Canadians Break German Defenses and Push Toward Antwerp
Canadian forces surged west of the Schelde linking three bridgeheads and pushing four miles deep as Allied momentum grew in the Vosges area. Aachen endured heavy bombardment and German counterattacks while Allied aviation targeted Wurselen. Elsewhere, wartime wage violations drew findings against 21 Ohio and Kentucky firms and church attendance concerns prompted a Minneapolis report on Lutheran convention schooling declines.
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Antwerp
Germany
Vosges
Reich
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Hungary
Balkan
Ned‘er Rhine
First Airborne
Netherlands
Aachen
Warsaw
Stalingrad
Paris
Schelde
Antwerp Harbor
Savojaargs Plant
Leopold ‘Canal
Wavervnlet
Canal
Savojaargs Inlet
Cleveland—P
Regional War Labor Board
Ohio and
Kentucky
Hill Town Falls to U S Forces in Italy Front
American troops entered Livergnano ten miles south of Bologna, occupying the high escarpment defenses as Germans resist along the front. Canadian units also seized Bulgaria village just north of Highway 9 and captured Gamettola north of the Rimini Bologna line, advancing about 1,000 yards.
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Livergnano
Bologna
U. S
Bulgaria
Rimini-Bologna Highway
Gamettola
Scolo Rigossa Canal
Rimini-Bologna Railway
Coast Heiress Freed by Jury
Salinas California Frances Andrews a 37 year old oil heiress was acquitted by a Salinas County jury of killing 19 year old neighbor Young Lovett whose pistol wound ended his life near her home on a July night. The state argued jealousy as motive while the defense led by Leo Friedman portrayed Andrews as having a maternal interest in the youth.
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Salinas
Calif
Frances Andrews
Carmen Valley Oil
Salinas County
Jay Lovett
Lovett
Stewart Sets Talks in Ohio Gubernatorial Race
Stewart of Cincinnati plans a series of campaign addresses across Ohio as he accuses Mayor Frank Lausche of entering the race at the New Deal administration’s urging. The statements reinforce forecasts of substantial support for Stewart amid the Republican bid.
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Arfield” Stewart
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Stewart
Lausche
New Deal Administration
Ohio
Eit
Harbors Used on D Day Supply Secret Revealed
London reports that Allied planners used secret floating harbors to land and supply troops across the English Channel. Supreme Headquarters stated these artificial harbors helped liberate Western Europe while Germans held most ports except Cherbourg.
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London
English Channel
France
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Europe
World War II air raids smash German ports in record weekend
London AP reports a torrential Allied air offensive on Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg, part of 40 hours of major raids that shattered bombing records. Halifaxes Lancasters and Mosquitos targeted Wilhelmshaven while other strikes hit Cologne Duisburg Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern and Dortmund. 1,500 aircraft with 37 American and 14 British bombers involved, nine RAF planes lost. Funeral services planned for Wendell Willkie with pallbearers named.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
TAAF
North Sea
Reich
Wendell
Willkie
Wilhelm- 14
Germany
Cologne
Duisburg
Wilkie
New York
Philip Willkie
Saarbrucken
Kaiserslautern
Berlin
Brunswick
Dusseldorf
Mannheim
Reisholz
Sorpe Dam
Dortmund
RAF
Powhatan Mine Rescue Halted as Gas Halts Effort
BELLAIRE Oct 29 The Powhatan Mine rescue was stopped by state mine officials due to gas in uncleared sections where crews search for fire victims. The last of 66 lives lost in the July fire made the scene unsafe to continue. Powhatan civic groups plan a memorial service at Powhatan Cemetery to honor the deceased.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
State Department of
Americans Withdraw From Underground Fort Near Metz
Allied forces report heavy air and artillery bombardment on a fortress near Fort Driant southwest of Metz. After ten days of close fighting, American units withdrew, leaving tunnels and passages under siege as German defenders remained inside, firing from tunnels while Patton’s Third Army advanced nearby.
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Fy Careenmay
Ball Uy Munitains Wasmunen Wiich
Fort Driant
France
Metz
George S. Patton
Third Army
Doughooys
Moselle
Las
West African Troops Capture More Japanese Feat near India Burma Border
Allied headquarters announced that West African troops have captured two more Japanese forces east of a village in the southeast corner of India near the Burmese frontier. Farther south, enemy casualties rose from ambushes and attacks on river craft.
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Randy
Ondok
C Orner
India
Phillips Funeral for Mrs. John in Wellston area
Funeral services for Mrs. John Phillips will be held at Mt Carmel Church near Wellston after a Saturday death. The service is at 2 PM Tuesday with survivors listed including children Ray Phillipe Wilkes Blaine Hawk Grace Downard Zeeta Faught and Caddie Leno.
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Dexter
John
Phi
Wellston
Mt. Carsmel Church
Ray
Phillipe
Wilkes
Lle
Blaine Hawk
Mia
Zeeta ‘Faught
Columbus
Grace Downard
Athens
Leno
German Sea Escape Route Severed at Petsamo Port
London AP reports the German sea escape route from Northern Finland cut by the capture of the Arctic port of Petsamo. Advancing Red Army tanks reportedly seized an important road junction near the Norwegian border after Moscow Pravda described the element as the key link to Norway.
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London
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Pravda
Moscow
Evly
Fey
Norway
Germans Not Told of Hungary Armistice Fallout
British and American papers summarize the Hungarian armistice news with Regent Horthy's regime in retreat. Moscow and Berlin dispute progress reports as Red Army advances near Belgrade and Memel, with heavy tank losses cited and Transylvania statuts changing hands amid Prague and Helsinki era reporting.
Slain Girl's Set Reported by Neighbor in Fateful Night
Sheriff investigators disclosed that Georgette Bauerdorf cried Stop Stop You're killing me before her body was found in the bathtub of her Hollywood apartment. The 20 year old daughter of George Bauerdorf, a wealthy mining man, was slain last Thursday.
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Cal Vor
Georgette Bauerdorf Thriek
Hollywood Canteen
George Bauerdorf
Evacuation Decision Reported From Greece
London radio quotes Trans Ocean Agency saying Germany will evacuate Greece. German military spokesmen describe the Balkan front as fluid and note the evacuation will alter the sector's outlook with a decision to be announced later.
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London
Sertin Radio
Greece
Trans ‘Ocean Agency
Balkan
Thisfternoon
Ohio weekend rail and auto deaths rise in nine crashes
A weekend in Ohio saw nine deaths from train and automobile accidents. Four people died Sunday in Euclid when a New York Central train struck their car. State authorities reported the toll as of October 10 with 99,648 soldier ballots returned and 76 of Ohio’s counties counted.
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Ohio
Euclid
Cleveland
New York Central
Edward J. Hummel
Rommel Death Announced by Berlin Radio
Berlin radio confirmed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has died of wounds after a strafing attack in Normandy. The broadcast said Adolf Hitler ordered a state funeral and praised Rommel as one of Germany’s most successful army leaders.
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marsnar_ erwin ‘nmel
Hitler
Rommel
Berlin Radio
Onlv
Erwin Rommel
Mrika Korps
Berin
Normandy
Berlin
Adolf Tiller
Germany
Ater
McFarland Indicted on Murder and Assault Counts
Earl McFarland, 21, veteran of the Southwest Pacific, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of criminal assault for the slaying of an 18 year old in a public golf course incident two weeks ago. He faces a mandatory death penalty if convicted on either murder count, with a similar penalty possible on the third charge.
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Washing Tui — Ts —Aune Pte
Earl McFarland
Berrum
Action N the Southwest Pacific
Four Firemen Hurt in Washington D H Fire
Four firemen were injured fighting a blaze that destroyed the Merriweather Motor Co. building and the Central Grocery Co. structure in the business district. Loss was estimated at 113000 by William Campbell, owner of the buildings. Marion Barrett, age 104, Harrison County's last remaining Civil War veteran, died after a brief illness in Cadiz.
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Washington D.H
Washington, D. Hu
Merriweather Motor Co
Central Grocery Co
William Campbell
Otes
Cadiz
Marion B. Barrett
Harrison County
Invasion Set Back Two Months by U S Ship Losses
Tokyo radio reports claim Japanese naval and air forces crippled American carrier groups off Formosa and the Philippines, delaying the planned invasion by at least two months. Broadcasts boast ships sunk and damaged, including 11 aircraft carriers, while Allied sources offer limited confirmation amid heavy Formosa raids and carrier operations.
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U. S
THE
Associates Press
Tokyo
Formosa
Philippines
Nippese
Nimitz reports differ on Japanese fleet actions off Formosa
In disputed statements Admiral Chester W. Nimitz conflicts with earlier claims of Japanese carrier actions near Formosa. US bombers and fighters raided, claiming 487 planes destroyed and 63 ships damaged, while Japanese counterattacks reportedly reduced enemy air operations, with Nipponese losses noted as twenty downed fighters.
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Song
Tokyo
Tak Pacific
Philipe
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Formosa
Massarts
Rubber Workers Strike and Air Base Dispositions Discussed
The report notes rubber workers in Sta in and Joseph Sulwell paid a visit to Lindow to assess if U S air dispositions require readjustment. Sixteen planes were sunk or damaged in strikes near the Parite and Makassar Strait while Southern Philips suffered a walkout of 30 workers. Spokesmen described discipline issues within the union and raids near Kuriles, with several ships endangered and a wave of assaults on air and sea targets. William Whitlock, 64, Toledo mayor and Belgium ambassador nominee, died yesterday.
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Joseph Sulwell
Lindow
Nthe
U.S
Goodyear ‘Tire and Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers
Philips
Makassar Strait
Union
Watsoun
Cleveland
William Whitlock
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Belgium
China Reports Heavy Fighting Near Hingan and Kweilin
Reports say heavy fighting continued two miles west of the Hunan Kwangtung railway town of Hingan and 25 miles north of Kweilin, a main objective of the Japanese offensive in Southeast China.
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Igh
Hingan
Kweilin
Hina
Dewey Urges Honesty and Competence in National Government
Dewey spoke in Miari about honesty and competence in government while campaign events kept rivals busy in California. Truman planned a Los Angeles speech at 10 30 pm EWT, Bricker scheduled California stops in several cities, and Bridges and Hill offered sharp rebuttals to opposing views. An Independent Artist and Writers Group for Dewey led by Louis Bromfield was announced in New York, while a Rooseveltians support committee formed in San Francisco.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Miari
St. Louis
California
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
John W. Bricker
Dewey
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Glendale
San Bernardino
Senator Bridges
Washington
Senate
Hill
D-Ala
Oklahoma City
White House
Independent Artist and Writers Group
Louis Bromfield
New York
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Bartley Co
Crum
Wendell Willkie
Californiia Committee
Republicans
Roosevelt Committee
Ohio first frost blankets state with early chill
Ohio experiences season's first frost across the state with subfreezing temps in parts of autumn and affected car radiators. Meteorologist George Mindling of the Columbus Weather Bureau notes the cold will ease with warming by today and tonight.
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Ohio
Columbus
Toda
George Mindling
Columbus Weather Burea
Pigs Is Pigs in Local Want Ad Section
Fragmentary line reads Pigs Is Pigs in an inexpensive want ad. Appears in a small local classifieds page with garbled text and references to real numbers and safety. The readable bits suggest a brief ad about pigs, likely a misprint or placeholder within the section.
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Minneapolis
United Lutheran Church In American Convention
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Fess
Hill Town
Italy
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Paul C. Martz, Jr
Somerset
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Owhatan Mine Rescue K
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Phillips
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Ermoren
Red Army
Hungar
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Tito
East Prussia
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Riga
Yugoslavia
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Transylvania
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