Germans Withdraw From Crimea Amid Major Soviet Push
Soviet communiques depict a large Red Army drive cutting toward the Crimea as German forces retreat from Dnieper bend and Krivoi Rog. Moscow claims over 1,500 Nazis killed and warnings of a potential debacle if escape routes via Perekop are lost.
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London
Crimea
Perekop Land
Moscow
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Red Army
Krivoi Rog
Perekop
Crimean
Stalingrad
Kiev
Rechitsa
Bug River
Krivol Rog
Bessarabian
Industrial, Trade Center Blasted as Mosquitos Hit Leipzig
Allied air raids blasted Leipzig and Berlin as Mosquito planes hit western German targets. British bombers pounded the industrial hub while fighters raided nearby cities. In Italy, Allied gains north of the Volturno River were reported as operations continued.
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Berlin
Leipzig
Italy
Volturno
Busso
Oratina
Hamburg
Saxony
Prussia
Breslau
Frankfurt
Oder
Regensburg
Kassel
Magdeburg
Patterson Defends War Dept on Contract Handling
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson told a House Military Committee hearing that contracting officers are not inept and that the War Department does not recklessly waste property. He rejected Comptroller General Warren's claims supporting a plan to grant final authority to settle terminated contracts amid disputes over items like tonics, jukeboxes, and champagne.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
House Military Committee
United States
Genral Lindsay C. Warren
War Department
Warren
Vatican Refuses Refugee Entry From Nazis
A Bern dispatch says the Vatican did not send refugees seeking asylum to the Germans. The group included anti fascists and others from Chiasso who aligned with anti Nazi views after Mussolini's fall. The Vatican’s decision left many refugees outside its walls.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suisse
Geneva
Vatican
Chiasso
Benito Mussolini
Uso
Fragments Describe Stroke Victim's Death and Thefts
Readable text references a stroke victim named Messick who died of a heart attack and notes a job in Martins Ferry. A separate item notes three camera lenses valued at 50 each were stolen in Cleveland last night from the Cleveland Press and other papers.
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Martins Peareen Rank Messick
Martins Ferry
Donald
East Liverpool
USO
Cleveland
Cleveland Press
Tland News
Parents of Hero Get Medal by Mail
The War Department sent the Congressional Medal of Honor for Sgt. Kenneth Grun nert to his parents in Helenville Wisconsin. They declined a trip to Washington and requested the medal and any written message from the President be mailed, honoring their son who was killed in New Guinea while acting to aid his platoon. The Grunnerts emphasized that funds should support the war effort rather than travel for a ceremony.
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Hero
Helenville
Wis
War Department
Ture
Serg
Kenneth
Grunnert
Arthur Grunnert
Stimson
Grunnerts
Italy
Washington
New Guinea
Buna
Boys Burglary Ring Sent to Lancaster School
Youths who burglarized homes stole about 24000 dollars with 7500 recovered. Investigators said a racketeer had arranged 14000 in cash to be changed into smaller bills. One youth spent 6000 in three weeks. a Cleveland taxi driver kept 50 of a 2.50 fare. Neighborhood inaction noted by Judge Eastman.
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Frank R. Skedel
Lancaster
Harley M. Benetham
Lexington
Cleveland
Harry L. Eastman
London Considers Military Topics Second at Moscow
London debates Moscow tri party talks focusing on a broad Allied plan for postwar order while aiming to defeat Germany. Military frontiers are secondary to economic and political questions with Greece Yugoslavia and Bulgaria among monarchs to be discussed.
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London
Moscow
Germany
George
Greece
Peter
Yugoslavia
Simeon
Bulgaria
Europe
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Hitler
European
U. S
State Hull
Eden
Morgenthau Tours Front in Italy Praises Troops
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau rode with Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark through forward areas of the Italian front. He praised British and American soldiers and AMG for Naples reconstruction, voiced horror at Italian suffering, and urged Americans to recognize wartime sacrifices. He cited German ruthlessness against civilians, farms, homes, and crops.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Treasury
Morgenthau
Mark W. Clark
AMG
Naples
America
United States
Question on Issuing More Detailed Weather Forecasts
Washington authorities debate expanding public weather releases after the Office of Censorship lifted general restrictions. The Weather Bureau has reduced detail since the war, prompting reconsideration of broader dissemination.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Weather Bureau
USO
Two Are Committed Under Ascherman Act
In Columbus state welfare director H. R. Mooney announced the first two commitments to the Mansfield Reformatory under the Ascherman Act were received by Supt. Arthur L. Glattke. The act sends mentally defective individuals to indeterminate state units until found fit for society. In Charleston Dr. George H. Hand resigned as state price executive of the Office of Price Administration and will return to Ohio Wesleyan University as professor of economics and business administration.
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Columbus
H. R. Mooney
Mansfield Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
USO
Hand
Charleston
W. Va
George H. Hand
Office of Price Administration
Ohio Wesleyan University
Miners Return to Work in Alabama and Regional Idle Numbers
A United Mine Workers spokesman predicts a rapid expansion of the back-to-work movement among thousands of idle Alabama coal miners. About 3,600 miners were idle in Kentucky Tennessee and Arkansas coal fields due to local disputes.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Warns Ohioans Against Selling Hogs Too Soon
Columbus Ohio State University husbandry specialist Howard Davidson warned farmers to delay selling hogs to avoid harming future pork production. He urged focusing on sows with proven large litter records rather than gifts of unknown ancestry.
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Columbus
Howard Davidson
Ohio State University
Ohio
Davidson
Japs Launch Drive Against Australians Near Finschhafen
Allied reports say thousands of Japanese and Australian troops clashed in jungle north of Finschhafen New Guinea with heavy losses on both sides. Japanese suffered over 200 casualties as Australia’s Ninth Division pressed to hold the town captured Oct 2.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Australia
el Alamein
Egypt
MacArthur
New Britain
Salamaua
Lae
Solomons
Ballale
Shortland Island
Roosevelt Message Deliberations Foreshadow Farm Subsidy Clash
In Washington a Roosevelt administration message to Congress was awaited as a potential turning point in the farm subsidy dispute. It was expected to seek continued producer subsidies to curb prices, with some sources predicting a tough line against subsidy opponents. Farm leaders urged a compromise allowing the War Food Administration to meet anti-subsidy forces halfway. In London a fresh wave of U S forces including WACS arrived at a British port.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Farm Organization
White House
War Food Administration
Britain
London
War Prisoners Used For Essential Labor In Army Posts
Secretary of War Stimson said over 140000 prisoners of war held in permanent camps will be diverted to essential labor. About a quarter serve maintenance at military posts and ten percent for prisoner self maintenance. Work includes reconstruction of automotive equipment brick plants land clearing canning dry cleaning reservoir construction harvesting fruit vegetables and crops across many states.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Tri-Partite Conference Hints at Western Europe Attack Talks
In Moscow a four hour session with American and British military advisers signaled serious discussion of a possible land attack on Western Europe. Officials bar detailed public statements until the conference concludes.
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Moscow
USO Admits Error on Synthetic Tire Reports
Superintendent Black of the State Highway Patrol said an error led to reports that synthetic tires failed. He clarified that the tires are proving satisfactory and that prewar tires, not synthetic rubber, were mistakenly reviewed. The Columbus area note places the incident in context.
Hawaii born Japs lead Yanks into Italy at Rome front
Secretary of War Stimson praises Hawaiian Japanese American troops of the 100th Infantry Battalion for pioneering action on the Appian Way toward Rome. Capt. Taro Suzuki of Honolulu led the first company, describing fights with German machine guns and effective use of mortars. Other marked acts include Lt. Tanaka aiding wounded, Zakimi returning to battle, and Sgt. Nezu rescuing 22 paratroopers behind enemy lines.
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Italy
South Pacific
Sons of
Nippon
Hawaii
Europe
Washington
Tunisia
Stimson
Rome
Paul E. Froning
New Bremen
Taro Suzuki
Honolulu
Appian Way
Suzuki
War Department
Ernest Tanaka
Wailau
Oahu
George E. Zakimi
Hakalau
Tanaka
Zakimi
Yutaka Nezu
Waimanalo
Allied Air Power Drives Back Nazi Attacks Across Europe
American daylight raids over Dueren and Gilbe-Rijen base in Holland, supported by RAF Spitfires, dispersed German assaults. In Italy, Clark probes the Volturno line while Montgomery’s 8th Army presses northwest of Vinchiatura. Yugoslav partisans claim broad damage to railways and depots as Tito expands operations. Allied air forces strike Nis railway yards and Aegean targets as Middle East bombers hit Rhodes, Cos, Melos, and Syros.
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Dueren
Gilbe-Rijen
Holland
Leipzig
Germany
Mark Clark
Volturno
Rome
Mondragone
Mediterranean
Venafro
Massico
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Vinchiature
Nis
Middle East
Aegean
Rhodes
Cos
Melos
Syros
Casala
Marcigliana
Grosseto
Naples
Yugoslavia
Tito
Bosnia
Hercegovina
Montenegro
Dalmatian
Split
Sinji
Trogir
Limiting Sales Of Cigarettes Nationwide Rationing
The Wall Street Journal reports formal but effective nationwide cigarette rationing. Five top brands are quota restricted with Ameri can Tobacco P Lorillard Liggett & Myers reserving rights to curb excess orders. R J Reynolds allotments are 76 percent of prior sales and Philip Morris holds to 90 percent of August shipments.
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New York
The
Wall Street Journal
American Tobacco Co
P. Lorillard Co
Liggett & Myems
R. J. Reynolds ‘Tobacco Co
Philip Morris & Co
Bricker May Be Asked To Visit Ohio Solo
Washington dispatch reports Don Power, Ohio Governor Bricker’s secretary, in talks with Ohio GOP congressmen about inviting Bricker to visit Ohio. If Bricker enters the presidential race he would likely announce with a major public speech rather than a private delegation meeting. Representatives Jenkins Ironton and Vorys Columbus weigh the possibility of a solo visit and speech.
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Washington
Don Power
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
John M. Vorys
Columbus
Spinach Unfit for Food Fed to Columbus Hogs
More than 7 600 gallons of spinach condemned as unfit for humans were fed to Columbus city hogs under federal court order by Judge Mell G Underwood. The spinach, sent to Lockbourne Air Base, was destroyed after a February action.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Lockbourne
London
Dudley Pound
Reduced U S Casualty Estimates in Volturno Battle
Secretary of War Stimson announced lower casualty numbers for U S forces in Italy from Sept 8 to early Oct, listing 879 killed 3047 wounded 2848 missing total 6744, noting earlier Oct 7 estimate of 8307 and excluding Volturno battle losses. British losses thought higher.
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Washington
Italy
Volturno
Stimson
Capua
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Coal Operators Fight New Wage Pact Before War Board
Appalachian soft coal operators oppose the portal-to-portal wage agreement proposed by the United Mine Workers and Illinois operators as radical and a subterfuge in a War Labor Board hearing. A large audience heard UMW official Thomas Kennedy report that John L. Lewis is confined at home with influenza.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Illinois
War Labor Board
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
John L. Lewis
Man Killed in Auto Crash in Zanesville
Lester Guest, 32, classified advertising manager of the Zanesville News, was killed in an automobile crash early today. He formerly was associated with the Toledo Blade.
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Zanesville
Lester Guest
Zanesville News
Toledo Blade
USO
Reveal Plan To Grant Extra Points For Milk
Washington sources report a plan to award extra ration points for milk to residents in remote areas starting October 26. Associates of Prentiss Brown announced he has definitely decided to resign as head of the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
USO
Prentiss M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
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Pleisse
Parthe
Elster
Grande Armee
USC
Bob
Bis
Joan Clements
Toronto
Canada
Myrtle Clements
Ascherman
Youngstown
Pearl Harbor
Pase
U.S
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