New Manila Air Assault By Third Fleet Carriers
United States Third Fleet carrier planes struck Manila and surrounding areas destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft over two days. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported 440 planes shot down and 14 cargo ships damaged or sunk, with heavy ground installations set ablaze at Clark Field and other airstrips. Damaged ships included destroyers and escorts as Japanese forces attempted resupply and defense.
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Philippines
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Third Fleet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Glack Field
Malvar
Adm. Nimitz
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Fifth Fleet
Ninzlng
Pormosa
Ryukyu Islands
Halsey-Mitscher
Nichols
Clark
Nielson
Lipa
Pahlac
Bamban
Mabacalat
Robot bombs threat to U.S. warned by war departments
Washington reports from the War and Navy Departments say robot bomb attacks by Germany are entirely possible. Such strikes might be launched from submarines off the coast or long-range bombers guided across the Atlantic and could not be fully blocked, though Allied patrols would deter them and any attack would fail to deter the U S war effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Une Law
Atlantic
Roosevelt Wins Fourth Term In Turbulent National Vote
Early returns show Roosevelt leading across the solid South and large border states while Dewey holds traction in the Great Lakes and West. Democrats poised to control the Senate with at least eight seats. House makeup 435 with Democrats ahead as counts continue.
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Dewey
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Senate
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Tydings
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Nye
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Hamilton Fish
New Yorker
New York
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Maine
Kane
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Iinois
California
Henry Wallace
Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsyvania
Illinois
Roose
Yell
Chicago
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
New Jersey
Indiana
Missouri
Truman
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston
Congress
Texas
South Carolina
U S forces press Leyte battle as Japanese defenses hold
War and Navy departments report ongoing action in Leyte's Grm oe Valley with U S 34th Division in a critical fight against four Japanese divisions. American counterattacks repulsed fierce night assaults near Pinamopon and northwest Leyte while air and artillery strikes hit enemy positions and supply depots along the coast and in surrounding hills.
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Associated Press
Mag AnThurs
Philippines
U. 5
Divison
Grmoe Valley
Leyte
Addy
Drmve
Carigara Bay
Bataan
Pinamopoon
Aerio
Tne
Northwrne
Phnamopean
Ormor
Ormoc
Japan
List Hope
Vanelcid
Palompon
Liborgio
Dagami
U.S
86Th Infantry Division
86Th
Patok
Daysmi
Orimoc
Four Injured in Kane Crash Near East Kane Crossing
A car driven by Rev Bartlebaugh failed to observe an approaching Pennsylvania Railroad train at East Kane crossing. The vehicle was struck but occupants escaped with injuries. Clyde Neely and Eric Neely were hospitalized for leg and head injuries while Charles Saylor sustained a severe scalp wound and knee trauma. Bartlebaugh and others were en route to Lamont for church services.
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Omashbout Pennsylvania Railroad
East Kane
Ho JR
Bartlebaugh
Hu Fier Methodist Chuekh
Kare
Clyde Neely
Kane
Hamoj Hospital
Eric Thomas Neely
Charles Saylor
George Saylor
Port Allegany
Lam
St Marys man admits hold up of elderly man
Claren F. Dippold, 91, of St Marys, admits to police he robbed an elderly man October 25. The victim, George W Harlsock, died of a heart attack after being helped from a bank embankment. Dippold is held in Clinton county jail awaiting further investigation by state police.
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Lock Haven
F. Dippold
St. Marys
Clinton County
T. Mayle Brumgard
Emporium and Couders
Port
Joan H. Sheedy
Emporium
Dippold
Cameron County
Clinton
George W. Harlsock
Sinnemahoning
Urgent Appeal For Experienced Seamen To Man War Ships
Miss Hopkins of the Corry office of the U S Employment Service announces a new call for seasoned seamen to crew American ships bound for war zones. Leaders say manpower shortages threaten delivery of vital war materials and the Philippines invasion.
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Corry
United States Employment Service
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