Seven Killed In Transcontinental Flight Crash at Burbank
A Transcontinental & Western Airlines jet from San Francisco crashed in heavy fog near Burbank at 3 a.m. killing seven and injuring 16. Among the dead were San Diego City Manager Walter Cooper and others. Mayor Harley Knox was severely injured. Two crew members Capt J P Snowden and First Officer T L Bamberger died. The plane left San Francisco at 12 48 a.m. and was due in at Lockheed terminal at 2 30 a.m. Authorities investigated the cause while noting the aircraft struck power lines and the foggy approach.
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Los Angeles
Transcontinental & Western Airlines
San Neisco
Burbank
Walter Cooper
San Diego
Harley Knox
Lockheed Air
TWA
J. P. Snowden
Calif
T. L. Bamberger
Alameda
Donna Marr
John V. Frankenthal
U. S. Navy Reserve
Conrad Brinkman
Timington
Billy Jack Howard
U. S. Navy
Joplin
Harole Muller
Indianapolis
Ind
American Paper Stock Co
W. E. Lund
San Francisco
Lockheed Air Terminal
Lee Flanagin
Lockheed
Knox
Albert B. Fall Dies at 83 in El Paso
Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior died at 83 in El Paso after a long illness. He faced a bribery conviction over Elk Hills oil leases and spent his last years under medical care, his sisters reported.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Harding
Sisters the Catholic Hospital
Fally
Con
Edward L. Doheny
California
Frien
United States loses bid on five air freedoms voting split
British opposition blocks attaching the five sky freedoms to a world air accord as the U S plan is left as a stand alone option. The subcommittee’s action shifts emphasis to drafting and translating final treaty texts as the conference moves toward routine work.
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James J. Strebig
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Early Elected Assessors President In Arizona Group
Lynn Early of Florence was elected president of the Arizona County Assessors association in Phoenix. State Tax Commissioner D C ONeil warned of trouble unless city and town property values and improvements are raised for taxation. D L McKinney of Coconino county was named secretary treasurer. The group discussed a proposed new personal property tax law to strengthen statutes and fix current rules, noting a minimum value of 60 dollars per head for commercial dairy cattle.
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Phoenix
Arizona County Assessors’ Association
Lynn Early
Florence
D. C. O'Neil
D. L. McKinney
Coconino County
Guaymas Meat Prices Drop Amid Drought and Slump
In Guaymas the drought and lack of a U S market push meat prices down. Prime sirloin steaks fetch 14 cents per pound in Ciudad Obregon, down from 22 cents earlier, signaling potential cattle losses and market stress.
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Guaymas
Mex
United States
Ciudad Obregon
Indian Troops Push Ahead On Faenza Route
Rome December 1 report says a fifth army Indian division advanced along the Florence Faenza road with light resistance. Allies maintain heavy fighting near Alberto Faenza while Germans withdraw toward the Po valley and evacuate Fontanelice on the Imola road.
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Faenza
Rome
Fifth Army
Florence
Bologna
Eighth Army
Alberto
Lamone River
Mrs Stevens Resigns UA Post for India Mission Work
Margaret D Stevens, ten year secretary and librarian at the University of Arizona law college, resigns to become matron of a Presbyterian mission hospital in Miraj India. Her departure becomes effective today with a January sailing planned from Philadelphia. She is mother to two Arizona alumnae and a former student in OCS at Fort Benning. Cleo C DeWitt will replace her as librarian.
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Margaret D. Stevens
University of Arizona Law College
Presbyterian Mission
Miraj
India
OCS
Ft. Benning
Law College
Cleo C. DeWitt
Attorney General of Oklahoma
Yankee Planes Sink Japanese Leyte Convoy
Gen MacArthur announced that low flying American planes sank a 9,000 ton transport and three freighters toward Ormoc on Leyte, with 5,000 enemy dead. Seven convoys totaling 103,750 tons and 18 escort ships have been sunk across the Leyte operation, with additional bombings near Mindoro and Borneo.
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Leyte
MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
Masbate
Cebu
Mindero
Borneo
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Charles Green, Former Arizona Legislator Dies at 76
Charles C. Green, 76, former Arizona legislator and longtime resident of the state, died in Phoenix. He served in the House of the Third Legislature in 1917 and as a Senator in the Fourth Session in 1919.
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Phoenix
Charles C. Green
Arizona
British Find Bodies Of 100 Japs Killed In Pinwe Recapture
Chungking December 1 The British 36th division occupied Pinwe in Burma and found 100 Japanese dead from artillery and air force bombing. The Japanese garrison evacuated. Chinese troops besieging Bhamo reported new advances on the Bhamo Momauk road and minor gains north of Bhamo along the Irrawaddy.
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Chungking
UPR
Burma
Pinwe
14Th
U. 8S
Bhamo
Burma- Ledo
Bhamo-Momauk Road
Irrawaddy River
Senators Aim to Attach Payroll Freeze To War Powers Bill
In Washington, December 1, senators showed cool interest in linking the Social Security payroll tax freeze to a war powers extension. Rep. Knutson urged welding the two measures in the Senate, while leaders said they were uncertain. Senators Vari and George favored the freeze with caveats and cautioned against tying it to the war powers bill. Wherry preferred evaluating each measure on its own merit amid veto considerations.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
Senate
Rep. Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means
Adeanye
Sen. Vari
R-Mich
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Wherry
Nebraska
United Labor Front Sought By AFL Heads
AFL leaders moved to implement a national and international labor unity program from the 64th convention. President William Green, starting a 21st term, aims peace with CIO and John L. Lewis United Mine Workers as the executive council meets to decide on committee duties.
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New Orleans
ALF
William Green
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Green
George Meany
AFL
Italy-Based Raids Hammer At Reich
London reports U S 15th air force bombers from Italy struck Germany as weather halted a two day push by U S eighth air force and RAF. Detailed bombing hit oil plants and rail yards around Leipzig Saarbrucken and Duisburg with heavy losses and widespread fire.
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London
U. S
15Th Air Force
Italy
Germany
U. S. Eighth Air Force
RAF
Berlin
Bavaria
Eighth Air Force
Leipzig
Saarbrucken
Tactical Air Force
Rhine-Ruhr
Duisburg
U S
Bohlen
Zeitz
Merseberg
Lutzkendorf
Reich
Essen
Neuss
Dortmund
Bottrop
Oberhausen
Ruhr
Misburg
Merseburg
Heavy Artillery Key To Reducing Casualties In Front Fight
War correspondent notes Secretary Stimson and General Eisenhower stress the need for overwhelming artillery power to break German fortifications and spare infantry lives as fighting on the Cologne Plain intensifies. The attack hinges on ammunition buildup and large guns to curb casualties.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Rhineland
Stimson
Cmdr
Eisenhower
Cologne Plain
Ike
Pearl Harbor Court-Martial To Be Dropped
The Navy announced that Pearl Harbor evidence does not warrant any general court martial proceeding against Navy personnel. Secretary Stimson in a concurrent Army notice ruled out court martial for any Army officer involved in the Pearl Harbor disaster. He said the review shows proper steps were taken to correct deficiencies in personnel or organization at the time.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Naval Service
Navy
Stimson
Army
Army Board
War Department
Pear Harbor
Soviets Reach 78 Miles From Budapest In West Push
Moscow reported nine mile advance north along the Danube and troops moving to within 78 miles of Budapest. Red armies seized Eger and Sziksze guarding routes into central Slovakia and cut the line between Miskolc and Kassó. Petrov forces attacked on a 30 mile front, taking 30 villages including Domasa Moraviany and Zemplin near Satoraljaujhely.
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Moscow
Danube
Hungary
Budapest
Great River
Red Army
Eger
Sziksze
Slovakia
Miskolcc
Kassau
Kosice
Zemplin
Satoraljuajhely
Kin Of Double Crash Victims Being Advised
A midair collision at Davis Monthan field involved two B 2 Liberator bombers during a routine training flight. Army airmen corrected the death toll to 18 after learning one crewman was grounded and did not depart. Public notices for next of kin could wait until tomorrow.
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Davis-Monthan Field
Army
Frank W Nodgrass
Simpson's Ninth Captures West Forms Arc
A German high command statement reported by the German news agency says Germany may disassociate from Geneva and The Hague wartime rules. The warning follows reprisals threatened on French POWs if Germans are executed in Alsace for franc tireur acts and cites alleged violations by enemies of international law.
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London
Germany
Geneva
Alsace
DNB
Associated Press
Hague
Allied Armies Press Through Roer and Saar Fronts in December Push
American forces led by Lt. Gen. Simpson and Lt. Gen. Patton widened bridgeheads along the Roer and Saar as the 24th day of winter offensives pressed toward the Rhine. Welz fell near Linnich while Merzig faced advancing armored units. key towns along the Roer corridor included Jülich and Düren as German resistance concentrated along Siegfried Line defenses.
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Paris
Roer
Saar
Rhine
William H. Simpson
Welz
Linnich
Rhineland
Munchen Gladbach
Inde
George S. Patton
Siegfried Line
Patton
Merzig
Kringen
Battern
Hunsruck Range
Moselle
Nahe
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Frankfurt
Hitler
Berlin
Rner
H. Holler
Courtney H
U. S. First Army
Julich
Duren
Len
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Durena
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Belgium
Signal Corps
United Kingdom
Po River Valley
Modigliana
Monte Fregnanello
Tramonti
Monte del Tesoro
Monte Fortino
Roncosole
Fontanelice
Imola
Imola-Castel del Rio
Stevens
UA Post
Kalinin Bay
Fanshaw Bay
White Plains
Kitkun Bay
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Charles Green
United Labor Front
Harold Ward
Associated Press Labor
Navy and War Offices
Simpson
West
Arc
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