Open Mortar and Artillery Fight In China Conflict
Coastal fighting along the Great Wall as Communist forces halt Nationalist advances toward Manchuria. Reports from Chinwangtao describe heavy shelling near Shanhai kwan with Marines observing no new incidents. Telegraphed updates claim 40th Army defeat near Peiping, with skirmishes around Tientsin and a looming American withdrawal by spring.
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Chungking
China
Great Wall
Manchuria
U. S
Chinwangtao
Tientsin
Pehtaiho Junction
Chingwangtao
Bergholz
Albert G. Wedemeyer
Washington
Red
40Th
Shanghai
Peiping
Associated Press
Olen Clements
High Pointers On Isle Promised A Ride
In Honolulu 140 high-point veterans on Canton Island in the Phoenix group await transport home since last July. The Pacific command transportation office said only a few men are eligible at a time for discharge, delaying a troop ship. A forward troopship will stop at Canton to pick up all eligible on its return, similar complaints having come from Christmas Island.
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Honolulu
Canton Island
Phoenix
mid-Pacific Command
Army
Stars and Stripes
Canton
Christmas Island
Hawaii
Record Gambling Haul in Washington Caps City History
Police report the capital's largest gambling operation seized. Three men ran a 15 foot telephone table, leased wire football score bets, and a race track wire, allegedly generating about 200000 monthly and 30000 daily. Inspector Oscar J. Letterman called it the biggest gambling haul yet.
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Washington
Oscar J. Letterman
Departure planned for most Marianas personnel by Novembers end
More than 46,500 eligible army officers and enlisted men, about 95 percent of those now in the Marianas, will begin returning home before November 30, according to the mid Pacific command. Over half of the mariners are strategic air force personnel.
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Honolulu
Marianas
mid-Pacific Command
Strategic Air Force
Yokohama
Philippines
Pacific Islands
Americal
Peoples
Labor
Cloudy Warmer Sunday With Blgusts Near 50
A cloud filled day brings warmer temperatures with moderately strong winds. The highest temperature in the afternoon is near 50 degrees.
Soerabaja and Java under intensified British attack
Reports from Batavia indicate Soerabaja and surrounding areas were devastated by British air, sea, and land assault. Indian troops advanced toward the naval base while Indonesian resistance and civilian casualties were described as growing amid bombardment and shelling orders.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
Jogjakarta
RAF
Soekarno
Patton to Command U S Forces in Eisenhower Visit
Berlin dispatch reports General George S. Patton Jr will command United States forces in the European theater during Eisenhower’s visit to the United States. Patton heads the skeleton staff of the 18th Army with headquarters at Bad Nauheim.
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Berlin
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patton
1Sth Army
Bad Nauheim
Nation Observes 27th Armistice Day in Churches and Open Offices
The 27th Armistice Day will be marked in La Crosse churches on Sunday with memorial services and a noon hour observance. Public schools close at noon, and county and city offices except the health department shut Monday along with the post office and banks. President Truman and Prime Ministers Attlee and King will lead wreath ceremonies at Arlington at 10 a.m. CST.
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la Crosse
J. J. Verdota
County Court House
Health Department
Washington
Truman
Clement Attlee
Great Britain
MacKenzie King
Canada
Arlington Cemetery
Sir John Dill
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Law to Talk On Highways at La Crosse Meeting
A public meeting on improving highways is set for Monday at 8 p m in the Crystal room of the Stoddard hotel. James R Law of the Wisconsin highway commission speaks on federal highway act aid for cities over 5 000 population, plus state matching funds. The La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce road and bridges committee sponsors with Frank Wilkinson as chair.
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Stoddard Hotel
Crystal Room
James R. Law
Wisconsin Highway Commission
la Crosse County
la Crosse
G. W. Price
Hennepin County
United Nations Leaders Praise UNRRA on Its Second Anniversary
UNRRA marked its second anniversary as President Truman and other UN leaders lauded the relief agency. Truman said UNRRA has shown international cooperation can relieve suffering, prevent starvation, and restore hope to war torn lands, with the United States pledging continued support as a step toward a better world.
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Washington
UNRRA
Truman
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Bond drive lags in La Crosse county War Finance report
La Crosse county bond sales in the 8th and Victory drives lag, reported by War Finance Officer James McCord. Total county sales reach 69 percent of quota at 160130 dollars, with E bonds at 112936 dollars or 12.8 percent of county quota. Statewide figures show stronger performance. county totals include 207463 dollars or 6.6 percent of quota, and individual sales at 16900000 dollars or 19.6 percent. E bond state sales stand at 7900000 dollars or 17.5 percent of state quota. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad commits 25000 dollars to La Crosse county.
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la Crosse County
James McCord
War Finance
McCord
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Walter G. Holmes
Major Issues Before Leaders At White House
Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee meet at the White House to discuss the atomic bomb and broader issues including Jewish immigration to Palestine and a potential Anglo American loan to Britain. Officials weigh sharing atomic knowledge under UN inspection amid Russian secrecy.
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White House
Washington
Truman
Attlee
Britain
MacKenzie King
London
Russia
United Nations
America
Canada
Japan War Crimes List To Be Issued Soon
Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe told reporters the United States uncovered a propaganda school at St. Pauls University in Tokyo where Japanese and other Asians were trained to foment discontent in occupied lands. He warned of ongoing nationalist explosions in Java and other areas as Allies plan repatriation and Japan moves toward a new political era with free elections and rising labor influence.
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Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
Elliot R. Thorpe
MacArthur
St. Paul's University
Thorpe
Kujuro Shidehara
Britain and U.S. Plan Joint Jewish Immigration Committee
Reliable sources said Saturday night that Great Britain and the United States agreed to form a joint committee to handle Jewish immigration to Palestine and the resettlement of displaced European Jews.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Palestine
Marines Birthday Tribute Highlights Navy Marine Bonds
Secretary Forrestal praised Marines on their 170th birthday and urged unity across armed forces. Presidents and generals lauded Marines for Pacific victories at Guadalcanal and in WWII.
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Washington
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Truman
George C. Marshall
Lloyd T. Chalker
Coast Guard
Pacific
Roberts Heads Army Clemency Board
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts is named chairman of the War Department clemency board to review 34 260 military prisoners serving general court martial sentences, announced Saturday by the department.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
War Department
Department
Limit Use Of Troops For KP
San Francisco reports orders to stop high point service members from KP aboard ships under army control. Maj. Gen. Homer J. Groninger says the action requires civilian crews in the steward department before commercial passenger space is allocated on War Shipping Administration vessels. He notes the Monterey voyage was Navy operated and not Army controlled.
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San Francisco
Orient
Homer J. Groninger
Monterey
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Chief of Transportation
Army
WSA
War Shipping Administration
Navy
Honolulu
Merchant Seamen With 32 Months Of Service Free From Draft
Washington announces a new policy making merchant seamen with 32 months of substantially continuous service eligible for discharge and draft exemption effective November 15. Vice Admiral Land and Major General Hershey release the change noting civilians serve under hazard and that recruitment of 18 to 25 year olds will pause unless disqualified or limited.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Lewis B. Hershey
Merchant Marine
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
War Shipping Administration
Plane Crash Kills 5 In Tennessee Near Kentucky Line
Five men died when an army B-25 crashed near Log Mountain close to the Kentucky Tennessee state line. The accident occurred Saturday leaving the cause under investigation and the victims identified by authorities.
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Pruden, Tenn
Log Mountain
Kentucky - Tennessee
Schwellenbach Presses Steel Firms for Concession Talks
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach renews drive to bring U S Steel and CIO steelworkers to wage talks. He rejects a flat refusal from U S Steel president Fairless and reiterates the goal of collective bargaining aided by government mediation as key to stabilizing labor relations nationwide.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Arthur S. Meyer
Fairless
OPA
War Crimes Trial Briefs Turned Over To Counsel
In Mernebarg Germany trial briefs on about a dozen Nazi defendants were handed to trial counsel Saturday. Col Howard A Brundage River Forest IL chief of the conspiracy section said the briefs blueprint the individual responsibility of the defendants in relation to the war guilt conspiracy as set forth in the indictment.
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Mernberg
Germany
Howard A. Brundage
River Forest
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UN Crosse Tribune
Reveal Japs
Shakaito
Socialist Party
Tetsu Katayama
Minhonto
Peoples Party
Diet
Jiyuto
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Communist Party
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Marshall
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Army Clemency Board
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Reuther
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Walter Reuther
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