American Carrier Bombers Step Up Philippines Assault
U S carrier planes hammer Japanese held Philippines as Navy Secretary announces steady progress. Nimitz confirms continued attacks on Pacific targets with landings by the 1st Division in the Carolines at Ulithi. MacArthur reports aircraft from west Pacific bases airlift north toward Mindanao to intercept a Japanese convoy.
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Philippines
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
America
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Jad
Carolines
Ulithitol
Uuithi
Tokyo Radio
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
West Pacific
Mindanao
London Under Siege as Robots Strike Again
AP dispatch reports London and southeastern England hit by robot bomb attacks for the seventh straight day. Anti aircraft gunners engaged multiple targets over Bath and surrounding areas. casualties and damage were reported as the alert continued into the night.
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London
England
World Today report on Allied push and Pacific actions
Allied tanks mass in Hol for a major advance with American slowdowns. Red Army cleanup in Latvia and heavy fighting around Belgrade. Paratroop drops near Crete and the Pacific front notes Nimitz aircraft, Philippine approaches, and a new base in the Carolines as MacArthur presses Mindanao.
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Venray
Nezia
Hol
Lativa
Belgrade
Island of
Scarpanto
Nimitz
Ippine
Carolines
MacArthurs
Mindanao
Roaring Hurricane Sweeps From Cuba Toward Florida
Senate investigators heard William J. Goodwin of New York admit the anti-fourth term group kept some contributor names off its books and accepted corporate money. He said concealment was to protect facts until revealed to proper authorities. Several named gifts totaled thousands from individuals and a Potash Company of America payment was questioned.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Campaign Expenditures
William J. Goodwin
New York
American Democratic National Committee
Goodwin
Robert Murpy
Winds Of Great Velocity Reported
A powerful tropical hurricane struck Havana Cuba causing deaths and injuries and moved toward Florida Keys. At 2 30 p m the center was about 40 miles southwest of Key West with winds up to 160 mph in gusts. Key West and the southwest Florida coast were warned of a west of center pass and continued northward movement. Communications to many Florida Keys areas were out and reports said houses were blown down in Havana. The Isle of Pines remained cut off as the hurricane neared.
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MOAMI
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Florida
Craig
Key West
United States
Fiorida Keys
Cuban Red Cross
Ateast
Miami
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
Alligator Reef
Pan American Airways
Isle of Pines
Tampa
Vero Weach
Cedar Keys
Okeechobee
Gulf of Mexico
Pege 2
Dale Subscribes War Chest Quota
Archie D. Carmichheel district chairman of the Alabama War Chest announced Dale County subscribed to its quota of $6932.32 and District Chairman Judge F. C. Deese was mailing a check to War Chest headquarters. The drive, only 2 days old, reached the quota as volunteers and citizens worked quickly. Carmichael urged other Wiregrass counties to follow Dale County’s example to ensure district success.
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Archie D. Carmichheel
Alabama War Chest
Dale County
F. C. Deese
State War Chest
Dale
Carmichael
American Troops Advance In Italy Near Bologna
Allied forces push toward Bologna as American units move north of Livergnano on Highway 65 and advance into the Po Valley. Eighth Army clears Rimini Bologna highway and closes on Cesena from east and south. British Indian troops gain ground near Santa Anna and press toward Mount Belmonte with air support amid stiff engagements.
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Rome
Bologna
Livergnano
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Rimini - Bologna
Cesena
Pito
Santa Anna
Mount Belmonte
Dothan High Band Heads to Montgomery for Friday Game
Dothan High School band will depart Friday morning at 9 by bus for Montgomery to perform at the football game between Dothan and Sidney Lanier high schools. Band director Howell Hampton said the group will return after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Montgomery
Sidney Lanier High
Howell Hampton
Eighth Air Force Strikes Cologne For Fourth Time
The U S Eighth Air Force pressed attacks on Cologne for the fourth time in five days, aiming to cripple the Ruhr city before the ground push. About half of the under 600 Flying Fortresses struck Kassel instead, targeting industrial sites and freight yards, while 450 Mustangs and Thunderbolts provided escort after a night without German raids.
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London
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Cologne
Ruhr
Kassel
Reich
Isle of Scarpanto Taken by British Forces
Rome AP report says two British destroyers landed troops and seized the Greek island of Scarpanto at dawn after local resistance contained the enemy garrison. Scarpanto lies in the Dodecanese between Crete and Rhodes, about 3 miles long with narrow width.
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Rome
Secarpanto
Dodecanese
Scarpanto
Crete
Rhodes
Officials Plead For Wide Awake Charities Drive
Campaign officials in Dothan and Houston County urge a broader effort for the War Chest Charities Drive, reporting sparse donations on opening day amid concerns over volunteer reporting and progress toward the $33,000 quota. The drive began with a Houston Hotel breakfast and cards distributed to volunteers to boost contributor outreach.
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Dothan
Houston County
Houston Hotel
Charities Chest Office
Drive
Goods Production Is Authorized By WPB In 750 Plants
Civilian goods production is authorized in more than 750 plants under the spot authorization plan. WPB reports applications arriving at about 500 weekly, with 2,562 companies filing by October 1 and 441 approved. Additional firms are starting or preparing to start production of items from vacuum cleaners to milk coolers, sofa beds, and other consumer goods as a wartime bridge to peacetime output.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
Germany
WPB
WPH
Maytag Company
Newton
Towa
WFB
Athens Damaged by Retreating Germans in World War II
Athens, Oct. 17. German demolitions in the port of Petraeus caused about 10 million dollars in damage as Nazis moved north, but the capital largely escaped harm due to Patriots sabotage. Civil friction looms as exiled government authority is awaited. Greek puppet government inflates prices and scarce food. open city declaration issued. power and water mostly maintained. transport crippled. communications cut.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
Petraeus
Pargeus
George Papandreou
Tsirimekos
Kartalis
Greece
Marathon
Felmi
Political Parties Clash In Claims About New Congress
AP dispatch from Washington reports Democratic and Republican leaders predicting outcomes for the new Congress. Democratic Drewry says Democrats may gain 20 to 40 seats in the House, while Republican Palleck forecasts Republicans winning 12 to 15 seats. The House currently stands with 214 Democrats to 121 Republicans as tensions rise ahead of January.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Drewry
D.-Va
Rep
Palleck
Ind
House
Ruckers Wildcat Division Seizes Ulithi Islands Bloodlessly
A swift amphibious operation by Ruckers Wildcat Division enveloped Ulithi atoll islands, seizing seven major islets with no casualties. The bloodless invasion, likened to Kwajalein action, expands American sea and air blockade reach in the Caroline Islands as U.S. forces prepare further strikes.
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Charles F. Arnot
Associated Press
Admiral Blandy
Ulith
Anchorage
Elementa
Siat
Wildcat
Ulithi Atoll
Aar
Caroline Islands
Palza-Studded
Sanda
High Command
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Ulithi
America
Berlin Announces New Soviet Drive On Broad Front
Berlin reports a Soviet assault across a broad front with forces crossing the Carpathians into Czechoslovakia and pushing toward East Prussia. Marshal Stalin allegedly proclaimed the breakthrough as the Red Army advances from the Baltic region extending to Schirwindt near the Reich.
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Berlin
London
Germany
East Prussia
Red Army
Baltic States
Schirwindt
Reich
Moscow
Wirbalis
Junkers
Dewey to Clarify Foreign Policy at New York Forum
Gov Thomas E Dewey may present his final major interpretation of Republican foreign policy at a New York Herald Tribune forum in New York City tonight three days before Roosevelt's address. He will discuss responsible participation in an international security organization while avoiding a break with administration policy. The speech precedes Roosevelt's Saturday address and both candidates face calls to outline a course for preserving world peace without a congressional declaration of war.
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Jack Kell
Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
United States In & Cooperative International Organization
Dewey
St. Louis
Herald Tribune Forum
Foreign Poli Ey Association
CHS
Mutual
Joseph Ball R.minn
Male Hunting Girls Facing Male Dearth
Census Bureau data reveal about 1.7 million unmarried men aged 20 to 34 in civilian life and some 4 million unmarried women in the same age group. The ratio suggests far fewer men per woman, with many women reportedly uninterested in matrimony, signaling a historic shift in marriage potential.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bobby Pox
Clvilian Ife
Hitler Decree Calls All Males From 1660 to Form Home Guard
London AP reports Adolf Hitler issued a decree calling all able bodied men from fourteen to sixty into the Volkssturm, a civilian armed home guard, as Germany moves toward a second total mobilization amid war pressures. The announcement claims readiness to break the enemy will and defend against knockout blows with mass mobilization. Names of officials cited include Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels, with prior mobilization impacts noted.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Volkssturm
Britain
France
Himmler
Goering
Goebbels
Iil
Red Cross
Itany
Car Sale Overcharges Revealed by OPA in September
The War Price and Rationing Boards in Montgomery district found overcharges on two cars and a truck during September, securing refunds totaling $2,936.50. Dr. H A Collins said price ceilings on used vehicles began July 10 with required transfer certificates. Violations declined after notices, but some sellers took side payments to hide the actual price, leading to $400 in fines and three years probation on four egregious cases. Buyers and sellers urged to verify ceilings with local boards before transactions.
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Montgomery
OPA
H.A. Collins
Collina
Collings
Callas
American Divisions Identified On Front
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PARIS AP recapitulates official announcements listing American divisions operating on the Western Front since D Day. Armored divisions include Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh and others. Airborne divisions include First and Second. Infantry divisions listed include First Second Third Fourth Fifth Eighth and more.
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Supreme Headquarters OF
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
British Mould Solid Front In East Holland
British troops captured Venray and formed a 10 mile front in Eastern Holland near Duisburg as Berlin boasted half a million men facing in the Netherlands. Canadians to the west pressed back a German pocket blocking Antwerp, while U S bombers hit Cologne and German reserves. French and American forces advanced toward Metz and Vosges passes as a secret Nazi weapon story surfaced about a “Death Cycle” machine gun on the Russian front.
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Associated Press
London
Venray
Holland
Duisburg
Berlin
Netherlands
Juse
Antwerp
Aachenstil
U. S
Cologne
Berelin
France
U. & Third Army
Metz
Vosges
Reich
British Second Army takes Venray as German pocket tightens
British Second Army forces seized Venray near the Meas River and advanced two miles southeast, while Canadian units pushed toward Breskens and IJmendijke. Allied reports described steady progress along a broad front from Breskens to Antwerp and mopping up actions around Aachen as they prepare for the next drive into the Siegfried Line. American armored columns reportedly bridged the Canal De Doorn on the right flank, and German resistance remained stubborn in the Vosges foothills and near Metz and Nancy.
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Venray
Meas River
Supreme Headquarters
Schelde
Antwerp
Breskens
Belefort
Hlod. Crerar
Ijrendijke
Aix
Reich
Aachen
Eisenhower
Cowlogna
Third Army
Nancy-Sur- Moselle
Metz
Associated Presa
Wes Gale Jegher
Vosges
Aled
Bruyeres
le Thillot
Arca
Vennay
U.S. First Army
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Caroline Isles
Ecves
Navy
Persea
San
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Muraa
Mumnobe
The
Murphy
Senator Bail
R-Minn
Robert E. Wood
Chicago
Harry Weiss
Houston
Texas
C. A.coryell
Bay City
Mich
Potash Company of America
Carlsbad
N. M
Ball
R. B. Walker Company
Italy
Dothan High
Eighth Air Force
Isle of Scarpanto
Rucker
Carpathi She
Czechoslovakia
Stalin
Kalvarija
Ernst von Hammerwald
Birbalig
Lithuania
Tom Dewey
East Holland
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