Fires Rage As Superforts Bomb Tokyo
Three B29 bombers from Saipan hit Tokyo early today starting fires that covered a large area. Additional raids targeted Sagoya and aircraft works in China as American ground forces advanced in the Philippines routing Japanese positions on Leyte and Mindoro. Japanese losses were reported with hundreds of enemy dead and several surrenders as U S forces tightened their hold along Leyte’s corridor and Palempon mountains.
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Associated Press
Saipan
Tokyo
Japan
Twenty-First Bomber Command
Sagoya
Amercan Armen
Yamashita
Leyte Island
Weized Oan Oart
Mindoro Island
Valencia
Lonoy
Philippines
77Th Division
First Cavalry
32Nd Infantry
Palempon
Eoast Japans
Leyte
Qlencia
Ornoe
Sasaki Suzuki
Douglas MacArthur
Hankow
Transocean
Qmuta
Anghai
Nanking
China
Kwangsi-Kweichaw
Hochih
Russians Press Kassa As Red Army Advances In Eastern Europe
Soviet forces converge on Kassa in eastern Czechoslovakia near the Slovak border as heavy attacks push toward the town. Across the line, units report advancing on multiple axes with Senya fallen and thousands of German and Hungarian casualties claimed.
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Red Army
Kassa
Czechoslovakia
Highland
Senya
Slovakia
Rodion
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Hungary
Davidov
Dargox
Kerestur
Perin
Coshocton Trial May End Today
In Coshocton, Warren Patterson faces murder charges after closing arguments by Prosecutor Russell Lyons who contends he hurled two sons into the Mohican river to escape responsibility and live with women. The defense seeks to prove temporary insanity, calling the act an emotional eruption.
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Coshocton
Warren Patterson
Patterson
Russell Lyons
Ashland
Hoy Russell
Mohican River
Russell
Larry
Raymond
Russell E. Lyons
Lyons
R. E Bushong
Bushong
Three Soldiers on Casualty List Report
Two Zanesville soldiers were wounded in action and a local resident relative was killed, per today’s word. Pvt Frank J Eve brother of Charles Evee of 411 Sheridan street wounded in European theater. Pfc Harry KE Campbell husband of Violet S Campbell near Zanesville wounded in European theater. Sheriff sworn in Akron as Summit County sheriff to serve unexpired term. Chief Deputy Robert L Smith headed criminal division and died. Sgt LeVerne Lowe of Northfield Minnesota nephew of Mrs George Nelson, lost two years. O'Neil was killed November 23 in Germany, re-elected November 7 to third four-year term. Ninth Army.
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Zanesville
Frank J. Eve
Charles Evee
Sheridan Street
Harry KE. Campbell
Violet S. Campbell
Akron
Robert L. Smith
Sheriff's Office
Walter P. O'Neil
LeVerne Lowe
North
Summit County
Field, Minn
George Nels
Ermand
L. Champion
Findley Ave
O'Neil Wan
Germany
Lowe
Ninth Army
Youthful fugitive captured near Roseville mine
A 16 year old fugitive was captured by a Roseville posse after escaping from deputies. He was found in a barn near Roseville Coal Company workings, wounded, and taken to the county jail. Deputy sheriffs followed a trail from the Robinson Ransbottom pottery area as the youth avoided pursuit and claimed his father was a policeman. Meanwhile Churchill faced Greek crisis criticism during a Commons debate with Eden and Bevan clashing over Britain's role.
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Churchill
Commons
Greece
Britain
Russia
United States
William James
Ray Daringer
Frank
Ervin
Senecaville
Withers
Zanesville
Norval Fark
Ray Thomp
William Besser
Roseville
Harry Beal- Amr Lene
Bealmear
Detec
Aluwougtne
Alfred Shafer
Denvertown Road
Marshal George Brown
Shafer
Roséville
Coal Company
Marshal Brown
Europe
Anthony Eden
Arthur Greenwood
Laborarty
Laborite Ancurur Bevan
RM. Scobie
Athens
Elas
Bevan
Seymour Cocks
Tomorrow's Putnam Story Teaches English to Immigrant Children
In 1918 to 1923 a Putnam kindergarten served mostly children of foreign born workers at Mark Manufacturing Co. Sponsored by Zanesville federated clubs with company aid, the class taught English and emphasized Americanization. Rose Sherman Humphrey wrote the narrative, aided by two class photos and two graduates now serving in the U S. Army. A Christmas greeting in verse closes this last installment before the holidays.
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Lower Puttnam
Mark Manufacturing Co
Federated Clubs of
Zanesville
Tomorrow’s
Rose Sherman
Tsaae) Humphrey
Sherman
Woodlawn Avenue
Madison
Sam
Putnam Tke
Author's Husband Is Found Dead
Rumford Maine sheriff LP F Francis said Ralph Rich husband of Louise Dickinson author of the 1943 best seller We Took to the Woods was found dead last night. The couple lived with their two children in a forest cabin by Rapid River. Rich was a Maine forest guide providing material for Mrs Rich's book.
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Rumford
F. Francis
Ralph Rich
Louise Dickinson
Rapid River
Rich
Maine
Chaplin Denies Paternity in High Profile Suit
Los Angeles jurors heard film icon Charlie Chaplin deny paternity claims in a civil suit filed by Joan Berry seeking child support for Carol Ann, asserting he engaged in no crime and lamenting public scrutiny as testimony described alleged events surrounding 1942.
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Charlie Chaplin
Carol Ann Berry
Jean Berry
Bessie Chaplain
Charles E. Millikan
Joseph Scott Kight
A. H. Risse
Former Minister Held in Spy Case
The justice department indicts Carl Emil Ludwig Krepper of Newark for violating sabotage censorship and foreign agents statutes. Indictments, returned in Newark New Jersey, accuse him of agreeing to act as a contact for German spies during his stay in the United States.
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Justice Department
Department
Newark
N. J
Carl Emil Ludwig Krepper
Hollywood
Navy
Toe
federal _ bureau of investigation
Sreeth & Pencer Biship
Clue
Robert Taylor
20Th Century-Fox
Enemy Tanks Lead Advance In Big Battle
Paris reports German armored columns penetrated Belgium over 20 miles as U S forces held firm in key sectors. First Army dispatches call the situation definitely better with flanks hardening. Separate notes describe saboteur rings linked to Krepper and Bertha, aiming to assist Nazi infiltration and sabotage from Belgium toward the United States.
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Belgium
U. S
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Tavarmhauve
Sun AC
Atlantic
Krepper
Walter Kappe
Iden
FBI
Berjarmy
Bertha
United States
Liege
Germany
Secretary of
Deadline notices require timely call for missed copies
The Signal urges readers to phone by 5:45 p.m. if a copy is not received. Wartime rules require the Signal office to close precisely at 5:45, and cooperation for satisfactory service is respectfully requested.
Your Paper And Our Problem The Signal Price Rise
The Signal announces a necessary price increase to 20 cents weekly home delivery and 5 cents per street copy, prompted by higher production costs. The Times Recorder and sister papers faced similar issues and saw readers support the change by paying the higher price, preserving staff and services.
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Times Recorder
Zanesville
Newark
Coshocton
Cambridge
Marietta
Lancaster
Athens
Escapes Injury as Furnace Explodes in Home
Postmaster Carl Summerville of Frazersburg survived a furnace explosion at his Baltimore area home after midnight Thursday, escaping injury while the incident damaged the first floor and vapor fogged the dwelling. Fire crews halted the blaze. sponsors for a local library project were to be announced Sunday.
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Carl Summerville
Frazersburg
Summerville
Zanesville
Vic
Tory
Baltimore
Stave
Hope to Receive Award of Merit 1941 for Bob Hope
New York The Advertising Club of New York announced today that it will present its 1941 Award of Merit to Bob Hope for his work in entertaining audiences and aiding armed forces. The bronze plaque honors a personality who serves the people at large. Snow flurries and windy conditions hit Ohio tonight into Thursday as weather updates. Rome bombed as U S Air Force strikes continue in Czechoslovakia Austria and Germany.
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New York
Advertising Club of
Jloday 14
Bob Hope
Radio Celder
Ohio
Wiger
Signal to Publish Holiday Editions
Readers of The Signal will receive copies of their favorite newspaper on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The attention of all dealers agents carriers sellers and transportation companies to this notice.
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Ms Naval
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