Leyte Battle Losses Reported in Major Exchange
General MacArthur’s staff reports sharp fighting off Leyte island with both sides sustaining losses. An American destroyer was sunk after a torpedo strike and a Japanese vessel damaged, as U S and Japanese forces clash in Ormoc Bay amid air attacks and rescue operations by Catalina flying boats of the Black Cats.
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MacArthur
Philipnes
Toe Gulf
Leyte Island
Fay
Res
Iig
U. S S
Jg) F. Ball
Calif
U. S
Ormoc Bay
Dely
Aps
Ter
Leyte
McKellar Says He's Single After 101 Noes
Washington reports Sen. Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee says he tried 101 times to marry but was rejected by all. Miss Vivien Kellems, Westport manufacturer and anti New Deal figure, testifies about letters to Count Frederick von Zedlitz and a broadcasting dispute with Drew Pearson.
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Frederick C,othman
Washington
Vivien Kellems
U. S. Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Miss Kellems
Mids Kellems
Westport
Argentina
Drew Pearson
Senate Post Office
Sen. McKellar
Juliana of
Holland
Pearson
Mise Kellems
Sen
Mc Kellar
Travel Time Case Ends With $67,282 Phelps Dodge Payoff
The Phelps Dodge Morenci travel time case involving 172 miners ended with final judgment approved by Federal Judge Albert M. Sames. The defendant paid $67,282.62 including overtime claims and court costs, settling since 1943 under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The three trustees for 169 other workers receive $55,746.40 for 148 beneficiaries plus individual awards, and $10,000 in attorney fees. No appeal is possible.
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Phelps Dodge
Morenci
Albert M. Sames
Bilby and Shoenhair
H. Earle Rogge
Clifton
Sames
Thomas B. Poe
Paul S. Rooks
Ivan W. Adkins
Poe
Adkins
Rooks
Phelps Dodge Mining Corporation
Senate panel approves four State nominees led by Grew
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved four State Department nominees. Joseph C. Grew would be undersecretary, while Archibald MacLeish, William L. Clayton, and Nelson Rockefeller were named as assistant secretaries. Some members opposed MacLeish and Clayton on the floor. The panel also backed a bill to add two more assistant secretaries.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
Clark
D-Mo
Grew
Senate
Archibald MacLeish
Library of Congress
MacLeish
The
Missourian
Murray
Mont
W. L. Clayton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White
Maine
House
Roosevelt
Joseph Clark Grew
Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Japan
William L. Clayton
Texas
Clayton
Congress
White House
Office of War Information
Nelson Rockefeller
John D
Germany
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Breckinridge Long
G. Howland Shaw
Shaw
Long
Florida
Berle
New York
Social Security Held At One Per Cent For 1945
The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to freeze social security payroll and employer taxes at one per cent for 1945. The vote was 263 to 72. Representative Dingell urged veto, hoping President Roosevelt would oppose any Jan. 1 tax increase.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Dingell
D-Mich
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Greek crisis grows as Papandreou offers resignation
In Athens Premier George Papandreou proposes a coalition cabinet amid ongoing general strikes and heavy clashes. Leftist Elas forces clash with gendarmerie and police. 27 dead so far as demonstrations continue despite rumors of government change. In Europe, U S forces advance near Saarlautern breaking through toward the Siegfried line.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Themistokles Sophoulis
Elas
Hadjikosta
Edes
Metropolis
British Tell Greeks To End Civil Strife Or Face Intervention
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned in the House of Commons that the Allies will use arms to stop Greek civil war and bloodshed in Athens. He said troops would intervene to prevent a Communist dictatorship and maintain order while Greeks decide their government.
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W. R. Higginbotham
London
Winston Churchill
Greece
Athens
Churchill
House of Commons
Supreme Court to Hear AP Suit Today
The AP faces a final phase in the anti trust case as the Supreme Court opens arguments on whether the cooperative must admit new members, with the government arguing the action affects only business relations and not press editorial policy. Three hours were allotted for oral arguments.
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Paul M
Washington
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Atl Comers
Justice Department
High Tribunal
District of
New York
American bombers Blitz Berlin in daylight raid
American heavy bombers struck Berlin with around 2000 tons of bombs supported by 800 fighters. The raid damaged munition and aircraft plants in Berlin and nearby Munster and Tegel amid heavy Luftwaffe opposition. The operation followed a 12000 ton western sweep and involved over 550 bombers and 800 fighters.
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London
Berlin
Gel
Munster
Luftwaffe
Messerschmitts Focke-Wulff
Mustang
Underbolt
Bern
Tegel
Vyestery
Gerd von Undstedt
Eighth Air Force
England
Deadline Near For De Mille To Pay Union
Hollywood December 5 Cecil B De Mille faces loss of his radio program if he does not pay a one dollar AFRA assessment to fund the fight against California Proposition 12 The union deadline is 5 pm next Monday just before the radio drama hour De Mille defends his rights as an American citizen and voter while staying a union man as the dispute unfolds on Page 5.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. de Mille
American Federation of Radio Artists
de Mille
AFRA
Student Union Group Appoints Executive Body
A meeting of the general committee at the University of Arizona noon session formed to create a plan for the new student union building. B G Thompson named general chairman and Lewis Slonaker general secretary, with an executive committee to be appointed.
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University of Arizona
University Commons
B. G. Thompson
Lewis Slonaker
J. Byron McCormick
The
Law College
J. F. McKale
Hazel McCready
Rayma Babbitt
A. L. Slonaker
Association of College Unions
Germans Told to Rely on Themselves During Retreat
General Eisenhower warned the German people they cannot count on food, fuel, or clothing from the military government. He said the scorched earth policy of retreating Nazi forces will only multiply suffering, in a proclamation broadcast via Allied transmitters.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Europe
Office of War Information
U.S. Opposes Meddling in Italian Government Crisis
The United States told Britain and Italy it expects Italians to shape their government without outside influence. The statement contrasts with Britain's opposition to Count Sforza joining the Italian administration. Sforza, liberal leader, is known anti monarchist and anti fascist.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
State Department
Great Britain
Count Sforza
United Nations
Anthony Eden
Sforza
Bonomi
Russians Reach 60 Miles From Austria at Lake Balaton
Red Army forces sweeping through western Hungary push toward the Austrian frontier as Marshal Tolbukhin leads a drive from Nagybajom toward the 42 mile lake line. A column along the Danube nears Budapest while sieges and siege-area bombardments continue.
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London
Hungary
Budapest
Lake
Balaton
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Nagrybajom
Chinese Unity Efforts Labeled Too Late by War Analyst
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues that China's late bid for unity against Japan may still work but asks if it is too late. He notes Japan’s southern advance erased key air bases and gave invaders links from Manchuria to Canton, highlighting internal strife between Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang and the Communists over governance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
China
Japan
Chungking
South-Central
Manchuria
Canton
Indo-China
Chiang Kai-Shek
One Party
Kuomintang
Central
Chiang
Will Train Chinese In Making Metal Planes
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. announced permission to extend its training program for Chinese air force engineers for another year. Started in 1943 under Lt. Col. S. C. Wang in Washington, the course teaches Chinese engineers, previously experienced with plywood planes, to build all metal aircraft. Twenty-one trainees, each with an engineering commission, are currently in the program at Consolidated.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Consolidated
UAW Meeting To Consider Auto Strike
Detroit officials of Local 142 UAW CIO urged members to attend a meeting to discuss a seven day Graham Paige Motors plant shutdown over seniority rights. 23 welders suspended after a stoppage prompted work halt on amphibious tanks and B 29 parts while 3,800 workers faced entry barriers amid picket lines.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Graham-Paige Motors Corp
International Uaw-Cio
Atlanta Prisoners Seize Four Hostages
about 25 prisoners barricaded themselves in a federal penitentiary building in Atlanta and held four officers as hostages Warden Joseph W Sanford said the cause appeared connected to objections over quartering German saboteurs and spies in the same building the department noted.
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Washington
Joseph W. Sanford
Federal Penitentiary At
Atlanta
Justice Department
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Paris
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