Doolittle Raiders Return After Colorful Adventure
Five Tokyo raiders of Lt Gen James H Doolittle's bombers have returned to the United States after landing in Russia and slipping across a guarded border. The crew included Maj Edward J York, 1st Lt Robert Gabel Emmons, 2nd Lt Nolan A Herndon, Sgt Theodore H Laban and Cpl Davis W Pohl, who were interned in Russia before moving to Ashkhabad and finally crossing into Iran, where they disappeared from Soviet custody.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
United States
Russia
Associated Press
China
Vladivostok
U. S
William H. Standley
Far East
Penza
Moscow
Kuibishev
Joseph A. Michela
Edward Page
Ews Service
Kama
Admiral Standley
Ashkhabad
Caspianea
Meshed
Edward J. York
San Antonio
Texas
Robert Gabel Emmons
Medford
Ore
Nolan A. Herndon
Sulphur Springs
Theodore H. Laban
Kenosha
Wis
Davis W. Pohl
Wellesley
Mass
German Trained Italians Desert En masse to Allies
Advanced Allied reports say German trained Italian troops have defected in large numbers. Daily deserters exceed 30 with a record 108 in seven hours. Some escape to Italian Patriot forces or return home in civilian clothes. Germany recruited four divisions from internment camps to man a mountainous front sector.
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Italy
Germany
Chinese leader's allyship shifts amid war and peace talks
The article notes a key figure closely aligned with the US during Chiang Kai-shek's regime attending the Roosevelt Churchill Quebec conference. Seen as a moderating influence, his appointment could push Communist forces to aid Nationalists, amid Japan's advances in Kweichow and Burma and British drive toward Mandalay.
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Chicago Daily News
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Kweichow
Faimied
Kweiyang
Chungking
Kunming
China
Burma Road
Kichang
Burma
Bhamo
Mandalay
Kalewa
Compromise Sought By Franco Regime
Paris reports an unconfirmed plan by General Aranda Orgaz to meet Republican leader Miguel Maura in France to discuss a compromise between the Falangists and Republicans. The move would keep most advantages with the Army, but INSiders doubt feasibility due to opposition from other top military leaders.
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Paris
Francisco Franco
Aranda Orgaz
France
Miguel Maura
United Press
Spain
Marshall Says Power Of U S Dooms Tyranny
General George C. Marshall states in Army and Navy Journal that the United States will keep military power to stop aggression before it begins. He argues the U S record in war shows the democracy will maintain forces sufficient to overwhelm prospective tyrants in the future.
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Washington
United States
George C. Marshall
Army and Navy Journal
Marshall
Shortage cripples German air force fuel supply and output
General Baker notes that Allied attacks have disrupted enemy production and, more importantly, fuel shortages cripple Luftwaffe operations. He claims fuel constraints limit German fighter sorties despite high nominal strength, and compares suppression tactics to gagging a man when choking fails.
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Luftwaffe
Baker
Slow Mustering Out Favored By Britain
London dispatch reports a British Institute of Public Opinion poll showing 76 percent favor gradual demobilization as jobs become available, 16 percent want immediate demobilization, and eight voters offered no opinion. The cross section of Britons was asked whether to demobilize men as soon as possible or gradually with job creation.
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London
British Institute of Public Opinion
Islands
Military Rule Plan Told To Germans
SHAEF reports a first of 13 talks in which the military government pledges firmness and justice for Germany. It vows destruction of the Nazi and militaristic systems, upholds humanity and civilized standards, promises laws remain unless incompatible, and pledges fair speedy trials with orderly punishment.
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SHAEF
Italian Socialist Leader To Attend Labor Parley
Pietro Nenni secretary of the Italian Socialist party will leave Saturday for London to join a conference on December 10 ahead of the British Labor Party Congress. Representatives from Italy France Belgium Luxembourg Sweden and Switzerland are invited. Nenni will also visit Paris.
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Pietro Nenni
Italian Socialist Party
London
Labor Party
The
Italy
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Sweden
Switzerland
Nenni
Paris
Bob Hope to Receive 1944 Gold Medal for Achievement
The Poor Richard Club announced in Philadelphia that Bob Hope, renowned comedian and war front entertainer, will receive the 1944 Gold Medal for Achievement at the annual dinner in January. General Henry H. Arnold was the prior year’s winner.
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Philadelphia
Poor Richard
Bob Hope
Henry H. Arnold
U.S Army Air Forces
Bombing of Tokyo Toughest, Heaviest B-29 Raid Yet
In the fourth B-29 raid on Tokyo, American bombers faced fierce Japanese intercepts and weathered clear skies for daylight bombing. One B-29 was lost after fighter attacks. 75 percent of bombs aimed at the Nakajima Musashima plant reportedly struck. Leyte air operations pounded Japanese airfields and shipping as ground fighting on Leyte remained limited by heavy rains.
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Washington
Tokyo
Saipan
Diet
War Department
Musashima
Nakajima Aircraft Company
Tokyo Harbor
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Romanian cabinet resigns as Sanatescu resigns
Bucharest reports General Constantin Sanatescu's cabinet has resigned after a four hour meeting on the internal political situation King Michael asked Army Corps General Nicolae Radescu to form a new government amid left wing pressure over armistice terms and the purge of ministries controlled by the National Peasant party Sanatescu had led the government since August 23.
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Constantin Sanatescu
Michael
Romania
Army Corps
Nicolae Radescu
Reuter
National Peasant Party
General Sanatescu
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