Allied armies advance on 400 mile front in major World War II push
Allied forces press a broad advance along a 400 mile front as Tokyo warns of large scale enemy air raids. Japanese cabinet fast tracks a Home Ministry liaison council to shore up defense, while U S and Filipino forces report fierce battles around Ormoc and Limon on Leyte and Mindanao remnants.
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Japan
Assol.n.ed
Tokyo Radio
Japanese Home Ministry
Federal Communications Commission
Kuniaki Koiso
Okiawa
Ryukyu Islands
Philippines
Mapia
Ormoc
Leyte Island
Manila Bay
Lme
Admiral Nimitz
Manila
Tokyo
U.S
Bonin Islands
MacArthur
Limon
Liuchow
Army Air Force
Iwo Jima
USAAF
Nea
Fifth Army Seizes Modigliani After Withdrawal
Fifth Army troops occupy Modigliani nine miles south of the Bologna Rimini highway town of Faenza following a German retreat after a week of fierce resistance. Allied headquarters announced the town had been briefly contested before being secured.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Modigiani
Bologna
Rimini
Faenza
Classified Ad Text for Sunday Messenger Section
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Sunday Messenger
Santa to visit ailing child in Wyoming on Nov nine
Ailing child Nubbins Hoffman of Sheyenne Wyoming is expected to die before Christmas. Doctors warn the lad’s ladder ailment will prove fatal by December 25. A Christmas visit by Santa is planned for November 9 as a last gesture from friends.
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Wnta Claus
SeveRrck
Nubbins
Hoffman
Sheyenne
Wyo
Talks On Reconversion Delay Peace Efforts
Washington reports say peacetime production faces delays from shortages of war goods and manpower. James Byrnes warns that talk of reconversion could prolong hostilities if not remedied, while both parties push for a strong postwar peace organization and continued quiet mapping of reconversion plans. The War Production Board may suspend civilian output plans until war bottlenecks are removed.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Production Board
Germany
Byrnes
Botteneck
Vinton County Welfare Department Is Created
Columbus report states the State Civil Service Commission announced an exam for the director position of the newly created Vinton County Department of Welfare to be held at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time December 8 in the McArthur courthouse. Gertrude Jones, the commission chair, noted county commissioners consolidated welfare administration including aid to dependents and aid to the blind under the new department.
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Solumbus
State Civil Service Commission
Vinton County
Radio Commentator Boake Carter Dead Reported
News wires report the death of radio commentator Boake Carter after a stroke suffered following a daily program. He reportedly appeared in good health before taking ill and died after admission to a hospital.
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Boake Carter
Howsuanen
Boake Carter Ig
Hie
Bombers Strike Rhine Approaches In Major Allied Assault
London dispatch reports 3,000 Allied bombers in a five hour strike in support of Eisenhower's winter offensive. More than 13,000 tons of bombs hit the Rhine front around Aachen and nearby towns, with heavy and medium bombers and fighter-bombers contributing. Dozens of gun positions and communications facilities targeted. Several aircraft reported missing.
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London
Rhine
Eisenhower
Westwall
Ind
Aachen
Gellenkirchen
U.S
Eighth
Ninth Air Force
Bricker Sees GOP Setback as Temporary Victory
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker told the Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women that the GOP setback after the November election is temporary. He urged a fight to restore private enterprise, tax reform, and a two party system. Bricker said 21 million votes for Dewey-Bricker show wide support beyond the South as the party seeks to recapture the American spirit.
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Harrisburg
Republican Party
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Repubcan
America
Bricker
Pennsylvania
Republican Womon
Ameri
Thomas E. Dewey
The
Ohioan
US Casualties Top 200000 in Western Europe Campaign
The War Department reports U S casualties in Western Europe exceed 200000 through November 1 with 35884 killed, 145788 wounded, and 18677 missing. The Seventh Army lands in Southern France along with other Allied forces, marking an increase of 25569 since last month.
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War Department
France
Noth
Bricker and Lausche Discuss Postwar Ohio Public Works
Lt. Gov. Paul Herbert, chair of the Ohio Commission, proposed that Governor Frank J. Lausche of Cleveland sit down with commission subcommittee chairmen to review contemplated postwar public works for Ohio. Herbert said the meeting would let Lausche learn firsthand which projects are planned and hear his views.
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Columbus
Paula Herbert
Ohio Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Lausehe
Herbert
Yanks and Nazis Divide German Border Town
Stolberg Germany Nov 10 Delayed UP Nine tenths of Stolberg held by the American Army and one tenth by German troops have quarreled bitterly over real estate. Civilian refugees from the 16th century population around YRS00 split as half fled Nazi Volkssturm and the other half stayed. USO shows and doughnut parties ease tension while civilians avoid fraternization. German leaflets and loudspeaker propaganda are used to influence the American sector. Chris Kacoyanis of Somerville captured three German oilers and says locals fear the war and hope for Christmas.
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Stolberg
Germany
Volkssturm
Pepsies
U.S. First Army
Paneer
Biden
Chris Kacoyanis
Somville
Auto Crash Victim William A. Britton Dies in Charleston
William A. Britton, 50, a New York Central Railroad trainmaster, died in Charleston Hospital seven weeks after a car crash. Survived by wife and daughter Paula Jean, funeral set for Sunday at Rawlings-Coates with interment Beach Grove Cemetery. Masonic rites to follow.
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William A. Britton
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
Tod
Charleston
Paula Jean
Rawlings-Coates
Beach Grove
Britton
Middle
Masonic
The
Eagles
Phone Operators Strike Across Ohio Cities
In a wave of labor action on a wartime day, operators in Dayton walked out to oppose employing out of town staff. Columbus and Toledo operators joined two hours later in sympathy. About 50 percent of Columbus long distance operators were absent at 9 3 am Eastern War Time and Dayton’s stake affected roughly 600 operators. The dispute centers on paying out of town workers who receive extra allowances. Dayton needed outside help due to insufficient local staff.
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Dayton
Columbus
Toledo
Paul Denning
Miss Jeanette Reedy
Southwestern Area Council of the Ohio Federaton of Telephone Workers
Reedy
Liquor Card Holders May Buy Two Units
Ohio liquor rationing will extend to three weeks per period starting Monday while card holders may buy two units for the first time in nearly two years. Liquor Director Don Fisher announced that a husband may buy his wife's allotment or a wife her husband’s, provided both purchases occur at the same time.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don Fisher
Donnell Wins Missouri Senate Seat by Narrow Margin
In Missouri, Forrest C. Donnell narrowly defeats Roy McKittrick to capture the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Bennett Clark. The margin mirrors his earlier tight gubernatorial victory, underscoring a stubbornly close statewide contest despite a Democratic landslide elsewhere.
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Missouri
Soviet Stand Restated Amid Pots of Peaceful Policy
A Soviet statement today declares no intent to intervene in other states internal affairs and upholds coexistence of two systems, presumably communism and capitalism. It denounces references to a Communist peril as Goebbels propaganda and reiterates peaceful postwar aims.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Goebbels
Divorce Granted in Cantons Common Pleas Court
Judge George II grants a divorce to a 45 year old waitress from her spouse Hilario F Patallo described as a fascist sympathizer of general Franco. The case references alleged fascist influence and past executions during the Spanish civil war.
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Franco
Canton
Pcommon
George II
Hilario F. Patallo
Mune
Two Million Men May Be Locked in Giant Battle
Allied armies hammer ahead on a 400 mile western front in what may be the year’s supreme bid to crush Germany. About two million men could be engaged, with the Nazis believed to muster 500,000 along the line. American, British forces push toward Cologne and the Ruhr, while offensives south and north gain ground near the Rhine and Maas with Wessem and Roermond in sight. President Roosevelt aims to pass youth service legislation this winter to extend national service programs.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Churchill
Aachen
Germany
Cologne
Ruhr
Siegfried Lime
German Rhineland
Second
Maas
Maas River
Wessem
Ninth Army
Reich
Venlo
Roermond
Noord
Gellenkirchen
Roer
Allied Bombardment Drives Deep Into Germany Front
Front line dispatches report the First and Ninth Armies pressing into Germany with intensified air and artillery assaults. German resistance appeared light at first as Allied forces advanced, taking several small towns near Aachen and approaching the Siegfried Line. The Ninth Army zone captured towns as the offensive merged with the Third Army in the central sector.
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Ninth
Germany
Ninth Army
Aachen
Gellenkirchen
Esch: Weiler
Third Army
Cats Cause Traas In Kentucky and Beyond
World war bulletin reports German defenses near Metz and Belfort as Allied forces press from the north and along the Doubs River. Soviet and Polish items note eastern and central fronts with air activity and political moves in wartime. A Kentucky case concerns catamount truancy linked to river patrols and end Berlin correspondents.
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Metz
First
U.S
Doubs
Belfort
Rhine
St. Die
Meurthe
Budapest
Godollo
Hatvan
Red Air Force
Egun
Baltic
Red Banner
Danzig
Vanceburg
Tisza
Soseph Johnson
Lewis County
Tokai
Johnson
Taft Stoneing
Berlin
Caramount
Cata
Nijmegen
Way Bridge
Accidents Claim Family in Georgia Blaze and Crossing Crash
In Chatsworth Georgia a fire destroyed a home killing Mrs JP Anefferson and two of her children. A nine year old son Billy and the father were injured in a separate grade crossing crash reported Wednesday night.
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Georgia
Chatsworth
JP. O. Ane Fferson
Here
Billy
President Roosevelt Denied Profanity by Poll Worker
Mildred M. Todd an election inspector said she did not hear the president utter profanity or any words while voting. She recalled the voting booth noises but stated the president did not speak and the machine did not seem to fail. The Glendale California Ministerial Association had urged an apology for alleged shocking profanity.
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Mildred M. Todd
Roosevelt
Time
U.S
Meet
Steubenville
Erry Ames
Todd
Sosentrew Ress
Glendale
Calif
Drowns After Fall From Boat In Ohio River
Herman Campbell age 22, son of Mr and Mrs John Campbell of Eureka Gallia County, fell from a motor towhoat into the Ohio River last night and drowned. The body was recovered several hours later. Campbell was a watchman aboard the vessel.
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Herman Campbell
John Campbell
Eureka
Gallia County
Ohio River
Campbell
Borrowed Money Is After 50 Years
Pleasant-Statt attorney E J Somersville faced an odd case when a friend from his youth, now in northern state, sent a check for 12 dollars claiming it covered a loan of 3 dollars from 50 years ago with interest. He noted West Virginia’s legal rate at six percent, totaling 300 percent in six years, or nine dollars plus three dollars. The debtor claimed ownership of a six acre bluegrass farm and indicated surplus funds.
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E. J. Somersville
Somersville
West Virginia
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