Three Reds Halted Yanks Holding Concede Adherence To Allies
Allied forces pressed in Holland and Germany as U S troops slowed the German push on Walcheren island and near Moerdijk while recapturing Ospel and advancing toward Eindhoven. U S Seventh and French First Army units pushed through the Vosges with prisoner captures and heavy air support backing counterattacks along the Rhine valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorburn Wiant
London
Reich
Schmidt
Holland
Walcheren Island
Ger
U. S
Walcheren
Moerdijk
Maas
Hertogenbosch
Afttering
Mor
Ospel
Eindhoven
Jes
Vosges
Bussang
Schacht
Vossenack
Rhine Valley
France
Upper Rhine
Rhine
Eisenhower
Moselle
Merseburg
Siegfried Line
Antwerp
Plan for state medical care praised by Dr Whitaker
Dr Paul Whitaker of Kinston, speaking at the University, says Governor's commission proposals on extension of medical and hospital care in North Carolina are a beginning toward more equal medical access under organized medicine. He stresses they are not a finished program but support socialized or state medicine in part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Carolina
Paul Whitaker
Kinston
College of Physicians
Whitaker
University
Japanese Reinforced On Leyte Fight Fiercely
Japanese troops on Leyte, reinforced, defend high ground north of Ormoc as U S forces press a twin land sea assault near Pinamop poan and Carigara. American air units destroy Japanese convoys and armor while ground fighting continues in the hills above the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Ray Cronin
Associated Press
Philippine Island
Ormoc
U.S
Pinamoppan
Yank
Carigara
Capoocan
Pinamopoan
U. S
Central Pacific Command
Bya Ping
Paaus
Marshalls
Marianas
Gilberts
Yap
Marcus
China
Kweilin
Burma
Radio
Berlin
Tokyo
Nippon
Keilin
Tungan
Kwangsi
Liuchow
Free China
Fort White Road
Tiddim
Burma Frontier Line
Burma Road
Lungling City
Preston Grover
Asso
Twenty Die In California Plane Crash
A Hanford California crash killed twenty people, all army and navy personnel, with bodies scattered over a mile. A Transcontinental & Western Air passenger plane No. 8 from San Francisco to Burbank, captained by A. T. Bethel, was overdue. weather was rainy as ambulances arrived from Hanford and Lemoore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
Calif
Orvie H. Clyde
Kings County
Clyde
Army
Navy
Harold Anderson
Anderson
Transcontinental & Western Air
San Francisco
Burbank
A. T. Bethel
G. E. Smith
Ruth Miller
TWA
Burbanks
Lemoore
Russia Pushes Oil Concession Talks Amid Iranian Crisis
London reports say United States Russia and Britain plan special talks to resolve Iranian oil concessions. Teheran rumors say Premier Mohammed Saed may resign as Russia pressures Iran over northern oil access. Tehran diplomats to London Ankara and Moscow drafted a report on key Iran issues. Parliament meets twice daily. Russia rejects Swiss bid to restore ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Russia
Britain
Teheran
Iran
Mohammed Saed
Ankara
Moscow
Royal Palace
Tehran
Nazis Fleeing From Balkans Face Capture
Allied sources say British troops and Greek patriots drove Germans from Greece in a rapid campaign. The last German rearguards reportedly crossed into Yugoslavia Thursday night, ending a near bloodless occupation after Athens fell on October 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Greece
Allied
Annount
Fa An Raf
Yugoslavia
Peloponnesus
Kozane
Salonika
Athens
Albania
Serbia
Tirana
Bitolj
Skopjje
Marshal Tito
Lake Prespa
RAF
Vardar
Army Takes Over Seven Toledo War Plants
The Army seized seven Toledo war plants and a Shell division the day after claims strikes halted ammunition, guns, trucks, and tanks to Allied leaders Eisenhower and MacArthur. Colonel Faymonville ordered management informed and said production would resume Monday with all workers reporting for duty regardless of union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Toledo
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Matthew Smith
Mechanics Educational Society of America
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Phillip R. Faymonville
Army
Faymonville
Both Principals Close Major Speaking Campaigns With Stinging Accusations
Political broadcasts for Sunday November five present round table talks on M EWT with Quentin Reynolds Orson Welles John Gunther and Mark Vand Doren as DNC sponsors. Blue network features governors and senators including Saltonstall Edge Baldwin Weeks and Austin. NBC will air Rep Walter Judd from Minnesota for the Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic National Committee
Quentin Reynolds
Orson Welles
John Gunther
Mark Vand Doren
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt and Dewey Spar Over Distortion and Intolerance
President Roosevelt accused his rival of distortion and stoking racial and religious intolerance as they wrapped up campaign stops in Boston and New York. Dewey planned Albany visits before returning to New York City to vote, with final election speeches touted as the closing appeals of the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Lewey
Boston
Fenway Park
Dewey
New York
Madison Square Garden
Hyde Park
N. Y
Albany
New York City
Republican Party
America
Four Cirminello Tots Progressing Satisfactorily
In Philadelphia a late hospital bulletin reports the four Cirminello quadruplets progressing well after birth. Mother Kathleen Carminello is recovering normally while Joseph Carminello expects she will name the girls soon. Father comments that the babies are "awfully cute" as Michael trails his sisters A B and C in growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cirminellos
Lyin-In Hospital
Michael
Kathleen Carminello
Joseph
Ford Urges Early End Of Wartime Controls
Henry Ford calls for the earliest possible elimination of wartime controls over materials production and distribution. He warns the future looks bleak for the millions of young people and says controls that tie up raw materials and restrict goods must be discontinued soon after the war to restore the American system of living and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
Pri
War outlook shifts as Budapest siege looms and Vienna eyed
In a broad wartime briefing, Dewitt Mackenzie reports the Red Army closing on Budapest from the south and east, with Domsod within reach of Vienna. The piece notes weather hampers Allies on the western front and in Italy while Allied commands focus on pinning German forces and probing passes toward the Rhine and Moselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkel
Simpson
Associated Press
Hungary
Budapest
Danube
Tisza
Vienna
Domsod
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Field Marshal Sir John Dill Dies in Washington
Field Marshal Sir John Dill head of the British joint staff mission in Washington died at Walter Reed Army Hospital after months of anemia. He was 63, survived by his widow Lady Dill, a son Major John de Guerin Dill, and stepdaughter Miss Sonia Furlong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sir John Dill
Joint Staff
United States
Walter Reed Army Hospital
British Information Service
Joint Staff Mission
United Kingdom
Walter Reed Hospital
Sir John
Imperial General Army
Bombay
Lady Dill
John de Guerin Dill
British Royal Artillery
Mediterranean
Sonia Furlong
Party Leaders Claim Clear Victory in Pre Election Hype
New York leaders from both parties claim triumphs before voting. Republican Herbert Brownell Jr warns of a solid South sweep and tidal shift toward his ticket. Democratic chair Robert E. Hannegan says Dewey will win fewer states and receive less in both popular and electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Solid
South
Robert E. Hannegan
Dewey
Brownell
Truman
Flaming Tank Battle Rages Near Budapest
Soviet tanks clash with German forces near Soroksar just south of Budapest as Red armies press the capital. Berlin reports fresh units entering the fight while residents flee and queues form for bread and tobacco amid ongoing bombardment and street fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Soroksar
Budapest
Tisza
Szolnok
Sznoh
Joseph
Stallremier
Joseph Stalin
Sznolnok
Berlin
Stockholm
Alfred Jacob
Danube
Vecesses
Ullo
Red Army
Moscow
Berelin
Election Day forecast calls for fair weather overall
The weather bureau predicted election day will see fair dry weather in the eastern and southeastern states with cold early November temperatures. Interior regions from the Mississippi valley to the Rockies may see rain or snow and snow flurries, while the Pacific states should stay fair except for rain in western Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Pacific States
Oregon
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S. Princeton
U. S. S. Princeton
Philippines
Princeton
U. S. Navy
International Soundphoto
Kays Medical Whitaker
California
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Balkans
By Lynn Heinzerling
See
William T. Peacock
Sec
By Dewitt Mackenzie
Italy
Alexander
Field Marshal
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