Japanese Navy Reduced to Fifth Rate, Says U S Admiral
San Diego reports Vice Admiral Marc A. Isher, commander of Task Force 58, says Japanese naval power cut to fifth rate after Formosa and Philippines battles. He notes Japanese naval aviation nearly eliminated and war may slow due to supply problems. Task Force 58 data show 4,425 planes towed or sunk and 795 ships damaged or sunk from Oct 29 to Oct 27.
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San Diego
Cal
Formosa
Phi. Pines
Marc Alischer
Es Group
Radio Campaigns and Ballot Guidance Amid Elections
The article describes warns voters to vote the Democratic Party straight ticket and directs listeners to tune in to a radio program before the election. It notes Burns thanking parties for radio time and mentions a future presidential radio broadcast after Tuesday. It also reports the nearly full freezer space for food ideas.
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Democratic Party
Constable
Burns
Revolution Reported in Sudapest by Burharest Radio
London reports on the Burharest radio dispatch stating that a revolution is in full swing in Sudapest as of tonight November 3. The broadcast described rapid political upheaval with widespread unrest and potential government collapse.
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London
Burharest Radio
Sudapest
Two Soldiers Die In Beating At Sheppard Field
Alfred L. Jewett said two murder charges were filed against Sgt. Hubert Farmer of Toledo Ohio in the fatal beating of two Sheppard Field soldiers. Tech Sgt. Robert Campbell of Dallas and Sgt. Julius Bernholtz of Carroll Iowa died after head injuries. Jack K. Ross of San Diego was injured lightly.
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Wichita Falls
Alfred L. Jewett
Sheppard Field
Set
Hubert
Farmer
Toledo
Ohio
Jewett
Post
John F. Conway
Tech
Robert C. Campbell
Dallas
Julius A. Bernholtz
Carroll
Iowa
Jack K. Ross
San Diego
Calif
North Panhandle Could See Freeze Tonight
The extreme north Panhandle may face a frost tonight with cold, partly cloudy conditions expected. Fog and Borger smoke reduced visibility earlier. no snow reported on this side of the Dakotas and the morning low was 40 degrees.
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Panhandle
Stirling
Dakotas
New U S Airline to Stockholm to Start Soon
Svenka Dagbladet reports a new American airline will fly New York to Stockholm via Labrador and Iceland within a month. The service will be military, led by Col. Bernt Balchen, and may later extend to Moscow.
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Stockholm
Svenka Dagbladet
New York
Labrador
Iceland
Here Is One Reason for Tire Shortage
Marine Private First Class Stanley Fink reports on an island command where Maj William J. Baker directs 230 cargo trucks. The fleet averages 0.8 flats per vehicle per day, totaling about 150 flats daily. Flats arise from shell fragments nails and coal on roads, despite efforts to reduce them.
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Stanley Fink
Marianas
Island Command
Wiliam J. Baker
Topeka
Kan
Baker
Women back judge's ruling on 11 month birth gap
Chicago voters show overwhelming support for Superior Judge William J. Lindsay's ruling that a woman may bear a child 11 months after conception. The court previously denied divorce to Jack Santucci after his wife gave birth 11 months post-sea departure. 15 women wrote in supporting the decision, one Fargo critic opposed it.
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Chicago
William J. Lindsay
Jack Santucci
Fargo
N. D
The Bulldogs Return to United States from Pacific Tour
The Bulldogs, veteran Marine Corsair fighters, complete their final Pacific combat tour in the Marianas and will soon fly home to the United States. Six Texans are among the veterans, each with a lap plane credit and an air medal.
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Chester D. Palmer
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Marianas
Bulldogs
War Department Lets Stilwell Tell His Story in His Time
War Department said Gen Joseph Stilwell may choose if and when to publicly share his recall from China. No press conference is planned, but nothing prevents Stilwell from meeting reporters if he wishes.
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War Department
Stilwell
Washington
Joseph Stilwell
China
Department
Vinegar Joe
British Win Sea Battle in Adriatic Two Destroyers Sunk
Rome reports Allied naval communique says two British destroyers Wheatland and Avondale engaged enemy destroyers west of Pag in the upper Adriatic. Both sides’ ships sunk three enemy destroyers in two separate actions. Survivors rescued and captured. Avondale damaged with no British casualties.
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Rome
Adriatic
Wheatland
Avondale
Pag
FDR Denies Report on British Aid Plan
President Roosevelt said he has never heard of a plan to give Great Britain 2.56 billion dollars in nonmilitary supplies for export resale. The New York Times reported the idea, with advisers and a British delegation led by Lord Keynes allegedly involved. He suggested he had not heard of the story.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
New York Times
Lord Keynes
The
Times
Eee
Emphasizes Hemispheric Solidarity in Americas Postwar
Ambassador to Mexico George Messersmith told a Dallas chamber luncheon that hemispheric solidarity is essential to enduring peace and that after the war trade relations would expand. He predicted Latin American republics would seek U S capital and technical skills in mutually profitable ties, introduced by Gov. Coke Stevenson.
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Dallas
Mexico
George 8
Messersmith
Americas
Chamber of Commerce
Coke Stevenson
United States
Renter Avalanche Hits Chamber of Commerce Housing Center
An influx of people seeks housing at the Chamber of Commerce housing center with calls pouring in for rentals. The center requests listings of houses apartments and rooms and asks landlords to call 5238 with available units.
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Chamber of Commerce
Housing Center
Shortage of Merchant Seamen Threatening War Shipments
Washington reports a looming shortage of merchant seamen could delay voyages to war zones within weeks. Vice Admiral Emory Land and Paul V. McNutt announced an intensified drive to recruit personnel to avert potential shipment delays.
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Washington
Emory 8. Land
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Nazis Take Soldiers Shoes To Prevent Desertion
An Austrian deserter told an American officer that German forces night theft of shoes from foreign soldiers aimed to curb desertions on the Western Front. The man surrendered in stocking feet saying he was tired of it all.
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U. S
Western Front
Poland Backs Free Press Under New Law Promise
Karol Popiel announces exiled Polish government plans a new press law to end censorship and official communiques. He says the measure, approved by Mikolajczyk's cabinet and under council review, stops publisher regulation and confiscation statutes and raises penalties to 100000 zloty.
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London
Poland
Karol Popiel
Stanislaw Mikolajcfyk
Polish National Council
Popiel
Tibet
National Liberation Committee
El Paso Children Play With Grenades Found Near Fort Bliss
El Paso police report sixteen live hand grenades found in a city dump near Fort Bliss and say a boy admitted playing with one. A mother found her son handling a grenade while two other youths were trading grenades for cash or marbles as police increased their search.
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EL Paso
J. E. Stowe
Fort Bliss
Stone
The Road To Berlin Distances by Fronts
The record lists distances to Berlin from key fronts: Western front 301 miles from west of Duren, Russian front 304 miles from Vistula north of Warsaw, and Italian front 557 miles from south of Bologna.
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Duren
Vistula
Warsaw
Bologna
U S Eighth Air Force Flew 10 000 More Sorties in October
Official statistics show the U S Eighth Air Force flying 18 800 bombers and 13 150 fighters over Germany in October despite adverse weather, surpassing the total sorties of its first year of operations.
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London
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Eighth
The
Reich
Brazilian fliers attack Allied airfield in Italy
Brazilian airmen in fighter bombers went into action on this front for the first time today. They conducted strafing attacks well behind the enemy lines, signaling active participation in the campaign.
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Brazil
Italy
Floods Undo The Work of Centuries
Allied bombing breached dikes on Walcheren Island and caused extensive flooding in Holland. Beveland also suffered heavy flooding while large reclaimed lands from Massard to Ijssel Merz near Rotterdam and Armeteriam may be permanently lost as liberation nears.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Holland
Walcheren
Beveland
Ijssel Merz
Bilder Zee
Rotterdam
Armeteriam
Nazi Patrol Crosses Rhine to Capture Prisoners
Six young American soldiers crossed the Rhine into Holland on a night patrol, infiltrated German lines, and operated 38 hours in enemy territory from a home headquarters. They took 32 prisoners and several cars, began retreat with both captives and vehicles but finished on foot after a breakdown. The six-man patrol returned to American lines with 82 prisoners sent to cages.
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Paris
Rhine
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Predicts New Deal in China U.S. Ties After Stilwell Rift
Chinese Foreign Minister T. W. Soong rejected U.S. pressure on China's Communist problem and forecast a new era in Sino American relations. He said Stilwell's recall was a personal matter and that Chiang Kai-shek and U S forces in the China Burma India theater could not cooperate, a situation dating to Stilwell's first year in China.
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Chungking
T. W. Soong
China
United States
Soong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
China-Burma- India
Nazi Prisoner Forced to Load Gun With U S 30th Infantry
Pvt Raymond Wyant of Momence Illinois with a 30th Infantry reconnaissance platoon on the Western Front was firing rapidly when a German prisoner was captured and ordered to reload a tommy gun. Fellow GIs noted Wyant's high rate of fire during the encounter.
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U. S. 30Th Infantry Division
Western Front
Pvt
Raymond Wyant
Momence
Ill
Wyant
Lieutenant Advertises For Furnished Apartment With Car Signs
Amarillo police spotted a second lieutenant using his automobile as a moving billboard. Signs on the sides and rear offered a ten dollar and eighty cent reward for information leading to a furnished apartment rental, with an extra thirty cents unclear.
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Leutenant
Amarillo
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Unclear Text on Tax Change Sparks Confusion
A patron speculates a tax amount in a fragmentary report, suggesting a change from 90 cents to about $10 due to current conditions. The source text is garbled and incomplete, hindering precise details.
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