Fierce Fight Closes Back Door to Leyte Convoy Destroyed
MacArthur announced U S 77th division cut off the Japanese rear at Ormoc after landing behind Yamashita lines. The push to Campowns outskirts followed as 7th division closed the gap to five miles. Air attack and sinking of six enemy ships marked a heavy Leyte advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Spencer
MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Yamashita
7Th Division
77Th
U. S. Army
Campowns
U. S. 32Nd
U. S. 7Th Division
Balogo
Amtracs
77Th Division
San Pablo
Leyte
Royal Arch Gunnison
Legaspi
Luzon
George Forster
NBC
Forster
Leyté
U. S
Pacific
France
Normandy
Yamashita Line
Erie Man Dies After Turnpike Crash Near Somerset
Harold S. Merrill age 42 of Erie dies en route to hospital after his westbound 1941 car skids crosses median onto eastbound lane and hits a Fleet Carrier Corp truck driven by Blair Augustine of Pittsburgh four miles east of the Somerset interchange. Merrill leaves a wife two children and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Merrill
Erie
Somerset
Merrill
Pennsylvania
Fleet Carrier Corporation
Pontiac
Michigan
Blair Augustine
Pittsburgh
P. C. Dosch
Pennsylvania State Police
Hauger Funeral Home
Wounded Yoder son in Alsace action and family in service
Pfc Royden T. Yoder was slightly wounded in action November 16 in Alsace Lorraine and is in a French hospital. His family, of Friedens R D 2, includes brothers Orville killed in Italy June 3, William wounded and discharged to Luxembourg, and Millard a B 25 crew chief at Turner Field Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Yoder
Freidens
R. D
War Department
Pfc
Royden T. Yoder
Alsace-Lorraine
Yoder
Patton
Third Army
France
Turkey
Orville G. Yoder
Italy
William J
England
Luxembourg
Millard D
Turner Field
Friedens
Somerset Township
Snow Falls Three Inches Halting City Travel
A three inch snowfall with freezing temperatures disrupted Friday travel across the Roof Garden area. Snowplows and seven state trucks cleared roads including the turnpike while one fatal accident occurred on the super highway. Pedestrians faced puddled sidewalks as residents built snowmen and sledded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Employers Must File and Pay to Preserve Rating Benefits
The unemployment compensation bureau warns Pennsylvania employers that failure to file and pay all contribution reports for the first three quarters of 1944 by December 31 and fourth quarter reports by January 31, 1945 may lose their reduced experience rating for 1945. If a business is transferred, the successor must notify within 30 days and request experience transfer to protect the predecessor’s rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation
Bureau
War Still On Officer Tells Rotary Club
Second Lieutenant Eugene Lew veteran of Africa Sicily and Italy told Somerset Rotary Club the war is not over until shooting stops. He warned Americans are complacent recalling Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal while praising British resistance and Allied bombing. Lew is a patient at Deshon hospital Butler and spoke at the Ferner hotel luncheon.
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Rotary Club
Eugene Lew
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Berlin
Hollywood
Butler
Somerset
Somerset Rotary Club
California
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Guadalcanal
Lieut. Lew
London
Lew
Deshon Hospital
Ferner Hotel
Guy N. Hartman
Somerset County
Federal Reserve Bank
William J. Baer
Moqonshiner Betta Fined In Liquor Case In Quecreek
Mario Betta of Quecreek was fined 25 plus costs after a hearing before Justice Josiah Swank for possessing untaxed liquor. Federal agents found two stills and 58 gallons of whiskey at his home, with mash and wine in process in the cellar. He must also pay a federal tax of 1 dollar per gallon and settle the tax with federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario Betta
Quecreek
Justice of the Peace
Josiah Swank
Betta
Saxman Coal and Coke Company
Walter B. Geisel
Federal Revenue
L. E. Ross
L. A. Grove
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Act of Assembly
A. M. Matthews
Squire Swank
Soviet, German clash widens thrust toward Budapest
Russian Second Ukraine army drove 27 miles toward Budapest from Vac and Hatvan sealing off eastern Budapest near the Danube. Tolbukhin’s forces linked with Malinovsky and fought toward Szekesfehervar and Magykanizsa while cutting the Budapest-Bratislava-Vienna rail line. In Yugoslavia, Tito’s forces pushed 15 miles northwest of Belgrade capturing Otok and cutting the Vinkovci-Breko railway.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Budapest
Danube
Vac
Berlin
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Ukraine
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Ercst
Hatvan
Malinovsky
Tolbukhin
Hungary
Szekesfehervar
Magykanizsa
Austria
Balaton
Yugoslavia
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Sava
Otok
Belgrade
Vinkovcr
Breko
Washington and London Yet Far Apart
The United States and Britain reached only partial agreement on liberated Europe policy. Washington urged full political freedom for liberated peoples, while Britain sought to influence postwar governments. Churchill won Commons support, and U S officials said exchanges cleared the atmosphere though the U S will press for self rule for liberated peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
Europe
Italy
Greece
Halifax
Stettinius
State Department
London
Churchil
Churchill
Commons
Churchill Wins Confidence Vote Over Intervention Policy
Prime Minister Churchill wins a 279 to 3 confidence vote in the House of Commons defending intervention in liberated Europe. He argues the U.S. must share responsibility, cites Greece and Belgium unrest, and backs allied actions under Eisenhower against mobs while criticizing the U.S. hands-off stance. He warns against refusal to back Britain and America’s joint approach in Italy and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Churchill
House of Cemans
Europe
United States
House
Greece
Count Carlo Sforza
Belgium
Holland
America
Britain
United States State Department
Italy
Pere
Roosevelt
Berg
Eisenhower
Count Sforza
U. S. State Department
Berle
Mark Clark
Sforza
Holand
Labor
Athens
Allied and German Lines Clash in Italy and Saar Fronts
British and Polish troops push a five mile bridgehead across the Lamone near Faenza and advance toward Imola while Canadian forces breach Ravenna. In the Saar region US Third and Seventh Armies hammer Siegfried Line with heavy losses to Germany and seize Fort Driant as Ruhr defense ages shift eastward.
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Rome
Lamone
Faenza
Bologna
Adriatic Sea
Pideura
Castel Rainiero
Olmatello
Imola
RAF Attacks Duisburg Rail Yards and Ruhr Oil Centre
In winter weather, Upwards of 500 RAF Lancasters bomb Duisburg railway yards and a synthetic oil refinery on the Ruhr perimeter. American B-24s and B-17s attack targets near Saarbrucken and Julich as Ninth Army advances, while U.S. fighter bombers hit pillboxes and bridges east of Julich and near Landau Pirmasens.
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London
Duisburg
Ruhr
Wulf
Burg
Germany
Venlo
Julich
Second
Ninth Armies
U.S
Ninth Air Force
Saarbrucken
Third Army
Hammer Canal
Fist Rer
Landau-Pirmasens
Superfortress and Navy Strike Iwo Jima in Pacific Action
American forces including B 29s and naval units hammered Iwo Jima in a coordinated Pacific strike. Liberator bombers from the 7th Army Air Force also hit the island, with Nimitz reporting a sizeable task force dropping a record mid day bomb load. All planes returned to base despite heavy cloud cover.
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U. 5
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harper
Saipan
7Th Army Air Force
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
20Th Army Air Force Command
Washington
Iwo Jima
Fleet
Iwo
U. S. Bomber Command
Nimitz
Tokio
Volcano
Empire Islands
Marianas
20Th Air Force
New Yank Buzz Bomb Tested At Toledo Plant
A American version of the Nazi V-1 buzz bomb is in production at the Willys Overland Motors plant in Toledo Ohio. An experimental flight October 11 followed Nazi parts deliveries from England. The device weighs about 2500 pounds without its warhead and has a 27 foot fuselage and 17 foot wingspan. Launching ramp improves production time to four days. No use date disclosed.
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Toledo
Willys-Overland Motors
Charles E. Sorenson
England
Air Service Technical Command
London
ASTC
Sorenson
City receives restored Declaration of Independence
Mayor Bernard Samuel was presented with a restoration of the Declaration of Independence prepared by Theodore W. Ohman a Czechoslovakian born cartographer now living in Memphis Ohman has previously donated duplicates to the Library of Congress Harvard University and the national archives
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Philadelphia
Bernard Samuel
Theodore W. Ohman
Ohman
Memphis
Tenn
Library of Congress
Harvard University
National Archives
Gunfire Continues as Athens Faces New Elas Assault
In Athens the battle intensifies as British troops and tanks hunt Elas militants reported advancing with 700 fighters and an armored car. Parachute troops provide cover while snipers man positions near the royal palace and Constitution Square as air force planes stand by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Barker
Athens
Elas
Royal Palace
Constitution Square
Flas
Black Marts Raid Sparks Rome Hunger Protests
Angry crowds broke into three stores on a central square in Rome in a renewed demonstration against the black market. Demonstrations included housewives marching planned for Sunday and another hunger march set for December 16, as shoppers overturned carts and trampled expensive foods.
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Rome
Offensive Moves on 100 Mile Front
New Delhi December 8. A four pronged offensive east of the Chinawin river pushed along a 100 mile front aimed at driving the Japanese from all north Burma. British and Indian troops pressed east and south north of Kalewa near a juncture with the 36th division, with Pinewe southward along the Burma railway. In Chungking, Chinese forces in Yunnan neared Wanting Burma border town, within seven and a half miles, while the Burma road clearance was expected but not usable for fast traffic due to needed construction.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saar Basin
U. S. Third Army
Saarbrucken
Saar
U. S. Seventh Army
Lorraine
Third Army
George S. Patton
Brebach
Burbach
Saarlautern
Saar River
West Wall
Dillingen
U. S. 90Th Infantry
Sarregue Mines
Ruhr
Rhineland
U. S
First Army
Roer River
Courtney H. Hodges
Pier
Duren
Schhlich
Roer
Bergstein
New Delhi
India
Chinawin
Burma
Kalewa
Pinewe
Chungking
China
Yunnan
Burma Road
Robert M. Cannon
Combat Command
Charged With Housekeeper's Murder in Harrisburg
James Thompson a 70 year old street sweeper was formally charged with the axe murder of his housekeeper Molly Brown age 48 in an apartment. Detective C A Winn reported the case saying the crime occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
James Thompson
Molly Brown
Citi
C. A. Winn
Weather Outlook North and East Quiet but Cold
Maryland shows cloudiness and wind with cooler Saturday then fair Sunday and persistent cold. Eastern Pennsylvania sees mostly cloudy skies, wind, and plummeting temperatures with Sunday more clouds and continued cold. Western Pennsylvania reports cloudy conditions, wind, colder air with snow flurries Saturday and Sunday, and ongoing cold. West Virginia notes mostly cloudy and cooler Saturday and Sunday with continued cold and light snow flurries in the north.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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