Fall of Leyte town would open coastal road
Associated Press dispatch from the Philippines notes Carigara is at risk as American units press the town’s outskirts. The 24th Division advances from the Lavte mountains while forces near Ormoc Bay push toward the coast, with terrain hindering progress more than Japanese opposition.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Carigara
Lavte Mountains
First Cavalry Division
Angthern
24Th
Daro Are
Carigaya
Conscnl
Pinamopoan
Oimnoe Bay
Leyte
24Th Corps
Hil
Ormoc Bay
Dama
Catmon
Theaven
Galmon
Ahme
Tame
War Casualties Rise in US Reported Totals
United States battle casualties rise to 497,092 with Army 417,121 and Navy 70,671. The figures reflect week over week increases through October 21, listing killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners across services.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Navy
Erie Man Struck By Automobile Injured
An Erie man, identified as Willian McDoneld, was struck by a car on Thursday near Zech and Wayne streets. He suffered a severe head injury and was taken to St Vint hospital in an unconscious state. the driver’s identity was not yet established.
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Enns
Apnil
Sealy
Zech
Wayne Streets
Willian McDoneld
St Vint’ Hospital
Nazis Report Loss of 100 Miles Of Yugoslav Coast
British troops and partisans cleared 100 miles of the Dalmatian coast including Split Metković and Dubrovnik harbors. German communiqués claim German forces withdrew to mountain positions. Tito said Split was captured October 28 as Bojeyrion troops faced Partisans in the Vardar valley. Free Yugoslav radio reported agreement on a united national government.
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Yugoslav
Wey Associated Press
London
Split
Metkovie
Dabyonte Istadua
Une
Ue Comin Nigue
Split Spalatny
Yugoslavia
Zary
Hig
Brac
Marshal Tito
Ar Mies
Né Gérmians
Bojeyrion
Vardar
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tvan Subisic
Peter
Belgrade
Draft calls eyed for 26 to 29 age group soon
A Corry Union City draft board may call the 26 to 29 age group within weeks as shortages in the 18 to 26 pool widen. Philadelphia reports boards were told to survey registrants in that bracket and prepare calls within a month or two, while local offices said no order had arrived but warned monthly calls could rise due to dwindling reserves and increasing service demands.
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Corry- Union City
Philadelphia
State Selective Service Organization
St Wr
Gerry-Union
Europe
Keith Henton Commissioned Second Lieutenant in Army Air Forces
Keith Henton son of Mr and Mrs Corl Henton of North Center Street received his commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces on Wednesday. He is assigned to the transportation service at the New Orleans port of embarkation after graduating from the Officers Training School at the New Orleans Air Base Licht. He attended Sorry High School and Ohio State, promoted from first class May last year, and had prior duty in 1949.
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Keith Henton
Corl
Henton
North Center Street
Army ‘Air
Benton
Transportation Service of
Air Forces
New Orleans Port of Embarkation
Correnoy
New Orleans
Licht
Trento
Jelly the Clist
Ohio State
Army
New Orleais
Corry Ain
Gong Wester
Invasion Talk and High-Level Shifts Across Fronts
Bulletin reports from San Francisco Ottawa and Rome detail Japan reportedly expecting an American invasion of northern Nippon. It notes Gov J L Ralston’s resignation in Canada over overseas conscripts and McNaughton’s succession. Also, British forces reach Salonika and Polish Indian troops advance toward the Po valley junction with a menaced German reaction.
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Rome
Peedappla
Eighth Army
Ronco River
Mendala
Citizens Bank Reports Record Christmas Club
The Citizens National Bank announced that its 1944 Christmas Sayings Club is the largest in the bank’s history with more than $70,000 to be mailed to members on December 1. The fund exceeds $07,000 as final payments finish, with nearly a thousand members. Nine payments were due in the current week of November 13, and the bank notes years of club activity aiding local retail trade.
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Citizens National Bank
Focal Bars
Citizens Bank
Postpone Paper Solvege Drive In City
A notice states the paper salvage drive is postponed to next Friday in this city. Authorities aim to collect a record amount of salvage at a chosen binding site after extending the time. Local organizers worked to secure additional time for better turnout.
Soviet drive nears Budapest as Kecskemet falls
Russian spearheads push within 30 miles of Budapest, capturing Kecskemet after street fighting as 5,518 enemy prisoners are taken and rail hubs like Keoskemet and Keckemet fall. Moscow claims Petsamo region cleared of German resistance in Arctic Finland.
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Moscow
Budapest
Red Army
Lajosmisse
Keoskemet
Danube
Tisza
Tzid
Keeskemet
Kecskemet
Fedel
Ketel
Petsamo
Val- Ushle
Arctic
Finland
Russia
Tokyo claims four ships sunk in Leyte Gulf clash
An Associated Press report cites a Japanese communique claiming four Allied capital ships sunk and three battleships damaged in Leyte Gulf. The broadcast also claims nightly raids on Morotai and says many enemy planes were destroyed in a surprise attack. MacArthur reports limited Japanese raids with several Allied aircraft losses.
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Leyte Gulf
Associated Presa
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Doug
Og MacArthur
Leyte
Tokyo Communigle
Moratai Isha
Macarthur
Iminor Cnautiltics
British Commander Sees No Sign Of German Withdrawal In Italy
Allied commander Sir Harold Alexander reports no clear signs of German forces pulling out of Italy. He notes heavy fighting in the Po valley and the Apennines, with substantial Allied and German losses and ongoing operations anticipated beyond 1988.
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Italy
Associated Press
Rome
Albie
Tle Po
Harold Alex
Large Allied Bomber Fleets Hit Oberhausen
London reports massive Allied air raids targeting Oberhausen in western Germany after night raids shifted from Cologne. Oberhausen, a Ruhr rail and industrial hub with 35 million population area, hosts car and steel industries and serves as a repair base for weapons production amid heavy bombing of nearby Essen and Duisburg areas.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Cologne
Oberlmusen
Oberhausen
Essen
Duisburg
Dusseldarf
Ruhr Wiu
Western Front
Sewer gas may have caused 5 deaths at Erie
An Erie probe considers sewer gas as the possible cause of five deaths in a Wolfe family of five at 907 French Street. Bertha Wolfe, 23, and her four sons died. the Hays Loop family narrowly escaped asphyxiation in February. Detectives Schaal and Reazan, led by Dr James R. Smith, will investigate the incident and its health implications.
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Erie
Bertha M. Wolfe
Paul Schaal
Jack Reazan
Wolfe
James R. Smiths
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Thanksgiving Day
Washington reports President Roosevelt proclaimed November 28 as Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of the month, in line with a congressional act. Five states plan to observe November 30, the last Tuesday, amid Craughlor inten.
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Washington
Roosevelt Hadiny
Congress
Nazis May Send Rockets On U S
London dispatch reports Walter Daily Mail correspondent said German authorities could launch V 2 rockets against the United States on a fairly large scale. The informant claimed Germany completed a new series of experiments and was confident in delivering the weapons, signaling a serious escalation in wartime secrecy and potential threat.
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Invollencen
London
Walter
Daily Mail
Stockholm
United States Fair
CIO predicts for will lift wage ceiling
Washington reports a confident forecast from GLO Counsel Lee Pressman that President Roosevelt will lift wage controls in Europe soon. The War Labor Board began considering demands for a general increase and vacation guarantees, with one member tasked to draft a tentative conclusion on free collective issues. Some members favor keeping wage controls until VE Day, while others anticipate Roosevelt acting before then to implement the Little Steel formula.
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Associated Prom
Washington
GLO
Lee Pressman
Judg Tat
Roosevill
Yew Tefite Yishary
Europe
Issight
War Labor Board
Elveblon
William J. Davis
Germany
Brossman
Keys
Roosevelt
Japanese naval defeat prompts secrecy on Pacific fleet
The U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor reports Nippon misjudged American naval strength in the Philippines, with six ships sunk and other units damaged. Admiral Nimitz says naming damaged ships now would aid the enemy and withholds details on losses and extent of damage for the present.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
America
Philippines
Nip- Don
Chester W. Nimitz
Ite
Corry’s Fighter Plane Seen On West Front
Miss Corry name adorns a fighter plane in France as funds from a 1945 War Bond drive helped power an advanced Air Force base. Sel Thomas Pat Greene, with a Prance ground crew, first saw Corry’s name on display since long ago and contacted the crew for a late inspection. Greene is a brother of Kathryn, Delores and Violet Greene, residents of the city, and son of James Greene of Cleveland.
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Miss Corry
Prance
Sel Thomas
Pat Greene
Army Air Forces
Corry
Greene
Kathryn
Delores
Violet Greene
James Greene
Cleveland
20th Air Force Silent On Raid Over Tokyo
Japanese officials and Allied accounts diverge on a raid by American B 29s on Tokyo. Tokyo claims no bombs were dropped and bomber activity was only reconnaissance. The United States has not confirmed details, while Japanese sources suggest uncertainty and rising patrols.
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20Th Air Force
Alforce
Tokyo
Japan
Social Security Swindle Claim Stirs Rally in McKeesport
Guy Edward Martin told a Republican rally in McKeesport on November 2 that the Social Security Act is a swindle. He argued old age benefits were funded by payroll taxes but the money has been spent in the general fund, not kept in a trust. He urged scrutiny of how funds are used and questioned the integrity of the program.
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Mckeesfor
Guy Edward Martin
Tacon
Jeth
Lam Bunnie
Toem
Progress Clears Antwerp Port Amid Farshore Push
Allied forces advance to clear Antwerp port as British and Canadian troops expand a beachhead while Nazi forces hold only the northern outskirts of Vlissingen. German general and about 2500 prisoners are reported in the contested area.
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Vlissingen
Wnazi
7th Army captures three villages in northern Vosges
Allied forces report rapid advances toward Antwerp with British and Canadian troops pushing German defenses from the northern outskirts of Visien and moving toward Domburg. In the Vosges, Seventh Army units seized Brigille, Hablainville, and Azerdilles south of Luneville, while other gains weiter east and north of Bacjoulat.
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7Th Army
Vosges
Associated Press
London
Antwerp
Vis
Lares
Ure Vilage
Domburg
William F. Bor
Gamtilen
Schelde
Shibborn Jena
Emeny
Reuters
Knock
Letscour
Abincourt
Nancy
Meta
Sevenlin
Brigille
Hablainville
Azerdlles
Luneville
Bac
Joutat
Wands
Ramberyillers
Liwig Sertorious
Supreme Head
Quariers
Paris
Yegiiivoeh
Amd
Alfow
Ian Guins
Walcheregg
Second Army
Maas
Holland
Miles G Dempsey
Secod
Arnhem
Watcheren
South Bevelune
Purple Heart Award for Staff Sgt Glat
Stan Sergt Lawrence Uist traveled with Company A of the 1th in 1941 and received the Purple Heart for a wound in France during the August fighting. The Curry youth, son of Jacob Glatz, is now in the Pennsylvania regiment aboard the Ameriante balestone in Bag.
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Stan Sergt
Lawrence Uist
Van
Tnlm
Vines
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