Great Battle Squeezes German Forces in Aachen Sector
Paris radio reports a French trap narrowing the German 19th army’s retreat corridor in the Vosges as Allied forces push toward the Rhine. The battle draws 10 to 12 Nazi divisions against British Second, U S Ninth and First Armies with heavy tank losses on both sides and advances near Julich, Weisweiler, and the Roer river area.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
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Vosges
Upper Rhine
Aachen
Rhineland
Rhine
Strasbourg
First Army
Colmar
Saverne
U. S. Seventh Army
Germany
U.S. First Army
Weisweiler
Cologne
Ninth Army
Ninth
Roer River
Julich
Bourheim
Holland
Slovakia
Red Army
Angvar
Miskolc
Italy
Faenza
Rimini- Bologna
Cosina
Submarines Sink 27 More Vessels in Pacific Waters
Washington reports 27 additional enemy ships sunk by submarines in the Pacific and Far East, including a destroyer and a gunboat. Total submarine losses now show 854 sunk, 37 probably sunk, 119 damaged, with 25 merchant vessels also claimed. A Netherlands submarine, under US control, has sunk 4,500 tons of enemy shipping.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Navy
Netherlands
England
United States
Netherlands East Indian
Weather Outlook for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Georgia sees cool, rainy and windy conditions tonight and Sunday morning with clearing by Sunday afternoon. In extreme Northwest Florida expect cloudy skies with occasional rain this afternoon then partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with cooler air and strong gusts in places.
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Georgia
Florida
Five killed in New Orleans rooming house fire
Five men burned to death in a rooming house at 331 Dauphine street in the old French quarter during a heavy rain. Victims include Sergeant William C Canfield 47 Albert Develin 40 August Textar 49 Charles Louis 44 and an unidentified man. Owner Benjamin Alperim says he woke to fire around 6 am and barely escaped. State fire Marshal Campbell Palfrey ordered an immediate investigation.
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New Orleans
Dauphine Street
William C.canfield
Avon
Albert Develin
August Textar
Charles Louis
Benjamin Alperim
Alperim
Campbell Palfrey
Palfrey
To Freeze or Not to Freeze Social Security Taxes
Washington debate over freezing the Social Security tax at one half of one percent splits Congress. A proposed compromise circulated the corridors as controversy grows. Francis M. LGemay reports the bitter strife and tentative accord shaping the issue.
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Francis M. Lgemay
Washington
Canadian home defense soldiers parade in protest
Ottawa reports show nearly 1,000 soldiers from a Vernon camp paraded through the town shouting down with conscription. A captain was reportedly struck as they moved past administration buildings. Prime Minister King planned a Monday parliamentary vote of confidence amid heightened tensions in Quebec and across Canada.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
W. L. Mackenzie King
Quebec
Vernon
Maurice Duplessis
King
Roosevelt Eyes Postwar American Aid to World War II Recovery
President Roosevelt signals continued United Nations partnership after the war with possible American financial help to restore war damaged economies. Senate leaders expect pressure to repeal or revise the Johnson Act banning loans to foreign governments or individuals, while noting lend lease will end at peacetime.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations Partnership
Congress
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vivid Fort Lawton Riot Described By Italian Pilot
An Italian Air Force veteran testifies at a military court about the Fort Lawton riot involving Italian troops and black soldiers. He recounts the initial violence, describes a leader among the three murder defendants, and notes his own failed attempt to halt the attack.
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Seattle
Fort Lawton
Underground Nazi Network Reported by War Analyst
An Associated Press analysis cites Veritas reporting a growing Nazi underground in Germany under Himmler. Youth indoctrination for violence, falsified papers, and planned sabotage against Allied lines are described as preparations for a Germany-wide terrorist movement, with saturation in camps and potential brutal resistance in Bavaria.
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Associated Press
Reich
Gestapo
Himmler
Hitler
Stockholm
Europe
Rhineland
Veritas
Germany
United Nations
Fuehrer
Gilead
Eisenhower
Bavaria
Southern governors plan joint action on conserving natural resources
Gov Jimmie W Davis urged southern governors in Biloxi Miss to unite on conservation data, establish a research committee, form a legal panel, create an education group, and launch a publicity effort. He emphasized creating a water conservation committee to oversee proposed water use.
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Biloxi
Miss
Jimmie W. Davis
Louisiana
Congress
Tie
Russians Take Over Vital Rail Hub in Hungary
London readers learn the Russians entered Miskolc a key rail hub in northeastern Hungary and pushed toward Hatvan. Berlin said eight divisions penetrated Latvia’s Courland, with Baltic naval battles and new offensives against German forces. Moscow reported gains in eastern Czechoslovakia and Hungary as Danube crossings near Budapest were claimed.
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London
Miskolc
Hungary
Transocean
Hatvan
Budapest
Czechoslovak
Berlin
Courland
Latvia
Baltic
Saare
Osel
Czechoslovakia
Bern
Slovakia
Ungvar
Danube
Csepel
Tokol
Moscow
Bag
Capital
Landis Dies at 78 Capping Baseball Era
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78, longtime czar of baseball, died at 5:35 a.m. in St. Luke's Hospital after a 55 day illness from coronary thrombosis. He ended a storied 24 year tenure as commissioner with family by his side, state in Chicago.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
Joseph Capps
St. Luke’s Hospital
War Plants In Capital City Hard Hit By Raiders
American carrier planes swarmed over Manila as U S forces struck Tokyo factories, with B29s hitting Musashina plant and fires reported. Fourteen to twenty enemy ships damaged or sunk, 8,500 soldiers killed, 68 aircraft destroyed, and Japanese losses heavy near Leyte and Celebes.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Manila
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
Celbes
Borneo
Leyte
Celebes
Manila Bay
Luzon Island
Clark Airdrome
Legaspi
Bombays
Musashina
Zemke Confirmed as German Prisoner of War
Col Hubert Zemke renowned American air ace and leader of the Lightning Mustang group is now a German prisoner of war. He had been missing since Oct 30 after his escort mission, and his wife Mrs Maria Zemke of Missoula Montana was told by the War Department. Zemke had requested non combat duty from Nov 1 and was credited with 191 enemy planes shot down and 844 destroyed on the ground for a 28 total.
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Missoula
Mont
Hubert Zemke
Germany
War Department
Maria Zemke
Zemke
Europe
State Revenue Dept Sells 846 Cartons of Cigarettes
Atlanta reports the State Revenue Department will sell 846 cartons of cigarettes to the public on December 21 as evidence from dealers who failed to affix revenue stamps. Revenue Commissioner Eugene Cook announced the sale.
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State Revenue Dept
Atlanta
State Revenue Department
Revenue
Eugene Cook
Eight Men Shot as Brussels Parade Riots Erupt
In Brussels on November 25 demonstrators against Premier Pierlot clashed with police. Eight people were shot including five protesters, two gendarmes, and a city officer. Heaviest fighting centered before Pierlot’s office on Rue De La Roi as the marching line stretched about three miles. Some reports claimed three dead with two badly wounded. The crowd aimed at a mass meeting at the Sport Palace and chanted Pierlot assassin as the clash spread.
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Brussels
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Pierrot
Rue de la Roi
Pierlot
Palaia ‘de Sport
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East Prussia
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U. S. Ninth Army
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Kenesaw M. Landis Czar
Baseball
By Charles Dunkley
Capital City
Vern Haugland
U. S. Bomber Command
U.S
Japan
Wansell, Jr
Hansell
Guam
Here
Hubert Zemge
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