War front shifts as Russian push tightens grip in Russia
The war report states a major Russian breakthrough at Zhitomir and a massive thrust in the Dnieper bend threatens Nazi lines. Allied air operations target Balkan rail hubs including Sofia and Civitavecchia while ground fighting concentrates near Mignano and along the Sangro river.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Sofia
Bula
Balkan
Italy
France
Antheor
Cannes
Civitavecchia
Ate Ae
Greece
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Eighth Army
Dcense
Mignano
Grenadier
Tyrrhenian
Garigliano
Rionero
Sangro River
Adriatic
Sangro
Atessa
French Riviera
Charges Against Former Governor Are Dismissed
Oklahoma City November 15 Bribery charges against former Governor Leon C Phillips and his former parole officer Robert R Fitzgerald were dismissed at the opening of their trial on prosecution motion The defense sought separate trials and Fitzgerald would be tried first The pair faced conspiracy charges to obtain 500 for a parole Life Term- er from a state prison with a maximum penalty of two years and 100000 fine A large witness list had been summoned by both sides
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Robert R. Fitzgerald
Iet
J. B. Dudley
George Miskovsky
Fitzgerald
J. Eissminger
Congressional panel cites OPA language as typical
A congressional committee labeled Amendment No. 5 to maximum price regulation 319 a typical example of the legalistic wording used by the Office of Price Administration. The cited language states all commodities in the appendix are known to the trade as such excepting those already under another regulation.
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Washington
Congressional
Office of Price Administration
Vittorio Emanuele's Reign Nears Its End
Italian Premier Badoglio pledges to resign when Rome falls and indications mount that King Vittorio Emanuele III will abdicate. Leopold Piccardi quit labor and commerce post amid calls to form a technical cabinet. If Rome falls and partners remain reluctant, the king may be forced to resign.
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Italy
Marshal Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Victor Emanuelee
Leopold Piccardi
Labor
Commerce
Badoglio
Techn
Doglio
Marshall
Carlo Sforza
Bendetto Grace
Philoppher
Vittorio Emanuele
Postwar rationing seen less urgent as UNRRA work begins
Atlantic City report notes relief for Europe and China may take precedence. US UNRRA funding skims about 1.5 billion dollars with initial bill under 0.5 billion and a flexible plan targeting roughly 2.5 billion overall. Invaded nations like Russia excluded. major levies expected on wheat fats and oil.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Europe
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
United States
UNRRA
Congress
Finance Committee
British Commonwealth
Russia
Yanks Launch Record 223-Ton Raid On New Guinea Japs
American bombers led a three ply assault dropping 223 tons of explosives on Finschhafen and Madang to crush Japanese bases. fighters strafed Alexishafen airstrips as fires raged. MacArthur said great fires started, four enemy planes destroyed on the ground, and vast damage across Bougainville Rabaul and Kavieng as Halsey reported progress at Empress Augusta Bay.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
Madang
New Guinea
Alexishafen
Alcr Rede B
Rabaul
Pacific Theater
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
New Britain
Buka
Buin
Bougainville
Kapingamarangi Island
Kavieng
New Ireland
U. S
Empress Augusta Bay
William F. Halsey, Jr
Halsey
Solomons
Count Asked To Leave Bahamas After Murder Trial
Alfred Ma, acquitted in the Sir Harry Oakes murder case, is ordered to depart the Bahamas along with close associates Marquis Georges de Visdelou and others. An executive governor-in-council order blocks details, with Mexico seen as a potential haven and departures planned within two weeks. Nancy Oakes de Marigny hopes to travel to New York for surgery if accompanying arrangements are made. United States officials may refer the matter to Washington.
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Nassau
Alfred Ma
Harry Oakes
Bahamas
Georges de An
Governor-In-Council
Jurda
Theovernor
Ke of Windsor
Duke
United States
Mexico
de Visdelou
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
New York
Andrews
San
State Department
Washington
de Martane
Glider Crew of Three Killed In Illinois Crash
The three man Army glider crew died when the craft crashed 10 miles southwest of Olney Illinois. The glider was towed from Sedalia Missouri toward Bowman Field Kentucky with Marton Army Air Base as its home base. Cause unknown whether tow rope failed or crew released due to trouble.
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Lawrenceville
Ill
Olney
Georges Field
Sedalia
Bowman Field
Marton Army Air ‘Base
Air Attack Hit Luino Rail Center Near Como
A violent air attack in northern Italy began at 11:30 a.m. today and could be seen and heard in Lugano Switzerland. The target appeared to be the Luino railroad center located about 24 miles northwest of Como.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Italy
Luino
Como
Lebanon Clash May Erupt At Any Moment
Cairo dispatch reports the Lebanon French dispute teeters on the brink with potential native French clashes feared in Lebanon or Syria. British officials warn of possible armed struggles as Catroux faces pressure to free detainees and restore a provisional government amid regional tensions.
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Lebanon
John F. Chester
Cairo
Curtis Ryan
Ministry of Information
Middle East
Beirut
Syria
Richard G. Casey
Britain
Catroux
Committee of National Liberation
Edward Spears
Spears
Jerusalem
Associated Press
London
Jean Louis Helleu
Algiers
League of Nations
U S Subs Sink Seven Jap Vessels in Pacific Sweep
Allied bombings hit Japanese air bases on New Guinea as ground forces advance in China Burma and Bougainville. US submarines claim seven ships sunk and two damaged, raising Pacific totals to 346 sunk 36 possibly sunk and 114 damaged. Tokyo reports two Allied cruisers sunk and three warships damaged near Bougainville. No US ships lost.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Pacific
China
Burma
Bougainville Island
Navy Department
Tokyo
Allied Line on Leros Is Improved
British troops gained ground in central and northern Leros amid heavy fighting and German casualties. A Middle East communique reports long range air sweeps, destruction of a Heinkel 111, and Allied bomber missions against Rhodes and Crete. Nine Allied planes were lost in air operations as German forces held a nose knife position across the island.
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Cairo
Dodecanese
Leros
Gurna Bay
Cape Pantali
Suda Bay
Crete
Herakleion
Maritza
Rhodes
Senate Judiciary Panel Rejects Poll Tax Amendment
The senate judiciary committee rejected by a 9 to 8 vote a proposal by Senator O'Mahoney to amend the Constitution to bar poll taxes as a qualification for voting in federal elections in Washington on November 15.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Unrest Over Little Steel Wage Formula Faces Rails and Steel
Washington reports simmering labor unrest linked to the Little Steel formula as railroad workers and steel labor groups push for higher wages to match rising living costs. The wage method, set in 1942, faces new scrutiny as wage negotiations reach a critical point with strikes possible.
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Washington
ABC
Pooner
WLB
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Soviets Break German Lines On Dnieper Front
Moscow reports mass Red Army advance west of Kiev toward Baranovka Zhitomir corridor. Vatutin forces break through near Korosten Chepovichi and Baranovka driving Germans back and liberating civilians as fighting continues along the Dnieper bend with heavy losses on both sides.
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Hitler
Munich
Zhitomir
Itler
Dnieperbend
Berlin
Dnieper
Moner
Russia
Demarcat
Trog
Red Army
Nikolai
Lightning
Tin
Kiev
Poland
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Dnieper Bend
Zaporozhe
Krivoi
Paris
Reuters
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Chepovichi
Cew
Baranovka
Kiev Zhitomir
Vatutin
Rtsian
Germa
Kerch Sula
Kerch
Mans
Kereh
Rechitsa
Pripet Marshes
Pripetia
Bug River
Zhi
Secre Zhitomir
Russian Russians hide in Kiev by aging themselves
Tass dispatch reprinted by Pravda reports Russian men who stayed in Kiev during the German occupation grew long beards to appear elderly. Barbers trimmed them back to normal, the article says, as the Germans were misled by the impostors.
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Moscow
Kiev
Tass
Soviety
Pravda
Communist Party
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Odessa_ Perekop
Kharkov
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Odessa
Leningrad
Markhant Ramu
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