Bombers Attack German Supply Bases in Western Campaign
A massive RAF air offensive targeted Rhine rail centers and forward supply sites with 740 plus British bombers. Mosquito formations hit Berlin while two pwicked squadrons damaged the Mitteland and Dortmund canals. An hour long Lancaster and Halifax raid focused on Neuss and Freiburg as Western Europe saw near constant aerial activity.
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London
Rhineland
West
Berlin
Mitteland
Dortmund Ems
Halifax
Germany
Neuss
Dusseldorf
Freiburg
Rhine
Strasbourg
Europe
Diav
Elyria Blood Drive Reaches Quota Yet Again
Elyria and Vicnaty residents donated 180 pints yesterday to the Red Cross donor program. The mobile unit from Cleveland returned for its final Elyria visit of the year, aiming to meet the day’s quota and boost the year’s total. The unit will not return next month due to Christus Day.
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Mii
Elyria
Vicnaty
Red Cross -Bhhind
Cleveland
Elyria Cays
Ely
Alex BF
Vuinasion Campany
Red Cross
Ian
Ulus
Fate Uloodayia
Isturday
Gustave Werner
Peer- Tess Douundry and Dry Cleaning Comipany
West Bugley Road
Olmsted Falls
Weather forecast note from page
Cloudy and colder tonight with dipping temperatures. Wednesday partial sunshine and warmer conditions expected. Markets and page line reference included.
Christmas Savings Checks In Elyria Will Amount To Approximately $300,000
Christmas savings checks in Elyria total about 300000 dollars for those holding Christus savings accounts across local financial institutions. Checks averaging 800000 dollars are slated for distribution the first week in December. A survey of banks shows higher payrolls but more money saved, driven by wit bonds and payroll deductions. With the Sixth War Loan campaign underway, much of the saved money is expected to be invested in government bonds.
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Elyria
Christus
Vere
Wit
Miss Webber Ordered to Report for Navy Service
Miss Rosemarie Webber, 27, of 614 Middle Avenue, who joined the Waves two months ago, will leave tomorrow for Hunter College New York. She has been ordered to report November 30 to begin active service. A Elyria High School graduate, she worked in the Bendix-Westinghouse Attorney Air Brake Co office and is a sister of Gerald Webber of Grafton.
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Rosemarie Webber
Middle Avenue
Waves
Navy
Hunter College
New York
Elyria High School
Purple Heart Awarded To Son In Columbia
Mrs and Mrs Ora Walker of Root Road Columbia Sta tem have received the Purple Heart awarded to Pvt. Clarence R Walker 19 for wounds received on the Amossefle River September 12. Adjutant General letter says he is convalescing near Cherbourg France. Forrest Hoffman known as Nubbins Hoff man in Denver shown improvement after pre Christmas incident doctors hopeful for operation to save his life.
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Columbial
Ora Walker
Root Road
Columbia Statem
Pep
Clarence R. Walker
Avtter
Amossefle River
Adjutant General
Washington
Pvt
Walker
Cherbourg
France
Nubbins" Foffman
Denver
Colo
Forrest “Nubbins” Hoffman
Long Awaited Russian Drive Near Initiates Breakthrough
London reports the Red Army widened its eastern Slovakia front to over 75 miles, pushing into mutinous defenses and cutting off the Dukla Pass corridor. Gen. Ivan Petrov’s 4th Ukrainian Army advanced nine miles from the Polish border village of Ciechania, seizing Litomiova and Dobiona as part of a broader strategy to separate Nazi northern and southern forces and disrupt German reserves.
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London
Red Army
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Berlin
Moscow
Ivan Petrov
Litomiova
Dobiona
Presov
Tarnow
Slovuakia
Petrov
Hurley Chosen For Ambassador To China
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley selected as US ambassador to China in a bid to strengthen postwar alliance. The nomination follows a long campaign to improve diplomacy and joint war effort, with Hurley joining former WPA Chairman Nelson to assist Chiang Kai-shek as an economic adviser and war production organizer.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Ching
Roosevelt
Hurley
Senate
Foreign Service
Senate Wohs
WPA
Donald M. Nilson
China
New War Production Board
Generalise
Rimo
Chimg Kai
Allied Nations Lose Heavily In Merchant Ships Report
Washington and London release a wartime shipping losses report showing Allied and neutral ships sunk from 1939 to 1943. The British and U.S. figures indicate thousands of tons and hundreds of ships lost, with peak losses in 1932 and early war years.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Sepember
Thydassey
U. S. Way Shipping Administration
Office of War Information
United Press
Ota
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Stettinius To Succeed Hull In State Department
Edward R. Stettinius Jr., 44, appeared assured of swift Senate Foreign Relations Committee support to succeed Cordell Hull as secretary of state. Officials cited strong bipartisan backing, with leaders predicting rapid confirmation as wartime diplomacy intensified and the United Nations formation progressed.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cordell Hull
Shite
Tom Connally
D. Tex
Stettinius
Noation
Presidio
Roosevelt
All
Arthur H. Vandenberg
K. Mich
Sen
Wallore FH. White
Senate
United States
Steins
United Natons
Wanteens
Hull
F.D.R. Alvnoush
Dallot
Deball
United Nations
Pice
Connally
Stettiings
Latin America
Argentina
Frult
Stethingus
Congress
Stetlinius
Department
Norman Armour
Departments
American Republic Affairs
Foreign Service
William FE. Phillips
India
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Robert P. Murphy
Gen. Eisenhower
Germany
Jefferson Caffery
France
John G. Wine Wat
Qmbessador Ta Lender
W. Averell Harrman
Ambaasadey
Russa
Difficult Task Will Be Faced By Stettinius
Eyra of a Wool family will be upon Edyardt Reilly Stettiuts as he takes over as U S Secretary. The piece notes Stettinius is a 44 year old nominee for Secretary of State, praised for business background and New Deal era ties. It highlights his education at University of Virginia, early GM career, and ascent to high government roles.
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Washington
Edyardt Reilly Stettiuts
Jey
U.S
OO Stitr
Tenn Pehey
Siegtone
Core del Hill
Hoosevelt
Hib
Vian Sletthatus Uhart
George Washington
Edmund Randatot
Steunuus
Morgan
Hernself
State Department
Sonth
Boeh Sctow
Phepednedon
US Os. Steel
General Motors
New Deal
Woud Freetiel
Russia
Setedaye
Big Business Steels
Stettinus
Universty of
Virginia
YMCA
Mas
John Ler Pratt
Vargina
Stetnius
Toalert
Stettinius
Peshort Hirch Wa
Islay
Cy S
Lenis
State Public School Fund distributed to county districts
Twenty one checks totaling 670 were sent from the county school office to 20 village and rural districts. The fourth quarterly distribution lists Avon 2704.46, Avon Lake 4000.13, Brishran 2705.20, Brownbeth hundock 284.88, Camden 284.88, Clearview 1014.44, Columbia 5440.06, East Carlisle 2895. UA, Euton 1000.00, elgala Township 4018.00, Grafton Townsip 7990.20, Grafton silage 5104, Henrietta 91 oval, Huntington 1543.71, La Grange 52020.ay, Penfield 228, Pitisters 4450, Ridgeville 60, Roche er 509.02, Sheffield 3 32.78, South Amherst 444aay.
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Berg Sen
Sehoed
Teernos
Avon
Avon Lake
Brishran
Brownbeth
Camden
Clearview
Columbia
East Carlisle
Euton
Elgala Township
Grafton Townstip
Grafton Silage
Henrietta
Oval
Huntington
la Grange
Aay
Penfield
Ridgeville
Rocheer
Sheffield
South Amherst
Memorial Mass At Ridgeville Church
Memorial Mass will be said at Ridgeville Church at 8 30 a m Thursday for Pvt. Impecini son of Mr and Mrs Felix Unpecini. Pvt Indepin was reported dead in October after service in India. Gerald Werrys Swiers, a friend, and Sgt Swiers, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Swiers, were mentioned among those connected with the Post Offices Division.
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North Ridgeville
Hi Petters Curely
Thursdy
Pst
Impiceini
Wid
Felix Unpiccit
Pvi
Inpiceini
Holt
Pvt
Donald
Dany Matsafo
Holl Mersh
Herkley Road
A. T. Corps
India
Aness Wall
Gerald Werrys Swiers
Sgt. Swiers
Carl Swiers
Graften
Post Offices
Nivvhis Turers
Road To Berlin Distances Reported On Front Lines
The message notes Allied advances near Nijmegen and Ravenna with distances of 296 and 315 miles, respectively, and mentions shifts on the Weser and other fronts. Numbers appear in wartime notation, reflecting positions before Berlin victory operations.
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Berlin
Weelerg
Nijmegen
Easwerp
Ravenna
Workers Demonstrate In Streets Of Brussels Against Pierlot
Brussels reports show about 3 000 demonstrators marching against Premier Pierlot’s government. Police in white helmets with barbed wire stood by as workers and conductors, armed with only symbolic punches and a traditional horn, protested from side streets toward the Bourse. The crowd called for socialist cabinet members to resign, echoing prior Communist actions. A separate note from the war front profiles First Lieutenant Alex J. Toth, an Elyria native serving as an intelligence officer with the 8th Air Force in England. Toth, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, has participated in missions over Kiel, Beem, Brunswick, and Augsburg, and is linked to the Third Bombardment Division.
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Pierrot
Alex J. Toth
Elyria
Eighth Air Force Bell
Robert Taylor
Maxtun
Marshand
Kiel
Beem
Brunswick
Augeburg
Toth
Senate
Charles ‘Toth
West Ridge
Western Reserve University
Army Air Forces
Maret
Ait
Ieui
Ara Gon
Historic
England-Africa
Siiaitie
Mersersetmitt Webts
Regensburg
Germyeny
Baltimore & Ohio plans new coal dock at Lorain
Cleveland Baltinore & Ohio Railroad will apply December for permission to build a $2,000,000 coal dock at Lorain. A public hearing on the applications will be heard at One Devon Police station building. The dock would include a 100-ton capacity, with storage and staging facilities. Walter Meab, 59, vice president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, died at University Hospital from leukemia.
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Cleveland
Baltinore & Olio Realtowd
Lecember
Lorain
Devan
STEEL
Columbus
Walter Meab
Youngstown Sheet and Lube Company
University Hospital
Dro BK. Wiseman
Ateelnuis
Beek Whenler
Pass Quarter Million Mark In Bond Drive
Elyria surpassed a quarter million dollars in War Bond purchases yesterday as the Birth War Loan Drive reported 1,656 sales totaling $255,166. Today's daily sales reached 103 more units, lifting the day’s average to about $858 per sale while the overall drive aims for $9,469,221 with a split corporate and individual quota.
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Elyria
Sheen
Adividual
de Fember
Bank Robbery Near Post Office Claims $30000
Middletown gunmen robbed a bank teller John Erb 30 and custodian Arthur Mittenberg 45 of 30000 as they transported funds to the Federal Reserve. The two suspects fled in a black sedan after seizing the money and keys near the post office driveway. Police said another pair likely waited in a getaway car as descriptions remained fragmentary. The incident occurred about 10 00 a m in daylight near Middletown post office.
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Middletown
Oglesby-Barnite Bank and Trust Co
John Erb
Arthur Mittenberg
Federal Reserve Bank
Cincinnati
Inn
Drenching Rains Halt Ground Fighting In The Philippines
Pearl Harbor report notes heavy fighting near Luzon and Leyte amid rain and monsoon conditions. Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet mounts a vast carrier strike, with 20 ships sunk or damaged and 119 enemy planes destroyed or damaged in Friday raids.
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Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Greuund Activ
Orie Putert
Leyte
Lehayhaut Noob
Chester W. Nimity
Luzon
Craier
San Fernando
Manila
Marindugde Island
William F. Halsey
Conmaander
Santa Cruz
Marinduque Island
Subic Bay
Lubang Island
Banton Island
Bataan
Allied forces push toward Saarbrucken on 60 mile front
Paris dispatches report Lt Gen George S Patton and Lt Gen Courtney Hodges spearheading major advances in a 60 mile front toward the German border. Ninth Army drives wedges near the Roer, while Langernwehe and Duren futures fall. Crossing the Rhine north of Strasbourg denied by supreme headquarters.
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Paris
George 8
Malton
Saarbrucken
Roer
Cologne
Julieh
Langernwehe
Duren
Upper Rhine
Strasbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
Sacre Union
Rhine
Hagenau
U. S
Third
Seventh Army
Sarre Union
Sarregut
Taines
Dwight J. Eisentehower
Trar
Western Front
Courtney H. Hodges
Ruren
George $. Patton
Alexander M. Patgh
Serosa
Alsatian
Strasebourke
Bricker Reappoints Raschig to Public Works Director Post
Governor Bricker reappointed Frank L. Raschig of Cincinnati for a one year term as state director of public works with an annual salary of 6500 dollars. He also named George Ny Schoonmaker Toledo city manager to the water supply advisory board replacing C M Maratta Canton for a term through Sept 3 1949. Dr John H Skavicm Cincinnati succeeds the late Clade V Davis Pennsville on the Ohio state medical board for a term from immediate effect to March 18 1945.
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Columbus
Bricker
Frank L. Raschig
Cincinnati
George Ny Schoonmaker
City Menager
Toledo
State Water Supply Board
C. M. Maratta
Canton
John H. Skavicm
Ohio State Medical Board
Davi
Pennsville
War At A Glance From Western Front And Pacific
United Press reports Allied forces have crossed the Rhine near Strasbourg and breached a major German line west of Berlin. Japanese gunmen in Saipan retaliate for Tokyo raids as Allied air operations continue. British heavy bombers strike two Rhineland rail centers while Mosquito aircraft target military sites. Red Army advances in Eastern Front push to over 75 miles with continued air offensives.
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Rhine
Strasbourg
Germany
Berlin
Saipan
Tokyo
Philippines
Rhineland
Red Army
Brcadeastern
Brcadeastern Froncmy
Slos Vakla
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Acme
Ridgeville Church
Brussels
Pierlot
Hubert Paortat
Alex J, Toth
Conneaut
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Twk Ye Bid
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