Japanese Land Reinforcements Halt Japanese Leyte Withdrawal
On Leyte island Japanese imperial army landed strong mechanized reinforcements to avert disaster, joining a bold Friday breakout from the Ormoc trap. American air and ground forces responded, destroying transports and armor as Yank forces tightened the Ormoc encirclement and pushed west along Carigara bay toward Calasian.
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Philippines
Imperial Army
Leyte
Ormoc
Carigara Bay
Ormoc Bay
Ormoc Valley
Calasian
Este
Carigata Bay
24Th Division
1St Calvary Division
10Th Corps
Carigara
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Island
Strike: Treason claim sparks Detroit plant walkout
DETROIT November 2 mechanica workers at 24 Detroit war plants walked off at 10 am in sympathy with the Median Idea Educational Society of America led by Matthew Smith. Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson demanded airfields halt immediately as he called the strike treasonous. Officials placed total idleness between 7,000 and 11,000 workers amid jurisdictional disputes with CIO affiliated Toledo plant tensions.
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Detroit
Mechanica
Robert P.patterson
Patterson
Matthew Smith
Median+ Idea Educational Society of America
Mesa Jeadera
Sea Losses Lay Bare Nip Homeland Says Mitscher
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher says Japan’s homeland is left wide open as Allied forces reduce Japan to a fifth rate naval power and its naval aviation is nearly eliminated. He warns the Pacific war may shift to low gear due to shipping shortages while noting carrier strikes at Truk and Saipan helped test power against enemy strongholds.
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San Diego
Calli
Japan
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
Truk
Saipan
Philippines
Mitscher
Pacific
Japanese Air Attack Hits Marianas and Saipan
Pearl Harbor reports Adm Chester W Nimitz says Japanese planes attacked a carrier group near the Marianas on November 1, damaging ships and causing light casualties. Nine planes were downed by American fighters and anti aircraft fire. Liberator bombers struck Nipponese merchant ships near the Bonin Islands, sinking one, setting another ablaze and damaging a third.
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Marianas
Pearl ‘Harbor
U.S
Adm
Chester’ W. Nimitz
Marianas Islands
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Nimitz
Groun
I’nit- Ippine
Carpeines
Bonin Islands
Isely
Lend-Lease to Britons Tapers Off Next Year
Washington reports tentative plans would continue lend-lease to the British empire in 1945 on a reduced scale about 50 percent, translating to five to six billion dollars. Initial British estimates of needs hovered near ten and a half billion, later possibly trimmed by five hundred million to one billion. The current rate nears the ten billion mark.
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Washington
British Empire
GI Ballots May Hold Up Election Result A Month
New York dispatch notes that a close presidential race could delay a result by counting soldier ballots in 11 states totaling 127 electoral votes. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri listed as doubtful. California may prolong due to late counting. Ballots begin Nov 22 in some states with totals tallied by mid December or later.
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NEW_ YORK
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Missouri
California
North Dakota
British Clear Water ee ie to! and the Russians Pound at Budapest
A chaotic wartime bulletin reports a powerful Russian army close to Budapest with Axis forces driven from positions seven miles outside the city. It cites captures of towns along the Danube and Tisza corridors, German and Hungarian withdrawals, and widespread bombardment as Soviet advances threaten the Hungarian capital.
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Hungary
London
Berlin
Moscow
Danube
Tisea
Alsonemedl
Queen City
Axia
Alsonemedi
Keeskemet
Szalkszentmarten
Dunareere
Alsonemed
Bulletin
Buday Pest
Tisza
Toszeg
Szalnok
Axis
Budapest-Debrecen
Inces
Meadows Ends Campaign Here in Charleston Rally Tonight
Clarence W. Meadows brings his campaign for governor to Charleston tonight for an official climax at 8 o clock in the Charleston high school auditorium. Kanawha county Democrats stage their biggest pre election rally with Meadow delivering the chief address on the high school stage. A public broadcast of President Roosevelt from Fenway Park in Boston follows at 6 p.m. The rally, led by Mayor L H Oakes, aims to show unity within the Kanawha county group under Dale Casto and Luther Carson as Meadows seeks party harmony ahead of Tuesday's elections.
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Democrats
Clarence W. Meadows
Charleston
Kanawha County
Beckley
Delver
Roosevelt
Fenway Park
Boston
L. H. Oakes
South Charleston
G. C. Robertson
Judge Meadows
3 Meadows
Kanawha
Dale Casto
Luther Carson
Meadows
Rangoon Bombed by B-29 Superfortresses in Burma
U S bombers carried record loads in a daylight strike on Rangoon Burma with a large force of B-29s flying from India. The mission, coordinated with the eastern air command, aimed at railway yards and cargo facilities, with reports noting no B-29 losses and the attack described as successful despite rough weather and limited remainder details.
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Washington
Burma
China
India
20Th Bomber Command
Nlls
Air Command
Ithalr
Yorda
Rangoon
Aca
Rath
Soong Denies U S China Rift and Claims Complete Agreement
Chinese foreign minister Soong Saya stated that China and the United States have reached complete agreement on closer military political and economic cooperation and denied pressure over China’s Communist issue He attributed Stilwell's recall to personal dislike between Stilwell Chiang Kai-shek and emphasized that talks with President Roosevelt aides produced solid accord for stronger ties.
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Soong Saya
Ciungking
T. V
Soong
China
United States
U.S
Joseph W. Stilwell
China-Burma-India
Stilwell
Chiang
Patrick Hurley
Donald Nelson
Roosevelt
Statue of Liberty for France project gains support
Washington November 1 1871 Congregational supporters push a plan to gift a French statue in honor of Liberty. The proposal, led by A Statue of Liberty for France Inc, urges placing the statue at Cherbourg with Robert Merrit of New York signing as director alongside sponsors from Vermont Rhode Island and Wyoming.
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Washington
Honore
New York Harbor
France
Francr, Inc
Cherbourg
Robert Merrit
New York
Teller
William Hh, Wills
Vermont
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Lester C. Munk
Wyoming
Roosevelt Urges Employers to Permit Voting Time
President Roosevelt urged all employers to grant workers sufficient time to vote in the election. He noted government contracts may cover pay during voting and that agencies consider such expenditures legitimate under cost plus contracts, urging contractors to ensure full opportunity for workers to express their choice.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Tne
Yule Street Lighting Out as War Measure
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce announced that outdoor Yule street lighting will be discontinued again this year to conserve electricity, following a request from the War Production Board. Indoor holiday lighting in stores remains unaffected.
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Charleston
Charlies E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
War Production Board
Hodges
FDR Campaign Ends in Boston Final Address Tonight
President Roosevelt pushed toward a four speech finale on the campaign trail with a Boston address scheduled for tomorrow night. He outlined a heavy itinerary through Connecticut and Massachusetts including Bridgeport Hartford Springfield Worcester and Boston while dismissing opposition rumors and urging good weather for the events. He plans further stops and a nationwide radio thank you before election eve.
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Roosevelt
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Hartford
Patici
Draln
Springfield
Mass
Worcester
Sen. David
Ft. Walsh
Thomas E. Dewey
Hudson Valley
French Red Guards Defy De Gaulle Disarm Order
Paris nov 4 the French Gardes Patriotiques and allied Red groups face disarmament a split with the communists signals open showdown with de gaulle government. communists refuse support for dissolving armed groups while gardes may go underground amid arms seizure moves. strong provincial support and past resistance role cited.
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Thurston Macauley
Paris
INS
Gardes Patriotiques
Charles de Gaulle
France
Gardes Patriotinues
Communist Party
French Communist Party
Gardes
Tawanta
Are ‘de Gaulle
Allied Bombers Hit Germany Over Western Reich
Allied air forces, mounting a major assault on industrial Ruhr cities led by over 1,000 RAF bombers, dropped thousands of tons of explosives on Duisburg and Düsseldorf. Large fires were reported around Rheinmetall Borsig on Düsseldorf’s outskirts. Osnabrück rail center targeted by Mosquito bombers. RAF losses totaled 21 bombers. American airmen idle at bases amid jubilant reports of Monday’s victory over Hermann Goering’s Luftwaffe.
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U—Allied
Germany
Duveldord
Ruhr -City
RAF
Anta
Armam
Dusseldart
Abe Ministry
Gen Taang
Moon
Dusseldorf
Rheinmetal Bersig
Rela Cies
Eaton
Osnaebruck
Heremann Goering
Luftwaffe
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