Second Front Near Stalin Claims Despite Allied Gains
Allied advances push five miles up the Adrate toward Venafro and near Mignano as Eighth Army advances threaten the German right flank. Fifth Army moves into Aurunci mountains, with 15 towns captured. Germans reinforce with a fresh infantry division while air forces strike targets behind Italian lines.
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Adrate
Vasto
Trigno
Enafro
Ring Aurunci
Clark
German High Command
Italy
Balkans
Berat Kucove
Middle East
Mediterranean
Agean
Finland Readies Peace Talks With Russia in War Weariness
Dispatches from Helsinki report Finland ready to sign a peace or open negotiations with Russia while Moscow, London and Washington discuss a joint peace effort. Finnish leaders including Gripenberg and Ryti may decide next week. A Moscow peace path and Helsinki diplomacy run in parallel despite German troops remaining in Finland.
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Colburn
Finland
Ee Ish
Sai Ki
Scan
Ry Commission
Mos
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Hitler
Russia
G. A. Gripenberg
Sweden
Pamailiy Te Bree Riin
Juhu Paasikivi
Foreign Office
Helsinki
Stockholm Tidningen
Three-Power Commission
London
Britain
United States
War Mention Denied Turkey to Enter War
Aksham newspaper in Istanbul denies reports of Turkey entering the war. Cairo talks are for Turkey’s information only and not about granting bases to the Allies. Foreign Minister Menemencagu and British officials discuss war and security, with no link to Moscow talks or bases.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Aksham
Cairo
Numan Menemencagu
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Eden
Britain
Portugal
Bari
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Tobacco prices rebound on NC markets after holiday
General prices on North Carolina tobacco markets rose back to year highs after a four day sales holiday. Old belt leaf prices climbed three to nine cents a pound while middle belt grades gained up to five cents and eastern markets showed seven cent increases. Total old belt sales reached 10,065,534 pounds this week, with a season total of 61,914,681 pounds and an average of 39.90 to 39.95.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
War Food Administration
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Different Menu Seen For Xmas
New York reports that Thanksgiving will be similar to last year but Christmas dinners may differ due to possible shortages from distribution. The American Institute of Food Distribution forecasts higher retail prices and notes turkey production near 485 million pounds with 35 million reserved for the armed forces.
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New York
America
American Institute of Food Distribution
Institute
Henry R. McKenzie
Army Quartermaster System
Baruch To Lead Unified Industry Policy Unit
Bernad M. Baruch, 73, named by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes to head a new unit to devise unified wartime and peacetime adjustment policies. The group will revise war contracts and address reconversion, plant disposition, and contract termination across government agencies.
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Washington
Bernad M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Baruch
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Nine Killed Two Hurt In Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at American Rolling Mill No 3 mine in Nellis Boone county killed nine workers and injured two. Officials reported delays in confirming fatalities as crews and emergency services converged on the scene. The Nellis hamlet depends on the mine, which employs 284 men, with initial estimates that 35 to 40 were underground at the time.
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Nellis
Va. Va
Charleston
American Rolling Mill Company
Boone County
Cormany
C. R. Conner
Montecoal
Department of Mines
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Set Annual Meeting
MEETING CHARLOTTE NOV 6 The North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association will hold its annual meeting here Friday. Secretary Hunter Marshall of Charlotte said the session will be devoted entirely to business matters. Addresses will be given by Maj. L P MecLendon of Greensboro Victor S Bryant of Durham Dr H E Miéh of the Cotton Textile Institute of New York and Ellison A Smyth III of Balfour, the association's president.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
Hunter Marshall
Maj. L. P. Mec- Lendon
Greensboro
Victor S. Bryant
Durham
H. E. Miéh
The
Cotton-Textile Institute of New York
Ellison A. Smyth III
Balfour
the Association
Indians Go To War On Japs Nazis
Washington reports Native American troops are a major wartime force. About 400000 Indians, with 18000 veterans since Pearl Harbor, serve in the armed forces with high enlistment among 18 to 38 year olds. General MacArthur lauds their warfare legacy guiding modern tactics.
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Office of Indian Affairs
Pearl Harbor
Geronimo
Crazy Horse
Tecumseh
Sitting Bull
John Collier
Douglas MacArth
Ince
Clarence Tinker
Joe Gknife
Victory Guns Salute Kiev Capture
The Red army crowned a four month offensive by liberating Kiev on Moscow's holiday. Stalin declared Germany at catastrophe edge as the Kiev victory opened the path to western Ukraine with over 60 towns taken and German losses reported. Russian forces also invaded Crimea, establishing positions near Kerch as part of ongoing counterattacks.
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Moscow
Kiev
Smolensk
Orel
Kharkov
4Udson O'Quinn
London
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Crimea
Kerch
Vasilkov
Pereyaslav
Stalin
Ukraine
Nicholas Vatutin
Dnieper
Farm Machinery Goals To Be Met In 1944
A senior War Production Board official said farm machinery production targets for 1944 would be met and that truck and trailer output would receive top priority for manpower. He noted that manufacturers assured they would hit their objectives within about two percent and that bottlenecks in motor transport would be addressed.
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Washington
WPB
Notre Dame Pounds Army 26 0 as No 1 team Maintains Edge
Notre Dame thunderingly defeats Army 26-0 at Yankee Stadium before 76,000, with Johnny Lujack stepping in for Angelo Bertelli. Northwestern coats Wisconsin 41-0 as Otto Graham stars, Navy triumphs 24-7 over Penn, Southern California falls 10-7 to San Diego naval training station.
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Orlo Robertson
New York
Notre Dame
Army
Johnny Lujack
Angelo Bertelli
Frank Leahy
South Bend
Ihigh
Yankee Stadium
Glenn Davis
Jim White
Northwestern
Otto Graham
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Decis
Iowa Seahawks
Ron
Navy
Airways
Pennsylvania
Harold Hamberg
Annapolis
Southern California
Trojans
San Diego Naval Training Station
West Coast
Duke
Georgia Tech
Blue Devils
North Carolina State
Tech
Louisiana State
Louisiana
Arkansas A. & M
Rabaul Harbor Air Strike Sinks Warships
Allied air offensive at Rabaul Harbor sinks a heavy cruiser and damages seven cruisers two destroyers and two cargo ships as 200 planes from MacArthur and Halsey target reinforcements and warehouses. Liberators and fighters claim numerous enemy plane losses.
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William F. Boni
Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Truk
Solomons
Rabaul
Bismarck Sea
Kavieng
New Ireland
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Amy
Navy
South Pacific
Alae
Tokyo
Fortress
Pacific
Massau Island
Japan
Bougainville
Buia
Buka
Baul
Halsey
Predicts Higher National Debt After Wartime Spending
Malcolm Bryan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecast the national debt reaching 250 billion dollars due to wartime costs. He spoke at a postwar conference in New Orleans with ten southern state representatives and said the economy should stay healthy from a business view despite the debt. He added there may be a goods shortage rather than surplus in the immediate postwar years.
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New Orleans
Malcolm Bryan
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Bryan
Franco Losing His Power In Spain
London reports describe General Franco as a fading dictator as Spain s regime could seek restoration of the crown with Prince Juan to win UN favor. British officials view Franco as pro Axis yet snubbing Allies weakens ties while Allies seek Iberian stability amid global war. Laurel is called a political blunder by officials.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Hitler
Juan
United Nations
United States
Iberian Peninsula
Jose P. Laurel
The
Philippines
U. S. Wounded Arrive From Battlefronts
Hundreds of U. S. enlisted men and officers arrived at Stark General Hospital in Charleston from North Africa Sicily and Italy. Joy and reunions filled the scene as Major Irvin H. Colby of Pierre and Flight Officer Herman L. Pessis of Hollywood found joy in native soil and family news.
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Charleston
S. C
Stark General Hospital
Irvin H. Colby
Pierre
Earl
Navy Yard
Herman L. Pessis
Hollywood
Calif
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Hermann Goering
Eighth Army
Cens
Isernia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Rumania
Rihev
Chernigov
Kursk
Kharkov Kremenchug
Dneprospetrovsk
Black Sea
Krivor
Nikopol
Zaporov
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John Stockholm
Ian
Ivescur Ciuws
W. F. Cormany
Hitlera
No. 1
Football Power
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