Aussies Launch New Jungle Push In New Guinea Front
Allied reports say Australian troops have driven inland from Finschhafen toward Sattelberg in the Huon Peninsula, with air support from Vengeance bombers. Fighting rages as Australians advance in the Sattelberg area while Japanese efforts to escape toward the peninsula are repelled. Allied aircraft raid Wewak and Madang areas as Australian forces move toward Madang through the Ramu valley.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Sattelberg
Huon Peninsula
Peninsula
Masangkoo
Wewak-Madang
Ramu
Madang
Samos Aegean Island At Risk As German Assault Ramps Up
Allied observers predicted imminent fall of Samos the last major Aegean island under Allied control as German bombers from Rhodes and Cos struck targets. Berlin claimed heavy Luftwaffe losses after recent operations in the area, with Allied shipping losses noted as outweighing British casualties by three to one.
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Samos
Aegean
Rhodes
Cos
Berlin
Leroy
Cairo
Negro Contralto Keeps Marriage Secret for Fun
Columbus reports Negro contralto Marian Anderson announced yesterday her July marriage to Orpheus Fisher, an architectural engineer, in Bethel Connecticut. Bethel clerk Leonard L. Bailey listed July 24 as the date. The singer said the exact date is kept secret for fun and that they met in school in Philadelphia. Both are over 21, Fisher works at a Danbury war plant, and the couple plan to live there when she is not touring.
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Columbus
Marian Anderson
Orpheus Fisher
Bethel
Conn
Leonard L. Bailey
Philadelphia
French Committee pays $15 million for civilian supplies
The French Committee of National Liberation paid $15,000,000 to Leo T. Crowley the foreign economic administrator for civilian supplies shipped to North Africa under Lend Lease from April 1 to July 31. This is the fourth payment, totaling $56,340,000.
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Washington
French Committee of National Liberation
Leo T. Crowley
North Africa
Mystery plane bombs Swedish university town at night
An unidentified warplane dropped bombs on the university town of Osslund northeast of Malmoe at 10 p.m. last night, damaging the city center. A report by Dagens Nyheter noted fragments of Germas manufacture at Lund’s northern edge, with the town lying north of Malmo.
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Stockholm
Osslund
Malmoe
Dagens Nyheter
Lund
Malmos
Bituminous Coal Use Restricted Rules Issued
The Solid Fuels Administration issued new rules to divert more bituminous coal to domestic heating as mine stoppages and war needs tighten supply. Effective December 1, the plan requires many industrial plants, railroads with 25 days and utilities with 40 days stock to cut orders to 75 percent of monthly needs, while Canadian or tidewater supplies may hold an extra 15 days. It seeks to free about 5 million tons monthly for domestic use, with exemptions for vessel fuel coke gas chemicals and metallurgy.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Dominion of Canada
Tidewater
New York Harbor
New England
Missing Toddler Falls Into Heating Duct in Lancaster
In Lancaster Pennsylvania police faced a new missing child case as ten month old Donald Reed vanished into a heating system at home. Brothers Robert 3 and Jerry 2 removed a grill from a cold air intake allowing Donald to fall inside. Rescuers arrived, tore down pipework, and Donald was treated at a hospital, needing only a scrub.
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Lancaster
Donald Reed
Robert
Jerry
Donald
Rechitsa Falls in SovietUkraine War Push
Soviet forces report major gains on the Ukraine front as Korosten falls and Rechitsa is captured. Vatutin’s troops destroy hundreds of German troops, wipe out an entire 3,000-man regiment, and sever key rail lines toward the old Polish border.
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London
Red
Ukraine
Russia
Korosten
Leningrad
Dnieper River
Zhitomir
Kiev
Dnieper
Nikopol
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Uzh R
Moscow
Pripet
Germany
Vatutin
Zhitor
Friedrich von Paulus
Stalingrad
Stalin
Constantin Rokossovsky
Rechitsa
Gomel
Warsaw
British Ship Sunk by Submarine in South Atlantic
The Navy announced that a medium sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the south Atlantic early in August. Survivors have landed at Miami.
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Washington
Navy
South Atlantic
Miami
Settlement Approved in Bennett Plant Parentage Case
New London Conn Superior Court Judge James Murphy approved a 150000 settlement in the Peter Bennett Plant parentage dispute. The deal, funded by a 650000 trust, deducts 27000 in counsel fees for the 14 year old son of Constance Bennett while leaving unresolved whether Peter is her son by marriage to the late Phil Plant. The negotiation followed Miss Bennett's appeal against a Groton probate ruling that Peter was adopted and not her child.
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New London
Conn
James Murphy
Peter Bennett Plant
Constance Bennett
Miss Bennett
Groton
Peter
Phil Plant
Commodore Morton Plant
Mae Manwaring Hayward
New York
Philip Plant
Commodore
Morton
Sabina Armstrong
England
British Gunship German Offensive
Allied Headquarters in Algiers report German preparations for a counterattack along the Sangro River front were smashed by Eighth Army artillery. Ground action was light on the Italian front near Archi and Perano, with German forces retiring after Montgomery’s forces attacked. Along the Adriatic and Fifth Army front, coastal bombardment and intermittent fire continued, and both sides noted Nazis mining in coastal zones as rain hindered evidence.
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Algiers
Sangre
Eighth Army
Sangro
Archi
Perano
Atessa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian Sea
Garigliano
Ahern Wins Troy Mayoral Race By 4470 Votes
Official figures from Rennselaer County Board of Canvassers release general election results. John J. Ahern mayor elect of Troy leads with a 4470 plurality, 18 468 Republican and 701 American Labor votes. Daniel W. Carhart Democrat has 14 698 ballots. Total mayor votes 33 867. Third Ward supervisory race is tied with Eugene H. Lyons 467 Democratic and 453 Republican plus 14 Labor for Timothy J. Mahoney. Board meets December 16 to certify further results.
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Rennselaer ‘County Board of
American Labor Party
Daniel W. Carhart
Third Ward
Eugene H. Lyons
Board of Supervisors
Timothy J. Mahoney
Board of
Ahern
R.A.F Planes Blitz Berlin
British heavy bombers were reported in a D.N.B. broadcast to have attacked Berlin with fire and explosive bombs last night as the climax of three days of massive operations by R.A.F. and American squadrons targeting Nazi war production. A daylight raid by United States Liberators hit Kjeller near Oslo, described by the Nazi ministry as the German repair depot.
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London
Britain
D.N.B
Berlin
R.A.F
United States
Kjeller
Oslo
Ministry of Information
Germany
Grew Urges Square Deal for Loyal Japanese Americans
Former ambassador Joseph C. Grew, now a State Department aide, called for a square deal for loyal Japanese Americans. In a Holland Society speech he urged fair treatment of Japanese Americans as long as they prove themselves worthy, warning against soft views of militarist factions.
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New York
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Grew
Hull
Holland Society
Bricker Eyes National Delegates From Other States
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker announced plans to enter primaries in states outside Ohio to seek delegates for the Republican presidential nomination. Previously he had limited his bid to the Ohio primaries and securing a place on the national convention ballot next year.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Fireball Burns Hollywood Feud Over Bread Bagette Incident
Betty Rowland billed as The Redheaded Ball of Fire caused a stir Wednesday night when a consumer shouted at dancers near a table. Rowland said a limited baguette end sparked the disruption as an irate wife protested the performance.
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Hollywood
Betty Rowland
Senate votes to back 8 cent rail wage raise
A Senate sub committee approved 8 cents per hour for 1,100,000 non-operating railroad workers by 5 to 0 with one abstention, sending the measure to the interstate commerce committee. Vinson warned such action would override the small wage formula.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Fred M. Vinson
Johnson
D.-Cel
Tunnell
D.-Del
D-Mo
Wagner
D-N
Reed
R-Kan
Shipstead
R-Minn
Vinson
Its W O T That Counts in Bomber Operations over Target
The article argues that weather over the target, not German defense or aircraft, is the decisive factor in Allied bomber missions from Britain. It states WOT determines penetration depth destination and whether assaults proceed.
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Washington
Britain
R. AF
Germany
High Office
England
Recluse Killed in Battle With Police in South Carolina
In Graniteville, South Carolina, Jamie L. Quimby, a reclusive man dressed in fraternal regalia with a saber and Sam Brown belt, barricaded himself inside his home. After two hours and failed tear gas attempts, state constable Joe Hton shot him dead from an upper story window. Quimby’s wife was wounded and hospitalized. his mother-in-law recalled his plea to remove the corpse quickly.
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Graniteville
S.C. JP
Jamie L. Quimby
Sam Brown
Joe H Ton
Quimby
W. O. Fuicine
Ration Stamp Dates Advance in Meat Fuel Purchases
The Office of Price Administration announced dates for Brown stamps in ration book three. Stamp Q will be good December 19 and expires January 1. Stamps R December 26, S January 2, T January 9, and U January 16.
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Washington
Office O Price Administration
Hull Puts Faith in Postwar World of Peace
Secretary of State Hull told a joint Congress session that the Moscow conference laid a foundation for a postwar world of peace and security. He praised the Soviet people and Premier Stalin, predicting no need for spheres of influence or balance of power once the declaration is carried out, and received a thunderous ovation.
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Hull
Congress
Cordell Hull
Rayburn
Washington
Senate
House
Tvi
Capitol
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Bread Subsidy Plan Sets Monthly Cost Under 38 Million
The government unveiled a bread subsidy to hold prices while allowing millers to pay higher wheat prices. Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson pegged costs at no more than 38 million dollars per month and noted the plan relies on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for funds. A House coalition aims to kill subsidies after January 1.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Capitol
House
Vinson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reed R.kas
Congress
Sun
Army Finds War Cheaper Than Figured
Representative Snyder said the War Department saved about 313,168.45 from the 127 billion dollars allotted and will return the funds to the Treasury. He said manpower reductions cut the army by 548,000 yet would not hinder the war effort or allies or the prosecution of the war. The saving equals roughly 33 percent of the year’s 33.06 billion Treasury receipts, with no immediate need for extra revenue noted.
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Washington
Snyder
Reds Maim Luftwaffe Moscow
Pravda reports yesterday that Russians destroyed a number of German airplanes since the start of the war, marking a notable Luftwaffe setback near Moscow.
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Moscow
Garing
New York Court of Appeals Upholds State Reapportionment Plan
The Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the 1943 reapportionment act increasing Senate seats from 41 to 38 and shifting eight upstate Assembly seats to New York City. The decision, described as deeply gratifying by Governor Newey, ends years of conflict and confirms one person one vote for the next decade amid challenges by Senators Ikowiak and Fay and others.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
New— York
Talila
Newey
ATER
Senate
New York City
Supreme Court
Ikowiak
Brifain
David A. Fay
Queens County
George W. Thompson
New York Ci
Rensselaer County
Ate
Saratoga County
Soviets oppose linking small European states after war
Izvestia argues against immediate postwar unions for small nations in central Europe. It cites lack of legitimacy for governments-in-exile, risks to sovereignty, and fears that federation could repeat aggression victims by forming blocs before people determine their futures. The piece urged a postwar transition period.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Russia
United States
Europe
Tzvestia Sai
Esiahed
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Greece
Turkey
Mystery Plane
Sweden
Peter Bennett
Bricker
Senate Group
W.O.T
Lee Es
Dewey
Nievera
Raphe
Pulse of the People
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