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Show - Thursday, December BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, TEEMONTON. UTAH Pare Six r " i NORMANDY SOUTHERN FRANCE PHILIPPINES i. 28 1 t ' 1 water .diiiLaa vrdv i L rl r 1 7 IA1 i ' K V ; 3 I & n - is V. C'A 1 t V . i V : I 1 f. - - r" y j , - y i , nil ' r"il"-- U w s mi UM "DSTV Russians move to within 27 miles of Polish border. 2 U. S marines expand hold on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 8 American troops capture San Guista. ' Italy. Two new Russian offensives art opened. In 1.000- 22 British blast Magdeburg plane raid. 27 LENINGRAD CLEARED OF NAZIS. 30 Hitler in speech anticipates defeat. , 13 Chinese advance in northern Burma. 3 Marines capture Namur and other islands in the Marshalts. U. S. army takes Kwajaleln atoll in 1 17 19 23 24 29 Marshalls. Heaviest bomb load yet dropped hurled on Berlin by British bombers. U. S. naval task force attacks Truk, main Jap base in south Pacific. reorganized, followJapanese cabinet ing attack on Truk. U. S. naval task force strikes at Marianas islands. All of western New Britain passes to American control. Stalin offers peace terms to Finland 15 30 10 13 29 30 26 raided c 35th time. U 22 SIEGE. Allied bombers strike at German synthetic oil plants in Lelpsig area. 8 14 15 21 25 g 1 4 Minsk falls to Russians as they sweep into Polish territory. Robot bomb casualties and damage in southern England are admitted to be serious British and Canadians enter Caen,- France, anchor of German lines for weeks. 27 Six Nazi bases, the most important being Lwow, fall to Russians on various fronts. 28 captured by Russians. 30 Allied "break - through" registers in France. large gains 8 12 17 Brest-Litovs- 26 Resistance In Tinlan island In Marshalls ends. Turkey breaks diplomatic relation! with Germany. Guam conquered, giving U. S. control of all important islands of Marshalls. A second Allied Invasion force lands on southern French coast between Marseille and Nice. U. S. tank units reach suburbs of Paris. Southern France invasion force enters Toulon. Romanian captial, Bucharest, is entered by Russians. 5 7 11 12 13 14 18 19 22 30 Finns and Russians cease fighting tn truce. Russia declares war on Bulgaria. Britian lifts black-ou- t regulations, considering menace from air con- - American First arm pushes five mues iuio uerman leiruory. Romania granted armistice by Allies. Russians reach border of Czechoslovakia. U. S. Third fleet attacks Cebu and Negros islands of the Philippines. Second ends. Quebec conference Plans for quick finish of European war and of marshaling of forces for Japanese front are made. Finnish armistice signed by Russia and Finland. Russians take Tallinn, capital of Estonia. wide bridge- Russians gnln head in Yugoslavia. 1 3 11 4 7 11 14 18 com- for a bonus up to members of the armed 300-mil- 25 j 28 ; i and January 31. 1944. House committee reveals that the federal government now owns one- nun oi me iana area or continental United States. Wpnmll Wiilkie wilhrirawit n a Pa. publican presidential candidate after defeat in Wisconsin. level. Sixth War loan drive opens. Strike on two electric railroads serving Chicago area ends after 17 days. cawara sieuimus appointed secre tary of state to succeed Cordell Hull. Asst. attorney-genera- l Norman Lit- tell dismissed by President 20 27 30 in- vestigation of Political Action committee of CIO. A new chemical treatment that will give wood any degree of hardness desired, is announced. Federal troops take possession of the j Rear-Adm- Draft 4 Pulitzer prize for novels awarded to Martin Flavin for "Journey In the Dark." Musical comedy "Oklahoma" won a special award for authors. Most meats are removed from rationing. Steaks and beef roasts are principal exceptions. New draft regulations defer most men over 26. Those under 26 are 7 10 for early 11 13 14 14 13 21 29 of 17 11 14 14 10 11 278. February New manager of Boston Braves, Bob Coleman, named to succeed Casey Stengel. Joe Baksi outpointed Tony Maurlello in heavyweight battle. Sammy Byrd wins the New Orleans Golf tournament with 285. lose majority tn the house with the election of Rolls 19th Illinois. Senate passes army appropriation or nni iui.1 jo, M3 convention nominates Thomas E. Dewey, governor of New rorK. tor resident, and John W. Bricker, governor of Ohio, as vice 23 28 March president. A scrum to prevent measles has been developed and will be made available soon, the Red Cross re- veals. July 3 3 Bob Montgomery regains the lightweight title, as recognized In New York, by outpointing Beau Jack. 11 U. of Michigan wins the Big Ten track and field meet at Chicago. 18 Gilbert Dodds bettered his own indoor mile mark in Chicago, with a time oi :ix v Alan Ford establishes a new world record for the free style swim ai w i seennns 28 ,0' LV.an. "P'urcs the N C A A DasKcioaii ui e nv oeiearing Dart loo-yar- i mou'.h, , 26 27 18 -- May Charlie Grimm becomes oew ger pf Chicago Cubs. J ; j AC" Airliner crashes near Burbank, Calif, with 23 passengers. Seven killed. Freight car loaded with bombs ex- in Tolar. N. M., wrecking ' plodes buildings and starting fires. Three small children burned to death a fourth seriously in- Ida M. Tarbell. 86, writer, famous for exposing trusts, in Bridgeport, Conn. in 20 Waiter Hackett, 67. playwright, New York. 29 William Allen White, 75, famous editor of Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, died in Emporia. 29 t, Jimmy Daniels defeats Sammy former lightweight boxing champion. Army football team defeats Notre An-got- 1 15 19 28 M 28 Twelve persons were killed and 40 1 6 In- 25 12 Collision of the Liberty Ship J. Pink-neHenderson and a tanker cost many lives. An accidental explosion of a surface mine killed 10 soldiers In training maneuvers at Camp Robinson, Ark. A bus plunging through a guard rail of a bridge over the Passaic river in New Jersey drowns 19 persons. An explosion in a coal mine near Shinniston, W. Va., kills 16 miners. y 30 , 4fe- - M ) DUMBARTON OAKS I Stephen B. Leacock. 74, internationally famous author and economist In Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Sarah Jane Swanson, 113, said resito be the oldest American-bordent of the United States, died in Chicago. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, who has held that cabinet post since 1940, died in Washington, D. C. at age of 70. He was a newspaper publisher in private life. Jr r Gen. O. R. Gellette. 99, Confederate brigadier general, in Shreveport, La. Col. Josef Beck, prime minister of Poland during German invasion in 1939, died at 49 near Bucharest, Ro- MR. AVERY & 'SITS DOWN mania. Louisa E. G. Thorp. 80, internationally known artist and art teacher, in Los Angeles. Mrs. Betty Compton Knappen, actress, 37 in August ' 4 Alfred E. Smith, four times governoi of New York and Democratic candidate for President in 1928. In New York city at 70. 8 Wendell L. Wlllkl-52, Republican presidential candidate in 1940, and utility executive, in New York city 22 Richard Bennett, 72. famous actor. In Los Angeles. June November were killed One hundred an forty-siand 1.000 injured by a tornado that swept over parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. x ' Miss Christiana Bond, 100. author artist and lecturer, in Baltimore. 18 Boake Carter, correspondent and ra dio news commentator. 46. In Hollv W'ood. Calif. 17 Sen. Ellison D. Smith, who represented So. Carolina tn upper chamber for 35 years (longest consecu tive period In history) at 80. tn Lynch burg. S. C. 25 Judse Kenesaw M. Landis. en.nmn sioner of piol. ssion.il baseball for 24 years, at 78. In Chicago. 8 July lire tn the main tent of the Ring-linBros circus in Hartford, Conn., causes deaths of 167 persons, mostly women and children. Two hundred others wire injured. Sixty-siminers trapped in a burning coal had . ... mine near J Uellaire, ,Ohio, .... a .. . .. Hi oe uuMiiuiM.ru iu uit-i- r laie, wncn the entrance was sealed to check the fire. Wreck of a troop train near Jelllco. Tenn., killed 31 soMicrs and 2 civilians, and injured 100 others. -Explosion of two munition ships at Navy loading p'er In Port Chicago. Calif., results In 319 deaths among naval and merchant marine personoi $?, nel, and1 oroperty damvg v, , CHINESE PUZZLE: n , Ten members of a naval blimp crew died when the airship hit a hangar in its tpkeoll at Lakehurst, N. J. g . jfsQ' ; October Fifteen workmen die of suffocation while repairing naval ship in Portsmouth, va. L. Rear Adm. Don Pardee Moori, 50 committed suicide in Washington while from suffering "combat fatigue." Efiie Cherry, 65, last of the Cherry Sisters of vaudeville fame, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. C L i ucjiicmuci 8 George W. Norrls. formr senator from Nebraska, died at 83 m Neb. He served 40 years in eongress. Including five terms in the senate. James A. Reed, former senator from Missouri, at 82 in Falrview. Mich. 5 coast. Fire following a collision causes the deaths of 29 crewmen and 18 naval gunners on a tanker traveling in a convoy. A tornado cutting through Arkansas takes lives of 34 persons. A France. Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippines, died at Saranac Lake N. Y. He was 65. a 000,800'. JU9L& New York. Alan Dinehart, 54. film and stage actor who has appeared in more than 100 pictures, died in Hollywood, Calif 27 Lieut. Gen. Leslie McNalr killed tn May 17 .'V 17 e 6 J 3 Thomas E. Campbell. 66, former governor of Arizona, died in Phoenix. of Joseph B. Eastman, 61, directordied Office of Defense Transportation, in Washington, D. C. William H. Thompson, former mayor of Chicago. 111., died at 74 In Chicago. former musical comedy . i Diasi11.. in me navai ordnance depot in Haatines. Neb., kill s eignt workers. 7 Thirty-ninmerchant marine crew. men and 23 naval gunners drown when a Liberty ship struck a reef offshore and broke up on the English 25 "'"SSKft July airliner into the Mississippi river carries 21 passengers and three crewmen to death near of an March 16 1 June Thirty seamen drown when a navv patrol vessel sinks in collision off Cape May, N. J. A freight train strikes army bus at Kingman, Ariz., killing 25 aviation cadets. Memphis, Tenn. 27 t V-- of house from Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1919, died in Washington, D. C. Vice Adm. William Rcdgers. 84. commander of U. S. Adriatic fleet in World War I, died in Bethesda, Mi. 12 Brig. Gen. Henry D. Styer, 81, commander of Allied troops in Siberia In World War I. died in Coronado, Calif. 16 George Ade, famous humorist, died at 78 in Kentland, Ind. February 11 ft Rear Adm. Charles C. Hartigan. 62. naval attache, winner of Congressional medal, in Palo Alto. Rep. Thomas H. Cullen, 76 member i 7 Novice, Texas. 20 4 tl May jured when a passenger train crashed into the rear of a standing train near 13 i S 5 n Notre defeats Navy, 23-Dame beats Great Lakes by 28-Georgia Tech wrecks Georgia 44-- to .aSASTERSj 12 iii 1 April Army Crash 29s I March to 0. Representatives of National and American leagues extend Judge K. M. Landis' term as baseball commissioner for another seven years. College football champions: Ivy league, Yale; Big Ten, Ohio State; Big Six, Oklahoma; Southwest, Texas Christian; Southern, Duke; Pacific coast, bouthern California. Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers pitch- er, named most valuable player in January 11 it, February 25 0 13 B J 6 win Southeastern title, 13 Major baseball club owners vote to bar football games in ball parks until the baseball season is over. 14 Welker Cochran wins world three cushion billiard championship. 15 Big League baseball owners divided on successor to K. M. Landis as and on other ques-- I commissioner, tions. 7 J k-$.- January Most valuable baseball players, chosen by Sporting News, are Martin Marion. Cardinal shortstop, and Bobby Doerr, second baseman of Boston American league club. Little world series of International league won by Baltimore. Francisco Segura wins tennis title for third straight time. . ma if: I December in New York. Montreal Canadlens defeat the Chicago Blnckhawks for the fourth suc cessive time in the Stanley cup professional Ice hockey championship rlayoff. Major league baseball season opens. r crash near Hanford, Calif.. takes lives of 24 passengers. Nine die and 75 are injured in train wreck when limited leaves track 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, Calif, Army transport plane hits mountain west of Harmon field, Newfoundland. killing nine and injuring nine U. S army persoiuinel. Fire of incendiary origin kills seven in Chicago. Army plane crashes near Madison. Wis., bringing death to three air corps men. in Chicago, American league. April 13 . St. 59 ...It" Air-line- jured. November Byron Nelson wins San Francisco Open golf tournament with 275. 12 con- I 1 TWO. 10 ii December Louis Browns win American league pennant. 3 San Francisco takes Pacific league series, four games to two. WIN 9 ST. CARDINALS LOUIS WORLD SERIES. FOUR GAMES TO 1. w 29-- gress, Democrats Kussia. ike Williams outpoints Sammy An iPlk former lightweight champion. Baltimore captures the International April I t , Southern California O. wins annual Rose Bowl game, defeating Washington U. 8 Jug McSpaden wins the Los Angeles Open golf tournament with a score 4 October 25 1 procolo- reve.ils that war cos's for Treasury FUral tpar l.itnl On Kltl,n 4,,llr. The new Grumman torcd naval lighting plane. Is letted, and is called superior to the lloilcat. 8 Roosevelt's conversations with (ion. Charles DeGaulle of France end reported to be "highly gratified ' 9 Vice President Wallace returns from China. He predicts an era of peace In the Pacific, with Russia and China as leaders. Roosevelt says that ha will run again "If nominated." 13 F.rto Johnston, president of U. 9 Chamber of Commerce, returns from 20 Pp International January dustries." brigadier generals of SPORTS of State Hull pledges that the postwar world organization, small nations will be kept on an equality with large in every practicable way. 2 War commission anManpower nounces that it will take over "absolute control of all male workers over 17 to check turnover in essential ine agreement critical items. in moted to major generals and 63 nels to brigadiers. "G. I. Bill of Rights" clears 14 league pennant. 20 Nashville wins the Southern league layoff, defeating Memphis, t. Louis Cardinals clinch National league pennant. 29 Willie retains world featherweight boxing title by defeating White. Chalky 26-3- 7 Secretary Twenty-on- of Civil Aviation conference is Completed, and ready for signatures of delegates. Sedition trial of 26 defendants ends in mistrial. Prison revolt of 25 Atlanta convicts ended. "Work or fight" order issued by War Mobilization Director Byrnes, threatbracket with ening men in age Induction who are not in war jobs. Nobel prizes awarded to five Americans. War prisoners at Fort Sheridan, III., go on strike; 1,300 put on bread and water. War Labor Board summons leaders of 240 CIO unions tn Montgomery Ward and Co. strike. Production quotas on machine guns reduced to release workers for more June 8 8 Trapsliooting championship goes to Leslie Jepsen for breaking 97 targets out of 100. Byron Nelson wins the golf championship. Bears professional football club defeats the College All Stars. 1 present. 1 4 27 10 9 I Fire in Cleveland, Ohio, following exnlosion of liquid gas storage plant causes 121 deaths and 200 injuries. November December Strikes in Detroit and Chicago delay bombers. production of 2 Government halts reconversion plans in 125 cities until munition production meets schedule. . Husband Kimmel and MaJ. Gen. Walter Short. Pearl Harbor commanders, will not be war and navy boards rule. were October 20 Joe Baksi defeats Lee Savold In heavyweight fight. Yankee Maid wins the Hambletonian harness race. retains Germaine Miss Dorothy Women's Western Amateur golf title. Bob Hamilton wins the Professional Golfers' association title. Dame, seats. Democrats elect 242 repre sentatives. and Republicans 185. Eighteen Republican and 13 Democratic governors elected. Congress meets. Supplementary ap- Eropriations tnain business, on wartime living costs reports to President that rise Is 29 per cent over January 1, 1941. J e 24-2- 18 Dept. of Agriculture announces a decline in farm population in last four years amounting to 4.748,000. 7 Nationwide elections held. President Roosevelt reelected by majority of 3,000,000 votes, or 53 per cent of popular vote, winning 36 states and m electoral votes. Twenty Demo- crats and 13 Republicans gain senate 1941, General Biddle reopens 20 6 Army reports that 1.058.000 enlisted men have been discharged between Attorney Dumbarton November 14 1. at conference A genOaks. N. H.. ends sessions. eral framework for peace and security agreed upon, it is announced. 18 War Production board announces that it has permitted 1,110 manufacturers to resume civilian production. 23 De Gaulle recognized as head of French Provisional government by the U. S. and other United Nations. 25 U. S. and other United Nations resume diplomatic relations with Italy. In- two-mo- - German forces driven from Greece. Japs gain in China, advancing on rail city of Littchow. Meanwhile, British troops drive back Japs in Burma. U. S. planes sink eleht Jan warships. British bombers sink Ttrpltz, famous German battleship, In Norwegian port. e Great Allied drive launched on front from Holland to Vosges. troops reach Rhine river tn plunge through Btlfort cap. All Peace 7 Draft deferments for men 18 to 26 in essential industry ended except for "key men." "Soldier vote" bill providing for short federal ballots is passed and sent to President. State department announces that it will have no dealings with the Vichy French government. Three men and two women are convicted as spies, and sentenced to long terms. 26-2- 20 November organizations 9 12 Super-powere- d induction. Men in Industries at least six months gain deferment, and those 30 and over an Indefinite stay. 15 Senate voted to delay action on poll tax bin. 20 Communist party votes to disband as a political party, but to continue as an "association." 22 Supreme court decision upholds liditv of OPA suspension orders. 31 Synthetic sugar is produced at the university OI California. Process is tu in practical ai iuu 1 Formosa forces. scheduled October AMERICAN FORCES ifNDER GEN P.'IILIP-PINKS- , MarARTHUR INVADE LANDING ON LEYTE ISLAND. Moscow confcienre between Stalin and Churchill ends. 26 U. S. navy meets and defeats huge Jap fleet between Philippines and Five veterans' bine in asking 7 50.-00- 0 May e Calais. French channel port, falls to Allies. 3 Siegfried line breached at Uebach by V. S. Fifth army. 4 u. 9. bombers raid Borneo oil fields. 8 Russians cross Hungarian border. It-E- ast Prussian border reached oy 17 U. S. troops enter Aachen, Impor mm uerman corner citv, as "wholly 5 Strike of Detroit maintenance workers, affecting 33 war plants and workers, ends. 6 announced that will photograph through a foot of steel. ELECTION J of $100,000,000. 17 Navy reports sinking of a destroyer and two coast guard cutters in the hurricane with "heavy loss of life." 28 Eight persors are killed in collision of "freight and passenger trains near Missouri Valley. Iowa. 29 Collision of two trains near Terre Haute. Ind., kills 29 and injures 65 Most of the dead were soldiers. August court-martiale- September 4 is vetoed bureau says. October Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward Co. by order of FDR when the company refused to obey his order to recognize a CIO union. August 31 Tax bill December 3 20 30 April July 19 ers reclassified. $5,000 for all TROOPS AMERICAN ENTER ROME. OF CONTINENT BE-I- NVASION GINS WITH LANDINGS IN NORMANDY. Allies in Italy capture port 38 miles north of Rome. 13 Allies advance into northern France, reaching point 15 miles inland. 17 Chinese take Kamaing, Burma. 23 Week-lonGerman robot bombing reported by British. 25 American tank units enter Cherbourg, important French port. Vitebsk 25 Russians and capture Zhlobin. 15 21 28 of $300. March 4 10 World's most powerful battleship, the 45.000-toMissouri, is launched. adequate," June 2 15 y for a maximum 24 Congress overrides veto on tax bill. Sen. Alben Barkley, Democratic majority leader who resigned In flareup on veto, is counter-offensiv- 1 bill passed, provid- ing Tax bill sent to White House. It provides for $2,315,200,000 of additional revenue. 16 War Relocation authority (WRA) transferred to department of interior. 17 Army announces more than 200.000 men have been returned from the Pacific fronts on furloughs, besides the sick and wounded, and that the rotation furlough plan is in full swing. 18 Selective service orders farm work- Allied forces in Italy turn back Ger man counterattack near Anzio. 9 Sevastopol, Black' sea naval base, falls to Russians. e tn 15 Chinese launch western Yunnan province. 18 CASSINO. NAZI STRONGPOINT IN ITALY, FALLS TO AMERICANS LONG 11 7 7 AFTER teatea. Seventeen processed foods are removed from ration list. Roosevelt meets Churchill in Quebec for military discussions. Nineteen coal mines are seized on the President's orders. Congress recesses until November 14. Ration controls removed from all farm machinery except corn pickers Birth rate for 1943 Increased, census I 4,X, WAR-TIM- E Hurricane s.veering over Atlantic coast from Suth Carolina to Canada causes 40 deaths and property dam-au- 14 880-yar- 6 announces demobilization More than a million men will be discharged when Germany is de- - Y.. 35 persons 4 September 193a. 6 Armv plans. February May 28 of California. Green of Illinois, and Baldwin of Connecticut. Navv reports the construction of 65.- 000 ships of all types since Septem N z injured. non-titl- e 47 September t n raid Ber- base, Truk. 29 ber l. Twenty-eigh- Muster-out-pa- 29 Ko-him- Japan's for j Japanese- Russian troops enter Romania. American planes bomb Austria. ODESSA FALLS TO RUSSIANS. Allied troops halt Jap drive near bombers 25 Broduction center. and infantry units reach outskirts of Duren, key to Cologne rpfifinn U. S. Seventh army advances to German border on J5 mile front -Americans. Russians reach Romanian border Palau islands, 1.600 miles south of Japan, attacked by U. S. navy. lin. western railroads. Secretary of State Hull and John F. Dulles, representing Dewey, discuss foreiEn oolicv. Senate passes reconversion bill to take care of government surplus sales Republican campaign opens with ra- dio speeches bv Coventors Warren against Brooklyn. league team wins the AllIn FittsDurgn. star game. Manuel Ortiz. 17 Willie Pep outpoints world bantamweight champion, in a fight in Boston. Ann Curtis improves the worn- 3jMiss free style swimming an's record with a mark of 11:08.6. anti-trus- men and two women are indicted on sedition charges. 10 Congress reconvenes. 11 Roosevelt asks for National Service act. 13 A budget of $99,769,000,000 is President's estimate of 1944 needs. 20 Army allows induction of loyal 3 Record raid on Berlin made by 2.000 planes. Russian army crosses Bug river. Advancing Russians enter Bessara- in India. A thousand U. S. 23 sistance pact. Greek factional fighting grows in Intensity. hit Nagoya, Japanese aircraft t ' A 5 f persons, including 34 army pilots and 4 mechanics are killed in crash of transport plane near Atkinson. Neb. Train wreck near Stockton. Ga.. kills 45 and injuies 30. Fire sweeps palisades. N. J., amusement- park, killing 3 and injuring 100. In another fire at Coney Island. Twenty-eigh- 13 July uNationaI 7 January April 2 i .v t two-mil- e ends, following government seizure of lines. a r rn onne rpnenran n nr ki nipm reading matter U. S. department of Justice files t suit in Lincoln, Neb.. 30 bia. 26 14 Au-rus- f i r Ger-main- - s March 15 19 6 s February 16 4 troops from Norway, leavir.s only small garrison forces. 3 American armies advance in both Roer and Saar valleys. 4 U. S. Third army enters Saarlautern, as entire Allipd front of 450 miles swings into motion. Military and political crisis grips China Rioting breaks out in Athens. Greece. Civil war threatens. 8 raid Jap bases on Bonin islands. Others hit Tokyo again. 8 Units of 77th division make new landing on Leyte, splitting Jap lines. 11 MacArthur's troops capture Ormoc, enemy supply port on Leyte. France and Russia sign mutual as- Col- legiate Athletic association track and field championships. 18 Franciseo Segura of Ecuador wins the national clay court tennis title. Didrikson 4 Mrs. Mildred ("Babe") e Zaharias defeats M:ss Dorothy to win the Women's Western Open golf championship. 25 A new world record for the run set by Gunder Hagg in Sweden. His time was 8:46.4. Strike of Philadelphia transit workers is referred to President. Governors' conference ends, aftei issuing s.atement denning limits of state and federal powers. Philadelphia street cars and busses operate under army control Newly developed calculating ma chine that will solve problems in nigner mameniancs is announcea oy Harvard university. returns from visit to Hawaii and Alaska. British delegation arrives for talks on postwar security. Strike of mid western truck diivers 2 An 5 U. of Illinois wins the National 10 army hosmtal plane was reported lost at sea between iceianu anu Newfoundland with 26 aboard. 2b 4 June rate. Third armv reaches Saar river. Pensive. U. of Michigan wins western conference outdoor championship track meet. n two-third- 2 Nazis withdraw January 1& U. S. 1 13 convention In Chicago Democratic nominates Roosevelt for fourth tprin 21 Sen. Harry Truman (Mo.), is nominated tor Democratic vice presidential candidacy. 30 Army says that malaria has been s of early war tedueed to ist and Ninth armies capture border towns. U. S. planes sink 10 Jap transports and three destroyers, drowning 4.0D0 near Leyte Pensive wins the Kentucky Derby Broadcloth was second, and Stir Up third. The Preakness race was woa by 6 Pakan. 20 Dpccinber THE 1 14 F 30 V and duct. ess of Wlrdsor amve m New York from the Bahamas Arr. reveals trat there are now lafi.Mi war pr.soners in the U S . 146. 101 being German, and 50.2i8 Licul- - n 5 J U 13uK t;en. Patton leads Third army In drive 23 miles beyond M tz. bomb J4B29S Tokyo factori.'S from base in Marianas, 1,550 miles away. 27 Lieut. Gen, Mark Clark is made commander in chief of U. S. army forces in Italv. 29 U. S. Third army attacks forts at Saarbmcken. Saaflautern, and Mer- - Oraojooy 9 CS y Ml M i j f- - HARVESTS j RECORD i Uccemlicr Albert B. Fall, secretary of Interim administration; at 83. In El Harding Paso. Texas 7 MaJ. John Grillith, commissioner of Intercollegiate athletics of Western conference, at 67. in Chicago. 14 Lupe Vclez. 34. movie actvess. kills sell In Hollywood. Callt. fUUaaed ot Western Ntwipuper Onion. 1 t U?. a,4 ' J FRANCE LIBERATE |