Navy Summary of Leyte Battle Losses and Claims
Washington reports the October 22 27 Leyte engagement cost Japan heavy losses while American vessels suffered six ships sunk including Princeton St Louis Gambier Bay Johnston Hoel and Samuel B Roberts with others damaged not disclosed. Japanese losses include battleships carriers cruisers and destroyers, and U S forces prepared for further Leyte reinforcement despite warnings against over optimism.
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Washington
Philippines
Department
Princeton
St. Lou
Gambier Bay
Johnston
Hoel
Samuel B.roberts
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Leyte
Hurtgen Forest Battle Reminiscent of Argonne
German resistance wore down under heavy artillery and Allied air and infantry assaults in Hurtgen forest southeast of Aachen. Lt Gen Hodges’s troops pushed slowly amid mud and wet conditions as U.S. forces continued their fifth attack since dawn, recalling Argonne battles with officials noting reduced German artillery and ongoing fierce fighting through the day.
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Hurtgen Forest
Germany
United States
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen Forest
Aachen
Stolberg
Argonne
Belleau Wood
Deaths and notices in today’s Marquis index
Fragmentary OCR lists names and sections including deaths and Marion references. Sparse readable items mention David Lawrence, Drew Pearson, and sports as well as radio notes, but detailed facts are missing to form a full summary.
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Marquis
Cnt
Reese
David Lawrence
Marion
Eegvwe
Drew Pearson Radio
Csviesee
Hope Astounded By Criticism From Church Editorial
Chicago AP dispatch reports comedian Bob Hope saying he is astounded and amazed by an open letter from the Pilot the Catholic archdiocese of Boston urging entertainers to avoid jokes that mock soldiers morale. Hope cites four overseas trips and entertainment at every army and navy camp, defending his record and noting praise from military officials and chaplains.
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Chicago
Bob Hope
Pilot
Boston
Hope
Tun
Army
Iive
Appleby to Leave Budget Post for Seattle Radio Job
Assistant Director Paul H. Appleby of the bureau of the budget will resign effective December 1 to become vice president and general manager of Queen City Broadcasting in Seattle. Director Harold D. Smith announced the move. Appleby, a former Iowa and Virginia newspaper publisher, also resigns as United States member of the United Nations interim commission on food and agriculture and as chairman of the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul H. Appleby
Bureau of the Budget
Queen City Broadcasting Company
Seattle
Harold D. Smith
Iowa
Virginia
Appleby
United States
United Nations Interim Commission “On Foode and Agriculture
The
Allied Forces Foil Japanese Leyte Rescue Attempt
Allied forces on Leyte repelled three Japanese attempts to reach 3000 trapped troops in the Limon pocket and killed around 300 attackers. The 24th Division encircled the garrison, while Seventh Division units repelled near Tabgas. U S planes targeted Ormoc area as clashes continued in the Mt Minoro Bad sector and Mapia islands reported as secured.
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Philippines
Marcus Islands
Japan
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Luzon
Formosa
Hd.q
Leyte
Limon
Francis McCarthy
United Press
Irving
Mt. Minoro-Mt. Bad
First Cavalry
24Th Division
Ormoc
Tabgas
U. S
24Th
Pinamopoan
Kille
Ormoc Highway
William C. Wilson
Mapia Islands
Pe' Gun Island
Bras Island
New Guinea
Passenger Train Derailment Near Hortense Ga Injures Dozens
A Coast Line West Coast Champion passenger train traveling from New York to Tampa derailed near Hortense Georgia. About a score of persons were injured, none fatally, as fourteen cars overturned and the injured were rushed to Waycross hospitals. Uninjured passengers resumed travel about an hour later on a southbound train.
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Waycross
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Tampa
Fla
Hortense
Directors named for Cedar Rapids veterans home board
Fifteen men named to a holding company board for a proposed Cedar Rapids veterans home. World War II vets serve one year. permanent selections cover World War I vets and non veterans. Directors will lead financing and construction for a $250000 to $300000 facility with recrea- tional and dining spaces.
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Cedar Rapids
Hanford Post
American Legion
Memorial
Donald Kriz
Ed Filipi
John Baldridge
D. S. Challed
Ralph Mack
Howard Hall
Henry Haegg
Frank Stepanek
Max Bromwell
R. C. Jones
J. C. Blodgett
The
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
S. E. Coquillette
Merchants National Bank
Arthur Poe
Quaker Oats Company
Horace Hedges
A. L. Killian
Christmas Gifts Pour In for Dying Nubbins
Cheyenne Wyoming AP reports three year old Forest Hoffman known as Nubbins nears Christmas with his parents fearing his bladder ailment may prove fatal before the holiday. Packages flood in from across the country including a three foot long gift and a puppy from railroad colleagues. Family hopes he can sit for dinner and enjoy a decorated tree before rest.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Little Forest
Nubbins
Hoffman
Santa Claus
Marshall Hoffman
Hoffmans
Union Pacific Railroad
M Jeffers
Railroad
Iowa highway committee backs gas tax changes plan
The Iowa postwar rehabilitation committee approved eliminating state gasoline tax refunds to fund a 12 year 638 million road program and endorsed raising the gas tax by one cent per gallon. It also recommended extending the motor carrier compensation tax to all trucks over four tons. The moves were made in a closed session at the statehouse chaired by Fred R. White.
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Des Moines
Highway Committee
Iowa Post-War Rehabilitation Commission
Fred R. White
Ames
Statehouse
White
State Highway Commission
Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
Iowa
Rains Seen for Sunday in Cedar Rapids Vicinity
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight with occasional light rain starting Sunday. Temperatures will rise slowly through the weekend then cool again Monday. Previous day highs reached 44 in Iowa City and lows dipped to 23 at Sioux City. Cedar Rapids records showed 40 in the afternoon and 37 at midnight with a 42 degree reading and 47 percent humidity at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Cedar Rapids reported no precipitation.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sioux City
Chambers
Mercury
Eighth Air Force Ace Is Prisoner
London AP reports Capt. John T. Godfrey of Woonsocket Rhode Island, the Eighth Air Force’s highest scoring fighter pilot, has become a prisoner of war in Germany. Godfrey, credited with 18 aerial victories and 181 ground destroyed, had been listed as missing several months before.
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London
John T. Godfrey
Woonsocket
R. L
Eighth Air Force
Germany
United ‘States Strategic Air Force
Godfrey
Honolulu Air Raid Alarms Sparked Fears on Oahu
In an unverified report from Honolulu Friday, American planes failed to identify themselves prompting a tense air raid warning on Oahu. The incident marked the island's second longest alert of its kind this week.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Time Officials Defend Roosevelt Polls Quote
Time Inc officials said they published a quotation of the president's profanity in the Hyde Park polling booth citing witnesses including reporters and newsreel men who heard the remark when the voting machine failed. Some reports toned the language as blankety blank.
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New York
Time, Inc
Time Magazine
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie
Banquet Planned for Iowa Governor-Elect in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plans a banquet November 1 at 1:30 at the Montrose hotel to honor its first resident, Governor-elect B. Ex Hickenlooper. Lt. Gov. Robert D. Blue and Sen. K. A. Evans, respectively governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect, are invited. A limited number of tickets will be sold to the public with sale details to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Senate
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
William B. Quarton
Chamber of Commerce
Quarton
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
K. A. Evans
Emerson
Poles take Italian town in key drive near Bologna Rimini road
Rome reports Monte Fortino five miles south of Faenza fell to Polish troops in the Eighth army advance on the Bologna Rimini axis. Allied forces seized the town Friday after a 1000-yard push amid stiff German resistance and repelled two heavy counterattacks. The Italian edition notes patrol operations ongoing.
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Rome
Monte Fortino
Faenza
Eighth Army
Bologna
Rimini
Edito
Third Army Yanks Fight Inside Metz
Allied forces push into Metz as Inf crossed Moselle bridges at night. Third Army units drive inside the city amid stiff German resistance with patrols from Luxembourg and the Belgian front lines. British Second Army in the Maas pocket advances, while Belfort gap and Saar fronts widen.
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Third Army
Metz
London
Germany
Aachen
United States
Ninth
Third
Luxembourg
Reich
Saar
Geilenkirchen
Heinsberg
Prummern
Patton
Bouzonville
Saarbrucken
Fil
Perl
Moselle
Belfort
Belfort Gap
Second
Maas River
Holland
Zig Canal
First
Montbeliard
Hericourt
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Navy
Samar
MacArthur
Third Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Gen. MacArthur
Nimitz
Hurtgen
Argénne
Henry T. Garrett
Gorrell
Nemy
Yeoman
Margaret O'Connor
Coast Guard
Green Bay
Wis
Seaman
Charles Giamonna
Salerno
Paul Appleby
Hart
G.I
Nancy
France
Cedar Rapids News
Veterans’ Home
F. R. Oath
Ninth Army
First Army
Berlin
Rhine
George S. Patton
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