Wheeler Takes Post At Convair After Leave Cut
Harold Wheeler, city police chief, reportedly accepted a new investigation role at the Consolidated plant with a reduced accrued leave from 70 to 30 days. He says the lower leave is to study law at the University of Arizona, aiming to benefit the department while pursuing schooling.
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Harold Cler
J. Martin, Jr
Wheeler
Albert Hesselberg
Nager Martin
Toe
Ignation
Henry O. Jaastad
Uniof Arizona
Det
Martin
Por- 1
Wiggeler
Wheel
First Army Near Duren Roer Floodwaters Advance
American first infantry and tanks moved within a half mile of Duren on the Roer's approaches. Six fortified villages captured on a 1,000 yard front opposite the flooded river near the Hertgen forest. German resistance weakening west of the Roer in the Siegfried line. Merken nearly cleared.
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Paris
Duren
Roer
Dank Hertgen
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Alsace
Merken
Merode
Pier
Gey
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
First
Bergstein
U. S. Third Army
Sarrague
Saarland
Zweibrucken
St. Ingbert
Germany
Fraulautern
Ensdorf
U. S S. Seventh Army
Rhine
Kembs
Julich
Erft
Cologne
Nazis Burning Budapest and Soviets Break Front
Russian tank divisions opened a grand assault on Budapest driving into the city outskirts as Moscow boasted the collapse of the German front in Hungary. Soviet probes around Pest pushed toward Vienna while Germans burned blocks to impede the advance and hundreds surrendered amid street fighting.
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Robert Musel
London
U.P
Budapest
Moscow
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Ravelers
Sweden
United Press
Pest
Leftist Forces Engulf British Inside Athens
In Athens fighting rages as gunfire drives civilians from the city. The British foreign office says terms to end Greece’s civil strife were given to an EAM representative. Rebels and Elas leaders reportedly concede they may owe defeat to British and Greek troops.
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Athens
London
Greece
EAM
British Foreign Office
Elas
Military Academy
Salonika
National Liberation Front
Aegean Sea
Harold MacMillan
Mediterranean
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Great Britain
Royal Palace Gardens
Lycavettes Hill
Senate blocks St Lawrence Seaway in rivers bill
The Senate approved a $500 million rivers and harbors bill while rejecting a move to authorize the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. President Roosevelt lobbied, but only Truman joined the White House line. Haydn supported the Seaway, McFarland opposed. The measure advances to a conference committee.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Sen. McFarland
House
Conference Committee
Congress
Japanese People Brace For Further Sudden Incidents
A United Press Domei dispatch reports American B 29 raids on Mukden Manchuria fatally wounding 18 POWs and injuring 39 others, with hazardous devices hitting a prison camp. Tokyo orders mass evacuation of 7 million, stripping the city to essential defense personnel as fires rise from aerial sieges and fires breaks are created.
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United Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Domei
Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Transocean
Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo Radio
Axis
Marianas
Radio Tokyo
Allied Forces Trap Japanese in Leyte Pocket Near Ormoc
U S troops pressed a crackdown on the Leyte garrison, thrusting into a death trap north of Ormoc after a forceful push that split the Yamashita line. MacArthur HQ said the bulk of the 40 000 to 50 000 strong force was driven into a pocket from above Ormoc to the Taliban area.
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Allied
Philippines
U.P
Japan
Leyte Island
Ormoc
Domei
FCC
Biliran Island
Leyte
Biliran
Douglas MacArthur
Doughboys
77Th Division
Deposito
Arnold warns war will not end until Berlin reached
Four star General Henry H. Arnold chief of the Army Air Forces says German defenses are not crumbling and the war will continue. he notes heavy Allied air campaigns against German factories and rail hubs and predicts a prolonged fight, with Japan potentially defeated after sufficient planes. The report covers Tokyo and Axis dispatches on air raids, evacuations, and Japan's wartime measures.
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Los Angeles
U.P
H. H
Arnold
Army Air Forces
Yuma
Ariz
Berlin
Ft. Worth
Tex
Beverly Hills
Calif
Henry H. Arnold
Germany
Gen. Arnold
Japan
Bombers Hit Merseburg Oil Plant and Key Rail Hubs
About 2,200 American bombers led by 1250 Fortresses and Liberators targeted Merseburg’s Leuna oil refinery and rail yards at Manau Aschaffenburg and Darmstadt. The raid followed a 10,000-ton attack yesterday, with Luftwaffe warnings noting additional heavy strikes by Allied forces. A U.S. Eighth Air Force officer said, Our job now is to keep hitting them.
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London
Merseburg
Manau
Aschaffensburg
Darmstadt
Leuna
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Berlin
U. S
15Th Air Force
Italy
RAF Bomber Command
Ruhr
Stettinius Outlines Five Foreign Policy Objectives
Secretary of State Stettinius told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee five key goals for U S foreign policy stressing postwar foreign trade expansion. He urged rapid reorganization of the State Department and the approval of six staff appointments as hearings began with implications for world affairs.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Germany
Japan
United Nations
United Nations Organization
United States Bears Burden On West Front
United States forces lead Allied strength on the Western front with four American armies and about 11 million service members overall. Britain, Canada, and France also contribute, while Italy and the Pacific theater show different force balances. Population size and proximity to Europe influence deployment and losses.
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United States
Elton C. Faye Washington
Stimson
Great Britain
Italy
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Europe
United Kingdom
British Commonwealth
Nazis Race Against Time To Prepare Counterfight
London dispatch reports Germany planning a counter offensive in 1945 while weather, floods, and Allied logistics hinder a wholesale invasion. The Nazis hope to delay, replenish vital supplies, and strike when ready, though ground offensives may be unlikely against superior Allied forces.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
London
Germany
Reich
Hitler
Arizona War Bond Sale Near $23 Million
Arizona sixth war loan sales total $22,960,000 toward a $25,000,000 state quota. Chairman Walter Bimson of the war finance committee said the public in lower brackets is contributing as expected, while big purchasers of securities beyond series E bonds are not doing their part.
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Phoenix
Walter Bimson
War Finance Committee
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