Soviets Press Forward Around Budapest In Main Drive
London dispatch reports the Red Army tightening its grip on Budapest after capturing Monor fourteen miles southeast and advancing from Ujszasz toward Tapioszele and Farmos. German and Hungarian counterattacks failed to dislodge the Soviet spearheads in the southern suburbs despite strong resistance.
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Red
Budapest
Danube River
Monor
Ujszasz
Budapest-Szolnok
Tapiogyorgye
Tapioszele
Farmos
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Americans Tighten Squeeze On 45 000 Japs On Leyte
American infantry push from three directions on Leyte Island against well equipped Japanese forces. U S. 24th Division advances toward Ormoc along the road to Ormoc Bay. Artillery dominates Mt Catabaran while Mt Pina resists. Air and sea actions intensify with ships hit and bases bombed.
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Leyte
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Leyte Island
U. S
Philippines
Liuchow
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Tokyo
Iwo Island
Shanghai
Gay
Honshu
Nippon
Ormoc Bay
San Pedro Bay
Army Navy Game Stays On Navy Field At Annapolis
President Harry S. Truman’s secretary confirms the Army Navy football game will be kept on a community limited basis on home ground for the war’s duration. Stephen Early said a president will maintain the service classic at Annapolis despite questions about moving it to Philadelphia.
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Annapolis
Washington
Stephen Early
Philadelphia
Peak at Mt Catabaran Seized as Yanks Close on Leyte
General MacArthur says a 2300 foot peak overlooking the Ormoc corridor is in American hands as 24th Division infantry drive toward Ormoc city. A 62 ton bombing and air supported advance north of Carigara Bay reports good progress against Japanese resistance in Leyte Island.
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U. S
Philippines
Ormoc
Mt. Cataharan
Tus
Mt. Pina
Douglas MacArthur
Wedemeyer
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Tokyo
Chungking
Kweilin
U.S
Yungting
Nanning
Indo-China
Liucheng
Laipin
Chienkiang
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Leyte Island
Ormos
Mt. Catabaran
Carigara Bay- Ormoc
Den
Patton’s North Rhine Drive Seen as Opening Blow to Rhine Defenses
Associated Press war analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports Patton’s 3rd Army may spearhead the first Allied push toward the Saar and Rhine. The maneuver aims at disrupting Metz fortifications and drawing enemy reserves before a larger assault, relying on overwhelming Allied striking power.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Western
Uncle Sam
Patton
Rhine
Metz
Metz Fortifications
Public members of War Labor Board plan to leave posts
Three of the four public members of the War Labor Board asked President Roosevelt to resign after current wage deliberations. Chairman William H. Davis said his resignation would be January 1. Vice Chairman George W. Taylor as well as Frank C. Graham each filed earlier letters with different effective dates. Lloyd K. Garrison did not resign.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
George W. Taylor
General Motors
University of Pennsylvania
Frank C. Graham
University of North Carolina
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
McKellar Seeks Senate President Pro Tempore Post
Senator McKellar of Tennessee officially announces his candidacy for President pro tempore of the next Senate. He writes Democratic colleagues that Carter Glass will not seek re-election due to ill health, with caucus selection to occur when the 79th Congress convenes in January.
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Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Carter Glass
D-Va
Glass
79Th Congress
Weather Report Georgia And Northwest Florida Forecast
Georgia sees fair mild conditions with a cool night and continued mild Tuesday. In northwest Florida expect considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with warmer tonight.
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Georgia
Florida
Hitler under care of four physicians as illness rumors persist
London dispatch reports Hitler may be treated by four doctors last week including Morrell, Zabel, Horster, and Sauerbruch. Proclamation celebrated at Munich beer hall putsch links noted, with officials doubting its authenticity and suggesting Goebbels and Himmler conspired to curb illness rumors.
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Hitler
London
Munich
Morrell
Zabel
Horster
Erwin Rommel
Sauerbruch
Germany
Fuehrer
Heinrich Himmler
Gestappo
Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Will
Volksstrom
Berlin
Maj Gen Cheves Goes to China as Army Service Chief
Maj Gen Gilbert Cheves 49 leaves Calcutta to head the army service forces in China. Col Robert Neyland succeeds him in Calcutta as the post adjusts after the India Burma China theater reorganization. Cheves boosted dock capacity, pressed for Chowringhee Park storage space for military cargo, and sought council authorization.
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Cheves
China
ARMY
New Delhi
Gilbert Cheves
Army Services of Supply
Calcutta
Army Service Forces
Robert Neyland
Tennessee University
India-Burma
Georgia
Atlanta
Chowrinzhee Park
Famed American Pilot Col Zemke Missing in Action
Col Hubert Zemke of Missoula Montana, famed as Europe’s fightingest American fighter pilot commander, is missing in action after being shot down over Germany Oct 30 while leading a Mustang bomber escort mission. His unit held 28 planes destroyed. Zemke’s group earned fear from the Germans and inspired proteges like Lt Col Francis Gabreski.
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United States
England
Hubert Zemke
Missoula
Mont
Europe
Germany
Zemke
George E Preddy
Greensboro
N. C
Colu
Francis S. Gabreski
Oil City
American Army Air Corps
University of Montana
Russia
Moy Tovarich
Pearl Harbor
Third Army Opens Moselle Bridgehead at Thionville
U S Third Army breaks into Metz fortress ring on sixth day of offensive toward the Saar. American forces cross the Moselle south of Thionville threatening remaining German rail links and furthers encirclement of Metz amid snow and mud.
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Moselle River
Thionville
William Frye
London
U. S
Metz
Saar
Moselle
France
Verny
Forest of
Bride and
Koecking
Dieuze
George S. Patton
Mohange
Morhange
Leyte invasion moved up by last minute plan change
Washington dispatch reports a last minute change accelerated the Leyte invasion. Admiral Halsey, citing Japanese fleet and air losses, recommended bypassing Leyte for the Philippines target. Col. Alfred K. E. Kastner, the first Army observer back from Leyte, related the shift. The corps departed Honolulu September 15 and altered the objective the next day, striking Leyte October 20.
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Leyte
Yap
William E. F. Halsey
Philippines
Alfred KE. Kastner
Nevada City
Calif
Honolulu
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Zempke
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Morhang
Lidrezing
al- Med
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Bruyeres
St. Die
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