Bombers Strike Tokyo In Largest Land Based Raid Yet
A large B 29 task force from the 21st Bomber Command of the 20th Air Force attacked Tokyo from Marianas bases led by Brig. Gen. Emmett O Donnell. The raid targeted industrial plants with anti aircraft fire described as light and inaccurate. Many planes reached the capital with crews reporting hits on a major factory as part of a dawn attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firs
Saipan
Su Reich
Tokyo
Lley. Dye
Emmett
2 O'Donnell
Ee South
Jamaica
N. J
O'Donnell
Gerna
Robert Morgan
Aup le
N. C
Nakajima
Walt
Young
Cushing
Okla
Stworth H. Vetter
Corpus Chriras
Artille
Scune
W. I. Chatman
Path Arne
Tex
Pershing L. Yon
Tallahassee
Fla
Robert B. Hinson
Charlotte
N. G
Thomas Bonvici
Bridgeport
Japan
Rosie” O'Donnell
N. Y
West Point
21St Bomber Command
20Th Army Air Force
Marianas
Raymond Hansell, Jr
San Antonio
China
Widespread Phone Strike Ends Suddeny
Nationwide telephones resume normal service as operators quit in 29 Ohio cities, Washington, and Detroit return to switches. Union leaders and employers await War Labor Board action to settle differences over living bonuses and temporary workers.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Ohio
Detroit
New Yorks
Randolph Fide
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Cleveland
Ohio Bell
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Tem
Thir
Targes
National Telephone Workers Federation
Independent
WLB
Chesapeake and Potomac
American Forces Break Key Leyte Defense Bastion
Troops from the 1165th Infantry and Kentuck Men advance south of Limon and trap a Yamashita defense post on Leyte. The push aims to sever the last major Japanese line and relieve pressure on MacArthur’s headquarters.
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MacArthur
Pes Pines
Kentuc
Limon Toda
Leyte
Limon
EL Unique
John A
Colorado Springs
Colo
Areae Arthur
Yantry
Ing
Out de
Aval
Camotes Islands
Fedese
Verdatter
Ion
Mist
Bain
al Znilt Finn Tency
Saare Island cleared by Russian forces in Baltic campaign
Moscow announced Stalin confirmed the liberation of the Estonian territory as Soviet troops under Govorov secured Saare Island north of Riga. Berlin reported renewed offensives toward Liepaja and Auce as Soviet forces pressed in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, with Tokaj and Ungvar area gains noted. Weather outlook follows with frost in Georgia and mild changes in Florida.
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London
Saare
Gulf of Riga
Stalin
Moscow
Larenti Govorov
Leninggrad
Latvia
Berlin
Red Army
Aucerea
Riga
Baltic
Liepaja
Libau
Auce
Czechoslovakia
Ivan Petrov
Ungvar
Carpatho-Ukraine
Kassa
Wosice
Csop
Cop
Allied push battles to seize Rhine bridges near Cologne
Heavy fighting swirls across the Rhine as Allied forces press toward Cologne. German Field Marshal von Rundstedt concentrates divisions to halt the assault, while American and British troops push from the Beech and Hoven area and advance toward Strasbourg after liberating the city’s western sectors.
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Signal Corps
Mulhou Y Vance
Frye
London
crGt
Rhine
Stijsh Tro
Foytst
Ingyno Tidge
Gerd von Rundstedt
Dces
Cologne
Notojm Pal
Second Army
Ages of Beech and Hoven
Geille
U. Ss A Oc
Julich
Brown
Turbulent Roel
Kyissian Hout
Holland
Venlo
Meuse
Berlin
Jacques le Clerc
Strasbourg
von Rundstedt
Cologn
Geilenkirchen
Hurtgen Torest
Europe
Allies sign Germany occupation pact, reports say
London reports that Russia Britain and the United States signed an occupation agreement for Germany last week. Names listed include Sir William Strang for Britain and Fado Gusev Soviet ambassador to Britain with Philip Mosely for the United States. Details remain unclear as machinery for German control would be established.
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London
Russia
Britain
United States
Germany
Wiliam Strane
Fado Gusev
Philip Mosely
John G. Winant
European Advisory Commission
Decisive Battle May Shape Cologne Plain Fighting
Allied drive against the Rhineland intensifies in the Aachen sector as the Cologne plain battle begins. Analysts warn this could be the decisive engagement of this war and possibly the era, with Thanksgiving memories recalling past armistice headlines as forces push toward Cologne.
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Cologne Plain
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
You
Rhineland
Aachen
Cologne
United Nations
Alabama's modern women prison leads nation in reform
Westmpka, November report highlights Julia Tutwiler prison for women as modern and self-sustaining. Superintendent Josie Barefield promotes escorted group outings to village shops and Capitol visits, with private cottages for inmates and new two story building planned. Vocational and academic programs focus on literacy for 33 women, while county girls receive short terms. The facility includes a hospital and dental lab, laundry, and recreation hall with an orchestra from Kilby prison during holidays.
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D. J. Currie, JR
Westmpka
Ala
Josie H. Barefield
Julia Tutwiler
Miss Barefield
State Capitol
Montgomery
Pearl Levins
National Youth Administration
Emma Marsna
Yuletide
Kilgy
Tutwiler
Alabama
Frances Wilks
Albania
Slaying of Two Women Leads to Lynching in Pikeville
James T. Scales, a 16 or 19 year old negro trainee at the state reformatory, allegedly slashed two white women to death before he was shot by a mob after being taken from Pikeville Jail. Victims were Mrs. Charles H. McKinnie, 19, and her mother Mrs. H. K. Scott. Scott supervised the school. The killings occurred near the institution early that morning. Scales reportedly confessed. The mob killed him after forcing officials to hand him over. Continued coverage promised on page 4.
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Pikeville
Tenn
James T. Scales
Charles H. McKinnie
H. K. Scott
Chattanooga
Scott
Tle
W.S. Neil
Virgil Davis
Scales
Neil
Davis
OPA promises more cuts in clothing prices
Washington reports the OPA will drive lower clothing prices with new ceilings on garment makers and stricter retail rules. Bowles says consumer prices will stabilize as 30 million children's items get price tickets and margins on finishers are reduced saving up to 60 million yearly.
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Sterling F. Griesen
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
War Producion Board
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Ukraiian
Hungary
Petrov
Sobrance
Ungyar
Malinovsky
Tokaj
Georgia
Florida
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Dro
Grea Rage
Bal Abdi
Arlier
Rhineisbourg
Ninth Army
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