Navy Man Returns After Three Years Away for Thanksgiving
Navy recruit Thomas J. Davin comes home for Thanksgiving after nearly three years at sea in the Pacific. He joins his parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Le Davin and siblings Ary, Daemonore, and Edward in a reunion. Davin recalls convoy duty to Australia and Guadalcanal, with Aleutian service, praising the Navy’s teamwork and readiness.
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Navy Man
Louis le Davin
Third Avenue
Navy
Daeonore & Davin
Panent
Thomas J. Davin
Sun
Edward Davin
Past
MO Southwest Pacifec
Davin
Pisne
Nes. Vols
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
H Shin
Attu
Kiskea
Aleutians
British Capture Amerika and Amerika from Nazi Snipers
Supreme Headquarters announced the Allied capture of the Holland town of Amerika from German snipers. British troops met only light resistance, finding shell blasted structures along canal banks and desolate scenes. Correspondent Frank Gillard recalled Dutch farmers once grew tobacco sold as Made in Amerika in the Netherlands.
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Amerika
Holland
Natie
B. 5
Frank Gillard
PY Gillard
Wetherlands
Gillard
OWL
USO Club Activities Reviewed In Troy
A review by the USO Servicemen's Club committee in Troy outlines weekend activities at the National Base in Eagar. Attendance renewals, holiday plans, and improvements to facilities are discussed as the club plans late afternoon openings and entertainment with Troy Athletic Club and Little Theater of Troy participants.
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USO
Troy
Service Club
Eagar
Belman
Saining
Marcow
Ask Tainment Snetuda
AH Troy Athletic Club
Avis
Little Theater of Troy
Hamer FE Poupart
World War II Front Notebook Reports Fierce Tank Battles Near Putz John
Western Front dispatches detail heavy German armor actions around the hamlet of Putz John as doughboys retook the area. The 1st Army clashed to prevent a Rhineland breakthrough while American officers compared the invasion’s violence to any prior war. British forces advanced near Geilenkirchen and Maastricht area as German units retreated from the Maas line, with reports of a large scale assault expected toward the Ruhr.
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Putz John
Eschweiler
Rhineland
Germany
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Geilenkircnen
Waen
Geilenkirchen
Nijmegen
Rhine
Rhine River
Cologne-Dusseldorf
Venlo
Moselle
Coblenz
Metz
Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Underground Factories Boost Nazi Air Power Next Spring
U S 15th Air Force says Germany will have more planes next spring due to small underground factories. Production may rise despite oil and pilot shortages. up to May 1 Nazi oil production cut by 564,009 tons from Allied actions. Germany reportedly built about thirty such plants, each producing one to five planes daily. 1945 could see a larger Luftwaffe force but overall weakness persists.
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U. S
15Th Air Force
Rialy Pl
15Th Air Porte
Europe
Germany
No Turkey Just Liquids For Sergi Bolitho
Bolitho, a prisoner of the Japanese for nearly two and a half years, is on a liquid diet after losing more than fifty pounds. While his family enjoyed Thanksgiving turkey, he could only gaze at it and dream of eating.
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Navy
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Mont
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Zergi
Hayes Bolitho
Bolitho
Tokyo Raid Expanded Bases in Ilarianas Logistics Edge
The article notes new bases in the Ilarianas expanding logistics for prey operations from China, shortening supply routes into Surma. It recalls the public unveiling of the ih Bomber Command with the first B 29 strike on June 15 against Kawata Kyushu, and lists missions from China and India bases through November 21 against targets including Yawata Sasebo Omura Mukden Dairen Laoyao Loyang Kale Nanking Shanghai Bangkok Rangoon Palembang Singapore and Formosa with three attacks on Formosa in four days ahead of the Philippines campaign.
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India
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Ih Bomber Command
Steel Works
Kawata
Kyushu
20Th Bomber Command
Palembang
Sumatra
Singapore
20Th | Bomber Command
Yawata
Sasebo
Omura
Japan
Mukden
N. Dairen
Laoyao
Loyang
Kale
Nanking
Shanghai
Bangkok
Thailand
Rangoon
Burma
Fornisa
Philippines
Campais
10 000 Nurses Needed To Care For Wounded
The War Manpower Commission appealed to state committees to intensify nurse recruitment for armed services. A spokesman said 1000 national nurses are urgently needed to meet Army care needs at home and overseas. The agency directed field committees to supply more nurses to the American Red Cross for recruitment. The drive is voluntary.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Tite
Phone Workers Vote to Join Walkout Across States
Gannon announced that about 7,300 operators voted to strike in a protest against outside workers and bonus pay. The War Labor Disputes Act requires 30 days notice and a secret ballot before strikes in war plants, with fines up to 5000 dollars and possible imprisonment. Dayton began the walkout, with Ohio union officials criticized for violating national no-strike policy. Davis defended the War Labor Board readiness to address worker grievances.
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Finais
New York
Labor Board
Dayton
Ohio
Davis
WLB
Fortresses Attack Nazi Oil Plant in Gelsenkirchen Raid
A detachment of 150 Fortresses of the U S Eighth Air Force with 75 Mustang escorts bombed the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, a facility yielding 30 000 tons monthly, dropping 30 60 tons of bombs. Lancaster bombers followed hours later with a second strike. Weather was poor yet crews achieved their mission, little flak, no German fighters, and all bombers returned except three fighters missing.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Nordstern
Gelsenkirchen
R.A. F
Taylor Backs Postoffice Pay Raises
Washington Congressman Dean and fellow lawmakers support higher pay for postal workers proposing an annual increase. The measure aims to raise wages for postal employees, with backers arguing it recognizes service and efficiency while opponents caution on government spending.
Trojan Post Plans Social Event December 2 Fund Drive
Plans for a social event to be staged December 2 to raise funds for Car were announced at a meeting on Glen Avenue. John McCracken chaired the meeting with W. J. McCracken presiding as commander, making the arrangements public at the gathering.
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Trojan Post
Fund For Car
Soviets Resume Czechoslovakian Drive at Ungvar
Soviet forces renew offensive on Ungvar axis amid limited front activity and shifting tempo. Reports mention Red Army maneuvers near Ungvar as casualties and gains are undeveloped in the fragmentary dispatches from the front.
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Ungvar
London
Red Army Tenacts
Bemle
No clear headline available from fragment
Fragmentary line notes repeated changes of possession over many weeks and occupation of more than thirty populated places, but lacks sufficient context or identifiable entities to form a complete news item.
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