Thorough Canvass Urged At Halfway Mark In Fund Drive
Officials of the combined War Chest and Charities Chest appeal urge a strong volunteer canvass at the halfway point. About 17,000 of the quota is subscribed with many cards yet unreported. President J P Culver stresses prompt reporting and full participation to meet the drive before it delays local aid and salaries peak.
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Alabama War Chest
United Charities Chest Appeal
Gebe
Fords
Wis
Charities Chest Office
J. P. Culver
S & Charities Chest
Drive Leailers
Si Yama War Chest
Heavy Registration Forecasts Big Vote
An Associated Press survey of registration in 18 cities shows a record turnout ahead of the 1940 presidential election. About 42 million people registered, including servicemen and women who applied ballots, signaling heavy participation in the national vote.
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New York
Associated Press
World War II Fronts Update From Pacific to Europe
The Associated Press dispatch outlines MacArthur turning Leyte into a ready base for further moves against Japan as tanks pursue harassed forces. Nimitz carriers press Nipponese bases. British Indian forces drive toward Antwerp. American Third Army advances near Nancy with Berlin expected. Russians push into East Prussia with two columns toward Intersburg and toward Tu iu, while Greece sees German retreat from Evvoia and Lemnos. Chinese counterattacks threaten Liuchow as the last airbase in the southeast remains.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Leyte Island
Nimitz
TERN
Great Antwerp
Nancy
Berlin
First Army
East Prussia
Tel Intersburg
Arctic
Greece
Evvoia
Lemnos
Cyclades
Eighth Army
Italy
Ocja
Japa
Liuchow
Board Of Inquiry Appointed To Probe Blast At Cleveland
In Cleveland an investigation panel, half chemists and engineers from Case School, is formed to probe the blast. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber says up to 200 may have died. 99 known dead, more than 100 missing, 49 of them from East Ohio Gas Co. More than 680 homeless housed in schools. debris cleared as services restored. Damage estimates range from 7 to 15 million dollars.
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East Ohio Gas Co
Gerber
Stanley Orr
Cleveland Red Cross
Lausche
Case School of Applied Science
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Churchill Returns From Moscow Talks
London reports Prime Minister Churchill, back from a 10 day visit to Moscow, to inform the House of Commons this week about meetings with Premier Stalin and Soviet leaders. He traveled with Sir Alan Brooke and met Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, and also spent 24 hours in Cairo consulting with army and navy commanders.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Moscow
House of Commons
Stalin
Alan Brooke
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
CHUM
Cairo
Gen McNarney Takes Mediterranean Post
Lt. Gen. Joseph McNarney assumed duties as deputy supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean theater under Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and commanding general of the North African theater of operations. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Jacob L Devers, now commanding the Sixth Army Group in France. McNarney arrived at an Italian airfield from Washington where he was deputy chief of staff under Gen. George C. Marshall.
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Rome
Joseph McNarney
Mediterranean
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jacob L Devers
Sixth Army
France
McNarney
Washington
George C. Marshall
France Begins Trials Of Those Who Aided Nazis
Paris reports the first step in France’s purge against Nazi collaborators as the Palais de Justice opens trials aimed at 100000 accused. George Suarez, journalist and director of the German backed Aujourd hui newspaper, faces potential firing squad. France builds 254 courts nationwide. 2000 new charges in four days in Paris area, with about 10000 under arrest.
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Gladwin Biel
Paris
France
Palais de Justice
George Suarez
Aujourd "Hin
Ministry of Justice
Three Hurt As Auto Collides With Train
A taxi driver Floyd Willis Kelley Jr and two passengers Irma Joyce Rogers and Agnes Crockett, all injured lightly, were involved when their car hit a Bay Line train at Cottonwood crossing near Dothan yesterday around 1 p.m. Police said the driver attempted to brake but could not avoid the crash after the car skidded about 45 feet and bounced 15 feet.
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Bay Line
Cottonwood Crossing
Floyd Willis Kelley
North St. Andrews Street
Irma Joyce Rogers
Dothan
Agnes Crockett
T. R. Knight
W. D. Snead
Tricky Sales Laid To Used Car Dealers
Birmingham AP report cites unscrupulous used car dealers using tricks to evade price ceilings. Sam Watkins of the Birmingham OPA says tactics include trading in a cheaper car at real value while charging full price for the new car, taking rebates on financing, refusing cash negotiations, steering customers to preferred finance firms, and adding service or finder fees beyond maximum prices. Consumers urged to report violations to local War Price and Rationing Boards.
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Birmingham
Sam 3. Watkins
Price Administration
Watking
OPA
Watkins
Ball backs Roosevelt in foreign policy pledge
Minnesota Senator Joseph H Baill a Republican now says he will vote for and support President Roosevelt. He says Roosevelt has faced key foreign policy issues more directly than Governor Dewey and backs forming the United Nations Security Organization without delay with authority to use force.
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Washington
Joseph H. Baill
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Ball
League
FDR presses eastward campaign blitz for votes
President Roosevelt plans a Friday speech on business at Shibe Park Philadelphia and may appear in Chicago Saturday. An appearance in Boston likely November 4 with Cleveland and an end in mind in Philadelphia. Roosevelt pursues aggressive finish to his third term bid across the industrial East and Midwest.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
East
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Midwest
Red Forces Reach Norwegian Border and Midwest Vote Appeal
AP report notes Truman accusing Senate Republicans of a “blackjack” policy to press voters toward Roosevelt’s presidential bid. Truman praises Sen. Ball for switching to support Roosevelt and urges Dewey to repudiate isolationists. He previews an off the cuff foreign policy speech at a Democratic meeting in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Senate
Harry S.S. Truman
Joseph H Ball
R.minn
Roosevelt
Sen. Balls
Truman
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Group
St. Paul
Hoosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster
Dewey
House
Germans report new Soviet drive in East Prussia
Russian forces pushed 18 miles inside Germany seizing Golap and widening advances along East Prussia boundary. Berlin acknowledged deep penetrations near Goldap and Suwalki, front extended toward Memel and Augustow. Soviet gains also claimed in Hungary and Yugoslavia with Baja and Nyiregyhaza cited. Tilgit rail center reached.
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HIC
London
Goldop
Germany
Goldap
Suwalki
Memel
Augustow
East Prussia
Arctic
Norway
Kirkenes
Murmansk
Archangel
Russia
Austria
Vienna
Moscow
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Somvor
Belgrade
Nyiregyhaza
Baja
Danube
Berlin
Tilgit
Niemen
Napoleon
Alexander
Labor Sees Trouble Ahead In Selective Service Act
Washington report by James Mazlow notes labor leaders warn the Selective Service Act may fail veterans job protection after wartime unemployment ends. They cite two interpretations by 85 directors that could pit veterans against organized labor and aid anti union forces. One guards a returning veteran’s old or similar job, another bars reemployment when employers have new agreements altering conditions since the veteran left.
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Labor
Americans Drive Inland On Island At Steady Pace
American soldiers pushed westward on Leyte Island's southern front overrunning strong Japanese positions and moving up the Leyte valley inland from Dulag. Lt. Pol Herbert Edmundson led infantry with tanks, as the valley opens for tank warfare and broadens toward San Pablo and Burauen. Tacloban became the temporary capital as MacArthur announced base construction around captured airfields.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Philippines
WIA Army Radio
Leyte Island
Leyte
A. P
al Cocking
Dulag
Pol Herbert Edmundson
Georgia
San Pablo
Burauen
Dagami
Monotin Post- Vong
Tacloban
Douglas MacArthur
Taclobon
Dilag
Japan
Hig
Fura
Peanut Growers Map Postwar Campaigns
AP dispatch from Chicago reports Walter Richards of Columbus Georgia, president of the National Peanut Council, warning against rushing price gains as postwar demands stabilize. He notes the 1944 peanut crop could reach 2,345,000 pounds, with officials from the Georgia Peanut Company and Albany Georgia peanut broker Earl L Speer among conference participants.
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Chicago
Walter Richards
Columbus
National Peanut Council
Homer G. Ray, Sr
Georgia Peanut Company
And
Earl L Speer
Albany
Allied troops seize Cervia amid river floods on Adriatic front
Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast report occupation of Cervia four miles north of Cervia and 32 miles from Ravenna. Allied bridgeheads on the Savio enlarged as Canadian and British units press through heavy German counterattacks near Enna and Castel San Pietro amid floods and strong resistance.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Cervia
Cagenafico
Ravenna
Fifth Army
Rimini
Italy
Savio River
Cenena
Franaineio
Castel San Pietro
Bologna
Recognition of De Gaulle regime as provisional government
The United States and Great Britain recognized the De Gaulle administration as the provisional government of the French Republic. Moscow radio and reports from Ottawa and Canberra echoed the move. Interior zones were designated where French authorities have full responsibility apart from combat areas.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
de Gaulle
Moscow Radio
Russia
Ottawa
Canberra
Stettiniva
France
Paris
Stettinius
Charles de Gaulle
2500 Allied Planes Fire on Six German Targets
London AP reports 2500 Allied aircraft, including 1100 U.S. Fortresses and Liberators plus 750 fighters, struck six targets deep in Germany with no losses and minimal antiaircraft effectiveness. Bombing waves hit Hamm, Munster, Hannover, Brunswick while RAF Lancasters with escorts attacked Neuss and a railway hub near Düsseldorf. Mosquitos also targeted Hamburg and western objectives.
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London
Germany
U. S
Hamm
Munster
Hanonover
Brunswick
Gong
Neuss
Dusseldorf
Hamburg
Soldiers Nabbed On Stolen Truck
Two Camp Rucker soldiers Private Daniela Lee Roy Potts and Corporal Casimir Paw were arrested after stealing a truck from Wil Nats Veneer Co. of Montgomery near Dothan. A chase by Alabama State Highway Patrol for about two miles ended with Potts and Paw in custody at the county jail on a grand larceny charge.
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Camp Rucker
Alabama
Daniela Lee Roy Potts
Casimir Paw
Joawski
Dothan
T. R. Knight
W. D. Sneed
Wil- Nats Veneer Co
Montgomery
A. R. I Oliver
Oliver
Knight
Sneed
Rune
Grand
Pressure Increases On Nazi Positions Along Wast Front
Allied forces press relentlessly from Holland to the Swiss border as six armies drive at the shrinking German line. British, Canadian, American units push toward Antwerp, Roosendaal, Aachen, and the Saar valley while bombers widen the gaps and seal off Schelde fronts. Continuous pressure signs a looming major offensive despite weather hampering operations.
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William Frye
London
Holland
Switzerland
Antwerp
Breda
Aachen
Saar Valley
Vosges
Second
Bolland Salient
S-Hertogen-Borch
Esachen
Dutch Naglan
Antwarp
Roosendaal
Aniverg A6
Maas
Meuse
Bergen Op
Breakens
Fort Frederik Hendrik
Schoodijke
Eoely
Scheldernet
Breskens
Fort Henari
Viissingen
Fushing
Forth
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S
Duren Afar Ste Cap
Wurtselen
Cologne
Rhine
Evvola Island Cleared as German Forces Yield in Greece
AP dispatches report Evvola near Athens fully cleared of Germans after Klisikis surrendered to British and Greek patriots. A remaining 250 German troops held four Gouves on the northeast coast before evacuation. Lemnos and the Cyclades also reported freed as British actions expanded to Mudros.
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Rome
Evvola
Euboea
Athens
Aled
Klisikis
Fehnd
Aegeania
Lemnos
Cyclades
Greece
Mudros
Dardshelles
Coant
Madres
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East Ohio Gag Company
Ohio Onty
Board of Inquiry
Samuel R. Gerber
Gen. McNarney
GOP
Solon
U.S
FDR
Red
Norwegian
Midwest States
James Mazlow Washington
Peanut Growers
Sth
Wast Front
Gellenkirchen
Tolerg
Vosges War
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Sser Valley
Bezanye la Petite
Moncourt
Saar
Seventh Army
Vosges Paseau
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