Yanks Press 14 Towns as 3rd Leyte Airfield Is Taken
American forces push through Leyte's western plains to seize San Pablo airdrome and reach near Tabon, the third airfield captured on the island. MacArthur reports armor advances from Dagami toward Catmon Hill while air power destroys Japanese airfields. six American planes lost with one pilot unaccounted.
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Associated Press
San Pablo Field
Leyte
Tacloban
Dulas
Seventhhip Vision
Dagami
Seylé Valley
Therathilivision
Catamon
Catmon
Tabontabor
Pala
10Th Corps
Vom
Palo
MacArthur
Visayas
Mindanao
Frank Lathrop Stricken At Work In Corry Plant
Raymond Manufacturing Company employee Frank Lathrop suffered a stroke while at the Corry plant yesterday afternoon. He was rushed to Corry Hospital by Bracken Keating ambulance after first aid from Dr W W Graham. Lathrop, active in local baseball, has long been with Raymond and returned in 1929. A fellow worker reported he collapsed after a pang of material fell on him. He remains in fair condition at the hospital this morning. A separate item from Philadelphia notes Mr and Mrs Tokie Young celebrating their wedding anniversary.
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Raymond
Frank Lathrop
Fin
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Corry
Corry Hospital
Bracken- Keating
W. W. Graham
Lathrop
Fteaday
World and War Notes From London and Beyond
Reports from London CHINA and Moscow recount military and political moves as World War II pressures escalate. Argentina recalls its London attache Col Pablo Beretta after invitation to visit the Western front is withdrawn. Chinese forces recapture Sinning 90 miles north of Kueilin pushing Japanese toward Tungun. Allied leadership urges Italian patriots in Bologna to intensify actions. In Poland, Warsaw evacuees in a camp near Krakow reportedly mass executed in gas chambers. Greece forms a new cabinet of eight parties and independents as mobilization plans for the youth reserve are discussed.
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Ated Press
London
Argentina
Col
Pablo Beretta
Western Front
Chungking
Sinning
Kueilin
Tungun
Minan-Kwangsi
Noriast
Kweilist
Moscow
Polis Committees of Nationtal Liberation
Warsaw
Owieelm
Krakow
Milon L Brown Named Civil Service Training Consultant
Milon L Brown a Corry native and former Garry schools superintendent has been appointed training consultant for the US Civil Service Commission with jurisdiction over Pennsylvania and Delaware. He will operate from the Customs House in Philadelphia handling personnel training across federal agencies.
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Milon 1
Brown
Garry
Corry
Civil Service Commission
Pennsylvania
Delaware
State College
Inter
Menavitte Va
Navy
Con Fiict
Signal Corps
Philadelphia
State Department of Public Instruction
Canting
Customs House
FDR To Launch Real Road Show in Midwestern Tour
President Roosevelt's bid for a fourth term adopts a full campaign tour with appearances speeches and automobile stops. The schedule runs through the weekend ending with a Philadelphia speech at Shibe Park and a Chicago rally prior, both to be broadcast nationwide.
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FDR
Washington
Roogavelt
Middle West
Chitspo
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Growing Allied Drive Threatens Nazi Positions South of Maas
Allied pressure widens south of the Maas as British Canadian forces push from Hertogenbosch toward Best and Hinse, threatening rail and highway links. Western Holland gaps close near Breskens and Viissingen while the main front remains relatively quiet in the east.
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Associated Preps
London
Hertogenbosch
Geiman
Maas
Reuters
Roosendaal
Pindorp
Breskens
Schelde
Ostburg
Schoontiijike
Holland
Antwerp
Alps
Germany
Sir Miles
Demipsey
Best
Hinse
Boxter
Pilburg
Por Op Zoom
Bevel
Viissingen
Seventh Army
Mortagne
Bifffontaine
Vosges
Epinal
British Patrols Enter Chomokos After Greek Withdrawals
British patrols moved into Chomokos north of Lamia as German forces retreated from Greece. Allied headquarters said Lamia was occupied, Volos was evacuated, and German positions around the Lamia area were falling back toward the Greek frontier.
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Rome
Greece
Hhomokos
Lamia
Athens
Binatea
Volos
Lamiagid
Chomoklis
Muérrilias
Government Seizes Lord Manufacturing Plant at Erie
The government seized the Lord Manufacturing Company of Erie Pennsylvania by executive order for raising prices on a wartime contract and willfully refusing to supply materials. Navy and War Secretaries ordered takeover to maintain war production and enforce 1943 price terms, marking the first seizure over a price dispute.
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Associated Presa Washington, Ort
Lore Manufacuring” Company
Erie
White House
Navy
Porrestsl
Tne
War and Navy
Lord Manufacturing Company
Clash spreads to southern Spain as war diverges
From London a National Spanish Union officer reports clashes reaching Andalusia and other southern areas while Navarra raids wane. He cites 40,000 Germans in France aiding Franco and notes Catholic support shifting toward Franco amid alleged atrocities. Treasury data show October 4 net debt drop of 5.27 million.
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Associated Press
London
Euerriliay
Francisco
Spain
France
National Spanish Union
Paris
Madrid
Navarra
Pra
Andalusia
Catalonia
Asturias
Sant
Paz
Franco
South America
Aero workers donate large sum to War Fund drive
William C. Swan president of the Aero Employees Benefit Association announced that the workers at the Aero plant have pledged to contribute about 5 900 to the city War Fund for the campaign. Smiley reported another substantial total from other industrial groups, with reports due tomorrow and Friday. The Aero employees team, about 750 members of 2,900 plant workers, previously gave 4,000 last year and now add 200 more. Leaders praised the workers for their wartime commitment and expect county totals to push the drive toward completion by week’s end.
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William GC. Swan
Aero Employes
Axsoodin
Dallas
JG. Smuey
Corry
Smiley
Aero Workers
Swan
AKBA
Avro Supply
Fotal
Alec Sisson
Chatman
County War Fund
City of Bile
Gerry
Pittsburgh Fire Destroys Murdoch Warehouse. 500 Families Hit
A four story Murdoch Storage and Transfer warehouse in Wilkinsburg burned last night destroying household goods of more than 500 families. Four Wilkinsburg firefighters were injured. Damage estimated at 50000 dollars. Stored furnishings insured. Traffic rerouted on William Penn highway. war plant workers delayed. Fire companies from multiple cities assisted Wilkinsburg.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Murdoch Storage and Transfer Company
Wilkinsburg
Clarence Pry
A. Murdoch
William Penn Highway
Churchill Kamust
Pillsburgh
Reds Invade Norway as Germans Quit Koenigsburg
London report says Kirkenes evacuated after destruction of military installations amid Soviet raid on the Arctic front. The Berlin media claimed a Russian invasion across Norway border reached the area Sunday, while new Russian offensives were announced along the Naraw river in Poland near East Prussia. Refugees flood toward central Germany as evacuation of East Prussia’s Woenipsberg is noted.
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London
Kirkenes
Arctic
Murmansk Privoy
Berlin
Norwegian
Narew River
Poland
Warstw
East Prussia
Moscow
East Prussian
Trent
Woenipsberg
Cnajor
Germany
Germany Reveals New Red Assault In Poland
London dispatch reports a new Soviet offensive along the Narew river toward Warsaw and East Prussia. Front lines claim heavy fighting near Senack and Rown with reported German and Russian clashes as the Soviet attack aims at the Polish capital and surrounding regions.
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Germany
Poland
Associated Press
London
Russia
Narew
Warsaw
Wyated
East Presstiv
Berlin
Senack
Rugsiay
East
Pruvsts
Herman Goering
Greater
Corry Manon Lost Carrier Survives Navy Report
Relatives anxiously await word on Ori Thayer from Corry amid the sinking of the naval carrier in Philippine waters. Thayer, a 1932 ORT High School graduate and former Beaver athlete, was aboard the carrier. Navy officials report the Princeton's commander, 193 officers, and 122% of enlisted personnel were saved.
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Ori Thayer
Cory
Nawis Ugh Sireragt
Uartien Priceton
Philippine
Thayer
Frank Grevina
Weal Church Street
Gravina
Corry
South Dayton
Orris Thayer
ORT High School
Beavers
Navy
Princeton
Local G O P Workers Hear Candidates Rally
The Republican city committee opened its campaign headquarters in the Ajik building with a turnout of workers and party members. Erie speakers Congressman RG Rodgers and Arthur Blues urged support for re election and state senate run, introduced by Chairman W Waterhouse. Headquarters will stay open for afternoon and evening sessions through election.
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Republican City Committee
Ajik
Rodgers
Can
Arthur Blues
Erie
Pennsylvania military vote totals rise across counties
A Harrisburg dispatch reports that 182 271 military ballots have been received by 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Counties mailed 44 308 ballots and returned 182 071. Mercer offered no return. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh provided strong returns, aiding Roosevelt’s bloc as voting proceeds under a law that requires no prior application and allows marked ballots to be counted by November 7.
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Dinomuravete
Harrisburg
Mercer County
Philadelphia
Fitisburon
Presiden Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Allied carrier strike cripples Japanese fleet near Leyte
United States Third Fleet carrier planes damaged multiple Japanese carriers and battleships in a three‑pronged attack near the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz reported Princeton lost, several ships damaged, and heavy Japanese losses as carrier groups attacked from Formosa toward Leyte Island.
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Associated Press
U. 5
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Third Fleet
Ae Philippines
William F. Harvey
T&s. Princeton
Americas
Princeton
Chester W. Nimitz
Ask
Combe Bay
Feihes
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Wiedaptam
Sibuyan Ma Sulu
Sentdi
Formosa
Tennetredtgainst
Marc A. Mitscher
Cmy
Sibuyan
Sulu
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Island
Sighta
Negros Island
Sulu Sea
Puil
Iovines
Houbs
Janalissee
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Philadelehta
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Milon L, Brown
Civil Service Post
Mars
Tilburg
Chomokos
Aero Employer Association
Lord Plant
Mtg. Co
Treasury
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WAR Industry
Workers’ Group
Welles
New York
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Jack Leighter
Andre
Norway
Koenigsburg
Corry Manon
Oris Thayer
Corry High
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Halsey
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