B-29 Bombers Hit Manchuria In Fourth Year Of War
A large force of B-29 Superfortresses based in China conducted a daylight raid on key war production targets in Mukden and Dairen in Manchuria. Tokyo reported incendiaries dropped on Tokyo as a follow up, with initial claims of fires started in one area. The 20th Air Force confirmed the operation but gave few details.
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Japan
Mukden
Dairen
Manchuria
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
United States
20Th Air Force
20Th Bomber Command
China
FCC
Radio Tokyo
Domei Agency
Washington
United States Marks Pearl Harbor Third Anniversary With Heavy Allied Push
On the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor the United States celebrates a turning tide as Allied forces strike Japan and press Germany back. The Pacific fleet was crippled in 1941, but by 1944 American power, industrial output, and battlefield successes helped reverse early losses, with Moscow resisting Nazi advances and Allied campaigns shaping the path toward Tokyo and Berlin.
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United States
Japan
Germany
Washington
America
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
North
Yanks Gain In Ormoc Corridor On Leyte Island
General MacArthur announced substantial gains in the Ormoc corridor on Leyte as improving weather allowed intensified pressure on Japanese forces. Inland sealanes to Ormoc were severed, signaling a tightening of the pocket around the last stronghold.
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Ormoc
Leyte Island
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
FCC
Domei
Manchuria
Imperial Air Force
National Army of
Manchukuo
Tokyo
Blue
Leyte Gulf
Sealanes
Pearl Harbor Day Observed in New Castle
Today marks the third anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Residents of New Castle observe the day by buying additional war bonds in the Sixth loan drive.
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Pearl Harbor
New Castle
Local Christmas tree displays begin in city sections
The Pa News reports Christmas trees are already on display in several city sections marketed by local growers. Charles Thompson of 215 East Grant Street returned from McKean County with a six point buck weighing 175 pounds.
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Pa News
Charles Thompson
East
Grant Street
McKean County
Springfield bus strike halts city transportation
A paralyzing strike by 100 bus drivers and 30 maintenance men idle 69 Springfield Transportation company buses crippling war plants and factories across Springfield. The walkout began at 6 a.m. disrupting daily operations.
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Springfield
Iul
Springfield Transportation Company
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending 9 am report a maximum temperature of 42 and a minimum of 24 with no precipitation. River stage 3.9 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 48 and the minimum 34 with 0.25 inches of rain.
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United States
Russian Forces Reach 40 Miles From Austrian Border
Soviet third Ukrainian army advances across southeastern Hungary on a 150 mile front, seizing southern Lake Balaton shore and pushing spearheads toward the Austrian border. The move includes a Danube advance to within 30 miles of Budapest and heavy casualties among Germans and Hungarians. Reports differ on Budapest’s status, with Berlin claims of a larger attack not confirmed.
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Moscow
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Danube
Racz-Almas
Berlin
Shopping District Hit By German Rocket Bomb
A German V bomb struck a southern England shopping district, killing several and injuring many. American servicemen were among the casualties as wrecked saloon, hotel, restaurant, and shops collapsed while debris blocked streets and rescue teams cleared rubble.
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England
London
INS
Ministry of Home Security
United States
Violent Quake Shock Recorded at West Bromwich Observatory
The West Bromwich Observatory logged the most violent quake in years with seismograph readings showing a six hour global vibration. Epcenter not yet confirmed but readings point to the Aleutian or Kurile Islands region. Seismologist J. J. Shaw noted the entire earth vibrated for six hours after the shock.
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London
INS
West Bromwich Observatory
Aleutian Islands
Kurile Islands
Japan
J. J. Shaw
Veterans Are Feted At West Pittsburg
West Pittsburg hosted the Firepower for Eisenhower veterans who visited the Oliver Iron and Steel plant to press for ammunition needs. The evening social followed with a chicken dinner served by village women in Armando Diaz, honoring front line veterans recalled by General Eisenhower.
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West Pittsburg
Eisenhower
Oliver Iron & Steel Corporation
Oliver
United States
Armando Diaz
Germany May Soon Be Forced To Yield Saar
Allied circles believe Germany will yield the Saar to relieve pressure on the Ruhr. Eisenhower drives a winter offensive along the Rhine front, with Rundstedt forced to shorten his front to resist in the north. The campaign is seen as a strategic win for the Allied commander.
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London
Germany
Saar
Ruhr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Wall
Field Marshal
Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Rhine
Corporation Bond Sales In State Near Quota
War bond sales to corporations nearly reached the state quota, with Tuesday’s $18.3 million push totaling $553.3 million toward an $658 million target. Pennsylvania War Finance Committee chair G. Ruhland Rebmann Jr. reported the figures. Individual sales, including E bonds, rose to $214.894 million or 58 percent of a $370 million quota. E bond sales reached $77.754 million, 43 percent of the $180 million goal.
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Philadelphia
G. Ruhland Rebmann, Jr
Pennsylvania War Finance Committee
Ingersoll details European ammunition usage
C Jared Ingersoll, chief of the Philadelphia ordnance district, stated that 365000 tons of ammunition have been used so far on the European battlefront. He noted that American combat units in Holland and Germany require six million rounds of artillery and two million rounds of mortar ammunition each month.
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Philadelphia
INS
Jared Ingersoll
Philadelphia Ordnance District
Holland
Germany
Veterans visit Aluminum Co plant touts war production
Aachen veterans talk to about 400 Aluminum Company of America workers at a 10:15 rally. They praise plant output of nose plugs for shells and urge production as a front line effort. Ed Leary leads the meeting with Captain William Scott and other veterans on stage.
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Aluminum Company of America
Aachen
United Engineering Company
Hitler
William Scott
Ed Leary
Virginia Bradley
Gertrude Springer
Henry Neill
Steven Herrazo
Mass Sedition Case Declared Mis Trial Today
A mistrial was declared in the eight months old mass sedition case after 22 of 26 defendants said they would not continue with another judge. Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher’s death forced the change as Prosecutor O John Rogge announced re-trial under the current indictment for conspiracy to undermine military morale.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
O. John Rogge
Rail centers in Reich bombed by heavy RAF force
Royal Air Force bombers more than 1300 strong struck two rail hubs at Osnabruck and Giessen and battered the Leuna oil refining complex. Berlin was also bombed by other aircraft in the night raid as announced by the air ministry.
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London
Royal Air Force
Reich
Berlin
Air Ministry
Osnabruck
Giessen
Leuna
New Deal Revolt Threatens Senate Confirmations
A New Deal revolt in Washington threatens to derail four top state posts with a 37 to 27 senate vote to return nominations to the foreign relations committee. Senators Wagner Mead Guffey Murray O Mahoney Kilgore oppose immediate confirmation amid anticipated hearings on peace and postwar issues.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
State Department
Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph C. Grew
W. L. Clayton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Tom Connally
Texas
New Deal
Henry A. Wallace
Wagner
Mead
New York
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Murray
Uncertain German Command Amid Westwall Fighting
Dispatches claim Hitler is no longer in direct control of German forces on the Western Front with other leaders now directing operations. This shift in command is viewed as not beneficial to Allied prospects, as German tactics have markedly changed in recent days along the Westwall.
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France
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Westwall
Americans Save 1700 Nazis From Death In Cave
American infantry of the 90th Division on the Saar front halted a planned dynamite sealing of a mountain cave hideout. About 1700 German civilians had fled there to escape forced evacuation, amid Volkssturm threats from Himmler’s forces, eight miles northwest of Saarlautern.
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Saar Front
Saar River
Nazi Volkssturm
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Volkssturm
Germany
90Th Division
Third Army
Siersburg
Saarlautern
Saar
British air strikes renew against ELAS in Athens siege
Royal Air Force fighter planes resumed assault on ELAS positions at the foot of the Temple of Jupiter in Athens early today. 20 millimeter shells targeted rebel positions as British and Greek forces pressed to clear strongholds and reduce activity around the city with reports that ELAS reinforcements gathered outside the capital.
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Athens
INS
Royal Air Force
EAM
National Liberation Front
ELAS
Temple of Jupiter
London Daily Mail
Ronald M. Scobie
Piraeus
Woman Plunges To Death In Capital
In Washington a 38 year old woman identified as Jane D Harding, formerly of Chicago, fell from her sixth floor Connecticut Avenue apartment and was found in an alley. Coroner A Magruder MacDonald called the death accidental. She was a foreign trade analyst at the Foreign Economic Administration.
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Washington
INS
Jane D. Harding
Chicago
Connecticut Avenue
A. Magruder MacDonald
Miss Harding
The
Foreign Economic Administration
Assault On Saarbrucken Intensifies As Third Army Advances
Paris dispatch reports the U S Third Army breaches near Forbach, five miles from Saarbrucken, as Patton’s forces press the industrial city. Ninth and First Armies repulse German counter-attacks along the Roer crossing route with tanks knocked out and clashes near Binning.
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Paris
INS
United States Third Army
Forbach
Saarbrucken
George S. Patton
Roer
Cologne
Binning
Sarregue
DNB
British Expand Drive In Italy Near Ravenna
The British Eighth Army pushed north of Ravenna seizing Mezzano and clearing east of the Lamone River. Polish columns captured Mount San Rinaldo and Brisighella as they closed on Faenza, with Brisighella seven miles southwest of Faenza. Allied air forces hit German communications across Northern Italy while 19 Allied planes failed to return.
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Eighth Army
Ravenna
Mezzano
Lamone River
Faenza
San Rinaldo
Brisighella
Lamone
Europe
Italy
Po Valle
Samson-like Arthur Mometer and his fitness routine
Arthur Mometer is a strong man who lifts heavy weights and reads athletic pamphlets. He exercises each morning before dawn and spends evenings studying fitness. His wife handles the coal for the fire, while he lounges indoors, admiring Samson's feats as you stroll the streets.
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Samson
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By Natalia Rene
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William 8. Neal
N.S
Schelde
Antwerp
Martha White
Tallahassee
Fla
International Soundphoto
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