Invasion News: U S Planes Roar Over Philippines
United States aircraft press the invasion threatened Philippines from north and south. Carrier task force strikes Manila Clark Field and Legaspi while Mindanao convoys are swept by General MacArthur's air force. Ulithi Atoll serves as staging base as Nimitz reports no resistance on beaches.
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Bulletin
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Associated Press
Philippines
Nimitz
8St
Ulithi Atoll
Carolines
Task Force 58
Nimitz Sai
Manila
Clark Field
U. S
Islands
Legaspi
MacArthur
Mindanao
Marc A. Sighers
Formosa
Mitscher
20Th Bomber Command
Maj
Gen
Curtis
Lemmy
South China Sea
Okayama
Heito
Einansho
Clithi
Wildcat
Ulithi Lagoon
Guam
Palau
Caroline Island
Tokyo
Haseen
China
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Hongkong
Kweilin
Million Cigarettes Destroyed in Columbus Fire
A large blaze yesterday at the Levy Mendel Tobacco Co on the northern fringe of downtown Columbus destroyed more than 1,500,000 cigarettes. Firefighters battled the flames as the factory suffered extensive damage in the incident.
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Columbus
Levy Mendel Tobacco Ca
Florida Keys Brace For Hurricane Fury On East Coast
Tropical hurricane with winds up to 140 to 160 mph was bearing toward the Florida Keys and East Coast. Advisories warned of high tides, gusty seas, and likely hurricane force winds extending to Fort Myers and possibly Tampa as the storm moved from Cuba toward South Florida.
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Aachen
Florida Keys
Miami
Fla
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Keys
Florida
Cuba
Fort Myers
Tampa
Dewey Foreign Policy Speech Anticipated in NYC Forum
Governor Thomas E. Dewey may outline the Republican foreign policy stance in a New York City speech tonight on The Herald Tribune Forum three days before President Roosevelt speaks on the same issue. The broadcast runs from 9 30 to 1 p.m. EWT. Roosevelt will speak Saturday night in Philadelphia.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Roosevelt
New York Herald’ Tribune
United States
Herald Tribune Forum
Foreign Policy Association
EWT
Fher
Dewer Tan
Joseph Ball Urthe
Pennsylvania
Pol Fuldrese
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolis
Refugees in Hungary Face Threat Amid War
Paris newsroom reports that about 200000 refugees in Hungary near the frontier may not survive the next weeks. Judge F. M. Black sentenced Fred C. Provin, 49, to six months for a related conviction. Executive secretary John W. Pehie Provin of the War and Tire and Rubber Co. faces a two month sentence for receiving rein goods. The refugee board warns that military actions in Hungary endanger lives of refugees and a quarter of those originally in the country.
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Newark
Greas
F. M. Black
Hungary
Fred C. Provin
Washington
John W. Pehie Provin
Phar
War «& Tire and Rubber Co
Ccus
John Ax Spence
Ger ‘Ae
Tan
Kting
Jal
Home Front Army Organized in Germany Declares Air Victorys
Fragmented wartime notice reports on an army group in Germany forming a home defense unit. It mentions Tobey and Goshen in Ohio, a Clermont County reference, air victories yesterday, and German retreat pressures. Urbanized settings include London and Italy as distant theaters.
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Omican
Germany
Itn
Josh
Voll
London
Bertin
Goshen
Clermont Couns
Ohi
Italy
Austria
Bricker Attacks New Deal Over Waste and Spending
Long Beach Governor Bricker declares the New Deal tops in waste and spending, listing examples from the Roosevelt administration. He cites pay-rolls for pro administration propaganda at $100,000 yearly, mismanaged settlement projects costing taxpayers millions, and excess pamphlet printing during a paper shortage.
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Bricker
Long Beach
C. B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Probe Deaths Of Mother and Four Children
Investigators examine the deaths of a mother and her four children in a suspected family-tragedy case. Police have not released final coroner results, while neighbors report no prior reports of trouble. Local officials urged calm as details emerge.
Church Group Sees Struggle at International Convention
Delegates to the Disciples of Christ International Convention met in Columbus for a six day program. President Dr. C Lemmon urged unity as war ends begin a long, tedious struggle with vast social problems. Officials reported about 2,000,000 lay members across more than 10,000 churches, highlighting the group’s size.
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Columbus
Disciples of Christ International
C.lemmon
Columbia
Disciples of Christ
Navy Induction Noted for Nine Year Old Kidnapping survivor
George Philip Weyerhaeuser, once abducted at age nine from his Tacoma home in 1935 in one of the nation’s most infamous cases, smiles at Fort Lewis after learning he passed induction exams and will be assigned to the Navy.
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George Philip Weyerhaeuser
Facoma, Wash
Fort Lewis
Wash
Head
Navy
U S Bombers Hit Cologne In Fourth Raid In Five Days
The U S Eighth Air Force struck Cologne for the fourth time in five days, aiming to cripple the Ruhr city before the next ground push. About 300 to 600 bombers reportedly reached targets at industrial sites and freight yards, with 450 escort planes providing support. some aircraft shifted to Kassel over 100 miles east.
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London
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Cologne
Ruhr
Kassel
Reich
Farmers urged to cut production costs postwar
Dr. E. C. Young of Purdue University told the Mortgage Bankers Association of America that major gains for farmers come from reducing the cost of producing staples. He said research to lower meat, milk, and related product costs could boost profits, with profitability dependent on early adoption of cost-saving methods and wartime farm units exiting with manageable debt.
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Chicago
E. C. Young
Purdue University
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Dr. Young
Ohio Grange In Membership Drive Leads Nation
In Columbus the Ohio Grange reported leading all states in new members gained and new local units organized during the fiscal year ended September 1. Ohio Master Joseph W. Fichter announced 90 local granges in the state with total membership near 96,000, noting sixty-five units were organized as the state grew.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
Fichter
Ald H
Onal Grange
British Restrictions on Men’s Clothing Eased Soon
Washington reports that suits with vests patch pockets and real pleats may be sold in men’s clothing stores in late spring or early summer as wartime fabric shortages ease. The War Production Board noted most demand concerns the stiffer wartime styling while Greek island shortages limit fabric availability for troops on Scarpanto. Allied headquarters also says additional parachute drops near Athens occurred with no sign of enemy interference.
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Washington
War’ Production Board
Rome
Stroyers
WPB
Scarpanto
Inbar
Tron
Athens
Troops Advance Near Bologna Drive Northward
Allied headquarters announced American troops moving toward Bologna have advanced nearly a mile north of Livergnano on Highway 65, signaling gains on the Italian front.
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Rome
Bologna
Capiired
Livergnano
Fay
Electric C Mortgage operative near Lancasher serves mortgages
Columbus Electric C Mortgage operative near Lancasher priced mortgages with local bank credits and notes about transmission lines across Franklin and nearby counties. Esther re, age 20, died in Cincinnati when a car overturned on Montgomery Pike after being crowded from the road. Edward R. Lusk, age 6, died in Columbus area injuries from a store depot incident. Adjacent lines note Allied forces movement in Adriatic sector and Rimini Bologna highway actions.
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Eeeentral Rural Electric Cooperative
Lancasher
Pantington National Bank
Cotmat County
Franklin
Fairfield
Hocking
Licklg
Madson
Muskingum
Perry
Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
Cincinnati
Esther Re
Montgomery Pike
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Columbus
Edward R
Po Valley
Lusk 6
Columbus Army Service
Rimini-Bologna
Cesena
Skunk Mascot at Coast Guardsmen Head Homeward Note
Offhand line about "Stinky" the pet skunk of Boatswain's Mate Chester Mason of Fort Scott Kansas hints at a disciplinary penalty for improper conduct. The same mascot serves Coast Guardsmen at Port Security Barracks New York City and Navy authorities.
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Stinky
Chester Mason
Fort Scott
Kan
Coast Guardsmen
Port Security Barracks
New York
Cit
USCC
Poole
Tomy
Red Army Penetrates Junkers Stronghold in New Berlin Drive
Berlin Radio claims the Russians penetrated Junkers defenses near Schirwindt within East Prussia as part of a Baltic States offensive. Virbalis fell after stiff resistance, with Kalvarija and Insterburg cited as nearby towns. Reports describe heavy Soviet artillery and widespread German casualties, and suggest Hungarians may have joined the Russians near Budapest. A potential Carpathian front linkup could shorten Soviet supply lines.
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Berlin
Junkers
New Drive
Germany
Eastrussia
Red Army
Baltic States
Schirwindt
Reich
Moscow
Virbalis
Kalvarija
Schirwind
Ernst von Hammer
Lithuania
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Baltic
Memel
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Inoscow
Battle front shifts across Netherlands and Aachen drive
Allied reports describe a widening front in the Netherlands as Canadians reach Venray and link a 10 mile line toward Deurne. U S bombers hit Cologne while German forces fall back from Antwerp area and Aachen endures heavy pressure as Eisenhower plans a broader push toward Cologne.
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Verray
Jastern Holland
Duisburg
Berlin
Netherlands
Eady
Ann Aachen
U.S
Cologne
Berit
France
Third Army
Oops Inn
Mietz
Vosges
Teich
Second
Venray
Maas River
Supreme Headsquarters
Venray-Deurne
Schelde
Antwerp
Berskens
Breskens
Belfort
HD. Crorar
Tizendijke
Supreme Allied
West Kapelle
Walcheren
Eisenhower
First Army
Aachen
Harvard Anthropologist Sees Women Leading White House
A. Hooton of Harvard University predicts a future where a woman holds the U S presidency. He asserts women could have managed world affairs better than men over past millennia and remarks on the poor performance of male leaders.
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Cambridge
Mass
St A. Hooton
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Whit House
Hooton
Point Pleasant Youth Wounded In Hunting Accident
Robert Haynes fourteen was seriously wounded Tuesday evening while hunting on Henry White farm east of Point Pleasant. Hamilton Johnson said the shot was fired accidentally by Mr Taylor, whom Johnson did not know. Haynes was hit on the head and shoulder and taken to Holzer Hospital Columbus.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Haynes
Harold Haynes
Eighth St
Henry White
Hamilton A Johnson
Haynes
Taylor
Johnson
Holzer Hos Columbus
Secret Pital
Gallipolis
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio
Election Boards
JAP ADMIRALS DIE IN BERLIN BROADCAST REPORT
A Tokyo dispatch summarized by Berlin radio reports the deaths of top Japanese admirals in a wartime fleet action. The broadcast details unspecified losses and strategic implications for Japan’s naval command.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
War Ends Perfect Marriage Photographer
HAL BOYLE reports from Germany with American troops as Kath Irvin mourns her husband Bede Irvin AP photographer killed in July. Kath writes of adjusting to death, while fellow AP photographer Danny Grossi notes Bede’s good soldiering and the hope his death is understood as part of his duty. The piece reflects on war, memory, and the ache of separation.
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Ferenc Szalasi
Hungary
Arrow Cross Party
Germany
Hal Boyle
Kath Irvin
Bede Irvin
Kath
Bede
Danny
William Hunter Dies At Peach Ridge Home
William Hunter aged 19 died this morning at his Peach Ridge home after several days illness. A farmer born in Athens County he lived here all his life and is survived by one Miss Gladys Hunter. The funeral was set for 2:30 pm at Poston Community Church with burial in Hunter Cemetery. Friends may call at the home after Thursday noon.
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Walia N. Hunter
Peach Ridge
Mr. Hunter
Athens County
Mr.Hunter
Gladys
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