27th Division Captures Makin and Tarawa Assured
War report claims the 27th Division has taken Makin atoll and that Tarawa’s capture is assured as Marines consolidate Betio Island defenses. Amphibious landings last Saturday opened beach defenses. Abemama atoll is reported well in hand.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Makin Atoll
Tarawa
Makin
105Th
Abemama
Truk
Gilberts Secured by U S Forces Say Nimitz
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz stated the Gilbert Islands are securely in the hands of U S land and sea forces. He called the Central Pacific invasion a road to Tokyo and predicted Japan's defeat via China as forces improve and prepare for major action in the Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H. UP
Gilbert Islands
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Makin
Tarawa
Abemama
Japan
China
Nimitz
1946
Pacific
Gilberts
Carrier Battle Plan for Gilbert Islands Converges
Eugene Burns reports from off Makin Island on November 15 the coming "greatest carrier force ever assembled" with vast air power converging on Tarawa Makin and Abemama in the Gilbert Islands to prepare for an assault. Marines Army engineers and Seabees accompany the fleet to build airfields and seize Japanese bases for future operations.
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Associated Press
Eugene Burns
Gilbert Islands
Wade Tarawa
Makin
Abemama
United States
Makin Island
Pacific
Tarawa
Attu
Kiska Islands
Aleutians
Et Munda
Solomons
Gilberts
Japanese Base at New Britain Heavily Raided
Allied air forces struck the Japanese base at Gasmata New Britain with over 100 American bombers and fighters releasing 142 tons of bombs and 35 000 rounds of ammunition. The raid hit 11 enemy positions in the southwest Pacific and focused on the airdrome fuel and supply dumps. One Mitchell bomber was lost to anti aircraft fire. the attack came as a surprise with no enemy interception.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Gasmata
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Lebanese premier candidate disappears amid strike in Beirut
Emile Eddeh, the French sponsored candidate for Lebanon's premier, has disappeared for an unknown destination, an official British announcement said last night. The country faces a general strike, with Beirut reported quiet as crowds roamed about.
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Cairo
UPI
Emile Eddeh
Lebanon
Beirut
House Votes to Outlaw Food Subsidy Program
The House passed a bill to outlaw future consumer subsidies to hold down food prices, sending it to the Senate. The 278 to 111 vote aimed to override a possible Roosevelt veto, though the measure also contains a provision extending the Commodity Credit Corp as part of the package.
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Washington (P
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corp
Roosevelt Subsidy Battle Shapes Up Second Round
Republican Rep Dean Taylor voted yesterday against continuing food subsidies while Democrat Rep Byrne supported the measure. Patman of Texas backed the subsidy bill, saying he aimed to see CCC continued and expected a second veto fight. The vote marks a harsh early blow in the Roosevelt administration’s clash with a Capitol Hill coalition over subsidies.
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Dean P. Taylor
William T. Byrne
Patman
D-Tex
CCC
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Trade Commission Rebukes Cluett over Sanforized Claims
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Cluett Peabody Co to stop implying that Sanfor treated fabrics remain unchanged by shrinking. It warned that stating rayons will not shrink or stretch and that preshrunk shirts are foolproof is misleading and grounds for legal action.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Cluett, Peabady & Co, Inc
Worth Street
New York
Blues Composer Will Try "Longhair" Opus
New York blues composer noted for St Louis Blues and other works plans to leave Harlem Hospital today after a three week confinement for a fractured skull from a subway platform fall He intends to return to his Tacoma home and begin composing serious music for the first time
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New York
W. C Handy
Nazis Wrest Several Places from Russians
Nazi counter attacks in Russia intensified as German forces claimed to wrest control of multiple populated areas from Soviet troops. Moscow reported heavy losses for Germany with over 100 tanks destroyed and about 2,000 German soldiers killed. The Russians described large German tank and infantry offensives near Chernyakhov Brusilov in the Chernyakhov Brusilov region north of Zhitomir, near Kiev. They noted breaches in the German lines near Orsha and Mogilev as the Red Army sought to expand gaps southwest of Chricheny and Smolensk.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Chernyakhov-Brusilov
Ukraine
Zhitomir
Kiev
Chernyakhov
Zhitomir-Korasten
Brusilov
Zhiteitir
Kiev i
Qrsha
Mogilev
Red Army
Krichery
Smolensk
Gomel
New Retail Coal Prices Due Today
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered all shippers to move coal on hand and bill customers under new emergency price ceilings to be announced. Officials cited delays from producers resisting current ceilings, with reports the new CPA prices may raise retail by about 60 to 65 cents per ton overall, varying by coal size.
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Washington
CPI
Solid Fuels Administration
The
Fuels Administration
Scretary Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
New York City
CPA
Vermont Educator George H Burrows Dies in Florida
Professor George Howard Burrows, longtime head of the University of Vermont chemistry department for 28 years until his retirement, died Monday night in Safety Harbor Florida. University authorities announced late last night.
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Burlington, Vt
George Howard Burrows
University of Vermont Department of Chemistry
Safety Harbor
Fla
War Chest drive extended after storm delays
Stormy weather forced the Aled Communities War Chest canvass to extend its second annual appeal. With $75,000 still needed to reach the $325,000 goal, volunteers will canvass for five more days and interview prospects anywhere. Total reached $259,7, with $81,176.12 reported yesterday.
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Aled Communities War Chest
Fial
Hendrick Hudson
Marshall
Parker Marshall
Troy
Hunter Missing After 42 Hour Snowstorm In Mountain Town
A 31 year old hunter, Arthur Clark of Richmond Massachusetts, is missing near 3000 foot Macomber Mountain as a 42 hour storm blankets the Troy area with 13 to 18 inches of undrifted snow. Fire and power repair crews, along with snowplow crews, race to restore lines and clear roads while three men on snowshoes search eight square miles.
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Berlin
Troy
Rensselaer County
Arthur Clark
Richmond
Mass
Macomber Mountain
Snow loads threaten roof at Mutual Coal Co Watervliet
Maplewood Fire Department responded to a 6:15 pm call yesterday as snow drifted and sagged the sheet metal roof of the Mutual Coal Co at 272 Second Avenue. Fire crews washed away snow with a high pressure hose while workmen used blowtorches inside to hasten melting.
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Mutual Coal Co
Second Avenue
Watervliet
Maplewood Fire Department
Worlamen
Deer Hunter Missing After Snowbound Search in Woods
Three men scoured heavy drifts fifteen to eighteen feet high in a woodland area for Clark, a General Electric employee vacationing with his wife at the Crandell home. Game protector Nels Nelson, Berlin resident Nites Steenburg, and State Trooper John J. Stewart of the Lebanon Outpost joined the afternoon search after Clark left at 11 am Monday to deer hunt and did not return by the 3 pm deadline. Lack of snowshoes hindered additional help.
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Clark
Nels Nelson
Nites Steenburg
Berlin
John J. Stewart
Lebanon
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Crandell
South Shuns Ickes-Lewis Coal Pact
Washington reports that John L. Lewis and coal operators representing about half the nation's soft coal tonnage reached the essential outline of a wage contract. Southern Appalachian miners oppose the basis, insisting on eight hours work and a different pay calculation. The Ickes-Lewis terms cover underground travel time and pay rates up to 40 hours, with overtime after.
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Washington
UPI
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ickes
War Labor Board
Case Bay
Edward FR. Burke
Southern
Associaton
Ickes-Lexis
Baby Killed Playing With Gun in Visit Home
A three year old named Matt was killed by a 38 caliber revolver found in a bag in a bedroom during a visit with his mother Mrs Matthew. Detective Edward Dolphin said the child fired the gun while playing with it, triggering a fatal shot.
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Syracuse
UPI
Matthew
Matt
Matthew Matt
Edward Dolphin
Berlin Burned By British Raid In Record Night Assault
British raid on Berlin unleashed 2300 long tons of explosives from a fleet of 1000 planes, turning the German capital into a smoking ruin. Berlin radio reported the attack while Britain confirmed the barrage, as defense measures and plane losses were noted. The city, 332 square miles, faced what authorities called the greatest aerial blow of the war.
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London
Berlin
Remie Dake
Germany
Radio Zeesen
Reich
Brazil
Europe
Naz
Hamburg
Patton Ordered to Apologize for Hospital Outburst
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports that Lieut. Gen. George Patton apologized in person to his army after striking a shell shocked soldier in a hospital tent during Sicily campaign. An investigation, approved by Eisenhower and the War Department, found no lasting threat to Patton's command or usefulness, and he was promoted from brigadier general to major general.
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Allied
Algiers
CPI
George 5. Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Sicily
Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Yatton
Now I Know What Total War Means Berlin Bombed Again
The report cites Count Bernadotte saying total war is understood after the Monday RAF raid on Berlin as heavy as Titan attacks. It notes new devastation across Berlin with government buildings hit and industrial suburbs damaged. Stockholm reports smoke over the city and Berlin’s population coping with the bomber onslaught amid continued air raid work.
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Stockholm
Bernadotte
Gustav VI of
Sweden
R. A.F
Berlin
Geneva
Red Cross
Fie
Hitlers Berlin home burned amid Reich center blaze
A raging fire engulfed Hitler’s Berlin residence and nearby government buildings on Wilhelmstrasse. Witnesses reported Goebbels and Ribbentrop homes gutted while the British embassy and German offices burned. Casualty estimates ranged around ten thousand, with officials warning of a very large number of casualties. Continued on Page Fifteen.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
R.A. Foyet
Stuicsen
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goering
Buidine
Unter den Linden
Aftentidningen
New Deal Criticisers Laud Roosevelt Boys
A Vermont Republican and frequent critic of the Roosevelt administration commended the President’s four sons in uniform, calling them the strength resourcefulness daring and democracy of America. His speech in the Congressional Record praised James, Perry, and John Roosevelt.
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Washington
Pamtes
Vermont
Roosevelt
Ame
James
Birry
John
Plumley
Congress
Corsair Beats Zero in Air Compare Say Navy Pilot
A Marine pilot yesterday praised the Corsair as superior to the Japanese Zero in maneuver, dogfight, and climb, declaring the new Corsair with superior performance in every aspect.
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Navy Bureau of Aeromautics Rote
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Marshall Islands
Betio Island
Betio
Taawa Atoll
Tarawa Atoll
Beto
Knox
Mili
Jaluit
Kwajalein
Wotje
Eniwetok
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
7Th Air Force
Marshalls
Nauru
Makin Falls
Caroline
Rok
Pouitic Orson
Rauru
Gilber
Smit
Lice Islands
Funar
Ma Aiee
Says Nimitz
Phantom
Trade Commission
Cluett
Hunter
South
Baby
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Drew Pearson
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