Japanese Fleet Flees From and Naval Might Reported
Imperial fleet escaped pursuit near Formosa as U S Navy battle group under Adm Nimitz and Adm Chester W. Nimitz battles reported. Army Air Force claimed sinking a Japanese cruiser and a destroyer in the China Sea while U S ships claim no damage to battleships. War department says China Superforts bombed Formosa in a third attack as Pacific strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceamles EO McMuetet
Wc & Pacific Fleet
Pearl
Hongng
Pelican
Pacific
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Phillippines
Nimitz
Williams FL
China
Formosa
Tokyo
Admiral Nimitz
Philippines
Bombers Hit Cologne and Western Front Targets
London dispatch reports American Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombing Cologne and key western front communications and rail yards for the sixth straight day. Mosquito fighters escorted raids across Prussia, with Italian-based bombers hitting shipyards and aircraft targets in Germany Austria and Czechoslovakia broadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cologne
Rhine
Henschelck
Betternhausen Nance
Bers
Italy
Germany
Austria
Oslovakia
Tera
Salsburg
Linz
World War II Fronts Update From Formosa To Aachen
Journal summary notes heavy air and sea actions across the Pacific and European theaters. British and Allied forces press into transport lanes near Aachen as German resistance stiffens, while Russian offensives and tank battles unfold north of Budapest. Japanese and Chinese actions are reported on multiple fronts with shifting gains and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Nimitzuis
Tokyo
Aachen
Alles
Western
D-Day
Budapest
Kesselring
Toma
Hungary Revolt Crushed By Hitlermen Report
AP reports that German and Hungarian forces collapsed as Budapest neared occupation with Hungary’s First Army chief Dalnok and staff defecting to the Soviets. New commanders named for the First and Second Armies as Nazi puppet government consolidates control and Horthy’s armistice plea is revoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INDON
DNE
Bela Miklos von Dalnok
Keri
Red Army
Hungary
Budapest
Dalnok
Ludwig Veress
Berin
Ferenc , Szalasi
Dezsoe Laszlo
Eugen Major
Nicholas
Horthy
Simday
County
Ferenc Szadasi
Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Austria
Hurricane May Hit Southern Florida
The Weather Bureau warned a tropical hurricane in the Caribbean was headed toward the Isle of Pines and Western Cuba and may trigger warnings for extreme South Florida. The center lay 75 to 80 miles south of the Isle of Pines and 180 miles from Havana as winds rose to 50 to 55 mph, with pressure falling.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Florida
Isle of Piner
Havane
San Pulian
Hayvanna
Nimitz: Japs Suffer Heavy Losses in Six Days
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said American task forces have inflicted heavy attrition on Japan during six days of operations near Japan. He reported Japanese losses averaging more than 10 aircraft and ten ships per day and noted sinking 93 ships and destroying about 670 aircraft since early October.
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New York
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Yesterdday
Pearl Harbor
Herald Tribune Forum
Niraltz
Admiral Halsey
Ryukyu Islands
Nimitz
Me. i
City And County Charities Drive Launched Today
Dr. Gaston Foote of Cloverdale Methodist Church in Montgomery spoke at the launch of Alabama War Chest and Dothan United Charities Chest to raise a 33000 quota. About 50 volunteers and military personnel from Camp Rucker and Napier Field attended, emphasizing American values of charity and humanitarian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy
Gaston Foote
Cloverdale
Foote
America
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Louis Pasteur
Madame Eve Curie
Red Cross
Dewey and Truman trade barbs in heated race
Associated Press reports a sharp clash as Dewey attacks the Roosevelt era as the most incompetent administration while Truman labels Dewey a fence straddler. Ickes and Luce add sharp volleys as Dewey and Truman tour key states and address voters amid a tense campaign.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Truman
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
Clare Boothe Luce
Newark
Luce
CIO
Karl Marx
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
America
British Restoring Order Among Greeks in Athens
British troops landed from over 150 war ships and patrolled Athens to quell Greek faction clashes. Navy units from the United Kingdom Canada South Africa Greece France and Poland participated. Troops disembarked at Piraeus and paraded through the capital as locals cheered, with reports noting German occupation times included machine gun killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Athena
Piraeus
Athens
Greece
New Zealanders Advance On Broad Italian Front
Allied reports say New Zealand troops of the Eighth Army pushed along a broad front north of the Rimini Bologna highway crossing the Scola Rigossa canal toward the Pisciatello River. The Fifth Army gained up to 1000 yards in the mountains near Bologna as heavy German artillery fired against forward lines south of the city.
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Rome
New Zealand
Eighth Army
Rimini - Bologna
Scola Rigossa Canal
Pisciatello River
Fifth Army
University City
Italy
Bologna
Albert Kliesgelring
Highway 65
Florence
Livergnano
Geilenkirchen
Supreme Headquarters
Osteden
Aachen
Gellenkirchen
Wurerelen
Teopold Canal
Tia Schelde
Antwerp
Breskens
Berlin
Aachen-Venray
Controversial Military Training Issue Heads to Congress
Congress will consider compulsory peacetime military training after the election. Senate and House Military Committees will be summoned to meet the week of Nov 14 to start early consideration of bills. General George C. Marshall backs a reasonable peacetime universal training period to build a strong reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
House Military Committee
Reynotas
United Nations Organization
George C. Marshal
Finnish Fighting Above Arctic Line
Stockholm AP report says Finnish troops crossed the Arctic Circle on several points as they push to clear Germans from Lapland near Rovaniemi. Nazis defend forts with strong resistance while Finnish broadcasts claim Rovaniemi captured. heavy battles occur in the Tornenjvy valley with tanks and heavy artillery. Germans retreat from Turtela as Finns pursue and seize Kuoksenki.
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Stockholm
Arctic
Lapland
Kuoksenki
Edwin Shanke
Norway
Diermans
Legation
Grini
Oslo
Elephant Convicted On Murder Charge
Queenie the 40 year old Melbourne Zoo elephant was convicted of murdering keeper Thomas Langon aged 63 after a coroner led court hearing. Prosecution said the animal crushed Langon with its trunk and knelt on his chest while defense argued Queenie had long carried children gently at the zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Queenie
Thomas Langon
Southern officials oppose proposed freight rate hike
Southern Public Service commissioners from 10 states seek elimination of a 10 percent passenger rate rise and cancellation of a proposed freight increase. The Office of Price Administration backs revoking the passenger hike and delaying the freight tariff, estimating combined added rail revenue of about 480 million dollars. The ICC granted the higher 5 percent freight tariffs in 1942 but suspended them last year. Walter R. McDonald was named to represent the commissioners at the Atlanta discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Public Service Commissionera
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Public Service Commissioners
Atlanta
Walter R. McDonald
Georgia Public Service
Southeastern Association of Public Service Commissioners
Roosevelt
New York
Russians Launch Great Offensive, Berlin Announces
AP dispatches report a major war-oriented push by Russian forces across East Prussia and Lithuania with fierce battles near Ilkaviskis and Memel. Berlin notes strong German defense, heavy bombardment, and expected tank assaults toward Warsaw and beyond as Yugoslav and Bulgarian fronts shift near Nis and Belgrade.
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T.onddon
East Frussia
Tilsit
Memen
East Prussia
Hitler
East Prussa
Berlin
Warew
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nis
Wasach Herlin
Warsaw
Praga
Gat Hungarien
Buda
Lithunia
Skopje
Vardar
Greece
Germany
Moscow
Thenpur
Vranje
Sokpije
Lehane
First Yank Sea-Borne Assault On Formosa Fierce
The first American sea-borne assault on Formosa Island opened with fierce aerial combat. Adm. Mare A. Miseler’s carrier force reports heavy Japanese bombing attempts but relentless US fighters shot down 27 enemy planes in one engagement. Another group claimed 40 interceptors destroyed as operations damaged Formosa airfields and a key naval base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Landsberg
U. S
Formosa
Formosa Island
Mare A. Miseler
China Sea
U. S. Lnss
Flying Bombs Batter South England Again Tonight
British coastal observers reported the heaviest barrage of the war as flying bombs hit Southern England and the London area for the sixth straight night. Some were shot down by ground gunners and patrol planes, but several breached defenses causing damage and casualties, the Air Ministry announced.
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London
England
Air Ministry
Liberator sinks two Japanese ships in China operation
A single B-24 Liberator from the 14th Air Force, Adv Base China, attacked a six-ship convoy moving toward Farmosa. The bomber struck a heavy cruiser, sank a destroyer, and damaged armor as the crew fought to pull out of a dive after a near-magazine explosion. Maj. H. H. B. Stump Carswell Jr and Capt. Donald N. Armstrong led the evasive maneuver to return safely.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth AU
14Th Air Force
China
Farmosa
China Sea
HH. B. Stump Carswell Jr
Donald N. Armatrong
Gesling
Germans Break in to Aachen Front Amid Allied Push
Allied gains press toward Aachen as Venray area clashes intensify. British and American troops fight house to house while German defenses crumble along the Siegfried Line front. The Aachen pocket tightens with U S First Army linking forces and German attempts to break the ring failing. Nine words replaced.
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Associated Press
London
Venray
Tie Resch
Todsy
U. S
Aachen Secu
Aachen
Normandy
Tommies
House
Hous
Verray
Maas
Meuse
Forth
Cure
Siegfried Line
Geilenkirchen
Germany
Petition Against Jim Crowing Filed
In Pittsburgh AP report 220 Western Pennsylvania Negro ministers endorsed a petition urging President to halt Jim Crow practices by executive order. Edgar G Brown says the resolution targets 1,000,000 Negro citizens with armed forces relatives and cites returning veterans barred from terrain rest and redistribution centers.
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Pittsburgh
Ronsevell
Edgar G. Brown
Washington
National Negro Council
Brown
United States
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