Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - October 16, 1944, Zanesville, Ohio ff First The Times Recorder TH 247 member of Associated ZANESVILLE MONDAY OCTOBER WEATHER Fair ranks Smash Aachen Battle In Pacific he News he News By RAY TUCKER New 1 Boss Frank Hague that noble idealist humanitarian and of civil liberties outside Journal has a far ke in the November seventh tion than his domain for Franklin D Roosevelt Bu his special anc private reason fo rolling up t h old fa s h i o n e I torchlight a n d e e r m 1 n i n Democratic ma in Hud t son his have a def nile on th of the Tucker win of the stale s electoral es he Republican controlled legis ure has placed upon the ballot r s opposition the ques 1 of or not the people nt to the ancient te The new charter ts more power in the hands of governor and Jersey fre elects a Republican to that ice the Veal podesta dreads h a change Is in New even Demo tic chief executives heie in the ital soon discover that kers expect them lo pay first to the machine Two examples are late Wilson and Charles Edi i of the famous exaltation of the n in is i ol Hague s ef The proposed re ion frees the stale from control and no political ruler that sort of freedom Roosevelt sought to inge the complexion of the na ns highest tribunal so that his How Yanks Hit Aachen Suburbs Hungary Sues Allies For Peace But Nazis Seize Capital And Regent Boosters Plan Parade Rally For Homecoming U S ial and economic reforms would by judicial confir ition It is suspected in certain ucal quarters unk to Cape May that Mr gues reasons for wanting do mon over the men in black is not quite so unselfish To insure that the right individ is are named to the bench an it hand down the right de ions the man who helped t Dp Hemy A Wallace at Chicag 11 dragoon his people to the reg ration booths if they have no ned up already ana to the poi 7 places next month And wo it to the absentee He ma m find that his nls have been boosted pno jusly Thus the need for igue and Hague m- Mi Hague s effectiveness m voters becomes lor a ot 11 in In thai vra n R carried New bv thousand five hundred enty voles But he or 5 swept through Hudson a majority of one hundred one r bailiwick of But this Has also aroused e advocates of civic and politica form and are coming out under thp active leader p of GOP State Chairman Marsh and Governor Wai r t Fdge Senator an League of Worn Voters and similar working hard lo roune The Zanesville Associ tion announced ita lans for the annual homecoming rogram to be presented at the meeting at Lash high chool Thursday night The tea ure of the program will be a arade and a large pep rally in the whole town is invited to Jack Bomfield publicity chair man announced that the Booster meeting will begin at 8 p m with Rex Kieffer as master of monies Lash Band to The excellent Lash band under he direction of Ceorge Blaho he on the stage and has a specia program arranged for the event Also on the stage will be the home coming queen Margaret Hams and her attendants Pat Leffler Bonnie Barnes Marilyn Morgan Nancy Wells Guests for evening will in elude Doc Powelson former Panes lie football who is now member of the strong Ohio State am and Lt Don Blancett of the S Another feature of the meeting ill be the movies of the Marietta game to be displayed Turn to Page 12 Please Reds Capture Arctic Port Of Petsamo Moscow Parley Is Taking Up Solid Military Matters MOSCOW Oct 15 HI T Moscow conference turned in tn direction of solid military matte oday as the Polish question nea ed its final phase in an of hopefulness Prime Minister ms are ms are w a large vote fo ta an to d I he people LONDON Od ID The of Admiral icholas sued for peace but as armies rove across the country s central ams tow aid Budapest pro Geiman elements Fight Over Formosa And Luzon By me Associated Press American and Japanese torn indicated ar an naval action perhaps the mosl furious of the Pacific war un der wav in the Formosa Philip pines theater Adm Chester W Nimitz said a Pearl this fight 15 con between Adm William F Third fleet and enem aircraft I he Japanese imperial ers in a communique broadcast b Jomei news claimed 23 American warships had bee sunk or damaged including aircraft earners and one sunk The communique this was done bj our units speeding whether these were sole Iv aircraft or included surfac ships But a Tokyo propagand broadcast recorded the Per eral Communications commissio said the Japanese fleet was pu suing the fleeing ta force Plane Losses Light Nimitz made no comment on t Japanese reports of destruction Halsey s ships but he did sax th our plane so far be light Japan has been extravagant its for American losses sea air actions and even feats such as the battle of in June 1942 and the battle of t Philippine sea last lune 18 19 told the world it had in fact achieved Enemy Drives Into Defenses But Is Routed AACHEN oa troops and guns the German attack the battle of Aachen turning back forces of infantry and armor that foi a time overran U S positions in o conflict The Nazi attempt to lelieve the Aachen garrison from south of Weiden five miles northeast of the besieged but bioke under the barrage of massed ar- tillen and guns In Aachen German defenders were plied by parachutes fiom transport planes doughboys ahead slowly digging Nazis from boxes and houses A ladio at the said Americans had won control of about 50 square blocks in the in- city DNB said Rommel died from se American and planes taking heavy com toll of men and materiel Today the big blow fell shortly mander of a German army noon funeral for The Geiman tanks broke into American defenses but the crafty German field command guns alld a artillery barrage raked the Nazis and forced the armor to pull back LONDON Oct of eial German news announ ed that Field Marshal E Rommel had died of hi seized the capital Churchill and Marshal Stalin met with Gen j Russell Deane chief of the Unit States military mission to the net I mon Lt Gen Brocas Bur chief of the British Imperial staff and Gen Sir Hastings prime s chief of staff n an hours long conference Marshal Stalin the at the talks LONDON Oct Die Re army fought on the ilams within 150 miles of Austri oday as Budapest announced off that it was seeking an armi ice with the Allies and Berl that other Soviet troop into German Eas Prussia on a T mile front i Memel In the far north Soviet am forces captured the Fin nish Arctic port of Petsamo cut tng the Nan sea escape route northern Finland and in the south the Russians were besieging Belgrade Jugoslav capital the aid of Marshal Titos Parti sans Red was on the eve of string of rro mentous victories battling along nans and The pe ition for en armistice ith the was by le Budapest radio early this ing in an Older of the day sign d by Regent Horthy Then Hungarian aided by Cerman SS rushed to Budapest from over radio ailed for the elimination of the and betrayers and urged 1 e Hungarian army and home ront to fight on beside Germany Regent Prisoner according lo a report bj the radio at Lille France was seized by the Gestapo and taken to Germany Late tonight a broadcast from Budapest announced that the Hungarian Nazi headed by Ferec had taken control of and taken matters m hand to eliminate traitors at all cost measures will be taken against Turn to Page 7 Please The Japanese communique said that the American task whose aircraft had hit Formosa and I uzon northern Philippines several times last week had come under heavy fire of units since Oct 14 the 13th U Time Nimitz said however thai be ginning at dawn Friday U S time Halseys uad re turned again to hit Formosa and Luzon meeting little air opposition Turn to Page 9 Please New Gains By Allies On Italian Front ROME ID Canadian roops of the Eighth arms chopped DUt additional gams today against Cerman resistance in the along the principal high e Wounds Is iU S Artillery Breaks Assault I artillery hurled huge fiom more than 100 big guns to smash the assault which was the largest 1 I Om made by the Nazis since the battle for Aachen began The moved up large reserves under the fire of the largest concentration of antiaircraft guns fliers said had encountered m the area Inside Aachen itself Lt Gen Courtney H doughboys made slow but steady progress from street to street against the German defenders who received sup plies at 3 30 a m by parachute rom six which circled s longest land front stretch ing 2000 miles from the Arctic to the Mediterranean Brit ish troops rolling through fiom Athens completed the sea to sea Red army front link battles with Ger en j which it is understood were broad overall discussions on how to bring Europe to a speedy the war close and people centers mav be A P rimed Dewey Registration npl ears to DP but the k of a that newcomers political affiliations s v Indication lo whether ce indicated that the Allied rcpiesen ip informed Stalin on the up list crease 11 a Democratic or gam Even lo a 11 a ll n H amst th field m New s aides aie Irving to em oil v workers hut t not at all that run 10 eni loves ill vote as i A HiRi n the increase to be dip the Republicans ts amst the radical labor to the m nute plans of the Amen and on the so is not improbable that the 1 delegates asl ed marshal as a man and Hungarian forces stil on the Hungarian plains be tween 50 miles of capitulating Budapest and DC 115 miles ensl of the Mag Hungary announced tint i roops still were front P I Allied great military strategist alv ce would continue to fight tie Ru sians pending Allied acceptance its armistice suit but this was re as a mere formaliH there were reports the Hungarians were qu tl for some leaving large forces to alone Four Firemen Injured In Washington LONDON Oct ID W The death of Field Rommel who as commander of the German Korps drove the to gates of Alexandria the tide of batlle turned at El in October 1942 was announced tonight by DNB the official German news The Berlin broadcast said Rom el had died of his wounds but d not say how he was wounded when he died DNB said Hitler ad ordered a state funeral for the German field commander Allied field dispatches first re rumors that he was dead n July 29 and the next day dis atches quoted Nazi prisoners and m other stales as he as m oter s conducts ls on the Funeral Supply Bases Given Pounding By Allied Planes LONDON Oct 16 than Allied planes in 4000 bombers gav a violent unday that Ml her main suppl asrs back to the Siegfried Lm altered and smoking Six ton bombs dropped Lancasters scored direct hits on he borpe dam 20 ules southeast of Dortmund As Duisburg and Cologne were eft in flames bv attacks over more than 36 hours h nd picked British and Canadian fliers sue breached the dam morning according to Flight Lieutenant C of Winnipeg Canada who was first wave of planes blasting he dim structure was hit the great n May 1943 when RAF pilots open the and Eder dams flooding im portant Puhr valley towns and re drowning thousands o Germans ri an said none o tin 1 01 Mus t cigs was lost in the Ger m ins sent up nlv light flo the ngn level attack o the dam vay between Bologna and Pimm renting Italy s valley the Po Allied reports placed the at a pom south of the small village of Bui aria between three and four mile from Cesena an important town along the ancient Vn miles northwest of th of south of the high found rough going in th area but th road junction of on ridge west of after advance of 1000 the pushed ahead About 0 prisoner were taken On Fifth army front Amer an troops advanced across th Castel Del R nd Castel San Pietro east of Mon while to the vest forces remained heav engaged in the Livergmno are n 60 about 10 mil of Bologna San Pietr i 14 miles from Bologna on Limmi Bologna Farther west Mount Slamo w bv African roops after several davs of fight ng and th v pushed on toward a town on a lateral road 1 miles southwest of Bologna More Cerman were nabbed in his area hiking the prisoner total or thn Fifth Sept 11 o 800 O Oct de n Oct iv o buildings in the heart of the business district and tor a he of IhP damage NEW Oc Funer al services for Wendell 1 Willkie ind will bp ed ell P 10 It is an Indus ml and has ex n led in r the impetus Bui the of sis In this st that the Hiil i it not such In 11 6 the Represent al HP nlj 11 e Republican N ven hundred His secretary and or in Canfield obtained a majmtv two thousand in l tie rench civilians as saying he died f wounds suffered when his car as strafed German news and agencies denied re orts of his death at the time but he had su a brain and other injuries in n automobile accident caused by strafing planes on the Nor nandy battlefront July 17 Rommel became known as the Desert Fox during the African ampa gns and his Korps Tuin to Page 5 Please Dewey Flays Tricky Ways Of New Deal EN ROUTE DEWEY 10 the cits We 11 close m on them gradual ly and then let em rot in their own juice one officer said This attack had been anticipated for two days as observers saw men guns and tanks being concentrated east of Aachen Dive bombers and artillery have pounded the area continuously and not until today was the enemy able to mount counter attack in any force Sensitive Sector This of the front has been for days an officer said Our men have nol been able to move 50 feet dur ing the day heaw fire and if moved morr than 50 yards at night things be an to pop The sun shone through broken clouds during the morning but in the afternoon ra n clouds closed r and a cold drizzle set in But before the weather closed i had raced in and at tacked enemy forces trying desper ately to relieve the besieged city The Americans continued to tak prisoners from the Aachen garr son which has been t fight to the death lo hold firs major city to be attacked by Ih Allies on German soil The far thai supplies were dropped by a lo the garrison this morning md cates defenders already ai having suply since th city is virtually encircled Two of the prisoners were and 16 years old respectively bo Turn to Page 9 Please ST 101 is o-t is en GOV E replying to an of his campaign speech released through the While House declared lhal the conclusion seems to be that Mr is continuing the slip the New Deal his al ways employed It seems regrettable the Re j RUSSIAN FRONT As WAR SUMMARY publican presidential nominee said in a that the man who wants to b- for 16 years should find it necessary to hide be hind evasions by his associates and shou d snk to using the White House to a headline for a old bv the publicity Capture Escaped Nazi of And Warrens Attend Church SAIN FRANCISCO Oct another time out in his candidate Abramson Ihr Turn to Page 11 4 But si air t ui tour were injured when Uill as on a ladder the with water aie Brown 0 Ross Ben Fred Popp 32 and Emer son it Bonnet I fell from the lop o the ladder into the debris and lost three toes when a falling beam AH suffered and bruises HIP file m two story Motor Co building and spread to HIP Central publican died a week ago Pl foi died a ago KM v res at had hern held GOV Larl Warren of California The can nominee and his host bv their wives and spv al members of the campaign staff appeared unan Home Of Woman Friend CINCINNATI Oct Fed oral bureau of investigation agents captured an escaped German prisoner of war as he visited a Cine woman he knew when hp v a an exchange student at college O in 1916 The prisoner V 31 escaped from Camp Vliss last appeared at he woman s Charles F Weeks spec a agent in charge of Ihp C i FBI of ficc snid Die woman nanP Week to P Puch md notified the FBI sprea o build nsr Bolh burned to pending Mrs had Fifth avenue apartment Mother and son will leave was shipper his return and rem al hpr on rnce chunh an and heard i the Rev i Allen graft for The Ohio whose policy is no political campaigning on Sabbath later went v ith Wairen a sightseeing Inn which m with his state nent Dewey aides aboard h s spe train pn roule from to it Louis where he speaks tomor night issued what they said copies of a memorandum to speakers over the name of Jaul A director of pub of the Democratic national fh memorandum dat ed Oct 4 was described by as exactly the same as state ment issued at the White House Mr The Weather OHIO Mond Fair and continued cool 10 a Xo I p 11 Ml Ir h the ground SP at HIP nun Avenue church the zoo ilses 4 B ir Sets 5 al p m has found it nece arv to dust u off aid ISSUP it with the sponsorship of the Ic House In this hp on Mr that single statement I made in mj Oklahoma wa ex a correct down lo thp last per lod and comma Mr Roosevelt s failure to pre pare this country and the resulting price we had lo pay is estab teT ITALIAN FRONT not intend debating the tragic re suits of Mr total fail ure of leadership But Ihp facts arp mo e etched as a of h s statement of dav forces drove foi Buda pest the Hungarian govern ment appealed to the Allies for an armistice and im mediately following Regent Horthy was seized by Nazis who took over the capital It appeared that Red would decide the issue soon To the north the Russians cap the Finnish port of FRONT The strongest Geirnan attack thus fai in the battle ol Aachen was thrown back by U S forces German at tempts to supply the gar rison of Aachen by para chute proved inadequate PACIFIC FRONT A air and naval battle is being fought over Formosa anc the Philippines with indica tions it may prove th greatest conflict yet m thp Pacific area Greece Flee Northward ROME Oct 15 German oops were reported fleeing ard from Greece today as Allied began freeing the egean for naval operations and AF warplanes and U S trans- orts began using at least one ort in Athens liberated capital of he gallant Hellenic nation The comparatively few Nazis re- laming in Greece were heading or Yugoslavia as fast as limited ransport facilities and Allied al attacks permitted Close on their heels came the of British jorne units Greek patriots who their factional differences nd joined in the immediate job f ousting the hated and mally the first shipments of food and medical supplies promised by he Allies to alleviate the nj of three years under the Nazi whiplash The only indication of the abouts of the fleeing Nazis was an air force announcement that sh Mustangs had shot up enemy ransport troops and locomotives in the vicinity of Lanssa 135 line miles northwest of Athens and an important junction of rail and highway routes British units did not appear to intend to catch the mans and forcing them to fight Fhe mam concern of the Nazis was to run the gauntlet of Marshal Tito s Partisans and the Red army in Yugoslavia to the north It IS 500 airline miles from Greece s northern border to the German frontier and nearly every land route is already cut troops make good gams o the Adriatic end of the Ita lan Germans i aie fleeing to th Naval Plane Hits Houses 3 Dead Five Are Injured Ore Oct believed to be a navy lane plowed through a group of here today Witnesses said believed everal persons were killed Three naval fliers are dead and iv e civilians including a re in a hospital One is expected o die The plane believed to be from he North Bend Ore naval base crashed in the street near the Coquille high School late It sheared oft the chimney of one house took porches from wo houses crashed a store then exploded and set fire to a third house Dan Roger occupant of one ot the houses hit is in a critical con- dition A man and wife names unobtainable are at the Mast in Point Clarence Osika formerly principal ol the Coquille high school suffered a broken leg as he was walking down a street and hit by a flying piece of the demolished plane Dismembered bodies of the crew members are still being picked up police headquarters here re- port lhat property damage Is
