Yankees 32nd Division In Mid Pacific Battle
General MacArthur reports the Red Arrow 32nd Division has driven a deep wedge into Japanese positions north of Limon near Ormoc as American forces press the village and seal off enemy units. The 24th infantry completes an enveloping road block south of Limon while heavy jungle fighting and tropical rain hinder supply lines.
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C. Yates Nielgen
MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc Road
Limon
Ormoc
Hampson
24Th Infantry
Pinamopoan
Red Arrow
32Nd
Buna
Aitape
24Th
Mt. Minoro
Badian
First Cavalry
New Invasions Of Philippines Probable
Washington reports powerful new seaborne invasions of the Philippines appear probable after an official navy summary lauds a great victory over the Japanese fleet. The communique hints at American landings north of the Philippines to sever the reinforcement route to Leyte and Samar, with Luzon as the key objective in MacArthur’s campaign.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Samar
Luzon
3rd Army Penetrates Metz From Two Sides
London reports a Nazi resistance inside France with about 40 000 Germans in Paris area believed active. Sabotage includes electric cables and pipelines amid aid from collaborators. radio transmitters found and Paris restaurant curfews imposed by Berlin.
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Metz
Paris
London
France
Red Arrow Division Fights On Ormoc Road
MacArthur today confirmed the first combat mention of the 32nd Division known as the Red Arrow now on Leyte Island. The unit, largely from Wisconsin and Michigan, is described as advancing on the Ormoc road, adding to American forces in the campaign in the Pacific theater.
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Marlin Spencer
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
32Nd
Southwest Pacific
Red Arrow
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ormoc Road
Local Weather Maps Fair Skies with Mild Sunday Rise
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Overnight lows near 28 to 30 degrees and Sunday highs around 50 degrees.
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Temure
Jap Remnants Driven Back On Bras Island
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports Japanese defenders on Bras island in the Mapia group are being driven to the northern part of the island. Americans consolidate positions on Pegun as part of the effort to neutralize aerial watchers near Biak. In the Cebu Negros area allied planes destroyed six Japanese planes and probably three more of a 13 plane force. Two parked planes were destroyed and a Cebu airfield caught fire while heavy bombers pounded three airfields at Davao Mindanao. Runways were left unserviceable as three Japanese planes attempted a feeble interception.
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Marlin Spencer
Cebu-Negros Islands
Philippines
Cebu
Davao
Mindanao
Skeleton in New Orleans may be Mrs Bartley missing Wisconsin woman
Detective Captain Joseph Schwehm said authorities seek dentists in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin to confirm if a shipyard area skeleton is Mrs Bartley 20 a former shipyard worker last seen Aug 28 He believes the skeleton lay in a drainage ditch over two months and matches a black purse brown pumps and a red striped dress fragments found at the scene bolster the match papers show a 1942 marriage in Seattle and a social security card under Jeanette Opal Brouette of Sawyer Wisconsin
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New Orleans
Joseph Schwehm
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Bartley
Shipy
Schwehm
Isconsin
Norse Forced From Homes Wander In Snow
Norwegian men women and children flee snowbound roads in 20 degrees below freezing as Germans supervise a forced evacuation. A government spokesman claims the evacuation is labeled voluntary but all male workers are ordered to accompany retreating German troops. Livestock is shot and food stocks removed.
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Norway
Pilots Jump Before Two Navy Planes Crash in Wisconsin
Two single engine Navy planes crashed in central Wisconsin on Friday night. Both pilots parachuted to safety. one craft exploded near Wausau, the other near Pray in Jackson county. The Pray pilot spent the night in a farmhouse and notified naval authorities. Names withheld.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Pray
Jackson County
Naval
Nazis Claim Hospital Ship Sunk By RAF
An Associated Press report cites a German news agency saying the hospital ship Tuebingen was sunk today by four British fighters in the Adriatic. The broadcast claimed the ship was sunk but offered no independent confirmation.
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RAF
DNB
Tuebingen
Adriatic Sea
Bombing Attacks Reported on Philippine Islands
A Tokyo dispatch says 20 American bombers attacked Davao in Mindanao while 25 bombers raided Legaspi on Luzon. A Leyte Reuters dispatch notes unescorted Liberator bombers dropped 120 tons on Mindanao airfields. time of attack not provided.
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London
German
Transocean Agency
Tokyo
Davao
Philippines
Legaspi
Luzon
Reuters
Leyte
Mindanao
U S Losses in Philippines Battle Rise to Over Sixty Vessels
Navy communique updates the October battle of the Philippines noting 8 Japanese ships sunk or damaged and an undetermined number of destroyers, with 6 American ships sunk or damaged. Princet on Saint Lo Gambier Bay Johnston Hoel and Samuel B Roberts named among losses.
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China
Japan
Navy
Philippines
United States
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
MacArthur
Princeton
Saint Lo
Gambier Bay
Johnston
Hoel
Samuel B. Roberts
Glass tube artery repair proposed to save limbs
A Canadian doctor near the Belgian front with Capt. Ken Wilson and Maj. W. T. Mustard reports a new method using glass tubing to bridge shattered arteries. The procedure aims to save arms and legs by maintaining blood supply, performed in about half an hour, first tested successfully on a wounded captain.
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Belgium
Ken Wilson
Ottawa
W. T. Mustard
Toronto
Alarm on Oahu Triggers Long Second War Air Raid Alert
United States Pacific Fleet headquarters reports an unidentified incident on Oahu last night causing the island to enter its second longest air raid alert of the war. Anti-aircraft units engaged briefly before midnight, but no planes were shot down.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Honolu
Oahu Island
Ohio cities see widespread phone operator strike
A sympathy walkout by Ohio Bell operators hit 20 cities from Columbus to Dayton with other towns likely to join. Manual service and long distance delays occurred while metro areas with automatic systems kept some calls flowing. The Dayton area, near Wright and Patterson fields, was described as a vital communications center for military and war industry operations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Toledo
Akron
Cleveland
Youngstown
Canton
Ohio Bell
Washington
Army Air Forces
Wright and Patterson
Train derailment injures passengers near Hortense
In Waycross Georgia fourteen Atlantic Coast Line passenger cars derailed after No. 91 from New York to Tampa overturned near Hortense at 8:30 am EST. Dozens were injured but none fatally. victims were taken to Waycross hospitals while remaining passengers continued later on a southbound train.
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Waycross
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Tampa
Fla
Hortense
Russians Drive Axis Back Near Budapest Front
Soviet forces pressed northeast from Budapest as they advanced into the Matra and Bukk ranges. Key Hungarian towns Eger Miskolc Hatvan fell under pressure while the Budapest Miscolc line and portions of the Danube bridgehead remained contested.
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Moscow
Budapest
Matra
Bukk
Eger
Miskolc
Hatvan
Maklar
Fuzesabony
Red Army
Tisza Luc
Karacsond
Gyoengoes
Matra Mountains
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Budapest-Mikole
Slovakia
Csany
Zsambok
Danube
Batind
Belgrade
Liberation Forces Hold Tirana Hall
Free Yugoslav radio reports fierce fighting in Tirana with liberation units seizing the town hall radio station and prison. German troops reportedly defend the Shkumbin river barracks and King Zog's palace as battles continue.
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London
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tirana
Albania
Liberation Army
Shkuba
Zog
Death of Sir James Blair Governor of Queensland
Brisbane reports the death of Sir James Blair aged 73 a lieutenant governor of Queensland since 1933 announced Saturday.
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Brisbane
Australia
James Blair
Queensland
Poles Capture Monte Fortino in Bologna Rimini Drive
Allied reports say Monte Fortino five miles south of Faenza fell to Polish troops in the 8th army advance on a key Bologna Rimini communications center. Other Allied units pushed near Faenza while British forces faced German resistance near Villagrappa and Funga. Adriatic sector patrols continued and Molinaccio airport west of Ravenna was cleared by tanks and artillery.
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Rome
Monte Fortino
Faenza
Bologna-Rimini
Villagrappa
Funga
Adriatic
Molinaccio
Ravenna
London
Germany
Aachen
U. S
Metz
Berlin
Rhine
Patton
3Rd Army
Perl
Luxembourg
Saar
Moselle
Saar Border
Bouzonville
Saarbrucken
Filstroff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sergeant Convicted Of Mistreating American Soldiers
Lincoln Nebraska. Sergeant Odus L West a former Hermitage Missouri deputy sheriff was found guilty by a court martial of six of eight specifications charging him with striking and mistreating American soldier prisoners under his command He was sentenced to hard labor for two years with dishonorable discharge and a clemency recommendation will be attached for review by higher authorities.
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Lincoln
Odus L. West
Hermitage. Mo
West
Maj
Walter Jem. Kennedy
2Nd Air Force
Colorado Springs
Colo
Military Justice Division
Washington
Jap Cabinet Ready For Decisive Battle
The Koiso cabinet in Japan is poised for a decisive battle, with Tokyo radio quoting Asahi that the wartime government is formed and its preparations to carry out wartime policies are complete. The broadcast, recorded for Italy and transmitted via the U S FCC, notes the cabinet has set out to adjust all functions and now only prompts actions remain.
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Kuniaki Koiso
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Asahi
Italy
Federal Communication’s Commission
Nazis Erect Hidden Bases in Norway Alarm Allies Say
Allied informants report Germany is building secret structures in central Norway mountains with hundreds of foreign laborers, possibly for a new weapon. Districts are restricted as crews work at the sites.
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London
Norway
Wedemeyer Recommends A Sound China War Plan
Maj. Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of U S forces in the China theater, told a press conference he advised Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on a simple sound disposition to meet enemy capabilities. He cited possible moves by Japan and noted close talks with Chiang and optimism over Stalin’s remarks about Japan.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Indo-China
Kweiyang
Kweichow Province
Chengtu
Szechwan
Wedemeyer
Shunroku Hata
Chiang
Stalin
Japan
Danish Socialism Leader Slavi Shot in Copenhagen Attack
Capt Johan Stahl noted as pacemaker of Danish national socialism was shot Friday afternoon by unknown assassins in Copenhagen. German radio reported pedestrians heard shots from a street car and saw a man flee after firing at a man on the street before riding away on a waiting bicycle.
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Associated Press
Johan Stahl
Copenhagen
United States to Open Talks on Global News Exchange
The United States plans discussions with other nations to pursue international agreements ensuring freedom of world news exchange. Washington would take the first government step to guarantee unhindered independent news interchange to foster global understanding.
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Morgantown
W. Va
United States
Washington
Paasikivi vows strict armistice terms with Soviet Union
Finnish Premier Juho K. Paasikivi said his new government would observe armistice terms with Russia scrupulously and seek better relations with the Soviet Union. In Helsingfors he told Tidningen that it would be better to wish him luck than be congratulatory.
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Stockholm
Juho K. Paasikivi
Russia
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Tidningen
Paasikivi
Argentina plans compulsory military training for youths
Buenos Aires reports a new armed forces statute requiring all citizens of both sexes to begin training for national defense at age 12. Girls aged 12 to 20 will likely engage in athletics and health improvements, while an army auxiliary service may organize to absorb women.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tragic Carbon Monoxide Deaths Hit Michigan Deer Camp
Jack Tigner, 15, and Eugene Griswold, 17, both of North Bradley, died in Mercy hospital Grayling from carbon monoxide fumes from an open charcoal burner in a house trailer used by a deer hunting party near Lewiston. The incident occurred last Wednesday.
Leigh-Mallory Missing in Flight to India
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his wife are reported missing after their unescorted plane vanished en route to India to assume command in southeast Asia. An Air Ministry statement said a wide search found no trace of the aircraft or passengers.
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London
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
India
Southeast Asia
Air Ministry
Lady Leigh-Mallory
Allied Expeditionary Air Forces
Mediterranean
RAF
Asia
Metz Airport Battle Rages Near Frescaty Airfield
American forces of the 5th division attack northeast from a farm near Augny against German positions at Frescaty and Metz. They clear hangars and buildings, seize ammunition caches, and press toward Metz amid heavy anti aircraft fire, wounded and exhausted troops, and stubborn German resistance.
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Metz
France
Frescaty Airfield
Augny
Allies Press Vast Western Front Advance Near Aachen
Allied forces push from Aachen toward Geilenkirchen and the Rhine as Patton’s 3rd Army drives toward the Saar region. American and British units cross key barriers, with hundreds of prisoners taken and rapid buildup across a 400 mile western front.
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Metz
3Rd
Germany
Luxembourg
Reich
Saar
Belfort
7Th Army
Strasbourg
2Nd Army
Holland
Zig Canal
Maas
Meuse
Venlo
Fece
Geilenkirchen
Aachen
Heinsberg
Prummern
U. S. 9Th Army
Ist
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