Pacific Air Raids Hammer Leyte Reinforcements In Battle
U S airmen strike Japanese transport convoys off Leyte as bad weather hampers ground fighting. In a single long assault 10 enemy transports were sunk, about 4,000 troops lost, bringing reinforcement losses to 26 ships, 21,000 men. Simultaneously B 29 raids grind on Tokyo targets while Chiang Kai shek’s forces push to blunt a Japanese advance toward Chungking and the Burma road.
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Pacific
Leyte
Philippines
Yamashita
U. S
Philippine
Ormoc
Tokyo
Chat
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
Chungking
Liuchow
Kweiyang
Kai-shek
Chiang
Federal highway plan agreed by Senate and House
In Washington, senators and representatives agreed on a postwar federal highway program. The Senate approved 450 million dollars annually for three years after the war for rural, secondary, and urban highways. The House provided 500 million dollars annually for three years, with states contributing equal shares and distributions based on regional importance, including 775 million for rural highways, 450 million for secondary roads, and 75 million for urban arteries.
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Senate
House
Battlefront attrition and Dutch front shifts widen war reach
Western Front battles rage with Patton and Patch pressing Nazi lines from Julich to Duren while German reserves shift from the Dutch front. Canadian troops join the Dutch sector as Eisenhower keeps pressure and Budapest campaign shows Danube thrusts. sedition trial of 26 ends with Justice Edwards death and prospects for new proceedings loom.
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Western Front
Rhine
U. S
Patton
Third Army
Saar
Patch
Seventh
Vosges
Julich
Duren
Roer
Julich- Duren
Budapest
Danube
Edwards
Hitler
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Meat Production Records Mark November Highs
The American Meat Institute reports record November beef and veal output at federally inspected plants. Total meat production last month reached 1 539 000 000 pounds, up from the prior year. A Holstein bull calf sold for 380 000 in bonds to an Omaha life insurer, then resold for 375 000 to the Douglas County Dairy Breeders association for use.
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American Meat Institute
Qutaker
Omaha
Douglas County Dairy Breeders Association
Canada’s king faces worst crisis over conscription vows
Prime Minister Mackenzie King seeks a vote of confidence as Quebec opposes overseas conscription of home guard units. The long standing demand for respect of language and religion fuels resistance, while King relies on limited draftee numbers to secure political support amid a national crisis.
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MacKenzie King
Canada
Home Guard
Quebec
Kong
Yanks Battle On Western Front With Many Armored and Infantry Divisions
American forces along the western front push toward Germany with numerous units in action. General Simpson’s 18th corps includes the 2nd armored and 29th 30th 102nd infantry divisions. Hodges’ 1st army east of Aachen fields multiple armored and infantry divisions across several corps. Patton’s 3rd army into the Saar uses 4th 6th 10th armored divisions and 5th 26th 36th 80th 90th 96th infantry divisions in 12th and 20th corps. Patch’s 7th army east of the Vosges lists many divisions in 6th and 15th corps. Also noted are the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions and the 7th armored and 84th infantry divisions.
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U. S
Germany
Warlons Army
Simpson
Sth
Roer River
2Nd Armored
Hodges
Aachen
Patton
Saar
Patch
7Th Army
The
Vosges
82Nd
101St U. S. Airborne
U. S. Armored
84Th U.S
New face in State Department: Edward Stettinius
Cordell Hull, 78, departed as secretary of state after 12 years. Edward Stettinius, 44, succeeds him, hailed as personable and blunt with a strong business background from U S Steel and General Motors. Hull urged free trade and force against aggression, tempering liberal policy.
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Cordell Hull
Edward Stettinius
Morgan
Stettinius
General Motora
U. S. Steel Corporation
Hull
Farm income climbs in 1944 ten months report
Farms earned 18.43 billion dollars for the first ten months of 1944 up 8 percent from 1943. Crop income rose 10 percent and livestock receipts rose 4 percent. Prices remained stable around two percent. The 1944 45 feed grain supply totals 132.5 million tons with reserve growth anticipated. War financing shows nine months expenses at 82 billion with 35 billion receipts. 47 billion borrowing expected.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Uncle Sam
Ted Gamble
Gambel
Chinese Cabinet Changes Seen Aiding War Effort
Western Newspaper Union dispatch discusses Chiang Kai shek reshaping his cabinet to align more with officialdom, amid ongoing questions about his anti Communist stance. Analysis covers military leadership, China’s fragile economy, Jap pressure, and prospects for continued resistance with limited resources and airfield losses.
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Washington
China
Chiang Kaishek
Stilwell
United Nations
Chiang
Salween River
Noe Coward apology clouds Brooklyn hospital comment
The item notes Noe Coward will apologize for a careless remark about Brooklyn over seas soldiers in hospitals. It also mentions Cabinet politics, potential Supreme Court succession, and various Hollywood gossip, with references to Att'y Gen. Biddle, Tom Clark, Bob Hope, and Betta Davis, plus other scattered entertainment and political hints.
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Noe Coward
Brooklyn
Y Morgenthau
Washington
Biddle
U. S. Suprema
Tom Clark
Dep't of
Justice
Washington Radio to Dramatize Congress Debates Weekly
WMCA New York will rebroadcast weekly dramatized portions of the House and Senate debates with actors portraying legislators. The plan, proposed by Nathan Straus, aims to show Americans what their representatives do in Congress despite the body blocking formal broadcasts.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
New York
WMCA
House
Senate
Florida
Claude Pepper
Nathan Straus
Pepper
Straua
Thrilling Christmas pattern for a doll house and shelves
A charming Colonial style doll house pattern offers a compact movable design that fits in 28 percent inch of wall space. It can be built from scrap plywood or panels with flaws and doubles as shelves when dolls are done. Pattern 273 provides illustrated directions and dimensions plus color and assembly tips.
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India
Bob Hope
Betta Davis
Chum
Bette
Red Cross
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Ethel Smith
H'wood
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Upton Close
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NBC
Hitlerooter
Betty Hutton
Sadires
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Russ Fawcett
Sitcheeayshun
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Alexis
Nutz
Errol Flynn
Sunny Skylar
Carole Landis
Shuberts
Judy Garland
Garbo
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Ronald Colmans
Benita Hume
Caballero
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Broadway
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Maria Montez
Pierre Aumont
OWI
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Everett Walker
War Manpower Commission i
WMC
OPA
Arnold J. Burke
War Food Administration
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Burke
United States
Wallace
White House
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Oro
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
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Demend
Joseph Aspirin
U. S. Ordnance Department
Begoodrich
Scott
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