Germans Fall Back To New Positions
Allied reports say German forces retreating from Gaeta as Fifth Army makes a mile advance and British Eighth Army seizes the Sinello River and pushes toward the Sangro. Montgomery’s troops reach inland positions, while Clark’s Americans secure Calabrito and push along the Foggia–Rome route.
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Edward Kennedy
Hearters
Algiers
Gaeta
Rome
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Sinello
Sangro
Scerni
Casalbordino
Carunchio
Gissi
Salcito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Wasto
San
Mark W. Clark
Calabritto
Isernia
Foggia
Abruzzi
French North Africa
Europe
Vatican City
UNRRA to Sign World War II Relief Pact at White House
At noon tomorrow 44 international delegates from 43 nations and the French committee of national liberation will sign the United Nations relief and rehabilitation agreement UNRRA at the White House. The ceremony, about 15 minutes, will be followed by a train trip to Atlantic City for UN council meetings and director general selection. Herbert Lehman is the proposed head for the U S office. The program aims to aid starving and jobless victims and set precedents for international cooperation.
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Washington
White House
First United Nations Project
French Committee of National Liberations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agreement
UNRRA
First Venture
United Nations
Roosevelt
Atlantic City
Red Army hits rail target as Moscow hosts wartime talks
Reports from Moscow detail a fresh Soviet assault aimed at severing German rail links near the Dnieper bend south of Kiev. Stalin’s anniversary speech signals allied solidarity and hints at frontier and second-front issues debated at the tripartite conference.
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Celesion
Moscow
Russia
Kiev
Red Army
Ion
Fostov
Presh
Hittel
Dnieper
Rusa
Stalin
Rmany
America
Brit
Hitler
Asithuania
Lavia
Estonia
Molda
Repub
Allies Raid Nazis again with record bomber safety
Allied air forces and American heavy bombers pressed a new daylight and nocturnal offensive across western Germany and France. They conducted a third raid in five days with no bomber losses and were supported by Thunderbolt escorts and fighter sweeps from bases in England and light metal plants at Dueren.
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London
English Channel
Germany
France
Low Countries
RAF
Abbeville
Air Ministry
Dueren
Lone German Causes Havoc In London
A lone German plane bombed a London suburb, destroying a crowded dance hall and causing numerous casualties. Witnesses called the scene a battlefield as emergency mortuaries were set up and rescue teams toiled through debris and two fires to reach victims including many dancers and allied servicemen.
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London
England
Wage scales for rail men turned down by unions
A presidential board proposed wage increases of 4 to 10 cents an hour for 1.1 million rail workers with Vinson's approval, but union spokesmen called the recommendations wholly unsatisfactory and said they would destroy the existing wage structure. Ten unions, including clerical and non operating staff, are moving toward a strike vote while awaiting a congressional resolution to enforce an earlier eight cent raise. The plan would be retroactive to February 1 and take effect November 19.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Vinson
Harrison
Senate Interstate Commerce
Sen. Reed
R-Kan
Officer Faces First Degree Murder Charge in Dover Shooting
Deputy Attorney General Daniel J. Layton, Jr. announced a first degree murder charge against Warrant Officer Carl Moulinie for the shooting of his close friend Warrant Officer John H. Worthington at Worthington's ocean-front home last Thursday. Worthington's wife Elaine, 25, is being held without charge as a material witness. An inquest was cancelled as evidence was deemed conclusive. Both Moulinie and Mrs. Worthington say Moulinie held the pistol that killed Worthington.
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Lewes
Del
Daniel J. Layton, Jr
Carl “Frenchy Moulinie
John H. Worthington
Moulinie
Layton
Worthington
Elaine
Japs Face Heavy Losses While Reinforcing Rabaul Base
Allied air and sea strikes against Rabaul and surrounding islands have left the Japanese with about 83 ships sunk or damaged in the Bougainville Rabaul New Ireland area over the past week. Bomber attacks hit ships and coastal vessels, while Japanese retaliation was limited to minor damage from a small air raid on New Guinea positions.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Bismanele San
New Ireland
Mitchell
Adm
William F. Halsey
13Th Air Force
Bougainville
New Guinea
Bougainville-Rabaul
Tokyo
Bougainville Island
Vanaganau
MacArthur
Markham
Ramu
Solomons
Ainville
Liquor tax hike advances to ten dollars a gallon
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to raise the liquor tax to 10 dollars per gallon from 6, with an estimated 487 million dollars in annual extra revenue. The plan, after prior reversals, aims to fund the general revenue measure, while brief notes on renegotiation of war contracts and other excise items follow. A separate brief from Salt Lake City reports 19 month old Valoy Peck choking on salmon bone and being aided by emergency care after doctors were unavailable.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Tttee
Salt Lake City
Valoy Peck
Valley
Cotton Crop Expected Below Level in 19XX
The agriculture department estimates this year’s cotton crop at 11,442,000 bales of 500 pounds each based on Nov 1 conditions. Last year’s production was 12,824,000 bales and the 1932-41 average was 12,474,000. Yield projected at 253.4 pounds per acre, vs 272.5 last year and 217.0 average. Census reports 9,061,252 running bales ginned by Nov 1, down from 9,713,354 last year.
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Washington, Navy
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Eleven convicts blast way from Douglas jail camp
Eleven long term inmates seized shotguns at the Douglas prison camp wounding two guards one critically and forcing motorists to surrender cars. Two suspects were captured at Alma Georgia, four others fled into woodlands, marking a second major prison break in Georgia within two weeks.
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Alma
Woodlands
Georgia
Cartersville
Ellis Arnal
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
L. W. Wildes
Wild Bill” Byrd
Land J. W. Razzell
Wildes
Douglas Hospital
Clarence Cox
Melvin Clements
C. H. Shaw
Douglas Camp
Byrd
Cox
Red Army Drives Toward Romania After Kiev Victory
London reports the Red Army breaches toward the Romanian border after seizing the rail hub at Kiev and advancing through northern Ukraine. Russian forces push 24 miles daily, capture Fastov, and threaten Nazi positions near Krivoi Rog as heavy fighting continues along multiple fronts.
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London
Red Army
Jane
Kiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Reuters
Moscow
Dnieper
Fastov
Romania
Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Kerch
Perekop
Neves
Berlin
Pripet
Nemyeshaeva
Korosten
Red
Zhitomir
Automobile Train Collision Kills One Near Halifax
A collision between a car and an Atlantic Coast Line southbound train at a Halifax area crossing killed John H. Brown and critically injured James H. Griffin. Griffin was taken to Roanoke Rapids hospital for treatment.
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Halifax
Atlantic Coast Line
Halifax Toay
John H. Brown
James H. Griffin
Giffin
Roanoke Rapids
Ghost Army in Italian Mountains Worsens German Grip
In occupied Italy a sprawling guerrilla force of Italian officers and soldiers, plus Indian POWs and escapees from Rome, operates from Abruzzi forest camps. They lack weapons but aid sabotage as Germans flee routes and locals fear reprisals after armistice battles.
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Occupied
Italy
Gunnar D. Kumlien
Associated Press
Stockholm
Rome
Abruzzi
Avezzano
Mem
Salino
Naples
Con
Air
Doctor Heard In Trial Of de Marigny
In Nassau Bahamas on November 8, Dr Ulrich Oberfarth testified he found no burned hairs on Alfred de Marigny two days after Sir Harry Oakes was slain. He said examination by eye showed no heat effects, countering defense claims of burned hair evidence.
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Bahamas
Ysician
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Ulrich Oberfarth
de Marigny
Millionair Luther
Sir Harry
Westbourne
Oberwarth
Bahamas Hospital
Dearigny
E. W. Melchen
Miami Police Ca
Eric Hallinan
Oberworth
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