State Crop Goals Set For 1944 War Farm Plan
South Dakota farmers face higher 1944 crop and livestock goals focusing on wheat hogs dairy and poultry as the state USDA war board ends a three day session. Despite a national drop in hog production the state quota rises due to ample feed and below pre drought inventories. The board discourages plowing native grassland and favors an increase from fallow acres while recommending government price supports for high risk crops and livestock.
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South Dakota
Usda War Board
War Board
South Dakota Game Director Calls Shell Distribution Flawed
Pierre October 20 South Dakota Game Director Elmer Peterson said the shotgun shell distribution system is breaking down and urged a simpler license based allotment for farmers on certificates and hunters with licenses. He urged uniform dealer rules to curb black market and ensure fair shells for outlying areas and law enforcement to protect crops.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Elmer Peterson
Maury Maverick
War Production Board
Jamagey
Peterson
World Events At A Glance From Allied Fronts
AP reports Italy Fifth Army pushes Germans to a scorched earth retreat from Venafro to Mondragone, five miles inland. British advance five miles on the Adriatic. Russians break through on the southern front near Dnepropetrovsk and near Melitopol as US Britain and Russia confer in Moscow. Yugoslav partisans claim to have repulsed German landings on Dalmatian coast and islands, Tito says two towns captured. Allied air and naval actions pound Japan and reinforce efforts in the Pacific theater. A provisional Japanese government in India is noted under Subhas Chandra Bose. A currency call is issued by the U S Comptroller for national banks.
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Associated Press
Italy
Fifth Army
Venafro
Rome
Mediterranean
Mondragone
Adriatic
Cartle
Algiers
Russia
Red Arm
Dnepropetrovsk
Rumania
United States
Britain
Moscow
Melitopol
Stalingrad
Gomel
South Pacific
Rabaul
New Guinea
Fingelhafen
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Tito
England
United States Air Force
India
Tokyo
Japan
Subhas Chandra
Ben Bernie Dies After Long Illness
Beverly Hills California October 20 Ben Bernie famed maestro of stage screen and radio died at his apartment after a long pulmonary infection with heart complications He was 52 and attended by his wife his son Pvt Jason Bernie of the U S Army his brother manager Herman Bernie and his wife Bernie born Benjamin Anre levis in Bayonne New Jersey led a large family and pursued entertainment through wartime plant work with a relapse ending his career No funeral plans had been announced
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Ben Bernie
Pvt
Jason Bernie
U. S. Army
Heriman Bernie
Chicago
Bernie
Rose
Dorothy Westley
Miami Beach
Fle
Jason
Benjamin Anrelevis
Bayonne
No J
Allied air pounding sinks 60 Japanese planes at Rasbaul base
Mitchell bombers flew at mast height through poor weather to strike Rasbaul in New Guinea region. They destroyed 60 planes and damaged warships including a destroyer and gunboat. A Liberator off Kavieng sank an 8,000 ton troop transport. Japanese troops reportedly counterattacked Australians in the Finschhafen area.
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Pacific
Rasaul
New- Britain
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Inedearest
Britain
Wweather
Butlthey
Kavieng
Teena
Raneport
Russian Flanking Drive Threatens Dnieper Positions
Moscow reports a major Red Army breakthrough west of the Dnieper encircling German defenses southeast of Kremenchug. Soviet forces seized Pyatikhatka rail junction, routing four divisions and advancing 9 to 12 miles, freeing over 100 towns and capturing trains, tanks, guns, and trucks. Progress also claimed near Kiev as German remnants are destroyed.
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Moscow
Dnieper
Lebow
Red Army
Kremenchug
Pyatikhatka
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dnepropetrovsk
Pyatikhdtha
Znamenka
Dnipropetrovsk
Krivoirog
Germany
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper Bend
London
Kiev
Partisans halt German landing on Adriatic coast
Yugoslav Partisans claim to have smashed a German seaborne attempt to land troops on the Dalmatian coast with main targets the Peljesac Peninsula and the islands of Hvar and Mljet. The bulletin says the islands and peninsula remain in Partisan hands and notes elevated Balkan activity including two town captures, Bilece near Dubrovnik and Nava Varos near Pleivije.
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London
Dalmatian
Adriatic
Drug Tito
Free
Peljesac
Split
Dubrovnik
Hvar
Mljet
Balkan
Bilece
Herzegovina
Nava Varos
Plevije
Bosnia
Roddewig Named Assistant General Counsel in DOT
Clair M. Roddewig, former South Dakota attorney general, was named assistant general counsel of the Office of Defense Transportation. He succeeds Harlan Huffman, who resigned to become general attorney for the Great Northern Railway.
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Geys Odt
Washington
Clair M. Roddewig
South Dakota
Office of Defense Transportation
Roddewig
Harlan Huffman
Great Northern Railway
Defense Hammered Story Of Finding Sir Harry Slain
Nassau Bahamas October 20 Defense attorney Godfrey Higgs grilled Harold Christie on the discovery of wealthy Sir Harry Oakes body found burned and beaten last July in a murder case against Alfred De Marigny Christie testified he found the body warm and near breakfast time and noted bloodstains while Higgs pressed about Christie s actions and the roles of others including Mrs Newell Kelly De Marigny was seen near Westbourne before lunch and Christie recalled Sir Harry having a temple wound while Mrs Kelly described Sir Harry s son in law as theatrical amid testimony from other witnesses about the crime scene and visits to the Oakes Nassau property
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Nassau
Bahamas
Godfrey Higgs
Harold G. Christie
Harry Oakes
Alfred ‘de Marigny
Higgs
Christie
Oakes
Harry
Newell Kelly
Oakes Nassau
Sir Harry
Mr. Higgs
de Marigny
Kelly
Oakes’ Nassau Enterprises
Oakes’ Estate
J. E. .Anderson
The
Bahamas General Trust Company
War Today Predicts Allied Invasion Of France Next Spring
The war outlook asserts the invasion of France is decided and timed after the Moscow talks. Allied high command plans a cross-channel operation, seen as a decisive strike against Hitler. Smuts in London backs the spring invasion timing amid ongoing preparations.
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Moscow
France
Hitler
Field Marshal
Smuts
South Africa
London
MacKenzie
Secret War Report Given To House By Marshall And Stimson
General Marshall and Secretary Stimson delivered a concise progress briefing on the war to House members in a closed session at the Congressional Library Auditorium. Attendees described the discussion as a straight-from-the-shoulder, convincing update from top military leaders.
Girl Scouts and War Workers Share Future War Fund
Girl Scouts and war workers join to support the War Fund, highlighting 100 percent home service commitment in Huron. Mrs. G. R. McArthur notes 200 scouts and Brownies active, with senior groups filling gaps on the home front. Activities include rubber and tin salvage, exhibits, Caroling, Arbor Day services, and canvassing for the drive with YWCA.
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G. R. McArthur
Registeréa
Huron
Huron Girl Scouts
Mars
McArthur
Oklahoma
Woman Blocks Road Roller With Cans in Tin Salvage Complaint
John Powell, operator of the city road roller, said a woman blocked his machine by dumping two baskets of tin cans in front of it. She claimed she was tired of flattening cans for salvage with her feet.
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York, No.4
John Powell
City Road Roller
Mussolini Tires Of Playing Puppet As Leader Resigns
A Budapest dispatch to Gazette De Lausanne says Benito Mussolini intends to resign as head of Fascist Republican Government and urged Berlin party directors to name Marshal Rodolfo Graziani as successor. The former dictator reportedly remains in Germany after alleged liberation and has not actively supported the new regime.
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Bern
Switzerland
Budapest
Gazette de Lausanne
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Berlin
Rodolfo Graziani
Germany
Rome
Mussolini
OPA Seeks Public Views On Ration and Price Controls
The Office of Price Administration will invite public opinion on rationing and price controls. An opinion survey by questionnaire will be conducted by private agencies to guide potential regulation revisions and identify simplifications. James G. Rogers Jr. says the effort aims to learn public thoughts, not to mislead about the program.
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Washington
Office of Price’ Administration
Aol
OPA
James G. Rogers, Jr
Retreat of Germans from Volturno to new mountain line
Allied dispatches report German forces retreating to a renewed high ridge line anchored on Massico and Mondragone after a five mile advance by American troops. German troops were burning, shooting civilians, and destroying infrastructure to cover their withdrawal, leaving widespread devastation across the countryside. The Fifth Army moved into Pignataro and Roccaromana and near Dragoni, while the British Eighth Army pressed along the Adriatic coast near Petacciato and Monteeilfone amid heavy fighting.
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al- Hiers
Volturno
Massico
Mondragone
Venacro
Fifth Army
Naples
Rome
Capus
Méndragone,Venafra Line
Pignataro
Capua
Roccaromana
Liberi
Dragoni
Alvignano
Adriaatic
Eighth Army
Petacciato
Rapid City Bomber Missing Over 40 Hours
At Rapid City Army Air Base no information exists on the fate of a four engine bomber missing over 40 hours after taking off at 8 p m Monday on a training flight toward Denver. Maj. Ellis E. Eno says search efforts continue from this and other bases while Lowry Field investigates a report of a crash in Calera.
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Rapid City
Rapid City Army Air Base
Ellis E. Eno
Denver
Lowry Field
Calera
Eno
Woman with five children pleads guilty to mail fraud
Siouix Falls, Oct 20. A mother of five children under 18 months probation after pleading guilty in federal court to mail fraud. Mrs Nells Estella Steward of Estelline, a former school teacher, used 43 aliases and enlisted pupils to obtain over $1,000 in merchandise or cash from mail order houses over three years by sending canceled checks and claiming partial fulfillment.
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Sioux Falls
Nells Estella Steward
Estelline
Maurice Ryan
St. Paul
Ryan
Talks Settle Into Daily Wartime Conference Routine
In Moscow, Oct 20 reports say Cordell Hull Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov agreed to daily conferences on wartime and postwar matters after a preliminary formal talk. The trio agreed to continue discussions to shape allied strategy and postwar arrangements.
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Moscow
U.S
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav ‘Molotov
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Shell Doling
Ct. M
Naxi
Dewitt Madee
Girl Scouts
Pilenis
Ieeas
Ee Scout
Gestapo
Stockholm
Norway
Oslo
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