Yanks Press Deeper Into Siegfried Line Near Aachen
Allied forces drive eight miles into the Siegfried Line north of Aachen as U S First Army advances, while Third Army storms Fort Driant near Metz. German counterattacks aim to hold the Ruhr line. Allied air and ground pressure intensify across the western front.
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Siegfried Line
Aachen
U. S. Third Army
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Metz
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Reich
Rimberg
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Ruhr
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Igen
Courtney H. Hodges
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Cologne
Ane
Dusseldorf
Holland
Deuze
Metjel
Maas
Meuse
Germany
Bpinal
Third Army
Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
Trier
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Nancy
Ling
Nijmegen-Arnhem
Rhine
Ihear
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Dunkerque
Channel
Lurnhout
Second
Nijmegen
U.S
Third
Grevemacher
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Rhineland
Japs Invade Vital Allied Coast Areas
Reports from Tokyo radio describe a sea borne Japanese assault 25 miles northeast of Foochow as Allied forces fear loss of the city. Observers warn of broader drives from Henan and Shansi toward Chungking while Marines and soldiers press operations against Palau. MacArthur and Romulo shift to Manila defenses as bombers hit southern approaches to the Philippines.
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Tokyo Radio Today
Foochow
Tokyo
America
Pacific
New England
Japan
China Coast
Chungking
Sian
Henan
Shansi
U. S. Pacific
Peleliu
Angaur
Palau
Nimitz
Kweilin
U.S
Philippines
Manila Radio
Jose Laurel
Carlos P. Romulo
Voice of Freedom From
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Manila
MacArthur
Bahelthuap
T! Pelelin
Iwo Island
Iokyo
Mother Believes Lost Child Was Well Cared For
Detroit detectives search for four month old Robert James King and a hired nursemaid after the infant disappeared from the King home on Saturday night. Mrs. King expresses faith the maid cared for him and remains hopeful.
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Detroit
Robert James King
King
Polio Peak Reached in Buckeye State
Ohio Health Director Bauman announces infantile paralysis has peaked and is now in decline across the state. The report highlights postwar industrial decentralization as key to recovery and identifies 11 states with government war plants needing a freeze.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Bauman
Bauman
Ernie Poate
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryland
Delaware
Rhode Island
Michigan
Illinois
Washington
Senate
Detroit plants face wage study demand to avert strike
A CIO union group brought a request to the War Labor Board in Washington for an immediate wage rate study to counter a threatened strike by maintenance workers that could halt operations at about 300 Detroit war plants. The action, supported by UAW-CIO, cites wage gaps with AFL workers and mentions Ford, Chrysler, GM, and Packard among major firms.
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CIO
War Labor Board
Washington
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Packard l
AFL
Uaw-Cio
iSays Farmer Is Not Eager for Class War
JAMESTOWN N Y Farmers do not want to see labor set against capital or capital and labor set against agriculture says Roger B Corbett secretary treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Federation He adds we are not Communists first or laborers first or capitalists first but Americans first interested in the welfare of the nation and not attempting to divide it into economic or class groups
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N. Y
iRoger B. Corbett
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Democrats Drop Probe of CIO Contribution
Washington chairmen Anderson says the House Campaign Expenditures Committee will not continue its probe into reports that the father of Rep. Grant faced a CIO union demand for funds used against his son.
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Washington
Millionth Ton of Bombs Used by Yanks Monday
The Army air forces report reaching its millionth ton of bombs in World War II with the Sept. 28 attack on Merseberg Leuna Germany. They note 72,600 battle casualties and 3,300 non battle casualties, with about 42,000 total plane losses.
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Army Air Forces
Merseberg-Leuna
Germany
Iers
Arnold
Hollywood New Dealers Will Hear Mr Ickes
Hollywood officials announce Interior Secretary Harold Ickes will speak Sunday night under the Hollywood is For Roosevelt committee. Co chairs Jack Warner Samuel Goldwyn and Katharine Hepburn organize the nationwide radio hookup campaign for Roosevelt's re election.
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Hollywood
Roosevelt
Harold Lickes
Jack Warner
Samuel Goldwyn
Katherine Hepburn
Son Kills Mother and Ends His Own Life
A coroner’s verdict in Springfield finds Mrs. Maggie Fogle 78 shot by her son Elmer Fogle 42 who then killed himself in their home. Bodies found yesterday. Coroner Austin Richards cited the son’s poor health.
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Springfield
Maggie Fogle
Elmer Fogle
Austin Richards
Richards
Reds Reported Joining Tito's Force in South
Polish insurgents claimed Warsaw’s fall to German siege and evacuation deals while Moscow reports said resistance collapsed. Lt Gen Komorowski allegedly remained inside Warsaw as Soviet backed groups planned a crossing to the Vistula. Tito’s Partisans linked with Russian troops pushed toward Belgrade and southern Yugoslav mines as German forces retreated through the Thar Valley.
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Komorowski
Warsaw
Moscow
Associated Press
Daniel Deluce
National Liberation Committee
Monter
Vistula
Huu
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
German International Information Bureau
Berlin
Red Army
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
14Th Partisan Corps
Belgrade
Don
Milanovac
Zajecar
Yugoslavia
Night Britain Bombs Nazi Supply Lines in Germany
London AP reports over 1,000 American heavy bombers with 700 escorts attacked Nurnberg Gaggenau and Giebelstadt targeting tank plants truck works and air bases. RAF Mosquitos conducted moonlight raids destroying trains barges and transports while small forces hit Brunswick and western air fields amid a large daylight raid with 2,509 Allied planes over the Reich.
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Nurnberg
Gaggenau
Giebelstadt
Daimler-Benz
Karlsruhe
Giepelstadt
Germany
Holland
Brunswick
Reich
Ruhr
Emmerich
Gladbach
Coblenz
Osnabruch
Irish Girl Held for Immigration Action
Youngstown report states Elizabeth Macleod, 19, claims she was smuggled from Ireland in a casket on a U S army bomber and later stowed aboard a victory ship on her way to America. She faces three charges of illegally entering the United States.
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Youngstown
Elizabeth Macleod
Ireland
America
United States
Allied Drives In Italy Slowed By Heavy Rain
Allied forces push north through the Apennines slowed by deep mud as Fifth Army breaches toward Monghidoro near Bologna and captures Cedrechia while German counterattacks and floods stall the British Eighth Army along the Adriatic. The Bologna Rimini road near Imola remains strongly defended with Monte Battaglia and Monte Capella dominating approaches.
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Rome
Monghidero
Bologna
Fifth Army
Apennines Inn
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Monte Battaglia
Monte Capella
Bologna-Rimini
Imola
Carseggio
Monghidoro
Florence-Bologna
Cedrechia
Chinese Say They Are Fighting Japs Alone
Ta Kung Pao protests Churchill description of American aid as lavish and argues Britain and America share moral responsibility for China's weakness. It notes U S lend lease to China amounted to only one or two percent of total Allied aid.
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Chungking
Churchill
China
Ta Kung Pao
Britain
America
Athens Legion Post To Meet Wednesday Night
Regular monthly meeting of Crossen Post No 21 of the Athens American Legion will be held in the Post Home Wednesday at eight. Several important matters to be discussed. refreshments will be served. All members invited.
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Crossen Post
No Sudden Rhine Sweep Seen From Western Front
Front dispatches describe German forces still entrenched north of Antwerp and near Aachen as Allied pressure grows. Canadians threaten a salient and occupy Merxem while Germans reinforce defenses along a 15 000 yard depth. Weather kept Allied air power limited as Crete lands and blockades intensify the Nazi threat.
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Anterp
Antwerp
Merxem
Antywerp
Aachen
Rhine
Morocco
Crete
Kithera
Strikes Halting Ohio Factories
About 3,700 Ohio workers were idle in stoppages at Kent Ironton and Norwood. The Twin Coach plant in Kent postponed a 1,200 member continuous meeting and closed the plant. Local 382 UAW staged a strike at Norwood’s Globe Wernicke plant. At Ironton, 300 to 400 CIO United Steel Workers left Mount Vernon Bridge Company.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kent
Ironton
Norwood
Cio-United Automobile
Twin Coach Company
Globe Wernicke Co
United Automobile Workers
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Mount Vernon Bridge Company
Roosevelt Plans To Make Cleveland Talk
Washington reports the War Labor Board reviews a panel report on United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers demands, including a 107-cent wage hike that would breach the Little Steel formula. Hearings focus on wage stabilization policy while Cleveland awaits Roosevelt in Public Hall for the campaign.
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The
War ‘Labor Board
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Cio
General Motors Corporation
Cleveland
Little Steel
Ray T. Miller
Cuyahoga Mula
County Democratic Organization
Roosevelt
Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton Grant reconcile after six weeks apart
Hollywood actors Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton Grant announce a reconciliation ending six weeks of separation. The couple, prominent in film and society circles, indicated plans to resume shared life and public appearances.
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Hollywood
Cary Grant
Barbara Hutton Grant
Uncle Sam to Help Pay For Education Of Veteran
The government will pay for at least a year of schooling for veterans of this war, both officers and enlisted, with 90 days service since Sept 16, 1940 and honorably discharged. Benefits may cover up to four years of education, depending on dependents, with limits on living expenses and only for tuition, books, and required supplies. Veterans may attend state, private, elementary, secondary, and vocational schools, colleges, business and technical institutes, or industrial establishments.
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Uncle Sam
Aea Hafake
Coljleges Oo
Romeabdine
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