Allied forces blast toward Rhine from Aachen front
American troops break through near Ubach along the Siegfried line on the Cologne plain advancing two miles beyond Ubach toward Geilenkirchen. Hodges First Army reports gains as British and Canadian units push toward the Rhine and Dutch border.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Cologne
Siegfried
Rhine
Ubach
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Aachen
Beggendorf
Geilenkirchen
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Holland
Arnhem
George S. Patton
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
H. D. G. Crerar
Antwerp
Schelde
Gorrell
Jack Frankish
Siegfried Line
Kerkrade
U.S
Hodges
Roosevelt to Speak From Capital Tonight in Final Campaign Push
President Roosevelt will deliver a 20 minute campaign address from Washington at 9 p.m. central on CBS and Mutual networks urging Democrats to get out the vote on November 7. Robert E. Hannegan and Mrs. Charles W. Tillett will introduce him as 90,000 party meetings nationwide prepare to mobilize an estimated 5 million voters. Governor Dewey reserved his response for Saturday in Charleston West Virginia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert E. Hannegan
CBS
Mutual
Hannegan
Charles W. Tillett
Dewey
Charleston
W. Va
Wickard Heads on Political Speaking Tour for Democrats
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard left for a tour across 10 or 11 states in advance of the November 4 election. He scheduled 23 speeches, more than half of them political, with some non political talks on rural electrification and farm organization. The trip will cover Ohio Indiana Kentucky Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and possibly Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Polish Military Chief Komorowski Captured in Warsaw
Berlin announced that Gen Tadeusz Komorowski and his entire staff were taken prisoner after Warsaw capitulation. The German agency noted he was newly appointed commander in chief of Polish forces and had led the Warsaw rebels. There was dispute among Allies over his location during the uprising.
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London
Berlin
Tadeusz Komorowski
Bor
Bor-Komojzowski
Warsaw
Komorowski
Moscow
Mitchell to Talk Tonight at Dinner in Cedar Rapids
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Richard F. Mitchell will be honored by Cedar Rapids Democrats at a Roosevelt hotel dinner tonight. He arrives at 6 30 p.m. and will speak over WMT after President Roosevelt's nationwide address around 9 p.m. to about 9 23.
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Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
WMT
Roosevelt
Russian Forces Advance Toward Belgrade From Southeast
Soviet and Yugoslav allied units pushed toward Belgrade, with Red Army troops and Tito aligned forces racing across the plains to reduce the distance to the Serbian capital. The march included armored units and jeep borne infantry maneuvering 23 miles across Yugoslav territory to within 14 miles northeast of Belgrade.
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London
Belgrade
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Index and Features Page Laid Out in Busy Split
A chaotic but readable page lists sections such as Comics Deaths Farm and various columnists including Marquis Childs David Lawrence and Drew Pearson. Listings mention Marion and Paul Mallon with scattered page references while Movies Sports Radio and Women’s Features appear in the index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Childs
Peat David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Marion
Drew Pearson
Peearseereens
Walter “Winchell
Bricker Promises GOP Sweep in Midwest Iowa Tour
Ohio governor and vice presidential nominee Bricker campaigned along a coast to coast tour through Keokuk Fort Madison Burlington Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield urging a change in national administration. He predicted Republican wins in Illinois Missouri and the Senate races while praising Hickenlooper and urging a housecleaning of Democrats in Washington.
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Bricker
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Iowa
Keokuk
B. B. Hickenlooper
United States Senate
Gov
Fort Madison
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Bourke B. ‘Hickenlooper
Hick
Senate
Illinois
Missouri
Washington
St. Louis
U. S. Submarines Sink 11 More Japanese Vessels
U S submarines destroyed 11 enemy ships in latest action, including a destroyer, escort vessel, and seaplane tender. Six cargo ships and a large fuel tanker also fell, plus a cable ship, raising total Japanese vessels sunk or damaged to 924 since the campaign began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed In Cedar Rapids
Mayor Frank K Hahn proclaims the week of Oct 8 to 14 as Fire Prevention Week in Cedar Rapids urging citizens to reduce fire hazards. The proclamation notes fires cause millions in property loss and about 10 000 US deaths annually and urges precautions by individuals institutions plants and groups to raise civic awareness and diligence.
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Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
United States
Allotment Checks Stolen From City Mailbox
Detectives investigated the theft of three letters from Betty Pagel's mailbox at 1436 B avenue NE. One check was her $50 government allotment, another a $40 allotment from her husband, both taken between 10:30 and 11:30 am and found later at the Fourteenth Street and B avenue intersection.
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Betty Pagel
B Avenue NE
Army Navy Casualties Reach 417085 in War Totals
Secretary of War Stimson reported Army casualties on all fronts totaling 351,293 and Navy losses at 65,792, bringing the combined armed services total to 417,085. The Italian campaign cost ground forces 82,111 casualties, with 68,568 killed and 185,921 wounded.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Navy
Clubwomen Call Ban on Dewey Satire Show in Boston
Massachusetts Women's Political Club demands Boston and Symphony Hall stop The F D R Victory Wagon satire depicting Thomas E Dewey as it plans a Boston opening. Club claims 50 000 members and accuses the production of obscene propaganda. Officials offer no action citing licenses and freedom of venue.
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Boston
Massachusetts Women’s Political Club
City of
Symphony Hall
F.D.R. Victory Band Wagon
Thomas E. Dewey
Margaret Birmhingham
Maurice J. Tobin
John J. Spencer
George Judd
Symphony
Spencer
Earl Browder
Boston Common
Judd
War Demobilization Depends on Japan Victory and Shipping
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the pace of army demobilization will be governed solely by two factors: the required forces to defeat Japan rapidly and the availability of shipping.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Japan
Pvt Robert Mach Killed in Action in France
Pvt. Robert Russell Mach, 19, of the infantry in Gen. Patton's Third Army, was killed in action Sept 21 in France. He lived with his mother Mrs Alma Mach at 1602 Eighth Ave SE and attended McKinley High School and the University of Iowa before training at Camp Gruber. He went overseas in June, first to England then France, and is survived by his mother sister Margaret Mach and grandmother Mrs J B Sedjack all in the same vicinity. His father Joseph Mach died in November 1943.
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Robert Russell Mach
Patton
France
War Department
Alma Mach
Eighth Avenue SE
McKinley High School
Mach
University of Iowa
Camp Gruber
Okla
England
Margaret Mach
J. B. Sed- Jacek
Joseph Mach
Missing Flight Officer Melvin Fernow Believed Over Germany
Flight Officer Melvin L. Fernow age 23, son of Mrs Glennie Fernow, 106 Sixth Street NE, and Samuel Fernow, 854 First Avenue NE, is reported missing in action over Germany since September 22. A Marion high school graduate, he entered service in 1940 and trained in Texas Oklahoma and Tulsa, earning his fighter pilot wings February 8, 1944. He has been in Italy since July.
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Melvin L. Fernow
Glennie Fernow
Sixth Street
Samuel Fernow
First Avenue
Germany
War Department
Magda
Greenville
Texas
Marion High School
Fernow
Waco
Enid
Okla
Randolph Field
Mobryfield
Fifth Army Advances Near Bologna In Fresh Push
U S Fifth Army troops drove a mile forward amid strong German fire on the Bologna front to reach within 14 miles of the city. They seized ridges near La Selva and advanced toward Monte Morosino, with Cuviola and Quinzano captured and gains along the Imola road. British and South African forces made gains elsewhere as Indian units seized San Donati. air operations targeted Munich and northern Italy rail targets.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Doughboys
la Selva
Highway 65
Loiano
Monte Morosino
Imola
Castel del Rio
Cuviola
Quinzano
Lagaro
Prato-Bologna
Lagune
Rivini
Eighth Army
Castagno
Monte Vigese
Pistoia
Adriatic
Flamingo
San Donati
Scorticata
Ruicon
Munich
Italy
Balkans
War in Europe outlook slips below fifty percent
London reports military opinion places end of war in Europe at slightly under fifty percent likelihood for the year. Weather conditions are highlighted as a crucial factor shaping potential timing and outcomes of hostilities.
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London
INS
Europe
Allied landings seize Patras airfields in western Greece
British and Allied forces struck from sea and air to enter Patras and secure airfields in western Greece, with paratroops and sea borne units meeting a warm welcome from locals. Operations target German garrisons in Greece and Albania as forces push toward Corfu and Sarande to disrupt supply lines.
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Rome
Greece
Patras
Albania
Crete
Aegean
Balkans
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Sarande
Corfu
Kerkkyra
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Kalamaki
Tatoi
Eleusis
Athens
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Royal Air Force
Gulf of Corinth
Peloponnesus
Kythera
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Battle of
Dunkerque
French Channel
Abach Salient
Stolberg
Aach
F.D.R
Capital
Wickard
Cedar Rapids News
REDS
Associated Press
Signal Corps
F.R
Frank Nye
Gazette
Wickenlooper
Royce
Communist’ Political Association
Franklin D
Hoover
Kephallen
Lonianea
Kalama’ Pylos
Lemnos
Aegean Sea
Skyras
Sevvola
Rhen
QtHasos
Peloponnesus Peninsula
Pvt
Robert Mach
Melvin Fernow
5Th Army
Peloponnésus
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