Planes Wreck 1000 Japanese Ships in Philippines Air War
United Press dispatches report American airmen achieving air superiority over the Philippines. They claim destruction of a Japanese convoy west of Leyte and heavy enemy troop losses en route to the island, with broader carrier and land based strikes shifting momentum to U S air power in the western Pacific. Soviet-style dispatches describe Saipan and Mindanao actions, mopping up in Peleliu, and reduced Japanese claims about sinkings as raids continue.
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United Press
Philippines
Eyte
Ougias
MacArthur
Hester W. Nimitz
Western Pacific
Western Pacific. 1A Weak Enemy Attack On the Aperfortress Base At Saipan
Tokyo
Silippines
U_ S_ fliers
Leyte
Ormoc
Yte
U. S
Mindanao
Ormoc Harbor
Pelelung
Palau
United States
Burma
Bhamo
School Rejects Vacation Change
An effort led by Sept. 2 D. Noble for James Edwards of the U S Employment Service to shift the public school vacation forward a week to free students for downtown clerical work failed. The school board and teachers rejected the plan citing conflicts and the February 1 return date, with some already set for rail trips and re scheduling of basketball games. Noble expressed willingness to cooperate had the idea been started earlier.
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D. Noble
James Edwards
U. S. Employment Service Office
Noble
Battle over U S loan ban rages in Congress
Washington report notes administration plans to back postwar private loans to defaulted foreign governments, prompting renewed debate on the Johnson Act named after Senator Len Harriman Warren Johnson of California. Dean Acheson told a House committee that foreign requests exist and repeal is sought. long-standing opposition is likely to persist. The act, enacted April 13, 1934, bars new U S loans to defaulting governments. Subsequent amendments would have blocked loans to entities owing U S creditors, including many South American governments under pressure from American banks. Continued coverage on page eight.
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Washington
Senate
Len Hiram
Warren Johnson
R. Calif
Congress
Dean Acheson
House
Administration
Johnson
United States
Roosevelt
Japan's War-Mobilization Stated by OWI Amid Reich Drive
The Office of War Information estimates Japan has 2,000,000 frontline troops with potential to add another 2,000,000. Japanese strength in China is about 2,000,900, suggesting large allied manpower needs after Germany falls. Since Pearl Harbor U S forces killed 277,000 Japanese with 21,000 American dead, a 13 to 1 ratio, as four million remain under arms. Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
Far East
Office of War Information Today
Japan
China
Germany
Pearl Harbor
OWI
U. S
OWL
War Department
Sailor Killed in Pacific Wars Ends Elkader Family Tragedy
Eden Hjelming of Elkader, 20, a West Union area graduate and sailor, was killed in action in the South Pacific. He was the son of Sverre and Marion Hjelming, recently moved to Elkader, and left a wife in New York.
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West Union
Eden Hjelming
Elkader
South Pacific
Sverre Hjelming
Marion
New York
Lady Astor to Quit Parliament in coming term
Lady Astor announces she will retire at the end of her current term in Parliament aided by her husband Lord Astor. She remains in seat for at least another year as wartime extension delays the general election.
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London
Lady Astor
Lord Astor
Plymouth
Fall Teapot Dome figure Albert Fell dies broke at 83
Albert B. Fell former interior secretary dies at 83 in El Paso after years of illness and near poverty He believed history would vindicate him in the Teapot Dome Elk Hills oil scandal that rocked Harding era He served a year in Santa Fe prison after being convicted of taking a $100000 bribe from Edward L Doheny in 1929.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fell
Interior
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Harding
Catholic Hospital
Fall
Elk Fills
Edward L. Doheny
California
Harry Sinclair
Deheny
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Doheny
U.S
District of Columbia
State legislature notes nearly 13 million for buildings
An interim committee report records about 13 million dollars for capital improvements. The plan totals 7.66 million for building construction and other fixes in state mental institutions, 3.19 million for school projects, and 100 thousand for furnishings for the capitol. The recommendations will be considered by the General Assembly meeting in January.
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Sisi General Assembly
Board of Control
Board of Education
Capitol
Take Tires on A Drivers
SHINGTON BD C UP that A card holders had to ei will go to jeeps in it develoed today with an mnent of a 2,000,900 quota Passenger tires for De While B and C mo are eligible for new tires, card driver has been told until production is ine possibly in early 1945.
Senate approves flood bill with Missouri Valley Authority
The Senate approved by voice vote a $970.965 million flood control bill authorizing river basin projects and power lines with Missouri Valley Authority oversight. It limits navigation uses west of the 98th meridian and requires state review before congressional submission. President Roosevelt supports MVA. fate to be decided next session.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
James E. Murray
Mont
Missouri Valley Authority
Missouri
Roosevelt
John H. Overton
Lal
Bureau of Reclamation
Connecticut River
Department of Interior l
Army Engineers
Congress
98Th Meridian
Department of Interior
Washington
D. C
MVA
Lister Hill
Hill
Wallace H. White
R. Me
Kenneth S. Wherry
Mass submarine kill in English Channel during invasion weeks
London Evening Standard naval correspondent reports the greatest mass killing of U boats in the war occurred in the English Channel during the weeks after Europe invasion. Five British anti submarine flotillas fought tirelessly as U boats approached allied convoys and fleets, with several submarines sunk while escort vessels and planes disrupted German attacks. Only one large ship was lost among the big invasion armada.
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London
Evening Standard
English Channel
Europe
Lonvoys
France
P.T.A. Board Opposes Compulsory Military Training
The Board of Managers of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in Chicago declared opposition to a proposed compulsory military training program. It reaffirmed its stance against such a plan, arguing the National Selective Service Act already furnishes enough trained personnel for current and urgent needs.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Doctor On Stand In Murder Trial Of Tripoli Man
In Charles City today Everet Prestein faced testimony in a murder trial over his four year old stepdaughter Jo Anne Pipho. W. H. Aleier and Dr. J. E. Whitmire described postmortem findings. Witnesses including eight Prestein relatives testified about bruises and alleged prior spankings and the child’s behavior.
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Charles City
Sutte
Everet Prestein
Jo Anne Pipho
W. H. Aleier
Tripoli
J. E. Whitmire
Sumner
Prestein
Aleier
Presteins
Seven Die as Trans-Continental Plane Crashes Near Los Angeles
A Trans continental and Western Airlines plane bound for New York crashed while landing at Burbank Airport, killing seven of 23 aboard. Among the victims were San Diego figures Mayor Hamlet Knox and City Manager Walter Cooper. Knox and Cooper were injured, while Captain J. P. Snowden and First Officer R. L. Bomberger died. Survivors described a sudden descent and tree clipping, with mud aiding the crash in the Van Nuys area near the old Los Angeles Metropolitan airport.
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Los Angeles
Western Airlines
W York
Burbank
Hamlet Knox
San Diego
Walter Cooper
Knox
Cooper
Mayer
Joan Dillard
J. P. Snowden
L. Bomberger
Alaracha
Calif
New York
San Francisco
van Nuys
Los Angeles Metropolitan
Aadio
Gerald Smith
Navy
J ‘Ness
Americans Bend German Wing On Duren Front
Allied forces hammered toward Duren with the First Army slashing eastward and bending the south wing of German defenses on the Rhine front. In the Saar area, a mass exodus of civilians moved away from Saarlautern as Patton and Hodges pressed to widen river toeholds and ready a knockout blow on Germany's war industry. Fighter bombers attacked behind the line while Patton closed in on Saarlautern from three sides, threatening key industrial and railway centers as German defenses held in stubborn counterstrikes.
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Paris
Koons
Duren
Rhinelander
Saar Front
Saarlautern
George S. Paiton
Paiton
Theding
Saarbrucken
Courtney H. Hodges
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roer
Saar Iu
Germany
Hurtgen Forest
Gey
Dren
Broderberg
United Press
Jack Frankish
First Army
Hoeges
Lamersdorf
Ninth
Third Army
Sear
George S. Patton
Saar Bastian
Reich
Patton
Saar
Saar-Union
Hagenau
Ouerth
Strasbourg
Sharp Spurt in Bond Sales Here
Bond issuing agencies report Sixth War Loan sales for the state at 23 percent of quota with a firmer trend after a recent buying spurt. County chairmen note Clermont and Oran townships over subscribed. Chicago Fed records 32 million in Series E bonds, part of 26 percent of Iowa’s 61 million quota. Total state sales reach about 44 million, 25 percent of the 178 million goal. Leaders urge full quotas this weekend to create a safety margin.
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Tom Maley
J. F. Miller
Clermont
Oran
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
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Julich
Sioverwail
Daniel Boone
Rum Smith
Oarmen
Syne
Montgomerys
Collyer
Oelwein
P.T.A. Board
Presten
Joanne
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