U.S. 9th Army Presses Toward Cologne Amid Pacific Strikes
Allied air and naval forces report heavy attacks on Japanese shipping in the Philippines and Borneo, sinking or damaging numerous barges and ships. MacArthur notes night reinforcements to Leyte, while Nimitz revises totals from carrier strikes on Luzon. Burma road advances and continued Sino- from Salween front push toward Burma border are also noted.
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Leyte
Philippines
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Ormoc
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Manila
Luzon Island
Nimitz
Manila Bay
Leyte Island
Limon
Yamashita
MacArthur
China
Burma Road
Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Marianas
Burma
Chefang
Government Seizure Looms As Phone Operator Strike
Dayton report notes Miss Jeanette Reedy says settlement prospects look good as nationwide sympathy walkouts affect Washington Detroit and Ohio. White House weighs seizure of exchanges with Stabilization Director Vinson to handle the Bell system. Picket lines form and threats of new walkouts arise.
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Dayton
Jeanette Reedy
Associated Here
Washington
Detroit
Ohio
White House
Bor
Vinson
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
National Federation
Bell Telephone System
Snow Blankets La Crosse as Deer Season Opens
La Crosse area records a light snow event with about half an inch falling Wednesday night, melting quickly on sidewalks but covering lawns. Snow amounts were lighter in northern Wisconsin with traces in Chippewa and Flambeau watersheds. Temperatures rose from 34 to 30 and a thaw is expected by Friday. deer hunters begin Wisconsin's annual season Saturday as church services proceed in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
A. D. Sanial
Sanial
Chippewa
Flambeau
Wausau
la Crosse Federation of Churches
Edmundson Fails To Win Aid Of Federal Court In Union Fight
A federal court refused to aid Ray Edmundson in his bid to appear on the ballot for UMW president against John L. Lewis. Justice Goldsborough said there was no jurisdiction after Edmundson did not exhaust union remedies and failed to contest a credentials ruling. Edmundson plans to appeal from Springfield Illinois as he accuses the court of endorsing dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmundson
Washington
Ray Edmundson
John L. Lewis
T. Allan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Springfield
Justice Goldsborough
District 12
Illinois
Cincinnati
Seven Executed For Revolt In Bolivia
Bolivian authorities report seven army officials and politicians executed for participating in Sunday’s abortive revolt at Oruro. Col. Militon Brie, described as the revolt leader, died in action at Kakena near the Chilean frontier. Col. Ividio Qui nga reportedly escaped. Chilean officials were to investigate border entries and whether Bolivians entered Chilean territory.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Oruro
Col
Militon Brie
Kakena
Ividio Quinga
Aricana
Local Weather Tonight and Friday Forecast
Pair of weather notes state a low near 32 tonight and a high around 42 Friday. The outlook remains mild with warming trend into the weekend.
Thanksgiving Day Amid War Fronts and Homes Observed
Thanksgiving 1944 found soldiers abroad and at home enjoying turkey as shortages pressed civilians. The War Department urged turkey for those in trenches while the Navy stocked meals for 12 million pounds of young tom turkey. Eisenhower urged bond buying to fund vital equipment as heavy tire shortages threatened production. Chaplains held services near front lines and abroad with church gatherings in Rome Paris and Westminster echoing the proclaims. Plymouth Mass observed a wartime feast and broadcast programs while Boston hosted a soldiers and nurses ball as war plants stayed active and stores closed for the holiday.
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Turkey
War Department
Navy
Continental United States
Plymouth
Mass
Barents
Notre Dame
Paris
Reims
St. Paul's
Rome
Alexander C. Kirk
Roosevelt
London
John G. Winant
Westminster Abbey
Henry B. Hobson
Ohio
Boston
U. Army
British Push Ahead In Italy Struggle
Allied forces report progress in Italy with Eighth Army clearing Germans from the Cosina river loop near Faenza and taking additional villages. Polish troops advance beyond Mount Fortino capturing Oriolo San Biagio and San Mamante. Indian troops of the 5th Army occupy strategic ground north of Modigliana.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Cosina River
Faenza
Bologna-Rimi
Mount Fortino
Oriolo
San Biagio
San Mamante
5Th Army
Modigliana
U S Plan For Combatting Japs To Be Put Into Use By Chiang
Chungking dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer announcing Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek accepted the plan to deploy Chinese forces against Japan. Wedemeyer says the Japanese cannot be defeated by island hopping and must be checked on the Asian continent. He foresees mobilizing all American and Chinese resources and notes changes in Japanese leadership but expects tactics to shift little. He praises Chinese war minister Chen Cheng’s leadership and influence.
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U.S
Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai-shek
Wedemeyer
China
India
Tokyoo
Shunroku Hata
Yasuji Okamua
U. S
Chen Cheng
Chen
Canada Conscription Debate Reaches Defense Minister Views
In Ottawa the house of commons summons Defense Minister McNaughton to present views on overseas conscription. Prime Minister Mackenzie King warns the move could threaten Canadian unity for generations. Some ministers push for a fixed trial period for the voluntary system before drafting a 60 000 man home defense force for overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
McNaughton
Mackenzie King
Halsey Praises Courage of American Servicemen in Thanksgiving Address
Admiral William F. Halsey delivering a NBC broadcast from the 3rd Fleet flagship at Pearl Harbor urged Americans to thank the fighting men and women from the western Pacific. He praised unfaltering courage and said the nation must remember those who made the supreme sacrifice to preserve the heritage they defend.
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Pacific
Heroic Yank Pilot Killed in South China Sea Crash
Maj. Horace E. Carswell Jr. and co-pilot Lieut. James L. O Nea l died when a B 24 Liberator with two engines out attacked a Japanese convoy. Eight crew members bailed out as Carswell and O Neal stayed aboard with Hillier who perished after trying to save others. Schnepf witnessed the final moments as the plane crashed on a China mountainside.
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U. S
China
Horace E
Stump) Carswell, Jr
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Air Force
South China Sea
Carswell
James L. O'Neal
Maywood
Ill
O'Neal
Walter W. Hillier
Chicago
Hillier
Carlton S. Schnepf
Hicksville
N. Y
Schnepf
Women of Japan Propaganda Praises Courage of Japanese Women
A Tokyo radio voice identified as Chio Furuno, a former University of Chicago sociology student, attacks American women as cowards while praising Japanese women. She cites a newspaper story of a fainting American woman and contrasts U S gender roles with Japanese workers who wear old family clothes and perform tasks once thought to be men’s work.
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Japan
Tokyo
Chio Furuno
University of Chicago
America
Miss Furuno
Federal Communications Commission
Army and Navy Auxiliary
Chicago
Medium Bombers Head East for Continent Raid
A medium Allied bomber formation headed east this afternoon toward the continent to strike German oil centers. Spotty weather briefly threatened to interrupt the sustained bombardment during the mission.
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London
Continent
Allied and German forces clash as mud halts air power
In a rain soaked front the Allied air power was largely grounded while heavy fighting raged along the Aachen line. American tanks and artillery slugged at Julich as King Tiger tanks lurked in ruined towns. British and American units advanced toward Venlo and near Saarbrucken amid dense forest and stiff resistance from Tiger units.
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Aachen
Roer
Julich
Kostar
Holland
Venlo
Maas
Meuse
Amerika
Normandy
Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ruhr
U. S
Eschweiler
Darwiss
Lohn
Hurtgen Forest
1St
Weisweiler
9Th
Koslar
9Th Army
William H. Simpson
Geilenkirchen
2Nd
Hovemx
Gereensweiler
Cologne
Crewless B-17 Crashes in Minnesota After 400-Mile Flight
A Boeing B-17 flew about 400 miles without a crew before crashing in a wooded area 70 miles northeast of Duluth. Ten crew members bailed out near Marion, South Dakota, and were taken to Sioux Falls. The pilot identified as Lieut. Colin J. Park remained with the ship briefly before also bailing out as the aircraft began to vibrate and threaten fire.
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Sioux City
Duluth
Minn
W. A. Dawson
Sioux City Army Air Base
Marion
S. D
Sioux Falls
Soviet Forces Inch Closer to Hungarian Strongpoints
Soviet troops pressed toward Hatvan Eger and Miskolc in harsh rain and mud along the 85 mile front northeast of Budapest. The official communique claimed six villages seized and 43 German tanks knocked out amid fierce Hungarian SS counterattacks near Heviz Gyor and in Gyongyos foothills near the Matra mountains.
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Moscow
Hatvan
Eger
Miskolc
Budapest
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Heviz-Gyor
Budapest-Hetvan
Gyongyos
Matra
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Yanks and French Break Through Near Strasbourg
American Ninth Army and French armor push from the Roar valley toward Cologne and Rhine plain seizing Bourheim Pattern and Lohn as air support falters under rain. Allied forces breach toward Strasbourg with German units retreating from Lorraine and Alsace amid heavy resistance.
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London
9Th Army
Roar
Koslar
Barmen
Cologne
Rhine
Aachen
Berlin
Bourheim
Pattern
Lohn
Rhineland
Roer
Strasbourg
Alsace-Lorraine
Dea
Marshal von Rundstedt
Lorraine
Alsace
Vosges
Saverne
Belfort
Mulhouse
Battenheim
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The
Associated Press
Bulletin
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War Food Administration
War Production Board
WPB
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Services In
Europe
Italy
Canada
Halsey
By Clyde A. Farnsworth
Women of America
Saarbrucken
Metz
3Rd Army
Tenth Armor
Sth Army
Belgium
Bastog
LUX
France
Switzerland
Rhine River
Cologne- Dusseldorf
Moselle
Coblenz
U. S. 7Th Army
Minnesota
Daniel DE Luce
William Frye
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