Thirteen Jap Ships Sink At Naval Base
Allied reporting notes heavy Japanese losses with thirteen ships sunk at Brunei and Leyte fighting. US forces claim 9,000 enemy deaths or captures in Marianas and western Caroline islands while B-29s strike Nippon proper. Tokyo reshuffles army leadership as air raids expand across Asia.
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Associated Press
Leyte
Western Pacific
Brunei
Borneo
U.S
Marianas
Caroline Islands
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
Peleliu
Anguar
Palau
Japan
Omura Aircraft Center
Shunroku Hata
China
South China
Hata
Tokyo Radio
Luzon
Burma
Kalemyo
Chefang
Phone Strike Continues In Cleveland After War Board Deadline
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers officials say the strike against Ohio Bell Telephone remains active despite a 10 a.m. deadline set by the national war labor board. Pickets stay at posts as federation officers in Washington monitor developments. Michigan Bell workers expressed willingness to strike in support but await war labor board action and possible government seizure of facilities.
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Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
War Labor Board
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
National War Labor Board
Independent Labor Organization
Earl Culp
Ohio Federation
Washington
Margaret Farina
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Veteran Harold E. Johnson Arrives in California
Pfc Harold E Johnson, a three year Army veteran with 29 months overseas in the Army Air Corps ground forces, has arrived in California according to his sister Mrs R E Dye of 1228 North Hayes.
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Harold E. Johnson
California
India
R. E. Dye
North Hayes
Johnson
Army Air Corps
Taylor Names Geo Curtis as Secretary to Senate W In Boise
Sen elect Glen H. Taylor of Pocatello announced George H. Curtis will serve as his secretary and head of Washington staff. Curtis will leave his state post December 31 and plans to go to Washington around January 1. Taylor discussed flood control on the Boise River and Snake River plans with Maj. O A Lewis, and aims to push a Columbia Valley authority for regional development. He will stay in Boise for several days before moving to Washington.
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Boise
Glen H. Taylor
Pocatello
George H. Curtis
Washington
Taylor
C. A. Bottolfsen
Senate
Sen
D. Worth Clark
Curtis
Roosevelt
Maj
O. A. Lewis
Portland, Ore
Office of the Army Engineers
Boise Valley
Boise River
Snake River
Idaho
Columbia Valley Authority
Congress
Poles Recapture Monte Fortino and Capture Monte Piano
Polish forces retook Monte Fortino hill position southeast of Faenza and advanced to seize Monte Piano near the Rimini Bologna highway. British troops captured Castiglione and pushed to the Cosina river as German raids on fifth army lines were repelled. Mediterranean air forces flew over 1600 sorties with fourteen planes reported missing.
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Rome
Monte Fortino
Faenza
Monte Piano
Rimini-Bologna
Castig- Honé
Cosina
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Lava Hot Springs tops Idaho in sixth war loan sales
Lava Hot Springs becomes the first Idaho community to report over the sixth war loan sales top. Officials praised include Mayor Nolan J Nelson and bond chair Mabell Kasiska Hillman with Don Brown of Pocatello as rural area chair. Quota was 19710 and sales by November 20 reached 20725.
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Lava Hot Springs
Idaho
Theo E. Wegener
Nolan J. Nelson
Mabel Kasiska Hillman
Don Brown
Pocatello
Bannock County
Wegener
Boise
Rotary Chief Wells Tracks Britain Tour Highlights
The December Rotary International issue features Richard H. Wells of Pocatello and Philip Lovejoy detailing their 19 day Britain tour visiting 41 Rotary club meetings in London Newcastle-upon-Tyne Darlington Nottingham and Glasgow. Wells signs the Durham town hall guest registry after a 2000 mile interior trip.
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Rotary International
Britain
Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
Philip Lovejoy
Wells
Pocatello Club
Rotary Club
Rotary
London
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Darlington
Nottingham
Glasgow
Durham
England
Town Hall
Great Britain
Control Bill Snag Delays Flood Plan in Senate
Washington reports quick passage of a billion dollar flood control bill stalled by a fight over the St. Lawrence seaway. Senator Aiken hints at amending either the flood measure or the rivers and harbors bill, risking a delay into next week amid broader debates on states rights hydroelectric power irrigation and river projects. The rivers and harbors bill also includes the Snake River development totaling 58.6 million dollars across Idaho Oregon and Washington.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
Senate
Aiken
St. Lawrence
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Washington State
Bombers Hit German Oil Complexes in Major Allied Raid
An American bomber fleet of over 1100 fighters escorted 1250 heavy bombers as they dropped 4000 tons on three synthetic oil plants at Merseburg Hamburg and Harburg. The Leuna refinery at Merseburg was struck for the twelfth time and German defenses held in fine weather amid promises of continued air war.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Hamburg
Harburg
Merseburg
Berlin
Eisenhower
Germany
Leuna
Deutsche
Reich
Desperate Jap Defense As Leyte Fighting Continues
American forces pressed the Japanese at Limon on Leyte as Gen Douglas MacArthur reported the enemy committed a full division in a bid to hold its fortress position. The 24th Infantry, aided by the 32nd Division, repelled counterattacks while heavy bombers operated from Leyte airfields and Nimitz announced 126 Japanese aircraft destroyed.
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Macart JR
Philippines
Limon
Presh
32Nd Division
24Th Infantry
Leyte
Ormoc
32Nd
Douglas MacArthur
Dagami
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Manila
Big Guns Win Nazi Point Near Ravenna
Allied headquarters report British eighth army captured fortified sugar factory buildings at Zuccherificio two miles south of Ravenna on the Adriatic. The complex served as a German observation post with prisoners taken. West of Forli British troops seized several localities on the Bologna road as German raids in the fifth army sector were repulsed. Mediterranean air forces flew about 1800 sorties, with 27 planes missing, including U S heavy bombers striking the Blechhammer oil refinery and air and rail targets in Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Zuccherificio
Ravenna
Adriatic
Forli
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
U. S. 15Th Army Air Force
Blechhammer
Upper Silesia
Strategic Air Force
Yugoslavia
Prayer for Douglas MacArthur Thanksgiving Week
Eunice W. Ziebarth requests prayers for General Douglas MacArthur and his staff during Thanksgiving week. The prayer asks God to bless the troops and help them overcome the enemy, with all families hoping to have their loved ones home next Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice W. Ziebarth
the Tribune
Douglas MacArthur
America
Lincoln
Liberty ship 8S I B Perrine launched by Todd Houston Shipbuilding
The Todd Houston Shipbuilding corp launched the Liberty ship 8S I B Perrine in Houston honoring irrigation pioneer I B Perrine founder of Magic Valley Idaho. Perrine, born 1861 in Delaware Indiana, helped develop Twin Falls and Bullion mining area, organized Twin Falls first bank, owned first hotel, and served as Union Pacific colonization agent.
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Twin Falls
Union Pacific Railroad
Russ Driving For Control Of Railroads
Moscow reports say Soviet forces opened a new push toward key rail junctions at Miskolc and Hatvan in northeastern Hungary while advancing near Eger and Verpelet. Berlin claims seven to eight Soviet divisions pressed across Czechoslovakia near Unevar as German defenses along the Ung and Latorica rivers weakens. The Baltic Saare island is reportedly cleared as the siege of Budapest continues without new word.
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London
Hungary
Verpelet
Eger
Miskolc
Hatvan
Moscow
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Unevar
Hiskole
Ung
Latorica
Latvia
Jelgava
Saare
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Budapest
Woman Testifies of Bribe Offer in Mann Act Case
Mary Marguerite Ford Petty testified in the Ruth Broadbent trial that she was offered $100 to refuse testimony. Petty described a fundam entalist marriage to Follis Gardner Petty and said Broadbent pressed to influence her. FBI agents witnessed the second visit when Broadbent dismissed the money as a bribe.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Marguerite Ford Petty
U.S. District Court
Ruth K. Broadbent
Plymouth
Utah
Petty
Idaho
Polaris Mining declares 10 percent dividend for 1944
Wallace Polaris Mining company directors announce a 10 percent dividend payable December 22 to stockholders of record November 28. This is the third 1944 dividend, totaling $200,000 and lifting the grand total of dividends to $640,000.
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Wallace
Polaris Mining Company
Haakon May Return to Norway from Exile
London reports King Haakon considers bringing the exiled Norwegian government back to Norway within four weeks. The plan would mark a martial transfer as Oslo currently hosts the government in exile.
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London
Haakons
Norway
English Lose 57 Planes On Nazi Raids
Allied air offensives against Germany intensify with heavy raids on Ruhr oil plants and rail targets. Night operations by RAF bombers drop 7,060 tons while a daylight US mission over Hamburg Harburg and Merseburg refinery complexes claims 73 German fighters shot down and six destroyed on the ground.
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London
Italy
Germany
Britain
Ruhr
R.A.F
Aschaffenburg
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Harburg
Leuna
Merseburg
Gas Explosion Kill Seven in Denison Texas
A butane tank truck collided with an automobile in Denison near the Texas Oklahoma line. The blast and ensuing fire left seven dead and twenty seven injured. John Marshall and Austin Jordan died, Jordan saved a car before flames enveloped him.
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Denison
Texas
Paul Borum
John Marshall
Sherman
Austin Jordan
Marshall
Jordan
Jeff Whitfield
R. B. Marshall
Crash Fatal to 4 Boise Army Air Crew
Col John R Kane of Gowen field lists four airmen killed when a B 24 crashed two and a half miles from the field. Names include Pilot Lieut Albert A Amadeo Staten Island NY Co pilot Lieut Ernest J Seymour Long Branch NJ Engineer Corp Matthew Hirshman Paterson NJ Radio operator Corp Harry N Sampsell Elk Hart Indiana. All bodies found in the plane.
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Boise
John R. Kane
Gowen Army Air Field
Albert A Amadeo
Midland Ave
Staten Island
N. Y
Mildred M. Amodeo
Ernest J. Seymour
Oakwood Ave
Long Branch
N. J
Eileen E. Finn
Matthew Hirshman
Madison Ave
Paterson
Lew H. Hirshman
Harry N. Sampsell
Chatman Ave
Elkhart
Iniana
Don M. Sampsell
Garner 76 Today In Uvalde Texas
John Nance Garner is 76 years old today. The former vice president known as Cactus Jack has lived quietly in Uvalde since January 20, 1941 when he administered the oath to his successor Henry A Wallace.
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Uvalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
Cactus” Jack
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Plan Thanksgiving Service Tonight
Joint Thanksgiving services of Pocatello churches will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Central Christian church under the auspices of the Pocatello Ministerial association. The program includes a prelude by Mrs. J C Gardner hymn Doxology responsive Scripture reading by Rev Albert B Parrett anthem Make a Joyful Noise by the Christian church choir proclamation by Dr Heber C Snell prayers by Rev Joseph Baird Gleason hymns Come Ye Thankful People Come offertory by Rev E T Ferry prayer by Rev Robert M Argue solo O Saviour Hear Me by Mia Rex Eaton violin obligato by ArnoldLintemann address by Rev Ed Cunningham benediction postlude.
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Pocatello
Central Christian Church
The
Pocatello Ministerial Association
J. C. Gardner
Albert B. Parrett
Simper
Christian Church Choir
Heber C. Snell
Joseph Baird Gleason
E. T. Ferry
Robert M. Argue
O. Saviour
Gluck
Mia
Rex Eaton
Arnold Lintelmann
Ed Cunningham
Allies Pursue Victory by Christmas Amid Optimism Debate
The column debates the timing of victory as WWII shifts toward a Christmas goal. Eisenhower warns German manpower and supply shortages strain the Reich while Allied air power and front pressure mount. Germany's stretched 450 mile line risks further breaks as Allies plan steady pressure to crush Nazi resistance.
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Eisenhower
Reich
Europe
Ike
Big Shells on Ration List Prompt Postwar Jobs Hope
President Roosevelt said it is likely wages will hold after the war and urged continued production of ships shells and other shortages. He noted rationing costs and vacancies filled by inexperienced workers while stressing government and industry efforts to provide work for both soldiers and munitions workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Axis Defense Crumbling Along Front
Allied forces push through Alsace Lorraine as Mulhouse falls and Strasbourg lies within 19 miles. French first army takes Saverne and Colmar, while U S seventh and French first armies expand gains toward the Roer and toward Metz. Patton’s third army seizes Metz frontally as German defenses crumble along the western front.
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London
Mulhouse
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Strasbourg
Buschweiler
Cologne
Adolf Hitler
Aachen
Berlin
Saverne
Sarrebourg
Seventh Army
Dwight D Eisenhower
19Th
First Army
U. S
Roer
William H. Simpson
Linnich
Julich
Fronthoven
Bourheim
Roermond
Maas
Meuse
Venlo
U.S
Vosges
Metz
Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Attila the Hun
Attila
Alsace
Saverne Gap
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Pacific Area
Davao
Tokyo
Geo. Curtis
Lava
Dick’ Wells
France
Haakon
Garner
DeWitt MacKenzie
Colmar
Malthouse
Charles de Gaulle
Federal Communications Commission
Neger Alsace
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