Soviet Drive Toward Poland Romania and Latvia Advances
The Associated Press reports Soviet troops launched attacks from the north toward Poland and toward Romania and Latvia. Red armies push remnants of German divisions westward along an 80 mile front while 115 miles from Poland and 140 miles from Romania remain to cross western fronts. Farther north Russian forces approach Polotsk near the Polish border.
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Paris
Poland
Busg
Latvia
Rumania
Polotsk
Invasion Date Sets Deadline for Air Power Test
Washington reports a looming deadline for a decisive air power campaign against Germany. Generals Arnold and Harris outline a plan to cripple wartime German production with as many as 1000 aircraft in a single day while warning of heavy casualties. The invasion date remains secret, with Russia informed.
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Hitler
Washington
Germany
Europe
H. H. Arnold
U. S
Britain
Arthur T. Harris
Ira C. Eaker
U. S. Army Air Forces
Eighth Air Force
Marshal Harris
United States
USO
Pay Cains Hit by New Labor Attack
A presidential committee weighs living cost to wage data as CIO unions AFL rail unions and independent railroad brotherhoods push wage hikes for 1.4 million railroad workers. Senator Truman backs an 8 cent raise for nonoperating employees despite Vinson veto. TO THE USO.
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Cains
New Labor
Washington
CIO
AFL
Independent Railroad Brotherhoods
Cost of Living Committee
Congress
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
Truman
D.-Mo
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
THE
USO
Japs Use Phosphorus Bombs in Failed Defense of Rabaul
Allied HQ reports 63 Japanese planes down in 48 hours as Liberators and Lightnings strike Rabaul. Bombs could not halt the assault, with ships trapped in the harbor and Japanese ships losing a cruiser and several destroyers. Marines push at Bougainville as air raids continue.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Rabaul
Rabaul Harbor
United States
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Truk
Solomons
New Britain
Gite
Eastern Ohio Miners Return to Work After Contract Talks
Most mines in eastern Ohio's bituminous fields operated at full production. Only Dorothy of the Y and O Coal Co and Piney Fork of Hanna Coal Co were idle awaiting contract provisions. Lorain Coal and Dock Blaine mine workers briefly struck over a fine for days missed prior to Oct. 31 but returned to work today.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Dorothy
Y. & O. Coal Co
Piney Fork
Hanna Coal Co
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Blaine
Record Hog Receipts Forecast for Stockyards Crisis
Chicago meat packers brace for a surge of hogs into the stockyards over the next two to three months as experts warn of a record inflow. The industry faces a severe manpower shortage to handle the big runs and is seeking to expand labor forces to meet the expected demand.
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Chicago
Hope To Force Action On Taxes Food Oil
Rep Landis and fellow Republicans plan a reverse filibuster to press for action on taxes food oil and Office of Price Administration. They will pursue topics daily until leadership brings desired bills to vote.
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Washington
Landis
R-Ind
Office of Price Administration
Winter Debut Brings Freeze Across Ohio State
Winter brought a hard freeze to Ohio with temperatures near freezing and snow flurries reported in many areas. The U S Weather Bureau warned of continued cold and additional flurries through Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mother Abandons Four Children in Toledo Court
Police and juvenile authorities seek a Toledo mother who abandoned her four month old son and three other children in a juvenile court waiting room at Lucas County courthouse.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Moscow Pact Acclaimed by Ickes and Nelson
In New York at Madison Square Garden Ickes and Nelson hailed the Moscow pact on the 10th anniversary of US Soviet relations. Ickes denounced Hearst and Patterson McCormick organs for anti Soviet bias while praising Stalin and Roosevelt cooperation and urging continued harmony between nations.
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New York
Ickes
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Russia
Nelson
Joseph Stalin
Madison Square Garden
United States
Hearst Press
Patterson McCormick
Axis
Stalin
Roosevelt
Hitler
Instructor in Draft Dodging Is Sentenced
Stephen Weinberg, 50, pleaded guilty to running a school for draft dodgers and was sentenced by Federal Judge Murray Hulbert to seven years in prison followed by five years on probation and a $17,500 fine. He admitted maintaining headquarters in a mid town hotel and charging fees from 200 to 2,000 to train inductees to feign mental incompetence to avoid service.
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New York
Stephen Weinberg
Murray Hulbert
Weinberg
2000 Texas Migrants Sought for Ohio Jobs
The United States Employment Service seeks 2000 Texas migrant workers to stay in Ohio for winter foundry work addressing a critical labor shortage. Typically they arrive in Northern Ohio for spring sugar beet field work, stay through harvest, then return to Texas.
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Columbus
United States Employment Service
Texas
Ohio
Invasion Prospects Grow as Allies Close in on Europe
London officials and military observers, citing Stalin's Moscow talks, say Western invasion could come soon as Allied and Soviet pressure tightens. Reorganization of German Aegean command and Balkan situation add urgency. a Romanian front push might trap Hitler's forces on the southeast flank.
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London
Europe
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
L Gprs
Russia
Ter
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Germany
Middle East
Balkans
Hitler
Black Sea
Istanbul
Aegean
Beaten Jap Mavis Flying Boat Bombers In Pacific Action
A four motor Japanese Mavis flying boat patrol bomber is shown in flames and black smoke as it dives toward the Pacific. The ship has just been attacked by a U S Liberator bomber and is seen breaking apart with debris in its wake. Navy photo credit included.
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Pacific
Ohio universities plan aid for war wounded veterans
Ohio six state universities and the State Welfare Department of Education will work with the Post- War Planning Commission to provide educational facilities for wounded veterans and returning servicemen. Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert said representatives will go “the full limit” to help veterans complete interrupted educations, with about 15,000 wounded needing vocational instruction and many more seeking schooling after the war. The Education Department will decide how to use high schools in the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Welfare Department of Education
Post- War Planning Commission
Paul M. Herbert
Commission
Herbert
Department of Education
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USO
Republicans Win Edge In Cincinnati Council
Completion of the count of last Tuesday's proportional representation ballots gives Cincinnati's new council five Republicans and four charterites. Charles F. Weber, Republican, eliminates Independent Herbert Bigelow for the ninth seat. Weber was appointed after Taft resigned to federal service, giving Republicans a 6-3 edge.
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Cincinnati
Council
Charterite
Charles FE. Weber
Herbert S. Bigelow
Weber
Charlies P. Taft
Destroy Nazi Radio Base Off Greenland
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported the destruction of a German radio and weather base on an island off Greenland. He said the base was small but well constructed and appeared intended for permanent maintenance. Also noted were funeral services in Fremont for Miss Mary J. Atkinson former Ohio charities superintendent.
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Washington
Greenland
Knox
Fremont
Mary J. Atkinson
Ohio Division of Charities
Churchill Says 1944 Will Be Most Costly Allied Campaign
London AP Churchill warns the 1944 European campaign will be the most severe and costly for the Allies yet. He salutes Russian valor and Allied efforts while noting U S and British forces will bear the largest sacrifice as Nazi power weakens through air and sea blows.
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London
Churchill
Europe
Reich
Waterloo
Gettysburg
United States
Hitler
Atlantic
Great Britain
Japanese In Most Critical Position In South Pacific
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Japan is in a more critical position than ever in the South and Southwest Pacific. He stated survival, not merely holding positions, is at stake and dismissed Japanese radio claims of heavy American ship losses as a fishing expedition for information.
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Washington—C
Knox
South
Southwest Pacific
Navy
South Pacific
Churchill Warns 1944 Will Demand Most Severe European War
Churchill says 1944 in Europe will be the most costly in lives, vows victory over Germany and Japan only by unconditional surrender, and warns against quick German collapse while planning a postwar framework to secure peace and freedom. He stresses allied unity with Russia and the need to prevent chaos after victory.
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Churchill
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Japan
London Sees Seventh Straight Night Raid Alert
London reported its seventh straight night alert as three German planes were destroyed. Rescue teams continued digging for victims of Sunday’s dance hall bombing that killed many. Air Ministry noted Kassel, the Ruhr industrial city, has ceased to exist for some time after 50 factories were destroyed or badly damaged.
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Marshall
Sangro
Garigliano
Torino
O'S
Paggueta
Tiver
Fornelli
Isernia
Lanciano
Torrebruna al
Albania
Zagreb
Serbia
Dalmatia
Agro
Wilson
Mihail
Chetnik
de Gaulle
Algiers
London
Germany
USO
Marion
Stat Fisher
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Kassel
Poor Relief Drops To Lowest Level in Ohio
In Columbus welfare officials report October aid fell to 12,900 cases, less than half of 26,030 in the prior year and far below February 1940’s peak. Wartime employment is cited as a main cause and Welfare Director Herbert R. Mooney presented the preliminary figures. In Canton, Carl E Bergmeyer, 34, slated for arraignment on a murder charge in the Tony Mastrostanto holdup slaying, died yesterday after overdosing on a sedative.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert R. Mooney
Canton
Carl E. Bergmeyer
Tony Mastrosanto
American Sky Dragons Sink Japanese Destroyer at Amoy
Major General Claire L. Chennault's air unit reports sinking a Japanese destroyer and four other vessels at Amoy, while damaging Kiungshan Airdrome on Hainan Island. Two hangars were hit and an enemy freighter was struck on the return flight, with Amoy Harbor raid conducted at low level amid heavy fire.
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Chungking
Claire L. Chennault
Sky Dragons
Burma
Amoy
Kiungshan
Hainan Island
U.S
Amoy Harbor
Sforza Refuses To Join Emanuele Government
Count Carlo Sforza, a pro Fascist foreign minister, refuses to head a government under King Vittorio Emanuele, despite support from leaders of six anti Fascist parties. The prospect of a patchwork cabinet fades as Italy faces political split.
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Italy
Carlo Sforza
Vittorio Emanuele
Sforza
United States
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