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December 13, 1944

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1944Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (born 1866)^[†]

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he began painting studies at the age of 30.

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Headlines from December 13, 1944

B-29 BLOWS SPEED TOKYO EVACUATION; Saipan-Based 'Superforts' Hit Honshu Plants Again -- Foe Tells of Civilian Flight B-29 BLOWS SPEED TOKYO EVACUATION

By the United Press

Tokyo radio repts 3 B-29s reconnaissance missions and 1 incendiary bombing, Tokyo

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Tokyo Labor Adopts One 108 1/2-Hr. Week

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Workers at Tokyo war plant organize special units to increase production; pledge one 108 1/2-hr wk

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OPA BACKS CEILINGS ASKED BY BUTCHERS FOR 'ON HOOF' MEAT; Renews Plea Rejected in Past by WFA -- Ready to Report Ration Program in Peril 'HOLIDAY' THREAT SPREADS Dealers Press Plans, Demand 'More Than Talk' -- Brundage to Aid 'Loyal Outlets' OPA SEEKS CEILINGS ASKED BY BUTCHERS

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Urges Admr Woolley to invite Phila meat men to meat strike confs, NYC

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STETTINIUS LEADS FIGHT FOR APPROVAL OF SIX APPOINTEES; Urges Senate Group to Act Quickly So That He Can Complete 'His Team' MAJOR POLICIES OUTLINED Questions Asked Nominees Show Congressional Concern Over European Trends STETTINIUS FIGHTS FOR SIX NOMINEES

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Sec Stettinius outlines major foreign policy objectives

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4 DESTROYERS HIT; American Ships Escape With Less Damage on Leaving Ormoc 50 ENEMY PLANES DOWNED Battles Rage for 48 Hours as Fliers of Both Sides Smash at Leyte Convoys 4 Japanese Warships Smashed In Sea and Air Fight Off Leyte

By Frank L. Kluckhohnby Wireless To the New York Times

ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS on Leyte, Wednesday, Dec. 13 -- In another raging sea and air battle, lasting forty-eight hours off the northwest coast of Leyte, another Japanese convoy was cut to pieces. An American convoy, attacked off Ormoc by Japanese planes, suffered less serious losses.

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