Yanks Slam to Plains of Cologne Fourth Jap Convoy Sunk
General MacArthur’s dispatch from Manila reports another Japanese convoy of four transports sunk off Leyte by Philippine Sea air force. About 2000 enemy troops were lost, with three transports destroyed and a fourth heavily damaged.
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Plains OF Cologne
Leyte
General
Bleztig Fleecely
Philipine Walets
Jong
Macarthur
Army of Liberation
Philppines Sone
Alyssios
Orawe
Bay
Visayan Sea
Fifth Air Force
Yamashita
Ims
Oxdoc
Ormor
Seventh
Indastry
Ormioc
Attu
Kwajalein
AE Parana
Substitute Target Wit as B-29 Aims at 30,000 Ft
New York dispatch reports a B-29 raid on Tokyo required a substitute target 40 miles south of Tokyo due to engine trouble. An American bomber from Guam scored a probable hit on a merchant vessel at 30,000 feet after selecting the alternative target and engaging with near-miss bursts.
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New York
Tokyo
Guam
Tim Let- Merk
Atacnate
Selinert
Knudsen Explains Famed Bombsight in Detail
Detroit November 25 The Norden bombsight no longer is secret Gen William M Knudsen head of the Army Technical Service explains its workings The device weighs about a box camera uses a gyroscope and computer to compute release point and adjust for plane speed altitude and momentum He says production would take two years and improvements will render the bomb sight obsolete
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Detroit
CING
Norden
Ieat
Wiliam
Knudsen
Aly Technical Service Command
Yartinly
G. Norden
Navy
Knudaen
Roosevelt names Hurley and Hurley to China post
President Roosevelt has announced Major General Patrick J. Hurley as the United States ambassador to China. The nomination, expected to be acted upon by the Chinese executive yuan next Tuesday, follows Hurley’s earlier role as a personal representative to discuss military and economic questions with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
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Wasringon
Roosevelt
Patrick J. Huttey
Rew
United States
China
Marley
Chining Kai-Bhek
E. Gross
FDR
Hurley
Executive Yuan
Washington
Incialr OM Company
Five Die In Fire Sweeps Roaming House In New Orleans
Five persons were burned to death today when a roving house burned in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The blaze swept through the improvised dwelling causing immediate fatalities. Fire crews battled the flames but could not rescue those inside. The incident occurred on a quiet afternoon as investigators began examining the scene for causes.
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New Orleans
Roeming
Fires Smolder as Tokyo Bombing Deepens War Damage
Washington dispatch reports heavier raids planned on Tokyo as B 29s drop over 400 bombers, leaving central city fires burning and vast industries hit. Brig Gen Haywood S. Tantr of San Antonio cited Japan’s home front collapse, with Saipan as new B 29 base and Tokyo’s Musashina plant a primary target.
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Washington
INS
Tokyo
Priday
Hgh
20Th Air Force
Afr
Japan
Saipan
Haywood S
Tan- Sch Tr
San Antonio
Gist Bomber Command
Yanks Rain Bombs on Jap Isles
American air forces struck at Jap installations across the Bonins, Yap, Palau, Marianas, Carolines, and Marcus Islands from Tuesday through Friday. Seventh Army Air Force and Second and Fourth Marine aircraft wings led raids on shipping depots, airfields, and fuel facilities, with a few enemy planes shot down. Despite heavy bombing, Japanese defenses yielded limited interceptions and fires, as bases and fields faced targeted destruction under coordinated U S air superiority.
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Pharl Harbor
Marine
Bonin
Pala
Yap
Marianas
Carolines
Marshal Islands
Chester W
Nimitz
Tokyo
Seventh Army Air Force
Chichi Ima
Aha Jami
Bonins
Sepiing Vty
Anes
vis+ Sted
Oterath
Berger
Palans
Yapaifield
Marcus Isles
Army
Seventh Force
Marcus Islands
Arakabesindn
Caratines
Seventh Air Force
Avekabesan
Whig Corsairs
Yar Airfield
Maineight
Palaus
Iiniy Force
Thunderbolts
Fagan
Marhanas
Pomps
Caro
Salpan
Pacific
Two Quakes Recorded in South Pacific
Pasadena report notes two major earthquakes detected on a seismograph 600 miles from Lokyo, the Jap capital, as wartime events unfold. California Tech indicated the shocks occurred just before Allied air raids released 60 tons of bombs on the Japanese coast.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lokyo
City
Hotorious
California Tech
Woman Denounces Swedish Treatment of U.S. Fliers
Victoria reporter recounts Mrs. N. L. Rohsohm's claims after eight years in Sweden. She says Sweden and Swedes favor Germany, describe Americans as unwelcome, and allege Swedish officials and industry aided the German war effort. She cites forced landings and restricted rights for Americans, portraying Sweden as hostile to the United States.
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Victoria
Germany
Sweden
Victoria, Lions Club
Rweder
N. L. Rob, Sohm
B. Fallis
Stockholm
United States
Russia
Mré
Rothsohm
Armen
Bweilin
Etary
America
Yak Goodies
U S General Killed, Nazis Report
London dispatch claims Major General Bivestoer Lindsay of the American Seventh Armored Division has been killed, per a German transocean agency quoting an American prisoner of war. The report cites enemy confirmation of the fatality amid ongoing World War II coverage.
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London
Bivestoer Lindsay
Seventh Armored Giylsion
Transocean
Arincy
U S Bombs Tarakan Island, Japanese Claim
New York November 25. Three American bombers raided Tarakan in the Netherlands East Indies on Wednesday, according to a German- dispatched report, with statements that one plane was shot down.
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New York
INS
Wetherlands East Indies
Sland
Tarakan
Domel Aispatedi
Goering Buys Villa in Sweden
A Swedish Stockholm suburb reports Hermann Goering purchased a villa near Nackeby. The Stockholms Ny Dag notes Germans bought post war retreats in Sweden. Also London reports Churchill may face a three word question in parliament about “Where is litter.”
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Goering
Sweden
London
Churchill
Oliver Loekesjampson
Iitter
Nackeby
Stockholm
Gorting
OWT
Ny Dag
British Powder Strange Army Baby Pact Case
LONDON Hay 25 MRI acbsrt martial today studied a strange marriage pact resulting in a Married ATS private bearing a child by a British army lieutenant with his wife approving. Public Belly MacFarlane charged with road order and discipline. Lt Herbert Leak, 25 anti aircraft, pleads not guilty. Mrs MacFarlane testified she urged bearing a child in 1940 to fulfill her wishes. Conclusions of martial court later.
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London
Hay
ATS
Army
Aervics
Belly MacFarlane
Lidit
Herbert Leak
Ane
Rainfall in ’44 Heavy Barrage of Rain Across Year
Weather records show November 1944 and the full year running well above normal. J. H. Jarboe notes total rain expected at 27.70 inches for 1944 with 8.92 inches already recorded by nine months. November alone has 3.85 inches, with a 40 mph wind and a late day storm on Friday not causing damage.
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J. H. Jarboe
Bairday Moorning
Volkssturm Fails as German Defense In World War II
Allied reports describe the Volkssturm as an enfeebled, poorly trained force quickly sent to front lines. Soldiers with wooden legs or artificial arms reportedly fought alongside veterans, while better units regrouped in the rear. German defense relied on outdated tricks, not effective weapons or discipline.
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Volkssturm
Wehrmacht
People's Army
Volksstturm
Goebbels
John Mettler
New York City
Breakthrough Near Hurtgen Forest Opens Path to Cologne
In a dramatic push from Hurtgen forest the American forces pierced to within four miles of the Rout river junction near Duren and closed on Cologne. The advance followed months of brutal fighting as units broke through dense terrain and trees, aided by dive bombers as weather improved. Meanwhile Patton’s Third Army crossed into Germany near Saar and Metz, widening the front toward the Saar basin and the Rhine as Allied forces push to encircle a large German pocket.
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Borgice
Cologne
Rhine
Burt
Ben Forest
Duren
Hurtgen Forest
Burlgen
Terval
Pusiu
Aachen
Pass
Soulite Anak
Ninth Army
Julich
Reer
Bourhelim
Rees Hanks
Foet Quaior
Hing Ele
Third Army
Germany
Palatinate
Lorraine
Waldwisse
Uberingen
Refeh
Meraig
Saar Basin
Saar River
Patton
10Th Armored
Tettingen
Butadorff
Tye
Saar
Rhineland
Remich
Oberdorff
Meraigyn
Telfingen
Relch
Saarburg
Star
Metz
France
Loraine
Paris
Savers
U.S. Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Wehrmacht
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Norgen Bombsight
Japan II
Jap Isles
U.S
Isle of Tarakan
OWS
Bay Atttorio and
NS Salt
L. 5
NINTH
iUler
Mike
Goodbuts
Volksstum
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