Search ends as Sam S. Kline fatally shoots self
Sam S. Kline, 52, sought for the Cora Moore murder in Claremont and Los Angeles, was cornered at his father’s residence in Los Angeles. He shot himself through the temple as officers moved in, dying shortly after at a local hospital. Investigators traced his movements from Phoenix to Los Angeles and to the Claremont area as authorities connected him to the Moore case.
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Congress Moves to Curb Ickes Power Role
Washington November 23 Congress eyed curbs on Harold Ickes power over public power sales as Republicans push a Bailey amendment to the flood bill. Sen Wherry said modify the measure may pass when Congress reconvenes. The Bailey plan would require sale at production and allow transmission lines after three years if demand remains low.
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Kenneth S. Wherry
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Josiah W. Bailey
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Senate Commerce Committee
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Wherry
John H. Bankhead
Ala
Telephone Walkout Brings Government Seizure Hint
Telegraph workers across the nation stage a strike led by Miss Jeanette Reedy with Dayton Ohio as the origin. An official said government action to end the walkout could come within hours possibly including seizure of struck properties under wartime labor laws. Picket lines appeared in Washington and Detroit as unions in other cities planned actions.
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Dayton, CO
Jeanette Reedy
Charles H. Herrold
Washington
Office of Economic Stabilization
Dayton
Detroit
Ohio
Fate Of 6 To 10 Nazi Divisions Is At Stake
Allied forces push toward Strasbourg as French armor drives across the Rhine plain and into Alsace. German resistance tightens in the Roer valley while U S Third and Seventh Armies advance near Metz and St Marie Vosges passes. Rain and floods hinder air support as Rundstedt shifts to save Lorraine and Alsace.
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Germany
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Berlin
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Bourheim
Pattern
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Alsace-Lorraine
Marshal von Rundstedt
Lorraine
American planed tighten siege around Ormoc Philippines
American air forces and two craft pressed to intercept Japanese reinforcements at Ormoc corridor on Leyte as MacArthur notes the enemy concentrates near the Limon bastion. Allied pilots sunk troop freighters and barges while pursuing a tightened noose around the Japanese first division. Nimitz disclosed further losses on Luzon including ships and oilers.
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N. MacArthur
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Douglas Macur
Limon
Ormoc
Yama
McArthur
Run
Nery
Jim. Chester W. Nimitz
Luzon
Hatvan encircled as Reds push on toward Budapest
Soviet forces tightens grip on Hungary as Hatvan falls toward encirclement. Malinovsky’s second Ukrainian army nears the Danube within 18 miles of Budapest while German and Hungarian defenses are pressed in a three or more direction assault. Russians also claim gains in Latvia as front fighting intensifies.
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Germany
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Hatvan
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Latvia
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Moscow
Baltics
Wedemeyer Foresees U.S. Ground War in China
Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announced that American ground forces will eventually fight on Chinese soil as part of a continental campaign to defeat Japan. He said island hopping won’t end the war and that plans include all force sources and continued sea links to China. He cited Chiang Kai-shek’s approval and two productive meetings with China’s war minister Chen.
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WUP
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Asia
Japan
Widemeyer
U. S
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen
Thanksgiving amid wartime feasts in fighting fronts
Tom Turkey arrives as GI Thanksgiving observances continue in Europe and Asia. The War Department, Navy, and Army provide turkey by the millions and meals near fighting lines while Plymouth Mass marks the day with religious services, broadcasts, and wartime church observances for soldiers and civilians.
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Navy
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Notre Dame
Paris
CIO Demands Wage Freeze Order Removal
The CIO at its seventh annual convention urged immediate removal of wage freezes. Some 600 delegates planned to wind up meetings by tomorrow night while continuing political action work. Resolutions call for discarding the Little Steel formula and criticize the war labor board's handling of disputes.
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Harold Ward
Associated Press
Chicago
CIO
Political Action Committee
War Labor Board
Five American Aviators Shot in Germany Report
Zurich dispatch says five U S airmen who bailed out during the last U S attack on Friedrichshafen were reportedly rounded up by SS men and executed. Local residents protested fearing retaliation and further acts of violence.
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U. S
Germany
Zurich
Frontier Reports
Friedrichshafen
Ex Red Soldier Voroshilov Seen as Possible Statesman
The former Moscow military figure Marshal Klementi Voroshilov may reappear as a statesman after release from the state defense committee. Observers suggest he could become Russian delegate to a future United Nations peace conference and serve on the world security council.
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Washington
Klementi Voroshilov
Moscow
World Security Council
Voroshilov
State Committee of Defense
Stalin
Communist Party
Molotov
Nazi Spies Threat to Allied Western Advance
The Allied Rhineland push faces security risks from Nazi underground groups and spies. General Eisenhower bans fraternizing with German civilians to curb intelligence leaks as American units advance through Aachen and Hodges sector. Spies in civilian clothes use pubs and locals to gather critical details for German commands.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Rhineland
Eisenhower
Hodges
Aachen
Germany
Mufti
Superfortress raid over Japan reported by Tokyo radio
Tokyo broadcast says a B 29 flown over Ise Bay Honshu in bold raid posture. Japanese defences fired but plane fled, while MacArthur HQ says two Japanese transports were damaged in Brunei Bay attacks. Nimitz notes bomber and fighter activity under McCain command. rocket use by Beaufighters disclosed.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Tokyo
Pacific
Ise Bay
Honshu Island
Japan
Nagoya
Douglas MacArthur
Brunei Bay
Borneo
Negro killer slain by mob at Pikeville
A youthful Negro assailant who killed Mrs. Glen McKinney, daughter of the state school superintendent for colored boys, was shot to death by an irate mob of citizens and school officials in Pikeville Tennessee.
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Tenn
U.P
Glen McKinney
State Training and Agriculture School For
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