Soviet Aerial and Ground Campaigns Reported Across Fronts
Soviet and German forces clashed as Red Army fronts reported halting, then pressuring Nazi advances near Moscow and Rostov. Soviet dispatches claimed pushes into villages around the capital and counterattacks under Zhukov, while Kharkov reportedly fell and German raids on Moscow were repelled with heavy losses for the Luftwaffe.
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Russia
Nara
Moscow
Rostovoben
Ussr
Adolf Hitler
Mosow
Donets River
Fronch
Donets
Tiller
Rostov
Imam
Holt
Crimea
Thers
Nehich
Anid
Black’ Sea
Sevasto Dol
Kharkov
Durliy
Gregory IH. Zhukov
Kalinin
London
Black Sea
Sevastopp
Rain
Teliowen
Britain
Tom Tingle
Brest
France
Belgium
Domel
Shigenori Togo
Seven Nations
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Togo
Hideki Tojo
Air Heroes Meet Two Men In Service
Fragmented report recalls Winston Ghorehi and Repenies discussing American air combat in England. The piece notes 35 enemy planes credited and mentions a Turk with 30 axed words in reference to wartime feats.
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Tuck
Winston Ghorehi
Repenies
Tome Beroee
Malan
U.S
England
Malanie
Navy Says Kearny Hit in Battle With Pack of Subs
The Kearny was torpedoed during a mass U boat attack south west of Iceland after aiding a convoy. Eleven sailors were killed and ten injured as the destroyer was ripped by a third torpedo while depth charges and quick damage control kept her afloat.
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Navy
Kearny
Washington
U.S.S. Kearny
Ted
Iceland
A. L. Danis
North American
Order Britons Out of Orient as Evacuation Urged
The British embassy in China tonight urged all British nationals in Japanese occupied territory to leave immediately owing to recent developments. Officials said the political situation in the Orient has deteriorated and those who stay must be prepared to remain where they are with no similar evacuation chance likely in the future.
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China
Orient
Ohio School Lunch Program Surpasses Early Participation
The Ohio school lunch program, now six weeks old, reports 61,934 participating children and projects 15,000 to 20,000 more reach than last year's peak. Commodities warehouses in Akron, Toledo, Columbus, Athens, Zanesville, Portsmouth, Dayton and Canton aid fast food distribution to eligible schools.
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Columbus
Althouse
Ohio
Akron
Toledo
Athens
Zanesville
Portsmouth
Dayton
Canton
Record Coal Loading at Lake Erie Docks
The ore and Coal Exchange reports a seven day total of 1,912,500 tons of bituminous coal loaded at Lake Erie docks ending October 27, surpassing the prior week’s 1,900,388 tons. This marks a new record for the period.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
The
Ore and Coal Exchange
War report notes Eastern Star head amid war turmoil
A Cleveland woman is named head of the Eastern Star as World War II theater actions unfold. The dispatch highlights Soviet advances near Kharkov Donets Basin and Kiev while German operations retreat and factories, railways, and mines are evacuated or damaged under pressure.
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Cleveland
Eastern Star
Fred Vandersun
Maurs
Lodby
Volga
Moscow
Hitler
Tina
Beck
Bee
Verdun
Communigas
Henry Cassidy
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Sprea
Ollow
Columbus
Ars
Oecupe
PRGME
Trtar
Kiev
Ghia
Arthesioes
Velen
Sresniat Searetie Antennion
Philip Percy
Jeffer
Sidy
Nella'm Sulivan
Robertainis Piint
Mindling
Beverly
Ausciate Froga
Leningrad
Vailanjes
Agra
Tven
Miner Indicted in Fatal Shootin Cadiz Case
Vernon Davis, 41, was indicted for second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Alfred Brown on August 20 in Cadiz. Prosecutors allege the act caused Brown’s death during a miner incident.
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Cadiz
Vernon Davis
Onl Miner
Alfred Brown
Airliner Crashes in Fog Fourteen Dead Near Fargo
A Northwest Airlines liner crashed two miles from Fargo Airport in fog killing fourteen. Only Captain Clarence Bates survived after being thrown clear. Eyewitnesses reported ice on a wing and the plane failing to respond to controls during an instrument approach.
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Mourmead
Atinn
Northwest Airlines
Clarence Bates
F. R. Lovell
Dayton
R. W. Ramsey
Canton
Bates
Fargo
Ti Wi
Eung
Fargo Field
CAA
Truck Kills Deer On National Pike
Newark report says an unidentified truck driver struck and killed a 250 pound buck on U S Route 40 five miles east of Etna early today. Conservation Commissioner Don Waters called it unusual for deer this far from Southern Ohio forests and said the animal would be given to a hospital or charitable institution. Nearby near Hebron Albert Puff er tied a 100 pound doe found among his calves and released it at the officer’s suggestion.
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Newark
Etna
Columbus
Don Waters
Ohio
Hebron
Albert Puffer
Diplomat Describes Soviet Purges as Stalin Strategy
Former U S ambassador to Moscow Joseph E Davies argues in The American Magazine that the two decade purges were engineered by Joseph Stalin to eliminate German and Japanese agents. He contends the trials reflected foresight and reliance on German and Japanese commands, dismissing barbarism claims.
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Joseph E Davies
U.S
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Out
Davies
Stalin
Woman Motorist Fined and Sentenced to Workhouse
Mrs. Theresa Martha, 37, of Cleveland, was convicted of fleeing after her car struck and injured 3 year old Edna Curry on October 12. She received 60 days in the workhouse and a 200 fine, the first woman to receive a workhouse sentence in Municipal Court. Her request for a new trial will be heard February 14.
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Cleveland
Theresa Martha
Edna Curry
Municipal Fudge Wiliam
J. Medermotts Raffie
Lumber Warehouses Destroyed in Suspected Arson Blaze
Welch of a Welch company declares an arsonist started the fire that wrecked four lumber warehouses and ruined about 2,000,000 board feet of hardwood. Firefighters from H. H. Glesy and Bros Lumber Co. estimated losses between 125,000 and 150,000 dollars after finding three ignition sites.
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Tesu
Cunet
Welch
HH. Glesy & Bros. Lumber Company
Morgenthau Signals Steep Social Security Tax Hike
Secretary Morgenthau announced a program of steep increases in social security taxes and said Congress would consider them within two months. He declined to name rates but said the rises aim to mop up extra money in pockets with limited goods, and noted agreement with Paul V. McNutt on basing the tax rate on inflation control and defense financing needs.
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The
Treasury
Morgenthau
Paul V. McNutt
Police urge focus on unoccupied Athens homes
Athens police chief Joseph B. Grogan urged officers to pay special attention during regular patrols to unoccupied homes. He asked families away this weekend and those absent for extended winter periods to notify the department, noting a Columbus woman owning an unoccupied local property.
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Athens
Sisters defend accused mayor amid Akron bus-line dispute
A judge ordered Elmdale Ave property owners to stop hindering Akron Transportation Co work crews erecting a trolley bus line after residents threatened workers with water hoses to protest alleged value loss. Four women spoke in support of mayoral candidate Charles W. Weeks at a Democratic rally, defending him amid accusations from a Republican event.
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Akron
Warer B. Wanamaker
Elmdale Ave
Akron Transportation Co
Anton Tow
Charles W. Weeks
Wooster
George A
Starn
Melvin Horst
Weeks
Ville
Winifred Weeks Gardner
Knoxville
Increase Ohio Defense Units Approved in Statewide Movement
Courtney Burton executive director of the state council said 900 Ohio towns joined the defense movement as 48 new units were approved for official membership in the state defense system. Volunteers were trained for fire watchers air raid wardens medical corps emergency food housing demolition clearance and road work.
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Courtney Burton
State Council
Tonal
State
Kims
Ohio
Burton
Roosevelt Proposes Return to Work Accepted by UMW
United Mine Workers accept President Roosevelt's plan to reopen captive coal mines and miners will return to work as arrangements allow. Lewis announced some areas may resume night shifts and others by tomorrow as districts meet. The dispute centers on whether captive mines should open under UMW terms and join the Defense Mediation Board process.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Lewi
Hindenmitted
District Ts 1
Dle
Das
S. Union
William H. Davis
John Owens
Keation
Com
Ohio
Walkout Threat Eases in Eastern Aircraft Plants
Labor unrest eased as CIO workers at several eastern aircraft plants returned to jobs after a White House meeting. President Roosevelt urged a back-to-work stance while U S aviation union leaders pressed for reinstatement of strikers. War Department oversight accompanied the reintegration at Bendix New Jersey plant and other sites like Mid, Sey-Hayes Wheel, and Defoe boat works Bay City Michigan where wage and hiring disputes lingered.
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CIO
Roosevelt
White House
Lewis
Myron Taylor
United State Steel the Corporation
Bendix, N. J
Air Associates, Inc
Richard Frankensteen
US Aviation
United Automobile Workers of America
Amon
War Department
Mid
sey-Hayes Wheel Company
Yale
Mployes
Bay City
Mich
Defoe Boat ‘Works
End as Seeks to Endorse Secret X Ray Weapon Plot
A fragment notes W Beck and associates discussing a secret X Ray weapon at a cemetery swindler hideout. It claims Beck aims to modify and use the device to attack bombing planes by igniting fuel tanks, with a prior explosion of gunpowder seven miles away noted by an associate.
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W. Beck
Anya
Beck
Agricultural Fair Hype Anchored by Old Figures
Agricultural Director John T. Brown backed the Ohio State Fair push with stale data from last summer. His audit touted record amounts for the exposition including two thousand and twenty one dollars and a fifteen thousand dollar retrofit.
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Ballyhoo
John T. Brown
Predicts Light Voting In Tuesday Elections
George M. Neffner estimates voter turnout will be under 7 million in next Tuesday local elections. He notes 3,376,232 ballots were cast last year in combined elections and 2,204,000 two years ago in local races out of a 3,900,000 eligible voter base. Professor Dwight Nelson Robinson of Ohio Wesleyan, 55, dies of heart ailment. he taught Latin and Greek and hosted Roman banquets to engage classes.
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Oong
George M. Neffner
Secretary of State
Offic Today
Uma Emofessor
Delaware
Dwight Nelson Robinson
Ohio Wesleyan
Fifty Year Program of Preparedness Urged by Army General
Brig. Gen. Frederick F. Riselt warns the United States must plan a fifty year program of preparedness. He reports to the Association of Military Surgeons stressing readiness to face Hitlerian ideology and the next generation of enemies. Riselt calls for comprehensive stocktaking of human and material resources for long term defense.
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Eam Xe
United States
Frederick F. Riselt
U. S Army Medical Reserve Corps
Russell Sa
Americas
Firso
Hitlers
Fussell
Russel
Neutrality Law Revision Foes Admit Defeat
A foe of neutrality law revision conceded the Senate will likely pass the bill next week in its current form, approving arming the hatmen. La Follette and other administration foes dominated the floor, arguing revision would be the final war and warning against scare tactics to push invasion.
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Walsh
D.myss
Senate
la Follette
LaFolett
United States
Question Plan To Sell Courthouse at Dayton
Dayton voters faced an informal poll plan on selling the Montgomery County Courthouse properties amid legal challenges. Opponents urged submitting ballot legality to Secretary of State John Sweeney, risking delay and possibly postponing the vote. An editorial note referenced further uncertainty and a likely ruling delay.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Third and
Main Ste. May
John Sweeney
Open Season on Tenants Ad Discount
Classified notice urges landlords to place three line ads in the Messenger for Friday Sunday and Monday at a total cost of 72e. It promotes early ordering and emphasizes rapid placement for rental listings.
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