Red Army advances toward Budapest amid major fronts
Soviet forces push along a 75 mile front toward the Tisza and Ko rivers as they breach German Hungarian lines near Budapest. Izvestia reports Cossack units in readiness, with railways seized and Mako city captured, signaling a rapid push toward the capital with Budapest within reach in days.
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Orree
Berlin
Heast
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Belgrade
Izvestia
Red Army
Crimea
Gulf of Riga
Saare
Hun
Makory
Ro Orchaza
Bekes
Packard Plant Faces Shutdown Tied to Strike
Packard Motor Car Co officials say their Detroit plant employing about 10,000 workers faced a threatened shutdown due to a strike by 1,000 main maintenance men. The strike prompted a new schedule eliminating Saturday work. regular shifts to return if the naval war labor board takes no action on the age-structure study. Packard strikers, who left over the issue, vowed to stay out until demands are met or until the war ends.
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Naval War Labor Board
CSO
AFL
Oss
Packard
Kves
Firecracker Disruption at Communist Revue Premiere
Boston police investigated several large firecrackers exploded during the premiere of a communist committee musical revue at Symphony Hall. The blast occurred shortly after Party leader Part Browder spoke, causing panic as attendees moved to exits. Police found evidence near an emergency exit but no suspects.
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Boston
Communist Political Committee
F. D. BR
Part Browder
Communist Party
Symphony Hall
Frank Mullen
Vallee
Ann Burlak
Desetts
Roosevelt
Fifth Army advances two miles toward Bologna on Italian front
U S Fifth Army troops pushed two more miles toward Bologna within 12 miles of the Po valley communications center as German retreat tactics continued. Doughboys cleared Loiano and moved two miles north on the Florence Bologna road while Monte Vigese and Castel San Pietro areas saw Allied gains. Indian Eighth Army units crossed the Fiumicino and moved near San Martino Di Bagnolo and Sogliano as weather hampered operations. Fighters strafed Greek airfields and the Balkan Air Force attacked targets in northern Italy Yugoslavia and Albania with eleven planes missing.
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Fifth Army
Po Valley
Bologna
Italy
Reich
Loiano
Florence- Bologna
Sailent
Monte Vigese
Pistoria-Bologna
Castel San Pietro
Bologna-Rimini
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumicino
San Martino di Bagnolo
Sogliano
Greece
Balkan Air Force
Yugoslavia
Albania
Cotton Educational Conference In Memphis
A cotton educational conference in Memphis enters its second session to push southern schools to include cotton producing and market problems in curricula. Speakers included Frank Ahlgren of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Ward Delaney of the Institute of Textile Technology in Charlottesville, urging broader uses and markets for cotton.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Ahlgren
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Ward Delaney
Institute of Textile Technology
Charlottesville
Dewey Plans New Attacks On Democrats
Dewey traveling to Charleston for a campaign speech about postwar reconversion and criticism of Roosevelts administration. He will attack Roosevelt and accuse him of seeking Communist support and extending his term beyond tradition.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
EWT
Tonight
CBS
New York
White House
Patriots Say Nazis Guilty Of Atrocities In Greece
Greek patriots estimate that 1 300 villages and towns were burned or pillaged by German forces during occupation. The massacre at Kalavryta stands out as the brutal example with 700 men and boys killed and the town burned while girls were spared only due to an Austrian soldier releasing them.
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Greece
Kalavryta
Kalavyryta
Here
Athens under siege as Germans block roads report says
CBS broadcast from London claims fighting in central Athens for several days. It says Germans blocked all roads to the capital and the city’s life is paralyzed.
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New York
CBS
London
Athens
Aachen
Stimson
Churchill
House of Commons
Reprisals Kill Civilians As Germans Hit 50 For 1
In a coastal town of about 100,000, German forces carried out 50 for 1 reprisals with civilians slain and families left homeless by tactics spanning cities and villages. The article notes estimates of up to 2 million homeless and widespread suffering across the country.
Former Salisbury Rationing Board Re elected Leader
Salisbury October meeting chaired by L W Driscoll approved R C Mills as former chairman of the rationing board and accepted the full slate of nominees for certification. The board, shaken by disorder, will resume duties next week with new and returning members serving on the panels.
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Salisbury
R. C. Mills
L. W. Driscoll
OPA
Driscoll
Clyde Hoey Plans 24 Campaign Speeches in Month
Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic candidate for the U S Senate, announced 24 planned speeches in the last month of the campaign. The schedule, arranged by the state Democratic committee, covers most district meetings and forces him to decline further requests.
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Shelby
Clyde R. Hoey
U. S. Senate
State
Democratic Committee
Hoey
Four More Jap Ships Bagged and Foochow Falls
Allied air forces report sinking or damaging four Japanese ships in East Indies raids raising October toll to 23 ocean-going vessels. A minelayer and transports were sunk near Soela Celebes Amphioa and a 3,000-ton merchantman destroyed. Eight small ships fell to the blasts and 11 more damaged.
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Allied
New Guinea
East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Soela Island
Celebes
Amphoiia
U. S
Molucccas
Solomons
Fleas Get Better Break Than Hookworm in Government Aid
In Washington on October 71, flea relief was favored over hookworms and woodticks due to limited supply of the bug poison tenone. The Rocky Mountain fever carrier ticks drew attention from WPB, while Maryland's Carroll County controls wormseed supply used in vermifuges. Producers face higher costs and price movements under price regulations.
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Washington
WPB
Carroll County
Maryland
OPA
Residents of Outer Banks Fight Mail to Attorney General
North Carolina attorney general Harry Mac Mullan reports receiving letters of emotional appeal from Outer Banks residents. The correspondence arrives as he handles public grievances and requests, highlighting local concerns reaching state government.
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Raleigh
Harry MacMullan
War Today: Aachen Battle Signals Fast Allied Offensive
The Aachen sector battle signals a rapid Allied drive against Germany as October may bring decisive western front developments. Eisenhower seeks an all out push while German resistance tightens around a bloodiest invasion front with Churchill foreseeing heavy casualties.
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Siegried
Aachen
Atlantic
Veritas
Ministry of Information
London
Eisenhower
Reich
Hitler
Memorial and Burial Today for Irvin Cobb
Paducah honors humorist Irvin S Cobb with memorial services and burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Ashes to be scattered around a dogwood tree roots as a negro choir performs two spirituals. Attorney Tom Waller and Pastor Joe L Walker speak. City closes businesses 7 30 to 4 30 as mayor requests tribute.
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Paducah
Irvin
Cobb
New York
Oak Grove
Mattie Copeland
Tom Waller
Joe L. Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Wayne Seaton
German Oil Centers Are Bombed In Allied Blitz
Allied air forces launched large scale operations against German oil and industrial targets. More than 3,000 heavy bombers and fighters attacked Berlin Dortmund Bremen Hamburg and Ludwigshafen while Second Tactical Air Force and Ninth Air Force sorties supported U S First and Third armies. In air clashes over Saarlautern one American plane was lost but four enemy aircraft were shot down. Locomotives and cars were destroyed and railroad lines were damaged across 22 locations.
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Germany
Eighth Air Force
RAF
Berlin
Dortmund
Bremen
Hamburg
Ludwigshafen
Second Tactical Air Force
Ninth Air Force
U. S.S
Balkans
U. S
Saarlautern
Third Army
Hotslana Bay
Brunswick- Hannover
Magdeburg-Dessau
Pomerania
Hungary
Thomasville Youth Dies After Highway Crash
Alfred R. Smith a Thomasville young man died at City Memorial hospital from injuries after his car overturned on the High Point highway following a collision with Sgt J T Grizzle of Atlanta He was 25 The other driver escaped serious injuries and orders Greensboro army ord officers were not hurt Witnesses said the Smith car rolled several times before stopping near N M Bales home Smith leaves parents two brothers and two sisters with funeral plans announced
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Alfred R. Smith
City Memorial Hospital
High Point
J. T. Grizzle
Atlanta
Grizzle
Ord
Greensboro
N. M. Bales
Smith
Sen
Siegfried Line Yields Under Pressure
American forces attacking the Siegfried line advance 25 miles south of Aachen and break through the first dragon teeth defenses. Fighting widens to about 40 miles from Geisenkirchen toward the new assault area as breaches expand north of Aachen.
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London
Aachen
Geisenkirchen
Americans Break German Defense North of Aachen
With the First Army pressing, German lines north of Aachen collapsed as U S tanks and infantry surged forward. More than 300 prisoners taken in two hours as U S forces reached six miles inside Germany, capturing Herbach, Markstein, Hofstadt, Alsdorf and Baeschler. Luftwaffe conducted shuttle bombing overnight.
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Germany
Aachen
U. S
Beggenfort
Ubach
Herbach
Markstein
Hofstadt
Alsdorf
Baeschler
Luftwaffe
Allied Push in Forests Near Monschau and Aachen Fronts
American forces advance in a three mile wide forest below Monschau while the U S First Army drives north of Beggendorf and Ubach. In Hurtgen forest the attack penetrates nearly a mile as Patton s Third Army presses Fort Driant near Metz and Seventh Army advances eastward five to seven miles.
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Aachen
Prum
U. S. First Army
Beggendorf
Ubach
Hurtgen Forest
Germany
Cologne
Third Army
George S. Patton
Fort Driant
Metz
Moselle
Seventh Army
31 Additional Convictions In Marriage Case
Salt Lake City report says prosecutors added 31 more convictions to the polygamy case spanning Utah Idaho Arizona Colorado and Wyoming raising total convictions to 39 with 35 secured. Twenty men and 11 women were found guilty of conspiring to preach and practice polygamy. some had prior Mann Act or kidnapping or unlawful cohabitation violations.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
John Yates Barlow
United States Supreme Court
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