OWI Warns Of Long War With Japan
The Office of War Information says Japan would not surrender for at least 45 months to two years after Germany’s defeat. Japan can mobilize 7.3 million potential fighters, with 4 million under arms and 2 million more fit for service, while Allied naval efforts continue and shipping bottlenecks ease. A winter European campaign is possible but not cause for excessive optimism or pessimism.
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Washington
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Office of War Information
War
Navy
Foreign Economic Administration
Europe
U S Forces vows to blunt Japanese gains in China
Major General Clare L. Chennault, head of the U S 14th Air Force, said Japanese advances in southeastern China would be blocked. He touted a new technique to disrupt railways highways and rivers and promised continued air sweeps by Liberator bombers against Japanese shipping in East and South China seas. He noted the large scale of current operations in southeastern China and said Japan moved forces from Manchuria and North China into the region.
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East China
South China
China
Chennault
Manchuria
Sefére
Chemault
Scoreboard Roundup from Eastern and American Leagues
Incomplete scoreboard fragment shows Utica leading Binghamton 3 2 in an Eastern clash while Brooklyn beats St Louis 5 3 and Philadelphia edges Chicago 5 3 in late innings. Also New York defeats Detroit 4 2 and Boston tops Pittsburgh 4 3 with St Louis 6 4 over Washington.
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Hall
New York
Brooklyn
St. Lowis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Pitsbur
Chicare
Detroit
St Louis
Cleland
Washington
Allies Enter Albania Faced by Balkan Wehrmacht Squeeze
Allied forces land in Albania and Dalmatian islands as the Balkans tighten around German garrisons. Partisans harry retreating units while air and sea operations pressure from Adriatic to eastern Mediterranean. Berlin says landings extend along the Dalmatian coast and northern Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Balkans
Mediterranean
Albania
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Balkan
Reich
Aegian
Balkan Air Force
Adriatic
Albenia
Dalmatian
United States
Himara
Royal Navy
Dalmatian Islands
Dewey Campaign Gains Momentum With Personal Attacks
The October phase of the presidential race tightens as Governor Thomas E. Dewey intensifies verbal assaults on New Deal figures and hints at personal campaigning. Dewey resumes platform oratory between coast to coast appearances, aiming to broaden his attack beyond scholarly rhetoric and engage voters directly.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma City
Ickes
Ration Bans Listed On Farm Machinery
The Idaho agricultural agency announced removal of wartime rationing for farm machinery except combines effective today. A telegram from J. Mr. Thompson of the ASA western division said the action follows federal policy to lift controls when no longer essential.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Agricultural Agency
Washington, D. C
MacArthur Bombers Strike at Batavia
Australian based planes bombed Batavia in Dutch Java under Gen Douglas MacArthur's Pacific command. The four thousand mile round trip marked one of the theater's longest raids as Japanese targets were hit and surprise achieved. Early reports were fragmentary.
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Aled
New Guinea
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Dies Suddenly at 52
Aimee Semple McPherson, famed evangelist founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, died unexpectedly in Oakland aged 52. She was found unconscious in her Leamington Hotel suite after arriving to help dedicate a new Foursquare Church. Her life featured sensational personal episodes, court battles, and a noted 1926 disappearance and ransom claims.
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Oakland
Cal
Aimée Semple McPherson
Leamington Hotel
Angele Sid
Aimee
Essacieres
McPherson
United States
Rentera
New York
Paris
Venice
Steve
Los Angeles
Fae Trees
Lagoon
Echo Park
Butter Raised To 20 Points Per Pound
Washington notes a surge in butter ration value to twenty points per pound as supply tightens. OPA says October keeps other dairy prices unchanged, hinting high butter points may endure into December.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Rowles
Bottleneck Delays 58 Carloads of GI Christmas Parcels
Freight cars loaded with Christmas packages for troops in Europe piled up at Long Island City due to labor shortages. The Army Post Office and Manpower Commission called for 200 full and part time workers to break the bottleneck. Jobs pay from 14 to 23 cents an hour and are open to men and women, with a deadline to start immediately.
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New York
Europe
Long Island City
Army Egibernation Post Office
Manpower Commission
Japs Hold 26,250 Americans as POWs and civilians
The American Red Cross reported 26,250 Americans held by Japan including 19,934 prisoners of war and the rest civilians. Basil O’Connor said no new shipments have arrived since the Gripsholm exchange ship in September 1943.
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New Fork “Pi
American Red Cross
Bes
Basil O'Connor
America
Gripsholm
Attacks by 100+ Superfortresses Reported Over Manchuria and China
More than one hundred B 29s conducted raids on Anshan in Manchuria and targets in occupied China including Dairen Loyang and Kaifeng. Official communique says no combat losses, weak anti air fire, good returns. Simultaneous raids tested beyond Anshan were praised as a record distance mission. In Italy, Monte La Fine saw German counterattacks, with Allied forces attempting to regain ground and advance toward Imola and the Adriatic front.
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Washington Gpi
Anshan
Manchuria
China
2D Air Force
Tokyo Radio
Dairen
Loyang
Kaifeng
War Department
Lauris Norstad
20Th Air Force
Iron Atlanta
Arctic Circle
Rome
Monte la Fine
Bologna
A Ned
Albert Hesselring
Fifth Army
Imola
Adriatic
Less Turkey Available For Civilians This Year
The War Food Administration announced that after military needs are met, civilians will have 3.15 pounds of turkey per capita this year, just under last year’s 3.25 pounds but above the 2.6 pounds average from 1935 to 1939. The supply aims to cover Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
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War Food Administration
Yanks Fight Sky Battle Over Germany
Allied air forces attacked German targets with heavy bombers and fighters, the raid suffering significant losses. About 42 four engined bombers, seven fighters, and 1,200 Fortresses with escorts faced intense flak and ice conditions while hitting Kassel Cologne Mainz and surrounding areas.
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Germany
London
Kassel
Ladnshafen
Cologne
Mainz
Eighth Air Force
Airborne General Aids Effort At Wilhelmina Canal Bridge
Amid German tank attacks along the British second army corridor, an airborne general helped four men move a disabled gun from the middle of the Wilhelmina Canal bridge to keep traffic flowing. A lieutenant colonel led a two-man counterattack against a tank as others trained clerks to use bazookas under fire.
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Wilhelmina Canal
Holland
2Nd Army
Capetain
Helland
Morgenthau Losing Out on Peace Plan
Washington reports indicate Morgenthau lost a key dispute with War Secretary Stimson and Secretary of State Bull over postwar policy. The plan favors industrial demilitarization under Allied supervision, with potential shifts of Prussia, Silesia, Saar, and Ruhr, and continued German rationing of strategic materials.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Stimson
Bull
Germany
Roosevelt
Industres
Petroleum, Inc
Prussia
Silesia
Poland
Russia
France
Saar
Ruhr
Finn Drive Against Germans Stalled at River
Finnish forces pressing from the south along the Kemi line faced a German counterblast and river obstacle. Reports say German retreat included scorched earth tactics destroying bridges roads and heavy materiel while Finnish units advance toward Pudasjaeri Ra Talivaikoski and Puiga Ra-Talivaikoski.
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Stockholm
Lapland
Ijo
Kemi
Gulf of Bothniea
Polfex
Puda-Pudasjaeri
Pugiac- Ra-Talivaikoski
Two U S Generals Die Of Illness Overseas
Washington reports the deaths of Brig. Gen. Walter G. Layman and Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Roderick while serving in Europe and North Africa. Layman died from illness while commanding the American school in Europe. Roderick died in the North African theater after a short illness. he was a North Carolina native and former assistant chief of staff at Allied headquarters. Widow resides in Washington.
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Washington
War Department
Walter G. Layman
Chelternham
England
American School Center
Thomas
Roderick
Navarre
Staf
Allied
Morty Attica
Heroic Stand Prevented Nazi Merger
Allied forces in the corridor from Eindhoven to Nijmegen held a crucial line along the Maas and Neder Rhine. British and American dispatches report heavy German casualties and a stalled attempt to sever the corridor, with Nazi forces driven back toward the Siegfried Line.
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Mark
Britain
Utcie Fombold
Red Devils
Maas
Mersey
Hei
Holland
Siegfried Line
Metz
France
II & Third Army
Arnhem
Sir Miles O. Dempsey
Second Anny
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Neder Rhine
Ameratgat
Reds Sweep 200 Towns in Latvia and Islands in Baltic region
The Moscow communique reports Russia linked rapid advances across Latvia capturing more than 20 towns within 25 to 37 miles of Riga and island Vormsi near Estonia. It notes Polish frontier activity and selective Romanian claims while omitting broader front details.
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London
Rim Oe
Lot
Hungary
Rowtenta
Lativia
Vormsi
Moscow
Poland
Germian Radio
Wess Flomenia
Mexo
Toildeak
Hugger
Mostow
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Hong Kong
Faingtae
Enya
Wencha
Ratow
China-Burma
Myitkyina
Owi
U.S
Gosemor's
Utica
Binghamton
Sans
ALBAN
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MacArthur
Batavia
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Aimee Semple
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