Ormoc South Pacifies Pocket as Rain Hinders Push
American forces pressed Japanese troops pocketed south of Ormoc on Leyte with the 7th and 77th divisions advancing and capturing Albuera, while the 32nd division sought to crush the northern pocket amid heavy rain. Paratroopers aided by light tanks cleared two US airfields and pushed into a narrow containment zone.
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Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita
U. S
Albuera
Leyte Island
Camp Downs
U. Ss
Ormoc Town
New Allied Drives Deepen Saar Offensive in Winter Push
Allied forces press from two directions into the Saar basin driving toward Saarbrucken as divisions including the 26th 35th and 6th armored push from the west and south. The 90th and seventh armies advance toward Dillingen and Bischwiller while the front lines along the Siegfried line show heavy fighting and reports claim the front has been reduced by the equivalent of 17 German divisions.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Supreme Steadquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
U. 8
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Saar Basin
Allied Supreme Command
Aachen
Sarregue
Saar River
Saar Land
Saarlautern
Saar
Roselle
Nounkirseh
Saarbrucken
Saarbruckery
Dillingen
Saarkintern
Saareque
Transocean
U.S. Seventh Army
Rhine
Haguenau
Germany
Naguenau
Alsace
U. S. Ninth Army
Roer
Julich
U.S. First Army
Bergstein
Supreme Command
Holland
U.S
U. S
Franco Reported Ousted In Spain
Miguel Maura former interior minister claimed Franco had resigned and would argue for a transcontinental government. Maura planned to enter Spain to meet Falangist leaders and back a restoration of the 1931 constitution with Diego Martinez Barrios as provisional head of state.
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Associated Press
Paris
Madrid
Miguel Maura
Spain
Maura
Franco
Diego Martinez Barrios
Jose Felix le Querica
Pegler Is Sued By Harry Bridges
Harry Bridges and labor groups sue Westbrook Pegler and iHeatst Publications for 600000 alleging libel from Pegler’s column during Bridges’ deportation fight. King Features Syndicate is named as a defendant. The suit cites Pegler’s remarks about a Longshore union member ousted for backing Dewey in the last election.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Westbrook Pegler
iHeatst. Publications Inc
King Features Syndicate
Ing
Pegler
Bridges
Thomas E. Dewey
Meadows to Name Koontz Budget Director in WV
The Charleston Gazette reports Governor Elect Clarence Meadows will name Clarence H. Koontz as state budget director replacing Cleveland M. Bailey who leaves January 1 to serve in Congress. Koontz, long trusted in state finances, may serve as acting budget director until January 15.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Charleston Gazette
Clarence
Meadows
Clarence H. ‘Koontz
Cleveland M. Bailey
Bailey
The
Gazette
M. M. Neely
Koontz
Eighth Tightens Noose On Faenza
Allied forces of the Eighth Army advance on Faenza Italy as San Prospero falls and a southward push along the Lamone river tightens the noose. German defenses retreat but recapture Pideura before Allied tanks recapture it. Fifth Army patrols near Bologna report dense fog and limited visibility.
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Iby
Associated Press
Rome
Faenza
Eighth Army
Lamone
San Prospero
Celle
Adriatic
Ravenna
Fifth Army
Bologna
Christmas ration approved in Germany for all ages
A Berlin dispatch to Svenska Dagbladet reports a special Christmas ration in Germany set at 230 grams of meat two eggs 25 grams of sweets for children and half a bottle each of spirits and wine for adults The dispatch was sent to the O W I on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Germany
O.wi
Draft Boards Ordered to Grow Call-Ins for 26 to 37
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes announced that selective service will increase calls for men aged 26 to 37 not currently contributing to the war effort. The aim is to replace service members released to war plants and ensure essential industries have manpower to sustain production and pressure on the enemy.
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Associated Press
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Ile
Elas General Surrenders Athens Peace Could Return
An Elas general reportedly surrendered as mediators said peace might return to Athens by Monday. Dimitri Lambrakis, Liberal mediator, pressed for a national government with Sopphoulis and Papandreou. British Major General Scobie noted continuing ELAS activity and damage to a key bridge in Piraeus amid efforts to end the conflict.
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Stephen Barber
Associated Press
Athens
Blas
Dimitri Lambrakis
Eleftheron Vina
Lambrakis
T Nemistokles Sophoulis
George) Papandreou
Pireaus
Chinese Railway Town Recaptured in Kweichow
The Chinese counter-offensive in Kweichow recaptured the rail town of Shangsu near the Kwangsi border as forces advanced 18 miles from Tuhsan. The pursuit continues toward the border with Kweiyang’s capital 82 miles away, while air minister Chen Cheng warns of a possible renewed Japanese offensive.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Kweichow
Shangssu
Tuhsan
Kwingsi Province
Chen Cheng
Shangsu
Kweiyang
Kwangsi
Kwanksi-Kweichow
Trigger Finger Accident Wounds Two Brothers
Earnest Smith thirteen and Edgar Smith twelve, sons of Mr and Mrs J W Smith of Crab Orchard, were shot when a younger brother mishandled a gun yesterday evening around 4 30. Earnest sustained a left side wound and Edgar a left head wound. Hospital attendants reported their condition very good.
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Earnest Smith
Edgar
J. W. Smith
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Earnest
Liberty Statue Relighted As War Signal
The Statue of Liberty will be relit as a victory signal when Germany or Japan surrenders. A modernized lighting system is being installed to make Miss Liberty brighter than ever, according to George A. Palmer, superintendent.
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Associated Press
New York
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Japan
George A. Palmer
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries in northern West Virginia
A weather update indicates mostly cloudy conditions with light snow flurries expected in northern portions of West Virginia on Sunday. The forecast calls for minimal accumulation and light winds.
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West Virginia
Budapest Encirclement Advances As Red Army Near City
Russian forces drove toward Budapest from north and southwest, reaching within 15 miles of the capital and sealing off eastern districts. Malinovsky's army breached the Danube at Vac 13 miles north, cutting the rail link to Vienna, while Tolbukhin's forces pressed toward Szekesfehervar and Vienna, signaling looming Hungarian collapse.
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Associated Press
London
Budapest
Danube
Vac
Moscow
Richard Kasischke
Marshal Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Balassagy Armal
Brati
Viena
Malinovsky
Stlinsa
Austria
Danube River
Capturvsci
Three Raleigh County Servicemen Wounded
War department announces three Raleigh County service men wounded in action in the European theater. They are Staff Sergeant Carl B. Holland of Beckley, Private Harold E. Kyle of Naomat and Pie, and Albert J. Spicer of Sophia, son of Mrs. Flossie Spicer.
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Toyko
B. E. Weaver
Osceola
Saipan
Army Air Fore
Virgil Tudor
Jeff
Monteval
Guice
Gene) Tudor
Rita R. McGraw
Sabine Post Office
Wyoming County
Park Tudor
Raleigh
War Department
Carl B. Holland
Mary Ann Holland
Beckley
Harold E. Kyle
Bonnie B. Kyle
Naomat and
Pie
Albert J. Spicer
Flossie Spicer
Sophia
Foley Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter
In Clay County Circuit Court, EB W Foley, 47 year old United Mine Workers organizer, is convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the March 1 fatal shooting of Joe Groves, a mine foreman in Widen. Penalty ranges from one to five years. Jury deliberated two hours forty minutes before verdict. Judge Jake Fisher adjourned court to Monday.
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Associated Press
ULAY
Clay County
EB. H W. i Foley
United Mine Workers
Joe Groves
Widen
Defense Consed
Jake Fisher
Sea Stary No. 2
Governors Test Desert Grapefruit Squirt in Desert Test
Five western governors examined Arizona California desert grapefruit and concluded no fruit squirts. Governor Sidney Osborn of Arizona announced the result after the test with Utah’s Herbert Man New Mexico’s John Dempsey Nevada’s J P Carville and Montana’s Sam Ford participating. Growers then invited Florida and Texas citrus men to a four state squirt contest in Washington Senate restaurant.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariza
Sidney I’, Osborn
Arizona
Govs
Herbert B. Man
Utah
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
J. P. Carville
Nevada
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Florida
Texas
Senate
Washington, D. C
Enthralled Audience Greet Bary Ensemble at Beckley Event
A near capacity crowd at Beckley High School Auditorium enjoyed the Beckley Community Concerts sponsorship debut of the Bary Ensemble. Soloists Miss Gertrude Bary violin Miss Mary Becker cello and Miss Virginia Peterson performed works by Handel Beethoven Kreisler Mozart and Popper with multiple encores. The program closed with Nutcracker and Debussy encores and the unit arrived in Prince yesterday morning.
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Bary
the Woods
Crow Wilson High School
Beckley
George Frederick Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gertrude Bary
Bary Ensemble
Chopin
Peter
Micha Ishaikowsky
Mary B Becker
Schoen Rosmar
Kreisler
Mis Bary
Miss Becker
Virginia Peterson
Felix Mendelssonn
Mozart
Woltz
Godard
Lorna Wren
Ly Gossec
Miss Peterson
David Popper
Saint Saaens
Pasniailanti
Manuel de Palla
Unit
Tshaikowsky
Debussy
Prince
J. McCreery
Seestury No. 1
Fage
Two Bank Officials Sentenced for Embezzlement
In Wheeling West Virginia two former Parkersburg bank officials were sentenced to 15 years each in federal prison for embezzlement and related false entries. Herbert R Wise executive vice president and W Drummond Halley a former teller pled guilty. The judge noted past character references and urged trust in bank personnel despite the offenses.
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Yaine Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Parkersburg
Drudge William &. Baker
Herbert R. Wile
Commercial Baking and Trust Company
W. Drummond Halley
Wile
Baker
Wise
Halley
Lewisburg
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Gene) ‘Factor
Joan
McDaniel
Tudor
United States
Captain Tudor
Tokyo
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