Dewey Urges Tax Cuts To Spur Postwar Growth
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged postwar tax relief from high wartime levies to spur growth. He called for simplifying laws, cutting personal and corporate taxes, eliminating wartime taxes, and shifting toward policies that raise national income and employment. He spoke from the Executive Mansion to a nationwide radio audience, promising a Republican plan if elected.
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Asia
Warsaw ends 63 day battle deepens rift with Moscow
Washington officials describe the Warsaw siege as doomed for Polish forces after Red Army setbacks and limited support from Moscow. The exiled Polish government in London and Soviet propaganda shape the dispute, with debate over Bor and timing of aid. Allies struggle to gauge Moscow’s stance amid the Polish resistance.
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Socialist Candidate Refuses Army Induction Goes to Prison
Kansas City report: Arthur Godlwyn Billings, 33, socialist senate candidate and former University of Texas economics professor, pled guilty to dodging the draft. He was sentenced to four years in prison after refusing the Army oath at Fort Leavenworth induction center in August, 1942. Judge F Foster Syms said Billings would serve two more years if he could not join the Army now.
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University of Texas
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Fort Leavenworth
Supreme Court
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F. Foster Syms
Sis
Anid. Een
Eleven Soldiers Killed When Ship Strikes Jap Mine
Pacific Fleet reports eleven Army men killed and 22 missing after the Liberty ship Blin Thompson struck a mine en route to a South Pacific port on September 25. No Navy or Merchant Marine deaths. survivors rescued by patrol craft. Ship towed to repairable condition, sinking noted during mop up at Bloody Nose Ridge and Angaur in the Palau Islands.
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Pearl Harbor
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Bloody Nose Ridge
Pelethi Island
Angaur Island
Palaus
Army to Inactivate WASP Branch Amid War Losses
General Arnold announced the Army Air Forces will inactivate the Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP on December 26. He cited unexpected and higher combat losses in the air war over Germany as the reason for the move.
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Germany
Allied Planes Burst Dike In Holland
Allied planes blasted German industrial targets and breached the Walcheren sea wall with 12 000 pound bombs. The attack aimed at driving waters over German guns while supporting ground forces along the Siegfried Line. A day after Eisenhower warned Dutch civilians of heavy bombing, the raid marked the seventh large bomber assault in nine days. Ninth Air Force said all its fighters operate from continental bases within range of Germany.
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Physician Who Filled Teeth Upheld by Jury
A Suffolk County jury acquitted Dr. Thomas W. Cail of practicing medicine illegally while the district court had convicted him. Doctors testified the physician believed the greater included the lesser, claiming his license permits treatment of any part of anatomy. Cail shares offices with his brother Dr. James W. Cail, a dentist, with half his income last year from dentistry.
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Smith. Improved New York UPI update on Gos. Al ftred E. Smin
Report from Dr Raymond P Sullivan says there is a little ray of sunshine after examination but 1928 Democratic presidential hopeful remains gravely ill. Source notes improve condition but cautions ongoing seriousness.
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UPI
Alftred E. Smin
President Roosevelts Reconversion Bills Signed
President Franklin Roosevelt announced the surplus war property disposal bill and the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion were signed into law. He criticized gaps in unemployment provisions and migrant worker transport, urging prompt fixes while noting uncertainty over board appointments and future leadership.
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Will Clayton
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Office of War Mobilization
Office of War .Mobilization
Jathesn F. Byrnes
Japs Invasion Moves On Chinese Coast Towns
Reports from Chungking cite Tokyo announcing Japanese forces pushing toward Foochow and Kweilin after a surprise Fukien landing. FCC monitored Japanese seaborne operations aim to sever Allied China communications while observers note possible plans to threaten Chungking from Henan and Shansi bases.
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Kweilin
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Henan
Shansi
Itowas
Reynolds urges Roosevelt reelection in radio address
New York wartime correspondent Quentin Reynolds calls for a fourth term for President Roosevelt. He argues the choice is between planning and planlessness, praising the administration’s foresight and the readiness of reinforcements and supplies when needed, attributed to one man’s planning.
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Quentin Reynolds
Roosevelt
Noone
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National Committee
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Reds Open New Front In Balkans
The Red Army opened a second front in Yugoslavia advancing from the Romanian frontier toward Belgrade. Soviet forces captured Petrovgrad and Belgorod and reached 37 miles from Belgrade, with units raising a ring around the capital and linking with Tito’s Partisans. A parallel Baltic move seized the Estonian island of Ristna and aimed to control Gulf entrances as part of broader operations against Germany.
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Red Army
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Belgrade
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Timisoara
Tito
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Rudta
Glava
Turnu Severin
Baltic
Latvia
Lithuania
East Prussia
Naval Chiefs Map Strategy Against Japs
San Francisco dispatch reports a high level naval conference mapping future actions against Japan. Navy Secretary James Forrestal and top admirals including Admiral Ernest King and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz discussed campaigns aligned with Roosevelt and Churchill plans from Quebec meetings for pacific victory. The briefing notes no defeat, focusing on aspects of the campaign and strategic directions.
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Bennett Sees Veterans Voting for Roosevelt
Col John J Bennett, Democratic candidate for New York governor in 1912, told a rally that veterans want Roosevelt fearing leadership changes could prolong the war in Germany. He argued more was done for World War I veterans than in the 15 years after the war, addressing Young Democrats Inc. supporters.
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Fifth Army Seizes Road Hub in Italy
American doughboys slogging through deep mud have captured Monghidoro, a key road junction 18 miles south of Bologna, a vital Nazi supply and communications center. Fifth Army repelled German counterattacks on Monte Battaglia and Monte Coppola, while U.S. forces pushed toward Casoni di Romagna near the Bologna–Rimini highway. Brazilian troops on the western flank seized Monte None northwest of Laced.
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Land Route Also Supplying China Discussed by President
President Roosevelt said air deliveries to China are supplemented by a land route over a 6000 mile path from the Caspian Sea across Asia. He noted the land route carries only a trickle but praised the overall China supply, including medicines, munitions and bombs, amid hardships and questions from reporters in Chungking.
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Chinese General Details Allied Aid to Chinese Armies
New York report cites Chinese minister of war in Chungking stating total equipment imports for Chinese armies from April 1932 to July end reached 30,000 tons. Before Changsha battles only sixty American pack artillery pieces with 60 060 rounds and 30 960 000 rounds of rifle ammunition were received.Medic special munitions and anti tank rifles noted.
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Ho Ying- Ching
Geld
Chungking
China
Chang-' Sha
Mas! Thine Gan ‘Pensartion
Gentral
Crete Under Allied Siege as Nazis Withdraw
Allied forces report gains on Crete with German withdrawal under pressure. News dispatches claim British naval action near Crete and Kythera, air evacuations hampered by Allied naval interference, and strikes on Port Zara and Adriatic shipping. One enemy aircraft is reported down.
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Willkie Adviser in 40 To Vote for Roosevelt
The adviser Crum, attorney and Wendgeil Willkie supporter, says he will vote for Roosevelt to avoid a captive president under Governor Dexer. Crum argues Dexer’s election would lock the presidency with isolationist and nationalist Republican forces, hindering action.
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Thomas E Rewer
Republican Party
Hottest Fighter Pilot Destroys 30 Nazi Planes
A U S Ninth Air Force release credits Captain Henry Washington of the Brown unit as the hottest fighter pilot in the European theater. He destroyed 16 planes in the air and 24 on the ground, with 30 total confirmed, after strafing an airfield near Germany at 7 am.
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Allied Drive Breaches Siegfried Line North of Aachen
U.S. First Army pushes through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen with a second major breach, driving toward Aachen and Geilenkirchen. Reports say thirty-nine enemy pillboxes knocked out and up to 3,000 prisoners captured as columns advance despite weather hampering air support.
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MacArthur Flyers Hit Borneo Oil Base in Major Raid
Allied forces led by MacArthur pounded Balikpapan in Borneo securing a pivotal oil facility described as the Pacific theater’s most lucrative target. More than sixty Liberators joined the strike, three bombers were lost, and seven Japanese Zeros were shot down amid heavy anti aircraft fire and aerial combat.
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