Axis Capitals And Industries Bombed By 3 000 Allied Planes
Allied night and day air raids hit Germany in the eleventh day of the invasion. Karlsruhe and Munich were main targets as more than 1 000 bombers participated. Daylight strikes on Friedrichshafen, Munich, Bucharest, Ploesti and Belgrade targeted airfields and plants. The raids, described as the greatest concerted action of the war, left 38 American bombers and 17 fighters missing, and caused heavy fighter losses on both sides.
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London
BR. A. F
Karlsruhe
Munich
Germany
United States
U. S
R.A.F
Friedrichshafen
Bucharest
Ploesti
Belgrade
Mediterranean Air Force
Rhineland
Frankfurt
Cuy
Switzerland
U. S. Air Force
Berlin
South Bereich
Battle for Sevastopol Flares Anew
The Soviet high command reported Red airmen of the Black Sea fleet sank 12 enemy ships evacuating troops from Sevastopol in the Crimea. Berlin said land fighting raged around the city as Germans clung to a small area. The Nazi bulletin claimed 57 German tanks and 27 planes were destroyed, with 36 of 51 German planes downed over Sevastopol in the fiery fighting.
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London
Black Sea
Romania
Sevastopol
Crimea
Berlin
BE. B. c
High Command
Duty Due on Gargantua's Bride
The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals upheld the appraisal that Toto the gorilla is worth 8,750, with 6,562 import duty due. Ringling Bros. circus imported Toto from Cuba in February 1941, a circus agent had valued her at 1,000.
Maine Snowfall Delights Greenville and Pisca taquis County
Maine woke to about three inches of fresh snow reported in Greenville and nearby Pisca taquis County towns. The early winter touch affected travel and daily routines as residents prepared for continued flurries overnight.
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Portland
Maine
Greenville
Piscataquis County
Cincinnati at Pittsburg Postponed on National Scoreboard
Yesterday's results show the Cincinnati at Pittsburg game postponed on the national scoreboard. Only games scheduled remain listed under the American section.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Government imposes 60 day corn freeze for 125 Midwest counties
The War Food Administration ordered a midnight freeze halting corn sales from 125 Midwest counties including Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Illinois and Indiana. For 60 days the government will be the sole buyer, aiming to direct 80,000,000 bushels to war industries. The action follows shortages and plant closures, with no price increase for the 1843 corn crop set at six dollars per bushel in Chicago.
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Washington
Midwest
Nebraska
Iuwa
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
War Food Administration
WFA
Fred M. Vinson
Chester Bowles
War Food
Marvin Jones
Chicago
Drafting of 4-Fs Bill Introduced in Senate
Washington UP The draft bill empowers the Selective Service to draft or assign 4-Fs and those deferring for essential work. Senators Brewster and Bailey introduced it in the Senate yesterday. The measure would force immediate induction for workers who abandon essential jobs without permission. The director could order deferred or rejected registrants into essential employment and, if they refused, into active or limited military service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Senate
Brewster
R-Me
Bailey
D-N.c
National Selective Service
War Heroes Reticent About Deeds
Washington UP reports two Medal of Honor recipients Lieut Ernest Childers a Creek Indian and Ted Sergt Charles E Kelly known as Com mando spoke briefly about their valor. Childers remained dead pan while recounting his actions in war and the ceremony. Kelly also offered a concise account.
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Italy
Ernest Childers
Tulsa
Oklo
Sergi
Charles E
Commando
Washington
Pittsburg
Army
Ted Sergt
Kelly
Childers
Kelly Home With Mom And Brothers After Medal Honor Return
Sergt. Charles E. Kelly came home to Pittsburg with his widowed mother Irene and eight brothers waiting at County Airport for the first World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Police kept back a crowd as the 23-year-old “one-man army” stepped off the plane at 7:30 p.m. and greeted family and service members amid cheers.
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Pittsburg
Tech
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Irene Kelly
Washington
Dime Store Ruby Ring Sold For 49 Cents Mystery
In Kankakee Illinois a clerk at a dime store reported selling a $100 ruby ring for 49 cents. She had set her own ring aside for a customer to try on, but it vanished when another clerk completed a sale.
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Kankakee
UPI
Kathryn Muehler
Miss Muehler
Madrid Reports Thirty German Divisions Guard Atlantic Wall
A neutral post reports Nazi Germany preparing for a potential Allied invasion with thirty divisions along the Atlantic Wall and a mobile reserve of sixty. The outlined distribution includes Norway six divisions Russia 178 divisions Italy 25 divisions and the Mediterranean Coast five plus Finland 12 and the Balkans 12.
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Madrid
Atlantic Wall
Hitler
Europe
Norway
Finland
Balkans
Hungary
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
France
Germany
Japanese Near Goal In China Around Chenghsien
Japanese shock troops narrow the gap to under 15 miles around Chenghsien as they drive from Lunghai and Peiping railways toward Mihsien and Loyang. Chinese high command reports bloody, heavy losses on both sides with over 60 600 Japanese troops committed and more arriving.
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Chungking
Chenghsien
Yellow River
Lunghai Railway
Mihsien
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai
Hulao Pass
Loyang
Henan
Peiping
Ford Denounces Use of His Name in Sedition Trial
Washington sources report Henry Ford denouncing an attorney for Edward Smythe for linking his name with alleged disloyalty in the mass sedition case. Smythe’s lawyer Laughlin seeks Ford and Lindbergh to testify. In court, a second jury panel was called as 45 of 87 veniremen had formed opinions needing evidence to remove, delaying verdicts.
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Washington
U. S
Laughlin
Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tra
Veniremen
Dis
Nine Killed When Plane Hits Peak Epsom Mountain
An Army transport plane crashed into Delight Mountain near Epsom N H yesterday killing nine of ten aboard. Rescue teams in heavy rain and mud recovered bodies from a wide wreckage area at the mountain peak, with Second Lieutenant William Hunold of Brooklyn among the victims.
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Epsom
N. WH
Delight Mountain
Air Transport Command
Grenier Field
William Hunold
Brooklyn
Admiral Ramsey Urges Navy Air Arm Strength
Rear Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey, chief of the Navy's aeronautics division, said the fleet would exceed 100 aircraft carriers by year end and concentrate air power to reach Pacific objectives. He told the Associated Press luncheon that the Navy air arm will spearhead the West Drive in the Pacific.
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New York UP
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Navy
pDuszeau
Pacific
Associated Press
British Food Supply Below U. S. Average
The combined food board reported that British food supplies are just sufficient to maintain heat and working efficiency and are considerably below the U S and Canada averages. Supplies in the United States and Canada meet or exceed the 1935 39 level while the United Kingdom remains below prewar levels.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Combined Food Board
United Kingdom
Swiss Air Force Bags Yank Plane Over Germany Raid
Air alarms swept Switzerland as 200 US planes attacked Friedrichshafen and nearby areas. Twelve damaged American bombers landed in Switzerland and two crashed in daylight. One crashed after failing to heed landing signals, was shot down by Swiss fighters, and fell into Griefensee lake. Some flyers were killed and survivors were interned.
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Bern
Switzerland
Lugano
United States
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Die Tat
Griefen-See
Balterswil
Ward Workers To Obey White House Order
Striking Montgomery Ward employees voted to resume work after a White House request. Local 20 members returned to jobs by 11 p.m. and dropped picket lines. Management weighed a War Labor Board directive to extend an expired contract with the CIO union while an election to prove majority support is pending.
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Chicago LLP
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
White House
United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union
Soncern
War Labor Board
C. LO. Union
C.T
Youth Charged With Golden Slipper Theft
A 16-year-old Elkhart youth was charged with grand larceny after the disappearance of a golden slipper owned by actress Colleen Moore. The slipper, valued at 1200 dollars, was part of a pair displayed for a war mothers benefit.
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Elkhart
Ind
Upa
Colleen Moore
Louis Shannon
Miss Moore
Travel ban tightens as Britain bars overseas departures
The British government last night banned travel to overseas destinations except for urgent national business that cannot be postponed, citing security concerns over the western front invasion and travel risks to the home front.
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London
MacArthur’s forces close on Hollandia airfields in New Guinea
American spearheads pushing from Tanah Merah and Humboldt Bays reach within five miles of Hollandia air strips as naval and air support other Allied units complete Tadji airstrip repairs. Western beachhead six miles inland, eastern forces deepen control around Humboldt Bay, signaling rapid advance toward major air facilities with little ground resistance.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Tanahmerah
Humboldt Bays
Douglas MacArthur
Humboldt Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Aitape
Tadji
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Philppines
Drug Store Cowboy Held For Robbery
A 21 year old laborer from Snyder Cole was captured 75 miles southwest of Hyannis after a noon robbery of the State Bank of Hyannis. He rode away in a car owned by bank cashier Walter Stroud who was held briefly hostage. The man claimed cowboy fantasies, was nervous, and will be charged by Sheriff C W Thurston.
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Hyannis
Neb
C. W. Thurston
Thurston
Walter Stroud
Snyder, Cole
Sandhill
Efe
Stroud
Swedes Seize German Maps Arriving on Ferry
Swedish customs agents confiscated several thousand large-scale German maps covering Scandinavia from a Sassnitz ferry, the second seizure in a week. The materials are being examined by Swedish military authorities.
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Stockholm
Upi
Scandinavia
Sassnitz
Germany
General MacArthur Inspects Tadji Airport in Mud
General Douglas MacArthur visited the Tadji fighter strip near Aitape as American and Australian engineers moved bulldozers and graders to ready the field for Allied fighters within days. The trip, described by Jack Turcott, notes the muddy runway, a jeep ride through swamps, and a glimpse of enemy uniforms and supplies nearby.
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Jack Turcott
New York Daily News
Allied
General MacArthur
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Tadji
MacArthur
Wapil
United States
Sago
Year's First Alert Finds Troy Ready
The first blackout practice in five months found protective services in Troy ready and waiting last night despite heavy rain that kept pedestrians and traffic to a minimum yet failed to prevent all air conditions from failing.
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Troy
Death in Saratoga during blackout claims Philip Gell
Philip Gell, 77, of 98 Ludlow Street Saratoga Springs died during a city blackout last night at his home. Ten minutes after the blackout ended neighbors heard a fall and police forced entry to find him dead on the floor. Dr. Malcolm J. Magovern said death appeared to be from a heart attack.
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Philip Gell
Ludlow Street
Saratoga Springs
Mr. Gell
Malcolm J. Magovern
First Practice Drills Show Demolition and Protective Units
Raid wardens and volunteer police firemen left their posts during the first post fall practice. The session doubled as a full tryout for multiple services with a sequence of incidents testing response. It even deployed the new roving shortwave radio linked to the area station used in blackouts.
Celler Demands End To Polish Army Jewish Soldiers’ Mistreated
Rep. Celler protests to the Polish ambassador over alleged mistreatment of Jewish soldiers in the Polish army who deserted to join British forces. He cites thirty servicemen charged with desertion and martial sentences of up to three years, calling the conduct intolerable. The letter was made public in Washington.
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Washington GP
Rep
Celler
D.-N-Y
Jar Ciechenowski
Ceter
Flood Waters Surge Across Midwest States
Flood waters inundate Illinois to Kansas as rivers crest and break barriers. At least eight dead, thousands homeless, vast farm land swamped. Missouri River rises toward 27.8 feet. Mississippi and Illinois rivers flood St Louis region and Beardstown area.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Kansas
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Illinois River
Beardstown
Missouri
Jet Werson
Bocnvills
Cen
WPB Bases Civilian Goods Ban Reversed Amid Hearings
The War Production Board reversed its civilian production ceiling in major labor areas after Capitol Hill complaints that it would idle small plants. Senator Wherry announced hearings would continue with WPB Undersecretaries Patterson and Forrestal testifying, then Nelson and other officials. The policy had aimed to protect military output but sparked criticism and a cutback in the 1944 electric iron program from 2,000,000 to 200,000 units.
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Washington
War Production Board
Capitol Hill
Wherry
Nebraska
Stewart
D-Tenn
Patterson
War Department
Forrestal
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Mechanicville Bound Oil Train Derailment Burns Cars
A Delaware and Hudson train bound for Mechanicville derailed near Albany and Schenectady, about ten oil tank cars involved, causing a fire and smoke but no injuries. Wrecking crews moved to separate cars and blockages lasted hours as emergency teams coordinated. cause undetermined per D and H Susquehanna Division from Oneonta.
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Central Bridge
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