NEW SHAKE UP AS CHINA FACES BRAVEST PERIL
Chinese leadership reshuffle follows Moscow criticism as Chiang Kai-shek replaces FT. L. Kung with WV. Soong in a second Chungking cabinet shake up in two weeks. Observers warn Japan’s advance may decide China’s fate within 60 days, while U S air bases face pressure and Burma campaign drags on.
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United Press
China
Chungking
Tokyo
Moscow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ft. L. Kung
WV. Soong
Yuan
Ress
Rowei- How
Kweiyang
U. S
Burma
Washington
Saipan
My Capa
Te Musashina
Japan
Waverly Attorney Leonard Racker Dies at 52
Funeral services planned for Leonard H. Racker attorney and former mayor of Waverly who died yesterday of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife a daughter and four sons.
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Waverly
Leonard H. Racker
Eng
Urge Bonus For War Workers Pushes National Plan
War Production Chief J A Krug and Lt Gen Somervell urged adoption of a bonus plan to reward workers who stay on war jobs. Somervell warned manpower shortages must be solved within a month or Congress may be asked for national service legislation. Krug hoped to present a concrete plan in weeks, while Somervell warned of looming shortages in small arms ammo tires radar and heavy textiles as crews on the front receive what they need. A Boston notice said after next Saturday male workers who quit in the greater Boston area must take a war production job, with regional directors tightening manpower channeling to the most vital factories.
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B.C
J. A. Krug
Brenon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Krug
United Press
Congress
Somervell
Boston
Greater
Wat
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Toda
Budget Outlook Shrinks as 1944 45 Expenditures Likely Miss Target
Roosevelt budget experts forecast the 1945 and 1944 fiscal years may fall short of the $100,000,000,000 annual expenditure plan while current receipts lag. As of Nov 30 total expenditures reached $37.56 billion with $15.0 billion in receipts. Roosevelts 1945 proposal estimated outlays at $99.77 billion with $40.77 billion in tax and other receipts. early 1945 trends show expenditures near $85.6 billion in five months, about $15.9 billion below the target, and receipts lag.
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Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Roosevelt
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Beard
Wies
Great Beitain
Bond sales over half the Sixth War Loan quota
Oelwein and Des Moines reports show the Sixth War Loan drive nearing the halfway point. State totals reach $94 109 000 while Series bonds report $19 100 000 or 31 percent. Officials urge renewed solicitation as volunteers push for higher purchases to meet the quota.
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Oelwein
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Reserve Ink
Chicago
Id. W. OL. Clark
Towans
Pearl Harbor
Iuwa
Subs Sink Twenty Japanese Ships
Washington report says American submarines, continuing an unending offensive against Japanese shipping, sank an enemy light cruiser and a destroyer plus at least 18 more merchant vessels. The communique lists 13 cargo vessels, four cargo transports, and a tanker destroyed. Overall, U.S. subs have sunk 874 vessels, with 82 warships sunk, 11 probably sunk, and 16 damaged.
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Washington
U. S
Iit
U.S
Admiral Hints New Secret Weapons
Admiral Ernest J. King says the navy is ready to lead in developing secret weapons and faster methods to reach victory. In the U.S. at War feature, he praises American engineers and envisions driving west to encompass the islands of Japan. Army Chief Gen. Marshall adds the US will maintain military might to block aggression before the end of the war.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
Army and Navy Journal
U.S
Japan
Army
George C. Marshall
United States
Bombing raid hits Belgrade factory and city core
The Belgrade air raid targeted the Rarus Aircraft factory near the city center, with 130 bombs reported across the capital and extensive damage to surrounding areas. A Swiss Red Cross official cited 1200 dead, while Belgrade residents claimed up to 2000 fatalities amid the strike and bombardment over the heart of the Yugoslav capital.
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Belgrade
Tocar
Rarus Aircraft Factory
Yuogslav
Swiss Red Cross
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Belparoa
Uae
Bowles seeks federal control of commercial rents
Price administrator Chester Bowles asked Congress to authorize federal control of commercial rents. Testifying before a Senate committee Bowles said local laws lack inflation protections and federal oversight may be needed in high rent areas like New York City and on the Pacific coast with slow areas in Texas Ohio and Massachusetts.
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Chester Bowles
Congress
Senate
Bowles
OPA
York Ci
Pacific Coast
Texas
Ohio
Mlassachusetts
Ex-Envoy Grew Gets High Post in Roosevelt Admin
Washington, D C. Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan and Pearl Harbor era official, nominated as undersecretary to succeed Cordell Hull. Roosevelt also names three new assistant secretaries, William L. Clayton, Archibald MacLeish, and John B. Rockefeller, while confirming resignations of Adel A. Baruch Jr., G. How Shaw, and Breckinbridge Long.
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CD. C
Joseph C. Gray
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Edward R.sieilinius
Wario
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Wiliam L. Clayton
Texas
Archhinald BlacLerch
Conn A. Rockefeller
Grew
New Cretarign
White House
Adel A. Baie
G. How- Shaw
Breckinbridge Long
Rosey
Senate
Clavion
MacLeish i
Rockefeller
Ion
U. S
Rockeffeller
MacLeish
Reds pound at Austrian Gate near Balaton
Soviet columns smashed into a strong German defense near Lake Balaton as they drove toward the invasion gate. German reports urged calm while warning of impending military events and a planned counterattack along the lake shores.
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Austrian
Jowan Faces Mine Fraud Indictment in Iowa Case
Edward J. Sioll of Council Bluffs was indicted by a federal grand jury in Des Moines on four counts alleging mail fraud and investment securities violations. The four mining firms named include Elemmnistic Conner Co, Platinam Mersic Carn, Rare Metals Corp, and Rigtti Metals Corp with mines claimed at Albany Wyoming. Indictment accuses stock misrepresentations and falsified material facts to obtain funds.
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Edward J. Sioll
Des Moines
Elemmnistic Conner Co
Platinam Mersic Carn
Rare Metals Corp
Rigtti Metals Corp
Albany, Wyre
Siell
Greek Leftists Defy Martial Law in Athens Clash
Violence erupted in Athens as left wing factions seized police stations and clashed in Thission square. At least 16 killed and over 150 injured as government and allied forces moved to enforce martial law. Papandreou government faced a civil war warning while British troops disarmed Elas units.
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London
Athens
Thisson Square
United Press
Rhens
Pryier Georges Papandreou
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Ptolemeas Sarigianis
Ronald Scobdie
Greece
Papandreoun
Scobbie
Elas
Thebes
Scobie
Withdra
Piraeus
EAM
Papandreou
Ronald Scoabie
Probe Turnover in Navy Yard Workers
Senate war investigating committee opens a preliminary study into heavy labor turnover at Bremerton Washington navy yard. The inquiry, requested by Senator Homer Ferguson, follows a four page letter claiming 27 500 employees quit the yard in the year ending July 1 due to high living costs and poor housing. Accusations include housing costs, transportation, navy chamber collusion, and misrepresentation by procurement reps.
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Senate
Bremeston, Washnavy
Homer Ferguson
R. Mich
Bremerton
Questor
Ferguson
Ben M. Blount
Bremerton Ward
Blount
Navy
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Bremerton Ward Dacor
Captain Slater Receives AAF Weatherman Rank Promotion
Captain Slater of the Army Air Forces Weather Service is promoted to Captain by the Regional Officer of the 25th AAF Region. The Iowa native earned praise from Major General Frank Hun ter for accurate forecasts aiding overwater briefing and successful missions under hazardous weather. He leads refresher courses at Masters Weather Station and trained cadets at N. I. U. G. U. Cedar Falls, Iowa. Slater previously served with the U.S. Weather Bureau in Davensori and Coast Guard cutters, later joining the RAF Meteorological Cadets and earning a Second Lieutenant commission in 1942. He is a graduate of Harriston High School and Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls.
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Frank O. D. Hunter
Air Force
England
RAF_ H
Ne York Universe
Imy
Harriston High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Germans Wrest Hill From Fifth Army Near Bologna
Rome reports German troops mounted about six local attacks against Fifth Army positions below Bologna but only seized a hill feature near Bombiana, 22 miles southwest of the civil headquarters. Other attacks, including a thrust toward Mieunt Beimonte, eight miles south of Bologna, failed to gain ground as Indian troops on the Fifth Army right flank advanced locally while Eighth Army forces held near Faenza and Ravenna. Headquarters said October saw German forces drawn from four Italian fascist divisions in north Italy, while Italians deserted daily. Sixty five from the same unit arrived at the lines. The Mediterranean Allied air force reported seven aircraft missing after losses yesterday.
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Ravenna
Abe
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Mnly
Aled
Mediterranean
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Soviet Press Plays Down Western Front News
Moscow reports show Soviet papers dedicate about 50 lines per day to western front events while insisting main forces are in the east and Germany’s strength there is small. Tass relays summaries while front pages note air operations.
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Germany
West Front
Ofiwial Tass
Tror Londen
Airwd
Tralian Front
Hanan Front
Pravda
Lisly
Yyugoslavia
Patton swings army against vital Saar river
Allied forces pressed four miles toward Saar defenses as Fourth Army units moved to breach the Saar river line. Hodges and Simpson pressed operations along a broad front from Inden to Julich while air support lagged due to weather but heavy bombing targeted German rear areas. British forces destroyed a Meuse bridge head at Venlo and prepared to push toward the Ruhr as Julich remained largely in American hands.
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George
Artiliery
Saarterder
Saarprucken
Sarregue
Saarlautern
Can
Julich
Rhineland
Saar
Tern
Jack Frankish
Roet
Courtney H. Hodges
William H. Simpson
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Inde
Inden
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Merode
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Meuse
Venlo
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Ruhr
Brussel
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Roer
Fron
Gispardes
Estern
Germany
Dusseldert
Willen H. Simpson
Reer
Linnich
Finerderi
Weekly Oelwein Weather Report for Dec 3
Weather summary for Oelwein the week ending December 3 notes cool temperatures with north winds. Precipitation was light most days, with Sunday bringing rain that turned to ice, making travel hazardous.
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Oelwein
Saturna
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