Jap Oil Base Under Yanks Blows Balikpapan Raid Report
Allied bombers struck Balikpapan in Borneo in a second mass raid, with 40 four engined bombers following an earlier strike by 60 Liberators. MacArthur officials said the oil and aviation gasoline center would be pounded to curtail Japan’s war effort. Also reported were sunk Japanese ships and notable shipping losses.
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Finns push Germans back and seize positions north of waist
Finnish troops report gains along a northern line near the Waist with captures at anay and Lima and advances toward Livojaervi. East of Kemi Germans reinforce and Finns retreat slightly from a port near the Gulf of Bothnia while Kemi remains under attack from two directions.
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Veteran worker dies Springfield Ohio oldest company employee
Deless Odell aged 80, longtime Ohio Belle Telephone Company veteran, died in Miami Florida. He began his service in 1881, making him the oldest company employee in Ohio by tenure.
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Horrific Klooga Camp Massacre Reported By Reds
Report from Estonia details a mass killing at the Klooga labor camp where about 3 000 Jews Russians and Estonians were slain. The account describes multiple layered corpses in pits with gasoline and fire used to finish the massacre as Allied forces press east of Ubach toward Arnhem and Antwerp.
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Fort Driant Siege Marked by Subterranean Battle
AP reports from the Metz front reveal Americans breaching Fort Driant through its underground tunnels as German defenders fight fiercely in the maze below. In other theaters, Russian offensives push toward Belgrade and Nis, with advances across multiple rail hubs and towns.
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Guerilla Warfare Next On Program of Hitler
German propaganda minister Goebbels declared that the Allies have begun an all out offensive against Germany and that the Nazis are ready to wage guerilla warfare to the death.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebels
Germany
Mrs. Mary E Shaulis Dies at Son s Home
Mrs. Mary E Shaulis longtime New Marshfield resident dies at her son Everett Smith s home in Clinton Ohio. Funeral arrangements and calling hours set at Hoodlet Funeral Home after Friday noon with services to be announced in New Marshfield.
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E. E. Shafer Dies In Nelsonville
Edward F. E. Shafer 72 longtime wholesale grocer in Nelsonville died shortly before noon at 105 Myers Street. He was a prominent figure in the local grocery business for many years.
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Bricker Warns on Tenure Power and Roosevelt Tactics
Gov John W Bricker argues presidential power is growing too strong and should be limited to nurture leadership He criticizes President Roosevelt for patronage and power politics and urges a sincere straightforward campaign He spoke in St Louis aiming for Missouri electoral votes in the Truman race.
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Harry S. Truman
Yanks Advance In North Italy
U S Fifth Army troops pushed a mile forward in North Italy near Bologna after heavy German fire. American forces seized a ridge north of La Selva and gained positions near Monte Morosino on the Imola Road. They also captured Cuviola and Quinzano east of Loliano while facing stiff artillery opposition north of Lagune.
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Reds Urge Hungarians To Quit Hitler Quickly
Soviet broadcasts and leaflets urged Hungarians to overthrow the regime and halt the nation’s course on the verge of catastrophe as Moscow predicted an early collapse of invaded Hungary.
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Three Pension Types for Veterans Outlined in US Guide
Washington reports describe three pension categories for war veterans. Group one yields a percentage based pension from 10 to total disability. Group two provides fixed payments for loss of limbs or eyes in addition to disability benefits. Group three offers a flat fifty dollar monthly pension for veterans permanently and totally disabled after discharge with income and service conditions. A separate item notes a Span ish Maquis force, 40000 strong, occupying a corner of France near the Spanish border, prompting Spanish concern and American observers.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Marine Denies Emergency Furlough for Utah Marine
Camp Lejeune Public Relations Office announced Pfc. Boyd C. Borgstrom of Tremonton Utah had his request for an emergency furlough denied. The report notes he had already had several furlough days this year and that four of his brothers have been killed in action.
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Roosevelt to Deliver Second Campaign Radio Address Tonight
President Roosevelt will make his second political radio speech of the fourth term campaign aimed at boosting turnout for November. The 20 minute address, organized by the Democratic National Committee, is set to broadcast at 10 p.m. Eastern War Time to Democratic workers.
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Federal Chief Threatens Quit as War Goods Board Formed
War mobilizer James F. Byrnes announced Will L. Clayton would resign as surplus property administrator after President Hoopes signed legislation creating a disposal board for about 10 billion dollars in war goods. Clayton had called the plan unworkable. A second item notes the recovery of 60th body Lester Marling, 46, of Bellaire, from the Powhatan mine disaster of July 5.
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Allied Invasion Lands Western Greece Amid Balkan Push
British troops land in Patras Greece and seize airfields as RAF Spitfires support the offensive against German positions in Greece and Albania. Paratroops strike in Greece while U.S. Mustang fighters attack airfields near Athens, with Allied advances stretching toward Corfu and Yugoslav lines.
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Dewey Set for First New York Appearances Next Week
Albany reports indicate Thomas E. Dewey will make two non political appearances in Manhattan next week after leaving Charleston. He plans to reach New York City for the Pulaski Day parade and later view the Columbus Day parade along Fifth Avenue led by Mayor La Guardia. Dewey may address the Columbus marchers as in the past.
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Allied air raids pound Germany and Norway rail hubs
RAF Mosquitos hit 18 trains in Germany and Holland during a clear weather night raid. American 15th Air Force bombed Munich freight yards and Brenner Pass routes. British Lancasters and Halifaxes breached Walcheren and hit Bergen submarine base. Recor gned losses include 41 freight cars and 47 locomotives, plus several bridges cut behind enemy lines.
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Paris to try six generals and Petain for treason
The Paris radio reports a tribunal of six French generals will try Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and about 50 Vichy regime members on charges of treason and collaboration. Petain is in Germany, where Berlin radio says he heads a German sponsored legal French government.
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Germany
Berlain
Ohio to Vote by Army Voters as War Progresses
Columbus reports Ohio counties issued 236985 requests for absent war voters as of September 25. Secretary Edward J. Hummel noted 72677 requests came from relatives and 160147 were made on government cards.
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Nazis in Greece Fear To Surrender To Patriots After Years of Cruelty
British forces land in Peloponnesus push to Patras and besiege a German garrison. ElAs patriots assist, deterring surrender as Germans fear punishment. Civilians suffer shortages of medicines and food amid German pillaging and malaria risk.
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