Colossal air battle over Merseburg halts Nazi planes
London Nov 2 AP reports a massive air clash over Merseburg with 2,400 planes in operation. American Eighth Air Force losses included 41 bombers and 28 fighters. German jets and Messerschmitts attacked the Leuna oil plant and rail targets. Fighters shot down 130 Nazis. bombers lost 25. The encounter marked a large Luftwaffe showing since Oct 7.
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London
Merseburg
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Luftwaffe
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
U. S
Leuna
Bielefield
Rheine
Eighth Airforce
Buty
Onerheath
Bricker Attacks Roosevelt Free Enterprise Theme
Bricker charges President Roosevelt contradicts his free enterprise pledge with a New Deal record. In Paterson New Jersey Bricker said Roosevelts radio address claiming belief in free enterprise was shadowed by state socialism and wartime plant control. He called the expansion of peacetime capacity a sobering task of managing existing plants and resources.
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Paterson
N. J
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
New Deal
New Jersey
New York
CBS
Chicago
Bricker
Montgomery Ward
Rooseelt
Ohio
Ashington
Rooseveltt
Dewey Calls Time to End Secret Deals at Home and Abroad
Gov Thomas E Dewey denounces President Roosevelt for secret deals in domestic and foreign policy. He cites the $1000 club and writes of special privilege offered to campaign contributors, urging an end to government by hidden influence. He speaks in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton amid boos and cheers.
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Dewey
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
New York
Democratic National Committee
Kansas
War Labor Board
International Relations Board
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Dawson Renews Tax Gut Pledge In West Virginia
Madison West Virginia November 2 D Boone Dawson reiterated his pledge to seek tax relief and criticized the implied opposition for opposing a plan to trim state expenses by 10 million dollars per budget year. He cited concerns over taxation as a threat to citizen welfare as the campaign referenced ongoing wartime costs.
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Madison
W. Va
D. Boone Dawson
Wee Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
Neely
Dawson
Boone County
Charleston
Patton Escapes Injury as German Shell Strikes Near
In France on November 2, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton and the U S Third Army sheltered as a German 11 inch shell landed about 30 yards from Patton’s house. A military policeman was wounded and windows were blown out. Patton helped dig out a Frenchman and his elderly father, then comforted other civilians before departing.
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U. S. Third Army
France
George S. Patton
U.S. Third Army
Patton
German Field Marshal Kesselring Reported Wounded
Bern Switzerland November 2 Field Marshal Gen Albert Kesselring commander in chief in Italy was reported tonight to have been wounded in Italy in an attack similar to the one that cost Rommel his life in France His automobile overturned when gunned by an allied plane near Bologna The extent of his injuries is not yet known.
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Bern
Switzerland
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Erwin Rommel
France
Kesselring
Bologna
British Chase Fleeing Nazis Near Salonika
British patrols harass withdrawing German forces north of Salonika in Greece ambushed an enemy column and took 25 casualties. Allied headquarters says Salonika is captured, 190 miles NW of Athens, a major southern Balkans base. Retreat corridor tightens with Nazis withdrawing from a 100 mile Yugoslav Dalmatian coast stretch including Split Metkovic and Dubrovnik.
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Rome
Salonika
Greece
Athens
Balkans
High Command
Split
Metkovic
Dubronik
Ragusa
Political Broadcast Schedule Notes November 3
A summary of network political broadcasts notes programs and speakers including Claudia Morgan, John G. Winant, Leo Crowley, Daniel Tobin, Saltonstall, John Bricker, Quentin Reynolds, and W Averell Harriman with sponsors from the Republican and Democratic national committees and allied groups.
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P. m
W. T
CBS
Claudia Morgan
Republican National Committee
John G. Winant
U. S
Britain
Committee
Roosevelt
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Leo T. Crowley
Saltonstall of
Mass
NBC —International Brotherhood
FCC Chairman Fly resigns to join law practice in New York
James L. Fly, center of FCC policy disputes, resigns as chairman effective Nov 15 to practice law in New York. Reported successor speculation centers on Paul Porter and J Leonard Reinsch. two FCC vacancies will result. Fly, a 6 foot 3 inch Texan, has served since 1939 and studied at Annapolis and Harvard Law.
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Storm
New York
William Benton
Benton and Bowles Advertising Agency
Fly
Paul Porter
Democratic National Committee
J. Leonard Reinsch
FCC
T. A. M. Craven
Ember
Annapolis
Harvard Law School
Chemist Thomas Midgley Found Dead in Sleep
Thomas Midgley a famed chemist who helped develop ethyl gasoline and early synthetic rubber research died at his Columbus home aged 55. He reportedly strangled in sleep by a harness used to aid his mobility after four years of invalidism due to infantile paralysis. He worked with Delco Light in Dayton and invented the Midgley indicator aiding engine vaporization to prevent knocking.
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Columbus
Thomas Midgley
Midgley
Delco Light Company
Dayton, C
Missing in Action Pvt Rex Lambert Reported in Italy
Pvt Rex Lambert son of Mr and Mrs A N Lambert 208 Bowman Street has been reported missing in action in Italy since October 10. He entered service June 20 1942 and trained at Camp Croft South Carolina. He went overseas January 1 this year serving with the Fifth Army infantry in North Africa and Italy and recently earned the Combat Infantryman badge for combat with the enemy in Italy.
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Rex Lambert
A. N. Lambert
Bowman Street
Italy
War Department
Camp Croft
First Army Opens Push Inside Reich Southeast Of Aachen
American forces drive toward Ormoc and Carigara as the Leyte campaign nears its end. The 24th division links with the First cavalry to form a southeast to northwest junction. The 7th division advances along the lower Leyte coast reaching Baybay, while Japanese defenses collapse under air and ground attacks.
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First
Reich
Aachen
MacArthur
Philippines
Carigara
Leyte
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte-Samar
Yeyte Valley
First Cavalry Division
Carigara Bay
Ormeo
Baybay
Ormor
Japanese fortify Leyte peak. eat pack horses
NBC correspondent George Forster reported from Leyte in the Philippines that Japanese forces fortified a 1400 foot summit and, cut off by the American drive, the Japanese ate their pack horses to survive.
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San Francisco
Leyte
Philippines
George Forster
NBC
Forster
Roosevelt says record will decide election and warns on peace fence
President Roosevelt denounces claims that Congress will cooperate only with a Republican peace plan as a threat to build a party spite fence. In a radio speech, he urges continuation of wartime teamwork, promises jobs for veterans, warns against false booms, and says the election will be decided by the record, not malicious rumors.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Cleveland
Detroit
FDR Pushes Record Idea as GOP Leader Gets Invite
Melbourne Fla November 2 1932 C H McNulty Florida Republican committeeman says he was invited to join a $1000 club described as promoting the welfare of the nation through F D R reelection A handwritten postscript asks the recipient to help The letter signed by Rep Estes Kefauver reads Somebody slipped McNulty comments The new dead machine needs a new mechanic.
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Melbourne
Fla
C. H. McNulty
Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Florida State Bank
Sanford
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Ee Anes
McNulty
Crotty Safe After Ship Sinking in Philippines Battle
Clarence Eugene Crotty son of Mr and Mrs Brady C Crotty of 638 Pearl street was aboard the U S 8 Princeton sunk in the Philippines naval battle. he is reported safe and uninjured and his parents were notified yesterday.
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Clarence Eugene Crotty
Brady C. Crotty
Pearl Street
Princeton
Philippines
GOP Women Leaders Urged Get Votes in West Virginia
Three Republican women leaders Frances Ogden Stubblefield Sarah Hinerman and Mrs Naiman Jackson urged West Virginia GOP women to vote next Tuesday and to mobilize others to vote calling friends and taking them to the polls in Charleston on November 2.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
National
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Sarah Hinerman
State Committee
Naaman. Jackson
Federation of Republican Women’s Club
Registration Total Continues To Grow in West Virginia
West Virginia's November election registration reached 908 398 with six counties still unreported. Democratic voters total 522 240 and Republicans 378 101. New counties McDowell Upshur show gains. absentee in armed forces stands at 60 percent with 25 204 returns out of 38 897 mailed and 4 808 in person.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
McDowell
Upshur
Fayette
Hancock
Logan
Marshall
Mineral
Wetzel
William 8. O'Brien
Tucker
M Arther Has Narrow Escape From Death
General MacArthur in the Philippines dodged a strafing hit when a .50 caliber bullet struck a wall a foot from his head. Col. Lloyd Lehrbas rushed in as MacArthur calmly described the hole and quipped that he was not yet dead.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Lloyd Lehrbas
Four polls clash on Roosevelt Dewey race remains close
New York reports four national polls show Roosevelt and Dewey in a tight race with margins unclear. Three surveys favor Roosevelt by a small margin while the latest Gallup poll gives Dewey the edge. All note service vote sampling is prohibited and totals remain uncertain.
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New York
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Crossley
Yanks Suffer 90000 Casualties in Italy Offensive
Rome Nov 2 American troops suffered at least 90000 casualties in the 14 month Italian campaign with no sign of German withdrawal. Gen Sir Harold Alexander said the Gothic line assault slowed by mud and mountains, German reinforcements continue, total Italian theatre losses reach about 194000. He explained French and some American divisions were diverted for southern France invasion.
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Rome
Harold Alexander
U. S
Italy
Stimson
Apennine
Alexander
Hitler
Gothic Line
France
Prosperity Hinges on Lifting Ration Controls
In Elkins West Virginia November 2 Republican Senator Chapman Bevercomb declares genuine prosperity returns only after ending wartime economic restrictions on food clothing and building materials. He criticizes the New Deal for maintaining controls and pledges end of such measures when no longer essential to the war effort for peacetime relief.
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Elkins
W. Va
Chapman Bevercomb
Revercomb
New Deal
U S Third Army Attacks Between Metz and Nancy
Allied forces push from Aachen area through Hurtgen forest and advance toward the Hurtgen region as Canadian and British units clear Walcheren and the Schelde pocket expands. German losses include 49 tanks in a failed counter stroke east of Eindhoven.
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London
First Army
Germany
Aachen
Hurtgen Forest
Vossenack
Hurtgen
Wiissingen
Flushing
Walcheren
Antwerp
Pbatte
Moerdijk
Geertruidenberg
Maas
Walcheren Island
Schelde
Knocke
Heyst
Sluis
Capfaa
Eberding
Co Ander
Holland
Eindhoven
Lieseel
France
U. S. Third Army
Metz
Russians Sweep Closer to Budapest in Weakened Axis Push
Russian forces moved within 23 miles of Budapest after seizing 60 towns between the Danube and Tisza. Moscow reports Domsad Kunszentmiklos and Tatarszentgyorgy captured as German and Hungarian defenses crumble. East Prussia and Crete fronts show quieter activity amid renewed Russian attacks anticipated.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Budapest
Danube
Tisza
Moscow
Domsad
Prige
Kunszentmiklos
Tatarszentgyorgy
Berlin
Reich
Ussian
Prusa
Ats
Agency Transocean Assalse
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White House
Madison Party
Marshal Kesselrin
Wounde
FOC
James L. Fly
Storm Center
Oo Communications Commission
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Yates McDaniel
Hor
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GOP
Crotty
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Gallup
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