World Peace Group Urged by Roosevelt Message
New York AP reports President Roosevelt urged a World Peace Group at a Waldorf Astoria dinner to press world leaders for restraint and oppose aggression. The event followed remarks by officials warning of looming dangers as war raged abroad and plans were made to prevent a repeat of past conflicts. A Berlin broadcast warned of a possible Soviet response if Norway were invaded, signaling escalating tensions and risk of broader conflict.
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Lindbergh Credited With One Jap Plane Fight
Passaic NJ report says Col Charles Lindbergh flew combat missions as a civilian expert for War and Navy Depts. He unofficially credited with shooting down a Japanese plane during base assignments and fighter flights. Lindbergh resigned his Army commission before the war and later joined United Aircraft Corp.
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Lasting Storm Toll Tops Twenty Million Across States
A tropical storm that battered Cuba and Florida ended its 1500 mile rampage near North Carolina. Thirty seven deaths reported with Florida citrus damages around 20 million dollars. Two killed in Miami, one in Jacksonville, one in Vero Beach, and nine crewmen drowned near Bradenton.
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Probers Fail To Discover Blast Cause In Cleveland
The Cleveland fire death toll rose to at least 83 as investigators failed to determine the blasts that turned East Ohio Gas liquid gas tanks into massive flames. Officials said 248 people missing and 1,165 injured were in hospitals, with nearly 100 others treated for minor injuries.
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Cleveland Fire Disaster Remembers Earlier City Tragedies
The extensive Cleveland blaze killed 83 and displaced 3,600, with ties drawn to historic fires. It recalls the 1929 Clinic fire that killed 125, and the 1908 Collinwood School disaster with 172 fatalities, as investigators continue to probe causes amid wide-scale damage estimates. The East Ohio plant blast left many unidentified and 38 million homeless across the region as floods of emergency actions unfolded.
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Dewey Demands Roosevelt Outline Future Plan in Pittsburgh
Governor Thomas E. Dewey charged Franklin D. Roosevelt with failing to offer any future program, calling the New Deal bankrupt and aimed at expanding government power. He castigated the incumbent for telling workers to trust him and for promising only past successes without a plan for America’s postwar needs.
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Widow Objects To Speculation Over Willkie
Widow Wendell Willkie rejects speculation on whether her late husband would back Dewey or Roosevelt in the election. She appeals for silence on his memory and notes Willkie spoke only for himself while alive. Disturbing claims about his political stance are dismissed as unfounded.
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Ana
Russian Press Applauds Stalin Churchill Talks
Moscow editorials hail the Churchill Stalin negotiations as praise filled and fruitful. Officials say differences remain on European questions but the path to a firm hard peace appears clear and united between Britain and the Soviet Union.
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Great Britain
Soviet Union
Five Killed in Explosion at Los Angeles Navy Yard
The Navy reported five dead and over 100 injured when a landing vessel exploded today, shattering the craft and setting fire to three nearby ships as flames spread to the dock and facilities.
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Navy
Ohio High School Principals Back Federal Aid for Schools
The Ohio High School Principals Association endorsed proposals to create an international education agency under UN auspices and urged Ohio lawmakers to act promptly on federal aid for schools during its annual meeting in Columbus.
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United Nations Education Agency
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Ohio High School Principals’ Association
Dewey Edges Roosevelt in State Poll Totals
New York Daily News and Chicago state polls show Dewey leading Roosevelt. Illinois results list Dewey five thousand four hundred ninety-one versus Roosevelt five thousand nine hundred fifty-seven. New York totals show Roosevelt ahead with eleven thousand three hundred sixty-five to Dewey’s five thousand nine hundred fifty-seven.
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Bricker Denies Exclusive Credit for Social Legislation
Utah visit highlights Bricker claim that progress on social policy results from faith of the American people in the New Deal. He warns against perpetuating the causes of need while promoting thrift and initiative, and says Democrats focus on foreign issues to avoid domestic defeat.
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Nazi U Boats Return to Ocean Lanes
London reports German U boats are again operating along Atlantic routes to Britain in a revival of submarine warfare. A. V. Alexander said a British battlefront capable of confronting the entire Japanese Navy has begun moving toward the Pacific, echoing Churchill's note that a large portion of that fleet is already in the Indian Ocean. He spoke as Britain welcomed arrival of the largest convoy in history from North America, consisting of 167 ships.
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Protest Over Absentee Ballots for Judges Ahead of Election
A protest in Springfield targets Ohio law that allows precinct judges to receive absentee ballots early. S Dougan, assistant secretary at Columbus, warns that trusted officials must handle ballots and questions the use of alternative methods that could affect election integrity.
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Aachen Falls to Allies After German Surrender
American First Army troops have seized Aachen, first major German city on German soil to fall to the Allies, following the surrender of about 800 Germans who violated Hitler's fight to the sheath order. Casualties were light in the house-to-house fighting as troops push toward Cologne and the Rhine plain.
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Corey H. Hodges
Service Men Rout Pickets At Kansas City Bomber Plant
A clash at a North American Aviation bomber plant in Kansas City saw soldiers and sailors move onto plant gates. They seized protest materials, tore up union placards, and forced most pickets to withdraw amid a holiday weekend skeleton guard.
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Navy chief confirms Helldiver production to continue
Rear Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey, head of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, announced in Columbus that production of the Surtise-Wright Helldiver dive bombers will continue for at least another year.
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Bureau of Aeronautics
Ex New Hope for Ohio Victims of Bataan in Port Clinton
Port Clinton residents hold cautious hope for 26 Ohioans captured during Bataan. One unit member rumored home while the fate of the remaining 24 is still unknown and awaiting word from General MacArthur’s Philippines return.
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Pearl Harbor Report Secrecy Sparks Congressional Debate
Washington witnesses heated dispute over secrecy labels on a Navy Pearl Harbor report. Rep Maas and Sen Reynolds clash as Forrestal releases a high security designation, prompting charges the information is being withheld from the public. An attorney for Admiral Kimmel alleges the procedure is a pretext to hide the truth until after the election.
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Florida Citrus Crops Ruined by Hurricane
Washington reports estimates from the War Food Administration that last week's hurricane blew from trees 90 to 75 percent of Florida grapefruit and 20 to 30 percent of the orange crop.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Warning to Japs Issued by General Ahead of Leyte Invasion
General MacArthur warned the Japanese government and military leaders will be held responsible for Bataan tortures and any repeats as American forces seize Tacloban Airfield in record time. The Leyte invasion continues on schedule with air and sea operations advancing, while reports describe escapes and enemy losses amid intensified carrier strikes and recovered POWs.
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Fined for Permitting Boys To Play Slots
Youngstown report: James M. Khoury fined 200 dollars and jailed 30 days for permitting three young boys to operate slot machines in his grocery store. Court proceedings detail the charges and penalty in the county jail sentence.
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