Five New Japanese War Chiefs Named for Philippines
Tokyo radio announced five new Japanese generals and admirals to lead battered forces in the Philippines amid the American invasion. Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita was named land forces commander, Adm Denshichi Okochi to command naval forces, and Adm Shigen Fukutome along with two other generals were appointed as joint naval commanders.
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Takhire Onishi
Naval
Philippines
Associated Press
Local notices mix of theft, fires and public events
Across the city and vicinity, items include a vandalism cleanup at Gentral School, a police-oversight sentence forcing home repairs, a car engine collision at a crossing, a presidential ballot interruption by a borough fire, and multiple community notices from churches and clubs plus wartime updates on service members and local marriages and raffles.
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Mayville
Alice Rowland
Joseph Zenns
Donos S. Leat
Harold van Valkenburg
Ernest Oknefski
Pennsylvania Railroads
North Broad Street
Corry Water Supply Co
Amici Bible Glass
John Carrier
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Thomas Motor Co
Walter ‘Roberts
Corry Hospital
Buntato
Lakewood
Lakewood High School
Lakewood School
Sailor Wins Assembly Race in Somerset County
Navy hospital man at Bainbridge MG today became a member of the white assembly from Somerset County. The event marks a notable political milestone for the region as local voters supported the candidate with military background and ties to the Bainbridge hospital.
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Somerset CO
Asoihated Press
Somerset, Fa
Phayinaessi’y Minte
Ped F Bare, Jr
Bainbridge, MG
White Assembly
Somerset County
Legion Post to Open New Bar December 7
Elmer O Carrier Post plans a basement renovation on North Center street to house a new bar once the State Liquor Control Board issues the license. The unit expects to begin operating in December and will preserve the police substation quarters in the same building, despite earlier confusion over licensing and police locations.
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Elmer O. Carrier ‘Post
American Legion
Center Street
State
Harrisburg
Heavy bombers strike Merseburg and Ruhr targets
A force of 350 American heavy bombers with 850 fighters attacked the Merseburg synthetic oil plant in central Germany. RAF Lancasters conducted a day raid on Homberg, with Typhoons hitting an oil storage site and railway facilities at Emmerich. The Dortmund Ems canal was drained again by RAF Lancasters, hitting the same point near division into two branches.
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Associated Press
London
Cental
Germany
Merseburg
RAF
Homberg
Ruhr
Goch
Nijmegen
Emmerich
First returns favor for in soldier vote s
Isolated counts of the soldier vote in yesterday's election show Roosevelt ahead in several areas. New York City districts missing report Roosevelt 179,648 to Dewey 66,434. Putnam County Georgia Roosevelt 5,189 to Dewey 1,092. Oklahoma incomplete with Roosevelt 8,655 to Dewey 4,531. Broward County Florida Roosevelt 427 to Dewey 228. Buffalo New York Roosevelt 6,200 to Dewey 557.
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Harry D. Racker
Oil City
Clyde Dunkle
W. J. Dunkle
Em- Tenton
Oliver Worner
Plumer Street
Praiice Oy
Franklin
Hla
Perrine
Jay Matthews
U. S| Navy
Princeton
Philippines
Rowland B. Mahany
Titusville
Crawford County
George Sig~endall
Meadville
Washington
New York City
Roosevelt
Dewey
Putton County
Atlanta
Georgia
Oklahoma
Broward County
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
FDR Wins New York Plurality Over 300000 in 1940 Returns
Albany dispatch reports President Roosevelt secured New York's 47 electoral votes with a final plurality exceeding 300000 as 90122 of districts reported. Wagner led Curran for the Senate seat, while Roosevelt totaled 364207 to Dewey's 2052807 in unofficial counts.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Dewey
U.S
Robert F.wagner
Wagner
Thomas J. Curran
New York City
Dewe
Election of Former Actress Indicated in California Race
Los Angeles reports Helen Gahagan, former stage and screen actress, leading a CA 14th district contest but trailing Republican William D. Campbell with incomplete returns. Gahagan, Democrat and Melvyn Douglas’ sister-in-law, had 27 272 votes to Campbell’s 34 271 across 871 of 608 precincts.
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Los Angeles
Helen Gahagan
Congress
California
Gahagan
Melvyn Douglas
William D. Campbell
Thomas Ford
Ron
New Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Elected
New commissioner Jesus T. Pinero of the Popular party won the post in San Juan, defeating Col. Manuel Fon. The incumbent Bolivar Pagan of the Socialist party failed to gain. The Popular party also captured most island legislature seats. Local Democrats and Republicans do not operate as separate parties in Puerto Rico.
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P. R
Jesus T. Pinero
Populare Party
Puerto Rico
Washington
Manuel Fon
Boliver Pagan
Popular
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