Spotlight on War and Peace Accusations
The Associated Press reports Democratic campaigning centers on claims Republicans lost the peace after World War I while Republicans accuse officials hid facts on the start of the new war. Senator Pepper refutes the idea, and the Pearl Harbor report is urged to be kept from voters. Campaign events include Dewey backers, Hannegan tours, Harriman, and Luce remarks, plus Kaiser praising Roosevelt’s support for free enterprise.
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Associated Press
Pepper
D-Fra
Denve
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Pacific
Naval Board of Inquiry
Congress
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Cs Oelock
NEU
Siannegan
Roosevelt
Hannegan
New York City
J. Borden Harriman
Norway
Stolin
Pitspurgn
Rep
Luce
R-Conn
Greenwich
CIO
PAC
John W. Bricker
PAG
Fresno
Henry J. Kaiser
White House
Paris Tribune orders arrest of Vichy leader in absentia
A Marseille tribunal issued a warrant two weeks ago for the arrest of the Vichy chief of government who is believed to be sheltered by or held by German forces. Rumors say Laval has been fenced to death in absentia. The Paris radio today reported the development.
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Sierre Laval
Marseille
Paris
Vichy
RAF Bomb Targets Stuttgart and Nurnberg in Major Night Raids
London reports a shattering double header hitting Stuttgart, a key electrical engineering hub, with two large waves of Halifaxes and Lancasters. A parallel heavy raid targeted Nurnberg, another engineering center, while a lighter attack hit the Rhineland. More than 1,000 bombers took part in four operations, conducted through thick clouds on round trips near 1,000 miles. Few combats and minimal German night fighter activity noted.
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London
RAF
Stuttgart
Germany
Nurnberg
Rhineland
Stuttt
American Losses Seen Small in Aachen War Report
London dispatch says American casualties in Aachen are described as extraordinarily small given brutal street fighting. U S troops avoid open street confrontations, preferring building cover and shooting lanes created by heavy guns. The report notes Allied rules on armed civilians and belligerency during occupation. Maura Asks Divorce. Thomas Mulac sues for divorce from Mary, who is serving a one-year jail term for neglecting four children.
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London
Aachen
Maura
Youngstown
Thomas Mulac
Mary
Mahoning County
Don’t Forget Phone Your Classified Ad Before Saturday
Classified notice urges readers to place a want ad in the Sunday Messenger Classified Section. Highlights the big audience of readers, and the appeal of cash purchases for items. Provides a contact phone 0242 and notes three lines for three insertions at a low cost.
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Sunday Messenger
Farmers favor world association says survey in 28 states
A Bureau of Agriculture Economics survey found three of four farmers favor U S participation in a world association of nations and a majority support price controls to be continued for at least two years after V Day.
Russians Nearing Budapest as Canadians Launch Offensive
Across Europe Allied forces press the German defense. Russians push toward Budapest amid heavy combat near Debrecen where Berlin reports the destruction of 418 Russian tanks in 12 days. Canadians drive north from Antwerp toward Belgium's port as battles unfold along the Memelland frontier and Schelde Estuary.
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Europe
Antwerp
Berlin
Debrecen
Hungary
Budapest
Reich
Maas
Holland
Eydtkau
Amerika
Belgrade
Big Nazi Guns Knocked Out By Allied Bombardment
Allied forces advanced through Dutch islands blocking Schelde entrances to Antwerp. Typhoons hit gun positions on Walcheren and Viissingen while raids disrupted German defenses. U S First Army pushed toward Aachen and Vosges foothills, and Allied troops entered Cesena and Dubrovnik area as fronts shift across Greece, Italy, and the Adriatic region.
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Zuid Beveland
Walcheren
Schelde
Antwerp
Viissingen
Flushing
Ellewoutsch
Tme
Rotterdam
U.S. First Army
Aachen
U.S. Third Army
Vosges
Thebes
Athens
Greece
Yugoslavia
Dubrovnik
Cesena
Bologna-Rimini
Adriatic
Italy
Eighth Army
Pisciatello River
Marano
Pistoia Bologna Road
Jobs Formula Is Outlined by Gov Bricker
Reno Nev a now sonn W Bricker today offered a three point formula for guaranteeing jobs in peacetime Provide stability in governments maintain our system of pirate enterprise Repudiate those alien forces which would make workers economic slaves the servants of the state The Republican nominee for vice president said the New Deal cannot return the American government to its fundamental traditions of freedom under the Constitution He argued the scheme is tired and confused and a prisoner of forces and men allied to alien philosophies of government criticized Hillman Browder the PAC and the Communists as blocks to the American system
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Reno
Nev
Sonn W. Bricker
Hillman
1920 Conspirators Still Control GOP Cox Says
Dayton report claims James M. Cox asserts that forces behind the 1920 conspiracy still steer the Republican party while urging Roosevelt re election and praising Allied leaders Churchill Stalin as key to peace. In Columbus a teen rider dies after a rock strikes his bicycle on Route 23 near Shadeville.
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Cox
Dayton
Republican
James M. Cox
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Columbus
A _ teeney
Shadeville
Estimated 1944 Cigaret Output Near 1943 Levels
National sources project domestic cigaret production around 262 billion in 1944, close to 243.5 billion in 1942. Overseas ship ments tax free to troops total about 63 billion in 1944, with lend lease and exports drawing near half of domestic stocks. Officials warn the shortage may persist two to three months.
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New York
National Association of Tobacco Distributors, Inc
Veteran River Skipper Dead
Cincinnati report states Captain Chris Greene 43 longtime vice president and treasurer of the Greene line died while enroute home with his wife. He skippered the steamer Chris Greene which won a race against the Betsy Ann in a revival of historic river transportation. Survived by his widow a mother Captain Mary Greene and other relatives.
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Cincinnati
Chris Greene
Greene
Ine
United States
Capain Greene
Mark ‘Twain
Mary Greene
Double Cross Alleged in AFL Pledge to Roosevelt
In Columbus the Columbus Federation of Labor vice president Ross A. Boggs accused president Paul J. McCarthy of double crossing members by endorsing Franklin D. Roosevelt. Boggs said McCarthy acted in disregard of AFL constitutional principles amid labor tensions.
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Double Cross
AFL
FDR
Columbus
Columbus Federation of Labor
Ross A. Boggs
Paul J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleven Soldiers Drown in Tropical Hurricane
Public records from the Third Air Force Hq at Tampa report that eleven soldiers from the New Orleans port of embarkation drowned yesterday during a tropical hurricane. Details remain murky as reports come from Bradenton and surrounding areas.
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Tampa
Flav
Third Air Force
New Orleans
Bradenton
Pacific Pattern Map Points to Japan Invasion Strategy
The pattern shows the long term plan focusing on recapturing the Philippine Islands. Allies target northern and southern approaches by seizing island bases, destroying air bases, shipping and supplies, and reducing defenses in the Philippines. With the Philippines held, Japan may abandon Formosa and lose access to Dutch East Indies routes, while its supply lines remain under attack.
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Japan
Philippine Islands
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Bonins
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur Lands Ground Forces on Leyte in Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur personally directs U S ground forces’ landings on Leyte Island as American and Australian fleets mount a massive operation. Troop waves push ashore on eastern Leyte while Filipino resistance fighters rally to aid the homecoming. Roosevelt hails Leyte as a step toward Japan, with three small islands seized and a channel cleared for a large armada.
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U. S
Philippines Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
MacArthur
Theilippines
I Lands
Bataan
Roosevelt
Japan
Allied advance in the Philippines and Mindanao strikes
MacArthur reports a half million Filipino and Allied troops cut off in the Philippines as Leyte beachheads are secured with light casualties. Allied air sweeps neutralize Japanese forces while Mitscher’s carrier planes hit Mindanao and other targets. British carrier raid acknowledged on the Nicobar Islands.
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Hnena
Philippines
Nis
Roosevelt
Mac
Adm
Marc A. Vader
Mitscher
Philip
Manila
Pacific
Verie
MacArthur
Japan
Leyte
Dex
Sane
Mindanao
Tacloban
Sadaera
Tiadiim
Nce
Puig
Walter Krueg
U.S Army
Central Pacific
Shanghai
Dis- Hangchow Bay
Midway
Associated Press Cor
Formosa
Apan
Wenchow
Foochow
Amoy
14Th Airforce
Hongkong
The
Mikado
Nicobar Islands
Indian Ocean
Western Front Casualties Total 174 780 Up to Oct 3
United States Army casualties on the western front through Oct 3 totaled 174 780 with 29 842 killed 130 227 wounded and 14 711 missing. The figure excludes Air Force losses and covers Seventh Army and forces in France the Low Countries and the German border region.
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Western Front
Rraorus Davis
United States Army
Air Force
War Department
Seventh Army
France
Hurricane Path Causes 26 Deaths and Major Property Loss
The deadly hurricane moving along the Atlantic coast has killed at least 26 people and caused extensive property loss in Florida and Cuba. As it weakens, flood tide warnings are issued for the Carolinas, with the center of the storm expected to pass offshore by noon today.
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Charleston
Florida
Cuba
Atlanticington
Carolinas
Stocks At Dept Stores Similar To Last Year
The Federal Reserve reports August stock value at 1 percent above a year ago, while Commerce officials interpret this as a small decrease in physical goods due to price rises. Overall retail stock value appears unchanged from last year, with actual quantities somewhat lower.
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Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Mother Dies Without Knowing Son Killed in Germany
Mrs John Cheever aged 58 died in a Boston sanitarium after long illness. She had hoped her soldier son John was alive, but a letter from him, read by her daughter Dorothy at the bedside, revealed he had fallen on German soil a month earlier with the 3rd Army in Belgium.
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Boston
John
John Cheever
Cheever
Sonn
3Rd Army
Vin
Belgium
Dorothy
Hocki e Youth For Valor in Italy in a ceremony
In Italy a ceremony presented today honored Hocki e Youth For Valor with Tech Set awards. Glen L. Wilson of Cubisonville Ohio attended the event.
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Hockie
Italy
Te. Tech
Glen L. Wilson
Cubisonville
Ohio
Warships support landings in Philippines. Wardle dies of wounds
American and Australian warships support landings in the Philippines as Thomas Wardle dies of wounds. His wife, Vivian Wardle, informs relatives. Mrs. Wardle is the daughter of Homer and Mrs. Fills of Athens Route 5.
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Thomas Wardle
W Wardie
South Pacific
Vivian Wardle
Wardle
Homer Fills
Athens
Allied Sea Landing Near Leyte Voids Far From Davao
Allied warships bombarded the Leyte coastal valley in a major assault reported from the Philippines. American troops moved inland miles from Davao as 3400 air miles southeast of Manila. The operation featured unopposed Japanese naval resistance and heavy bombardment by American and Australian cruisers with anti aircraft fire repelling an enemy plane at H hour.
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Leyte
Aseault
Manila
Leyte Gulf
Adm
Thomas C. Kinckkaid
Seventh Fleet
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Royal Auge
Philippines
Davao
Val ‘Ley
Japan
Jap Vice Admiral Dies In Attack on Carrier
Japanese vice admiral killed when a torpedo plane attacked and Majored US carrier off Leyte as Allied forces landed on the Philippine coast. Beaches along Leyte were hit by heavy naval fire and shelling. bodies, explosions, and smoke filled the coastal scene. Local reports note American ships bombarded shorelines with intense air and sea power during the Leyte invasion.
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Leyte
Saul
London
San Ricardo
Ieee
Tacloban
Palo
Alon
U.S
San Jose
Philippines
Berlin
Tokyo Dispatch
Panson
Carrie
Adm
Halsey
Miral
Third Fleet
Cates
Hellcats
Avengers
Sidney | Spiegos
San‘ Pedro Bay
Military Star of Ohio
Sity
Athens
New York City
Bessie Cheys
Fitz
New York
Cleveland
Harold
Walker
Ing
Dent
Plane rips blanket from sleeping child in crash landing
A Navy fighter plane skimmed a house roof and crash landed in a Groton schoolyard injuring no more than a two year old child, who escaped with minor scratches. State police recovered the missing blanket found among the wreckage in the schoolyard.
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Groton
Conn
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