Japanese Losses on Leyte Island Reported by War Desk
Japanese reinforcements swarmed into Leyte as Allied air and naval power pressed the island battle. Authorities say seven destroyers and three freighters were sunk, with a large convoy reaching shore under cover of night as American forces report heavy Japanese casualties and mounting losses across the Philippines campaign.
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Eee TN Son
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Philippines
Leyte Island
Siperforts
Leyte
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Guadalcanal
Bulwark
MacArthur
Auperforts
Nanking
China
War Department
Tokyo
Hise
Spain
Hyush
Dipan
Balshu
Koreg
Shaneghal
Shanghai
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
Navy Department
Subse
Jap Heh
Cantum
Kwellin
Lichaw
Yomer
U.S
Chungking
Bhamo
Kishi
Anenott
Eit Buring
Heavies Raid in Snow Over Hannover and Cologne Blasted
Snow storms could not halt Allied air power as Mosquitos of the RAF struck Hannover from west and south, dropping many tons including over 30 4000 pound bombs. Several US heavy bombers and seven fighters were reported missing after yesterday’s raids, with Cologne and Frankfurt areas thought to have landed in France.
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London
Germany
Bip
Reich
Hannover
Churchill to France For Armistice Day
Churchill arrives in Paris with Eden for talks on politics and economics and attends the Armistice Day ceremonies with General de Gaulle. He does not place a wreath as French and Allied troops parade along the Champs Elysees.
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Aleay Anester
Churchill
Britain
Parlsadey
General de Gaulle
Wardens
Arc de ‘Triomphe
Paris
Eden
Marshal of the Royal Aty
Saliier
Gharaps Elysees
New Finnish Premier to Russia in Transitional Move
London dispatch reports Juha Pansikivi, veteran statesman, accepted the Finnish premiership in a new government. He succeeds Eero Casinen amid criticism of how the government has handled the Russo Finnish armistice issues and relations with Soviet Russia.
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London
One
Finnish Radio
Juha Pansikivi
Pesea
Russia
Erhu Casiren
Ih O90
Kovernment
L A Pauses To Honor War Dead In San Antonio
San Antonio marks Armistice Day with a downtown parade featuring military units, school bands, veterans groups, and civic organizations. Maj. Gen. H Conger Pratt reviews from Alamo Plaza as Brig. Gen. Michael F. Davis leads the march past, with city and county officials following.
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Ger Flon
Alammo Street
M Houston Street
United States Army
T. G
H. Conger Pratt
Southern Defense Command
Alamo Plaza
Lisul
Pearl Roundy
San Antonio
Armistice Day Closures Prompt State Departments Close
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday with little temperature change. minimum around 58 degrees. State departments were closed nationwide in observance of Armistice Day, Austin reports.
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San Antonio
Austin
Armistice Day 26 Years Ago Yanks Field Torch On Metz
Paris dispatch recalls Armistice Day on the western front as General Patton leading tank riders presses toward Metz while Pershing era doughboys stand prepared for a new assault. Veterans recount the moment the Armistice halted the march, with Bullard’s Second Army in position near the Moselle and fortifications around Metz.
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KR. L. Bullard
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Bullard
Meta
O Uns
Moselle Titer
Bont-a-Mottsson
Nancy
Clip
Cetal
Armistice Day Observances Across War-Torn World
Armistice Day is marked amid global conflict with ceremonies from Arlington to Paris. Veterans parades surge in Dallas and Fort Worth while a Texas widow receives the Medal of Honor posthumously for Second Lieutenant Thomas Fowler of Wichita Falls. France, Italy, and American units join in a world memorial, honoring fallen service members and affirming hope for lasting peace.
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United States
Italies
Arington National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Dallas
Hansa
Fort Worth
Oles
Fort Bill
Ukraine
Thomas
Weldon Fowler
Cavalry
Wichita Falls
Ann Oakes Fowler
Ralph McT. Pennell
Fort Sillfield
Fowler
Carano
Italy
Rome
Phantom Papuan Woman Seen In War Reports
A Leyte and New Guinea dispatch from Wewak asserts the myth of the phantom Japanese commander is false. Allied reports describe a real Albino Papuan woman who led a group, with Maj Richard Bong’s dawn patrol near Leyte confirming no such phantom figure existed in the battlefield narrative.
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America
Army
Richard I. Bong
San Francisco
Tromlormac Bay
Wewak
New Guinea
Boug
Wis
Fhier
Ant
New No
Bent
Guinier
Yanks Push Deep Beside Metz In Allied Drive
Allied forces under Patton advance beyond the 1918 line near Metz as motorized units reach Lucy and Luppy and trench toward Saar border. Reports say 600 tanks engaged with Third Army in the four day offensive, with bridgeheads near the Moselle and near Koenig.
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William Frye
London
Meta
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Saar
Patton
Third
Berlin
Lucy
Metz
Sarrebourg
Delme Ridge
Orth
Sixth Armored Division
Luppy
Chateau Lutins
Haboudange
Muateres
Mets
Third Army
Moselle
Keny Luxembourg
Wis
Shar
Slayer of Girl Dies By Own Action In Salem
Salem authorities close the Marie Rose Lacombe case as the alleged killer, Wil Seed J. Marquys, 21, dies by gas poisoning in a boardinghouse. District Attorney Hugh A. Creagan reports Marquys, a 1943 veteran with a medical discharge, committed suicide after the crime near the school grounds.
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Massy
Marie Rose Lacombe
la Yerr Aldigi School
Ani
Alam
Hugh A. Crepg
Suicidio
Inge Tn & Bolom
Allies warn invasion risk if bomb menace not curbed
War Mobilization Director Byrnes, speaking at an Armistice Day program in Columbia, warned that Allied invasion would be needed to curb destruction from young bombs after inspecting a launch site near Cherbourg. German claims of V rockets threaten Antwerp. British air crews and fighters repelled V-1 waves as censorship eased following Churchill's parliamentary report.
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