Japanese Columns Driven in Retreat From Tahshan
Chinese high command announced progress in Kweichow and adjacent provinces as Japanese forces were pushed back from Tahshan and Shangssu. Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng said pursuit continues around Liming Pass and Liuchai, with Chinese units advancing toward Kweiyang and the Burma road center Kunming.
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Chungking
Shangssu
Tahshan
Kweichow
High Command
Shangesu
Kweiyang
Kwangsi Province
Kunming
Chiang Kai-shek
Chen Cheng
Liming
Dawn) Pass
Xwanger
Liuchai
Tuhshan
Kweiyang-Kweichow
Liming Pass
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Thushan
Pachai
Osaka Nagoya Hit By Thursday Earthquake Damage
Japan reported damage to factories and homes in Osaka and Nagoya with tidal floods and landslides in Shizuoka as Tokyo and other regions felt tremors. Domei said losses were limited, with some casualties in Hamamatsu and Shimizu, while the capital’s impact remained unconfirmed.
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Japan
Osaka
Nagoya
Tokyo
Honshu
Shizuoka
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Hamamatsu
Shimizu
Marauder Leader Merrill Named Deputy Commander in India Burma
Deputy Commander Frank Merrill, famed Marauders leader who helped break Japanese strength in North Burma, was named deputy U S commander in the India Burma theater under Lt Gen Daniel I Sultan. Col Deen Rusk of Oakland Calif named deputy chief of staff in the theater. Col Robert R Neyland, former Tennessee coach, advanced to brigadier general serving in Calcutta. home Greenville Texas.
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New Delhi
Frank Merrill
Burma
U. S
India-Burma
Daniel I. Sultan
Deen Rusk
Oakland Calif
Robert R. Neyland
University of Tennessee
Calcutta
Greenville
Tex
Trinity Lutheran and Trinity Episcopal Advent Services
Advent schedule from Trinity Lutheran at Thirteenth and New Hampshire with Pastor Alfred J. Beil and organist Mildred Reuter, plus Trinity Episcopal at Tenth and Vermont led by Rev. Thomas Rinde. Holy communion, a church school, services, music, and guild events listed alongside social notices.
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Trinity Lutheran ‘Church
Thirteenth and
New Hampshire
Alfred J. Beil
Mildred Reuter
Misa Ednah Hopkins
A. G. Sabol
Thomas Rinde
D.D
Western Theological Seminary
Fremont
Neb
Maikey
Wilson
Lucille Reuter
Patricia Jackson
Philip Endacott
Luther League
Lutheran Student Association
Trinity Episcopal
Vermont
Donald O. Weatherbee
Oliver FP. Hobbs
Ruth Orcutt
Trinity Guild
E. M. Paxton
Soldier Walter Ehlers Commissioned Second Lieutenant
Walter D. Ehlers, Staff Sergeant and thrice wounded Medal of Honor recipient, was commissioned a second lieutenant by the U S Army in Germany. Later he prepared to depart for a 30 day home leave in Manhattan Kansas under the rotation plan as First Army units advance.
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U. S
First Army
Walter D. Ehlers
Ming
Manhattan
Kan
Dewey to push bipartisanship for world peace push
Governor Thomas E. Dewey announced he will continue his presidential bid and seek bipartisanship in forming a lasting world peace. In a two paragraph statement he said he and adviser John Foster Dulles had discussed Dulles talks with Secretary of State Stettinius and Senate leaders and stressed their joint effort toward a nonpartisan peace.
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Albany
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Ublican Senate
Ewey
Ottinius
Vandenberg
Austin
J. Dulles
Cordell Hull
Organization For Lasting Peace
Air-Rail Express Service Report Highlights Growth
F. H. Penner, new local agent for Railway Express agency, reports that air-rail service rose about 12 percent in the first nine months of 1944 compared with 1943. The combined service carried 327000 shipments in the first three quarters, originating or ending in cities not served by airlines and requiring rail transit.
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F. H. Penner
Railway Express Agency
Myth of Gifts by Mary Grant in Atlantic Monthly
Poet Mary Grant of the University of Kansas Latin department wrote The Myth of Gifts for Atlantic Monthly November issue retelling a Plato Protagoras myth. Another poem Seson appeared in the magazine last April and three short poems were published by the periodical in 19 DeMille Wins First Round Los Angeles Dec 9 UP Cecil B DeMille won round one in his battle with the A F L American Federation of Radio Artists in a superior court case seeking an injunction.
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Mary Grant
University of Kansas Department of Latin
Atlantic Monthly
Protagoras
Seson
DeMille
Los Angeles
Cecil B. DeMille
A.F.L. American Federation of Radio Artists
We Superior Court
Voestomelny Hye
Emis
Court Orders Temporary Stay Over Production Assessment
A court issued a temporary order related to a producer facing a $1 assessment. Details remain unclear as the snippet lacks full context. The ruling signals a pause or injunction pending further proceedings.
Court hearing stalls union action over air show dispute
A court heard motions regarding a union restraining order linked to a Monday evening air show. The interim ruling contemplates a $38,200 suspension and potential bars from the year, as DeMille seeks a resolution while the case proceeds.
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Sus
DeMille
Sunflower plant workers vow to sustain wartime powder supply
Sunflower Ordnance workers stay at home front jobs and back fighters by delivering essential rocket and artillery powders. The plant promises growing quantities of propel ing powder to the front, as workers join the patriotic effort to victory.
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Sunflower Ordnance
America
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