Battle near Philippines. U S carrier Princeton sunk
Allied naval air battles across nearly 1000 miles of the Western Pacific enter a third day. Nimitz reports Japanese losses include a dozen ships and five or six battleships while the Princeton is sunk after magazine explosions. Mitscher's carrier planes claim two large carriers damaged and numerous ships sunk or damaged. Casualties and rescues follow as air and sea actions continue.
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Associated Press
Western Pacific
U .S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Nimitz
Marc A. Mitscher
Princeton
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Halsey-Mitscher
Dewey Sets Stand on Congress Power Over Armed Forces
AP dispatch reports Governor Dewey in Minneapolis declares Congress alone may authorize U S troops for any international security body. He accuses Roosevelt of sidelining Congress and warns against ceding authority, urging constitutional restraint while campaign stops move toward Chicago.
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DEWEY
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
United States
Minneapolis
Joseph Ball
New York
Foreign Policy Association
New York City
World Organization
George C. Johnes
GOP
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Chicago
Athens
Jesson
Detachable Shift Collar Idea Credits Mrs Hannah Montegue
A Messenger classified ad notes the detachable shift collar credited to Mrs. Hannah Montegue of Troy Maryland and claims a whole industry grew from her concept. The ad highlights quick responses and a stroller sale showing buyers via the MPF ad system. Dial for results.
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Alou Fas Beth
Hannah Montegue
Troy
M. D
Ike
MPF
Navy's New Hellcat Proves Mighty Weapon
The Navy deploys the F6F-3 Hellcat in the Pacific, claiming a 31 to 1 shootdown ratio against Japanese planes. The fighter mounts six .50 caliber guns and can carry rockets and bombs, with pilots praising its dive handling, carrier takeoffs, and speed advantage over the fastest Zero at any altitude.
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Washington
Pacific
Million Workers Are Lost in September
Washington reports the nations labor force dropped by 1 600 in September amid higher production needs. War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt calls the decline a serious development as students and teachers quit vacation jobs and women left the workforce to become housewives.
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Washington
VPI
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Republicans to Meet at Rome Canaan High School
Elton Kile will be the principal speaker at the Republican meeting in the Rome Canaan High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening at 8 o clock. Everyone is invited. There will be entertainment and refreshments served.
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Rome-Canaan High
Elton Kile
Rome-Canaan High School
Temperature Fluctuations Reported Yesterday and Today
Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France notes yesterday’s high at 66 and tonight’s low at 37. This morning's peak reached 70 before noon. Rainfall totaled two hundredths of an inch.
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C. N. France
Proposed TB division outlined by state health chief
James E Bauman acting health director disclosed plans for a separate tuberculos is division in the state health department with federal funding assistance. The move aims to bolster TB control and public health efforts.
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Columbu
State Health Department
James E. Bauman
Enemy Forces Withdrawing In Netherlands
German high command reports Red Army tanks and infantry breaking through along the Narew in Poland as Soviets threaten East Prussia and Warsaw. Western Front sees German retreat near s Hertogebosch while Allied advances threaten Bergen op Zoom, Roosendaal, and Tilburg. British and Canadian forces push toward Antwerp port as Dutch and Italian fronts shift under Allied pressure.
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Associated Press
High Command
Red Army
Narew River
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Berlin
Baltic
Niemen River
Suwalki Triangle
Narew
Hertogebosch
Holland
Antwerp
Boxtel
Tilburg
Guerrillas Aid Yanks In Philippine Landings
Four thousand armed guerrillas including a few Americans aided operations for a U S landing on Leyte Island under General MacArthur. Led by Col. Ruperto Kangelon the force to join U S troops against Japan. second in command a former PT boat skipper. Supples for prisoners of war to be picked up from Hakusan Maru voyage to Nakhodka. tragic burn death of seven year old Vivian Terry in Fremont.
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General MacArthur
Leyte Island
Philippines
U. 5
Col
Ruperto Kangelon
U. S
Wife Dies As Mate Awaits Army Bus
In Logan, Harold Emmett Robinson of Laurelville learned his wife had died of a heart attack at home just before he was to board a bus with Hocking County men to Columbus for induction. The 24 year old mother of two children, Robinson delayed by the selective service board, stood with the party as they left for Fort Hayes.
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Logan
Harold Emmett Robinson
Laurelville
Hocking County
Columbus
Selective Service Board
Robinson
Fort Hayes
Rocket launchers built in Ohio plant repurposed for war use
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co disclosed that its former anti aircraft gun plant in Akron has been converted to manufacture rocket launchers. The launchers, using magnesium or hardened paper tubes, are 10 feet long and 4 1/2 inches in diameter and are fired in clusters from aircraft wings.
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Akron— GP
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Milk Dealers Ignore Order in Ohio Escrow Attempt
Administrator Fred W. Issler said 33 Southern Ohio milk handlers refused to pay a 25 percent price increase from Federal Milk Market Order No. 65 after the War Food Administration denied permission to escrow. He noted all 41 Cincinnati area handlers paid, and 33 sought an administrative hearing with the WFA.
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Cleveland
Fred W. Issler
Cincinnati
Toledo
Southern Ohio
Issler
War Food Administration
WFA
Public Sales Prices Not Affected by Ceilings
Columbus probate judge C P McClerland ruled that ceiling prices do not apply to estate sales. He said the price control act has no provision for regulating courts to order sales and set aside auctions for re sale at the highest price obtainable.
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Columbus
C. P. McClerland
Forgotten Fronts Map Highlights German Holdouts in France
A map labeled forgotten fronts shows 67000 German troops in port areas of France including St Nazaire and riverine holds near Nantes and the Gironde. The German commander Lt General Wilhelm Farmbacher is described as a fanatic for sheep.
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France
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Loire
Bordeaux
Gironde
Wilelm Farmbhacher
Roosevelt Heads West on Political Road Show
President Roosevelt launches a full production campaign with train platform rallies and car tours across the Middle West bound for Chicago Soldier Field and Shibe Park Philadelphia. Both speeches will be nationally aired as he addresses misquotations about his political plans and promises to correct misrepresentations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Middle West
Chicago
Soldier Field
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Dodge Scion To Wed Sculptress Thursday
Denver Conn reports the engagement and wedding plans of Cpl. Horace Elgin Dodge III, 21, heir to the Dodge fortune, to Margery Gehman of Buffalo New York. The ceremony is set for Thursday night with the elder Dodge arriving from the east to serve as best man if needed.
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Denver
Conn
Pallege
Icouple
Cpl
Horace Elgin Dodge III
Dodge Automobile
Margery Gehman
Buffalo
N. Y
Maj
Horace Dodge,Jr
Dodge
Army Dogs To Be Mustered Out Soon
Washington officials said between 500 and 1,000 dogs from the Army K-9 Corps will be mustered out by January 1. Many will be surplus property with some offered for public sale possibly at $1.00 each. The quartermaster corps noted breeds include shepherds and Doberman pinschers among others. Toledo reports 390 MESA members stayed away from four Electric Auto-Lite plants in protest over six dismissals. Cincinnati notes a 7-year-old, Donald Lewis, killed yesterday by a car while playing with a toy wagon.
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Washington
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Toledo
Mechanics Educational Society of America
MESA
Government Seizes Lord Manufacturing Plant in War Effort
Washington issued an executive order seizing the Lord Manufacturing Company of Erie Pennsylvania to ensure continued production of aircraft parts and other essential war materials. Navy Secretary Forrestal directed to operate the plants as needed. The order cites price boosts and failure to supply under a prior price agreement in 1943.
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Washington
Lord Manufacturing Company
Erie
White House
Navy
Forrestal
War and Navy
Denison Houses Time Capsule of Capitol Treasures
Rare books and papers from the Library of Congress were stored in Denison University's three newest fireproof buildings for safekeeping during feared bombing of Washington. The shipment, guarded round the clock by four men, stayed at Denison for over 16 years and has now been returned to Washington.
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Granville
Library of Congress
Denison University
National
Alvin W. Kremer
Washington
Mrs Allen Griffin Dies At Home of Daughter
Mrs Allen Griffin aged 30 died at the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Alva Hite in Pomeroy after a three year illness. She is survived by her son Herbert Griffin of Longstreth and daughter Mrs Hite of Pome Ton. Friends may call at the Hite home until Saturday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Herbert Griffin home in Longstreth.
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Pomeroy
Allen Griffin
Alva Hite
Herbert Griffin
Longstreth
Mrs. Hite
Pome
Ton
Mite
Losses mount as six carriers fall in Pacific battles
United States naval losses include Lexington Yorktown and Hornet in Coral Sea Midway and Santa Cruz actions. Wasp sunk by submarine torpedoes. Listombe Bay torpedoed during Mitscher raids near Wotje and Jasuit. From Aug 1 to Sept 1, 245 Japanese ships sunk or damaged. US forces claim at least 18 Japanese carriers sunk or damaged.
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Washington
Princeton
U. S.S
Lexington
Yorktown
Hornet
Coral Sea
Midway
Santa Cruz
Wasp
South Pacific
Listombe Bay
Mitscher
Wotje
Jasuit
Marshall Islands
U. S
Three Japanese Carriers Hit in Sulu Sea Southwest of Leyte
American reports say three Japanese carriers were surprised and hit southeast of Formosa as they moved toward the Philippines. US forces under Admiral Mitscher sank at least one large carrier and damaged two others, with Tokyo admitting several ships sunk or damaged in the engagement near the Sulu Sea and Leyte region.
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Formosa
Philippines
Leyte
Negros Island
Sulu
Halsey
Sibusan
Marc A. Mitscher
Tokyo
Sulu Sea
Sihuyan Sea
U. S
Cary Jriers
Leyte Liberations and Allied Air Raids Report
Allied advances on Leyte continued with 14 villages liberated and Tahantabon near the interior boundary under threat while San Pablo airfield fell under MacArthur’s control. Bombers damaged 64 enemy aircraft on Philippine airfields. US units pushed toward Dagami Catmon Hill and Tacloban-Palo coast, fending off night infiltrations. Tokyo reports 100 B29s raided Kyushu focusing on supply targets for the Philippines. Chinese forces retook Sinning, driving Japanese toward Tungan, 90 miles north of Kweliin.
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Leyte
MacArthur
Tahantabon
San Pablo
Philippine Archipelago
Dagami
Leyte Valles
96Th
Catamon
Catmon Hill
Tahomabon
Palio
Tacloban
10Th Corps
Palo
Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Washington
Philippines
Sinning
China
Tungan
Kwellin
Bricker urges reconversion of war plants without shackles
Fort Worth Texas Gov John W Bricker GOP vice presidential candidate argues for rapid peacetime production without government restraints. He cites Wallace and Hillman Browder and claims New Deal restraints delayed all out production, saying administration should keep hands off industry to revive postwar output.
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Bricker
Fort Worth
Tex
John W. Bricker
Wallace
Hopkins
Morgenthau
Sidney Hillman
Earl Browder
Hillman
Political Action Committee
Browder
Communist Political Association
Henry Wallace
Pearl Harbor
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Ronin
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Caroline
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Solons
Bliwe
Simon Emil Koedel
Marie Hedwig Koedel
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
FBI
New York Harbor
TB Division
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Stiefen
The
Reich
Casthy
Insterburg
Konigsberg
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Greece
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Lamia
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Taday
Fremont
Vivian Terry
Ohio
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Ame
FFI
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Charles F. Kistler
Kansas City
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