Russians Advance Deep Into East Prussia and Dutch Front
The Red Army overruns 406 German villages and pushes 19 miles into East Prussia as the war widens. In the Netherlands three Allied columns press toward S Hertogenbosch while Canadian forces advance near Roosendaal and Antwerp, aiming to cut off German forces south of the Maas and Waal rivers.
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Associated Press
Red Army
East Prussia
Moscow
Netherlands
Hertogenbosch
Bastion Shieldig
Holland
Cherniakovsky
Bayraman
Tusit
Bayramuan
Memel
Niemen
Baltic
Jurbarkas
Lithuania
Maas River
Waal Rhine
Roosendaal-Antwerp
Antwerp
Reich
Esschen
Roosendaal
Bergen Op Zoom
Goldap
Tulsi
Insterburg
U S Tanks Driving Inland on Leyte
American tanks pushed seven miles inland along Leyte Valley as MacArthur announced 11 towns liberated on Leyte Island and three small islets secured guarding Leyte Gulf. Japanese counterattacks and air losses complicate the invasion while the Navy reports 32 U S submarines sunk since Pearl Harbor.
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Associated Press
Leyte
U. S
Philippines
MacArthur
Leyte Island
Leyte Gulf
Manila
Tokyo
China
San Pablo
Dulag
Burauen
Catmon Hills
Palo
Tacloban
Tarlohan
Japan
Iwo Island
William F. Halsey
Western Pacific
Republican Senator Back Roosevelt Alters GOP Cohesion
Washington reports a senatorial breakthrough as Senator Ball of Minnesota joined the Roosevelt camp praising the president's international policy. Democrats see Willkie Stassen recruits emerge from GOP defections amid Roosevelt led foreign policy. Roosevelt plans a major campaign speech in Chicago after Friday Philadelphia appearance in Shibe Park.
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Washington
Willkie- Stassen
Roosevelt
Ball R-Minn
Harold F. Stassen
Chicago
Philadelphia
Shite Park
First US steam locomotive trip Albany to Schenectady
The World Almanac notes the August 9, 1831 Albany to Schenectady steam train as the first in the United States. The Messenger adds a fleeting remark on the era of transport and highlights readers’ attention to the daily classified ad section as a source of bargains.
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United States
Albany
Schenectady
N. Y
Messenger
Information withheld by Roosevelt cited in prewar claims
Rep Enn gell accuses President Roosevelt of withholding vital information from Congress before World War II and depriving the armed services of equipment. He cites an astonishing 1937 intelligence report on German air power and claims Roosevelt cut War Department requests by 833 million plus Congress appropriations exceeding requests by 352 million.
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Washington
Rep
Enngel
R-Mich
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Army
War
Stimson
Navy
Maas
R-Minn
St. Paul
Naval Board of Inquiry
Ferguson
Rmich
Engel
House, Appropriations Committee
America
War Department
Aske
Seven Die and Three Hurt in Cincinnati Pencil Fire
A flash fire at the Cincinnati Pencil Co. trapped 23 workers on the fourth floor near Fountain Square. Seven persons died and three were in critical condition as lacquers used in pencil processing fed the blaze that began on the first floor and raced up an elevator shaft.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Pencil Co
Fountain Square
Dewey Attacks Roosevelt on Pre Pearl Harbor Record
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accuses President Roosevelt of misrepresenting the pre Pearl Harbor record as he campaigns to Minneapolis to frame foreign policy as the dominant issue. He pledges to explain 1933 to 1941 history and to keep foreign policy nonpartisan in the race.
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Dewey
Minneapolis
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Athens
Congress
New York
U S Business Readies For French Revival
Washington reports American businessmen quickening their interest in France as recognition of the De Gaulle government spurs hope for a trade resumption. Officials caution that normal commercial channels will not reopen immediately.
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Washington
France
DeGaulle
Remaining gas tanks drained at Cleveland disaster site
At the East Ohio Gas plant in Cleveland precautionary action drained two intact liquefied gas tanks after last Friday's explosions. The county morgue listed 114 dead, 37 identified. 89 missing with 47 gas company employees. Sixty five injured remained in hospitals, with at least 28 more bodies believed in the ruins. Coroner Gerber said most deaths were caused by the blast force, not carbon monoxide.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas’ Co
R. Gerber
Gerber
England Hit by Two Flying Bomb Attacks
London reports German flying bombs struck Britain twice last night, ending a 48 hour lull after 11 straight nights of bombardment. Royal air defenses intercepted several threats, with no immediate word on damage or casualties.
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England
London
Britain
Nazi Night Fighters Rise To Defend Essen
London reports strong forces defend Essen as German night fighters battled RAF bombers over the Ruhr. The raid, amid a heavy snowstorm, aimed at armament and railway targets, facing intense ground fire.
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Essen
Washington
al —Vanda
Office of Price Administration
London
RAF
Brent Armament and Railway
Ruhr
Western Front
General Patch’s Son Killed in Action in France
STAUNTON Va Pi Lt Gen Alexander M Patch notified his wife that their son Capt Alexander Patch age 24 was killed in action. The captain was the general’s only son and had just returned to duty after treatment for wounds received August 28. Two Ohioans killed in Sioux City B 17 crash into a fire station were Cpl Robert James of Cincinnati and Cpl Russell W Hill of Weilston.
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Staunton
Alexander M. "Patch
Seventh Army
France
Alexander Patch
Patch
Sioux City
Robert James
Cincinnati
Russell W. Hill
Weilston
Bricker Warns of Forgotten Men in War’s Aftermath
In Pueblo Colorado Gov John W Bricker GOP vice presidential nominee denounces New Deal critics say white collar workers and farmers are the forgotten men needing stability as the war ends He accuses Roosevelt of extravagance contradictions and lack of vision while promising plans for those left without productive jobs.
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Pueblo
Colo
John W. Bricker
America
Broadway
Denver
Bricker
Roosevelt
Ohioan
Mine Fire in Eastern Ohio Quenched After 24 Hours
BELLAIRE. A fire in Ralls River No 3 mine was extinguished today less than a day after it began in a pumphouse. The blaze forced 350 miners to flee and caused one death. Officials feared spread overnight but crews cooled and flooded the shaft with rock dust and water after advancing about 1,000 feet.
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Bellaire
Rall & River No
Ena
Centrol
Post Card Poll Will Determine PG Outlook
A postcard poll of the nations pig pens is about to get under way. Statistics of the sty will be gathered next month by the agriculture department with help from rural mail carriers. From the returns, experts expect to make an intelligent guess of next years pork prospects. Industrialist Dies in Chicago Henry Parsons Crowell, 89, of Winnetka Illinois, honorary chairman of the Quaker Oats Company board, died last night.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Henry Parsons Crowell
Winnetka, Ill
Quaker Oats ‘Company Board
241 715 Ballots Mailed to Service Members
LIMA state officials report 241 715 absent voter ballots mailed to service men and women, with 119 348 returned. Vincent Nash of Crooksville, 53, accused slayer of Edward J. Hummel, adalah adjudged sane. Nash to undergo final sanity hearing after a report to the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane.
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Lima
Vincent Nash
Columbus
Crooksville
Edward J. Hummel
R. E. Busheng
State Hospital
Armed Services
Busheng
Nash
Texingheen
Hummel
Son
British and Allied Forces Make Inroads Across Europe
British forces claimed 500 German prisoners after wiping out a battalion of the 12th Infantry Division in a toehold at Hertogenbosch. American units pressed toward Bezange La Pelite and Hill 284 near Moncourt, while the British and Canadians expanded bridgeheads in Italy and Greece. Prisoner tallies rose on all fronts as Allied patrols and advances continued near Cesena Cervia and along the Rimini Road.
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Hertogenbosch
Third Army
Bezange-La-Pelite
Nancy
Moncourt
Second Army
First Army
Greece
Lamia
Athens
Italy
U. S
Fifth Army
Castel San Pietro
Big Po Valley
Rimini Road
Bologna
Imola
Adriatic
Cervia
Savio River
Cesena
Savia Brideghead
Philosophy of Plenty Urged by OSU Head
Ohio State University President Howard L Bevis told the Land Grant College Association that the nation should adopt a philosophy of plenty over pig killing and plowing under. He urged public controls but warned government must act as traffic cop not taxi boss and called for research into public administration and local problem solving.
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Philosophy of
Plenty
OSU
Chicago
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University Today
Land Grant College Association
Bevis
Shore
Labor Leader John Owens backs Republican slate
John Owens president of District No United Mine Workers of America launches a movement to support Republican candidates in state and national races. He claims the CIO in Ohio will mobilize coal miners across Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and West Virginia in an all out effort for Dewey Bricker Stewart and Taft. He argues New Deal policies threaten workers liberties and wage decisions.
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John Owens
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
CIO
Ohio
Owens
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
James Garfield Stewart
U. S
Robert A. Tait
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Park Ave
New York
Chin Cio
Tha Cio
Nazis Separate Army Civilians in Rhineland War Weariness
U S First Army dispatches report German plans to evacuate civilians were abandoned and troops isolated from civilians to curb war weariness. Police ordered limited contact to prevent morale decline. an American officer noted some Germans urge soldiers to surrender. A woman reportedly cursed a soldier for not quitting.
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U. S. First Army
Germany
Rhineland
Nelsonville Inmate Flees Prison Farm
Two inmates escaped London Prison Farm and a third fugitive returned voluntarily. Escapees include Donald A. Malone, 39, of Nelsonville, and Harry Dye, 44, of Marietta. Malone was in for auto theft with a one to 20 year sentence and had been transferred to the farm three weeks earlier.
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London
London Prison Farm
W. F. Amutne
Donald A. Malone
Nelsonville
Harry Dye
Marietta
Malone
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbia Grange Plans Party Friday
COLUMBUS A party planned by the Columbia Grange for Friday was announced as John G. Lincoln of Phoenix entered a median of 530000 for 32656 shares of voting trust certificates in the AI Tower here, topping an offer by John W. Galbreath, Columbus relator. Lincoln is chairman of the Board of the Lincoln Electric Co. of Cleveland and the largest individual bond and stockholder in 30 W. Broad, Inc., owner and operator of the old-story skyscraper.
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Columbus
John G. Lincoln
Phoenix
Ariz
John W. Galbreath
Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Co
Cleveland
W. Broad, Inc
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