German Warship Toll Mounting In Holland Front
German forces under Field Marshal Waller Von Model launched a desperate counterattack along a 10 mile front in western Holland. Allied forces, including Canadian and British troops, held the line as German attempts to strike at Antwerp failed. British landings on South Beveland established a beachhead while Canadians pushed toward the South Beveland Canal, with the battle continuing as Berlin claimed several towns fell to German forces.
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Berlin
Joedekenskerke
Hansweert
Beveland Canal
Schelde
Beveland
Fall Of Gumbinnen Expected By Russians
Russian forces push toward Gumbinnen East Prussia with reports of captured towns and encirclements. Moscow says Germans evacuating civilians as Red Army gains along Kaunas Konigsberg highway and fights near the city. Berlin tallies tank losses while storming Finland and Norway fronts.
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Gumbinnen
World War II Daily War Fronts and Gallant Struggles
The Wor d Today reports German attempts to break the Dutch pincers along the 10 mile line near Betth and a seven square mile beachhead on the South Bever Kad. Churchill says the European war is in its last stages but fighting continues. Russian and Polish fronts see renewed activity. In the Pacific, MacArthur advances in the Philippines while Philippine sea actions claim ships and battalions. The eastern front shows German pressure in East Prussia and a solid Soviet line in Czechoslovakia. British and Italian fronts face heavy resistance in the Po Valley as air forces pound retreating forces. Japan reports counter actions in Southeast China and Tokyo claims successes against bases in China.
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Betth
Bever
Churchill
Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Navy
Mihate
Battier
Halaey
East Prussia
Gumbinnen
Czechoslo
Taly
Dapanesa
Minguyuan
Southeast
China
Sankonat of
Tokyo
Chinesa
War Charities Drive News Shows Slow Fund Rise
Alabama War Chest and Dothan Charities Chest report a $33,000 goal with $11,000 remaining as funds come in slowly. Chairman Jommy Dees notes many cards still out and that solicitors may continue next week. Agencies across 22 groups and 10 local charities are awaiting reports and follow ups.
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Alabama War Chest
Dothan Charities
Jommy Dees
Dothan Charities Chest
Dothan
Stranded Ensign Harrassed Japs
Liss D Richardson, a former PT boat officer from Maywood California, missed the last plane to Australia by three days and joined Philippine guerrillas on Leyte. He helped wound or kill about 400 Japanese and aided covert radio station construction that aided sinking Japanese ships.
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Marlin Spencer
Leyte
Liss D. Richardson
Australaa
Omm
John Bulkeley
Saft
Richardson
Philippines
Maywood
Calif
Australia
8th Army Reports Heavy Hunl Defenses Near Forts
Allied HQ announced heavy German defenses two miles east of Forts along Highway 9. Patrols crossed the swollen Ronco River on a broad front, but counterattacks with tanks drove them back. Indian troops south of the Bologna Rimini Highway also reached the river as river flows northward.
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Forts
Ronco
Bologna
Rimini
Governors To Visit Camp Rucker November 10
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks will visit Camp Rucker on Friday November 10 with state heads. Col. Martin C. Shallenberger extends the invitation and post officials meet the party at the Ozark Gate. The day includes field demonstrations tours of cold storage plants shops and a 155 mm Howitzer demo. A luncheon may be held at Station Complement Officers Club. The list of dignitaries includes Lt. Gov H Els Attorney General Willam N McQueen Secretary of State Sibyl Pool Treasurer Walter De Lusk Superintendent of Education EB Norton and many state department leaders.
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Themooth F. A. Group
Camp Rucker
Chauncey Sparks
JL. ‘H. Els
Willam N. McQueen
John Brandon
Sibyl Pool
Walter Dc. Lusk
Iressurer
EB. Norton
Joe N. Poole
Agriculture and Industries
George L. Cleere
Direc
WW. O. Dobbins, Jr
State, Planning Board
Miss Laula Dunn
Department of Public Welfare
John D.chichester
Real
van Buren Gilbert
Jury Deliberations Start In Fancher Grandmother Murder Case
In Halstead Court a 2:01 p.m. jury began deliberations in the fatal bludgeoning of 64-year-old Mrs. Fancher by her granddaughter Trell Fancher, an 18-year-old Dothan woman. The day featured closing testimony on mental state with the State contending against insanity defenses and a psychiatrist testifying the defendant is constitutionally psychopathic but not insane.
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Halstex
Irel] Fancher
D. C. Halstead
Trell Fancher
Savannah Street
Keeney Baxiey
Faucher
Halstead
W. H. Longley, Jr
Camp Rucker
New Jersey State Hospital For
Fancher
Thies
Naval Victory Marked on 169th Anniversary of Navy
The United States Navy celebrates its 149th anniversary amid reports of a major Pacific Fleet victory over Japan. Navy Secretary Forrestal warns the enemy may still boast a sizeable fleet and could recover ships for future combat. Early dispatches list nine ships sunk and at least 17 damaged, with estimates varying on total Japanese losses.
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Hamilton W. Faron Washington
United States Navy
Navy
Forrestal
Au Munk
Sumkarel
Warships Named For Alabama Cities Make Fine Battle Records
The Navy releases wartime records for the Alabama class ships, including the battleship Alabama and cruisers Mobile Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. It notes the Alabama served with the British fleet in 1943 and fought in Pacific campaigns at Tarawa Kwajalein and D Day, with ongoing operations protecting carriers and bombardments. The Birmingham, commissioned 1943, fought in Sicily Wake Island and the Solomons, delivering heavy bombardment and escape from damage.
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Alabama
Mobile
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Navy
Navy Day
Pacific
Mille
Jaluit
Tarawa
Maxin
Nauru
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Sicily
Wake Island
Salomons
Solomona
Churchill Says War With Germany In Final Stages
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that Britain and allies are in the last lap of the war with Germany. He described a close UK Soviet US alignment on Southeastern Europe and a strong push toward a peaceful postwar settlement. He noted unresolved Polish–Russian tensions but said cooperation remains strong.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Churchill
Germany
Commons
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Europe
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt
Poland
United States
Courchin
Adolf Hitler
Churchil
Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Cof
Eagle Sunday Comics Still Not Received
The Eagle reports its Sunday comics have not arrived after the original shipment was destroyed by fire at the Bay Line terminal. The paper states it is doing all in its power to get the favorite funny characters to readers Sunday.
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Eagle
Bay Line
Are You In Market For An Ice Grouser
Washington AP reports surplus World War I items offered by the Treasury surplus office. Items include ice grousers for tractors, bolo scabbards, rimusquito bars, prematic life rafts, helmets, ambulances, and mosquito bars. Many pieces sold through channels rather than retail, with some advertised as shoe scrapers or toy misuses.
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Max Hall Washington
Treasury
Office of
Americans Build 40-Mile Leyte Front as Invasion Presses
General MacArthur reports rapid advance on Leyte Island with a 40 mile invasion front inland to free up 15 communities. Western resistance near Polo intensifies while a counterattack on Samar is repulsed. Air raids claim 76 Japanese aircraft as U S forces secure Leyte's eastern coast and link 10th and 24th Corps south of Tacloban. 7th Division seizes Tabontabon and pursues toward Catmon Hill, while the 26th Division meets stiff Japanese opposition near Palo. Farther north, operations near San Juanico continue.
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MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Polo
Samar
Dulag
10Th
24Th
Janauan
Tacloban
Leyte Valley
Burl
7Th Division
Dagami
Tabontabon
Catmon Hill
26Th
Palo
Nold
San Juanico
DeGaulle restricts Spanish operations at border in talks
Paris reports the DeGaulle government plans to restrict Spanish Republican strikes near the border as it moves toward establishing diplomatic ties with Franco Spain. Spanish consulates in Southern France seized by Republicans are being ousted, with French officials to hold them for future Franco control.
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Paris
DeGaulle
Spain
Quai D' Orsay
France
No New Point Charts Issued For December
Montgomery War Price and Rationing Board announces no new point charts for December. Changes to point values will be announced by press and radio. Table No. 20 remains in use until a new chart is issued. Wholesale inventory is required as of October 26 with Ferra R-1310 due by November 5 covering October 1 to October 22.
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OPA
Montgomery
Houston
Slave Girls Freed By Red Liberators
Moscow radio reports Red forces in East Yurssia freed Russian girls sold in German slave markets. Broadcast quoted Kursk region resident Valya Roehipina describing occupation by Nazi landlords who viewed women as nonpersons and verified long hardships endured after a restaurant keeper bought her and subjected her to abuse.
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Vondon
Moscow
Sald
Red
Yvrussia
Soviet Monitor
Nazbiddera
Valya Roehipina
Kursk
American Losses In Great Sea Fight Near Leyte
U S Pacific fleet reports six ships lost in the battle near the Philippines including Princeton and two escort carriers plus destroyers. About 3,000 aboard Princeton were rescued. 27 ships sunk or damaged overall, with Japanese losses tallied at 27 warships and several additional destroyers. Authorities caution numbers evolving as records are finalized.
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Washington
Iap
Philippines
Princeton
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Sories
Associated Press
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Nippon
Guadalcanal
America
Leyte
Iuchidine
Leyte Gulf
Douglas Macashur
MacArthu
Mindanas
Ja- Tan
Guadalcans
Adm
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Kinkaid
William ¥. Halsey, Jr
Third Fleet
Formosa
Dean Schedter
Associated Preas
Letye
MacArthur
Nimitz
Lete
Daniel Babey
Halsey
Pawel House
Fortrna
Enery
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William Frye
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Whiortz
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Finland
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Petsaro
Moss
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Transylvania
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War Charities
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Rucker
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