Bombing Tokyo Opening Major 21st Bomber Command Raid
Hundreds of tons of bombs dropped on Tokyo for two hours as B 29s from the Marianas, led by Brig Gen Emmett O'Donnell, attacked industrial targets and outskirts. The Tokyo communique claimed limited damage, while Allied reports described the strike as the start of relentless air offensive toward invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Western Front
Associated Press
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Japan
Bomber Command
Saipan
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Jan Unuisuiuseu Hullus Guyeatulbs
Givi Wewly
Emmett “Rosie” O’donnell
Jamaica
N. Y
West Point
Marianas
21St Bomber Command
20Th Army Air Force
Hayward
Yokohama
Army Air Forces
Washington
Seiler Brothers Write From 2 War Theaters
Technical Sgt. Roland Y. Seiler reports from the southwest Pacific after convalescing in a hospital and returning to his air squadron. He notes island base changes since three months ago and says he hardly recognizes the area. His brother Capt. Lievd H. Seiler remains in an England hospital under treatment for battle wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Y. Seiler
George H. Seiler
Jefferson
Southwest Pacific
Lievd H. Seiler
England
Red Cross
Bournemouth
Red Cross Club
Eighth Army Forces Cross Cosina River Near Faenza
Allied forces of the Eighth Army crossed the Cosina river southeast of Faenza establishing five small bridgeheads along a two and a half mile front amid strong German resistance. The advance supported by tanks enabled by river crossings aims to defend the Bologna Rimini highway stronghold. A second item notes two very severe earthquakes recorded by Fordham University seismograph possibly in Burma or the Solomon Islands.
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Rome
Cosina
Faenza
Bologna-Rimini
New York
Burma
Solomon Islands
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Rumor traced on alleged US troop landings in Chungking
Chinese police sought the source of false reports claiming American troops landed near Foochow and Wenchow two days earlier, disrupting Chungking.
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Chungking
Foochow
Wenchow
Ladiesburg Families Acknowledge Wounded and Missing Servicemen
A Thanksgiving telegram informed Mrs. Addie Saylor that her grandson Pfc. Paul Baker of Ladiesburg was seriously wounded in France on November 9. Meanwhile, brothers Pfc. Willard E. Phelps and Pfc. Edward Phelps are listed as missing or seriously wounded with recent updates and Purple Heart awarded.
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War Department
Addie Saylor
Ladiesburg
Paul Baker
France
Ward
Edwin Phelps
Etchison
Montgomery County
Willard E. Phelps
Edward FE. Phelps
Baker
Daniel Lind
Pic. Baker
Albert Baker
Baltimore
Pic Baker
New Midway School
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brothers
Phelps Brothers
Willard Phelps
Italy
Edward Phelps
Pfc
Orly
Pft
Army
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Meade
Brunswick Man Named Senior Grand Warden
At Maryland Grand Lodge annual meeting in Baltimore the Brunswick man C Leslie Moats was elected Senior Grand Warden. Other officers chosen include Daniel E Hope as Grand Master, Harry Hueter Deputy Grand Master, Allen Cleveland Junior Grand Warden, Claude Shaffer Secretary, John D Hespelhorn Treasurer, and Harry O Schroeder Grand Director of Ceremonies. Moats formerly led Brunswick Lodge No 19 and serves in multiple Masonic bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Masons In
Maryland
Baltimore
Daniel E. Hope
Harry Hueter
C. Leslie Moats
Brunswick
Allen Cleveland
Claude Shaffer
John D. Hespelhorn
Harry O. Schroeder
Frederick
Moats
Black teen dies after mob attack near Pikeville jail
James T. Scales, a teenage Black youth in confinement at a state reformatory near Pikeville Tennessee, was killed by a mob within hours of being removed from the Pikeville jail. Victims include Mrs. Charles H. McKinnie and her mother, Mrs. H. E. Scott, who died after hospital treatment in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikesville
Tenn
James T. Scales
Here
Pikeville
Charles H. McKinnie
H. E. Scott
Chattanooga
Scott
State Training and Agricultural School
Allied Armies advance with gains across Western Front
British Second Army seized Blerick and pressed near Venlo while fighting near Geilenkirchen. U S Ninth Army repelled counterattacks, reached Pattern and near Kulich, with gains south of Jülich. U S First Army closed on Eschweiler and Hurtgen forest, Third Army moved toward Saar basin, Seventh Army linked with Patton near juncture. French forces entered Strasbourg area and captured Battenheim as Vosges routes push toward the Rhine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Second Army
Miles C. Dempsey
IndIelland
Blerick
Venlo
Germany
Hoven
Geilenkirchen
U.S. Ninth Army
William H. Simpsons
Kulich
Roer River
Pattern
Jule
John
U. §S. First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Weisweiler
Cologne
Eschweiler
Hurtgen Forest
U. S. Third Army
George 8. Patton, Jr
Saar Basin
U. S. Seventh
U. S. Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
Weithersweiler
Palatinate
Vosges
Rhine
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Strasbourg
Haven
Geiserkirchen
Wurm
Ninth
First Army
Roer
Julich
Beer
Metz
Oberjuken
George S. Patton, Jr
Saar
Saarbrucken
Helland
Maas
Lend-Lease Should End With War
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend-lease and reverse lend-lease should end with the war. He said the partnership among the United Nations must continue and grow stronger, while noting Britain and other allies may still need help until Japan is defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Japan
United Nations
Blaskowitz Replaced Reported By Unconfirmed Reports
London reports said Field Marshal General Johannes Blaskowitz commander of the German 19th Army on the southern western front was withdrawn from command. The information claimed he would not be replaced as his forces faced heavy punishment from the U S Seventh and Third and French First armies from Metz toward the Swiss frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Johannes Blaskowitz
Tout
Blaskowitz
U. S
Metz
Vosges Mountains
Belfort
19Th Army
Johannes Slaskowitz
Strasbourg
Rhineland
Bierick
Venlo
Maas
Not Guilty On Drunken Driving Charge
A verdict of not guilty was returned this morning by Magistrate Alton Bennett in the case of Edgar Buck Weller, a former resident near Creagerstown, charged with operating a car while under the influence. Five defense witnesses testified no drinking prior to arrest. State witnesses said no odor of alcohol. Wal ter Linn was attorney. Also cited for cruelty to animals, Warren Burger near Urbana faces a hearing, involving the death of a hog on October 19, as per a warrant by Mrs Moselle B Rosencrantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton ¥. Bennett
Edgar
Buck” Weller
Creagerstown
Weller
Walter E. Linn
Warren Burger
Urbana
R. Paul Buhrman
Moselle B. Rosencrantz
Preinduction Calls For 35 Slated By Board One
Board One announces the largest preinduction call since summer, summoning 35 men to the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore for December examinations to decide service entry. The group includes 31 white men, one colored man, and three transfers, with workers aged 18 to 38, six fathers, and one volunteer.
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Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
Armed Services
Winchester Hall
Clyde McKinley Roney, Jr
Rosemont Avenue
William Homer Weller
Lester Leroy Boone
East South Street
Monroe Zimmerman
Hamilton Avenue
Chauncey Philip Cramer
South Market Street
Herman Abram Poole
Silver Spring
John Howard ‘Kracey
Madison Street
Jonn Hagan
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Weseley James Grave‘ly
Poolesville
Harold Richard Perkins
East Patrick Street
Donald Eugene Leatherman
West College Terrace
William Jack Bussard
Woodsboro
Charles Jacob Hartman
Point of Rocks
Charles Franklin Tyergar
Waterstreet
Harold Eugene Shafer
Middletown
James Michael Nusbaum
Walkersville
Russell William Zimmermoan
Frederick
William Walpur Musgrove
Hayes LeHoy Ruthvin
Jefferson
James Carl Devilbiss
Patrick Street
Alvin Hood Crawford, Jr
Woodstock
Alvie Henry Cecil, Jr
Harold Eugene Edwards
Philadelphia
Bernard Aubrey Hale
Lander
Howard Oliver Dilworth
VY. M. C. A. Frederick
Reuber Solar
North Market Street
Silas Buford Cooper
Richard Calvin Michael
Johns Hopkins University
Eugene Junior Lake
East Sixth Street
Roy Eugene Zimmerman
Harry Flock Minnick, Jr
Swedish Ship Thought Sunk Near Gotland
The 563 ton Swedish passenger ship Hansa went overdue near Gotland as Swedish military planes reported debris and possible survivors from the incident 25 miles from the island. Afton tidningen speculated the vessel with 27 crew and passengers may have sunk by mine or torpedo amid Baltic tensions.
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Stockholm
Hansa
Baltic
Gotland
Gulf of Bothnia
Aftontidningen
Public sale of Nikirk estate at West Main Street
A sale of the late Charles E. Nikirk's boarded house and adjacent outbuildings on West Main Street in Middletown was held on Wednesday. George R. Leatherman of Harmony purchased the property for 4622 dollars. Personal property also sold well. Administrator C Earl Nikirk conducted the sale with auctioneer Jonny W. Null and clerk Vernon Coblentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Nikirk
West Main Street
Middletown
George R. Leatherman
Harmony
C Earl Nikirk
Jonny W. Null
Vernon Coblentz
Commons May Hear Of Wodehouse Case
MPs prepare questions to clarify the detention of 63 year old British novelist P G Wodehouse by French authorities in Paris. Reports described an atmosphere of mystery as Paris police announced release after three nights in custody, though later details indicated continued detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanai
Tee
Paris
Wodehouse
Woman Charged With Bigamy In Two Marriages
Mamie L Burriss 19 is jailed on 1000 bond for allegedly marrying Clifton Printz 23 in August while still married to Willis Burriss. Court records show Burriss also married Burriss and Ramsburg in 1942 and 1943. Deputy Buhrman said she admitted facts and will face February grand jury action.
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Mamie L. Burriss
Kemptown
Clifton A. Prints
Willis McC. Burriss
Braddock
R. Paul Buhrman
Burriss
Baltimore and
Ohio Avenue
Sala
Mamie ‘Ramsburg
Printz
Mamie L. Ramsburg
Buhrman
New Russian Drive Opens Along Eastern Front
London reports the Soviet Fourth Ukrainian Army pressed a new thrust in eastern Czechoslovakia near Ungvar and Kassa, advancing up to 16 miles on a 25 mile front. The offensives overran dozens of settlements while Malinovsky’s forces swept through Hungary from Tokaj toward Csap and Bacska. Prisoner totals exceed 14,000 since November 8 as crews push toward Miskolc and Kosice.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Ivan Petrov
Uhgvar
Carpatho-Ukraine
Kassa
Kosice
Csapi J
Cop
Agony Kassa
Miskolc
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ukraiian
Hungary
Petrov
Sobranec
Ungvar
Malinovsky
Tokaj
Eisenhower pins Patton for Metz role in Metz fortress capture
General Eisenhower pins Lieutenant General George S. Patton in recognition of the U S Third Army commanders role in the capture of the fortress city of Metz during World War II. The ceremony takes place at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force on November 24.
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Fatton
Supreme Headquarters
iemGen
Eisenhower
George 5. Patton
U.S
Arar
Metz
Four men shot during prison escape attempt at State Penitentiary
Joliet Nov. 24 three convicts and one guard were shot today as ten inmates tried to scale the walls to break from State penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Uh
Stat Penitentiary
Allied Forces Press Break German Rhine Bend Strive
Allied units cross the Rhine east of Strasbourg as reconnaissance elements. U S Ninth Army reports 110 German tanks destroyed in a week as weather drenches fronts. Strassbourg area sees heavy German counterattacks while American and British units press toward Saarbrucken Venlo and nearby targets amid harsh winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Settrich
Germany
U. S. Ninth Army
London Papers Emphasize Tokyo Raid Banner
London newspapers led with the B-29 raid on Tokyo on November 24 with banner headlines like Super-Forts Hit Tokyo. The Rhine battle filled the second line in most editions, reflecting the day’s priority on the raid over European fighting.
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London
Tokyo
Evening Standard
Toyko
the Rhine
Wartime 4 Shoes to be Sold Without Rationing
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration announced that wartime four shoes, likely 15,000,000 pairs annually, will be sold ration-free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Report Agreement On The Occupation Of Germany
A reliable report from London states that Russia Britain and the United States signed an agreement on the occupation of Germany last week. Details were not immediately known. In Washington the House and Means committee voted 15 to 8 against reviving regulation of the bituminous coal industry despite a presidential recommendation.
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Germany
London
Russia
Britain
United States
Washington
Hospare and Means Committee
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Imperial Palace
Seiler Brothers
Eighth Army
Commons
U.S. Seventh Army
Great Water
Reich
Strashoure
Battle House
Ninth Army
Marzenhausen
Bourheim
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