Bill Would Aid Australian Girls Deserted by Yanks
A Canberra senator proposes a measure to let Australian women obtain divorces at home after US servicemen deserted them abroad. Senator Vangiey, 38, cites cases of two girls who had to go to Minnesota for divorce support, urging action to ease divorce access for wives of American servicemen.
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Dee
Aus
Doroing
Ates
Vangiey
Minnesota
U.S Army
Nazi Troops Massing Along Bulgaria Border Rumor
London dispatch reports German forces massing near the Bulgarian Turkish frontier amid Teheran conference expectations. Speculation linked potential Balkan invasion to Turkey joining Allied efforts, with Allied leaders and Eisenhower connected to possible Adriatic or Aegean action.
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London
Woman and infant slain in Schoharie shooting
A Schoharie man slashed his own throat after allegedly attacking his wife Sophia Moyers and their eight month old son Ernest Meyers with a shotgun and knife. State Police Inspector Hageman said the bodies were found after Ernest Meyers poked his head through a bedroom window and threatened a neighbor before the confrontation. The suspect awaits charges as investigators probe possible motive amid no prior trouble.
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Schoharie
Sophia Moyers
Ernest Mey
Eduard
Hageman
John
Ahr
Nahrwold
Nveld
Nahnvold
Meyers
Frank
Berlin Still Guessing on Teheran Pact
Berlin radio and officials say Berlin remains in the dark about Teheran terms while confident sources claim possible Allied moves. German broadcasts claim Western invasion and Russian winter offensive are near and warn of reparations plans to seize German industry.
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Bulga
Navi Majorizat
Svilengrad
Mim Wtdia
Prev Ismet Inoan
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Laue Tedet Ar Teos
Gratddacwen
Churchill
Moscow
Britain
Balkans
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Cairo
Adriatic
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Aegean
Africa
Levant
Black Sea
Lemony Eden
Menemenciogla
Tate
London
Berlin
Paul Schmitz
Federan
Wis
Europe
Germany
British Subs Sink 16 Ships in Aegean Sea
British submarines of the Mediterranean fleet sank sixteen vessels in the Aegean Sea, including fourteen small supply ships, and shelled warehouses on Naxos Island. A seaplane and a 300 foot floating dock were reported sunk nearby.
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London
Aegean Sea
Naxos Island
Greece
Agay
Mediterranean
Gulf of Genoa
Toulon
Atlantic
U. S. Naval
R. A. F. Coastal Command
Naat
Mfnnstry
Iceland
Hudsonsanal
Centuras
Navyi
Hudson
Lake Ontario Level Drops in November Says Survey
Lake Ontario fell .12 foot in November from October per the U S Lake Survey report. The November average decline from October since 1900 is .22 of a foot. The lake stood about 246.93 feet above mean tide at New York. December projection places it between 246.4 and 248 feet. November level was .29 foot above the November 1917 high and 4.30 feet above the November 1934 low.
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Watertown
United States
Great Lakes
New York
Medal saves priest's life in Pacific island clash
Captain Stephen J. Meany, Catholic chaplain to New York's Fighting 69th, credited a Catholic medal with turning aside a Japanese bullet that struck his chest and arm during fighting on Makin Atoll. He applied aid to a wounded soldier, then waited for medical help.
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Makin
Gilberts
Stephen J. Meany
Jsar
Father Duffy
New York
Father Meany
Sis
Butaritari Island
Makin Atoll
Gardiner Conroy
James Roosevelt
Conroy
Lsee
Charles Contees
Wakefield
R. 1
Father Jenny
American Catholic Weekly
Cornell Professors Assess U S Living Standards
At Ithaca Dec 6 a group of Cornell University professors argued that American living standards are about one sixth higher today than in 1939. They said wartime wages could lift these figures further if spent on radios, cars and other consumer goods. They criticized government figures for underreporting wartime civilian sacrifice.
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Cornell
U. S
Cornell University
F. A. Harper
W. M. Curtiss
Man Arrested for Non Support Charges in Auburn
Alfred Spagnole, 30, of Auburn, was arrested by Rochester police Saturday on a nonsupport charge and brought to Auburn for arraignment today.
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Auburn
Alfred Spagnole
Rochester
Aussies Lash At Wareo In Huon Attack
Allied forces on the Huon Peninsula push toward Wareo with Australian troops aided by artillery and air support. After repulsing three Japanese helicopter attacks, Australian units advanced on Wareo’s strongly contested heights while bombers and fighters strike targets across Bougainville and surrounding islands in ongoing Southwest Pacific operations.
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Quar Dee
Wareo
Strateic Iron
New Cumed
Satelberg
Ulity
Wateo
Bonga
Itae
Aniard
Pacife
Bougain
New Bettain Islands
Gilberts
Tarawa Atoll
Makin, i
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Gloucester
New
Butaia
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Willkie Attacks Landon on Moscow Pact Views
Willkie assails Alf Landon in remarks from New York on Landon’s Moscow pact speeches. He says such views reflect the thinking of the Republican party and argues someone else should lead the party in 1944. Dewey of New York comments on potential GOP nominees.
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Willkie
Alf Landon
New York
Wendell
Witte
Alf M. Landon
Thomas E. Dewey
Landon
Moscow
Republican Party
Americans Killed by Bandits in Ecuador Raid
In Santo Do Tingo De los Colorados, Ecuador two Americans were killed during a bandit raid on the Itz Hacienda where U S Rubber Reserves Co offices are located. The plantation owner Eduardo Henriquez also died. Names of the Americans were not released. Police reinforcements were dispatched to the area.
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Ecuador
Quito
Itz
Santo Do Tingo de Los Colorados
U. S. Rubber Reserves Company
Eduardo Henriquez
Rubber Reserves Company
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