Battle at Lake Balaton Nears Turning Point in Hungary
Allied reports say German defenses along the Hungarian lake area are buckling as Red Army columns drive toward Balaton and toward Vienna. Marshal Tolbukhin’s Ukrainian army overran 80 towns in western Hungary, pushing within miles of Lake Balaton and near the Austrian frontier.
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London
U.P
Geran
Austria
Orea
Lake Balaton
Don
Berlin
Coscks
Eir
Vienna
Budapest
Budat
Red Army
Miskolc
Toraljaujhely
DNB
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ird
Hungary
War Loan Drive Surpasses Halfway Target in Two Weeks
The $14 billion sixth war loan drive enters its third week with subscriptions over $1 billion ahead. Treasury says sales in the first two weeks reached $5.364 billion, 38 percent of the goal. Individuals bought $1.691 billion and corporate investors $3.675 billion. The Army Navy game in Baltimore boosted individual bonds by $59.657 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Army
Navy
Baltimore
Greek capital gripped by 72 hour exile and clashes
Athens unsettled after Sundays violence left 21 dead and 140 wounded. The EAM led uprising triggered a 72 hour notice to quit, with strikes paralyzing the city and rioting intensifying in Piraeus. Elas and royalist bands fought in Thesseum as Papandreou accused the EAM of fanning civil war.
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Athens
Catsotas
EAM
Elas
Piraeus
Thesseum
George Papandreou
Chiang Kai-shek reshapes cabinet amid crisis in China
Chiang Kai-shek announced an "extremely difficult" military situation as Japanese forces push into Kweichow province near Chungking. He named Foreign Minister T. V. Soong acting president of the Executive Yuan and summoned his new cabinet as observers warn the next 60 days could decide China's fate. H. H. Kung reportedly submitted his resignation.
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U.P
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Kweichow
Chiang
T. V. Soong
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Soong
Central Executive Committee
H. H. Kung
Executive Yuan
November sales tax receipts rise in Arizona figures
Arizona state tax figures show November sales tax at 622,850.58 dollars, up 20,636.70 from October and 3 percent higher than November 1943. Allocation included 280,282.76 to counties, 186,855.17 to general fund, 62,285.06 to cities, and 93,427.59 to social security. Luxury tax reached 191,338.12, driven by increased alcohol sales while tobacco revenue dipped due to cigarette shortages.
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Phoenix
State Treasury General Fund
Social Security Fund
Yugoslav Partisans Drive German Force From Dalmatian Post
Allied and partisan reports place Yugoslav Partisans capturing Knin in Dalmatia ending a five week siege, erasing the last major German position in the region. British forces push toward Venlo area while U S troops press to cross the Saar river bridge at Saarlautern. Canadian and Montgomery troops contend with floods and continue operations near the Siegfried line.
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Paris
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Saarlautern
Third Army
Saar
Second
Maas River
Venlo
Marshal Montgomery
21St Army Group
Arnhem
Nijmegen
Canadian First Army
Germany
Siegfried Line
Kleve
London
Knin
Sibenik
Dalmatia
Taft And Oras Fall To Guerrillas In Samar
Allied dispatch reports Filipino guerrillas captured Taft and Oras on Samar's east coast after a two day battle. Taft lies 38 miles east of Catbalogan at a key crossroads. Oras is 17 miles north. The bold action follows the guerrillas driving from inland hills to seize the towns as Leyte operations stall.
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William B. Dickinson
Philippines
U.P
Taft
Oras
Samar
Leyte
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo
Catbalogan
Frank Hewlett
United Press
Hewlett
Community backs gifts for USS Tucson crew
Tucson residents will fund and purchase about 1 000 copies of Frank C. Lockwood’s Life Old Tucson to honor the USS Tucson light cruiser crew. Books will be personalized with buyer messages and signatures and sold at cost to support Navy personnel ahead of commissioning in January 1945.
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Navy Mothers Club of
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U. S. Navy Bureau of Personnel
U.S.S. Tucson
Goyette
Rint
Chamber Siding
North
Stone Avenue
Buters
Farm Leaders Open Session on Cotton Aid
Washington D C December 4 farm leaders gather for a week long conference to craft a future policy for cotton described as divided and disorganized and on the verge of destruction pace pace subcommittee chair says america needs an overall cotton plan before addressing other commodities the meeting is a fact finding hearing with growers railroads bankers and government leaders testifying observers from other nations approved by the state department likely focusing on industry solvency and interdependence of regions
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Washington
House
Subcommittee
Pace
D-Ga
America
Crawford
R-Mich
State Department
British Envoy Shot To Death On His Estate
Sir Eric Teichman a veteran British diplomat and former counsellor at Chungking was found shot dead on the grounds of his Honingham Hall estate in Norfolk England. Police said the wounds were not self inflicted and that he had been dead for several hours.
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Norfolk
England
Eric Teichman
Far East
Chungking
Honingham Hall
Eric
China
Tibet
Turkestan
Teichman
Bresnahan, former Giants catcher, dies at 64
Roger Bresnahan, 64 year old star backstop and former New York Giants catcher, died at his Toledo home today of heart disease after a week of illness. The Baseball Hall of Fame figure had long been regarded as one of the sport’s great players.
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Toledo
Roger Bresnahan
New York Giant
FDR Reshapes State Department appoints new undersecretary
President Roosevelt announces a broad reorganization at the State Department. Joseph C. Grew is named undersecretary, with Will Clayton Archibald MacLeish and Nelson Rockefeller named to key posts. Resigning assistants Berle Long and Shaw are replaced as the department's top ranks are realigned.
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Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Will L. Clayton
Texas
Commerce
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Breckenridge Long
G. Howland Shaw
Berle
Clayton
Chicago
Rockefeller
inter-American
Grewin
Speedway Bar Contributes to Treasury in Tucson Crackdown
The Speedway club at 3501 East Speedway joined local taverns in U S treasury contributions after overcharges on drinks were found. A $340.80 check from S Ray Meade was turned in after a city wide enforcement drive targeting price ceilings. Total contributions reached $6,178 from Manhattan club Curley’s tavern Mint cafe and the Grand Buffet.
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U.S. Treasury
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OPA
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Manhattan Club
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Mint Cafe
the Grand Buffet
Major Japanese aircraft plant left in smoldering ruins
Washington reports that the Musashina aircraft works near Tokyo were largely destroyed by a raid of more than 100 B 29 Superfortresses. The attack, the fourth on Tokyo and second on Musashina in nine days, caused eight to ten large fires and heavy fighter opposition as crews returned to Saipan. Japanese Premier Koiso called Japan’s war situation critical and urged increased production of planes and arms.
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U.P
Musashina
Tokyo
Saipan
20Th Air Force
Kuniaki Koiso
Japan
Koiso
FCC
United Press
Mac R. Johnson
Roosevelts Honeymoon in Grand Canyon Scene
Col. Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson wed yesterday on Yavapai Point in a brief ceremony. They honeymoon in the Grand Canyon region as blizzard conditions limit attendees. Bridesmaids include Ruth Chandler Roosevelt. Jack Frye serves as best man.
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Faye Emerson
Rim of
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Associated Press Telemat Service
Elliott Roosevelt
Yavapai Point
Roger Sawyer
Williams, Ariz
White House
John Meyer
Greek Riots Mark Opening Of Political Convulsions
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes the wartime era spurring a Europe wide political upheaval left and right. He cites Greece Italy Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria Poland Finland France Belgium as signs and suggests monarchies may topple with more crowns placed in museums as convulsions spread.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Athens
Greece
Italy
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Finland
France
Belgium
Spain
Hungary
U. S. Submarines Sink 20 Japanese Vessels in Navy Report
American submarines report sinking a light cruiser a destroyer and 18 merchant ships as part of a continuing offensive against Japanese shipping. The navy states 874 vessels sunk, 37 probably sunk, and 199 damaged by U.S. subs to date, with 109 warships hit in total.
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Washington
S Bay
U. S.S
U. S
Road River Projects Ready For Postwar Funding
Two large postwar bills totaling over 2.5 billion dollars head to the White House this week. One bill provides about a billion for flood control irrigation power and river navigation. The other authorizes 1.673 billion for highway improvements ahead of a postwar motoring boom. A Senate leader says disputes will be quickly resolved in conference committees.
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White House
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