Night B-29 Raid on Tokyo Sparks Large Fires
United Press reports Sai pan B 29s conducted their first night raid on Tokyo igniting major fires in the capital while Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Leyte reinforcement efforts were repelled, sinking 13 enemy ships and killing about 4,000 troops in a two day air sea battle. Japanese reports claim captains and airmen face death if captured, but allied communiques note no B 29 losses to enemy action and limited visible damage to Tokyo. Continued rain delays stall ground fighting on Leyte with no major shifts in front lines.
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United Press
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Miers
Leyte
Canotes Sea
Washington
James Hdoolittle
New Guinea
Serte
Ormoc
Clerical Wrelerc Rare Lamne Disease In Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota Jac queline Mainella a seven year old girl in St Marys Hospital isolation ward lies nearly hopeless with a rare pulmonary type of tuberculosis. Her father Master Chief Michel Mainella has returned from Farragut Idaho naval station for a visit. A blood donor who has recovered from the disease is sought to give a transfusion though the child’s life hangs by a thread with only a one in one hundred chance of survival.
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Duluth. Minn
Jacqueline Mainella
St. Mary's Hospital
Santa Claus
Otheir Y
Jacky
Michel Maimedla
Farragut
Ida
Naval Station
Charles H. Schroe
Allied broadcast guides German slave workers advance defeat
An allied supreme headquarters spokesman issued instructions to foreign workers in western Germany as Allied forces push from Rhineland and Rhenish Westphalia. Speaking for General Eisenhower, the commander urged faithful execution of the orders to hasten Germany's defeat and the workers' return home.
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United Press
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Rhineland
Rhenish Westphalia
Germany
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Travel Extremes Two Troy Mills Men Fly To Oelwein
Two Troy Mills men flew to Oelwein in 28 minutes, beating their hitch hike wait to reach Carson Feed and Produce’s motor parts source at the Iowa Portable Mill in town. The trip aimed to secure parts for their business.
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Troy Mills
Oelwein
Carson Feed and Produce Company
Linn County
Iowa
Death ends seven month sedition trial of Eicher
Federal Judge Edward C. Eicher died of a heart attack mid trial ending the seven month sedition case. The indictment remains active with 26 defendants still in trial and about 39 government witnesses planned. The trial had produced hundreds of motions and a massive record. Eicher, 65, served as SEC chair and U S district court chief justice, and was known for his calm conduct in court. He left a widow Hazel Mount and daughter Elizabeth. He was a Democratic Mennonite.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
Justice Department
Elmer Garner
Wichita
Kans
O. John Rogge
John Roy Carlson
Regge
Noble
Securities and Exchange Commission
Iowa
Congress
SEC
U. S. District Court
District of Columbia
University of Chicago
Tinois State
U_ S. supreme courts
Hazel Mount
Elizabeth
Norden Honored for Ingenious Bombsight Invention
Carl L. Worden the inventor of the bombsight and automatic pilot was awarded the Holley medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at its honors night dinner in New York. Norden, a Netherlands citizen, donated all patent rights and models to the U S government for one dollar each. his inventions are standard equipment on multimotor bombing planes.
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New York
Carl L. Worden
Holley
American Society of Me ‘Chanical Engineers
Norden
Netherlands
U. S
Massive American Air Fleet Attacks Reich Rail Yards
A huge American air fleet, including heavy bombers and fighters, attacked Leipzig area rail yards and Saarbrucken rail supply lines after RAF Mosquito strikes on Hanover. Bechter, Zeitz, Lutzkendorf, and Merseburg oil refineries were hit by Flying Fortresses and Liberators in the largest bomber weight in months. The raid followed Mosquito bombing and continued the Allied aerial offensive against Germany.
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London GP
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Germany
Hanover
Bechter
Zeitz
Lutzkendorf
Merseburg
Used Auto Tires Off Ration List
The Office of Price Administration announced that used passenger car tires will be removed from rationing next Tuesday. The tires stem from 6.8 million purchased by the Defense Supplies Corp two years ago due to poor quality and distribution issues. Used truck tires remain rationed. Grade 1 tires now include factory seconds and synthetic rubber tires. Tires made ration free were grade 3.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Defense Supplies Corp
Anti Hitler Poster Appears in Berlin Streets
A Stockholm newspaper says posters appeared in Berlin proclaiming the less the enemy shows himself the more invisible the fuehrer Adolf Hitler. The report notes the message spreading amid wartime censorship and public reaction.
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Berlin
United Press
Stockholm
Oelwein Prepares for Christmas Season Visit
Oelwein stores trim windows daily and fill interiors with gifts. The Chamber of Commerce urges residents and nearby communities to visit this week as Santa plans to greet shoppers on December 16 with treats. Christmas carols will be heard around town.
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Oelwein
Peoprem
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Soviets Race Toward Austria in Hungary Offensive
Soviet forces broke into Eger and Szikszó as they advanced 93 miles along the Danube front toward Budapest and into western Hungary toward Austria. The push threatens to collapse the Nazi defense in Hungary, with springboards toward Czechoslovakia and a path to the Austrian frontier. More than 380 towns captured in the first rush as Red Army moves from the Danube into Yugoslavia and north toward the mountains north of Budapest.
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London
Red Army
Hungary
Eger
Budapest
Szikzo
Miskolc
Czechoslovakia
Kealaton
Austria
Roosevelt fires Littell as Aide Over Insubordination
President Roosevelt removes Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell amid a public feud with Attorney General Francis Biddle. The White House cited Littell’s statements to a Senate committee and alleged influence by Thomas Corcoran as reasons, echoing past White House efforts to curb internal quarrels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norman M. Littell
Francis Biddle
Justice Department
Littell
Littel
Biddle
Senate War Investigating Committee
Thomas Corcoran
Brain
Litter
Senate
White House
Imen
Henry A. Wallace
Jesse Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
Jones
Stettinius Gets Senate Okay
The Senate confirmed Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to succeed Cordell Hull as secretary of state despite opposition from Sen. William Langer. Langer accused Stettinius of ties to steel and aluminum monopolies, of inaction on steel plant expansion, and of siding with the Aluminum Company of America amid a Justice Department antitrust suit.
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Washington
Senate Today
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Cordell Hull
William Langer
W.D. Langer
Stettinius
United States Steel Corp
J. P. Morgan
Stetimius
Aluminum Corporation of America
Department of Justice
E Bond Sales Lagging in Iowa
The Iowa War Finance Committee reported seven counties exceeded 20 percent of their E bond quota, with total state bond sales at 33.2 million dollars. Series E bonds totaled 10.6 million, 17 percent of the 61 million goal, as farmers are urged to buy their quotas to reduce a roughly 3 million shortfall.
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Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Towa
Fishing Season Best in Years
Des Moines reports the end of the fishing and frogging seasons in Iowa were the most successful in years according to the State Conservation Commission. Frogging and lake fishing, plus stream catfishing after summer floods, showed above average luck with a large frog population in the northwest and good trout and lake fishing overall.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Sreat Lakes
Commission
Prisoners of War Treated Fairly, Probers Say
A House Armed Services committee report says Americans held in German and Japanese camps are generally treated under the Geneva convention. It notes Japan has not ratified the treaty but abides in spirit where possible, with access limits by Swiss officials and Red Cross. Germany largely follows Geneva standards though some provisions loosened by wartime needs. In the U S, Geneva provisions are followed. 334,618 prisoners are housed here with 281,344 German, 31,032 Italian, and 2,242 Japanese captives. escape attempts remain low and recaptured quickly.
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Washington
House
Far East
International Red Cross
Japan
Germany
United States
American broadcasts depict Japanese as barbarians in wartime propaganda
Goro Nakano, former Tokyo Asahi correspondent, claims U S enemies portray Americans as barbaric. He cites wrestling, blackface acts, tobacco road plays, actresses selling kisses for war bonds, and nude dances as examples used to incite patriotism among the masses.
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United Press
Goro Nakano
New York
Tokyo
Asahi
FCC Ioctary
United States
Nakano
Ich
Open Season on Quail Extended
The 1944 quail season has been extended until December 15 due to large surpluses in the coverts, according to the state conservation commission.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Yanks Inch Out Gains as Whole Front Blazes
Allied forces push along a 408 mile front from Holland to the Swiss border as the Cologne plain battle enters its third week. American units advance at key points near Duren Inden and Lamersdorf while the French strike south of Strasbourg. Fighter-bombers wreck German armor in the Saar region and near Saarbrucken as German reserves pour into the fighting.
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Paris
Roer
Inde
Inder
Lamersderk
Cologne Plain
Courtney H. Hodges
Lambersdorf
Upper Rhine
Strasbourg
Luxembourg
Baden
Reich
France
St. Louis
35Th
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saar
Saarbrucken
Europe
CBS
Ankara Radio
First Army Front
Inden
Lamersdorf
Soth
Billiger Woods
Doren
Aachen
Germany
Holland
Swiss
Casualties Up 8 155 in Week
Washington announces weekly US armed forces casualties totaling 536 950, an increase of 8 193. Secretary Stimson cites 461 058 Army casualties with 89 840 killed, 2538 wounded, 57 514 missing, 35 598 POWs. Wounded returned to duty 124 533. Navy Marine and Coast Guard totals reach 75 882 with 29 480 dead and 32 600 wounded.
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Washington
Henry L. Stim Sen
A Navy
Gay
Socialist Heads New Polish Cabinet in Exile
London United press reports the formation of a Polish government in exile led by Premier Tower Arciszewski a socialist party leader and veteran revolutionary. The announcement names Arciszewski as head of the cabinet under exile.
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London
Tower Arciszewski
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