Nazi Defenses Totter Before Key Cologne
Allied forces pressed toward Cologne as Patton’s Third Army advanced into Saar union area and crossed toward the Saar frontier. Canadian troops entered German soil near Nijmegen, while French and British units pushed from Mulhouse and west of the Maas. Allied armies faced mud, floods, and heavy German resistance as supply lines strained.
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Merzig
Rhenish
Prussia
Moselle
Grove
Saardbrucken
St. Avold
Patton
Sarre Union
Saarbrrann
Saarlautern
Hagenau
Marienthal
Burnhaput le Haut
Mulhouse
Belfort
Nijmegen
Reichswald
Maas
Meuse
Holland
Venlon
Roermond
No Change Seen In Point Values Amid Ration Debates
The War Food Administration and OPA clash over point free items with WFA urging minimal rationing to avoid surpluses as the war nears end while OPA seeks to restore canned vegetables and pork cuts to the ration list. Both agencies admit December revisions are unlikely, with mid month changes possible.
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WFA
Germany
OPA
Wage Increases Approved by Labor Board Action
Labor Board approval was given for a weekly wage increase for 475 New York City distance operators. The recommendation calls for a $1 weekly rise, tied to operating costs and company advisories. The measure was publicly released by the involved telephone company and labor board officials.
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Washington
Labor Board
New York City
East Bank Cleared in Teveys Cave Case
Rene Nevoe is cleared as Teveys cave matter proceeds. Independent review confirms exoneration while Peasi and Eesine Pere TA Vint city officials announce next steps for Mie Fh day. Further details remain unclear due to garbled text.
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Rene Nevoe
Teveys Cave
Maeyer
Peasi Haves
Else
Ei Ters
Chiang and wife parting reported by Mail
London Daily Mail reports Chiang Kai-shek and his wife are separated after an open disagreement. The paper notes Chiang may visit home in Miami and discusses the political implications of the split as Gene, now in the United States for treatment, continues a lecture tour. The breakdown has been rumored for some time and is said to affect the Chinese political scene.
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London
Mai
Chiang
Miami
Fis
Mail
Chungking
Gene
United
Canadian Troops Balk at Oversea Service
Prime Minister Mackenzie King appeared to win a confidence vote as the crisis over overseas service loomed. In Terrace, British Columbia, a French speaking draftee regiment armed with rifles and Bren guns halted a scheduled entraining of English speaking units, forcing troops to remain off trains. Authorities closed beer parlors and liquor stores while a Canadian Air Force detachment was confined to barracks as mutineers disrupted duty.
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W. S. Mackenzie King
Terrace
Vancouver
Canadian Air Force
Polish Regime In Exile Rapped by Pravda
Moscow reports Pravda accuses the Polish Government in exile of becoming a hostile force with which negotiations are impossible. It discusses Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and hints he may join the Soviet sponsored National Liberation Committee in Lublin. The committee is portrayed as the governing power for liberated Poland.
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Moscow
Russia
Pravda
Stanislaw Mikelajczyk
Mikelajczyk
Lublin
Committee of National Liberation
Mikolajczyk
Poland
Soviet Union
Removed mummified baby woman case shocks Palmdale
PALMDALE Calif Nov 20 A hospital owner said he operated on a 60 year old woman and removed a calcified mummified fetus she carried for 18 years. Dr H H Snook of Parnchale hospital described a laparotomy and abortion like removal after X rays showed the fetus in the abdominal region. He is on the staff at Los Angeles County General Hospital and reported the operation last October.
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Palmdale
Calif
H. H. Snook
Parnchale
Snook
Associated Press
de. Snook
Ipatient
Los Angeles County General Hospital
No Response To Call For Belgium Strike
Brussels report shows the UPA resistance front call for a nationwide general strike against Prime Minister Pierlot's government drew little response. Demonstrators gathered in Brussels for a national day of protest as factions within the resistance urged varying levels of action.
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Brussels
UPA
Resistance Front
Emier Thirbert Pierlot
Pierlot
Sovernni
Letterkenny Depot Seeks 100 Munitions Handlers
Miss Sara Furman, recruiter for the United States Civil Service Commission, said vacancies exist at the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot for one hundred munitions handlers. The job involves loading and unloading freight cars and storing ammunition in igloos and magazines under a 48 hour federal work week. Interviews will be held at the USES office on South Potomac Street through Saturday December 2.
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Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Sara Furman
United States Civil Service Commission
Migs Furman
USES
South Potomac Street
Berlin Reports New Red Drive Across Baltic Region
Berlin describes a Soviet river to river advance from Riga toward Liepaja and Memel with forces of about 30 German divisions trapped in Courland. Memel remains under siege while the front extends to Jurbarkas Suwaki and Osowiec and reaches toward Krakow. Marshal Ivan Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian Army pushes through Dukla Pass seeking a link with eastern Slovakia and Hungary.
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Riga
Priekale
Liepaja
Memel
Courland
Nemunas
Sforza Rejected For Italian Post
British ambassador Sir Noel Charles reportedly rejected Count Carlo Sforza as premier or foreign minister in any new Italian government due to his alleged unreliability. The move compounds the crisis after Premier Ivance Bonomi and his cabinet resigned. Sforza reportedly resigned as chair of six-party leaders meetings and may have left during tonight's session.
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Trome
Noel Charles
Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Ivance Bonomi
Toight
Sian
Drop In Power Output Reported At City Light Plant
A likely reduction in wartime production shows in the municipal light plant’s power output. Superintendent R. R. Daniels reports a slackening in production levels amid ongoing war needs.
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Municipal Light Plant
R. R. Daniels
Street Board meeting notes and classified ads drift
The Board of Street Commissioners held a routine meeting last night. A local note reports generation in November being about 100000 kilowatt hours below November 1943. Classifieds offer quick cash sales at very reasonable prices daily.
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Board of Street Commissioners
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Weil
Belgium
Eddie Worth
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius
Chicago
Stettinius
U. S. Steel Cop
State Department
Chis Creo
South Pacific
Seebees
Floyd Attaway
Patriccia
Letterkenny
Berlin
Buncan Phyfe Lamp
Gainsborough
Armstrong Quaker
Montgomery Ward
W. Washington St
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