Japanese Counterattacks Hit Ormoc Front In Heavy Rain
U S forces push near Ormoc as rain and mud hinder advance during seventh week of Leyte campaign. Japanese assaults against the Seventh and near Ormoc Bay are repulsed with heavy losses, while the 32nd Division doubles effort to cut supply lines and bombard targets. Estimates place Japanese dead at sea around 26,000 as Allied air forces intercept reinforcements.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
U. S
Leyte Island
Coogset
32Nd
Ormoc Bay
Cebu Island
Tokyo
Marine
Highlights of World At War
Western Front reports show Third Army massing on the Saar bank as Ninth Army regains ground near Cologne and Seventh Army enters Hagenau. In the East the Russians push toward Austria while Budapest braces for evacuation and Czechoslovakia witnesses snowbound crossings. In Italy British forces repel a counterattack near Alboreto. In the Pacific renewed action surrounds Ormoc as Japanese crisis unfolds. In Asia Chinese forces near Chefang push to reopen the Burma road while Japan advances in central China causing civilian exodus from Kweiyang.
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Third Army
Saar
Ninth Army
Cologne
Seventh Army
Hagenau
Budapest
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Ondava River
Asiastic Front
Chefang
Burma Road
China
Kweiyang
Street Fighting Reported in Hungarian City
Archduke Robert of Austria said Budapest saw street barricades and clashes as Germans rounded up suspected underground workers. He cited reliable Austrian sources noting a grave situation with Gestapo battalions and fighting in Vienna between Austrian workers and German forces.
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London
Vienna
Budapest
Archduke Robert
Austria
Reich
Hungary
Kurgscion
Ger
Italian Village Is Captured By Indian Fighters
Indian troops of the Eighth Army seized the village of Alboreto, five miles northeast of Faenza, after bitter German opposition. Monte Giornetto fell to the Fifth Army without a struggle. German counterattacks around Bombiano were repelled as Fifth Army patrols probed south of Bologna. The coast area near Massa saw smoke screens as movements were concealed. British infantry advanced 500 yards between the Montone and Lamone rivers with tank support amid drizzle. Mediterranean Allied air forces flew over 700 sorties. three planes were missing. Thunderbolt fighter-bombers destroyed a bridge north of Verona and disrupted the Brenner rail link.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Alboreto
Faenza
Monte Giornetto
Fifth Army
Apennines
Bombiano
Bologna
Massa
Montine
Lamone
MAAF
Verona
Brenner
Germany
Italy
Buzz Bomb Passes Near Gen Eisenhower at Front HQ
General Eisenhower toured the Western front with Lt. General Buzz Bomb passing directly above the building he visited. The incident occurred near the U S 12th Army Group as the general continued his inspection tour.
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U. S. 12Th Army Group
Eisenhower
Nazi Buzz
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The South End Fire Company schedules its monthly meeting for Monday evening December 4 at 8 o’clock. All AM members are urged to attend. Captain Howard Hart presides.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Cash for Used Upright Piano and Singer Sewing Machine
Cash offered for a used upright piano and a Singer sewing machine. Contact Henry F Seal at Boscawen Street or call 3211. This classified item seeks quick purchase with immediate payment.
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Singer
Henry F Seal
Boscawen St
Notice Tonight Square Dance at American Legion Armory
Tonight at the American Legion Armory a square dance features a new orchestra and a new figure caller from 9 to 1.
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American Legion
Armory
Army Navy Grid Classic Headlines National Title Showdown
Baltimore prepares for the Army Navy game at Municipal Stadium with about 70 000 spectators and a national title motive. West Point seeks perfection while Navy aims to extend its winning streak to six, in a long standing rivalry dating to 1890. War bond sales part of the event drive with large totals reported for tickets.
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Baltimore
Army
Navy
Annapolis
Russian Forces Drive Toward Budapest and Austria Front
Russian troops advancing from Pecs crossed the Mecsek hills and moved toward Budapest with German reinforcements beaten back. The Third Ukrainian army pushed toward Szekszard while Pest began evacuation as the Danube bridges clogged with traffic signaled a major battle on the western bank.
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Moscow
Mecsek
Budapest
Feodor I. Tolbukhins
Danube
Pest
Danu
Berlin
Buda
Tolbukhin
Pecs
Szekszard
Mecsek Heights
Dumbovar
Denube
Budapest-Zagreb
CBS
Strasbourg Hostage Proclamation Not Carried Out
Supreme Headquarters says Maj. Gen. Jacques Leclerc’s pledge to execute five German hostages for each French soldier shot in Strasbourg was not carried out. Nazi leaders threaten harsher reprisals while Germany weighs abandoning Geneva and Hague wartime laws.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Jacques Leclerc
Strasbourg
Gettnar
London
Germany
High Command
Thea Cial
Leclerc
Princess Elizabeth Launches Britain's Mightiest Battleship
Princess Elizabeth, at 18, performs her first solo public duty by launching Britain's mayiest battleship in a northern shipyard. The event introduces her personal standard and remains tight-lipped on ship name, size, armament, and launch date while listing conflict targets against the Japanese navy and noting adjacent battleship projects.
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London
Elizabeth
Britain
Royal Navy
Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys Opens December 9
The Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys will open Saturday afternoon December 9 at 1 o clock. After opening the hours are Monday to Friday 3 30 to 5 pm and Saturday and Sunday 7 to 9 30 pm. Supervisors Ed Lillis Joe Kohr and Abner Johnson named. Membership is open and application blanks are available in the club room each afternoon.
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Sacred Heart Athletic Club
John Warner
Sunee Aes
Ed Lillis
Joe Kohr
Abner Johnson
Goebbels Bans Public Discussion Of War Shortcomings
London reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels orders Germany to conceal war setbacks from the enemy. A radio directive warns mistakes occur but urges no doubts about victory and stresses the side with fewer mistakes will prevail.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Goebbels
Lost acetylene cylinders on road near Winchester
On the road between Winchester and Front Royal on November 24 a black acetylene cylinder and a crate with two small acetylene cylinders disappeared. A reward is offered and can be claimed at The Valley Service Station in Winchester Virginia.
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Winchester
Front Royal
Valley
Five Winchester residents hurt in Route 50 crash with poultry truck
Five Winchester people were injured this morning when their car collided with a loaded poultry truck on Route 50 in Clarke county. The injured, all at Winchester Memorial Hospital, include Edith S. Davis Dorothy Davis Esta Lyn Lichliter Lila Lee Robinson and Mary Seneindiger. Mary Gerschank was not injured. Mrs. Lichliter reportedly had a broken nose and injuries were not fully determined.
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Winchester
Washington
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ediths. Davis
Dorothy Davis
Handley Boulevard
Esta Lyn Lichliter
South
Washington Street
Lila Lee Robinson
Cetane Street
Mary Seneindiger
Shirley Street
Mary Gerschank
Boscawen
Cadet Nurses Lead War Bond Drive in Third Army Rank Push
Cadet Nurses at Winchester Memorial Hospital join Winchester and Frederick county drive selling Sixth War Loan bonds. The 67 cadet nurses operate a daily bond booth from 10 to 12 with pledges on time off. Anna Margaret Beaver reaches lieutenant general with $4,600 in sales, a new peak in the Third Army ranks.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Frederick County
Third Army
Glee Club
Vida Wolford
Anna Margaret Beaver
McCrorys
Miss Beaver
Margaret Carper
Penneys
Juanita Murphy
Leggetts
Ireta Sirbaugh
Moling
Cather
Japanese Yield Burma Town Chefang Captured by Chinese
Chinese high command said Chefang, near the Burma road in China, fell to Chinese forces with American liaison units and U S warships providing support. US 14th Air Force P 40s and B 25s attacked Japanese HQ and dumps while retreating defenders burned villages to delay pursuit. The seizure follows a 12 day push after Mangshih was taken on November 19.
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Chungking
Chefang
Burma
China
Chinese High Command
China Training and Combat Command
U. S
14Th Air Force
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Chefiang
Yunnan
Mangshih
How Virginians Voted In Congress
Washington December 2 Virginians in Congress votes for the week ending November 29 show Senate rejection of a Bailey hydropower amendment with Byrd not voting. In the House a bill authorizing a federal crop insurance program passed 254 to 16 with Bland Daughton Burch Woodrum Robertson Smith Flannigan voting yes and Drewry Satterfield not voting.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bailey
D-Nc
Byrd
House
Bland
Daughton
Burch
Woodrum
Robertson
Smith
Flannigan
Drewry
Satterfield
Flames Destroy Racing Stable at Charles Town
Fire swept Barn Number Two at Charles Town Jockey Club destroying harness saddles and equipment for owners B H Auld R L Gusin Mrs C B Inso Dr H G Thomkin and O Sullivan Farms. Fifty five horses were moved uninjured and today’s race program was expected to proceed as scheduled.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Jockey Club
B. H. Auld
Washington
R. L. Gusin
Bitver Spring
C. B. Inso
H. G. Thomkin
Martinsburg
O'Sullivan
Allied divisions push toward Saarlautern and Saar region
On the U S Third Army front the 95th Division advances toward Saarlautern while the Fifth and 80th divisions push nearer the German border and repulse counterattacks near Saarbrucken. Third Army reports 595 prisoners taken yesterday and advances envelop several towns including Fitten Fremersdorf Oberlimberg.
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Paris
Third Army
Saarlautern
Saarbrucken
Fourth Armored
Saar
Saare Union
Third
Fitten
Fremersdorf
Oberlimberg
Felsberg
Strasbourg
Alsatian
Bootzheim
Sermersheim
Regenheim
Rhine
Vosges
Chatenois
Kintzheim
Selestat
Upper Rhine
Rosenau
German Railway Yards Smashed by American Bombers and Fighters
Allied air forces hit rail facilities in Coblenz and surrounding targets along the Rhine with over 1,000 tons of explosives. The raid involved 250 American heavy bombers and 550 fighters supported by Germany’s defense warnings. Simultaneous strikes targeted Coblenz Mainz Cologne and Saarbrucken as weather permitted daylight operations for the first time in two weeks. British Mosquitos conducted supporting raids on Karlsruhe north of Strasbourg.
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London
Hhe
Eee Pss
Rhine
Berlin
Italy
Germany
Coblenz
Cologne
Saarbrucken
Moselle
Karlsruhe
Strasbourg
Probing Cause of Plane's Crash
The crash near Van Nuys killed 10 aboard and injured 15, with pilots dead at the scene. Among the victims were Walter W. Cooper city manager of San Diego and Mayor Harley Knox of San Diego. The long beach seaman Harry Elmer Gay was among the dead, raising the toll to eight at that time.
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Los Angeles
Harry Elmer Gay
Long Beach
Calif
Western Airlines
San Francisco
Walnut Grove
van Nuys
Lockheed Air
Burbank
Harley Knox
San Diego
Walter W. Cooper
Cooper
John P. Snowden
North Hollywood
Thomas Jb. Bamberger
Alameda
John V. Prankenthal
Chicago
Conrad Lee Brinkman
Wellington
Billy Jack Howard
Scammon
Harold Muller
American Paper Stock Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Tharp Wood and Coal Yard Advertisement
Tharp Wood and Coal Yard offers chunk wood, kindling, and split stove wood with 8 ft slabs. Corner Loudoun and Monmouth, phone 5928. Large economy load. More for your money.
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Tharp Wood and Coal Yard
Loudoun
Monmouth
Yellow Cab Office Closed At Night For Gasoline Restrictions
The Yellow Cab office will close nightly from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. until further notice due to gasoline restrictions.
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Yellow Cab
Allied push toward Rhine holds at Linnich and Saar regions
U.S. Ninth Army troops entered Linnich on the Roer River as the northern Cologne Plain advance widens. Third Army fronts stretch toward Merzig and Saarbrucken while Seventh Army drives near Hagenau. Fierce fighting around Inden and Strasbourg continues with heavy artillery and house-to-house combat as the battle to breach the Rhine frontier intensifies.
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James M. Long
Paris
Ninth Army
Roer
Linnich
Cologne
Rhineland
Sed Rheydt- Munchen
Gladbache
Duren
Third Army
Lorraine
Hagenau
Reich
Strasbourg
Rhine
U. S
Ceatle
Seventh Coast Army
Indem
First Army
Hodges
Inden
Geilenkirchen
Ferg Fang OY
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