U. S. Jets Cleaf Leyte Aid As Japs Lose Convoy
American dive bombers wiped out 47 ships and 26,000 Japanese troops trying to reach Leyte in seven convoys. Allied air forces also damaged transports and ships across the central Philippine seas while Pacific operations report gains in Peleliu and Burma as Japan reshuffles generals.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Philippines
Leyte
Philippine
Leyte Gulf
Japan
Palau
Severe cold wave sweeps parts of the United States
A major cold wave spread from the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard with freezing temperatures and heavy snow. New England suffered outages and damage. upstate New York reported five deaths and Syracuse logged nineteen inches of snow. Atlantic Louisiana recorded eight below zero. cities from Atlanta to Nashville saw record lows.
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Associated Press
United States
Rocky Mountains
Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
New England
Upstate
New York
Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Rockies
North
South Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Atlantic
Atlanta
Tallahassee
Fla
Asheville
N. C
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
New York City
Long Island
New Jersey
Boston
Flood Control Bill Passes Senate in Voice Vote
A one billion dollar flood control authorization cleared the Senate by voice vote and moves to a conference committee for changes since House passage. The measure covers flood control navigation reclamation and hydroelectric projects as part of a postwar jobs program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
House Committee of Irrigation and Reclamation
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri River
William B. Warne
Reclamation
Murray
D-Mont
Montana
Missouri Valley Authority
MVA
TVA
Hitler Commands Massive German Army For Final Battle
From Allied headquarters in Europe, Hitler is said to have about 6 million troops ready for a climactic battle. Approximately 1.25 million are fit men aged 19 to 46, with 300 divisions total on all fronts: 70 in the West, 130 to 140 in the East, 30 in Italy, 20 in the Balkans, 20 in Scandinavia, and 20 inside Germany.
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21St Army Group
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Walther von Model
Kurt Student
Hermann Black
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rudstedt
Nazifuehrer
Hisenhower
Normandy
Hitler
Western Front
Eastern Front
Italy
Balkans
Scandinavia
Artillery Ammunition Critical to Safeguard American Lives
In the Cologne plains fighting, Secretary of War Stimpson explains Ike delayed the offensive until enough artillery ammunition was accumulated. Heavy guns are essential to smash enemy fortifications and blunt the north battle-front assault opposite the Rhineland. The battle is grim and likely among the war’s bloodiest final phases.
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Cologne Plains
Associated Press
Rhineland
Stimson
Eisenhower
Cologne
Death Claims Albert B. Fall in Texas Hospital
Albert B. Fall, 83, former Secretary of the Interior under Harding, died in Texas hospital. A central figure in the Teapot Dome scandal, Fall spent years ill and in hospital confinement from 1935 onward, after leases to public oil lands led to conviction and prison time.
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el Paso
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Fall
William Beaumont General Hospital
Hotel Dieu
Catholic Hospital
Frankfort
Las Cruces
N. M
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Ord
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Oil Reserve
Edward L. Doheny
New Mexico Penitentiary
Doheny
No Let-Up In Air Attack On German Lands
Allied air operations surged through the night as 3,000 planes targeted Leipzig rail yards and Rhine Ruhr oil plants with 3,000 tons of bombs. U S heavy bombers suffered 56 losses, the worst since April, while 500 plus Halifax and Lancaster crews faced heavy anti aircraft fire near Leipzig. Four enemy interceptors fell as air forces pressed a two day campaign yielding 76 bombers and 32 fighters lost.
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Ondon
Germany
U. S
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Rhine-Ruhr
Duisburg
Wamburg
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Zeltz
Merseberg
Lutzkendorf
Reich
Postwar aviation surge urged by CAA across Georgia
Washington reports a Civil Aeronautics Administration plan for a billion-dollar postwar airport program. It calls for 3,050 new airports and upgrades to 1,625 fields nationwide with five classes of airfields and federal state matching funding over five to ten years, listing Georgia sites with proposed class and costs.
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Washington
Georgia
Hag Ben
Congress
Civil Aeronauticl Administration
CAA
Albany
Americus
Athens
Avanta
Tota
Augusta
Brunswick
Columbus
Viffin
Vranosee
Macon
Praparee
Marcon Mnicipal
Rome
Savannah
Thomasville
Valdosta
Seven Reported Dead in Crash of Big Airliner
A Transcontinental and Western Airlines passenger plane with 23 aboard crashed in heavy fog near the San Fernando Valley en route from San Francisco. Police said at least seven were killed. Army personnel were said to be at the scene with seven military dead and nine alive. Civilians aboard the craft were not yet determined.
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Los Angeles
Western Airlines
San Fernando Valley
Burbanl
San Francisco
TWA
Army
Four American armies drive deeper into German lines near Rhine region
Four American armies push the German defenses from the Roer to the Saar in a multi wedge offensive. Hodges and Patton command thrusts along the Roer and Saar rivers bend toward Duren and Merzig while the Ninth Army patrols toward Linnich and Julich. The drive aims at Strasbourg and Karlsruhe as Allied forces press on despite heavy shellfire and flooded terrain.
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U.S
Third Army
Merzig
Saarlautern
Saarbrucken
Saar
Germany
Ninth
Aachen
Julich
Buren
Haguenau
Belfort
Mulhouse
James M. Long
Paris
Roer
Rhine
France
U. S. First Army
Duren
Cologne
Eisenhower
Courtney H. Todges
Hurtgen Forest
Gey
Kradenhberg
Strasbourg
15Th Corps
U. S. Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Baden
U.S. Ninth Army
William Simpson
Pole
Hodges
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Siegfried
10Th Armored
Ninth Army
Welz
Geeck
Inch
Rhineland
Munchen Gladbach
Linnich
Lindern
Haven
Tnde
Simpson
Brandenberg
Atton
Saar Bend
Bilbringen
Battern
Moselle
Nahe
Wiesbaden
Plainz
Frankfurt
Hitler
Berlin
Courtney H. Hodges
U.S. First Army
Dusseldorf
Saarland
Coblenz
Rhine and
Main
Eifel
Holland
Wanssum
Venlo
Broekhuizen
Maas
Bierlingsbeek
Flossdorf
Doerdorf
Wesz
Bajl
Maurich
Glimbach
Gevenich
Boslar
Inde
Altdorf
Inden
Lamersdorf
Eschweiler
Indea
First Army Veterans
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia stays fair and colder tonight with lows 18 to 24 in the north and 25 to 30 in the south. Saturday remains fair and cold. Northwest Florida sees fair conditions and a touch cooler tonight with interior readings near freezing, then a generally fair Saturday.
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Georgia
Florida
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Tokyo
Palau Islands
Peleliu
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Pearl Harbor
War Department
China
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Burma
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Sth Army
Bastogne
LUX
7Th Army
Belgium
Freiburg
Sevre
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