Yanks Tighten Noose Around Strassbourg in Vosges Push
American Seventh Army troops surged through Vosges passes to tighten the trap around about 50 000 German troops. The push widened the corridor toward Strasbourg as French forces moved from Battenheim and Scales advanced southward. Paris radio said pincers were eight miles from closing as more Allied units joined the effort.
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Paris
Seventh Army
Vosges
Rhine
Strasbourg
CBS
DNB
Saverne
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Strasbourg-Mulhouse
Vosges Mountains
Seventh
Scales
Battenheim
London
Lieut
New Castle Preparations See Santa’s December Arrival
The PA NEWC notes Santa Claus will visit New Castle next month bringing cheer to good children. The old year 1944 fades as the season nears and festive plans begin.
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St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
New Castle
Extra Bonds and Slippery Roads Across Pa County
Reports to Pa Nene warn northern county highways are slick and some roads were treated. December 6 marks six months since D Day and December 7 the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society notes Christmas seal returns rise though prompt seal safety returns aid their work. Skaters prepare by sharpening blades as cold weather looms. Pa Nene notes this.
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Pa Nene
D-day
Pearl Harbor
Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily U S weather statistics show a 36 degree high and 21 degree low with .06 inches of precipitation and a 4.4 foot river level. A year ago the high was 30 and the low 22 with no precipitation recorded.
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United States
Most Decisive Battle Of History Under Way
Allied observers say the Aachen Gap battle on the German northwestern border is the most decisive of history. Von Rundstedt has committed 12 Nazi divisions to defend Cologne approaches as mud slows progress for American and British forces amid recent heavy rains.
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London
Aachen
Germany
von Rundstedt
Cologne
Judge Landis Dies After Seven Weeks Ill
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78, died at 5 35 a m in Chicago after a seven week illness. He had been a patient at St Luke s hospital since October 2 for a severe cold and rest. The family said cremation would be private and no funeral would be held.
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Chicago
INS
Kenesaw M. Landis
St. Luke's Hospital
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Russians Enter Miskolc Amid Budapest Front Fighting
A Transocean dispatch reports Red Army troops entering Miskolc Hungary 85 miles northeast of Budapest as part of the battle for Hungary. The army allegedly attacked through wooded approaches and then launched a three division assault. Another report says Danube crossing south of Budapest with assault craft and a pontoon bridge.
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London
INS
Nazi
Transocean Agency
Red Army
Miskolc
Budapest
Hungary
Transocean
Danube
County Roads Ashed Amid First Winter Work
Ice formed on county roads last night prompting the highway department to ash nearly all roads on the show-removal program. Edwin O Reed highway superintendent said crews cleared and salted surfaces this morning, improving road safety for drivers.
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Highway Department
Edwin O. Reed
British Reach Edge of Faenza in Italian Campaign
Armored patrols and infantry of the British Eighth Army reached the outskirts of Faenza after crossing the Cosina river. Five bridges were seized amid heavy German counterattacks, allowing tanks to storm toward the town twenty miles northwest of Forli on the Rimini Bologna highway. Polish troops farther south reported notable gains.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Faenza
Cosina
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Forli
Rimini-Bologna
Italy
Quarantine Declared For V-7 Class At Penn
Fifty members of a V-7 naval training class at the University of Pennsylvania enter limited quarantine after a spinal meningitis case is found. The ill student is not seriously ill, a spokesman said.
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Philadelphia
INS
University of Pennsylvania
New Castle Officer Joins Tokyo Bombing Mission
Second Lieut. Charles F. Hib bard, a New Castle Pa. officer and co pilot on a B 29 Fortress commanded by Capt. Durham, flew on the first bombing mission over Japan. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hibbard of Falls Avenue Highland Heights and is married to former Miss Dorothy Theis. He previously cheerled at New Castle High and graduated in 1939.
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Clark Lee
INS
Tokyo
New Castle
Charles FE. Hibbard
Hibbard
Durham
Japan
Edward Hibbard
Falls Avenue
Highland Heights
Army Air Corps
Saipan
New Castle High
Dorothy Theis
South Bay Street
Japs Lose 4,500 When Convoy Is Heavily Bombed
American air forces sunk a destroyer and two troop transports off Masbate Island near Leyte, with at least 4500 Japanese soldiers killed as Thunderbolt and Warhawk aircraft pounded a convoy carrying reinforcements for Yamashita’s Leyte garrisons. One 11,000 ton ship also went down.
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Leyte Island
Lee van Atta
M Arthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita
Masbate Islands
Thunderbolt
Warhawk
Postwar Plan for Germany Coordinated by Big Three
Washington reports that the United States Great Britain and Russia have agreed on a coordinated control plan for all occupation zones in Germany. The European Advisory Commission in London forwarded its plan and France will be invited to join and share in military occupation. Other European governments may join if desired.
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Washington
Germany
Fac
Reich
State Department
European Advisory Commission
London
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Commission
Stork Expected For Paulette Goodard and Burgess Meredith
Paulette Goodard and her husband Captain Burgess Meredith expect a baby next spring. The actress, former wife of Charles Chaplin, and Meredith wed last May at the home of producer David Selznick.
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STORK
Homlywood
Paulette Goodard
The
Screen
Burgess Meredith
Har
Charles Chaplin
Meredith
David Selznick
Fire reported at 608 Spruce Street chimney burns out
Firemen were summoned to 608 Spruce Street at noon to learn the chimney burning out. No damage resulted, according to Fire Chief James E. Thomas.
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Spruce Street
James E. Thomas
Red Army advances after Estonia liberation rumble toward Danube
Soviet forces push deeper into Hungary and Czechoslovakia after freeing Estonia. Russians reach 17 miles from the Danube near Buda. Germans lose island of Oesel in Riga Gulf as new Soviet units prepare for Latvia and East Prussia offensives.
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Moscow
Estonia
Red Army
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Budawad
Oesel
Riga Gulf
Latvia
East Prussia
Berlin
Baltic
Libau
Volkssturm
Goldap-Gumbinnen
The
Reich
New Tokyo Raids Planned After Heavy Bombing
From Saipan, 20th Air Force officers say heavier and more devastating raids on Tokyo are planned after Friday's attack that dropped one and a half million pounds of hazardous devices by over 100 B 29 Superfortresses. The strike aims to systematically destroy Japan with future missions to follow.
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Washington
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Japan
Saipan
Bombers Strike Leuna Oil Plant and Bingen Yards
More than 1,000 American and British heavy bombers escorted by over 1,000 fighters attacked the Leuna Oil Plant at Merseburg and the marshalling yards at Bingen east of Mainz by daylight. RAF Mosquitos hit Berlin during the night as the nonstop air war against Germany continues.
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London
INS
Mersbourg
Bingen
Mainz
Germany
Berlin
Second War Bond Sales Report for Pennsylvania
The sixth war loan drive's second report shows Pennsylvania individuals totaling 53,852,100 dollars through Thursday, reaching 15 percent of the 370,000,000 quota. State war finance chair G Ruhland Rebmann Jr. announced 39,372,963 dollars in Series E bonds, 22 percent of the 180,000,000 goal.
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Philadelphia
INS
Pennsylvania
G. Ruhland Rebmann, Jr
State War Finance Committee
Death Record for Maude Armstrong Martin at 68
Mrs. Maude Armstrong Martin, age 68, of Leesburg, dies. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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Maude Armstrong Martin
Leesburg
Bomb Raids On Tokyo Will Increase Steadily
Captain John H. Craige argues that B-29 bombardment of Tokyo signals the start of a steady, intensified campaign against Japan’s industrial cities. He notes Marianas bases shorten striking distance to Tokyo and predicts raids will grow toward Germany’s strategic bombing tempo.
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Tokyo
John H. Craige
International News Service
America
Mikado
Germany
U. S
Japan
Saipan
Guam
Mariana
Marianas
World Peace Treaty Delayed Past Winter
A world peace treaty likely will not be submitted to the Senate before spring. Senators were briefed after a Dumbarton Oaks draft, as foreign ministers may not meet until early next year and could delay into late winter. Leaders including President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill may plan further discussions.
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Washington
World Organization
Senate
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Churchill
Manila Bombed Says Jap Report
American carrier aircraft bombed Manila and Clark Field in the Philippines, according to a Manila radio broadcast. The report also claimed Nipponese planes delivered a devastating blow against American held Morotai Island in the Moluccas.
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New York
INS
Manila
Clark Field
Philippines
FCC
Manila Radio
Morotai Island
Moluccas
Snow and Colder Weather Outlook From Harrisburg
Extended forecast issued by the U S Weather Bureau at Harrisburg covers Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Expect considerable cloudiness with light snow or rain late Saturday, flurries Sunday with colder temperatures, colder Sunday and Monday, warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, and temperatures near normal for the season.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Harrisburg
International News Service
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Radio Tokyo Denies Major Bomb Raid Over Tokyo
New York dispatch reports Radio Tokyo sought to downplay Friday’s B 29 raid on Tokyo claiming little happened and that bombs hit only schools homes and a hospital. Principal Eichi Watanabe acknowledged fear but defended the broadcast.
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New York
INS
Radio
Tokyo
Eichi Watanabe
Bombers Blast Berlin Again
British Royal Air Force Mosquito bombers attacked Berlin last night as Allied air operations continued over Germany. Strong bomber forces moved from England toward the European continent with sightings of formations over Thuringia Saxony and the Magdeburg Dessau region.
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London
INS
Royal Air Force
Berlin
British Air Ministry
Germany
England
FCC
New York
Thuringia
Saxony
Magdeburg-Dessau
Dover Straits
Hurley Named United States Ambassador to China
President Roosevelt appoints Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley as the new U S ambassador to China. Hurley presents his credentials to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to succeed Clarence E. Gauss, who resigned and returned home.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
China
Hurley
Chiang Kai-shek
Clarence E. Gauss
Submarine action sinks 27 Japanese vessels in Pacific
U S submarines report 27 ships sunk or damaged including a destroyer a converted gunboat and transports in the Pacific and Far East bringing total combat losses since Pearl Harbor to 107. A Netherlands submarine under U S control also sinks 4500 tons of enemy shipping in the Netherlands East Indies.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Netherlands
U. S
Netherlands East
L Lian
Pacific
Far East
U S Third Army Holds Saar River Bridgehead
American Third Army elements dug in across the Saar River in the Postroff Baerendorff area about 27 miles south of Saarbrucken and hold high ground. German counterattacks failed as tanks led a dawn thrust and were driven off by American fire.
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U. S. Third Army
Third Army
Saar River
Postroff-Baerendorff
Saarbrucken
Petersabch
Saar
Butzdorff
Germany
Luxembourg
Saarburz
Christmas rush warnings from a shopkeeper
A seller urges shoppers to hurry for Christmas season goods like hem stitched hankies and briar pipes as stocks run low. He warns about shortages, weather cools to forty one, and advises buying now to avoid disappointment.
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Baden
Freiburg
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Landis
Baseball
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Lieut. Hibbard
Leon Pearson
S.n. 8
Czech
By Natalia Rene
Pvar
Emmett O'Donnel
Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army Air Forces
Haywood S. Hansell
21St Bomber Command
O'Donnel
Tern
By William E. Zimmerman
I. N.S
By Raymond Wilcove
Radio Tokyo
John A. Reichmann
U.S. Third Army
Pierre J. Huss
LN. S
Arthur Mometer
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