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JAPANESE TAKE
HOCHIH
CHUNGKING ^ Nov. 27, —(AP)—
The Chinese command announced
the fall of Hochih, to the Japs.
Hochih is 95 miles west of Liu
chow in Kwangsi Province in
in southern China.
The Japanese are sweeping to
ward Kweichow Province, and
Hochih is but 20 miles from the
Mweichow border, while 120
miles to the southeast is Kwei
yang on the Burma road, where
the invaders will be in a position
t ostrike at Chungking.
It was also disclosed that the
last forward American base in
^nthem China, at Nanning was
abandonned and destroyed by
the 14th Air force.
This is the 7th air base in south
China lost in the twin-thrust
which for all practical purposes
has split China in two.
CANADA GOVT
IN TURMOIL
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OTTAWA, Can. Nov. 27, —CAP)
—Special disciplinary measures
have been taken to maintain or
der in draftee camps throughout
Canada as Prime minister Mac
Kenzie King faced his bitterly
tom parliament to ask for a vote
of confidence in his new policy
of partial conscription for over
seas service.
King’s 9-year-old regime hung
in the baance as the House of
^ommons assembled to debate the
conscription Issue.
In some areas of the French
speaking Province of Quebec,
troops of all categories were
told to keep off the streets.
These precautions were taken
to avoid further violent outbursts
and demonstrations which occur
red over the week end, when two
Military Police were injured and
.4^ flag torn down in an anti-con
scription parade.
MRS KNUDSON
HERE ON VISIT
Ms. Harry Knudson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin,
arrived for a visit with her fam
ily.
The Knudsons have been living
• in Fairbanks for the past year.
■ LASTING PIPELINE PATH —Workmen on the Cumberland river in Tennea**. •
part It blast rock hi the river bed to permit laying part of the new $54,000,000 Tennessee C.i a
Transmission Co. sltel pipeline hooking up Texas gas fields with the Appalachian area.
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FIRST ARMY
TAKE FRENZ
American first army today ad
vanced one mile to take Frenz,
a town 14 miles inside Germany,
and 25 miles from Cologne.
Units of Patton’s third army
have extended their front inside
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the Reich to 19 miles in thewest
em industrial center of Saarland.
Gen. Hodge’s troops drove into
Hurtgen on the edge of the forest
by that name. They found the
German resistance to be very
strong and the enemy cannon and
anti-tank; fire especially heavy.
The weather was relatively
clear allowing for an overwhelm
ing alied aerial upport.
Infantry in the wake of churn
ing tanks, gained 27 miles south
west of Cologne.
Patton’s third army fought
through the Moginot line fort
resses in the sector southeast of
the new penetrations into Ger
many. They moved within 4
miles of the Saar border.
The 7th army troops broaden
ed their Strassbourg corridor to
lmost 15 miles and spilled thro
ugh the Salles pass to open a new
route to that French city.
Another clean break-through
was made in the Vosges mount
ains through St Marie pass, east
of St Die.
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TWIN RAIDS
BY SUPERS
UNDATED Nov. 27, —(AP)—1To
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kyo radio reported that two for
; mations of superfortress bomb
| ers struck simultaneously at To
kyo^ and at Bangkok, Thailand.
The supers conducted ‘‘blind
bombing” over both targets.
The broadcasts recorded by the
FCC reported as usual that they
inflicted little damage.
I Tokyo said that one plane was
downed over Bangkok, but the
Imperial communique made no
reference to even damaging the
| supers over Tokyo.
Domel, the Japanese news a
gency reported that long range
Jap planes counterattacked the
supers at their Saipan base, stt
ting fire to several giant bomb
ers on the ground.
RED ARMY
TAKES BATVAN
MOSCOW, Nov. 27, —(AP)—Rus
sian armored units blasted out
from the captured town of Bat
an, toward the Danube river
north of Budapest.
Directly down stream from th
Hungarian capital, another Re
army is reported to have seize
a foothold on the narrow Chap
pel island.
Batvan, 25 miles northeast of
Budapest, fell yesterday after 10
days of struggle.
With the capture of Batvan,
Marshal Malinovsky was able to
use his 2nd Ukrainian army for
a double-sided attack to outflank
Budapest.
Meanwhile troops of Petrov's
4th Ukrainian army shattered th<
main (j0 mile defense line across
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easten Slovakia, by capturing the
key railroad hubs of Michalovce
and Humenne in a 12-mile ad
vance north of Ungvar. Thij
thrust brought the Russians with
in28 miles of the two Slovakiar
strongholds of Kosice and Presov.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, —(AP)
—President Roosevelt today an
nounced the resignation of Cor
dell Hull, as Secretary of State
and said it would become effect
ive upon appointment of his suc
cessor.
T ehPersident said that it was
with deed regret that he had to
make the announcement of the
resignation, and hoped that Hull
would remain close to the cap
ital and act as an adviser on for
eign affairs.
Hull’s health was the whole
reason for giving up his post in
important times like these and
taking his hand from the mach
iry, now being assembled to
oetuate peace.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, —(AP*
i —High government officials dis
closed last night that Secretary
of State Cordell Hul, aged 73,
resigned because of ill health.
Backers of Byrnes, Wallace and
Stettinius have already lined up
their favorites to be made the
next Secretary of State.
Cordel Hull has been in a naval
j hospial in Bethseda, with a ser
ious throat ailment, for the past
five weeks, and there seems little
prospect thathe could return to
active work soon. The ailment
i sdescribed as one which will re
quire a long rest from his cab
inet duties.
There is some speculation that
the President will hold off ap
ointing a successor until Hull
acouperates, for as he said,
lull’s decision to leave the de
artme- 'me in the midst of
ms efiorts to help organize the
world for peace.. At this point
in the war, diplomacy is becoming
increasingly critical.
KEITH ATWOOD
FATALLY SHOT
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Word has been received here
from the States that Keith At
wood, 11-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Atwood, was accid
itally shot and killed while
aying with a gun.
Mr. Atwood has for several
years been employed by the Lo
men Commercial Company on
their tug boats.
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