Third Of Metz Now Controlled By Third Army
American Third Army under General Patton has captured one third of Metz with tank and infantry advancing in stiff street fighting against SS and Volksstrom units. German Reich forces in nearby areas retreat as push continues toward Kessling and outskirts near the Saar river.
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Metz
Third Army
INS
George S. Patton, Jr
Volksstrom
Reich
Patton
Germany
Thionville
The
Kessling
Saar River
Luxembourg
First French Army Smashing At Nazis
Gen Charles De Gaulle reported from Paris that German gates before Belfort are bending under French pressure. The 1st French Army is emerging, with new divisions forming in continental France and many troops likely colonial, landing on the Mediterranean coast with General.
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Nazis
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Belfort
de Gaulle
Patch
France
Belfort Gap
Mediterranean
Rhine
Jéan de Lattre de Tassigniy
Christmas Seals Patrol and Goose Sighting Report
Pa Newc notes a police patrol escorting Christmas Seal letters from the local office in the L. S. & T. Co. building to the Post Office on Saturday afternoon. A Northeaver report described a large flock of wild geese flying southward over the district around 4 o’clock.
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Pa Newc
Northeaver
Pa Nene
Waste Paper To Life Boat Ration Containers Drive
A campaign urges saving waste paper to manufacture life boat emergency ration containers. A local boy witnessed geese flying southeast overhead, counting 66 in a V formed flock. The Post Office reports 82 to 85 million Christmas gift parcels for the armed forces overseas have been processed. Washington indicates 40 states will observe Thanksgiving on November 23 with others following.
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Post Office Department
Frank C. Walker
Washington
Daily Weather Report Summary of 24 Hour US Readings
The 24 hour period ending 9 am shows a maximum of 45 degrees and a minimum of 35 with 0.18 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 4.1 feet. For the previous 24 hours ending Sunday morning the highs reached 44 degrees and the low was 30 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Brief Japanese Counter Invasion Threat Is Averted
American infantrymen gained control of Ngeregong Island in the southern Palau group averting a brief Japanese counter invasion threat. A separate naval bombardment hit enemy installations on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands. The Japanese Domei agency reported a large carrier based air raid over Manila Clark Field and nearby targets with nine planes shot down by anti aircraft fire.
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Pearl Harbor
Ngeregong Island
Palaus
Pacific Fleet
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Domet Agency Today
Manila
Philippines
Clark Field
Lipa
Federal Communications Commission
Jao
Army
81St
Ngeregong
Japanese Report Attack On Manila
Tokyo radio said U S planes struck Manila in a large carrier and land based assault with about 100 carrier based planes in waves and additional raids on Clark Field Lipa Batangas and Aparri. No U S confirmation available.
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London
INS
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Manila
Clark Field
FCC
New York
Comet Agency
Lipa
Btangas
Appari
Red Cross Blood Donor Call Today
Donors needed this week with Tuesday listing 67 and Wednesday 11721. Call 5084 to make an appointment.
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Red Cross
Seven Die In Chicago Fire At Lille Apartments
A three-story Lille building on Chicago's South Side burned killing seven people, five women and a child, in a $30 000 blaze. A city wide hunt for a firebug was launched as investigators joined a three way probe into the disaster. Firemen rescued more than 60 tenants from smoke filled rooms.
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Chicago
INS
Lille
Path Blasted By U S Airmen Aids Chinese Advance
Chinese troops gained ground on the Bhamo sector of the Burma front as U S dive bombers blasted a path for them. The 38th Division took central and southwest positions while U S Mitchell bombers struck Man Pwe near Lashio, destroying warehouse areas.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Bhamo
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Man Pwe
Lashio
Sixth War Loan Opens Nationwide Drive for Bonds
The nations sixth war loan drive began with six million volunteers mobilized to sell 14 billion dollars in war bonds by December 16. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged 27 million wage earners to buy an extra 100 bond during the period. President Roosevelt voiced full support in a radio appeal to back the war effort. General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the campaign as key leader in the effort.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Home Front
Blood Donor Drive Seeks 67 More Pledges in New Castle
The Red Cross blood mobile at First Presbyterian church collected 1243 pints last week and 176 pints Saturday. The unit stays through Wednesday with a goal of 1800 pints. Sign up via 5084. donors thanked include W. S. Tegge and Joseph P. Dagnon, with others reaching Half-Gallon Club status.
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The
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
New Castle
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
W. S. Tegge
Joseph P. Dagnon
Lena Andrews
John D. Chandik
Michael Diffley
Hong Kong attacked as Chinese report cites U S airstrike
New Delhi radio said China based aircraft, presumably U S, bombed Japanese docks and shipping facilities at Hongkong yesterday. Japanese installations at Fort Bayard on the Luichow peninsula were also reported hit in an unconfirmed Indian report.
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London
INS
New Delhi
India Radio
U. S
Hongkong
Fort Bayard
Luichow Peninsula
Russians Break German Center Along Budapest Axis
Soviet forces smashed major obstacles on the route to Austria and Czechoslovakia, advancing past captured Gyoengyoes and pressing toward Hatvan and Miskolc. The fall of Gyoengyoes cuts road links between Budapest and Miskolc, isolating remaining German troops.
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Moscow
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hatvan
Budapest
Gyoengyoes
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Stalingrad
Malinovsky
Miskolc
Wallace Building Sale Reported at East Washington Street
Announcement of the sale of the J. S. Wallace two story brick structure at 302 308 East Washington Street near Croton Avenue. Three buyers purchased the sections 302 304 306 and 308 East Washington Street with plans to modernize lower floors for bakery restaurant and meat market use. Purchases finalized last Saturday.
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J. S. Wallace
East Washington Street
Croton Avenue
Gustaf Maseizik
Lorenzo Fontaniello
Samuel di Matteo
Central Lunch
South Mill Street
Angelo
Ernest Frediani
Thanksgiving church services across city and county
Thanksgiving services will be held in multiple city and county churches. Downtown union service at 10 am at First Presbyterian with Dr. R. M. Patterson preaching and ministers from several churches. East Side Epworth Methodist hosts a one hour morning service with Rev. Braun. North Hill Highland U P and First U P hold 9 30 am service. South Side Italian Methodist hosts 10 am service led by Rev. J C Murphy with a union choir. Mahoningtown plans a 7 45 pm service Wednesday evening.
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Central City
First Presbyterian Church
R. M. Patterson
Central Presbyterian Church
J. J. McIlvaine
G.S. Bennett
First Christian Church
Burr R. McKnight
First Methodist Church
Oliver W. Hurst
First Baptist Church
Garth Edmundson
Epworth Methodist
North Hill
D. L. Ferguson
Highland U.P
U.P
Union South Side
J. C. Murphy
Maitland Memorial P.M. Church
Dave Lewis
F. P. Salmonetti
Mahoningtown
Sixth War Loan Drive Opens in Lawrence County
Lawrence County War Finance Committee began the sixth war loan campaign aiming to raise 6,050,000 in war bonds. Judge W. Walter Braham and Joe S. McKee lead six county areas in house to house solicitation to broaden bond purchases and enlist more citizens and corporations in funding the Axis victory effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel S. McKee
Lawrence County
G. Ruhland Rebmann
W. Walter Braham
Robert H. McClintick
Fort Pitt
Joe S. McKee
Nazi counterattack recaptures Monte Fortino near Faenza
Nazi forces regain Monte Fortino four miles southeast of Faenza as they push to delay Allied advances on Ravenna and Bologna. Polish troops with the British Eighth Army had held the position in the Forli area while heavy shelling and fierce counterattacks target Vancerselle and the Ronco River crossings.
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Rome
Ravenna
Bologna
Italy
Monte Fortino
Faenza
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Forli
Vancerselle
Albert Kesselring
Adriatic
Ronco
Death notices list multiple local residents
Death records show Mrs. Mary Hartman age 838 at 207 North Beaver Street with Mrs. Mike F. Butia age 65 of Volant RK and D 3 listed, Mrs. Luscenia Duncan age 98 of 612 Franklin Avenue Ellwood City, and Mrs. Lawrence Mandell age 39 of 418 South Jefferson Street.
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Mary Hartman
North
Beaver Street
Mike F. Butia
Volant RK
D. 3
Luscenia Duncan
Franklin Avenue
Ellwood City
Lawrence Mandell
Jefferson Street
Kennedy First To Buy Seals at Christmas Drive
Police Lt. George Kennedy of 910 Beckford Street led the annual Christmas Seals collection by delivering his contribution first after the seals were mailed. Several others visited the office seeking seats for letters being mailed overseas this week.
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George Kennedy
Beckford Street
New Landing By U S Forces In Pacific Area
MacArthur announces another U S landing in the southwest Pacific, 130 miles north of Sorong in Dutch New Guinea, aimed at denying Japanese aerial spotting. Yankee troops complete occupation of the Mapia group, while U S infantry and cavalry tighten the trap on Leyte in the Ormoc sector.
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U.S
Pacific
Asia Group
New Guinea
MacArthur
Philippines
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Asia Islands
Sorong
Mapia Group
Mapias Group
Geelvink Bay
Asias
Ormoc
Leyte
Germans Reported Allied Breakthrough East of Aachen
Paris dispatch says American forces 200000 strong smashed halfway through the Siegfried Line east of Aachen with over a thousand tanks aiding the advance. French troops reach the Rhine at Belfort gap, guarding the approach to Germany as Eisenhower confirms mounting gains near Geilenkirchen.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Berlin
Rhine
Belfort Gap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Geilenkirchen
Sappois
Delle
Belfort
Basel
Les Alberts
Essert
Mulhouse
Dannermarie
Two Contracts Let By Council in City Projects
The council awarded two contracts. New Castle Dantile won the Butler Avenue Ray Street storm sewer job at 1262.50. Francis Motor won a 1 ton truck chassis for the garbage department at 1390.77. Mayor Haven and Property Director Alexander were absent due to illness.
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Council
City Hall
Butler Avenue
Rave Street
J. F. Haven
Joseph D. Alexander
New Castle Dantile Company
James Gibson
Rayv Street
D. O. Davies
Francis Motor Company
Towns ae Before Rhine Towns ae Before Rhine
Air reports from Blue Network describe widespread fires in towns between the American First Army and the Rhine as Patton’s forces advance. One pilot noted Stelberg and Duren burning with Duren’s center nearly level and little visible activity in the city.
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New York
Telephone Bells and Busy Lines in Small Town Life
A playful verse about using the telephone to reach neighbors like Joe in Kankakee and to order items such as cheese or fruit cake. It highlights handy service from telephone girls who keep lines alive, imagining weather at forty four and praising the value of the operator in daily calls.
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Joe
Kankakee
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International News Service
Lreed
Gen
Baltic Front
By Natalia Rene
Wallace Building
East Side
G. D. R. Braun
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Seventh Ward
Lawrence Co
Monte Fortine II
By Michael Chinigo
Kennedy
By Lee van Atta
Mapia
Thurston Macauley
Pasc
Arthur Mometer
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