Gravel Voice Leading Unit Gravel Voice Leading Unit
General Harmon, known as Hell on Wheels, commands the Second Armored Division in Europe after returning to lead his vets back into combat. He previously led in Africa and Italy, bridged the Albert Canal, and advanced through Holland into Germany, earning a storied record and the nickname Gravel Voice. Bradley approved Harmon to reclaim command when Brooks moved up.
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U. S
Germany
Siegfried Line
Ernest N. Harmon
Omar N. Bradley
Harmon
Second Armored
French
Morocco
G. I’s
Africa
Italy
23Rd Corps
Camp Bowie
Texas
Bradley
Edward H. Brooks
Second Armored Division
Belgium
Albert Canal
Holland
Satan
Pressure Advance In Vosges And Allied Push Near Bonhomme
The American seventh army pushed deeper toward the Vosges passes northeast of Epinal surpassing Brouvelieures and Bruyeres. Domfaing Vervezelle Belmont were taken as Bonhomme Pass nears 15 miles away. A third British column joined from the Zuid Willemsvaart southeast ofs Hertogenbosch as Allied attacks widen from the Netherlands to the gap area. German flying bombs targeted front lines for the first time in this sector.
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Seventh Army
Vosges
Epinal
Brouvelieures
Bruyeres
Domfaing
Wvervezelle
Belmont
Bonhomme Pass
Zuid Willemsvaart al
S-Hertogen
Netherlands
Gap
Ican First Army
Americans Abroad Before World War II Feature
Before World War II, 390 437 Americans had established permanent homes outside the United States.
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United States
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad
Advertisement urges prompt treatment of bronchitis and chest cold symptoms with Creomulsion. It warns delaying risked chronic bronchitis and advises consulting a druggist for a bottle to relieve coughing and chest discomfort.
Local World War II notes and community updates from Decatur
Training arrivals and graduations from Camp Wolters and Kinghams field highlight a stream of military service members including Pvt Millard Sams and Cpl Everett Matthews. Local church figures, civic notices, court docket items, births, and weekend activities round out the Decatur area telegram of events.
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Pvt
Millard S. Sams
Hubert W. Sams
Athens 3
Camp Wolters
Texas
Market roundup shows scattered selling across New York and Chicago
Markets in New York eased on light selling with transfers near 700000 shares. Chicago wheat weak while corn, rye and livestock markets mixed with hogs and cattle steady to active, top cattle 18.35 and hogs around 14.75 for 160-180 lb barrows and gilts at higher quotes. Sheep and lambs held steady with lambs 13.50-14.50 and culls down to 6.00.
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New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Cotton futures slide as traders await Memphis talks
Hedge selling limited trading in cotton futures today with Southern selling centered on the December position. Traders paused for the government program and trade conferences in Memphis tomorrow where industry plans will be developed. Late quotes showed prices mostly unchanged to 40 cents lower per bale.
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New York
Oo BP
Memphis
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville Tenn October 23 cattle run about 2000 head with prices steady to unevenly lower demand light and receipts light week showcases in early autumn market tone with typical feeder demand and live cattle activity noted by federal state market news service officials
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Albert Talks Rotary Hopes at Fourth Institute Lecture
Dr. Allen D. Albert of Chicago spoke at noon to the Rotary club at Cornelian Court Motel. He outlined Rotary hopes and practices and recalled prior visits, praising individual community effort and Rotary expansion worldwide. He mentioned guests Pfc. George Mann and brothers St. Louis and Fred Mann, Decatur. He was introduced by Sam Brown. He announced tonight’s Riverside High School address on The Role of the North central Continent in World Affairs.
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Allen Albert
Rotary Institute of International Learning
Decatur Senior High Sch
James Kin
Decatur Rotary Club
Kert
Allen D. Albert
Chicago
Institute of International Understanding
Rotary Club
Cornelian Court
Pfc
George Mann
St. Louis Mann
Fred Mann
A. C. Mann
Decatur
Frank Philpot
Hartselle
British Troops Land On Nicobar Islands Reported
The Japanese Domei agency announced that British troops have landed on the Nicobar islands in the Indian Ocean, a British broadcast said today. The broadcast also noted the area of the continental United States as 3,026,789 square miles with 53,013 square miles of water.
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New York
Domei
Nicobar Islands
Indian Ocean
Continental
United States
Vast Swathes of U.S. Farmland Abandoned
An estimated 50,000,000 acres east of the Mississippi have been abandoned as farm land. The figure highlights large scale agricultural decline amid economic shifts and labor changes across rural areas.
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Ins
United States
Unclear historical incident involving Bishop Gundall and William the Conqueror
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a scene where Roe aims at Bishop Gundall with a gun in a direction associated with William the Conqueror. The text is incomplete and omits clear dates or locations, limiting factual reconstruction.
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Roe
Gundall
Gun
William the Conqueror
Butter and Egg Market Report From Chicago
Butter receipts 158 997 with multiple grade scores and prices. eggs receipts 5 964 with U S extras and standards ranges. The bulletin lists current receipts and dirties, with price spreads across standard grades and centralized carrot product pricing.
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Chicago
U. S
Cash grain prices from Chicago market report
Cash wheat and corn quotes show No 2 hard at 1.70 to 1.72 with 1-2 margins, No 3 hard 1.69, No 1 red 1.72, No 2 red 1.71, oats ranged with No 1 mixed 70 to 70 1-2, No 1 white 72, No 3 white 69, No 4 white undefined.
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CASH
Chicago
Hope for Polish border settlement from Moscow talks grows
Washington reports private American officials see four way Moscow discussions among Stalin Churchill Mikolajczyk and the Lublin committee as moving toward a postwar settlement of Eastern Europe borders. Mystic about Lublin blast on Mikolajczyk noted as Hariman and possibly Winant could join later consultations.
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Washington
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Mikolajcyk
London
Committee of National Liberation
Lublin
Americans Clash With Japanese Near West River Front
Allied forces report notable success as American units counter Japanese positions on the West river front. Chinese forces attacked north of Kweilin near Hingan, aiming to pierce the enemy lines and threaten the Kwangsi city supply base amid brisk fighting.
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West River
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Hingan
Carol Fails to Disembark in U S New Orleans
The Argentine steamship Rio Tunu zen carrying former King Carol of Their uest to visit New Orleans in October was denied entry by immigration. Carol, who fled his nation during the Nazi invasion, was aboard with Elena Luu and other officials. he will depart at a Brazilian port.
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New Orleans
Rio Tunuzen
Carol
Uest
Immigration Department
Carol Pesty
Elena Luu
Mexico
Will of a Woman in Many States and Marriage Rights
The text notes that in multiple states the will of a married woman can be affected by remarriage or the revocation upon remarriage, reflecting historical legal norms governing marital property and testamentary power.
ATU Agents Raid North Alabama Moonshine Busts
ATU investigators report a busy weekend with raids across North Alabama. Marshall county officers seized a 600 gallon still, one automobile, and 20 gallons of whiskey eight miles northwest of Union Grove. Jackson county teams uncovered 63 sacks of damaged sugar, salvaging fourteen, with rest destroyed in the woods. Investigators say illicit liquor traffic is rising and blame a black market aiding moonshiners in obtaining sugar for whiskey.
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ATU
Alabama
Lamon and Pierce
Marshall County
Union Grove
Jackson County
Burgess
Sandlin
Putnam Mountain
Putnam ‘Mountain
Jones
W. F. Lamon
Georgia
Mississippi
Mr. Lamon
Riots in Palermo Kill Nineteen as Troops Clash
Rome dispatches report deadly street fighting in Palermo where 19 people died and more than 100 were wounded after troops fired on strikers who attacked a theater in Piazza Verdi. A bomb and grenade incidents were noted and ten separatist leaders were arrested for pamphleteering.
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Rome
Palermo
AP seeks Supreme Court review of news cooperative ruling
The Associated Press asks the Supreme Court to reverse a New York district court ruling requiring by law changes to admit all applicants. It argues news agencies are not public utilities and warning that such a step would turn the AP into a regulated utility and threaten private enterprise.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States Supreme Court
A. P
District of
New York
United States
Supreme Court
District Court
Soldiers in Germany Learn Pathfinding From Hostile Terrain
Lt. Thomas D. Rodman of Spar ta Ill, a frontline reconnaissance officer, navigates dark German roads after France and Belgium campaigns. He jokes about buried dead cattle and misdirections while drifting toward the command post. Pvt. Ray Townson of Cleveland fires a test shot near a bivouac, drawing two German civilians to surrender.
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Germany
Thomas D. Rodman
Sparta
Ill
France
Belgium
Ray Townson
Cleveland, O
Ghost signs tampering near German border endangers patrols
Lt E Helen Denton of Casper Wyoming faced a dangerous incident after road signs were tampered with by person or persons unknown along the German Holland border. Lt Robert M Batley of Detroit Ill recalls the suspect wandered into enemy territory before retreating.
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E. Helen Denton
Casper
Wyoming
Robert M. Batley
Detroit
Bomb factory rows end as workers vote to return
In Kansas City on Oct 23, 127 discharged workers at North Aviation's bomber plant urged a reopening after walkout that closed the plant. Local No. 31 of the United Automobile Workers voted to return to work at 7 am Monday on executive board recommendations. Servicemen dispersed pickets and demanded workers resume duties at the B-25 bomber facility that normally operates Sundays.
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Kansas City
North Aviation Company
Uni
United Automobile Workers
C. S
Regional War Labor Board
Senator Johnson Comments on Dewey Bandwagon
Senator Johnson of Colorado denounces the New Deal while noting Ball’s seriousness may push Minnesota toward Dewey. Sergeant Guy W. Sanborn earns the Silver Star for a selfless action under fire, lifting a wounded comrade to shelter. Army press cooperation boosts morale through home-town coverage. Captain Asa Barnard praises clippings recentering frontline bravery and morale.
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Johnson
Colorado
Washington
Ball
Minnesota
Dewey
Guy W. Sanborn
Aldrich Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Asa Barnard
East Barnard
Glennville
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H. R. Summer
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Donald W., Morris
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