Aleutian Bombers Reach Closer to Tokyo From Kuriles
Allied air forces pushed to within 310 miles of Japan as Liberators attacked Kita Island in the Kuriles. Domei News Agency reported two bombers shot down during the strike while claims of heavy bombing of Balikpapan and ongoing assaults on Palau islands were noted.
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Palau Islands
Indian Jungle Forces Move on Jap Base
Indian infantry jungle fighters cut across the Chocolate Staircase Highway toward the Javanese Northwestern Burmal base of Tiddim. The 14th Army advances along the Manipur Road closed a nine mile gap and trapped Japanese blocked four miles north of Tiddim.
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Germans Fleeting From Counterattack In Greece
British invasion troops in Greece struck along the Peloponnesus north shore from Patras and overwhelmed the fortified port of Rion guarding the Gulf of Corinth. Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken at Patras. British forces used captured coastal guns to shell German small craft attempting to flee northward across the gulf. In Albania and the Sarande area, British units harassed German transport routes as Germans tried to escape by air land and sea.
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Edward Shafer Funeral To Be Held Sunday
Nelsonville obituary notes Edward E. Shafer age 72 died at his home. He led the C D Shafer Company grocers with operations in Nelsonville and Athens for 25 years. Born March 18 1872 in Beaumont, he moved to Nelsonville in 1879 and began helping his father at age 15. He later opened a coal mine at Floodwood and managed it for years before continuing with the company. The funeral is planned for Sunday.
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Nelsonville
Edward E. Shafer
Myers &I
C. D. Shafer Company
Whole- Gale Grocers
Athens
George W. Shafer
Beaumont
Athens County
Edward Shafer
al ‘Huckster
Dthrough Buchtel
Orbiston
Aj Jeoal
Floodwood
Ith F
New York Coal Co
Two Kinds of Pensions Will Be Paid to Soldiers
Washington reports two VA death pension categories for survivors. Group One covers death in service or post-discharge disability connected to military service, with monthly rates for widows and children. Group Two pays to a veteran’s survivors after discharge if the veteran had a service-connected disability, including cases where death isn’t service related. non-service pensions go to widows with children or orphans under income limits.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Tom Smith
Allied Fighters Resume Attack On Dunkerque
Allied fighter bombers attacked Dunkerque at 10 a m as the truce with the stranded German garrison expired. Indications suggested Canadian and British forces had not yet begun a full scale ground assault on the final German port held on the channel. Evacuation point for the battered British expeditionary force in 1940 remains at stake.
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London
Dunkerque
Douglas Funeral to be Held on Sunday
Funeral services for His Douglas, 80, who died at his home in Glouster, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Glouster Cemetery. Surviving: wife Pearl, eight children, one brother George of Columbus, sisters Mrs. Ben Hooper of Glouster and Mrs. Alice Kline of Nelsonville. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Douglas
Wallace Funeral Home
Pearl
George
Columbus
Ben Hooper
Alice Kline
Nelsonville
Some Blended Whiskey To Be Made Ration Free
Columbus liquor official Don Fisher announced that several brands of blended whisky would become ration free next Monday as inventories rose in the past 30 days. The move follows steady stock increases and aims to ease available supply.
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Columbus
Don Fisher
Fisher
FDR Denies Selling Out to Reds in Radio Address
President Roosevelt rejects Republican charges of a Communist plot to take over the government. He defends his fourth term bid, stresses relations with the Soviet Union, and highlights opposition attack lines as he urges registration and voting, criticizing poll taxes and voting barriers. He cites that many Republicans distributed millions of pamphlets at taxpayer expense and urges demobilization and end of wartime controls.
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Soviet Union
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Dewey to Attend Smith Funeral in New York
New York St Patrick's Cathedral prepared to receive the body of former Gov Alfred E Smith for in state death ceremonies this afternoon and tonight Gov Thomas E Dewey the Republican presidential nominee will pay his respects tonight to the man who was four times elected to the office he now holds
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Alfred E. Smith
Thomas E. Dewey
Deuey
Yugoslav Leader Arrives in Moscow to Meet Stalin
Paris Radio reports Marshal Tito, leader of Yugoslavia, has arrived in Moscow to discuss with Marshal Stalin. The meeting signals high level talks amid East West tensions as both nations navigate postwar alignment.
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London
Paris
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Hitler's Subjects Plead for Lives
Lt Glenn Poppe of Mason Ohio among first American troops who entered a dark coal mine near Palenberg Germany where 30 men women and children lived like caged animals awaiting possible beheading after warnings. They pleaded for mercy and survival.
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Palenberg
Germany
Glenn Poppe
Mason
Warren County
GOP Chiefs To Headline Ohio Meeting Today
Women leaders of the Republican Party in Ohio gather in Columbus to plan the campaign for the November 7 vote. The Federation of Ohio Republican Women’s Organizations hosts a full day with speeches from National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr., U S Senator Robert Taft, Harold Burton, Representatives Frances Holton and George Bender, and an evening session featuring Brownell Taft and Cincinnati Mayor James Garfield Stewart with the gubernatorial nominee.
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Columbus
Republican Party
Ohio
Federation of Ohio Republican Women’s Organizations
Brownell
Taft
James Garfield
Stewart
Cincinnati
Fifth Moves On To Po Valley
American Fifth Army troops advanced toward the Po Valley despite rain and mud. They seized the Solano road junction less than 14 miles south of Bologna on the Florence road. Allied and German Alpine reinforcements clashed as Americans pushed east of Loiano toward Montérezio amid heavy artillery barrages.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Solano
Bologna
Florence
Loiano
Montérezio
Imola
Movie Plant Workers Strike in Hollywood Sparks Union Row
Hollywood's film industry faced a potential shutdown as a jurisdictional dispute between two AFL unions led to a walkout by over 200 workers. The Screen Set Designers Local of the Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America clashed with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees over control of work on movie sets.
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Hollywood
AFL
America
International Alliance of
Foochow Faces Japanese Seizure Threat
Chungking reports Japanese forces pushing toward Foochow’s northwestern suburbs as Fukien Province falls under invasion pressure. In Cincinnati, the local development panel says Hamilton County industry will invest over 20 million dollars in postwar construction. In Springfield, Hugh T. O’Keefe sues to force the election board to release absentee soldier ballot applications to political groups.
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Fukien
Foochow
Cincinnati
Cincinnnati Committee For Economic Development
Hamilton Countey
Springfield
Hugh T.o'keefe
Clark County Democratic Committee
Election Board
Russians and Yugoslav Troops Fight Nazis Near Belgrade
Russian and Yugoslav forces clashed with German troops on Belgrade outskirts as patrols crossed the Danube south bank from Pancevo. Tito and Stalin reportedly in Moscow, Red Army driving toward Budapest with Szeged under threat. partisans rise inside Belgrade to back the push.
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Hungary
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Saare
Petrovgrad
Novi Sad
Battle Along Aachen Line Drives Deep into Germany
A fierce clash on the U S First Army front drives a wide breach into the Siegfried Line near Aachen as German counterattacks test American gains. Sherman tanks support infantry in hard fighting around Beggendorf and Ubach while Allied air power pounds targets on the Cologne Plain. Farther north, Nijmegen defenses yield to British and Canadian forces as Dunkerque evacuation resumes amid mud and fog.
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Reich
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Schelde
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Bruges
Bricker Seeks NLRB Reform in Labor Policy Speech
Milwaukee event to address war workers and Republican members as Gov. John W. Bricker in Rock Island IL denounces federal handling of labor relations. He cites a congressional report claiming the New Deal National Labor Relations Board was biased and unfair in its decisions and interpretations of the law.
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John W. Bricker
Vicker
Rock Island
Congressional
New Deal Board
National Labor Relations Board
State humor publication Sundial halted for inappropriate issue
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio State University humor magazine Sundial was ordered withdrawn from newsstands after President Howard L. Begis described a self-styled Filthy Issue as below the standards the university should maintain.
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Ohio State ‘University
Sundial
Howard L. Begis
Expect Dewey To Make Reply At Charleston
Albany and West Virginia politics dominate the campaign as President Roosevelt pushes issues in a radio address while Governor Dewey is set to respond with a Charleston speech. Dewey plans a pause in Albany, then a visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral before catching a special train to West Virginia.
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Dewey
Charleston
James Carrothers Rites Set for Sunday in Coolville
Coolville Ohio June staff special funeral services for James A. Carrothers 87 a longtime Washington County resident will be at Centenary Church near Cutler Sunday at two oclock Interment will follow in the adjacent cemetery He leaves his second wife Earley Carrothers and eight children including George Roswell N M Morris Kenneth Dan Catherine Nellie Lou Rogers Dora Carruthers and others from Massachusetts Ohio Cincinnati Colville and home.
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Coolville
James A. Carrothers
Washington County
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Roswell
N. M
Morris
Kenneth
Chicago
Dan
Toledo
Catherine Carr
Massachusetts
Nellie Lou Beathiridge
Cincinnati
Helen Rogers
Colville
Dora Carruthers
Airborne Fluke Shrinks Victorious Chances This Year
Washington dispatch says Allied Arnhem traps failed, Elmer Davis warns victory in Europe will be more remote. The Arnhem affair undermines an OWI forecast that Germany would fall around end of 1944. Davis notes Rhine bridgehead fighting and massive postwar job shifts looming after V Eve Day with rationing trends hinting at lasting shortages and gradual easing.
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Elmer Davis
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Office of War Information
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