Truman in Oregon as California vote forecast favors Roosevelt
Senator Harry S. Truman moves into Oregon for a pre election sentiment survey after predicting a Roosevelt victory in California by about 400000 votes. He attends a San Francisco Chinatown dinner and pledges weapons for China while criticizing limits on munitions.
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Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
California
Harry S. Truman
Oregon
San Francisco
Chinatown
China
Bartley Crum
Wendell Willkie
Bay Area
Both Claiming New Congress
Democratic and Republican leaders claim momentum as they gauge the new Congress. Rep Dewey cites Democratic gains of 20 to 40 seats, while Rep Halleck foresees Republicans potentially picking up up to 75 seats. The House remains narrowly divided at 215 Democrats to 212 Republicans with four unsettled seats.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Rep
Dewey
D.-Va
House
Halleck
R.-Ind
Final Stand on GOP Foreign Policy Campaigned
The piece outlines Democratic rallies in the last three weeks of the campaign in Seminole County and Ada, with events led by Sam Rayburn and local figures, urging vote turnout before October 27 registration deadline for the November 7 election. Dewey expected to outline foreign policy stance on a Herald Tribune forum broadcast from New York City, contrasting with Roosevelt's planned CBS Mutual address.
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Fittstorm
Vaness
Sam Rayburn
U. S
Lyle Boren
Seminole
Fourth District
East Main
Ada
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Dewey
St. Louis
Herald Tribune Forum
Foreign Policy Association
CBS
Mutual
PAC
Chicago
Bridges
R-N. H
CIO
Brownell
Philadelphia
White House
Kelly
Norman Thomas
New York
Stalin
Churchill
End Strikes Now Officials Ordered by CIO
Detroit October 18 The United Automobile Workers CIO ordered Local 174 officers to end immediately the strikes of 6500 production workers that halted war material output at three Kelsey Hayes Wheel plants. The stoppage began yesterday over a wage dispute and violated the union no strike pledge and constitution. Strikes halted aircraft engine parts amphibious tank parts machine guns and other war weapons. Timken Detroit Axle plant axles near normal as workers return to work.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
George F. Addes
International
International Union
Timken- Detroit Axle Company
Illiteracy Highlighted in Turkey By Ada News Classified Ads
A brief note claims 95 percent of Turkey's people are illiterate and contrasts this with greater returns for investments. The item appears in the Ada News Classified Ads section.
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Turkey
Ada News
Oklahoma and Kansas Weather Outlook with Showers
Increasing cloudiness in Oklahoma with fair conditions south tonight and Thursday. A few light showers northeast and north central Thursday. Cooler tonight with lows upper 40s to lower 50s. West and north cooler Thursday. Kansas partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered light showers in east and south tonight and southeast Thursday. Cooler tonight with lows 35-40 northwest and 45-50 southeast. Winds up to 31 mph diminishing Thursday.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Kansas
Accidents Pile Up For Small Girl
Jackie Marie Martin seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Martin has two school accidents in two days. She fell from a teeter totter on Monday injuring her back and Tuesday she cut her scalp on a bar requiring three stitches. She complained the doctor cut a lock of her hair.
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Jackie Marie Martin
Jack Martin
Jackie
Disagreements On Claims Spread Through Campaign
Congressional campaign chiefs Rep Drewry and Rep Halleck clash over border state influence on the presidential race. Simon Michelet links Oklahoma Missouri Kentucky Maryland and West Virginia to election outcomes. Roosevelt and Dewey exchanges emphasize foreign policy while Bricker Truman and others attack or defend New Deal policies.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
West Virginia
Rep
Drewry
D-Va
Halleck
R-Ind
Simon Michelet
Washington
Michelet
Hanpy
Hitler Establishes German Home Guard
Berlin radio reports Hitler today decreed a civilian Volkssturm aged 16 to 60 to form a home guard. The force will be part of the German army, wear no uniform, and be identified by armbands under international law as Allied forces press the front from multiple directions.
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London
Hitler
Berlin
People’s Army
Volksstur
Britons Strike Verray as Front Hardened for New Battle
United States forces report ongoing carrier air raids over the Philippines in response to Tokyo boasts of a major invasion setback. Admiral Nimitz reveals Ulithi atoll landings by the 81st division and notes continuing offensives, while General MacArthur's fighters hit Mindanao targets and a Japanese convoy.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Philippines
America
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Carolines
Ulithi Atoll
Ulithi
Guam
Palaus
Tokyo Radio
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Mindanao
Federal Communications Commission
Chevrolet Stolen On South Broadway Tuesday Night
A 1936 Chevrolet was driven off from its parking place in the 300 block on South Broadway sometime Tuesday night. The car owner is N. F. Burnett, an employee of the State Highway Department. Sheriff’s force members are checking on the missing car.
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South Broadway
N. F. Burnett
State Highway Department
Zionist delegates seek undivided Palestine at convention
Atlantic City New Jersey October 18 delegates at the 47th annual Zionist Organization of America convention adopted a resolution demanding that the free and Democratic Jewish commonwealth to be established shall embrace the whole of Palestine undivided and undiminished.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Zionist Organization of America
Palestine
Germans Blast Piraeus Amid Greek Crisis
Athens endured German demolitions near Piraeus causing extensive damage while troops fled north. British helped restore electricity as Greeks consider counter moves under Premier Papandreou. Inflation soars, supplies vanish, and Nazi sabotage cripples transport and communications.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
Peiraieos
Piraeus
George Papandreou
Tsirimakos
Kartalis
Greece
Marathon
Felmi
Cofton Ginning In County Is Slow
Census bureau report places Pontotoc County behind last year in cotton ginned by October 1. It lists 903 bales ginned this year versus 1,037 bales by the same date in 1943.
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Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Pontotoc County
Japan uses land push to isolate China in Asia drive
Washington reports Japanese counterstrategy emphasizes a land campaign in Kwangsi to cut China off from outside supplies and force an end to fighting. Allied planners view future operations as large scale land campaigns with Gen. Douglas MacArthur leading island invasions from the Philippines to Formosa and beyond.
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Washington
Japan
Asia
China
Kwangsi
Philippines
Formosa
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Blair Brothers Win Prizes At Atlanta
Wallace Blair took third place in the judging contest at the National Polled Hereford show in Atlanta Georgia earning 25 dollars. Wesley Blair placed thirteenth earning 5 dollars. Seven states competed as noted by Vaness vocational agriculture teacher Raymond Hutchens. The Blair brothers are sons of Mr and Mrs Leslie Blair and Blair is the county's only rancher with a registered Polled Hereford herd.
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Wesley Blair
Center
Vaness School
Atlanta
Georgia
Wesley
Raymond Hutchens
Vaness
Leslie Blair
Blair
Courthouse Clock Halted by Spiders in Indiana
In Indiana a courthouse clock stopped as spiders built webs inside the mechanism halting motion. Officials inspected the timepiece and plan maintenance to resume accurate timekeeping.
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Indiana
Hurricane lashes Havana and moves toward Florida Keys
Hurricane winds up to 160 mph lashed Havana with houses blown down at the capital and its airport. The storm moved into the Gulf of Mexico as advance gales threatened the Florida Keys and very high tides were forecast. The center passed near Havana around 9 am as authorities braced for impact.
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Fla
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Florida
South Florida
Pan American Airways
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Sgt Phillips Visits Adans Family After 68 Missions
Sergeant James Leighroy Phillips holder of the Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal and his mother Mrs J W Phillips visited the Massengales. He is a former Francis resident with Pontotoc county roots, completed 68 missions from a 9th Air Force base in England and served since December 16 1941. The B 26 bomber he crews took part in pre invasion softening and post invasion bombing of Europe. On a 22 day furlough he spent much time in Ardmore where his mother lives.
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James Leighroy Phillips
J. W. Phillips
W. M. Massengale
Sgt. Phillips
Francis
Pontotoc County
9Th Aaf
England
Europe
Ardmore
U S spending on crime care and dairy production note
The United States spends about 1.5 billion dollars annually to care for 300000 criminals. Cows that freshen in November are higher producers than then Seachamicin tm Baer.
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United States
Tm Baer
Nazis Await New Attacks
Allied advances across western Europe tighten as British and Canadian forces push along a Venray Deurne front in Holland and near the Maas river. In France US and French troops close on Metz while Aachen endures and the Luftwaffe faces heavy bombardment as Eisenhower plans an all out push toward Cologne.
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London
Venray
Holland
Duisburg
Berlin
Netherlands
Antwerp
Aachen
U. S
Cologne
France
Third Army
Metz
Vosges
Reich
Second Army
Venrav
Maas River
Supreme Headquarters
Thde
Tommies
Venray- Deurne Road
Schelde
Breskens
Belfort
H. D. Crerar
Iizendijke
West Kapelle
Walcheren
Ruhr
Miles C. Dempsey
Ventary
Associated Press
Ned Nordness
Canal de Doorn
Eisenhower
Siegfried Line
Disease spread by gnats reported in Latin America
A new disease believed to be carried by gnats has been detected in Mexico and other Latin American nations. Health officials warn of possible spread and call for monitoring and vector control measures.
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Mexico
Latin American Countries
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