Deer hunt opens with 1500 hunters in Scioto Adams Pike counties
Ohio's second controlled deer hunt in 50 years began at 8 this morning as 2500 hunters spread through Scioto, Adams, and Pike counties. Five bucks were bagged on opening morning, with Carl Martin of Miamisburg taking the first reported deer at 9:29 a.m. and H. A. Watson named at the checking station shortly after.
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Ohio
Avery
State Conservation Department
Scioto
Adams
Pikecos
Carl Martin
Miamisburg
H. A. Watson
Kinney’s Lane
Troops of Patton press Saarlautern advance in Saarland
Allied forces under General Patton report major gains across the Saar river area, clearing west Saarlautern and pushing eastward toward Saarbrucken and Sarreguemines. The campaign emphasizes heavy fighting amid deteriorating weather as German defenses resist along the Siegfried Line.
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Sarre Union
Lorraine
Tts A
Venlo
Maas River
Holland
Maas
Marshal Montgomery
21St Army Group
Arnhem
Nijmegen
Canadian First Army
Germany
Kleve
Inden
Lucherberg
Luchem
Roehr
Duren
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Silesia
Saarbrucken
Sarregue
Fighting Man Knows Answer by Hal Boyle
AP veteran dispatch from London argues that Allied fighting men understand the long road ahead before Nazi defeat. He notes civilian optimism hides the tough winter warfare, German resilience, and the necessity of attrition for victory, with soldiers vowing the war will continue as long as needed.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
London
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Warm Spell Ahead After Cold Weekend Forecast
The article notes Sciotoco's coldest spell of the season with a Sunday low of 13 and a Monday low of 15. A warming trend is expected tonight and Tuesday, with possible rain by Tuesday night, as per Weather Observer H A Schirrman.
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Sciotoco
Mercury
H. A. Schirrman
Eight Point Buck Among Largest Seen By State Hunters
Conservation leaders describe the eight point buck as one of the best specimens in the last two seasons. Don Snyder of Dayton noted a large 10 pointer after reporting around 10 a.m. Earl Wamsley of Otway shot a 140 pound two pointer on the William Roush farm in Brush Creek. Another deer was bagged by Portsmouth hunters. Atty. Arthur Bannon and colleagues announced “we got a deer” but did not specify which of the trio shot it. Harold Hamilton later noted he bagged the buck on the Mohnley farm near Henley. Ohio hunters, armed with shotguns or bows, crowded into the county, filling hotels and restaurants as they swarmed from across the state.
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Don Snyder
Dayton
Earl Wamsley
Otway
William Roush
Brush Creek
Portsmouth
Arthur Bannon
Atty J. F. Johnley
Harold Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Mohnley
Henley
Ohio
Oye
Halt Permits For Deer Hunt Go Early
James W. Stuber reports from Roosevelt Bane preserve as 1,500 hunters lined up at the checking station for opening morning. The massed line stretched from Camp Oye lodge across the yard, with hunters joking and waiting for the 5 o clock gun. Lester Bailey, chief law enforcement, outlines state conservation actions as the scene unfolds.
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James Stuber
Roosevelt Bane Preserve
Camp Oye
Lester Bailey
Storms Halting Ground Push Slow Leyte Battle
American airmen pressed raids on enemy shipping and bases as Leyte storms limited ground action to minor clashes. Fighter planes hit Valencia supply bases while the 32nd Division advances via the Ormoc corridor. Nearby patrol planes sank freighters near Borneo and Masbate, with heavy bombers targeting Marcus.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Island
Valencia
Ormoc
U. S. 32Nd
Borneo
Pvt Lovejoy of Scioto wounded in action in France
Pvt Paul A Lovejoy of Portsmouth Route 1 was wounded slightly on November 15 in France, after two months overseas. Former Vulcan Corp. employee, he trained 17 weeks at Camp Wolters, spent a brief furlough with locals, and was stationed at Camp Meade before leaving the States. He is a father of four and has relatives in California and Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Rt 1
France
War Department
Louise J. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
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Camp Meade
Vulcan Corp
Dayton
Pauline
Mary Louise
Billie Jean
Paul Kenneth
Second St
Robert
U. S. Navy
California
Charles
Mary Bower
Sandusky
Alice Schlitz
Plain City
William Ellis McClean Jr
W. S. McClean
England
Pvt
McClean
Belgium
Hos
Santa And The Music Box begins Times Christmas Serial
Princess Ruth of Cameroon longs for a smile as doctors fear her illness. Louis, the gardener's helper, sails across oceans past the City of Pigs and three witches to obtain the Magic Music Box of Poldrex, the one hope to bring joy. The Times teases the story starting on page 7.
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Cameroon
Louis
Poldrex
City of Pigs
B-29s Hit Tokyo Factory Area in Fourth Raid
American B 29s based on Saipan bomb Tokyo factory area for 90 minutes with pinpoint accuracy despite antiaircraft fire and interceptors. The Musashima engine plant at Nakajima was the primary objective, with one squadron reporting 75 percent of its bombs in the target zone. Returning pilots from the latest Tokyo mission describe heavy damage and renewed strikes on Japanese industry.
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Associated Press
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Musashima
Nakajima
Submarines Sink 20 Japanese Ships in Navy Report
Washington reports American submarines have sunk 20 more Japanese ships including a light cruiser and a destroyer. The Navy says total Japanese ships sunk undersea by the U S stands at 61.8 percent with 82 warships among them.
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Washington
United States
Japs Push 35 Miles Toward Burma Road
Japanese troops penetrated 35 miles into Kweshaw province and battled Chinese defenders seven miles west of Tushan, 75 miles southeast of Kweiyang. Tokyo aims at least for Kweiyang, possibly Kunming and Chungking, as Ledo Burma road project gains. Air transport tonnage for Burma road engineers surged 400 percent in October.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Kwelshaw
Tushan
Kweiyang
Burma Road
Kweichow
Clyde Farnsworth
Kunming
Ledo- Burma
India
Air Transport Command For
Burma
Postwar road projects seek Towpath and Route upgrades
Scioto county officials received a list of three major postwar road projects for approval. They include raising the Towpath on route 52, widening and resurfacing route 52 from New Boston to Sciotoville underpass, and resurfacing route 348 west of Lucasville through the Scioto bottoms to route 112. Local leaders urge speedy approval.
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Sciotoco
J. F. Parkinson
Arthur H. Peake
Ohio Division No. 9
Chillicothe
Lucasville
Scioto Bottoms
Record Bomb Drops Reach New November Total in Europe
Allied air forces shattered monthly bombing records by dropping over 114700 tons on Germany in November. U S heavy bombers from Britain delivered 37880 tons, 15th air force bombers in Italy released 17820 tons, and Britain based RAF bombers accounted for the remaining 59000 tons.
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Germany
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Reich
U. S
Britain
15Th Air Force
Italy
RAF
Ohio Valley Weather Outlook Tonight and Tuesday
Observer Schirrman reports a mild night with low 15 and evening rain possible as Tuesday turns cloudy. Today 11 am temperature 29, yesterday’s high 36, low 15. a year ago today high 57, low 33.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Soong Takes Post as China's Prime Minister
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong assumed the premiership of China in Chungking on December 4. The move lets Chiang Kai-shek, commander in chief, focus on military tasks while Soong also becomes acting vice president of the executive yuan and succeeds his brother-in-law H. H. Kung as acting president of the yuan.
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T. V. Soong
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Soong
Executive Yuan
H. H. Kung
The
Yuan
Russian Drive Nearer Austria Reaches Hungarian Front
Russian troops broke through Nazi defenses in southwestern Hungary within 72 miles of the Austrian border and captured Miskolc and Satoraljaujhely. A German broadcast said a major force had reached the Lake area as fighting pressed along the Slovakian frontier.
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Associated Press
Hungary
Road to Berlin Front Distances Reported
The update lists remaining distances to major fronts: Western Front 301 miles from near Duren, Eastern Front 304 miles from north of War saw, Hungarian Front 420 miles from Budapest, and Italian Front 557 miles from Ravenna.
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Duren
Warsaw
Budapest
Ravenna
Balaton and Miskolc News Sketch From War Front
Balaton, 60 miles southwest of Budapest and near the Austrian line, figures as a strategic area while Miskolc, a key military supply hub for German and Hungarian forces, fell yesterday to advancing forces.
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Balaton
Budapest
Miskolc
Mar
Child Burned When Dress Catches Fire in Quincy Home
Dottie Jordan five, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thurman Jordan of Quincy, suffered serious burns to neck and waist when her dress ignited from a grate fire Saturday night. She was taken to Portsmouth General Hospital in fair condition.
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Dottie Jordan
Athens Gripped by General Strike and Violent Clashes
Gen. Catsotas, acting military governor, ordered the ELAS leftists to quit Athens within 72 hours after weekend violence left 21 dead and 140 injured. The EAM strike paralyzed the capital as ELAS seized Piraeus barracks and dock workers rallied with improvised arms amid a night of shooting. British troops disarmed a 700-strong ELAS column moving toward Athens.
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ELAS
Piraeus
Thesseum
Philoppos
Acropolis
Thebes
Akron family robbed of 8000 dollars in home hold
Four masked robbers trapped a Akron grocer John Zepko and his two daughters Eunice and Katherine Galati and her husband Anthony in their home casino tied and gagged while escaping with about 8000 dollars from a cedar chest and drawers according to Detective Lt. Glenn Miller.
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Akron
Glenn Miller
John Zepko
Eunice
Katherine Galati
Anthony Galati
Grade School Kids Join War Bond Army With Movie As Prize
Grade school youngsters joined the sixth war loan drive as sales agents with a free Lyric theater show for every child who buys or sells a bond. Weekend sales reach 1,769,828 in Scioto County with 1,095,172 to go. Flying Varieties tickets grant a free LaRoy theater seat Monday. Leads gather Tuesday noon to report progress to General Chairman H. Glenn Duisy. Movie show for band salesmen set 10:30 a.m. Saturday with cartoons and comedies. adults barred.
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War Bond Army
Hade
Lyric Theater
Scioto
LaRoy
Jim Tracy
Bulgars Who Abused Airmen Take Own Lives
Rome December 4. Some Bulgarians accused of abusing captured American airmen before Bulgaria surrendered have killed themselves to avoid trial, Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker said at a press conference. He added the U.S. military mission in Bulgaria was making progress in identifying those responsible for mistreatment of the prisoners.
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Rome
Bulgaria
Ira C. Baker
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
Elliott and Faye Emerson wed at Grand Canyon overlook
Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson married in a glass enclosed Grand Canyon observation station. The ceremony lasted eight minutes conducted by Rev Roger Sawyer from Williams Arizona as a few friends attended.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Roger Sawyer
Williams (Ariz.) Methodist
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