Bombing Blows Hit Sofia and French Riviera by U S Air Power
Allied air strikes from the Fifth and Eighth armies hit Sofia rail yards and surrounding targets, commentators say the Sofia attack marks a new scaled offensive. Other operations over the French Riviera and northern Italy produced heavy bombardment and fighter sweeps. Reports from Don Whitehead note German counterattacks repelled by Allied troops as Soviet advances push toward Gomel and Zhitomir.
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Cen
Luino
Como
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Algiers
Sofia
Headquardn
Balkans
Aegean
France
Yugo
Italy
Iiva
Eighth Army
Salerno
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
Mignano
Rechitsa
Rai
Gomel
Pripet
Berlin
Zhitomir
Naziy
Iman
Kerch
Dnieper Bend
PXOURER van DIES 1- Business William K. Nottingham 6 Mat
Local newspaper brief reports a fatal tractor accident involving William K. Nottingham and others named Stamey Willard Acord. Authorities investigate at the scene as tributes and incident details appear in terse notes.
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Business
William K. Nottingham
Mat! Enquirer Ig
Allied second front shaping in UK for a spring invasion
London reports the Allied force gathering in Britain is unlikely to launch before year end. Gen Bernard Paget may lead a major field group with Lt Gen MacNaughton and Canadian troops shaping plans, while Gen George C. Marshall may become the second front chief, coordinating with the Italian campaign progress.
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London
United Kingdom
Britain
Harold Alexander
15Th
Italy
Europe
Bernard Paget
Home Forces
A. G. L. MacNaughton
England
General Paget
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
American Field Service ambulance volunteers aid British in India Burma
In New Delhi a corps of American Field Service volunteers drives ambulances for British troops in India and Burma. About half of the 100 members are 4-Fs who funded their own $200 equipment and earned their spurs in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. Among them is 19 year old Richard B. Elberfeld of Pomeroy, Ohio.
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India
Associated Press
Burma
Desert
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
AFS
Richard B. Elberfeld
Pomeroy
Sugar allowances extended as cold wave approaches Northwest
Washington reports that increased sugar inventories for retailers and wholesalers will continue indefinitely beyond November 15, after a temporary allowance to meet home canning demands. In Chicago, a brutal early winter cold wave is forecast with temperatures from 25 below to 15 above zero across the region, per the Weather Bureau.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
Minnesota
Illinois
E. S. Hanlon
U. S. Weather Bureau
Postwar press freedom urged for truthful world news
Kent Cooper of the Associated Press and 20 other leaders call for definite guarantees that newspapers can access all governments’ news. A survey by the American Council on Public Affairs argues free news dissemination reduces war risk and insists press access should be universal to ensure truthful reporting. Cooper warns exclusive government access distorts truth and urges the American press to globalize its ideals.
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Washington
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
American Council On Public Affairs
Cooper
Allied air and ground blows pulse across Pacific fronts
Unusually heavy Allied bombing hit Japanese air bases on New Guinea as American submarines sank seven ships and damaged two more. Australian forces pushed up the Markham and Ramu Valleys while Bougainville and New Britain raids continued, and Darwin endured Japan’s 64th raid. In Burma and China, forces advanced on multiple fronts as American and Chinese units gained ground, with heavy air support and modest enemy damage.
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Pacific
China
Burma
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Madang
Markham
Ramu
Bougainville
New Britain
Darwin
Australia
Ellice Islands
Ichang
India
See Less Need For Rationing Following War
Atlantic City reports postwar rationing appears less likely as UNRRA committees begin work. U S cost of relief estimated around 1.5 billion dollars with a flexible target near 2.5 billion for European reconstruction. Invaded Russia excluded while other Americas and British commonwealth likely to contribute. Major levies expected on wheat fats and oils. cattle and hogs not to be shipped to devastated areas.
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Europe
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
United States
UNRRA
British Commonwealth
Russia
Griswold Seeks Third Term As Nebraska Governor
Lincoln Neb Governor Dwight Griswold Republican announces plan to run again for a third term. The Nebraska congressional delegation backs Griswold as a favorite son for the GOP presidential nomination and possibly vice president if no presidential bid occurs. Griswold says he will not enter April presidential preferential primary where Harold Stassen is listed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Griswold
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Italy's King Emanuele Expected To Abdicate
Italian headquarters in Italy reports Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio pledges to resign when Rome falls and signals King Victor Emanuele will abdicate. With parties united against him, he would likely be forced to resign once Badoglio steps down.
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Italy
Emanuele
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Congress Awaits Hull Report on Conference
Washington awaites a direct briefing from Secretary of State Cordell Hull on the Moscow conference. Two House resolutions demand Hull report before a joint session, but leaders indicate the measures will be pigeonholed unless the secretary agrees to testify.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
House
Hull
British Troops Improve Dodecanese Positions
British forces strengthened their lines in central and northern Leros in the Dodecanese, inflicting heavy German casualties and taking prisoners. The island’s strategic value as a submarine base drove continued aerial bombardment in the ongoing battle.
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Dodecanese
Leros
Middle East
Island
Aegean
Petain Suffered Stroke Warned by Editorial Note
From Bern Switzerland La Suisse notes in an editorial on a Vichy dispatch that Marshal Petain failed to appear before crowds yesterday and had suffered a stroke. The report emphasizes the aging leader’s illness amid the balcony incident.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suisse
Vichy
Henri Philippe Petain
Nazis Launch Offensive on Dalmatian Coast
Yugoslav partisan headquarters announced a large scale operation on the Dalmatian coast to occupy Adriatic beaches and islands. A bulletin covering Oct 19 to Oct 21 said the 10th Hercegovenian brigade killed or wounded 1,460 Germans and captured 466 rifles five guns six mine throwers 100000 cartridges and two radio stations.
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London
Adriatic Sea
Hercegovenian Brigade
Drouth Cuts Wheat Acreage in Southwest Regions
Government wheat goals for 1944 look better on paper than in fields where grain is grown. Drouth in parts of the winter wheat area has kept farmers from seeding as many acres as anticipated and slowed growth, risking widespread abandonment in those sections.
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Chicago
Drouth
Bribe Charges Against Two Officials Dropped
Oklahoma City reports bribery charges against former Governor Leon C. Phillips and parole officer Robert R. Fitzgerald were dismissed at trial opening. The prosecution moved for dismissal, leaving the conspiracy count for immediate hearing. The men were accused of conspiring to obtain $500 for parole for life-term prisoner Dr. J. Eissminger.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Robert R. Fitzgerald
Sotey
J. Eissminger
Border Closed by Germans at French Spanish Frontier
From Port Bou on the Spanish side the dispatches report the French Spanish Mediterranean border is closed to all but a few diplomatic travelers. Germany strengthens coastal defenses amid the threat of an Allied invasion.
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Madrid
Port Bou
Ohio to run $6 million Bombs for Tokyo War Bond drive
The Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce led by President Warren G. Smith of Canton announced a Dec 7 campaign in Ohio to raise six million dollars for the Bombs for Tokyo war bond effort.
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Columbus
Tokyo
Ohio
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Warren G. Smith
Canton
Four Killed at Rail Crossing in Columbus
Four people died in a crossing crash involving the Pennsylvania Railroad west bound St. Louisan and a Curtiss-Wright aircraft plant worker's car near Columbus. The engineer of the St. Louisan and three women from the plant were among the deceased. Coroner plans an inquest.
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Columbus
FE. E. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louisan
C. L. Wollard
Steubenville
Sylvia Weber
Wilma Downing
Iola Choulat
Curtiss-Wright
Aigmeere
Soldier Vote Bill Approved
The Senate Elections Committee approved by a 12 to 2 vote a measure to appoint a four member bi partisan commission to supervise absentee voting by armed forces members. It would facilitate voting for federal state and local officials. Senators Revercomb and Moore said they needed more time to study terms.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Lll
Revercomb
W. Va
Moore
Okla
Negro Leader Demands Probe of Race Issue in Boston
Paul Robeson, famed singer and actor, calls for a full investigation of recent anti Jewish incidents in Boston. He says attacking Jews equates to attacking Black people and urges Governor Saltonstall to reach the roots of the issue.
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Boston
Paul Robeson
Saltonstall
Ohio Airman Bags Two Jap Bombers
Lt. Howard Burris of Granville Ohio shot down two Japanese bombers in an air battle supporting a carrier strike on Rabaul. A Navy land based fighter squadron claimed 18 enemy planes Thursday, aiding defenses against the Japanese air attack.
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South Pacific
Navy
Rabaul
Howard Burris
Granville, O
Bricker declares run for Republican presidential nomination
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker announced he will seek the Republican nomination for president, renouncing another bid for a fourth term as governor. He said he will win delegates, open headquarters in Columbus, and choose a campaign manager, stressing a one term presidency as a core belief and urging party unity.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
United States
Im ¢Ha Mwhin Wnelmaniac
Ernor
Mackinac
Republican Party
Ple
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Bricker
Ebright
Bricker Says New Deal Ended Its Service to the People
Bricker attacked the New Deal noting it had come to an end as a governing philosophy. He called for an impartial administration, end to class-based politics, and relief from rationing, with liberty and opportunity restored after victory. An all-out presidential push and gubernatorial race were discussed at a dinner at the executive mansion with four potential Ohio candidates named.
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Bricker
Executive
Ohio
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Chicago
House Group Blasts OPA Rules as Confusing and Illegal
A House select committee chaired by Rep. Smith assailed the Office of Price Administration for issuing illegal, absurd and conflicting regulations. It urged changes to curb executive usurpation of powers and reduce injustices while maintaining inflation controls. The panel noted OPA created an unauthorized judicial system and a dense regulatory maze with 3,196 rules in 19 months versus 552 laws passed by Congress.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
Rep. Smith
D.-Va
House
Congress
OPA
Sky Dragons Bomb Japanese Base at Yochow in Cen tral China
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults Sky Dragons attacked a Japanese base at Yochow in northern Hunan Province on Saturday aiding Chinese forces. The US communique says Japanese targets at Shasi along the Yangtze were also bombed and at least six barges sunk. one American plane is missing.
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Chungking
Claire L. Chennault
Sky Dragons
Cent China
Yochow
Hunan
Yangtze River
Shasi
Salt Plant Executive Dies at Pomeroy Home
G C Joachim age 58 superintendent of The Pomeroy Salt Corporation died at his home in Pomeroy this morning after a weeklong illness. Survived by wife and six children Mildred Rice Edith Joachim Henry Joachim Cora Mae Joachim Oxford Mrs Orin Holter Racine and Capt George Joachim US Army. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Pomeroy
G. C. Joachim
Pomeroy Salt Corporation
Mildred Rice
Edith Joachim
Henry Joachim
Cora Mae Joachim
Oxford
Orin Holter
Racine
George Joachim
U. S. Army
Army To Call Sinatra After First of Year
Jersey City Hudson County draft chief Tra W Caldwell said Frank Sinatra classified 1-A at month’s start will be called for induction in Newark around January 12 or 14. The singer remains a civilian for the holidays but will face the draft early next year.
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N. J
Frank Sinatra
Tra W. Caldwell
Hudson County
Distaff
Newark
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