Fires Rage as Budapest Battles Turn Hourly
MOSCOW reports Russian assaults near Budapest with heavy artillery and urban fighting. The fall of Gorollo breaches enemy lines northeast of the capital as German forces dig in. 400 Germans reported killed yesterday. Soviet advances include towns in central Slovakia, while evacues flee Budapest. American Superfortresses bomb Nagoya and Tokyo region on Honshu, with Japanese claims of heavy losses to the enemy and limited damage to Imperial Palace grounds. Nimitz consols strategy with central Pacific commanders as Hirohito and Koiso invoke victory prayers at Ise Shrine. Chinese forces recapture Nantan and press toward Liuchow, deep in Hunan-Guangxi theater.
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Moscow
Budapest
Godoilo
Aillery
Gorollo
Sajoszentpeter
Miskale
Slovakia
Danube
Hunkoe
Lovestia
Red Star
Austria
Associated Press
Nagoya
Japan
Honshu
Washington
Sir
Tokyo
FFC
Tokyo-Yokohama
Harunematsu
Shikoku Island
Korea
Nippon Domei Agency
F ¥Ern Haugland
Bomber Command
Saipan
Shikaku
Aichi
Shizuoka
Philippines
PonSon Island
Ormoc Bay
Philippine
Baybay
Ormoc
Limon
Omoe
1 Ith
77Th
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Central Pacific
Aleutian
Emperor Hirohito
Kuniaki Koiso
Ise Shrine
Koiso
Leyte
Nantan
Kwangsi Province
Hediih
Liuchow
Leftists Attack British Barracks in Athens Night Assaults
Leftist Elas forces staged night assaults on central Athens targeting a British barracks on the Kifissia road while leaders debated ceasefire terms under Premier George Papandreou. British reinforcements entered action, raids reported in Piraeus, RAF silenced a 75 millimeter gun, and isolation of Elas snipers continued as dawn broke.
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Athens
Elas
Kifissia
Elias
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George Papandreou
Mt. Likavettos
Rimini Mountain Brigade
Goudis
Kallipolis
Ela
RAF Fire Bombers Strike Essen in a Night Raid
RAF and US bombers attacked Essen, home to Krupp and armaments, in a 24 hour period. Four major raids involved about 4,000 planes dropping bomb loads. Losses included 13 Allied aircraft and several fighters, with Luftwaffe defenses claiming several German aircraft shot down and U S Ninth Air Force planes listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Essen
Krupp Arma- Men
Kissen
Reith
Witten
Third Army
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Man Asks Wage Cut As Work Eases Off
GLOUSTER A school d anitor Robert Eastlake asked the board of education last night to cut his salary by 200 dollars a year. He cited lighter duties and reduced work as the reason. The board acted with surprise though.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Robert Eastlake
Board of Education
Tn Act
Putnam Story Delves Into Postwar Feuds and Revival
In a 1905 continuation, Charles William Tuttle recounts Putnam days after the Civil War. Feuds between Goose Creekers and Cow-Towners flare against common foe the Tuckahoes and the Putnam AME church. Portraits emerge of Jebedish Copeland, the Putnam Beau Brummel, Uncle Benny Allen, and colorful spouses amid revival services. Also notes 1913 flood myths and late 1910s city recollections in Harrison Street.
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Charles William Tuttle
Putnam
Tuckahoes
Putnam Ame
Jebedish Copeland
Putnam Beau Brummel
Benny Allen
Roseville
Harrison and Muskingum
A. J. Ralph
Harrison Street
Daddy Urban
Madison Street
Deadline for missed copies at 5 45 p m
If you do not receive The Signal please call before 5 45 p m. Wartime rules require the office close promptly at 5 45 p m and cooperation in service is requested.
Ohio Snow Storm Relief Progress Amid Heavy Toll
A severe ice and snow storm disrupted Ohio with dead toll at twelve. Roads remained impassable, rural schools closed, and bus service crippled as winds piled drifts. Plum Brook Ordnance and Naval Ammunition plants resumed work, rail delays persisted, air travel returned except Pittsburgh, and Cleveland papers curtailed editions due to transport issues.
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Associated Fress
Ohio
Plum ‘Brook
Sandusky
Naval Ammunition Factory
Chillicothe
Youngstown
Highway Department
Hal G. Spurs
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cleveland
News and Press
Big Three Meet Imminent Aims and Disputes
London reports growing belief a crisis meeting of President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and possibly Premier Stalin is imminent. Key issues loom including denazification in Germany, Dumbarton Oaks disagreements, liberation policy, Japan, and Poland with recognition of the Lublin committee versus exile government.
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London
Fredident
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Japan
United States
Britain
Rus ‘Sia
Poland
Lublin Committee
el Wallin
Milk shortages hit Zanesville as snow blocks supply
A severe snowstorm curtailed milk shipments from farms to plants in Zanesville and surrounding counties. Borden reports only about 45 percent of hospital orders filled for Fletcher's in Cambridge as drivers race to deliver. Roads remain blocked, power lines down, long distance service disrupted, and area schools in Frazerburg Dresden Roseville Nashport and Philo stay closed.
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Zanesville
Borden Company
Fletchers Hospital
Cambridge
Borden
Marietta
Ohio Power Company
Frazersburg
Dresden
Roseville
Nashport
Philo
Washington Debates Postwar Pensions and Jobs Program
In Washington today lawmakers crowded the scene as pension-for-congressmen proposals surface, backed by House members. Lt Gen Ben Lear notes large-scale shifts of surplus air service personnel to ground forces, with 65,000 men moved and more to follow. A six-engine group of American engineers return from England urging standardization for cheaper peacetime flight. The Navy trims costs by renegotiating contracts saving 7.5 billion dollars, while ship bureaus spend a million dollars per hour to sustain fighting strength. Congress launches a 4.673 billion postwar public works program amid rivers and harbors bill talks and wheat price increases, plus a 75 cent per hundredweight boost for two hog categories.
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Washington
State Department
House
Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Air Service Forces
Ben Lear
Army
Lair
War Bond Drive Aims for 1 317 000 Goal With Premieres Boost
War bond sales reach 235 208 toward a 1 317 000 quota as a six day drive continues ending Saturday night. Premier screenings at Weller Theatre tonight and Liberty Thursday raise excitement for bond purchases of 100 dollars or more. The Weller feature The Merry Monahans stars Jack Oakie and Donald O’Connor with Peggy Ryan. Liberty shows a sneak preview of a new film. Hundreds already hold 100 dollar bonds. more seats available at theaters or war bond headquarters 313 Main Street. Saturday morning school children will attend a free bond show at the Weller as part of a county wide clean up drive to boost E bond sales.
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Weller Theater
Liberty
Weiler
Merry Monahans
Jack Oakie
Donald O'Connor
Peggy Ryan
Blythe
the Liberty
War Bond
Main Street
Weller
U S Army Breaks Toward Bonn in Latest Rhine Push
Allied fronts surge with the U S Seventh and First Armies driving toward Bonn as they breach Hurtgen Forest lines and push into Reilles, Mariaweiler, and Dillingen while Saarland pockets hold. The advance widens the Roer corridor and signals mounting pressure on Cologne front. Meanwhile Christmas school holidays are set for Bonn area, with city classes paused Dec 21 to Jan 2. A veteran lawyer, Charles Boyd, dies in East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Bonn
Hurtgen Forest
Duren
H. Hodges
Ren
Reillessbroich
Montschau
Rotget
Fint
Fifth Panser
Cologne
Bavarian Palatinate
Siegfried Line
Saarland
St. Jeanne
Metz
Near- Ty
Ral- Jesbroich
Roer
Germany
Meuse
Roermond
Second Army
Hae
U.S
Hasso Eckardt von Manteuffel
Bizerte
North America
Volksgrenadier
Derichweiler
Gey
Mariaweiler
City Board of Education
Spee Nan
E. D. Cleary
Princip
Third Army
Pal
Lash High School
Blies
Habkirchen
Sarregue
Mer
Nejed
Tually
Cleary
Educat
Doren
Mary Ellen Denison Smith
Achool
Munson School
Hartmeyer Offered City Safety Director Post
O. J. Hartmeyer of Zanesville, an insurance agent, has been offered the position of city safety director following the resignation of Marc Shepherd who has served since July. Shepherd’s resignation becomes effective December 31, and Hartmeyer’s acceptance is not yet disclosed.
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O. J. Hartmeyer
Zanesville
Hartmeyer
Marc Shepherd
Shepherd
Muskingum River Gravel Company
Ecome
City Syrians Rally Behind Sixth War Loan Drive
Zanesville's Syrian population totaling about 300 shows patriotism in the Sixth War Loan campaign. Leonard Rushay, born to Lebanese parents, closes his office to sell bonds among Syrians, displaying checks of 5000, 1700 and several 500s. He plans to extend effort to the city’s Greek residents, citing strong patriotism and bond drive necessity.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Leonard Rushay
Lebanon
Rushay
Main Street
Delay Overruled in Chaplin Trial
Los Angeles report states Charlie Cramptits Sawyers failed to obtain a two month continuance in Joan Berry's suit to establish him as the father of her 14 month old daughter Care Ann after an affidavit claimed Miss Berry was intimate with another man. Attorney Charles E. Millikan said Hans Reusch, a writer, was subpoenaed as a vital witness and had refused to testify in New York.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Cramptits
Sawyers
Joan Berry
Care Ann
Miss Berry
Charles E. Millikan
Ruben Schmidt
Hans Reusch
Reusch
New York
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Betty Townsend
YMCA
USO Club
Panama
Panama Coast Artillery Command
Heins
Superforts
Ormoe
Prise
Putnam Story
Navy
Manila Bay
U.S. Navy
NEA
England
Bureau of Ships
House Naval Committee
Congress
U. & Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Fraulautern
Sattellite
Ssatlautern
Dillingen
Eteran
Liverpool
Charles Boyd
OHTO
Bond
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