Jap Oil Base Breached as Yanks Hit Balikpapan Again
Allied air raids target Balikpapan in Borneo with 40 four engined bombers joining 60 Liberators in earlier strikes. Tokyo reports heavy shipping losses, rice import curbs, and boosted munitions output. In China, Foochow campaign extends and Nippon forces advance near Kweilin and Changning as US fighters suffer losses. Also, Cincinnati youth Stanley Andrews dies after being struck by a falling tree.
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Ree
Algvlaleay Ehess
Tokyo Radio
Balikpapan
Borneo
Domei
MacKinnur
Japan
Nippon
Dutch Indies
Philippines
Chichi Island
Tokyo
Imperial Agricultural Administration
British Troops Invade Western Greece Aims at Balkan Freedom
British troops have landed at Patras in Western Greece and seized airfields used by RAF Spitfires. The Allied command says contact with German forces exists in Greece and Albania as Patriots cooperate with Allied troops. Parachute and sea borne forces opened the operation, with Mustangs from the 15th Air Force bombing Kalamaki Eleusis and other airfields near Athens.
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UME
Greece
Patras
Balkans
Crete
Aegean
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Albania
Wrande
Corfu
Kerkyra
Peloponnesus
Athens
Gres
U. S
15Th Air Force
Kalamaki
Tatot
Eleusis
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Allied Break Through Near Cologne Fronts and Arnhem
Allied forces push toward Cologne Plain as German resistance slows near Ubach and Aachen. US troops breach Siegfried Line defenses while British and Canadian units press along the Arnhemland corridor advancing toward Brussels with heavy artillery and counterattack losses. In Estonia, Russians report brutal Klooga camp killings with 3,000 victims.
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Siing
Cologne I
Ubach
Aachen
Americas
Miles C. Dempsey
Arnhem
Brussels
Belgium
RAF
Skieeek
Pannerdensch
Ara
Panniersdensch
Fort Driant Battles Amid Global Push In WWII
Front lines report intensified combat around Fort Driant as American Third Army and Russian troops press German defenses. Readers learn of rail severing actions near Belgrade and Pancevo, with civilians evacuated and an impending dawn assault amid shifting holds and minefields.
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Driant
Third Army
Zajecar
Vratarnica
Ewardd
Vna
de Metz
Bulgaria
Greece
Fort Driant
Bor
Europe
Seventh Army
Vossen
Gehard
Longegoutte
Belfort
Dunkerque
Pancevo
Belgrade
Bel Grade
Tito
Inns Fight To Hold New Line Near Gulf of Bothnia
Soviet and German forces push along a front north of the Finnish waist as Finns report captured by cold weather advances near Livojaervi and Sima while Kemi endures attacks from two directions. Reinforcements reach east of Kemi and the Gulf port remains contested with Finns retreating slightly amid a broader eastern front. An 80 year old veteran worker Deloss Owell dies in Miami after long service with Ohio Bell Telephone.
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Sivckholm
Canlahs Cops
Ann
Sima
Livojaervi
Helsinki
Kemi
Gulf of Bothni
Semi
Finland
Rann
Ornealv
Springfield
Deloss Owell
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 axis will wage guerilla warfare as the flies have opened an all out offensive against Germany. He stated the Nazis are prepared to respond with intensified resistance.
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Hitler
London
Paul Joseph Loebbels
Germany
Mary Shaul Dies at Son’s Home in New Marshfield
Mrs. Mary E Shaul, longtime New Marshfield resident, died this morning at her son Everett Smith’s home in Clinton. Funeral arrangements are being made. calling hours expected after Friday noon at Hoodlet Pas cral Home.
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Mary E. Shaul
New Marshfield
Mary
Shaul
Jong m
New
Marshfield
Everett Smith
Clinton
Willy
Three Kinds of Pensions for Veterans Outlined
The article explains three pension types for veterans. Group one offers a disability based on percentage, group two provides flat payments for loss of limbs or sight, and group three offers a $50 monthly pension for total, service-related disability with income limits and service duration requirements.
Bricker Warns Against Roosevelt Power in Party
Ohio Senator Bricker denounces Roosevelt as exerting oppressive patronage power to control the Democratic Party and the presidency. He warns that concentrated power could threaten human freedom and notes Roosevelt’s influence over the 15 Missouri electoral votes. Bricker calls for limits on tenure and a straightforward campaign.
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Rumwa
Republic
Roosevelt
Democratic
Fage
Bricker
Spawn
Missouri
Yanks Advance In North Italy
U S Fifth Army troops pushed forward under heavy German artillery on the road to Bologna, seizing a ridge north of La Selva and advancing to within 14 miles of the communications center. They gained positions near Monte Moro, Imola Road, and captured Viola and Quinzano while pressing Lagune area resistance.
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Foochow
Japan
Chunzking
China
U. S. Ai
Hingan
Kweilin
Changning
Kwei *Lin
Burma
Tiddim
Palau
Beveland
Walcheren
Antwerp
Red Army
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Petrovgrad
Vrsac
Warsaw
Rome
U. S. Fifth Army
Bologna
la Selva
Loiano
Monte Morolina
Imola
Castel del Rio
Viola
Quinzano
Juno
Lagune
Bo- Dena
Reds Urge Hungarians To Quit Hitler Quickly
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet broadcasts and leaflets urge Hungarians to overthrow the regime and halt the nation’s course toward catastrophe as Hungary faces invasion and collapse.
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Hitler
Moscow
Hungary
Spaniards Hold Corner of France Reported by Diplomats
A Spanish force of 40 000 men under General De Gaulle is said to control a frontier area of France near the Spanish line. Diplomatic reports in Washington describe the situation as a potential risk to American interests and estimate the border control a key element of the current conflict dynamics.
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Paniards
France
Washington
Charles de’ Gauligs
Po Opisien
Efticas
Marine furlough request denied for Borgstrom at Camp Lejeune
The Public Relations Office at Camp Lejeune said Pfc Roya C Borgstrom of Tremonton Utah had his emergency furlough request denied. He had already had two furlough days this year while four of his brothers are reported killed in action.
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Camp Lejune
N. C—u
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
Pfc
Roya C. Borgstrom
Roosevelt to deliver second campaign radio address tonight
President Roosevelt will make his second out and out political speech of the fourth term campaign. He will speak for about 20 minutes on a radio program arranged by the Democratic National Committee aimed at getting out a strong vote in November. The broadcast starts at 10 p.m. Eastern War Time.
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Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Manhattan Poised for First Look at Dewey Soon
Albany dispatch reports that Thomas E. Dewey plans two non political appearances in New York City next week. He would attend Pulaski Day parade with Polish American crowd and later observe Columbus Day procession with Manhattan Malians. If arrangements hold he may address the Columbus Day marchers led by Mayor La Guardia.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Charleston
W. Va
Fifth Avenue
Fiorello la Guardia
Paul Lockwood
Allied Air Attacks Hammer German Rail Network
RAF Mosquitos and American air fleets struck 18 trains in Germany and Austria on the 28th night of raids, halting all targets. Bombers from Italy attacked Munich yards and Brenner Pass, with British Lancasters and Halifaxes joining in. German losses were reported with 414 freighters and 47 locomotives destroyed across 66 rail links, amid poor weather and claimed troop encirclements.
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London
RAF Mosquitos
Germany
Holeland
Reich
15Th Airforce
Italy
Munich
Brenner Pass
Thailroad
Federal Chief Threatens Quit Over Surplus Property Board
Mobilizer James F. Byrnes announced the resignation of Will J. Clayton as surplus property administrator nine days after President Roosevelt signed legislation creating a board to supervise disposal of land and war goods estimated at 100 billion dollars. The measure had been deemed unworkable by Clayton.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Will J. Clayton
Roosevelt
Clayton
New French Regime Sets Tribunal to Try Petain Allies
London dispatch reports de Gaulle regime naming a tribunal of six French generals to judge Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and 30 leading Vichy officials on treason and collaboration. Petain, in Germany, reportedly heads a German-sponsored “legal French” group.
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London
Paris
de Gaulle
Mareshal
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichyegime
Petain
Germany
Berlain
Ohio Counties Acknowledge 236,985 Absent War Voter Requests
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel reports as of September 25 that 88 Ohio counties have 236,985 requests for absent war voters. Of these, 72,877 are from relatives and 160,157 on government cards.
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Ohio
Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Nazis in Greece Fear To Surrender To Patriots After Cruelty
British forces land in Peloponnesus and push to Patras as Tommies siege a German garrison. Greek Andartes patrol and pressure, while civilians suffer from pillaging and shortages of medicine and food. Germans consider surrender but fear Andarte retribution and fail to reach terms with the Allies.
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Greece
Seatorne
Patras
Patra
Andartes
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