Arthur Modica Reported From Saipan
Franklin Modica, Sic. son of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Gomell of La Crosse R2, died from wounds on Saipan Nov. 11. He served on an aircraft carrier after joining the service March 31 and sailing June 1 from Great Lakes. He is survived by two children, Arthur and Charles, and his parents. his wife died a year ago.
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Arthur
Franklin Modica
Sic
George G. Gomell
la Crosse
Saipan
John J. Herley
U. S. Navy
Modica
Great Lakes Naval Center
Charles
Tokyo Withdraws Story Of Landing On Morotai Isle
An AP report notes Tokyo radio claimed a powerful Japanese unit landed on Morotai, near the Philippines, without casualties. The claim was unconfirmed and MacArthur reported only sporadic enemy air raids. the FCC ordered editors to kill the counterlanding story.
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Japanese Dome
Today
Tokyo
Asia
Morotai Island
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Morotai
Douglas MacArthur
Chinese Forces Withdraw From Kwangsi Front
Chinese high command said Chinese forces retreated again in northwestern Kwangsi as Japanese troops mass for a major push toward Kweichow. The plan appeared aimed at capturing Kweiyang, the Burma road capital, and threatening Chungking.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
Kweichow
Kweiyang
Burma Road
One-Third of Christmas Packages Reaches Troops
Paris reports that about one third of over 18 million Christmas packages mailed to American soldiers in the European theater were delivered by Thanksgiving. One ship recently carried 1,875,000 packages.
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Paris
Senate committee OKs liberalized federal crop insurance
The Senate agriculture committee approved today its liberalized version of the House bill to revive federal crop insurance next year for wheat cotton and flax.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Princess Ruth of Cameroon Seeks Magic Music Box
A tale follows Louis, the gardener's helper, as he journeys far to find the Magic Music Box of Poldrex to make Princess Ruth smile. He faces obstacles across the ocean past the City of Pigs and three evil witches, on a quest filled with danger and hope.
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Ruth
Cameroon
Louis
Poldrex
City of Pigs
U S Plane Bombs Paris Suburb by Mistake
An American Marauder bomber en route to targets on the Saar River dropped bombs on Issy Les Moulineaux a southwestern suburb of Paris today. Casualties and damage occurred as the U S 9th Air Force cited mechanical failure as the cause.
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Paris
Saar River
Issy Les Moulinaux
U. S
9Th Air Force
Security Tax Freeze Eyed
Washington reports a 1 billion flood control author ization bill cleared the Senate by voice vote and heads to conference. The debate centers on linking social security tax freezes with war powers, with several senators opposing such ties. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. won approval as secretary of state by a 67 to 1 vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Murray
D-Mont
Missouri Valley Authority
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Five Above Forecast for La Crosse Area Freeze
Temperatures Friday night and early Saturday in the La Crosse area are forecast near zero with ice tightening in marsh and slough country. Meteorologist A D Sanial said the low will be five to eight above zero, then rise. Friday morning opened at 13 above zero after a high of 26 Thursday with light snow flurries overnight.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Extremely cold weather sweeps nations from Rockies to Atlantic
Extreme cold hit the northern United States from the Mountain region to the eastern seaboard with below freezing temperatures across the Rockies to the north. New England endured wind and rain damage running into millions while upstate New York saw multiple deaths. Syracuse reported nineteen inches of snow and many cities faced record lows including Atlanta 28, Tallahassee 33, Asheville 22, Nashville 23, and Memphis 27 degrees.
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United States
Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
New England
Upstate
New York
Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Rockies
North
South Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Atlantic
Atlanta
Tallahassee
Fla
Asheville
N. C
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Brenner Pass Believed Sealed By Allied Bombs
Air intelligence officers say Allied bombing has likely sealed the Brenner Pass preventing German military trains from using the main Italy Reich rail route. After attacks nearly a month ago the pass remains blocked by continued raids.
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RCME
Brenner Pass
Italy
Reich
12 Percent Of Nation S War Casualties In One Month
Washington reports that about 12 percent of all army casualties since the war began occurred in one recent month. The army list totals 461 058 casualties through November 15, up 58 984 from October 14. The spike reflects ongoing global war activity rather than a single battle.
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Washington
Europe
Fifth Army
Italy
MacArthur
Pacific
England
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W. C
Anthony Eden
Commons
Belgium
Eden
Roer and
Saar Rivers
Hitler
By Roger Greene
Eupent
Geilenkirchen
Lindern
1St
Merode
By James M. Long
Simpson
Hurtgen
Alexander M. Patch
7Th Army
Geremany
Patton
Merzig
Hilbringen
Battern
Sigfried
Hunsruck Range
Moselle
Nahe
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Frankfurt
Eece
Western Front
8Th Airforce
Bohlen
Zeitz
Merseberg
Lutzkendorf
Navy
Arthur Modica
Morotai Isle
Ana the
la Crosse Tribune
OPA
Acard Eis
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