Jap Oil Base Under Yankee Bombs in Balikpapan Action
Allied air strikes hit Balikpapan oil base in Borneo with 40 four engined bombers in a Tuesday raid and 60 Liberators in a prior attack as MacArthur vows to crush Japan's oil supply. Shipping losses curb Nippon imports, while Tokyo reports munitions output up and new fronts in China and Burma. A Cincinnati boy, Stanley Andrews, 13, dies after a falling tree during forestry practice.
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Balikpapan
Borneo
Domei
MacArthur
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Nippon
Dutch Indies
Philippines
Chichi Island
Tokyo
Allies Reach Edge of Cologne Plain in Arnhem Front
Allied forces press toward the German frontier along the Nijmegen Arnhem corridor as Lt. Gen. Dempsey opens a six mile eastward attack from south of Arnhem. American wedges push near Ubach and Panzerdenk, while Canadian units strike near Antwerp threatening the Scheldt estuary.
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Cologne
Nijmegen-Arnhem
Ubach
Aachen
Miles C. Dempsey
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Nijmegen
Panner‘ Densch
Strange Battle Raging Near Metz And Across Europe
AP dispatches from the Metz front report American Third Army forces penetrating Fort Driant’s tunnels while German defenses hold. In Vosges near Belfort Americans advance several miles as Russians push toward Belgrade and Nis, collapsing rail links and capturing towns, with civilians fleeing and a large mining area under threat.
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Greece
Bor
Europe
Finnish Troops Push Germans Back USing Helsinki Communique
Finnish forces capture Pannu and Lima and close on Livojaervi while advancing north of the Finnish Waist. German reinforcements east of Kemi force a slight Finn retreat at a Gulf of Bothnia port. Livojaérvi lies 100 miles east of Kemi. Kemi has faced attacks from two directions since Finns cut German retreat by landing at Tarnealv. VETERAN WORKER DIES Springfield Ohio Deloss Odell 80 oldest Ohio telephone employee died in Miami after long service since 1881.
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Pannu
Lima
Livojaervi
Helsinki
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Gulf of ‘Bothnia
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Rann
Sima ‘Ison
Springfield
Deloss’ Odell
Telephone Company
Ohio
Miami
Fla
Ohio Belle Telephone Company
Guerilla Warfare Next On Program of Hitler
German propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declared that the Allies have opened an all out offensive against Germany and the Nazis are prepared to wage guerilla warfare to the death.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Mary E Shaulis Dies at Son's Home in Clinton
Mrs Mary E Shaulis a New Marshfield resident died this morning at her son Everett Smith home in Clinton Ohio The funeral will return to New Marshfield with calling at Hoodlet Funeral Home after Friday noon Funeral arrangements are in progress Also E B Shafer 72 longtime Nelsonville grocery wholesaler died at his home 106 Myers Street
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Mary E. Shaulis
Tony
Everett Smith
Clinton, O
Hoodlet
E. E. Shafer
Nelsonville
Edward B. Shafer
Trisinews
Myers St
Three Kinds of Pensions Are Set Up for Veterans
Washington dispatch outlines three pension types for veterans. Group One bases disability pensions on degree of in service injury from 10 to 100 percent, plus a 15 percent supplement. Group Two provides fixed monthly payments for loss of limbs or eyes, in addition to disability payments. Group Three offers a flat $50 monthly pension for those permanently and totally disabled after discharge with income limits and service requirements.
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Washington
Bricker Warns Of Presidential Power Limitation
Gov John W Bricker argues the presidency has grown too powerful and should be limited to foster republican leadership He accuses President Roosevelt of subterfuge and patronage keeping other Democratic candidates from running He spoke in St Louis seeking Missouri electoral votes and urged a sincere straightforward campaign without cynicism or innuendo.
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Ottumwa
John W. Bricker
Republic
Roosevelt
Bricker
St. Louis
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Yanks Push Toward Bologna In North Italy Push toward Bologna tightens as Fifth Army advances
U S Fifth Army soldiers moved mile forward under heavy German fire on the Bologna road front in North Italy. They seized a ridge north of La Selva near Leiano and opened new positions near Monte Morosino on the Imola Road three miles north of Castel Del Rio. On the left they captured Cuviola and Quinzano after stiff resistance north of Lagune.
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Neder Ryn
Ubach
Cappellen
Starbroek
Antiwerp
Stand Neck
Beveland
Walcheren
Antwerp
Rome
U. 5
Fifth Army
Bologna
la Selva
Highway 65
Leiano
Monte Morosino
Imola
Castel del Rio
Cuviola
Quinzano
Loiano
Lagune
Reds Urge Hungarians To Quit Hitler Quickly
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet broadcasts and leaflets urging Hungarians to overthrow the regime and halt the nation’s course on the verge of catastrophe as the Red Army advances in Hungary.
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Hitler
Moscow
Hungary
Lagony
Spaniards Hold Corner of France Near Spain Frontier
Diplomats report a 40,000 strong Spanish Maquis force in control of a corner of France along the Spanish frontier. The move defies De Gaulle's Paris government and allegedly unsettles Madrid, while American officials call the situation more fantastic than critical.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
Marine Denied Emergency Furlough at Camp Lejeune
Camp Lejeune Public Relations Office announced that Pvt Boyd C Borgstrom Tremonton Utah was denied an emergency furlough request after having already used 71 furlough days. His brothers have been called to action.
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Camp Lejune
N. C
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
Boyd C. Borgstrom
Tremonton
Utah
Borgstrom
Roosevelt To Deliver Second Campaign Radio Appeal Tonight
President Roosevelt will make a second campaign radio address of the fourth term effort. The 20 minute speech, arranged by the Democratic National Committee, targets broad support for the November vote. The program airs at 10 p.m. Eastern War Time.
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Democratics
National Committee
Washington
Invasion Opens Western Greece Push to Free Balkans
Allied forces landed in Western Greece and entered Patras while airborne troops struck Greece. Airstrikes targeted Ves Greek airfields and allied units moved into Albania to disrupt German communications around Sarande. Mustangs and 15th Air Force fighters supported the operation destroying enemy aircraft and disrupting supply lines amid reports of multiple divisions retreating north.
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Sid Feder
Dewey to Make Two Nonpolitical NYC Appearances
Governor Dewey plans two non political appearances in New York City next week. He will attend the Pulaski Day parade of Polish Americans in Manhattan on Sunday and the Columbus Day parade on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, backed by Mayor La Guardia. He may address the Columbus day marchers after returning to Albany.
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New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
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W. Va
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Fiorello la Guardia
Paul Lockwood
Allied air raids press into Reich as trains halted
Allied forces persisted with heavy raids in clear weather. RAF Mosquitos attacked 18 trains in Germany and Holland, stopping all targets. The 15th Air Force from Italy bombed Munich freight yards and Brenner Pass rail lines. British crews breached Walcheren Island seawall and hit Bergen submarine base. Reconnaissance was hampered by bad weather. 6,000 troops reported flooded. In total, 414 freight cars, 47 locomotives, and several bridges were destroyed behind German lines in 66 locations.
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Germany
Holland
Reich
15Th Airforce
Italy
Munich
Brenner Pass
Walcheren Island
North Sea
Bergen
Norway
Disted
Federal Chief Threatens Quit As War Goods Board Forms
War mobilizer James F. Byrnes announces the resignation of surplus property administrator Will L. Clayton. Roosevelt signs legislation creating a board to supervise disposal of roughly 100 billion dollars in war goods, a move Clayton had questioned as unworkable. The report also notes the recovery of a 60th body in a Bellaire mine disaster, identifying Ester Marling, 46, as the deceased.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Will L. Clayton
Roosevelt
Clayton
Bellaire
Paris tribunal to try Petain and 40 Vichy leaders for treason
London reports the De Gaulle government formed a six general tribunal to try Marshal Petain and 40 Vichy leaders on treason charges. Petain is said to be in Germany directing a German-sponsored legal French government.
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London
Paris
de Gaulle
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
Petain
Germany
Berlain
Ohio war voters reach 236985 requests in 88 counties
Ohio's 88 counties report 236,985 requests for absent war ballots as of Sept 25. Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel says 72,877 requests came from relatives and 160,157 were made on government cards.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward J. Hummel
Nazis in Greece Fear To Surrender To Patriots After Cruelty
British forces land in Peloponnesus and push toward Patras as Greek Patriots known as Andartes harass retreating Germans. Civilians suffer from pillaged medicines and food while peasant morale dips and supply lines struggle. Germans briefly offer surrender but cannot reach terms with the Allies.
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Greece
Andartes
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