Biddle Prosecute PAC Backers Under Hatch Act
Francis Biddle, U S attorney general, faces pressure to prosecute Hatch Act violators amid PAC fundraising splits. The piece argues officials must enforce laws despite political pressures, condemning bypassing of constitutional and congressional restraints. It cites Sidney Hillman and the CIO PAC sum and calls for rectification of executive overreach.
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Francis Biddle
United States
Sidney Hillman
PAC
Moore
Oklahoma
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Cio-Pac
Biddle
Dewey
al Capone
Sidney Hullman
Wicked Corporation
Roosevelt
Dumbarton Oaks
Chavez
New Mexico
Congress
FCC
Eugene Garey
Commissioner Fly
Garey
Fly
Allied Supplies on Way To Italy and the Balkans
Relief supplies will move into Italy and nearby Balkans from funds raised by 44 nations under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The 11 day conference at Montreal outlined aid for 20 million Europeans to return home and restart essential industries.
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Italy
The
Balkans
Montreal
Balkan
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Allied drive edges toward Germany amid Arnhem crisis
Allied forces report heavy fighting as German casualties top 800,000 since D-Day. Arnhem paratroopers lost, with British and American units widening corridors from Nijmegen toward the Rhine. Supplies reach trapped troops by night, while Luftwaffe challenges the Allied advance across Holland and Belgium.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Eisenhower
Germany
D-Day
Normandy
France
Adolf Hitler
Nijmegen
Rhine
Second Army
Elst
Arnhem
Lower Rhine
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
McMillan
Ronald Clark
Osterbeek
Reusel
Eindhoven
First Army
Turnhout
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
Helmond
Dearne
Nij- Megen
Mook
Deurne
Eidhoven- Nijmegen
Veghel
St. Oedenrode
Clark
Findhoven-Nijmegen
Deserter Hanged by Army at Fort Sill in 1943 Case
Harry R. Bever a 27 year old former paratrooper known as Red Bever was hanged at Fort Sill Oklahoma for the July 22 1943 murder and desertion in Amarillo. He had been convicted by general court martial October 13 and was wanted by the FBI for bank robbery and federal escape.
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Harry R. Bever
Fort Sill
Okla
Clint C. Wood
Amarillo
Red Bever
Mr. Wood
Bever
FBI
Liberty
Cincinnati
Red Armies Turn To New Baltic Island Assault
Moscow reports northern armies crush final German pocket in Estonia and prepare assault on Ristia and Osel islands guarding Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Finland. Govorov’s Leningrad group seizes key ports on Estonian mainland except Virtsu amid Baltic gunfire in Helsinki. Warsaw battle enters 56th day with no new Russian news. Polish sources say Germans retreating toward Vistula. Russian forces also push into southern Poland and into Slovakia with patrols near Czechoslovakia frontier.
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Moscow
Russia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Latvia
Helsinki
Finnish Gulf
Warsaw
Vistula
Red Army
Hungary
Poland
Berehy Gurne
Slovakia
Texas Elector Split Highlights Deepening Texas Feud
Two rival factions certify 23 electors as Democrats battle over Roosevelt Truman ticket. The Texas Regulars, anti fourth term faction, filed electors chosen May 23 in Austin and oppose Roosevelt Truman. The pro Roosevelt group won Dallas convention control and backing Chicago nominees. State officials faced court orders while party executives plan overhauls to party rules and election laws.
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United Press
Texas
Austin
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dallas
Chicago
Sidney Latham
State Supreme Court
Democratic Executive Committee
Harry L. Seay
Stem
Stern
Elmer Lincoln
Texarkana
Woodville Rogers
San Antonio
Seay
Democratic
National Party
Supreme Court
Executive Committee
Roy Sanderford
Belton
Hillman and Browder
United States
Sanderford
Latham
Horace Blalock
Marshall
Supers Hit Manchuria Supers Hit Manchuria
Allied air power struck Manchuria targeting Anshan and Dairen the Nippon steel hub with 70 to 90 Superfortresses in a two city raid. Japanese interceptors engaged in heavy fighting as US bombers faced anti-aircraft and fighter opposition in dawn daylight attacks.
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Anshan
Nippon
Philippines
Adm
William F. Halsey
Philippine
Catalina
Davao Gulf
Angaur
Palau
Burma
Fifth Indian
Tiddim
China
Yunnan
Mangshih
Pingka
Salween Front
Lungling
Formosa
Dairen
Penhsihu
U. S
Warren Cancels Talk in Philadelphia By Warren Duties
Republican City Chairman David W. Harris announced Gov. Earl Warren of California must cancel a scheduled address in Philadelphia on Oct. 5 due to duties at home. Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois will be asked to substitute.
Sky Giants Bombard German Cities in WW2 Air Offensive
Allied air forces including 1,700 American and British bombers attacked Osnabrück Hamm and Bremen with 1,100 Fortresses and Liberators bombing German cities. RAF Lancaster and Halifax missions hit Calais while Canadians struck the coast. Arnhem area air support and night actions near Mannheim continued as air combat claimed 24 German planes and six Allied losses.
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Holland
RAF
Arnhem
London
Osnabruck
Hamm
Bremen
Germany
Calais
Weser
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Mannheim
Rhine
Ludwigshafen
Taxi Collides With Train Driver Escapes Injury
A Yellow Cab driver, R C Jarrell, said he failed to see a Santa Fe freight train at Fourth Avenue and Grand Street when his taxi hit it at 3 a.m. The cab sustained severe damage but the driver escaped serious injury. Police reported the crash details.
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R. C. Jarrell
North West
Fifth Avenue
Santa Fe
Fourth Avenue
Grand Street
Belgian government formed under Pierlot premier
The Brussels radio reported that a new Belgian government was formed, with Hubert Pierlot as premier. The Weather Bureau forecast calls for occasional showers this week, with light showers likely and possible general rain on Thursday or Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
H. C. Winburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
London
Brussels Radio
Hubert Pierlot
The Road To Berlin In World War II Fronts
The report outlines three advance lines in World War II. The Western front lies 305 miles from Kleve, the Russian front 310 miles from Warsaw, and the Italian front 570 miles from Bologna.
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Associated Press
Kleve
Warsaw
Bologna
De Gaulle Sees War Ending Not Before Spring
Gen Charles De Gaulle visiting Belfort Front told French troops the war would not end before spring. He said the army strengthened by interior forces would not reach full strength until then and cautioned that heavy fighting remains.
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Belfort
U.P
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill Back in Britain Dodges War Questions
Prime Minister Churchill, cheered in the House of Commons on his return to London, avoided statements on major war questions. Foreign Secretary Eden announced a full dress statement Thursday to flag the start of a two day debate on Britain's postwar Germany policy amid U.S. cabinet dissension.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
American ships to skip Argentine ports after Oct 1
The State Department announced that starting October 1 American ships northbound from South America will be prohibited from stopping at Argentine ports. The notice underscores a shift in maritime routing and port calls amid ongoing policy considerations.
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Argentine
Washington
U.P
State Department
South America
Russell Stationery Company
Allies Break German Lines in Italy Near Rimini
Allied forces cross the Rubicon north of Rimini as the Eighth Army seizes Bordonchia and inland bridgeheads while the Fifth Army drives from Bologna through valleys toward the Po Valley. American, British, Indian, and Brazilian units report heavy enemy counterattacks with substantial prisoner gains and Nazi casualties reaching about 25 000, including 8 709.
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Third Army
Dieuze
Nancy
Aailicu Fources
Caesar
Adriatic
Rimini
Bordonchia
Bologna
Firenzuela
Monte la Pine
Moraduccio
Po Valley
Imola
Palazzuola
Pirenzuola
Marradi
Louies
Fifth Army
92Nd
Gothic Line
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Rhineland
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Osel
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Leonid A. Govorov
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