War Mobilization Push Seeks Drafts for 26 to 37 Age Group
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes ordered increasing selective service calls for men aged 26 to 37 not yet contributing to the war effort. The goal is to replace troops released to essential war industries and prevent workers from leaving war jobs. The army also secured a seven day work week for four months in tire plants to address shortages.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Lewis L. Hershey
Hershey
Armed Services
Patton's Army Presses On In Leyte Pocket Fight
American forces in two divisions push deeper into the Japanese pocket south of Ormoc on Leyte island amid heavy rain. The 7th division advances three miles taking Albuera, while the 32nd maintains pressure north of Ormoc by capturing a field battery and dumps of materiel. Navy and air actions target Japanese supply ships and airfields as paratroopers clear U S air fields.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita
U. S
Albuera
Leyte Island
32Nd
U U. S
Krueger
6Th Army
Thomas C C. Kinkaid
George C. Kenney
Far East
77Th
7Th Division
Mahong
Tabgas
Balogo
Camotes
Leyte
Luzon
Borneo
New Guinea
Solomons
Leyte Gulf
Reich
Berlin
Munich
Stuttgart
RAF 2Nd Tactical Air Force
Belgium
Hannover
Holland
Amersfoort
Utrecht
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Saar Front
Baumholder
Saarwelligen
Labach
Losheim
Oberthal
Liberation Party to Press On Until Greek Government Quits
An EAM Elas spokesman denied Churchill’s charges that the group seeks to seize power in Greece and terrorize the countryside but said the struggle would continue until Prime Minister George Papandreou’s government resigns. He argued the Elas fought Germans and denied planned coup details.
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Athens
EAM
National Liberation Party
Churchill
Elas
Greece
George Papandreou
Associated Press
House of Commons
Zervas
Edes
Napoleon Zervas
Edes Long
London
Britain
Europe
Siege of Budapest Tightens as Soviet Forces Advance
Moscow announced that Soviet troops closed to within nine miles of central Budapest and cut key rail links near the city. Malinovsky and Tolbukhin reported advances across a 75 mile front toward Austria, with Budapest barely holding while German and Hungarian leaders fled to Sopron and prepared for continued resistance.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Marmghal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ukraine
Fomer Czechoslovakian
Bratislava
Vienna
Malnovsky
Stalin
Austria
Danube
Danube River
Ernest
Tne
Feodor 1
Telbukhin
Valencze Lake
Ercsi
Szekesfehervar
Tolbukhin
Buda Pest
Szekesfeherval
Transocean
Tepert
Ferenc Szalasi
Sopron
Baron Gabor Kemeny
Szalasi
Relight Miss Liberty Victory Comes to New York
The Statue of Liberty has been dark since Pearl Harbor. A modernized lighting system is being installed and will make Miss Liberty brighter than ever.
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New York
Pearl Harbe
Aendtie Genepon
Japan
Palmer
Padiaenene
Miss Liberty
Local Weather Outlook With Cold Snap Ahead
Air turned colder on Sunday with light snow flurries expected. temperatures near freezing. Brief unsettled conditions forecast as conditions may drift toward cold, dry spells later in the week.
Mercury Plunges 40 Degrees in Yellowstone 24 Hours
Yellowstone National Park recorded a 40 degree plunge in 24 hours with temperatures dropping to 18 below zero. In Kansas City heavy snow covered the region as floodwaters from December rains subsided and at least one death was reported.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Kansas
Kansas City
Missouri
Colorado
Chinese Rewin Railway Town Crisis Nearing End Says General
Chinese high command announced the counteroffensive in Kweichow recaptured Shangssu, advancing 18 miles and nearing the Kwansi border. War Minister Chen Cheng said the crisis is passing and China will prepare for possible renewed enemy offensives while strengthening capable divisions for a broader counteroffensive.
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Chinese Rewin
Kweichow
Chungking —i
Shangssu
Kwansi Province
Chen Cheng
Kweiyang
Kwangsi
Kwansi
Kwangis- Kweichow
Chen
Guthrie and Church Storm Center of 1920 Dies
The Rev. William Norman Guthrie, 76, famed for gauze clad dancers at St Mark's in the Bouwerie in 1920 and for presenting poets Indians Hindus and actors to his congregation, died after an operation. He led St Mark's as a self styled church radical and was born in Dundee Scotland. He studied in Italy Germany and at the University of the South in Sawanee Tennessee.
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Washington
William Norman Guthrie
St. Mark’s-in-the-Bouwerie
N. Y
St. Mark's
Guthrie
Dundee
Scotland
Italy
Germany
United States
University of the South
Sawaneec, Tenn
Son's War Risk Insurance To Camp
EAST CHICAGO Ind An East Chicago couple donated ten thousand dollars from their son Pvt Robert Clubbs war risk insurance to a protected boys camp run by Rev Rampagna at Immaculate Conception church funding training for trades and professions. The infantry scouts death came after he detected a Japanese ambush on Saipan. His parents and sister Gloria 18 work in steel mills during the war.
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East Chicago
Ind
Chicago
Saipan
Warrisk
John Clubb
Robert Clubb
Michael Rampagna
Immaculate Conception Church
Lake County
Pvt
Clubb
Pacific
Gloria
Curfew Imposed After Hercules Powder Plant Blast
Pinole Hercules and Rodeo residents ordered to stay indoors after Saturday explosion at Hercules plant killed two workers and injured nearly 50. Sheriff James N. Long cited looting risk and shattered storefronts as reason for curfew.
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Pinole
Calif
Lawa
Hercules
James N. Long
Rodeo
Fag Shortage Hits U S Attorney General
Washington report notes a cigarette shortage affecting Attorney General Francis Biddle. He ran out at a senate committee hearing Saturday and borrowed from Senator Russell and the press lobby.
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U. S
Washington
Francis Biddle
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Crutches Drop for Deer as Teen Bags Eight-Point Buck
Lancaster Pennsylvania story reports 18 year old Harold Styer crippled by an automobile accident used crutches to stalk a deer. He dropped the crutches and shot an eight point buck, ending the hunt.
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Lancaster
Harold Styer
Launch Liberty Ship Wendell L Willkie Named For Willkie
The Liberty ship Wendell L Willkie was launched Saturday at the Wainwright shipyard in Panama City. The vessel honored the late American industrial leader and former Republican presidential nominee with his widow serving as sponsor.
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Panama City
Fila
Wendell L. Willkie
Wainwright Shipyard
Put Yule Wrappings On Salvage Pile Plea
Washington war production chief J A Krug urges citizens to place Christmas wrapping paper in salvage piles rather than burning it. He calls paper too precious this year to burn and appeals to the public to conserve materials during wartime.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Clear Air For Big 3 Meet
Washington sees Anglo American clashes easing ahead of the big three summit with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. Officials say the United States has asserted a non intervention stance for small nations while signaling readiness to influence Europe for stability, amid concerns over Soviet moves in Poland and forthcoming Dumbarton Oaks arrangements shaping Europe’s future.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Britain
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Greece
Poland
Europe
Dumbarton Oaks
Planes May Dry Up Oceans Says Forrestal
Navy Secretary Forrestal endorsed universal military training and claimed aircraft and robot planes could "dry up the Atlantic and Pacific oceans." He stated the English Channel has already been dried up and thanked Archibald G. Thacher of New York, head of the citizens committee for universal training, for their work.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Atlantic
Pacific
English Channel
Archibald G. Thacher
New York
Citizens’ Committee For Universal Training
Yanks Bomb Stuttgart In Snow Blind Mission
More than 700 American warplanes bomb Stuttgart in 54 below zero weather, carpet bombing the airfield and freight yards with 1500 tons of explosives. 300 Mustangs and Thunderbolts escorted 400 Flying Fortresses. several German targets in Saar, Munich, and Ruhr area also hit by US and RAF units.
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Charles Chamberlain
London
Stuttgart
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Luftwaffe
New Italian Cabinet Near Forming under Bonomi
Three vice premiers, including Palmiro Togliatti, will join Ivanot Bonomi's government with Giulio di Rodino and a Liberal from the Labor Democrats. Degasperi named foreign minister. Sforza out due to stance on Badoglio. Casati war minister, de Courten navy, Soleri treasury, Gallo agriculture retained.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Ivanot Bonomi
Togliatti
Bonomi
Giulio di Rodino
Christian Democrats
Liberal Party
Labor Democrats
Carlo Sforza
Winston Churchill
Sforza
Christian Democrat
Degasperi
U. S
State Department
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Alexandro Casati
Raffaele de Courten
Marcello Soleri
Treasury
Fausto Gallo
Churchill
Breakthroughs Push Allies Deep Into Saar Basin Front
Allied forces urged a southern drive into Saarland as the 3rd Army crossed the Saar and linked with the 26th and 35th divisions. The 7th Army pressed toward Haguenau near Germany while the 9th and 1st Armies closed in on Julich and Bergstein amid wintry conditions and German counterattacks.
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Paris
3Rd Army
Maginot Line
Saar River
Saarland
Achen
Sarreguemines
35Th
Saar
Saarbrucken
Theu. S. 7Th Army
Rhine
Haguenau
Germany
Alsace
U. S. 9Th Army
Roer
Julich
Bergstein
Holland
U. S
Cologne Plain
Cologne
9Th Army
Courtney H. Hodge
1St Army
Laird Cregar Dies at 28 After Operation and Heart Attack
Laird Cregar, a 28 year old motion picture star, died Saturday night after a heart attack following abdominal surgery last week. Born Samuel Laird Cregar in Philadelphia on July 28, 1916, he rose as a tall actor in films including Hudson's Bay Blood and Sand and This Gun for Hire. He had just completed Hangover Square and is survived by his mother Elizabeth and five brothers.
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Los Angeles
Laird Cregar
Samuel Laird Cregar
Philadelphia
Hudson's Bay
Paul Muni
Charlie
Elizabeth Cregar
General of Elas Forces Surrenders in Athens Civil War
A senior Elas general reportedly surrendered Saturday night as Athens remains divided between Elas loyalists and the regular government and British troops. Liberals acting as mediators warned peace could return to the capital by Sunday or Monday. Further Elas units massed outside the city amid the capitulation report.
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Eam-Elas Group
Elas
Athens
Papandreou
R. M. Scobie
Greece
EAM
Pireaus
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George Bria
Armes Edes
Exe
Port Leontos
Ilias Tsirimakos
Stephanos Seraphis
7Th Army
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