U S Manila Raid Hits Japan Aircraft Industry Hard
The war department said B-29s struck Omura aircraft factory on Kyushu and Nagasaki in a major raid, with heavy fighter opposition. Manila sea raid wiped out 114 Nip planes and damaged ships, as U S forces push toward Leyte amid typhoon and battlefield actions in the Philippines and China bases.
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Wachengieun
War Department
Omura
Kyushu
Nanking
Shanghai
Japan
Ruperforts
Manila
Phillippines Harbor
Philippines
Leste Island
Chine
Wet Department
Nippon
China
Tokyo
Million Tons of Warships Completed at Pascagoula Yard
In Pascagoula Mississippi on Friday the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp finished a million tons of warships with the completion of the 18 600 ton Sea Adder the seventh vessel launched at the Tuguls yard in 54 months. Other ships built include carriers submarines and troop ships.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity cold spell ahead
Forecast covers Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night with minimums around 44 degrees in San Antonio area and northeast portions. East Texas expected cold, north and central areas partly cloudy, gradual warming by day, frost in northern zones. additional details on page d-A.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mein
Record Air Fleet Hits Nazi Plants
London dispatch reports a record air raid by 1100 American fighters and 1250 heavy bombers targeting Leuna and Hamburg synthetic oil plants. The raid, part of Eisenhower’s winter bombardment pledge, involved the largest escort to date and threatened further Allied strikes on Merseburg and Harburg.
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Gereman
Airorme
Hamburg
Harburg
Mereburg
Jay
Merseburg
Berlin
Eisenhower
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Deutsche
Reich
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Homberg
Ruhr
Kassel
Highth Air Force
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Can Atest
George &. Praddy
Greenshoro
N. GC
Masta
Plane Lands With All Motors Dead
Lieut Murvey S Clapp of Alexandria Virginia piloted a Liberator bomber back to base after all four engines failed during a raid over Blechhammer. With three engines out he kept speed by diving then leveled off to set the craft down safely on the runway.
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Fevled & Junction
Generalissina Chlang et-Snek
America
UG. 8
Philippines
Cline
Arbor
U. 8
Tokyo
Leyte
United States Sixth Army Trops
Leyte Island
Vice
Adm. J. 3
McCain
Borner
Brone
Kurile Islands
Crrnin
Dutch East Indies
Ormoc
Limon
Linon
U.S
Quarters
Italy
Murvey S. Clapp
Alexandria
Blechhammer
Clapp
Diapp
Partisans take Durazzo port after Tirana liberation
Seaport Durazzo, 20 miles west of Tirana, captured by partisan forces after freeing the county capital. Free Yugoslav Telegraph Service reported the development in a dispatch today.
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New York
Tirana
Tive
Durazzo
Fou
Eisenhower demands more supplies to press Germans to collapse
General Eisenhower announced plans to steadily increase pressure on the western front until Germany surrenders. He urged greater materiel and manpower, praised the French Rhine breakthrough, and warned that victory requires relentless effort at home and abroad despite weather delays.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Rhine
Elsen
Nower
Helfart
Rhioet
Horme
Yank Fliers Admit Some Japanese Pilots Still Active
A Leyte air base recounts encounters with remaining Japanese fighters. Eleven pilots describe dogfights over Ormoc Bay with a Zero dive from 14,000 feet and multiple Lighting escorts. Despite wounding the enemy and slicing pieces from his aircraft, the pilot notes the Japanese craft remained capable and escaped west over Cebu.
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Leyte
Wis
Uve
Ormon Bay
Cigarette Shortage Sparks U S Army Debate in London
The Stars and Stripes questioned Washington about where cigarettes are, as English sales halt except at combat zones. Pentagon officials said shortages are temporary and post exchanges in the theater are allocating supplies to units, with details pending. British prices run about 56 cents a pack, and American brands appear on the Paris black market.
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London
Nil Wy, & Gamy Post
England
Army
Stars and Stripes Today
Washington
Tommles
U.S
Pentagon
London Post
Stars and Stripes
Hetr
Full-Time Humane Officer Proposed by City Officials
A petition to the mayor and commissioners to hire a full-time humane officer circulates among San Antonio merchants and citizens. William H. Albrecht, league president, says the aim is to end ongoing brutality and cruelty to animals in the city.
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Almouheed
William H. Albrecht
League
Funeral toppers fetch premium in London hats
London merchants report old high silk funeral hats selling for up to $20 as marticin buyers seek to preserve the traditional grave attire. Demand exceeds supply as collectors and funeral home circles value the distinctive headpieces.
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London
Marticlins
Executions Reported in Bolivia and China Dispatches
Bolivia radio said army officers were executed while in China the first Women’s Army Corps officers Elizabeth M. Luttrell of Sheboygan Wisconsin and Florence Bullitt of San Jose California arrived at Chungking for duties with Maj. Gen. We d ermeyers headquarters. In New York James Tafferty won the Metropolitan Opera prize after a government revolt crackdown.
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WAC
Chna
Elizabeth M. “Lutee
Sheboyana
Wis
Sieut
Florence Bulitt
San Jose
Chi
Albert
LA Paz
Bolivia
Goverment
Ing Mmehl
Tafferty
Weolvilians
New York
James
Oreo
New York A. OG
Villaroel
Miles
Allies Close on German Forces as Frost Hurts Front
Weather and war dispatches report heavy Allied advances with 691,885 prisoners captured by American, British, Canadian, and French forces. Cold conditions brought frost in the Ban Attarilo area with record lows around 40 degrees. Angels Draft Two Players in the Pacific Coast League context.
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San Antonio
Tterry Jarboe
Ban Attarilo
Jarhoe
Angels
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Angels
Raye
Hal Douglas
New Orleans
Charles Osgoni
Newport News
Six Armies Press Forward as Nazi Defenses Break
Allied forces push toward Strasbourg Saarbruck and Mulhouse as American Seventh and Third armies breach defenses. French forces near Mulhouse advance. American Ninth army tightens the Roer front and Saar sector while British units clear Dutch lands toward Venlo.
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Rhine
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Rilbe
Cologne
Halfland
Naule
Venlo
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Iwelse
Tiird
Germany
Moselle
Frencht Ist Lunges Through Belfort
A historical war diary notes Allied pressure as French forces advance toward Belfort along the Maginot line flank. It describes German moves through Holland and near the Swiss border, highlighting the risk to the Maginot defenses and the strategic push into France amid the Belgian front.
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John I
Craige
International Newa Service
Eisenhower
France
Belfort Gap
Germany
Swiss
Luxembourg
Hitler
Switzerland
Assole
Holland
London Welcomes Moonglow After Five Years Of Blackout
London ends a long blackout as street lighting returns to near prewar brilliance. Crowds walk with care in the dark while officials cite worn electrical gear and renewed window lighting as reasons for the dimout’s easing. Public sentiment is cautiously optimistic about the restored illumination.
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London
Nashlignes
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