Ciano Executed By Firing Squad As Mussolini’s Downfall Deepens
London reports Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini’s son in law and former foreign minister, shot by a firing squad after a special court found traitors in northern Italy. Reuters and Swiss Telegraph Agency cited unconfirmed dispatches. Ciano’s fall followed his July vote to resign and growing Nazi distrust.
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London
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Reuters
Mussolini
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Il Duce
Ciano
Grand Council
Duce
Vatican
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzberg
Poland
Fifth Army advances toward Rome amid fierce fighting
Allied Fifth Army breached German fortifications west of Mount Maggiore and captured commanding elevations along the road to Rome while the British Eighth Army pushed to the Moro river ten miles beyond Sangro. Heavy counterattacks and new reinforcements tested the Allied breakout as flame tanks changed hands and ground was gained near Mount Caminio and Cassino.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Rome
Mignang
Eighth Army
Moro River
Sangre
Venalro
Mark W. Clark
Mount Maggiore
Mount Camino
Cassino
Italy
Train Strikes Auto Killing One in Halethorpe
A Pennsylvanian railroad passenger train struck a car at a Halethorpe crossing killing 54 year old George Riley who was trapped in the burning vehicle. Freder ick Schaefel, 52, was pulled from the wreckage with second and third degree burns and listed in critical condition at St. Agnes Hospital.
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Dec
Pennsylvania Railroad
Halethorpe Crossing
George Riley
Halethorpe
Frederick Schaefel
St. Agnes Hospital
Countian Shoots Deer Near Mountaindale
Paul W. Stull of Mountaindale shot the first deer of the season in the Mountaindale area, an eight point weighing about 200 pounds. He was about half a mile from Ramsburg's orchard when the shot occurred, with other hunters nearby but Stull the only successful hunter.
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Paul W. Stull
Mountaindale
Mr. Stull
Ramsburg
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War Of Nerves War Aims In Nazi Propaganda
Washington reports the Churchill Roosevelt Stalin statement on Germany lacks any call to the German masses over Hitler. The move disrupts Goebbels propaganda as he warned Germans against such appeals. The war of nerves continues.
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Churchill- Roossvelt- Stalin
Germany
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
13 500 Enemy Planes Shot Down By U S
Washington Des 6 The Army Air Forces have destroyed or damaged 13 500 enemy planes since Pearl Harbor. Swelled to 2 300 000 men the air arm has flown 225 000 plane flights, fired 41 000 000 rounds, and used 2 000 000 000 gallons of gasoline. General H H Arnold says the Axis is being pressured in every theater as the offensive mounts. Navy Secretary Knox predicts heavy naval fighting in 1944 as Allied forces strike from Pearl Harbor and across the Pacific and Asia.
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U. S
Europe
H. H. Arnold
Army and Navy Journal
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Knox
United States Naval Service
Journal
Atlantic
Japan
United Nations
Solomons-New Guinea
Aleutians
Burma- India
China
Netherlands
Umbrella Of Security Covered Roosevelt Churchill Stalin
Teheran reports describe an immense security umbrella over the city during Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill stay. Armored cars tanks recon cars fighter planes and motorcyclists patrolled streets while citizens watched from doorways as leaders met at the Russian embassy. Normal life resumed only after the visit concluded.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
County Soldier Missing In Action In Italy
Pvt. James Windsor Mount, son of Mr and Mrs Monroe Mount of Kemptown, is missing in action in Italy since November 6. A veteran of North Africa, he was drafted November 19, 1941, and served at Camp Lee and Camp Croft before sailing to Ireland and later North Africa and Italy. His last letter to his parents was October 28.
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Monroe Mount
Kemptown
Italy
War Department
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Army
Camp Lee
Croft
D. C
Pvt
Ireland
North Africa
Explosion Injures 75 In Florida Gas Truck Crash
A loaded gas truck carrying 5,000 gallons of aviation fuel exploded in Fort Myers Florida injuring 75. A crowd gathered as flames shot 400 feet high. Ambulances carried the injured to Lee Memorial Hospital, with 11 still hospitalized. Sgt Lucian H Rogers of Buckingham air field pulled the driver from the cab before the blast. The fire burned for six hours.
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Lee Memorial Hospital
Buckingham Airfield
Lucian H. Rogers
Frederick Sees Parking Meter Receipts Top Sixteen Thousand
Frederick city's parking meters brought in 16 000 or more in the current fiscal year during November, surpassing the budget estimate by 1 000. Collector W Elgin Hemp reports November collections at 1 558 90, lifting the year total to 16 022 93 with one month remaining. With December still to come and busy shopping days ahead, the year’s total was expected to near 18 000 or more. November’s four weeks averaged 370 to 422 in collections.
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Frederick
W. Elgin Hemp
Stalin Praises U S War Output At Teheran Dinner
At Teheran a dinner for Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, he rose and thanked American production for backing the allied war effort. The revelation drew a strong, positive response from the assembled leaders.
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Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations
Reds Gain In White Russia
Red Army advances northwest of Propoisk threaten Mogilev German rail hub as troops squeeze defenses near Zhlobin and Rogachev in Gomel. Communique says Germans repulsed counter-attacks and that engineers are used as frontline troops amid deep penetrations across White Russia. In Kremenchug region Soviet units seize strong points after fierce fights with heavy German losses. North around Cherkasy area, German assaults are repulsed. In Timburg peninsula, Red Army secures the tip of the Dnieper after fending off a German landing party.
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London
Propoisk
Red Army
Mogilev
White Russia
Zhlobin
Rogachev
Gomel
Vorodol
Bahki
Zabluka
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Kiev
Moscow
Timburg
Dnieper River
Goodwill Of 3 Nations Marked At Iran Dinner
At a Tehran birthday dinner for Churchill in the British legation Roosevelt and Stalin joined Churchill in a display of mutual goodwill. The 34 guests included Eden and Molotov, with toasts to George VI, Kalinin, and Roosevelt. Stalin toasted his hosts with a distinctive sign language as the three leaders reflected on ongoing wartime cooperation and plenary talks.
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Iran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Legation
Legalian
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Harry L. Hopking
Anthony Eden
Andrew 5. Cunningham
Vyacheslav Molotov
Klementi Voroshilov
V. Averell Harriman
U. S
Russia
Henry H. Arnold
Pavelov
Caspian Sea
George VI
England
Michael Kalinin
Great
16 Enemy Ships Sunk By British Submarines
London reports that British Mediterranean fleet submarines sank 16 vessels in the Aegean and western Mediterranean raids. The bulletin notes two medium and four small ships sunk, plus shells on Naxos, a seaplane and a 300-foot floating dock, and a tanker torpedoed near Toulon. A landing craft with motor transport was also hit in the Gulf of Genoa. The timing of the attacks was not provided.
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London
Admiralty
Aegean Sea
Naxos Island
Greece
Mediterranean
Gulf of Genoa
Toulon
Japs Report Big Attack In Marshalls
Tokyo broadcast quotes Imperial Headquarters claiming a fleet of 100 carrier based Allied planes raided the Marshalls Sunday morning with some damage and 20 shot down. The U S Navy said Liberator bombers struck Milli atoll and Nauru Island but attribution remains unclear. The bulletin also claimed sinking a medium sized carrier and a large cruiser, with two ships damaged.
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New York
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
Federal Communications Commission
U.S. Navy Department
Washington
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Nauru Island
Bulletin
British Bombers Hit Salonika Rail Station
British four engined bombers operating from Middle East bases attacked the Salonika railway station in Greece last night, setting fires in the freight yards. American bombers raided shipping off Leros, damaging three ships and forcing the crew to abandon one. Symi harbor in the Dodecanese was also bombed two days earlier.
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Egypt
Middle East
Aegean
Salonika
Greece
Dodecanese
Leros
Symi
Churchill Receives Historic Gifts At Tehran Birthday Dinner
Eye witnesses say Stalin led toasts as the party ended near midnight. Churchill, amid gifts, inspected two tokens on the table. Harriman sent a Persian handprinted silk piece marked Averell. The U S president gave a 13th century blue and white Persian bowl described by a connoisseur as a fair antique. The card read For Winston Spencer Churchill on his 69th birthday at Teheran Nov 30 1943 with my affection, and may we be together for many years.
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Stalin
Churchill
Harriman
Averell
United States
Winston Spencer Churchill
Teheran
Iran
Allied Leaders Sign Teheran Pact On Victory Plan
Cairo dispatch reports Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin affirmed on November 28 to December 1 in Teheran a unified military and political strategy to crush Germany from east west and south. They released declarations promising enduring peace and a world family of democratic nations under the Atlantic Charter. The leaders stressed joint action, Iran’s loyalty, and broader Allied cooperation amid tightened security and planning sessions in Cairo and Teheran.
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Churchill
Joseph Stalin
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Stalin
United Nations
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United States
Britain
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