German Strength Spreads Thin In Yugoslavia
From a partisan brigade headquarters in Yugoslavia Oct 9, German forces are stretched along the rugged Balkan front as two divisions Der Teufel and Pring Eugel try to stabilize the line after Italian collapse. Partisans patrol coastal zones from Trieste to Fiume while coastal towns like Parenzo and Rovigno resist, and in the hinterland leadership under Tito coordinates with Bosnian headquarters. The fall of Split and the Italian armistice trigger mass Italian retreats. partisans claim to have seized arms and sunk ships, with thousands evacuated and thousands left behind. The narrative contrasts partisan resolve against Mihae Mihailovic's Chetnik faction amid battles for sovereignty and democracy.
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Yugoslavia
Axis
Daniel DE Luce Mee
Nexis
Dalmatia
I 1
Geman
der Teufel
Pring Eugel
Neadq Sarte
Trieste
Danbe
Gulla
Fiume
Parenzo
Rovigno
Giulia
Susak
Zare
Split
Spiit
Badoglio
Anghor
Oni
Makarska
Whele
Tilo
Balkans
Mihailovic
Mihailo- Vie
Twenty Years Ago As Taken From Journal Piles
A legal notice announces the sale of the East Washington Street market by C. H. Heath to G. Stockton with delays noted. Pigeons of the United States Homing Pigeon Congress arrived in Corry from New York City under A. Hirsch and will be released at ten o clock promising a crowd at the Express station. Jonathan Lodge 6855 I. O. O. F will install new officers including Noble Grand Clarence Miller and others tonight. W. Clark reports the Here Creek bridge on East Main steel road will be fifty eight feet long and twenty four feet six inches wide, built of reinforced concrete and steel. Mrs. Catherine Rourke, wife of William Rourke, died at 40 West Main Street after a recent fit.
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Ody
Washington Street Market
C. H. Heath
G. 4
Stockton
Heath
United States
City
Erie
New York City
A. Hirsch
To'elock
W. Clark
Here Creek
East Main Steel
State Highway Department
Vet Teachers Recalled From Retirement to Aid Pennsylvania Schools
Harrisburg October 12 report says retired professionals are being enlisted as emergency teachers under a 1949 act. Dr Henry Klonower notes 517 active emergency teachers with potential to reach 1000. Former carpenters farmers ministers dressmakers and secretaries mix of ages and training fill critical shortages during the war.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Henry Klonower
T Hey
Bemir
Barber Killed by Truck in Monroe Neighborhood
Theodore Altmire a 66 year old barber of Monroe was crushed under a truck while answering directions from a driver delivering groceries to a store near his shop. Coroner H M Wellman ruled the death accidental after the driver failed to see the barber behind the vehicle.
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Glarton
Theodore Altmire
Monroe
H. M. Wellman
Allmire
Radio Tonight Listings Echo NBC CBS Schedules
Radio prime time features NBC shows Salute to Youth Ginny Simms Mystery Theater Fibber McGee Moll Bob Hope Red Skelton. CBS airs American Melodies Big Town Judy Canova Burns and Allen Report to Nation A A Berle Jr State Department Pulley. Blu-T Awake at the Switch Dusty’s Orson Welles Famous Jury Trials This Nation at War.
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NBC
Ginny Simms
Mystery Thaler
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
CBS
Judy Canova
Burns and Allen
Nalion
A. A. Berle, Jr
State Department
Blu—T
Dusty
Orson Welles
Luluy
Columbus Day remembered as bold voyage reshaped world
In a commemorative note, Columbus is hailed as the greatest navigator of his era. His voyages opened the Americas, directing Spain to vast territories and inspiring later explorers to dare the unknown. The piece emphasizes his role in discovering the hemisphere and shaping history for Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
Bahamas
China
Japan
South America
Mary Sine Augustus
Spain
Vnv Nortl
Unis
Ammevicars
Hemisphere
OPA Tells of Rationing Problems
OPA outlines rationing issues covering meals fuel and stamps with details on book values and expiration dates. It lists blue U V W stamps through October 20 and X Y Z through November 20, sugar and fuel allocations, and canning and aircraft sheet stamps with specific validity periods.
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OPA
Roaly Mountains
Vallé
Daily Dozen Notes on Gout From Medical Society
The excerpt discusses gout as an ancient disease noted by Hippocrates and Sydenham. It explains its misattribution to arthritis, describes common symptoms such as a swollen great toe, and mentions suspected causes like injury exposure and overindulgence, though exact causes remain unknown. It reflects early medical understanding and emphasis on hygiene.
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Hippocrates
Thomas Sydenham
Postwar labor and the drive for a postwar boom
The text debates how organized labor should shape postwar plans emphasizing not just wages but production. It questions the return to a 40 hour week, the balance of hours and income, and the need for coordinated planning by labor and capital to avert depressions and meet rising demand after the war. It asks if industrial statesmanship must accompany political statesmanship and whether a postwar boom requires joint planning.
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Heyes
Amelia
Quiz on War Loan Drive and World War II Facts
Classified page quiz asks seven questions on wartime topics. Topics include the Third War Loan goal two percent, a castrated male horse term, two Pacific sea battles, brain disease initials, a Brown Derby scandal, Makin raid forces, the Bay of Bengal waterway, Spitzbergen hand changes, NYC harbor army HQ island, and Yale stadium name.
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Pacific
United States
Dabous
Marlis Ishind
India
Burma
Spitzbergen
New York Harbor
U.S. Army
Eastern Defense Command
New Haven
Conn
Shaker broom origins hinted in early American trade
The article notes a claim that Shakers started the broom trade in America and mentions the use of unusual materials. It also references motor vehicle driving patterns and anticipates an Inter-American highway opening. It states the wartime gasoline restrictions reduced the current death toll from motor vehicle accidents to levels from twenty years ago. It briefly describes lung anatomy with thin membranes separating air and blood.
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Paulanis
Return to gold standard eyed in new discussions
The Guaranty Trust Company of New York says no stabilization method matches a true gold standard with free coinage and convertibility. The piece muses on gold’s historic pull and whether ordinary people might someday hold gold coins again as a world war era context fades.
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Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Momestu
Twin sons born to widow of oiler
In a W C A hospital a second time within a month two boys were born at 4:47 PM and 5:13 PM Sunday to Mrs Betty Mix Blanchard widow of Lieut R Burtis Blanchard Jamestown pilot shot May 3 over the Pacific. A month earlier Mrs Margaret Jenrick Horton of Chautauqua became mother to a daughter after word her husband Lieut Jack W Horton was missing in a raid over Aalheim Holland. No confirmation of Horton death yet. he may be prisoner.
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Vamestons
Jack W. Horton
Aleheim
Hollant
Horton
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Frank Bla
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West Main Street
Ollie Navos
Fummer
Dr. Klonower
Barber
Daily Dozen
Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Vital
Corry
Lindsley
I. Q
America
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ehUdret
Porgix
Mont Bol
Gort Stree
Brusehes of Servive
Home Owned
Home Operated
Studebaker
Tony
Studewaker Service
W. W. Waterhouse
Montgomery Ward
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