Allies Break Into Nazi Lines Across Volturno River
Allied forces of General Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army breached German defenses along the Volturno River in a night assault near Benevento andCapua. Bridgeheads formed as engineers ferried tanks across the flooded stream while British American troops pushed northeast and east, threatening the German left flank.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
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Clark
Dny
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Italy
Benevento
Guardia
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Gildone
Campobasso
World War Front Updates Across Europe and Pacific
Allied and Axis actions across Italy and the Pacific outline bridgehead advances near Rome and Rabaul air raids. Russian operations threaten Crimea and major rail centers as Tito's partisans gain strength in Yugoslavia. Japan proclaims island independence amid cabinet resignations in Argentina.
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Associated Press
Italy
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Volturno River
Rome
Vitish
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Tirana
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Rabaul
Prave
George C. Kenney
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Belgrade
Mihailovic
Philippines
Jose P. Laurel
Berlin
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Axis
Ramirez
Patton Warns Fascist Influence Threatens U S Farmers
James G. Patton national president of the Farmers Union told nearly 400 South Dakota convention attendees that fascist minded reactionaries are growing influence in Congress harming the little farmer. He cited attacks on FSA and A A A, restricted credit, and loss of broadcasts on the National Farm and Home Hour. He urged economic democracy through cooperative enterprises and warned big interests will oppose cooperatives.
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James G. Patton
Denver
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South Dakota
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South
California
America
Bombers Raid Central Germany in Daylight Action
U S heavy bombers backed by Thunderbolts attacked targets in central Germany in daylight. It was the first daylight raid since Muenster and Coesfeld on Sunday. The description central Germany hints at deep penetration and follows long distance flights to eastern Germany Poland and East Prussia last Saturday.
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London
U. S
Germany
Muenster
Coesfeld
U. S. Army
Poland
East Prussia
Hollenbeck Leads Group V Bankers In South Dakota
A. A. Hollenbeck cashier of Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Iroquois was elected president of Group V South Dakota Bankers Association at the annual meeting in Huron. M. B. Slaughter was named vice president, C. P. Swift of Arlington was a former officer, Bw. C. Whaley of Huron re elected secretary treasurer, and Russell Bard was nominated to state executive council. Speakers included T. N. Hayter Carl Odegaard Erling Hauge and John W Thomson.
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A. A. Hollenbeck
Farmers and Merchants State
Bank of Iroquois
South Dakota Bankers Association
M. J. Twiss
Security State Bank
Doland
M. B. Slaughter
Redfield
First National Bank of Aberdeen
C. P. Swift
Arlington
Bw. C. Whaley
Huron
Northwest Security National Bank
Whaley
John Branch
Russell Bard
Miller
Hand County State Bank
State Association
Huron Country Club
T. N. Hayter
Sioux Falls
Carl J. Odegard
Erling Hauge
Pierre
John WN. Thomson
Centerville
Bank of Centerville
The War Today: Italy Fares With Punishment Not Forgiven
Dewitt Mackenzie argues that Italy bears heavy blame for its Axis partnership and will continue to pay a steep price despite becoming a co belligerent with the Allies. He notes Allied soldiers’ loss and warns against over leniency.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Italy
Axis
United Nations
Mussolini
Farmers Union elects Skage to 28th SD convention presidency
John Skage of Toronto was reelected president of the South Dakota Farmers Union at the 28th annual convention, receiving 125 votes on the first ballot. D. J. Tiede of Parkston trailed with 36. Secretary Paul G. Erickson of Sioux Falls and Vice-President Roy Brazell of Volga were also reelected. Erickson defeated Antonio Oeding 117 to 24 for the secretary post. The convention named Mitchell as the potential site for next year.
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John Skage
Toronto
South Dakota Farmers Union
D. J. Tiede
Parkston
Paul G. Erickson
Sioux Falls
Roy Brazell
Volga
Erickson
Antonio Oeding
Box Elder
Skage
Farmers Union
Devel County
Farmers Union Central Exchange
Tripp County
E H. Sauber
Yankton
Pierre
Mitchell
Iwere
Henry A. Wing
Spencer
W.C. Hermann
Rockham
J. E. Broline
Roland Veren
Sturgis
Marie C. Styles
Brentford
Farmers Union Education
James G. Patton
Denver
M. W. Thatcher
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
America
L Albert Maag
Huron
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Gray
Cal Ward
Lincoln
Farm Security Administration
Floyd Anderson
FSA
AI Barnes
Groom and Best Man Die in Highway 85a Crash
A wedding party en route to a dinner crash 31 miles north of Belle Fourche. Groom Fidel Arguello 18 Redig and best man Herculano Solano 21 Rapid City killed. Bride Rena Benson Redig and bridesmaid sister of groom Mrs Solano injured. The couple married that morning by Fr James Walsh. Sheriff Elmer Hill reports the coupe failed to take a curve and occupants were thrown.
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Belle
British Try Indian Rope Trick On Nazis
London dispatch describes British defense use of improvised rigging and wired cables to entangle enemy planes. The report notes military authorities detail this airborne entanglement method as a makeshift adaptation of the mythic rope trick.
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London
Red Army Advances Toward Key Ukrainian Cities
Soviet forces press toward Melitopol and Kiev as they push across the Dnieper and Sozh rivers. Reports say Kiev could fall and Melitopol already hosts Soviet combat in its streets, with Germans rushing fresh troops to defend the approaches. The fight risks a major German withdrawal to new defense lines.
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Red Army
Russia
Itiev
Golmel
Zaporozhe
Melitopol
Dnieper
Motochna
Kiev
Gomel
Sozh
Crimea
Kherson
Reuters
London
Orel
Belgorod
Yugoslav Army Chases Germans Near Tuzla
The Yugoslav National Liberation army reports German forces storming Tuzla were repulsed and retreated toward Doboj. Tito’s HQ announced the Venezia division joined the partisans while Chetniks under Mihailovic aligned with the Germans. Fighting raged around Ogulin Karlovac Zagreb and other Dalmatian and Slovenian fronts.
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London
Tuzla
Belgrade
Doboj
Yugoslav National Liberation Army
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tito
Libanik
Zarac
Imotski
Dalmatia
Slovenia
Istrian
Bombers Strike At Bougainville In South Pacific Air Offensive
U S air forces report a large raid on Koahili air drome Bougainville Island part of an assault on the last major Japanese base in the northern Solomons. US and Marine bombers and fighters claimed extensive damage with 15 to 23 Zeros shot down and a Zerg attempting to take off.
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U. S
South Pacific
Koahili
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Zerg
Iby Kara’ Field
South ‘Pacific
Satuday
Gur
Wake Island
Rabaul
MacArthur
New Guinea
Rapaul
Wewak
Japan
Vella Lavella
Bougainville
MacArthur Launches Massive Raid Against Rabaul Base
Allied forces unleashed the largest air armada yet in the Southwest Pacific at Rabaul on New Britain. The strike destroyed or damaged hundreds of enemy aircraft and ships, sunk merchant vessels, and battered harbor facilities, signaling a turning point in the South Pacific campaign.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Simpson Harbor
Ration Book No 4 Registration Set for County Schools
Ration Book No 4 will be issued next week to Beadle County citizens at town schools in Bonilla Broadland Cavour Hitchcock Huron Virgil Wolsey Wessington Yale. Registration lasts Oct 16 to 22 with one person allowed to register the entire family using form R 146.
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Beadle County
Bonilla
Broadland
Cavour
Hitchcock
Huron
Virgil
Wolsey
Wessington
Yale
J. W. Blount
Net
Blount
United States
Ration Board
Mlinois
Ion
Two Destroyers Lost in Mediterranean and Attu Raid
The Navy reported the loss of two American destroyers in the Mediterranean. The Buick and Bristol came down off Salerno on October 9 and yesterday respectively. A Japanese bombing raid on Attu Island in the Aleutians was repelled with no ships shot down, as ten bombers attacked Massacre Bay.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Navy
Attu Island
Aleutians
Salerno
Attu
Massacre Bay
Olympian derailed injuring twenty near Miles City
A Milwaukee Road Olympian coach train bound for Chicago derailed on an embankment west of Paragon, Montana. Twenty people were injured, none seriously, with many others given first aid and hospitalized locally. Officials blamed soft roadbed and described cars scattered across the rails.
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Chicago
Paragon
Here
Division
A. W. Hervin
Milwaukee Road
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Miles City
Olympian
Mont
Huronian In Jap Prisoner Exchange Readout
Washington officials released the list of 1,236 American repatriates from the Far East aboard the Japanese ship Imer von Maru heading to Marmugao India to transfer to the Swedish Gripsholm for passage home. The roster includes Ruth Packard Huron MM Cressey Sioux Falls Marie Classick Hill Hurley Joan Boris Hill Hurley Jessie Edith Payne Pierre and others.
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Washingzon
State Department
Far East
Marmugao
India
Ruth Packard
Huron
MM Cressey
Sioux Falls
Marie Classick Hill Hurley
Joan Boris ‘Hill
Hurley
Jessie Edith Payne
Pierre
Three Escapees Plead Guilty in Sisseton Jail Break
In Sisseton on October 15 three men who escaped from the Sisseton jail on October 4 pleaded guilty to theft forgery and related charges. Circuit Judge Harold King presided.
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Sisselon
Sisseton
Harold, King
Northwest Airlines seeks Aberdeen route to shorten transcontinental path
Northwest Airlines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to amend its certificate to add daily Aberdeen stops and a straight line from Minneapolis St Paul to Billings Mont. The change would cut 56 miles and shorten coast to coast to 2379 miles with Aberdeen to Twin Cities flight time about 1 hour 50 minutes. Regular service would continue along the existing Fargo Bismarck route, and Aberdeen’s new airport facilities would handle larger airliners.
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ST. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Aberdeen
S. D
Minneapolis- St Paul
Billings
Mont
CAB
Citiea
Milwaukee
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Twin Cities
Seattle
NWA
Fargo
Bismarck
N. D
U S Cruiser Philadelphia Repairs After Italian Coastal Clash
La Linea dispatch reports the US cruiser Philadelphia entered Gibraltar for repairs after sustaining damage during fighting along the Italian coast. The vessel arrived at Seyacek for repair work as of October 14 according to La Linea.
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Madrid
la Linea
Philadelphia
Seyacek
Gibraltar
Potato growers oppose subsidies in Washington meeting
Potato men from Minnesota North and South Dakota gathered in Washington to declare they can dispose of the nation’s large crop without government subsidies, calling subsidies unwise unfair and unwanted as a political thunder.
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Washington
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Washington’ R Center
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