Russians drive toward Budapest in heavy fighting near Jaszbereny
Soviet forces push from the northeast after crossing the Tisza to threaten Budapest as German defenses unleash Panthers and flame throwers. Red armies seize at least 10 towns including Jaszapati rail terminal and take more than 1,000 prisoners in the Hungarian action.
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Moscow
Jaszbereny
Budapest
Debrecen
Red Army
Tisza
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second
Jaszapati
Ernst von
Dunsheresstl
Intraszti
Segled
Former Army Air Force Officer Arrested After Escape Flight
Robert G. Kaslow, 21, an Army Air Force officer, is in Orleans Parish Jail after being captured in a hotel lounge. FBI tracked him from one night spot to another via a woman’s V ring. Kaslow escaped from a guardhouse, stole a parachute and trainer plane, and crashed near Higgins Field outside New Orleans. He was en route from Craig Field Alabama to a federal prison for a 30 year sentence.
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New Orleans
Craig Field
Selma
Ala
Robert G. Kaslow
Kaslow
Johnson City
N. Y
Air Force
Orleans Parish
FBI Ts
FBI
J. van Landingham
van Landing
Atlanta
van Landingham
PRT
Higgins Field
Solons Begin Final Session In Quiet Way
Washington November 14 lawmakers open the last session of the 78th Congress with light agenda. Democratic leaders meet with President Roosevelt while both chambers focus on minor items such as a federal road bill and rivers and harbors measures. Senate may receive presidential nominations, with Senator George Ga predicting a Vinson appointment to head the war agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Senate
House
George
Fred Vinson
James F’. Byrnes
Britain and France Move To Halt Nazis
Paris reports Britain and France favor forming a western European bloc to counter Germany for the coming peace years. Belgium and Holland may join, with Norway Sweden and Denmark possibly signatories later. Churchill and De Gaulle discussed regional accords and a cautious view from a French agency noted favorable consideration. A London dispatch hinted of an eastern bloc prospect.
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Paris
Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
British Eighth Army advances in Italy including San Tone capture
Rome dispatch reports British Eighth Army thrusting northwest from Forli has advanced two miles in places and seized San Tone after bitter fighting. Other units crossed the Chiaia Canal, cut back along Highway 16, and bagged German rearguards south of Ravenna. Polish troops seized Bagnolo and moved toward Monte Casole as Allied air forces launched about 1,100 sorties with strong raids on enemy positions.
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Rome
8Th Army
Forli
San Tone
Chiaia Canal
Ravenna
Uiis
Feri
Montone
Bagnolo
Monte Casole
Mediterranean
FDR Seeks Large New Funds for Federal Agencies
President Roosevelt asked Congress to add about 400 million dollars to prior appropriations for more than twenty federal agencies. The navy department would receive roughly 339 million dollars, mainly for the bureau of yards and docks, but no allocation details were provided.
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Washington, Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy Department
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Immigration officers to arrest without warrants under new bill
Attorney General Biddle urged legislation to empower immigration officers to arrest without warrants anyone suspected of violating immigration laws. Maury Maverick proposed continuing the Smaller War Plants Corporation after the war with capital growth from 150 million to 350 million. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reported 9.43 billion dollars in loans outstanding as of June 30, 1944, and 823.34 million disbursed since inception.
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Washington
Congress
Biddle
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Government budget allocations for several U.S. agencies and projects
The treasury department receives 15 990 000, the army 10 010 000, the federal works agency 15 000 000, the interior department 11 036 682, and the national advisory committee for aeronautics 7 401 000. Interior funds include 3 960 000 for Alaskan resource surveys, 2 000 000 for the Colorado Big Thompson project, and 2 000 000 for the Columbia basin project. Aeronautics receives 3 910 000 for the Cleveland aviation lab and 835 000 for Langley Field work.
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Treasury Department
Army
Federal Works Agency
Interior Department
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Colorado-Big Thompson
Colorado
Columbia Basin
Washington
Aviation Laboratory
Cleveland
Langley Field
Blind Man Helps To Sink The Tirpitz
London reports that the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk off the Norwegian coast by six ton earthquake bombs. Air Commodore Patrick Huskinson, blinded in 1940, led the weapon development and shares credit with his RAF team for the 12,000 pound bomb use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norwegian
Tirpitz
British Information Services
Patrick Huskinson
M. C
Royal Air Force
Hitler's health and fate loom in wartime mystery
The article notes mounting questions about Hitler’s status as he has not spoken publicly for months after the July 20 bombing attempt. Propaganda insists he is in vigorous health, but regime leaders offer weak excuses for his absence, highlighting Germany’s reliance on one man’s dictatorship.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Goebbels
Reich
Germany
Himmler
Gestapo
Byrnes Will Retain His War Berth
President Roosevelt announced James F. Byrnes will continue as director of War Mobilization and Reconversion until Germany is defeated. Byrnes had asked to stay only temporarily, but Early briefed reporters after noon today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Byrnes
Stephen Early
Nazis Ordered To Shoot Those Showing Decline In Morale
A Nazi document leaked by Pi-A cites Himmler and Scorpion urging execution for any sign of morale decline or surrender. The order grants soldiers power to shoot comrades and officers to defend will against enemy superiority. It argues discipline may suffer yet rejects limiting such actions.
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U. S
Western Front
Scorpion
Heinrich Himmier
Gestapo
Reich
Himmler
Landser
Soldier to Be Tried By Civil Court in Greensboro
In Greensboro, Pvt. Joseph Micucci of the ORC was ordered by Judge H Hoyle Sink to be tried in civilian court for alleged criminal assault on a young woman, a crime police term as one of the most revolting in the city. The case drew strong public interest as the soldier awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
H. Hoyle Sink
Joseph Micucci
ORC
Mary Mildred Braswell
Dilton
Oklahoma
Panic Hits Germany Bank Heads Taken
The Gestapo arrested Deutsche Bank managing director Dr. Oswald Roesler and Dresdner Bank chief Karl Goetz for refusing short-term treasury notes. The move sparked a panic in Germany with bank runs and industrial accounts being canceled.
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New York
Germany
Thesc
Stockholms-Tidningen
OWI. E
Bakers
Oswald Roesler
Deutsche Bank
Karl Goetz
Dresdner Bank
More Boy Babies Being Brought By The Stork
The census bureau reports 194 percent birth statistics for 194% live births totaling 2,935,171 with 1,057,122 boys and 1,478,049 girls. The male-to-female ratio of 1,055 boys per 1,000 girls continues a pattern since 1915. The bureau notes men die three to four years earlier on average, helping explain population shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stork i Sill
Census Bureau
Bureau
Japs Beaten By Yankees In Limon
General MacArthur reports American forces pass through Limon on Leyte as Japanese troops and supplies move into the area. US artillery roars while observers recount heavy fighting near Ormoc and Breakneck ridge with massive Japanese reinforcements in the region. MacArthur cites five Japanese divisions defending the Leyte front as grim, slow progress continues against the Yamashita line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Philip
Army Radiocena Reintercente
Limon
Ormee Road
Ormoc Valley
Fred Irving
Fred
Associa
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Pinamopoan- Ormoc
Leyte
MacArthur
Yamashita Line
No Revision Of 45 Income Taxes Likely
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee said there are no prospects for revising 1945 income taxes. Senator George of the Finance Committee said changes are very remote. Doughton stated the war revenue need remains and plans to prepare a postwar federal tax program. He warned further revisions now would bring uncertainty to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
Doughboys storm Fort Orny near Metz in bold advance
American infantry breached fortifications south of Metz and pushed within miles of the besieged city. Units from the 5th and 10th divisions seized Fort Orny, Fort Aisne, and Fort L’Aisne, advancing along the Moselle and Vosges foothills as Patton’s forces push toward the German border.
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London
Metz
Fort Orny
Third Army
Moselle
Luxembourg
Seventh Army
U. S
Vosges Mountains
Fifth Division
Fort Cray
Hospital Woods
Corny
Fort Aisne
Verny
Pommerieux
Liehon
Pipth
Bate
Fort Driant
Fleury
Fort L’ Aisne
Patton
90Th
Koenigsmacher
Reich
Maizieres
Queste
Dieuze
26Th
Fourth Armored
Dough
Koeching
Sixth Armored
Dittoncourt
80Th Infantry
Almance
Four Dead in Munhall Foggy Trolley Collision
In heavy fog, two street cars collided near Munhall, Pittsburgh district. One motorman and three passengers died, while six others were injured as workers used acetylene torches to free victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Munhall
Hidden Tuberculosis cases threaten large hidden pool
USPHS official warns at the Southern Medical Association that hidden TB cases may reach hundreds of thousands. A survey of 750,000 workers in war industries found 1.5 percent with X ray evidence of tuberculosis, suggesting actual cases exceed reported figures.
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ST. Louis
United States Public Health Service
USPHS
Southern Medical Association
Herman E. Hillehoe
Hilleboe
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Mae
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Pili
Army Air Force
Solons
Eighth Army
Italy
FDR
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Yankees
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