World org needed to maintain peace by force says ONeal
President Edward A. ONeal of the American War Bureau Federation urges a postwar world organization able to use force if needed. He argues the US must lead a new international approach, rebuild economies, encourage defeated nations to rejoin free nations, and promote universal trade to sustain postwar employment. He warns tariffs cause scarcity, unemployment, and war.
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Ghicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American War Bureau Federation
United States
O'Neal
Federation
Amien
O’neal
Snow Clearing Outfit Buried on Jumping Bratch Road
West Virginia highway supervisor J M says a snow plow and heavy truck were stalled in deep drifts on Jumping Bratch road. He will show how a bulldozer would free the equipment, noting roads in the worst condition he has seen.
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Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia
J. m
Jumping Bratch
Somers
Chief Lets His Own House Burn
A $50,000 fire swept a lumber yard in Higginsville Missouri last night and ignited the house beside it. Fire chief Fred Newman chose to save other homes, and his own residence was destroyed while nearby houses were saved.
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Higginsville
Fred Newman
Newman
Ration Calendar Notices on Stamp Validity and Dates
The notice outlines ration stamp validity for fats sugar shoes and gasoline with several items listed as valid indefinitely or through specific dates such as February 28 1945 and December 21. It mentions home canning limits and heating season adjustments.
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Ead
Clarke County Agriculture Board to Meet Wednesday
Clarke County board of agriculture will meet Wednesday evening December 13 at 8 oclock in Berryville. A moving picture Trees and Homes will be shown and several professionals will give five minute talks on programs to improve farming and living conditions. Croswell Henderson Sally Boyer and James D Gibson were expected to attend but Boyer and Gibson will be unable to attend.
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Berryville
County Agricultural Board
Croswell Henderson
Soil Conservation Service
Sally Boyer
James D. Gibson
Super-Forts Drop Bombs On Japs
Tokyo radio reported American Super-Fortresses conducted incendiary raids in two to three locations tonight, with the Fourth Tokyo incursion by the force from the Mariana Islands. The broadcast intercepted by the FCC said planes fled southward without dropping bombs.
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Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Mariana Islands
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Tokaido
Shizuoka Prefecture
Trainman Killed In A Collision Near Virginia
One trainman died and about six passengers and six crew members were injured in a three train collision across the Potomac River in Virginia. C. B. Beales 57 of Alexandria Va was the engineer of the Aiken Augusta Special and died of injuries from the crash during a heavy snowstorm at 6 am.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Aiken
Augusta
Potomac River
Virginia
C. B. Beales
Alexandria
Admiral Nimitz to move headquarters to Guam
Australian radio dispatch from Guam reports that Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the U S Pacific Fleet, will soon move his headquarters from Pearl Harbor to Guam. The broadcast notes Guam as the future center for the offensive against Japan.
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New York
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Ommander
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Japan
CBS
Deep Snowstorm Stages Through Southern States
White Christmas brought scattered rain then a deep cold snap as snow spread from Nebraska to the South. Alabama and Georgia recorded snow with central Alabama hit hardest. Macon Georgia marked the southern limit. Virginia and North Carolina saw up to ten inches, with Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina reporting thirteen inches and Huntsville Alabama four inches.
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Weather Bureau
South
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Macon
Nebraska
Virginia
North Carolina
Mt. Michell
N. C
Asheville
Huntsville
Ala
Storms Halt Region Roads and School Just After Deluge
A heavy storm left Frederick Clarke and Warren counties with slick main roads as 15 trucks cleared closures through the night. Snow drift and high winds halted some buses, prompting no-school notices from County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline. Rural lines suffered outages while Winchester reported continued rain and downed lines.
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Virginia Department of Highways
Frederick
Clarke
Warren County
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester
Clarksburg
W. Va
Romney
Winchester Research Laboratory
Germans face fierce battles as Allied pressure widens
Allied forces push deeper into Germany with Ninth and Third Armies driving along river barriers and into the Siegfried line. American units report heavy German counterattacks, tank losses, and continued shelling while Patton’s forces tally thousands of enemy losses since November 8.
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Duren
Lin
Ninth Army
Roer
Julich
Linnich
Supreme Headquarters
Third Army
Siegfried Line
George 8. Patton, Jr
Saareguemines
Blies
Bliesbruck
95Th
Fraulautern
Saarlautern
Dillengyn
Texas and
Oklahoma Outfit
Dillingen
Saarland
Patton
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Karlsruhe
Haguenau Forest
No British Troops To Pacific War
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser stated Britain would limit Pacific involvement to sea and air support. He noted England favors a Navy plus air power rather than deploying ground troops, believing fleet concentration could shorten the war against Japan.
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Melbourne
Aus
Bruce Fraser
Britain
Pacific
England
Japan
Chinese Troops Stream South as Japanila Retreats in Kweichow Kwangsi
Chinese forces from the north moved south through Chungking while others pushed along the Kweichow Kwangsi railway in pursuit of retreating Japanese from Kweichow province. The high command readied for any new Japanese assault as Liu chai fell and troops neared Nantan near Liuchow. U S 14th Air Force provided close air support to ground units in the Kwangsi front.
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Chungking
Kweichow- Kwangsi
Kweichow
Liuchai
Nantan
Fallen Liuchow
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Capital of Japan To Be Evacuated
Berlin radio reports Tokyo evacuation of non-essential workers as plans proceed. About 20,000 people will leave the capital today including the elderly infirm and children while workers in war industries and essential services must stay under police permits. Civil defense forces remain in place.
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London
Berlin Radio
Tokyo
Berlin
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Corbin
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Corbin of Linden will be held at Oak Hill Church Culpeper at 2 p.m. Interment follows in the adjoining cemetery. She died yesterday at 78 after illness. Survivors include three sons Luther Dennis Charles and others. five daughters Annie Dora Addie and others. a brother Kate Nicholson of Winchester.
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Mary Elizabeth Corbin
Linden
Oak Hill
Culpeper
Charles W. Corbin
Madison
Annie Corbin
Dora Corbin
Rileyville
Addie Nickolson
Andrew Nickolson
Kate Nickolson
Winchester
Bombs Hit Prisoner Camp Reported in Manchuria Raid
Tokyo radio quoted by London said bombs from an American B 29 raid on Mukden Manchuria December 7 hit a prisoner of war camp killing 16 American and British prisoners and fatally wounding 18 more. Twenty three others hurt. Allied confirmation unavailable.
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London
Tokyo
Mukden
Manchuria
Uses of Helium Across US Military and Industry
The Navy is the largest consumer of helium, with the Army using millions of cubic feet for barrage balloons. Other applications include meteorological balloons, anesthetic mixtures, diving caisson work, and magnesium welding for airplane parts.
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Navy
Army
Patch forces push into Alsace near frontier
Alexander M. Patch's troops entered Walbourg and Durrenbach while other units moved eastward clearing Schirrhein and Schirhoffen and reaching the outskirts of Soufflenheim about 22 miles from Karlsruhe. Farther west in north Alsace they were within 2 1 2 miles of the German border.
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Alexander M. Patch
Walbourg
Durrenbach
Schirrhein
Schirhoffen
Soufflenheim
Karlsruhe
Alsace
Patch
Noted Flier Bong Receives Medal of Honor at Leyte
At an American airbase on Leyte in a rainstorm General Douglas MacArthur presented Maj. Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bong, 24, now has 38 enemy planes to his credit and MacArthur praised courage as the basis of all military success.
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Leyte
Maj
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Douglas MacAthur
MacArthur
Bong
Rudy Vallee Wife Weighs Divorcing Over Clash of Temperaments
Betty Jane Greer living with her mother says she will think things over before filing for divorce from bandleader Rudy Vallee. The couple separated and reconciled several times since their marriage on December 2, 1943, with the current separation starting yesterday for the same reason: clash of temperaments.
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Hollywood
Betty Jane Greer
Rudy Vallee
Rudy
Jackie Cooper Weds Actress June Horne in Wilshire Church
Jackie Cooper age 22 and actress June Horne age 24 married at Wilshire Methodist Church with Rev. Willsie Martin officiating. The couple began a brief honeymoon with a return for Cooper to Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he serves as an apprentice seaman.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Cooper
Erstwaile Juvenile
June Horne
Wilshire Methodist Church
Willsie Martin
Cooper
Great Lakes Naval
Plans Shaping For Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Conference
London dispatch reports a Foreign Office commentator says arrangements are under way for a new Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference with no plan for a three nations foreign ministers meeting.
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London
Foreign Office
Berlin radio salutes Rundstedt on 69th birthday
The Berlin radio sent greetings to Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt, commander of German armies in the west, marking his 69th birthday and calling him Eisenhower's great opponent.
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London
Berlin
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Gen. Eisenhower
Three Are Fined For Fighting At Shady Rest
A fight at Shady Rest led to four locals arraigned before Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards. All four were found guilty of being disorderly, fined $20 plus costs. one juvenile among them. Earl Caldwell faced an extra $10 fine for reckless driving with improper brakes. James Donald Anderson was also fined $5 and costs for disorderly conduct.
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Shady‘ Rest
W. Erle Edwards
Alland Earl Caldwell
James Donald Anderson
Correct Answers to Daily Quiz From Page Four
Answers list includes Office of War Information B-29s One island He doesn't want to go over seas. 836000 tons Secretary of Agriculture Gold Shore Patrolman Paper manufacturing Government issue. The Seneca used to skim petroleum from salt springs in western Pennsylvania seeking healing powers.
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Secretary of Agriculture
America
Pennsylvania
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