Dewey Presses Congress on American War Power in Campaign Speech
In Minneapolis Dewey argues Congress alone should determine the U S military quota for international acts. He accuses Roosevelt of bypassing Congress and warns against world organization rules that force preapproved deployments. Endorsing swift action by a chosen representative, he stresses constitutional limits and pins electoral hopes on Minnesota.
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DEWEY
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
United States
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Municipal
Joseph Ball
New York
Foreign Policy ‘Association
New York City
World ‘Organization
George C. Johnes
GOP
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Chicago
Athens
Yough
Nimitz Reports Major Japanese Losses in Pacific Battles
The Associated Press reports Admiral Nimitz saying allied forces have sunk or damaged about a dozen Japanese warships while losing one U. S. carrier in three interlocking air sea battles across nearly 1,000 miles of the Western Pacific. Allied air forces and ground operations continue with MacArthur advancing on Leyte Island as Tokyo claims a naval air victory east of the Philippines.
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Mana
Leyte
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Nimitz
Marc A. Mitscher
Éarrier
Princeton
U.S
Pearl’ Harbor
Smart women drive new selling idea in Troy
Mrs fo Troy leads a bold initiative turning a home craft into a thriving industry. Women buyers and sellers use quick, organized methods to connect with customers, matching rents and items to demand and proving the value of women’s enterprise in a evolving market.
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Troy
N.Y
Dana
Navy’s New Hellcat Proves Mighty Weapon
The Navy deploys the new Hellcat in the Pacific, claiming a 31 to 1 kill ratio against Japanese planes. The FOF ship mounts six 50 caliber guns and can carry rockets and bombs. Pilots praise its handling in dives, easy takeoffs from carriers, and outrunning the fastest Zero at altitude.
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Navy
Washington
Pacific
FOF
Labor force shrinks as September loss reported
Washington reports the nation’s labor force fell by one million in September. War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt calls it a serious development given rising production needs. He cites student and teacher vacation quitters and women leaving for homemaking as factors.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Republicans To Meet At Rome Canaan High School Auditorium
Elton Kile will be principal speaker at a Republican meeting at Rome Canaan High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening October 25 at 8 oclock Everyone is invited Entertainment and refreshments will be served Weather notes report highs of 66, 70 today, two hundredths inch rainfall. Proposal for a division of tuberculosis in the state health department aided by federal funds was closed here by James E Bauman acting health director.
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Rome-Canaan High
Elton Kile
Rome-Canaan High School
Crance
Columbus
State Health Department
James E. Bauman
Enemy Forces Withdrawing In Netherlands
Allied forces report German retreat across parts of the Netherlands while Soviet and Allied offensives surge across Poland, East Prussia, and Hungary. British and Canadian units advance near Bergen op Zoom and Tilburg as Red Army pushes into East Prussia. German defenses stiffen along a broad front.
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Red Army
Narew Rier
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Berlin
Baltic
Niemen River
Narew
Mans
Hertogebusch
Holland
Maas
Meuse
U. S
A ‘Rmy
Vosges
Stertogebosch
Bergen Op Zoom
Rosendaal
Antwerp
Boxtel
Tilburg
Reich
Inserburg
Konigsberg
Prussian
Aug
Austow
Goldap
Gumbinnen
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Huszt
Chust
Irmans
Greece
Chomokos
Athens
Lamia
Volos
Italy
Mount Belmonte
Balog
Guerrillas Aid Yanks In Leyte Landing Effort
Guerrillas including a few Americans aided in Leyte Island landings led by Col Ruperto Kangelon with a former U S PT boat skipper as chief of staff. They plan to join U S forces against Japan in the operation.
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General MacArthur
Leyte Island
Philippines
U. S
Col
Ruperto Kangelon
Wife Dies Before Army Induction Bus Leaves
Harold Emmett Robinson of Laurelville was in Logan to join a party bound for Columbus for Army induction when he learned his 24 year old wife had died suddenly of a heart attack. The woman, mother of two, was in Laurelville. The group from western Hocking County was delayed by the draft board.
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Logan
Harold Emmett Robinson
Laurelville
Hocking County
Columbus
Selective Service Board
Robinson
Hockings County
Fort Hayes
Rocket Launchers Being Built in Ohio Plant
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. disclosed that its anti aircraft gun plant has been reconverted to produce rocket launchers for use against enemy forces. The launch tubes are magnesium or hard paper, 10 feet long and 4.5 inches in diameter, discharged electrically from aircraft wings.
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Akron — UP
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Tod
Milk Dealers Reject Federal Market Order
Fred W. Issler of Cincinnati and Toledo milk markets said a court action might result from the refusal. Southern Ohio handlers comply with an amendment to a federal Milk Market Order. Forty-one Cincinnati-area handlers paid higher prices in mid August, while eighty-three petitioned the War Food Administration to place the money in escrow. An administrative hearing before the WFA has been requested by the 33 handlers.
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Cov Sland
Aamini
Fred W. Issler
Cin- Innati
Toledo
Southern Ohio
Issler
Ncinnati
War ‘Ood Administration
Isler
Wns
WFA
Public Sales Prices Not Affected by Ceilings
Columbus Probate Judge C P McClelland ruled ceiling prices do not apply to property sold at public sales to settle estates. He said the price control act has no provision mandating court orders for such sales and ordered an auction set aside to be resold at the highest obtainable prices.
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Columbus
C. P. McClelland
Forgotten Fronts Map Shows 67000 German Holdouts
A map labeled forgotten fronts highlights port areas in France where about 67,000 German troops remain. It notes St Nazaire blocking Allied use of Nantes and the Loire, and islands near Bordeaux denying access to the Gironde. German commander Lt Gen Wilhelm Farmbacher is described as a fanatic.
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Ronts
France
Germany
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Loire
Bordeaux
Gironde
Wilhelm Farmbacher
Roosevelt 1940 Tour Set With Midwest Stops
President Roosevelt's fourth term bid takes on a full campaign tone with two platform appearances and auto tours across the Middle West. The trip ends with a Chicago Soldier Field speech after Philadelphia Shibe Park remarks, both nationally broadcast. He disputed misquotations about not having time to respond and said the trip will address tax misrepresentations by Republicans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Middle West
Chicago
Soldier Field
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Inter~rence
Dodge Scion To Wed Sculptress Thursday
Denver report says Chr Horace Elgin Dodge III, heir to an auto fortune, will marry Margery Gehman a 2 year old sculptress from Buffalo. The couple met on a college blind date and plan to wed Thursday night. Dodge’s father Horace Jr is not yet sure of attendance as Dodge is expected to arrive from the east tonight.
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Denver
Colo
Horace Elgin Dodge
Theutomobile
Margery. Gehman
Buffalo
N.Y
Ma. Hor Jr
Dodge
Army Dogs to be Mustered Out by New Year
Between five hundred and one thousand dogs from the Army K-9 Corps will be mustered out of service by January 1, with some offered at public sale for about a dollar. The quartermaster corps said most animals including shepherds collies dobermann pinchers and boxers would be surplus property.
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Washington
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Symbol on German plane frames ballot study by Kistler
A U SAAF photo from NEA shows a downed German plane with its swastika, a stark backdrop as Charles F. Kistler of Kansas City Missouri studies his election ballot, a symbol of democracy set against totalitarianism.
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USAAF
NEA
Charles F. Kistler
Kansas City
Ninth Air Force
Government Seizes Lord Manufacturing Plant in Erie
The United States government, via a White House executive order, seized Lord Manufacturing Company of Erie Pennsylvania for price gouging on a wartime contract and for willful refusal to file war materials. Navy Secretary Forrestal was directed to operate the plant as needed to sustain aircraft parts and essential war materials production. The order notes prior 1943 price controls set by War and Navy departments.
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Washington
Lord Manufacturing Company
Erie
White House
Navy
Forrestal
Lard
Denison University safeguards wartime papers in fireproof vaults
The oks and Papers at Denison were stored in Denison University’s three newest fireproof buildings for safekeeping as enemy bombing threatened Washington. Keeper Alvin W Kremer of Washington said the shipment, kept there over two years, is now safely returned to Washington and guarded day and night by four guards.
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Denison University
Alvin W Kremer
Washington
Mrs Allen Griffin Dies At Home In Pomeroy
Mrs Allen Griffin, 80, died at her daughter and son in law Alva and Mrs Hite’s home in Pomeroy after an illness. Survived by son Longstreth and daughter Mrs Hite. Friends may call at the home until Saturday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Longstreet home.
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Allen Griffin
Pomeroy
Forbert Griffin
Longret
Three Japanese Carriers Hit in Surprise Southeast of Formosa
Japanese carrier group surprised Allied forces and headed toward the Philippines, while other heavy units from two sections were heavily attacked in the Sulu Sea southwest of Negros. Tokyo conceded several ships damaged and noted losses, including carriers, while U S forces reported sinking or damaging multiple vessels.
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Formosa
Philippines
Skr
Negros Island
Sulu
Amecan Navy
Halsey
Sibuyan
Villages Liberated as MacArthur Reaches Leyte Airfields
Forces on Leyte secure San Pablo airdrome as MacArthur campaigns advance toward Dagami and Catmon Hill. Allied divisions push from hills along the coast between Palo and Tacloban, repelling Japanese night infiltrations while air raids strike supply sources in the Philippines. Tokyo reports 100 plus aircraft raid Kyushu and Chinese forces recapture Sinning in Southeast China.
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Leyte
MacArthur
Tabontabon
San Pablo
Leyte Island
Phi Arthur
Philippine Archipelago
7Th Divsion
Dagami
Este Valley
96Th
Catamon
Catmon Hill
Palo
Tacloban
Uine
16Th Corps
Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Washington
Philippines
Sinning
China
Tongan
Kweil
Baxe
Bricker Urges Reconversion of War Plants Without Federal Shackles
Ohio Governor John Bricker, Republican vice presidential candidate, calls for immediate peacetime production without government shackles. He argues New Deal restraints delayed wartime efficiency, citing past actions and critiques of Wallace and Browder. Bricker says industry thrived once government restraint ended and warns against renewed government interference.
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Bricker
Fort Worth
Tex
John W. Bricker
Wallace
Ohio
Henry Wallace
Hopkins
Mir Morgenthau
Pearl Harbor
Sidney Hillman
Earl Browder
Hillman
Imittee
Browder
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Pratt U.S
Bonn
Long Kone
South Chine
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Saipan
Borneo
Caroline
Eperts
Anverier
Linger
Union
Emil Koedel
Marie Hedwig Koedel
Harper's Ferry
W. Va
FBI
New York Harbor
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Nakhodka
State Department
Fremont
Vivian
Dodge Scion
Mechanics
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Sx Mesa
Auto Cincinnati
Donald Lewis
So'ne
Denison
Aipe
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