Japanese Fleet Faces British Forces Debacle Time May Be Decisive
Courtenay Moore Hington reports on the Japanese fleet retreating after days of heavy losses. The U S Navy says victory could determine future supply and invasion efforts as American forces press the Philippines and western Pacific operations. The Navy lists multiple ships sunk or damaged and notes some vessels are returning to duty.
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Western
Tian Ocean
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Douglas A. MacAr
U. S
Lile
Fight For Hurtgen Forest Still Grim and Bloody
German resistance wears down under heavy US artillery and air attacks around Hurtgen Forest. Allied troops press the advance through Aachen West area, while German artillery falters and supplies are disrupted.
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Henry T. Gorrell
Hurtgen Forest
Germany
U.P
United States
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen
Stolberg
Argonne
Belleau Woods
Hurtgen
Patriots Of Albania Drive Germans From Tirana In Streets Battle
Albanian patriots clash with German forces in Tirana for days. They seize the town hall home radio station and Tirana prison while fighting in the main square near exiled King Zog's palace. Germans hold Zog's palace and local barracks. Durazzo and Scutari remain under Nazi control as communications are attacked.
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London
U.P
Marshal Tito
Tirana
Albania
Zog
Shkumbi
Durazzo
Scutari
Hermit With Hug That Cracked Rib Slain
Irwin Davis fatally shot William Ebaugh in the Tahoe national forest cabin after a pursuit begun when the hermit, sought for cattle rustling and a past murder, emerged from the cabin barefoot and ran. Authorities said Ebaugh weighed about 200 pounds at death.
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Lloyd Lapham
Nevada City
Calif
U.P
William Ebaugh
Sierra Foothills
Ebaugh
Irwin Davis
White Cloud Recreation
Tahoe National Forest
H. M. Edwards
Davis
Alvah Hooper
Henry Lewis
William Woods
Carl Tobiasson
Hermit
Japanese Drive Stalled in Kwangsi as Chinese Fire Drives Ferry
Chinese artillery halted a Japanese crossing attempt seven miles west of Ishan in Kwangsi with a three hour duel at the Lung crossing. Other Japanese columns pushed toward Lungsheng from Kweilin, while U S forces cut deeper toward Strasbourg and Metz as Patton’s Third Army presses into German border areas.
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Chungking
China
Kwangsi Province
Ling River
Ishan
Lung
Hwaiyuanchen
Lungsheng
Kweilin
Tokyo
U. S. 14Th Air Force Base
Linchow
Belfort
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Second Army
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Venlo
Geilenkirchen
Aachen
Hensberg
Prummern
U. S. Ninth Army
First Army
Berlin
Rhine
Patton
Third Army
Perl
Luxembourg
Saar
Moselle
Metz
Bouzonville
Saarbrucken
Filstroff
Saarlouis
Merschweiller
Reich
Allied drive advances as Mt Fortino falls near Faenza
U S Eighth forces with air support captured Mount Fortino six miles west of Faenza and tightened control along the Logna Rimini highway. Allied units reached within six miles southeast of Faenza as heavy bomber formations struck German and Italian lines in the Po valley and northern Italy while reporting no major change in positions.
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Eighth
Mt. Fortino
Ger
Faenza
logna-Rimini
Monique
Po Valley
Italy
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
Uiea
Budapest Air Battle Rages as Soviet Attacks Intensify
Russian air forces hammered German and Hungarian positions around Budapest in a major assault tearing at the frontline. Nazi broadcasts claimed some fronts opened then closed by counterattacks as Ma linovsky’s units pressed the city’s outskirts.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Budapest
Hungary
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Three Hunters Rescued From Mogollon Rim
Three Salt River Valley hunters W. A. Millett of Mesa and his son-in-law J. S. Hoopes with Mrs Hoopes Gilbert were rescued after six days trapped by heavy snows in the Mogollon Rim. Sheriff J. Peery Francis led a four wheel drive rescue. they stopped in Winslow for their first full meal since Sunday as Civil Air Patrol planes aided in the search.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Moorlon Rim
Salt River Valley
W. A. Millett
Mesa
Maricopa County
J. S. Hoopes
Gilbert
Young
Mogollon Rim
Hoopes
J. Peery Francis
Coconino County
Francis
Army Ordnance
Beaumont
Winslow
Bob Goldwater
Arizona Wing
Civil Air Patrol
Fossil Spring
James E. Babbitt
Aldrich Named International Chamber of Commerce Head
Winthrop W. Aldrich chairman of Chase National Bank was elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce at the International Business conference in Rye New York. J Sigfrid Edstrom of Stockholm announced Aldrich succeeds him effective after last night’s meeting.
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Thomas Hagenbuch
Ted Press
Rye
N. Y
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
International Chamber of Commerce
International Chamber
J. Sigfrid Edstrom
Stockholm
Aldrich
Christmas To Be Happy One For Nubbins
Three year old Forest Hoff man known as Nubbins faces a possible December 25 deadline due to an incurable bladder condition. Packages from across the country have arrived, including a three foot by fourteen inch parcel. His father Marshall Hoff man says the boy is eager to open gifts, a morning event rather than tonight’s Christmas Eve observance.
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Burton Thompson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Little Forest
Nubbins
Marshall Hoffman
Jap Tanks On Leyte Pierce Yank Blockade
Japanese tanks broke through an American roadblock to reinforce a resisting unit near Limon on Leyte. American patrols near the Ormoc highway believed Japanese withdrew from the village after a heavy artillery barrage. Fred Hampson reports Nipponese hold the vale below Breakneck ridge as preparations for a major stand continue.
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C. Yates M'Daniel
MacArthur
Philippines
Adeo
Limon
Ormoc
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Simon
Hampson
Leyte
Funeral services for Boake Carter in Los Angeles
Boake Carter radio commentator and author died suddenly after his Thursday broadcast. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in a Los Angeles mortuary chapel. The county autopsy surgeon attributed death to a convulsion. Carter was 46.
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Los Angeles
Boake Carter
Carter
Mutineers Sentenced to Long Terms in Fort Chicago Case
Fifty Negro Navy enlisted men found guilty of mutiny for refusing to load ammunition after the Fort Chicago explosion received sentences from eight to 15 years each. The verdicts were announced by the 12th Naval District.
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San Francisco
Fort Chicago
12Th Naval District
Former Tucson grocer named to OPA office
Phoenix dispatch reports John R. Morrison, former Tucson grocery operator, named food price specialist for the district office of the Office of Price Administration. He succeeds Paul H. Adams who resigned to return to private business.
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Phoenix
John R. Morrison
Tucson
OPA
Paul H. Adams
Tucson Clubs Contribute To U S Treasury
The Manhattan club on Sixth avenue and 10th street in Tucson paid 3094 dollars to the U S Treasury for liquor overcharges since April 1943. The Mint added 817 dollars in similar penalties as enforcement probes target price ceilings and base period records.
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Manhattan Club
Sixth Avenue
10Th Street
U. S. Treasury
Frank Johnson
OPA
Mint
U. S .Treasury
Arizona Appointments Sent To Senate By FDR
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nominations of James M. Owens for postmaster at Safford Arizona and Warren E. Ware for postmaster at Superior Arizona for confirmation.
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Arizona
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
James M. Owens
Safford
Ariz
Warren E. Ware
Superior
Moscow Signals Drive To Enter War With Japan
Associated Press war analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Moscow voices harsher rhetoric toward Tokyo and hints at possible Soviet entry against Japan. He cites China facing its sharpest crisis in seven years, suggesting Moscow’s reaction could be tied to China's danger and the widening war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
China
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Tokyo
Stalin
Football finals with several college results
Syracuse defeated Colgate 43 to 13 and Army beat Penn 62 to 7. Michigan posted 14 while Wisconsin shutout 0. Lafayette overwhelmed Lehigh 64 to 0. Yale edged North Carolina 13 to 6 and NYU won 13 to 7 over Brooklyn. Duke defeated South Carolina 34 to nothing.
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Syracuse
Colgate
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penn State
Lafayette
Lehigh
Army
Penn
Yale
North Carolina
N.Y.U
Brooklyn
Duke
So. Carolina
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United States Navy
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William Frye
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Fortino
St of Forli
Stormovik
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Istanbul
Shopron
Danube River
Batina
Malinovy- Sky
Hatvan
Gyongyos
Eger
Miskolc
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Manhattan
Marshal Stalin
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