Tokyo Bombed by Hundred Superfortresses Opens Two Pronged Air Offensive
Washington reports a huge force of 100 B 29s and four engined bombers struck Tokyo from Saipan in the first daylight raid by land based aircraft. General Arnold announced the attack as a calculated extension of air power and said it would coordinate with China based missions against Japanese targets.
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Washington
Kipin
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
Arnold
Oattack
Qiet Bomber Command
Thse
20Th Bomber Command
Phone Strike In Ohio Is Called Off
The Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers halted a seven day strike after an eleventh hour decision to avoid government seizure of facilities. President Pollock ordered members to return to work and some sympathy strikes were curtailed. Officials cited a potential national disruption and hinted at a rapid WIB hearing process and fair outcome from the War Labor Board.
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Clevelando
Picscles
Midwest
Lodia
Ohio
Washington
Probert Polack
Stiie
Ohio Federation of Telesphone Workers
Buta
Pollock
DeFall
Dayton
Aeuman Lvcations
Lathan P. Femsinger
WIB
Roosevelt
Actu
New York
Chicago
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ohia
Thitans
Pollack
Hig Acho
WLB
Weather Notes Advisory for Ohio Region
Readable forecast mentions cloudiness and cold with rain tonight and Saturday. Increasing clouds then warmer conditions followed by snow flurries in eastern and southern portions. Rain or drizzle possible in southwestern ports.
Japanese 1st Division Destroyed Near Ormoc, Leyte
Allied forces near the rolling Ormoc plain after capturing Limon vow to press toward the Leyte river bridge 800 yards south. Japanese losses described as heavy with the 1st division virtually wiped out as MacArthur reports terrific losses to American firepower in the Limon defense and Yamashita line.
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Philippines
Ormuc
Limon
Leyte River
Joanatibae
Danao Island
Comu
Luzon
Ormoc
Yama- Jshita
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Home Burglarized Suspect Prison Farm Fugitive
A burglary at the Jean Smith residence in Eaton tied to the escape of Charles L. Hodges from Grafton Prison Farm. Hodges, 21, was reported missing at 7 30 pm. A prison uniform, a white shirt and cream trousers, $8, a driver license, 380 gasoline coupons, and five food ration books were stolen. A pickup truck in the garage was tried but not started.
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Jean Smith
Eaton
Charles L. Hodges
Grafton
Akron
Hodges
Smith
Leaves Farm
Wis
Blaze destroys barn. Vedder house loss rises
A fire at 343 Fleventh Street destroyed a barn rear of Lee Vedder’s home. Vedder estimated losses at $800 or more, with contents including dishes beds furnace parts wagons and an old but running automobile. Cause undetermined. Vedder was at work at C A Olsen Manufacturing when fire started.
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Lee
Charles H. Price Chemical Plant Manager Passes
Charles H. Price 67 of 183 Overbrook and Harshaw Chemical Company plant manager died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He came to Elyria 50 years ago with the Harshaw Company and is survived by his widow Grace and three sons Homer Reber and John. Burial will be at Chicago, funeral arrangements pending.
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Charles H. Price
Overbrook
Harshaw Chemical Company
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Price
Elyria
Harshaw Company
Grace
Homer
France
Reber
Cleveland
John
Taylor Fuserg
Air Medal Awarded To Elyria Soldier In France
Flight Officer Loren R. Portman of Elyria Ohio receives the Air Medal in France for his role in the airborne invasions of southern France and Holland. His unit, part of the Troop Carrier Forces under Maj Gen Paul J Williams, helped in the Normandy invasion effort. Portman later died after engine trouble forced an emergency return to the Channel.
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U.S
Brance
Loren R. Portman
Catherine Fortman
Beebe CL
Elyria
Ohio
France
Holland
F O Portman
Holland Amestin
Wuwang Bum
Portnun
Elyria Jaligie
Paul J. Willams
First Allied Airborne Army
Uni
Normandy
The Road To Berlin Distances Reported
The Western Front shows 290 miles to Berlin from a point near Nijmegen, while the Eastern Front lists 315 miles from a location south of Rusguau. The report compiles advancing Allied positions and travel distances on both fronts with limited clarity.
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Berlin
Pont
Nijmegen
Rusguau
Gaui
Hard Fighting On Approaches To Budapest
Red Army troops stormed Csepel Island in the Danube south of Budapest as part of a rapid offensive threatening the German flank in Hungary and Slovakia. Berlin and Moscow confirmed furious fighting on the eastern approaches and several key points near the capital amid foggy conditions guiding German defense. Continued coverage expected on page 2.
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London
Red Army
Csepel
Danube
Budapest
Slovakia
Hungary
Berlin
Moscow
Mo SiWakla
Nyai
Maret Redion
Y. Malnovsky
Purple Heart Award Sent To Pvt DeMarco Overseas
Mrs. Eileen DeSturen, Bal Wins Kles street, reports that her husband Pvt Don DeMarco, 26, received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered Sept 26. He is in an English hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds to his right side and left hand after going overseas about four months ago. They have three small children.
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Eileen DeSturen
Bal Wins Kles Street
Eho Te
Pvt
Don DeMarco
England
Sixth War Loan Campaign More Elyria Bond Sales Reported
Mairy W. Luethi reports 338 sales in the Sixth War Loan Drive for Elyria including W23 sales totaling 26400 with an average of 18 cents per rubsc. The total to date reaches 6500 with two percent of Elyria's quota near. Unit quota requires 464002 for individuals and 2104280 for corporations and institutions. Campaign opened Monday and runs four weeks to December 16. Capt Harold F. Weiland of the Army Air Forces will address a Speaker event during the drive. Werland, a former Elyria firefighter, has completed 25 missions in Europe and is home on a 10-day furlough available for recruitment next week.
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Tahoe
Mairy W. Luethi
Elyria Chiariaan
Ts. Yoda
Koen
Thayving Bay
Luethi
Elyria
Liiethi
Harold FP. Weiland
Army Air Forces
Somo Yo
Someelse
Elycut
Moon Atonday
Werand
Ate Byres
Hiss
Nere
Furtowth
Elyria Men Receive Induction Notices for Two Groups
Two Elyria groups were notified yesterday to report for induction or pre induction examinations. One group will travel to Cleveland by New York Central train on December 4 after a 9:45 a.m. meeting at the local board. The other group, for pre induction examinations, will go to Cleveland by bus on December 5, departing City Hall at 7:45 a.m. Three quarters of the men are non fallers. the group includes some pre Pearl Harbor fathers aged 18 to 28. Examinations may delay induction for at least three weeks, with Christmas at home possible on request.
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Elyria
Elyria Selective Service
New York Central
Ethe Loval Board
Uns
Iunth
Clevelannd
City Hall
Striking Elyra Telephone Workers Seek Washington Settlement
Representatives of Elyra Telephone strikers travel to Washington for a 4 pm meeting with War Labor Board officials. The walkout, affecting 40 IBEW members, centers on two disputes: operator contract violations and overtime pay, while 13 operators remain on a sit down in the second floor rooming space. Thanksgiving dinners were provided outside the plant as talks proceed.
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Elgria
Washington
Pan
Stris Hers
Vywo
Marie Sineison
Lucie Coen
Pam Vanday
Ohio Bell
Elyra Telephone Company
Eployees
International Brotherhood of Hiegtriedl Workers
A,fe
Ly Union
Mainetenance
Seek Four Youths In Kidnapings And Robberies
Four youths sought by police in Cleveland in connection with a spree that included the theft of two automobiles, the kidnapping of residents, and multiple robberies. Alfred Fruehell, 43, was seized in his car on Thanksgiving morning, blindfolded, robbed of $4, and driven for two hours. He later escaped. James O'Donnell, 4, reported robbery and theft of $10 as the foursome assaulted two men, and Mary Biesmiger, 45, and Ruth Baumparder were robbed of $18 after being forced to drive. Authorities say the assailants abducted and looted several victims in the area. PORTSMOUTH STRIKE ENDS.
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Cleveland
Connectiew
Alfred Fruehell
Froelich
Andy
Wurgan
James O'Donnell
Mary Biesmiger
Ruth Baumpardner
Wallesses
Fradehs
Roosevelt Says Lend-Lease Should End With War
President Roosevelt told Congress lend-lease should end with victory but the United Nations partnership must continue. He cited postwar plans for credits to Britain and allied nations, reverse lend-lease impact, and totals from Britain Australia New Zealand and India. The report notes immense aid figures and wartime logistics shaping a postwar economic balance.
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Wadhington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations “Partnership
United Nations
Britain
Dominors
My. Roosevel
Bruet
United Kingdom
Adnistration
Germany
Vna
Japan
Bra
U.S
United States
Australia
New Zealand
India
Pacific
Phillippines
Iyas
Germans Hold One-Tenth of Strasbourg as Allied Drive Advances
Allied forces pressed into Strasbourg as German troops crowded into a remaining tenth of the fortress city. French and American units pushed toward three Rhine bridges, while Patton’s Third Army began a fresh assault in the Saar region. Bomb-damaged Strasbourg Cathedral flew the French tricolor as fighters moved on the city and surrounding fortifications.
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Rhine
Strasbourg
Alsace
Jon
Jacob Devers
U.S. Third Army
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saar
Aachen
Venlo
Berlin
Maas
Roermond
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Luxembourg
New County Home Demonstration Agent Appointed
Miss Rhea Shields is appointed Lorain County home demonstration agent and will start December 1, succeeding Frances Eckert Bovard who resigned October 1 after seven years in the post. Shields is a graduate of Indiana University and has taught in Indiana schools and served as Noble County home demonstration agent. She did graduate work at Cornell and worked in Army dietetics Wark before joining Ohio State University extension efforts in Defiance county last summer.
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Rhea Shields
Lorain County
Miss Shields
Frances Eckert Bovard
Indiana University
Indiana
Noble County
Cornell University
Army
Ohio
Defance
Ohio State University Agricultural Extension Service
Lorain
County Home Council
Agricultural Council
Pour-H Club Council
Memorial Service for Pvt Kotai at Sacred Heart Church
Memorial services will be held at Sacred Heart church at 8 am tomorrow for Pvt John F. Kotai age 26 of 611 West Third Street killed in France on Sept 25. Rev T S Zekany will conduct the service. He is survived by his wife Irene, his mother Mrs Ther eoa Kulis a sister Mia Betty Denn and brothers Alex and Steve.
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Sacred Heart Church
Pvt
John F. Kotai
Weat Third Street
France
T. S. Zekany
Check
Katai
Irene
Thereoa Kulis
Mia
Betty Denn
Alex
Steve
Elymian Receives Medical Discharge From Army
George Brotherton returns home to 07 Clock Street after eight months of service with a medical discharge. He served in Camp Stewart Georgia and Fort Bliss Texas, was pledged before enlistment, plans to resume work, and is married with three children.
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George Brotherton
Clock Street
Camp Stewart
Georgia
Fact Bliss
Texas
War Fronts See Major Allied, Soviet Advances Worldwide
Western Front French armored forces seize the west half of the Rhine salient near Bitburg while American troops strike toward the Sieg fried line. In the Pacific, over 100 B-29s bomb Tokyo as Leyte forces take a Japanese stronghold on Limon. Soviet and British forces push on in Europe, with Red Army troops moving on Czern, and Eighth Army breaching the Cosin river area near Faenza. New hours posted for a venue, shortening dancing nights.
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United Press
Rhine
Bitnsbourg
Amerean
Siegfried Line
Saar
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Leyte
Limon
Bitter Fighting Near Bologna
British eighth army troops crossed the Cosina river forming five beach heads on a 2.5 mile front near Acora. They report a very bitter fight with German infantry and guns, capture of a bridge, and the town Fugna. Polish units advance near San Biago. Adriatic sector sees sporadic raids south of Bologna.
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Eighth Army
Cosina
Acora
Fugna
San Biago
Mount Ricer
Adriatic
Uniti
Ravenna
Fifth Army
Bologna
Ohioan pilots bomber over Tokyo in second raid plan
A B 29 named Tokyo Huse piloted by Capt. Ralph B D Steakley from Ohio flew over Tokyo for 35 minutes taking clear photographs of key war targets to support a second strike. The crew, among five airmen, observed rising anti aircraft fire and noted improving Japanese defenses as they completed multiple passes over the city following earlier Doolittle raid history.
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Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Ralph BD
Steakley
Jefferson
Caipan
America
James H. Doolittle
Japan
Cruiser Named For City of Columbus
BOSTON The U S heavy cruiser Columbus and the destroyer Benner will be launched at New England shipyards Thursday, the Navy announced. The Columbus is the third American warship to bear the name of the capital of Ohio. The ship will be christened at Bethlehem Steel Co Quincy Shipyard by Mrs Edward G Meyers of Columbus mother of three warrior sons two of whom have been killed.
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City of Columbus
Boston
U. S
Columbus
Benner
New England
Navy
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Edward G. Meyers
Rooby Trap for Novice Landlords
An old notice discusses the yearly challenge for new landlords facing vacancies. It notes that people continue leasing houses and apartments daily and hints at guidance from local rental columns.
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Chrogelle-Telegram
Bor
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