Allied blockade tightens Leyte coast as Japanese resist
American torpedo boats and fighter planes probe the West coast of Leyte, wrecking Japanese barges and luggers attempting reinforcements from Cebu. Carrier planes damaged 20 barges at Ormoc, while torpedo boats sunk two luggers and two fighters in Suriago Strait. MacArthur says ground forces push up Leyte Valley with 24th Division eight miles from Carigara. Dagami encircled and Catmon Hill mopping up continues.
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Allies Thrust Into Salonika Advances Near City
British and Greek forces push Germans from Greece as Allied patrols pressure rearguards north of Kozane. Forces reach seven miles from the Yugoslav border near Salonika amid reports of German demolitions and a remaining garrison of about 10 000. Mrs Jack Jerman and family update on her father’s condition.
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Gestapo Terror Tames Germans
Stockholm report says Gestapo and Nazi storm troopers have crushed German morale with extensive arrests and terror for months. It cites Berlin jailings of over 25 000 and up to 125 000 across Germany, with executions of foreign workers in the Ruhr and broad rounds of arrests. End of war predicted by spring.
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Returns From Gorman
Mrs. E. E. Baker of 309 Prospect Street returned Monday from Gorman where she was summoned by the critical illness of her father W. M. Smith. The six daughters, all present, had not seen each other in twenty years.
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E. E. Baker
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W. M. Smith
Dentist Announces Limited Practice To Teeth Extraction
A professional announces he will limit his practice to tooth extraction X ray and oral surgery based at 536 Amarillo Bidg.
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Amarillo
Leyte Bay Air Attacks Report From Tokyo and FCC
A Tokyo broadcast says Japanese planes repeatedly attacked Leyte Bay causing enormous damage to installations. Eleven enemy planes were shot down in small American defensive actions as more than 30 U S warships and over 60 transports remained in Leyte Bay, with many transports hit. A Domes broadcast cited by the FCC said a cruiser was sunk in an effective Leyte Gulf raid.
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Tokyo
Leyte Bay
FCC
Leyte Gulf
Hurricane wrecks Florida citrus crops
The Agriculture Department estimated that the October hurricane damaged 43 percent of Florida grapefruit, 19 percent of oranges, and 6 percent of tangerines in the southeast United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Southeastern States
Florida
Drivers Strike Shuts Dallas Transit as Workers Refuse Rides
In Dallas on November 1, about a third of the 400000 population faced transit disruption as Oak Cliff barn bus drivers and street car motormen refused to operate. A company spokesman said no tram or bus had left by 7 A.M. as protests over a supervisor appointment slowed service to war plants and other workers.
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U.P
Oak Cliff
Dallas Railway
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