Japs Regroup For Battle Of Luzon Island
Japanese forces shift to inland bases near Manila as US forces land heavy in the Luzon operation. General Yamashita concentrates troops southward while American air power dominates, with carrier planes striking San Fernando, Baguio, and Rosario as land and sea actions unfold along the central Luzon plains.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Luzon
Yamashita
Batangas
Mindoro
Marinéuque Islands
MacArthur
Japan
Leyte
Bataan
Spencer Davis
AP War
Vice
Adm
Thomas Kinkaid
Ling¥
San Fernando
Baguio
Rosario
Central Plains
Japanese Reinforcements Move From Manila Hit Hard
Allied air and naval actions strike at Clark Field and Manila area as 34 enemy planes are wrecked on the ground. Fire sweeps Nielson and Nichols airfields after 70 tons of bombs from Liberators. Long range recon planes navigate toward Formosa to target a freighter and shoot down a fighter.
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Manila
Clark Field
Nielson
Nichols
China Sea
Luzon
Formosa
War Workers Hear Veterans on D Day War Service
Veterans describe D Day campaigns in North Africa Sicily France and Belgium. A Photo shows Steve J Janicki 25 Cambridge PA who served in North Africa Sicily Belgium Germany and France. He narrowly escaped death when the jeep he rode in was strafed. Pfc Mel Byrne 37 Philadelphia served in North Africa Sicily France Belgium and Germany and was wounded twice earning the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters.
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North Africa
Sicily
France
Belgium
Germany
Pic
Steve J. Janicki
Cambridge
Pfc
Mel Byrne
Philadelphia
National Service Act Condemned by Labor Board
Baltimore area reports that the National Federation of Telephone Workers executive board condemns the proposed national service act as an anti-labor bill. A spokesman cites manpower and labor discrimination, urging resistance to regimentation of labor. Also cited is a warning from the State Office of Price Administration about renewed compulsory tire inspection if motorists do not accept tire recapping.
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Baltimore
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Baltimore Area
State Office of Price Administration
German medic surrenders near American tank at Humann
A German medical corps man carries a white rag and stands before an American tank gun near Humann Germany. The Saar region in Germany is noted as a historic coal mining area since the middle ages.
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Humann
Germany
8. C
Saar
Germans Drowned in Mine Sinking off Kalundborg
Stockholm reports the Free Danish press service said 350 German soldiers perished when their transport struck a mine and sank four miles off Kalundborg Denmark on Friday.
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Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Kalundborg
Den
Deferments To Face Action
Colonel Stanwood discusses how draft boards may reclassify workers switching to top priority jobs. Some may receive 1A or occupational deferments based on skills essential to keeping vehicles in service. Boards must balance merit with the need to raise 1-A numbers by December 7 review of 2-As.
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Stanwood
Ship survivors clash with gunfire during panic rescue
Only 20 were saved, the report said, noting panic aboard ship led to exchanges of gunfire between officers and men.
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American Medical Association
Riley
William Bendix
Blue Network
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