Bombing Tokyo Opens Relentless Campaign in WWII
Twenty-first U S bombers from Saipan struck central Tokyo in the first land raid, with two planes lost. The mission aimed to cripple Japan's war industries, notably the Musashina aircraft plant, while Gen Harmon predicted a broader air campaign across Asia to disable Japan.
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U S. Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Empire
Jimmy Doolittle
Musashina Aircraft
Millard
Harmon
Twentieth Air Force
Alaska
Philippines
China
Washington
H. H. Arnold
Russian Forces Enter Miskolc Big Railway Hub
London dispatch says Russian forces penetrated Miskolc a strategic rail hub 85 miles northeast of Budapest after a three-divison assault and that Hatvan defenders counterattacked. The report notes regional evacuations and continued pressure on Miskolc as part of a wider Hungarian frontier push.
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Miskolc
London
Hungary
Transocean
Hatvan
Budapest
Berlin
Courland
Latvia
Baltic
Saare
Osel
Gulf
Moscow
Submarine War Losses Rise as Pacific Sinkings Reported
U S Navy communique says submarines in Pacific and Far East sank 27 more enemy vessels including a destroyer and a gunboat. Japanese losses reach 854 sunk 37 probably sunk 119 damaged. The 25 merchant ships include transports tankers and cargo vessels. A Netherlands submarine under US control in Netherlands east Indian waters sank 4500 tons. Notice: Newton D Baker All Professional Army Orchestra plays at York's Tonight.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Navy
Netherlands
England
United States
Netherlands East Indian Waters
No apples will be received without an office order
Public notice from H. J. Heinz Co Valley Pike Winchester Virginia states no apples will be received without an official order from the company office. The brief ad dates to 11-9-1p-1f and identifies the Winchester Virginia location.
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H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
Reinforcements For Japs Sunk By Planes
General MacArthur reported that a four-ship convoy carrying Japanese reinforcements to Leyte Island was destroyed by American fighter planes. About 3,500 Nipponese were killed or drowned. Additional losses included a transport and a destroyer escort, with 42 enemy planes shot down in air battles.
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MacArthur
Leyte Island
Celebes
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte River
Limon
Thunderbolt
Warhawk
Masbate Island
Leyte
Hill 1525
Minoro
Capoocan
Robert W. Aschenbrener
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
William Drier
Louis
Johns
Help Wanted Male for Cider Mill Work
Help wanted advertisement for male labor at H. J. Heinz Co. cider mill on Valley Pike.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Hitler's Armies Face Shortage of Ammunition
London reports Allied captured German documents showing shortages of ammunition for many fronts. A British official noted types of ammo to be used sparingly, but no sign of tank or heavy gun shortages emerged, and overreactions were cautioned.
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Hitler
London
British Ministry of Economic Warfare
Troops Protest Conscription Parade in Vernon and Ottawa
In Canada a large crowd of nearly 1,000 soldiers from a Vernon area camp marched through the town shouting Down with conscription after Prime Minister Mackenzie King tied his government to a partial overseas service policy. A captain was reported struck as protests expand amid Quebec disturbances and Duplessis appeals for unity.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
W. L. Mackenzie King
Quebec
Vernon
Maurice Duplessis
Pvt Triplett Wounded Not Killed After Army Discharge
Cletus H. Triplett son of Mr and Mrs H R Triplett was mislisted as killed in action yesterday. He received a medical discharge in October 1943 and was wounded on April 1 last year but recovered. He is now employed at the City Pruit Market.
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Cletus H. Triplett
H. R. Triplett
Pvt. Triplett
U. S. Army
Baseballs Czar Landis Dies at 78 in Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner since 1921, died at St. Luke's Hospital at 5 35 AM after about seven weeks of illness. The ill man entered hospital October 2 for rest and checkup, with his condition reported as low overnight.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
German Refinery Blasted Again
London reports another large raid on the Leuna synthetic oil refinery at Merseburg, with over 1,000 American heavy bombers and an equal number of fighter escorts, plus 1,000 plus escorts. The attack also hit oil storage facilities and railroad yards at Bingen as Mainz area industries faced pressure from Allied bombing.
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London
Leuna
Merseburg
Lemna
U. S. Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Bingen
Mainz
Saar
Third Army
Polish Premier Mikolajczyk resigns in exile
The Polish government in exile loses its key Moscow acceptable leader as Stanislaw Mikolajczyk resigns. Churchill and Roosevelt had pinned hopes on him to resolve the Russia Poland dispute and keep Allied unity. Jan Kwasinski, a Socialist and deputy premier, was asked by President Wladyslaw to form a new government and faces Moscow denouncement.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Britain
Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Committee of National Liberation
Lublin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Jan Kwapinski
Wladyslaw
Kwapinski
Fronts report brutal Nazi push and Allied progress
Nazis hurl great strength against three see saw movements along a burning front as the German pocket tightens near Venlo on the 50 mile front. British patrols reach Faenza suburbs in Italy. American carrier planes swarm over Manila. Tokyo downplays Super Fort raid effects. A seaborne reinforcement fleet off Leyte is reported devastated with no major change on sea front.
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Flaming
Venlo
Manila
Tokyo
Leyte
President Sees Postwar Help for Other Nations
Washington reports President Roosevelt advocates a stronger United Nations partnership after World War II and hints at possible American financial aid for rehabilitation. Senators discuss loosening Johnson Act restrictions, lend lease end, and targeted postwar trade policies while considering Russia as a potential credit partner.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations Partnership
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Johnson
R-Calif
Vandenberg
R-Mich
George
D-Ga
Pepper
D-Fla
Ball
Rminn
Russia
More Phone Girls Favor Strike
In Philadelphia more than 600 long distance telephone operators voted 10 to 1 to strike against American Telephone and Telegraph if wage adjustments are not made within 30 days. Miss Vera G. Butler said about 80 percent of Local 302 Federation of Long Lines operators approved the action. The union cites temporary out of town workers paid expenses while local staff received no such money.
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Philadelphia
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vera G. Butler
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Operators
New York
Dayton
Butler
Names Stamped In Gold on All Billfolds Sold by Hodgson & Brown
Advertising copy notes names stamped in gold on billfolds and other goods from Hodgson & Brown, claiming most buyers failed to pay. The fragment suggests a sales or credit dispute surrounding the merchandise.
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Hodgson & Brown
Germans Rally Push Across Front In Major Allied Drive
Allied and German forces clash across the Rhine and Roer regions as American First Army and British Second Army units press toward Cologne. Reports from Strasbourg and Paris describe halted Rhine crossings and heavy tank actions near Julich, Bourheim, and Weisweiler as air support and river crossing operations intensify amid a broader western front battle described as the greatest on the front.
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Ninth Army
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Roer River
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Berlin
Strasbourg
Rhine
Germany
Paris
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Colmar
Bourheim
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
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Roer
U. S
Strasbourne
Saverne Gap
Supreme Headquarters Communique
Sales Pass
Vara
Ballon a’'Al- Sace
Belfort
Mulhouse
George
Patton
Saar
Saarbrucken
A. S. First Army
Weisweiler
Tor
Hoven
Beeck
Geilenkirchen
Bomb Attacks On Manila Resumed Today
The Associated Press reports American carrier planes returned to attack Manila and Clark Field with about 60 planes, according to Japanese controlled Manila radio. The broadcast also claimed raids on Lipa and Batangas air fields in southern Luzon and that Japanese interceptors repelled carrier aircraft while Manila residents saw two enemy bombers shot down.
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Associated Press
Manila
Clark Field
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Philippines
Lipa
Batangas
Luzon
Nippon
Demonstration Ends In Fight In Brussels
Shooting and widespread fist fighting broke out during a demonstration against the Hubert Pierlot government in Brussels. At least eight men were shot, with five demonstrators and two gendarmes among the injured, as the crowd clashed near Pierlot's office on Rue De La Loi. Reports varied on fatalities, with claims of three killed including two women and seven others wounded.
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Brusels
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Brussels
Pemnier Pierrot
Rue de la Loi
Pierlot
Koontz Branner Meet in France Reported in Letter
Lt. Hedrick Koontz formerly advertising manager of The Star met Major George Lester Branner formerly of Winchester in France on October 12. The meeting was described to Ger Hicks in a letter from Major Branner. Koontz based in Harrisonburg and Branner had lived in the local area before entering service.
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Hedrick Koontz
the Star
George Lester Branner
Winchester
France
Ger! Hicks
Branner
Lt. Koontz
Winchester Star
Harrisonburg
Washington
Two More Turkeys Awarded By War Bond Drawings
The Winchester Lodge of Elks offered a fifteen pound dressed turkey daily through the War Bond draw conducted in the office of Clerk Peyton J. Marshall. Winners include November 22 Judith Marion Cundiff of 14 Shirley Street Winchester Virginia and November 23 Richard Palmer of 518 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia.
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Peyton J. Marshall
Corporation Court
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Judith Marion Cundiff
Shirley St
Winchester
Richard Palmer
N. Loudoun St
Executor's Public Sale in White Hall Virginia
Executor's sale of A L Anderson deceased at White Hall 8 miles north of Winchester on Wednesday November 29 1944. Livestock include 40 head of cattle 3 head of horses and farming equipment. Obvious OCR notes show items and quantity.
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A. L. Anderson
White Hall
Winchester
Thanksgiving Day holiday closure notice
The Star will not publish on Thursday November 30 1944 for Thanksgiving Day. The Evening Star announces holiday publication delay affecting advertisers and subscribers.
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the Star
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