Formosa Blasted by Large Air Strikes by Carriers
A large force of B-29 Superfortresses and carrier planes punched Formosa in a two way assault. Tokyo said the mission was coordinated with a third day of raids, aiming to disrupt Japanese defense and threaten the Philippines. Allied reports claim significant Japanese losses, including hundreds of planes and ships, with strategic implications for the Pacific war.
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Penelec Moves Promptly To Improve Street Lights
Penelec acts quickly to upgrade street lighting in the city. Aive elevated truck and washing crews replace bulbs in about five hundred lamps while the City Street Department trims branches to reduce interference. City Council backed the move, with J. Fred Kinley coordinating efforts and upgrades planned where needed.
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Fred Kiley
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Andrews Trial in Jury's Hands
By Associated Press in Salinas Oct 14 after four weeks of testimony a jury of eight women and four men began deciding if Mrs Brances Andrews killed 19 year old Jay Lovett in Carmel Valley. Defense argues death cause unclear and no evidence places Andrews at scene. District Attorney Brazil asserts all facts show how and where Lovett was killed.
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Associated Press
Salinas
Oslif
Brances Andrews
Jay Lovett
Carmel Valley
Babson Says Schools Fail To Meet Test
Babson argues education has seen little real progress over decades while costs rise. He rails against focus on rote metrics and argues character, industry, initiative, courage and persistence matter more than high marks, urging schools to teach intangible assets.
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Roger Babson
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Council and Health Board Meet Monday Evening
City Gonnel will hold its second October session and the regular Board of Health meeting Monday evening. New business is to be reviewed, current bills settled, and bids opened for a city owned property cornering Lemon and West Math streets. Possible county land transfer to Council for sale may be reported by Solicitor Scott.
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Stennett
Allies hammer out small gains in north Italy
Allied forces push along the Bologna Rimini axis and coast, with Fifth Army taking several small hills south of Bologna and an eastward push by the Fourth Army. Brazilian expeditionary troops arrive. American units seize Hill 462 near Castel San Pietro and advance near Mount Di Bumblana. Canadian troops reach the Scola Rigosso canal as Eighth Army seizes Casale.
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Coveg
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Eighth Army
Casale
Montiano
Tax payments pass total as 1944 school levy nears half
Miss Irene Mullen, city treasurer, reports school tax receipts exceed last year’s by about $3,000. Payments to date total $88,894 vs $85,406 for the previous year at the comparable date. Installment plans aid prompt payment, signaling stronger district finances through the current year.
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Irene Mullen
Sch
Comny
Asmires Curley
Pawier
White House Defends Itself Over Communist Charge
The White House rejected claims by Gov Thomas E. Dewey that the Roosevelt administration favors a communist system. Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle Jr said Dewey twisted a 1939 memorandum to imply government ownership of industry. A White House release also provided a supplemental analysis of campaign statements and administration documents to counter the charges. Four men were later held for district court in Pittsburgh Ontario on charges connected to staged disturbances near a U S army camp.
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Adolf A. Berle
Thomas E. Dewey
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White House
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Dewey al
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Scalded Pennsy Fireman Dies in Corry Hospital
Walter A. Seehrist of Erie, a Pennsylvania Railroad fireman, died at 3 40 this morning at Corry Hospital after a wreck near Lovell's Station three weeks ago. He had been severely scalded and injured, with little chance of recovery, and had been hospitalized in Corry following treatment in Erie. Survived by wife and children. body sent to 1820 Buffat Road, Erie.
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Erie
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German garrison on Corfu surrenders to Allies
German troops on Corfu surrender after Allied landings near Sarande and Delving. Albanian partisans seize Delving while Sarande sees explosives removal. British naval action off Corfu reports few remaining Germans evacuated, and coastal road hubs become escape routes with light resistance.
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Bombers Reported Missing After Oil Refinery Raid
The Associated Press reports 36 heavy bombers and 12 fighters from the US 15th Air Force are missing after raids on the Biechamer South Oil Refinery in German Silesia and Vienna area targets. Anti aircraft fire was heavy over Germany and Austria, with moderate opposition over Hungary. Meanwhile Milojczyk met Stalin and Churchill in Moscow to discuss Polish groups. A Mesosinki communique says Finnish forces captured Overtarnia near the Gulf coast as they advance toward the Torulo river along the Swedish border.
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Wartime debt savings cut interest costs for Treasury
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said the wartime debt has reduced interest costs. He noted the average rate on new issues is about 1 percent, versus 4 percent in World War I, estimating roughly four billion dollars in savings over nine years. He also stated all new securities are fully taxable, unlike many World War I issues. The savings are expected to continue long term.
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Pennsylvania Bankers Association elects officers
In Wilkes Barre Harrisburg October 14 M Reich Dt Sharom was elected president and OB Labagh of Wilkes Barre vice president of the Pennsylvania Chapter American Bankers Association, temporary designation reported.
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Harrisburg
M. Reich Dt Sharom
OB. Labagh
Wilkes
Bricker Says Rationing Used in Campaign
Gov Beiter condemns rationing implications in politics as Bricker accuses White House of timing election year rationing moves. Bricker, campaigning in California, pledges major address in San Francisco and stops at Martin, Richmond, Berkeley and Oakland for six day event. He says GOP supports wartime rationing but condemns mismanagement under New Dealers.
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Sacramento
Calif
John W. Beiter
Camputen
White House
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Berkeley
Oakl
California
Bricker
Republican Party
SGT RODEN SENDS PURPLE HEART HOME
Mr and Mrs Henry Houen of 1204 Wout avenue today received from Sgt James E Roden the Purple Heart awarded after their son was wounded in Waldorf Germany on September 20. Roden, of Company A, left for service in 1941. The Roden family has two other sons in the service. Pvt Robert Roden with a medical detachment in France and Cpl Richard Roden with a paratroop regiment at Fort Benning Georgia.
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Henry Houen
Wout Avenue
hele-Son
James FE
Richard Roden
Ab Wt
Benning
Two Killed in Army Trainer Plane Crash near Camp Lee
Two men died in a crash of an Army trainer plane in Prince George County three miles east of Camp Lee last night. Public relations officers Harean Stewart Tweed confirmed the identities. Bodies were moved to the Camp Lee mortuary.
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Prince George County
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Harean
Lew Stewart M. Tweed
Yanks Blasting Toward Center Of Burning Aachen
Berlin radio reports American forces concentrating for a general assault to push toward Aachen as the center of the burning city. British troops gain in Holland against stubborn German resistance as Allied pressure widens along the Rhine.
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Loss of Riga to Increase Pressure on Reich Defense
Allied report details Soviet capture of Riga and Riga’s loss as a hinge in the push southward against Germany. U S First Army advances in Aachen amid street fighting while German defense crumples under flame throwers and air power. British and Canadian progress across Holland Belgium and Germany continues as Soviet tanks strike Memel and near Budapest activity rises.
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