Yanks Drive Japanese From Mindanao Hills in Simla Campaign
Allied forces push into Mindanao as Forty-first Division seizes villages north of Zamboanga and advances through the Mindensag hills amid increasing resistance. Macarthur reports rapid progress along Shimbu Line with Villages Cand ar, Santa Maria, Simonse, and Pitego captured. Antipolo falls as part of southeastern thrust toward Las Banos and Santo Tomas. 158th Regimental Combat Team seizes Batangas while air and sea bombers hit targets in the region. tanker and refinery damage noted near French Indochina.
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Laconthe
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Feds A Doe
Candar
Santa Maria
Simonse
Pitego
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Batangas
Batangas Bay
Verde Island
Luzon
Mindoro
China Sea
Indo-China
Borneo
Mindanao
Sfirl Petroleum
Town Meeting Voters Favor Peace Plan in New Hampshire
New Hampshire towns report strong support for the Dumbarton Oaks postwar peace plan with 6275 votes for and 38 against from 13 towns. Durham and Rindge show near unanimous approval while Sunapee hosts debate after a magazine writer spoke against the article.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dumbarton Oaks
Durham
State University
Rindge
Massachusetts
Sunapee
Samuel Crowther
Local Red Cross Drivers Put in 8 116 Hours of Duty
The 300 members of the American Red Cross Motor Corps drive ambulances, feeding units, and farm tractors for Red Cross, fire department, and hospital use. Some are trained to handle Army vehicles while others transport blood donors and evacuees. Members fund their own uniforms and service cars, with two cars in the local chapter.
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American Red Cross Motor Corgy
Red Cross
Ailard
Legal Motor Corps
Rové
Marines Land On Iwo Coast Two Rocks Unopposed
U S Pacific Fleet reports amphibious landings by elements of the Third and Fourth Marine Divisions on Kangoku Iwa and another islet near Kitano Point off Iwo Jima. The rocks were used by Japanese forces as mortar positions. Marines encountered no opposing troops or guns as they secured the outcrops during the ongoing invasion.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Gunar Cpi
Leathernecks
Kitano Point
Iwo
Rock
Adm
Thester W. Nimitz
Kangoku Iwa
Food Quarrel Over Meat Shipments Heads to President
A War Food Administration plan to ship meats to Great Britain and liberated areas to ease civilian shortages sparks a bitter inter agency clash. President Roosevelt may be asked to settle the dispute as agencies protest and a new committee forms to supervise foreign food allocations.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Great Britain
Inter-Agency
Roosevelt
WEA
Biarvin Jones
Deion
Amy
First Army Breaks German Front Near Oder River
Soviet and German accounts describe a major crossing as nearly 100,000 Russian troops push across the Oder between Frankfurt and Huesizin, threatening Berlin. German reports say the breakthrough may be temporary with three Russian armies massed in the area, while Moscow claims a frontal assault toward the German capital.
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London
CPI
Gregory K Zhukov
Berak
Oder
Frankfurt
Huesizin
Reich
DNB
Kuestrin- Frankfurt
Iounlaue
Moscow
Berlin
Westhard
Hietz
Oders West Bank
Kuexerin
Goetitz
Cuestria
Lebus
House Extends Lend Lease for War Use Only
The House approved a one year extension of the lend lease program with stricter limits on postwar relief and rehabilitation. The vote was 334 to 28, sending the measure to the Senate and extending legal contracts to June 30, 1943. Debate focused on spending and Roosevelt’s wartime policies.
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Washington
House
Senate
Partico
LaGuardia Asked To Make Apology To U.S. Sailor
New York City Council hears a resolution urging Mayor LaGuardia to apologize to Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Frederick Brooks over alleged impropriety. Brooks faced charges that were dismissed by the Navy. he was returned to duty and sent to St. Albans Naval Hospital for treatment, with the measure sent to a committee.
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New York
F. H. LaGuaris
Frederick Brooks
Chargay
Brooks
Girk
Thaly
LaGuardia
Navy Department
Navy
Italy
St. Albans
Queens
Naval Hospital
Jena Committee
OPA Seeks Price Ceilings on Movies Stage Shows Sports
OPA chief Chester Bowles urged Congress to impose price ceilings on admissions to movies stage shows and athletic events noting these have risen while not covered by price controls. He cited a 381 percent movie price rise since 1941 and warned prices may not fall without controls. Bowles pressed to study rollback options later and linked controls to film charges now up 25 to 30 percent since the war began.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
Wagner (Cany
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
Kim Bowles
Sims
Mass bombing strikes Osaka by B 29s from Pacific bases
B 29 bombers from Saipan Tinian and Guam attacked Osaka in a third mass raid on Nippon’s industrial centers in five days. The operation, described as large, mirrored prior in-saturations on Tokyo and Nagoya, with crews dropping incendiaries from high altitudes to blanket a ten square mile industrial district housing iron steel aluminum plants, airplane parts, machine tools, and bearings.
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2St Bomber Command
Guam
Osake
Japan
Americon Superioris
Nippon
20Th Air Force
Washington
Tokyo
Negouya
Osaka
Saipan
Tinian
Nagoya
Baerings
Navy Eyes Four Million Men as Roosevelt Seeks Large Budget
Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 23.7 billion dollars to run the Navy for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The plan would raise total armed force strength to about 4,940,165 including the Marine Corps and Coast Guard, up from 3,370,039 at year end. The House committee approved similar funding for Justice, State, Commerce, and Judiciary departments.
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United States Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Fala Becomes Daddy of Twins at Rhinebeck
President Roosevelt's Scottie Fala has twins Meggy and Peggy through artificial insemination, with their dam Buttons in Rhinebeck. Miss Margaret Suckley, Rhinebeck archivist, owns the mother and reports Fala and Buttons get along. A White House ban on news and photos of the puppies is in effect as they remain under careful observation.
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Rhinebeck
Meggy
Peggy
Fala
Buttons
Roosevelt
Scottie
Thomas Sheldon
Margaret Suckley
Rhine En. Mo
Hyde’ Park
Fafa
Sheldon
Sealyhams
White House
Farm Probe Scope Left Up to Dewey
Albany coverage reports that the Legislature deferred ruling on a broad Ives Bill for a full state agricultural probe to Gov Thomas E. Dewey. The Senate voted 5 to 3 to advance action while the Assembly rejected a dairy price scope split, denying a separate inquiry into the milk “spread” from producer to consumer.
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Albany
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Downey-Sherton Veterans Civil Service
Assembly
SeelyaSrees
Assembly Labor Committee
Park- Gugino and
Young-Demo
Bil Dewey
State Labor Relation Board
Frank
Emma
Gllen Demetcat
Willids
L. Doige
Chateaugar
Allan’. Sir
Massena
Lewis W. Ollie
Brooklyn
Benjamin H. Demo
Croghan
Leo J. Isaczon
American Labor Party
Bronx
James G. Lyons
Sullivan
Overseas Plane Crash Kills Seven USO Entertainers
Seven USO entertainers died in a crash of an aging overseas aircraft. The victims include Ruth Donor of Neptune New Jersey and six men from New York. USC camp shows executive Lawrence Phillips said details were requested and next of kin were notified.
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Washington
Jas
Ruth Donor
Neptune
WN. J
Walter Donor
New York
Lawrence Phillips
USC Camp Shows
Yank Thrust Aimed At Six-Lane Highway
Allied forces pushed toward the six lane highway linking Frankfurt and the Ruhr as American infantry gained precious ground near the Remagen bridgehead. Ninth Air Force pilots fought to repel heavy German raids while Patton’s drive from Saarburg advanced along a eight mile front. Engineers also completed a temporary bridge over the Rhine, aiding cross river operations near the Remagen area.
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Paris
Remagen- Ecpel
Rhine River
U. S. First Army
Frankfurt-on- Main
Ruhr
Ninth Air Force
U.S. Third Army
Saarburg
George S. Patton
94Th
Third Army
Rhine
Pallan
Moselle
Frankfurt
War Secretary warns of protracted Rhine crossing still likely
London expects rapid Moselle clearance and cross Rhine in force but cautions against expecting a quick war end. Grigg says post victory will bring civilian trials and reserve calls, while Bellenger seeks figures on Far East force needs and Dutch French contributions. James hopes Britain bears fair share in Pacific effort.
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London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Rhine
Moselle
Alen
Far East
Bellenger
James
Briein
Chdr
Archie James
United States
British Troops Claim Over Four Million Axis Prisoners
London reports parliamentary undersecretary of state for war G Lord Crofts told the House that Axis prisoners captured by British Commonwealth and Empire forces exceeded 4,000,000. He added that through November 30, 1994 British casualties totalled 1,043,000, including killed wounded missing and prisoners.
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London
G—Lord
Crofts
House of Borits
Commonwealth and
Empire
Allied Flyers Attack Ruhr Valley in Major Daylight Bombing
Allied heavy bombers pressed two large daylight raids on the Ruhr region yesterday, targeting Dortmuund Essen and Bar men while warning sirens cried across Berlin. In Italy, 13th Air Force bases sent Fortresses and Liberators to Regensburg near Munich, with Mustang escorts strafing railroads between Munich and Regensburg as smoke rose milles high.
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Dortmuund
Essen
Ruhr
Barmen
Reich
Berlin
U. S&s
Highth Air Force
13Th Air Force
Italy
Regensburg
Munich
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