MacArthur Says Mindoro Is Now Secured Invasion Progress
General MacArthur’s headquarters report that US forces on Mindoro have advanced inland beyond San Jose with a six mile defensive arc, seizing high ground and reaching 11 miles from the beachhead. Leyte fighting continued with losses mounting as Japanese casualties rose to 2,012. Air and naval units harassed enemy shipping and cleared Philippine skies, while Ormoc and Ormoc corridor actions pushed Japanese forces toward Valencia.
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MacArthur
Mindoro Island
Douglas
acArthurs
San Jose
Mindoro
Manila
Leyte Island
First Cavalry
Ormioe
Tith Infantry
Jzp
Yamashita
Leyte
Tith
Orwine
Philippines
Masbate
Puerto Princesa
Palawan
Zamboanga
Thans
Tarakan
Borneo
B-29 Chief Sees Japan Resilient Despite Bombing
Pacific Army Air Forces chief General Harmon says Japan will rebound and fight on in 1936. He notes lack of major damage from the earthquake and warns incendiary bombing alone cannot win. He describes Tokyo as heavily scarred by breaks and fires, but stresses war industries must be hit to cripple Japan’s airpower.
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Pacific
U.S. Army
Japan
Millard F. Harmon
Strategic Air Force
Pacific Ocean Area
Harmon
Dee.p
Madame Prie
Tokyo
Mis” Harmon
Troy Sailor Hero of Hampton Roads Fire
A Liberty Ship at Hampton Roads, Virginia, burned after a clever-hour freighter was destroyed and a merchant seaman leaped into the cold water in a failed rescue attempt. Fourteen others were hospitalized for burns as crews fought the blaze. the ship carried cargo for the Army and was moved to the stream. Public relations officers said no other lives were known lost, though a merchant seaman leapt from the vessel. Continued on Page Thirteen.
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Hampton Roads
C. Pearke
Coas
Second Avenue
Troy
Geatan
France and Russia pledge mutual aid against Germany
The French Russian alliance promises economic and military aid for at least twenty years. They commit to joint action to end German aggression, work toward a world peace organization, and fight alongside the United Nations until final victory. They pledge to cooperate with reconstruction and not enter separate armistices.
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Paris
Germany
Quai d'Orsay
Eacshiabe
World Organization For Peace
Russia
France
Boscov
United Nations
Washington Gas Shortage Strains District Services
Washington faces a gasoline shortage as allotments run out and stations close. The district health service plans to seek police and fire department aid to maintain medical care, while the Capital Transit Co reports supply from outside towns. An estimated 5 000 to 6 090 motorists sought fuel and about 2 500 000 gallons below normal supply for the district this month.
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Washington Pi
Washington
District Health Service
Fie
George C. Rublanc
Capital Transit Co
Hotel Fire Sends Guests Into Street In Night Attire
About 160 guests fled Hotel St. Demy in night clothes when a fire broke out. Three guests overcome by smoke were guided to safety by patrons and taken to a hospital for treatment. The blaze damaged about a dozen rooms on two floors, discovered by owner Samuel Horowitz who roused the guests.
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York GP
Hotel St. Demy
Hater
Samuel Horowitz
Hotel Ownder
Allies Take Faenza in Po Valley foothold chase
New Zealand and British Indian forces captured Faenza on the Bologna Rimini highway ending a long siege. They toppled the fortress city defended by the 80th Panzer Grenadier Division, took hundreds of prisoners, and pushed toward the Senio River with bridge and river-side advances.
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Rome
UPI
New Zealand
Faenza
Po Valley
Eliy
Bolog Ta
Panzer Grenadier
Bernard C. Freyberg
Bologna-Rimini
Bologne
Senio
Erith
Eighth Army
Freyberg
Celle
Faenze
Lamone
90Th Armored
Toio
Tunisia
Western Desert
Adriatic
Catal
Rezd
Bagnacevallo
Italian Gains Cost Yanks Man a Yard Front tour sparks debate
The House military affairs committee toured the Italian front after a briefing by Lieut Gen. Mark W. Clark. They saw the Army pictorial service film San Pietro showing scenes of ground gained at the cost of a man per yard and heard mixed views from representatives on what to display in the United States. Four enlisted men defending the film argued for full disclosure about war realities.
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Rome
House Militare Affairs Committee
Mark W. Clark
Army Pictorial Service
Fim
San Pietro
Fifth Army
Don Realis
Man Slashes Ill Wife on York Bellevue Ward
A troubled husband Angelo Gonzalex, 23, attacked his wife Anita Gonzalex, 18, with a knife in the women's ward at Bellevue Hospital as visiting hours drew to a close. Anita, reportedly ill with bronchial pneumonia, refused to return home with their three children. Police described the assault as a sudden enraged act and said the injuries were serious.
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York
Bellevue
Angelo Gonzalex
Anita
Army Revokes Ban on West Coast Japs
The War Department revoked the exclusion order barring all persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. The revocation cites Pacific War progress and other developments, while maintaining bans on individuals with pro Japanese attitudes. About 115,090 Japanese descendants were evacuated from California, Washington, and Oregon to relocation centers in mountain states.
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Washington
War Department
West Coast
Braj
Henry C.¢Pratt
Western Defense Command
Pacific
California
Oregon
Arizona
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
DelvVitt
Pearl Harbor
White River
Puyallup
Washington State
Benjamin Smith
Bent. Wash
League
Sidney P. Osborn
Altona
B 29s Attack Jap Homeland And China
Washington reports B 29s of the 20th Air Force struck Hankow in China and Nagoya in Japan yesterday. General Arnold announced the twin-bomber missions at the War Department. Hankow marked the first known attack on that target, following Nagoya's earlier December 13 strike.
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Washington GP
Japan
20Th Air Force
Hankow
China
Nagoya
WH. HL Arnold
War Department
Elas Resume Battle After Peace Fails in Athens
British communiqué reports renewed clashes in Athens as ELAS forces face heavy artillery and air attacks by Axis-linked units. Talks broke down after a peace proposal from ELAS was rejected by Lieut-Gen. Stobie, with Bulgarian infiltration reported in northern Greece and calls for disarmament and evacuation before any final settlement.
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Athens
Beaufghiers
Elas
RM. Stobie
E.a.-Elas
Greece
Tarace
Macedonia
Renbie
ELAM
Hamedia
Attica
Elias
Reds Gain At Budapest And Slovakia
Red Army advances within five and a half miles of besieged Budapest and reaches the Slovak border. Soviet gains include the town of Susa and the rail center Putnok, with heavy enemy losses and tanks knocked out. Tass reports describe German defense as tenacious near the approaches to the southern frontier.
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London
UPI
Red Army
Budapest
Hungarias Cat
Danube River
Slovakia
Susa
Mishole- Ha
Putnok
Purnok
Fot
Mogrorod
Budepe
Ofisalag
Capis Sal
Bombers to Play Santa for 3000 French Children
United States bomber base in England plans a Christmas party for about 3000 French orphans. Fortresses of the 304th Bombardment Group will provide gifts including candy toys and soap drawn from rationed personnel supplies. The unit and its offices raised funds to buy more zifs and equipment for Nantes orphanages.
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U. S
England
Sth
Eighth
Air Force Fortress
Nantes
Children Arm With Cans Save Burma Road For Army
Maungdae Burma. Hundreds of Arakanese children armed with tin cans helped keep a main supply road on the Mayu Peninsula from blowing away during the Western Burma offensive preparations. They sprinkled the dusty route with water hauled from paddy fields, creating a game that aided keeping trucks rolling as Allied forces stockpiled supplies forward.
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Maungdae
Burma
Mayu
Maginot Line Fortifications and German Pressure Described
Maj. Thomas Sneehan and U S forces describe French Maginot Line forts near the Vosges and Alsace as strongholds with underground levels and tough Goofs, noting heavy shells bouncing off fort walls while denying myths of poor construction. Soldiers recount pillbox defenses and the line’s strategic role as German forces advance.
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Biche
Vosges
Alsace
U. S
Iefi
Jonnnels
Philadelphia
Simsarhot Schiesseck
Otterdiel
Grand Hohekirkel
Aimgie Mein
Maj
Thomas Sneehan
Mont-. Siar
Germans Cross Into Luxembourg In Major Western Drive
German forces renew the invasion of Belgium and Luxembourg in a wide front along sixty miles, penetrating American lines south of Aachen and advancing toward Malmedy. Paratroops behind Allied posts, heavy air battles, and a blunt Reich demand for victory mark the latest German push as Rundstedt orders relentless attack.
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Paris
Selgium
Luxembourg
Normendy
Monsehau
Trier
Edward Kennedy
Karl Rudolf Gesch von
Agchentof
First Army
Nina
Amrecans
French
Roizgen
Azachen
Associated Press
Witam & Bent
Aachen
Ger- Tach
Hensfeld
Ardennes Forrest
Belsines
Malmedy
von Rundstedt
Rundstedt
Supreme Headquarters
Western Front
Nazi Air Strike Tests Allied Defenses Over Belgium Luxembourg
German air force mounted its first major return to Western Front action since Normandy, sending around 550 fighters and bombers over U S First and Ninth Army fronts in northern Luxembourg and Belgium. Daylight combat cost German planes as U S and Allied air forces claimed heavy losses, with about twenty shot down and six night fighters destroyed near Cologne and Aachen. The aim appears to disrupt Eisenhower’s winter offensive and slow American strength, while awaiting further German reserves.
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U. S
Ninth Army
Germany
Forche
Europe
Luxembourg
Belgien
Normandy
U.S
Eisenhower
U.S. 29Th Tactical Air Forces
Cologne
Aachen
Honduras Air Attack Denied in San Antonio Gecetse
Jorge Paredes, ex Salvadoran minister to Peru, said Honduran Air Force bombed San Antonio Gecetse and neighboring towns as El Salvador faced rebel actions against Gen. Camin Aguirre Y. Salisas. Maria Zepeda dismissed the report as untrue and noted Honduras has no ties with the Salvadoran government.
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San José
Costa Rica
Jorge Paredes
Peru
San Antonio Gecetse
Camin
Aguirre Y. Salisas
Maria Zepeda
Honduras
Misuel Tomas Molina
Paredes
Ahuachapan
el Salvador
Halehaups
Zepeda
Grand Street Boys Honor Al Smith Medal Posthumously
The Grand Street Boys Association awarded its sixth annual honor posthumously to Alfred E. Smith and General Sessions Judge Jonah J. Goldstein for unselfish city service. Mrs Emily Warner, delegated by Smith’s family, accepted the gold medal as the association praised Smith who died on October 4.
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Grand Street_ Boys Association
City of
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Jonah J. Goldstein
Emily Warner
Smith
Yank Captives Killed On Spot In Belgian Frontline Action
Surviving members of an American unit report a German armor thrust in Belgium routed a trapped artillery group. Captives were killed on the road as German troops passed within yards, with gunfire from machine pistols and rifles. William B. Summers of Glenville Virginia described the massacre and his harrowing escape with a gashed hand. The Nazi assault wrecked trucks and lightly armed vehicles, driving tanks into field after field.
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Belgium
Tage
William B. Summer
Glenville
Myne
Hig
Hich
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Colorado Chamber of Commerce
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Irom
Nikolai Gathier
Tass
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al Smith
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