Russians drive deep into Hungary cutting rail lines toward Budapest
Allied dispatches report a Russian tank and cavalry surge across southeastern Hungary pressing toward the capital. The advance reaches within 83 miles of Budapest, seizing key towns and rail junctions along a widening arc while Axis forces resist along the Tisza river. Local fronts shift as bridges and crossings fall under Russian control, enabling continued by passes toward Vienna and beyond.
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Oroshaza
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Sion
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Csongrad
Tisza Koros
Roosevelt to Speak on Foreign Policy Group Dinner
President Roosevelt accepts invitation to address the Foreign Policy Association dinner in New York Oct. 21. The speech would be his first outside Washington since launching his fourth term campaign. White House stance on timing remains undecided. General McCoy announced the invitation and press acceptance.
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Frank R. McCoy
Association
Ratio
Foreign Policy Assation
For Policy
New York
McCoy
Thomas Fey
Cards Tie World Series With 5 to 1 Victory Over Browns
The St Louis Cardinals defeated the Cleveland Browns 5 to 1 at Sportsman's Park to even the World Series at two games each. Stan Musial led with three hits including a homer, while Johnny Hopp and Walker Cooper added two apiece. Harry Brecheen pitched a full nine innings as the Cards outhit the Browns 12 to nine and played errorless defense.
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Brownies
Stan Musial
Cardinal
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Johnny Hopp
Walker Cooper
Harry Brecheen
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Broken Bow
Okla
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Yanks
Big Mort Cooper
Denny Galehouse
Galehouse
Cooper
Blix Donnelly
Redbirds
Willkie Remains Very Sick Amid Throat Infection
Wendell L. Willkie, former 1940 Republican presidential candidate, is under treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital for a streptococcic throat infection. He has shown some improvement but remains very sick, hospital officials said after his temperature fell from 104 to 101 degrees following penicillin treatment.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Lenox Hill Hospital
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Benjamin Salzer
Willkie
Cardinals Rally Falls Short in Browns Tilt
Musial drives in runs with a home run and two base hits as the Cardinals meet the Browns. W Cooper Marion Laabs Musial lead with multiple hits while Jakucki and Hollingsworth work on the mound. Browns tally four runs to Cardinals four in a tight contest before 455 paid.
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Esever Brecheen
Apoor Gutteridge
Th Kreevich
Ef Moore
Rf Stephens
McQuinn
Ib Christman
Hayworth
Mancuso
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Peo
aClary
Eereee
Stet Henner
Jakucki
Greeks Report Free Sectors as British Move In
British forces overrun much of the Peloponnesus and a Greek government-in-exile representative takes over administration. Crowds in Patras are promised that exiled King George II will attempt to satisfy the people’s wishes as Germans flee the area.
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Peloponnesus
Athens
Oytera
Corinth
Reuters
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George 11
Greece
Albania
Rion
Gulf of Corinth
Nazis in Italy May Retreat Farther North
German forces facing the American Fifth Army struggle to stabilize a front in Central Italy. The foe reportedly shifts to a new defensive line farther north while attempting to move war materiel from northern Italy to Germany. Allies push two miles beyond Soiano, nearing Bologna as rail lines and factories are targeted for removal or destruction.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Soiano
Bologna
Germany
Dewey Accuses Administration of Double Talk on Policies
Governor Thomas E. Dewey denounces the Roosevelt administration as duplicity on ownership of factories while disavowing Communist support. He questions the timing of the administration's disclaimers and criticizes coal industry policy as he campaigns in Charleston West Virginia. Dewey cites Earl Browder and discusses UMW reactions as he presses for coal stabilization measures.
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W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Earl Browder
New York
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John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Jap activities on China coast force allies to recast strategy
Japanese landings near Foochow press China to adjust war aims. Chinese officials report a second Nippon landing on the Min river south of Foochow to secure airfield zones for coast defense. Fighting continues around Foochow and near Liuchow as observers note a strategic shift in the theater.
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Min River
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Kweilin
Liuchow
Preston Grover
Associated Press
U. S
Senator Hill Blasts GOP In UNC Talk
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama criticized the Republican platform as directionless in a prepared speech to the Carolina Political Union at Chapel Hill. He urged that the party chose mediocrity and Dewey over Willkie, calling Dewey adviser Dulles an attorney for cartels and bandits while arguing preparedness measures faced Republican opposition. He linked wartime policy to domestic politics, urging unity with Roosevelt and the Democratic Party.
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United States
Weather, war outlook shift as snows fall on Vosges fronts
The first light snows report in the Vosges signal a possible early European winter that could slow Allied moves against the Siegfried line. Despite weather, Allied air support could still tip the balance if conditions improve, with 1918 contrasts noted and Balkan, Italian fronts under pressure.
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Aachen
Marine Hero Charged With Girl's Murder
A 21 year old Marine and father of two, Earl McFarland, is charged with the murder of Dorothy Berrum, 18, a war department clerk from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Her body was found strangled and ravished on Potomac Park golf course. Major Edward J. Kelly announced the murder charge and said the investigation tied to a service belt lipstick stained cigarette and a jackknife led to McFarland’s arrest early this morning.
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Guadalcanal
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War Department
Chippewa Falls
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Metropolitan Police
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Kelly
McFarland
Nazis Would Use Prominent U. S. Men As Hostages
Goering backed plan to hold top Allied figures as hostages in Germany for the safety of Nazi leaders to be tried after defeat. Held prisoners include King Leopold of Belgium and Edouard Herriot as editorial notes cited by ABEI and quoted by AB SIE.
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ABSIE
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Hermann Goering
Essener National Zeitung
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Belgium
Edouard Herriot
Abei
OWI
National Citizens PAC Receives 10 Ward & Co Shares Gift
The National Citizens Political Action Committee announced a contribution of 10 shares of Montgomery Ward & Co stock. The donor was a woman who asked to remain anonymous.
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New York
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Montgomery Ward & Co
Infantry and Tanks Break Through to Rhine Front
Allied First Army drives six miles into Germany north of Aachen with six towns overrun Beggendorf Basweiler Hebrach Merkstein Hofstadt Alsdorf as Third Army advances toward Wormeldange. US units break main resistance line, tanks and planes support push toward Ruhr valley and Cologne area near Hurtgen forest.
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Aach
Palaus campaign yields 12,211 Japanese dead in first weeks
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines and soldiers have killed 12,211 Japanese and captured 224 in the Palaus since Sept 15. On Peleliu 11,083 enemy slain and 214 captured, with Umurbrogol Mountain reduced. Angaur accounts 1,128 dead and 10 captured as fighting continues.
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