Plan to Turn United Nations Into Peace Organization
The United States Britain and China outlined a 11 member Security Council with permanent Big Four plus France. Armed forces would be available and deployed by council direction under joint agreements. Russia seeks veto power while US and Britain oppose it. The Dumbarton Oaks plan envisions a broad UN structure with a general assembly of all members.
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Washington
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Britain
China
United Nations
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Big Four
France
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Dumbarton Oaks
Hull
Sicttinius
Russia
General Assembly
Assembly
Willkie's Body Lying In State At New York Church
Wendell Willkie will lie in state at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church from 2 p m today until 3 p m tomorrow after dying at Lenox Hill hospital from a heart-related illness. Burial is planned in Rushville Indiana, with services scheduled after his son returns from convoy duty in the Atlantic. President Roosevelt praised Willkie as forthright and courageous and messages of sympathy poured in from across the country.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lenox Hill Hospital
Oo Convac
Ted
Rushville
Ind
Mr. Willkie
J.g
Phil Willkie
USNR
Atlantic
Alexander Ghiselin
Benjamin Salzer
Lamoyne Jones
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Court Refuses Reconsideration in Insurance Case
The Supreme Court refused to rehear the South-Eastern Underwriters case. The decision upholds that interstate insurance activities fall under the Antitrust Act. The 4 to 3 vote left Justices Roberts and Reed not participating. Attorneys general from 41 states had petitioned for rehearing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Sion
Roberts Reed
German Forces Evacuating Athens as British Advance
Rome dispatches report German forces preparing to vacate Athens while British troops sweep the Peloponnesus toward the Isthmus of Corinth. British units near Corinth after seizing the port of aypion tighten overland escape. some German troops reportedly still in southern Greece.
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Athens
Peloponnesus
Isthus
Corinth
Greece
Thumus
Ayplion
Rman
Loponesus
Spanish Loyalists Plan Paris Congress to Oust Franco
The National Spanish Union says it will hold a Paris congress around Oct 15 to press for Franco's removal and a constitutional regime. It reports unrest in Spain and anticipates asking the United States and Britain to withdraw recognition of Franco's government.
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National
Spanish Union
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
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Franco
Congress
Sates
Britain
One-day reprieve granted for James Taylor in Wake Forest slaying
Acting Paroles Commissioner William Dunn announced a one-day reprieve for James Taylor Negro scheduled to die Friday for murder in connection with the slaying of Constable John Taylor at Wake Forest Raleigh October 9.
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William Dunn
Grant James Taylor
Mucr
John Taylor
Wake Forest
Churchill and Eden Arrive in Moscow to See Stalin
Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Moscow to confer with Joseph Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov on postwar plans. W Averell Harriman will represent the United States in the talks, described as a sequel to the Quebec meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill. Attlee cited U.S. approval and noted possible strains over Poland’s future amid reconciliation efforts between Mikolajczyk’s exile government and Soviet-backed Polish forces.
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Eden
Moscow
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Anthony Sire
Marshal Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
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U. S
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Clement Attee
Quebec
Roosevelt
Attlee
Commons
Poland
Big aerial assault expands as 2000 American planes strike Germany
London dispatch reports a new wave of about 2000 American aircraft resuming pressure on Germany with attacks in Schweinfurt Coblenz and Mainz areas. The over weekend action is described as the largest Allied air offensive to date, with close to 10,000 planes involved in combined operations over Germany and Holland.
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Germany
Reich
Schweinfurt
Coblenz
Mainz
Henry B. Jameson
Holland
Former Head Of Bank Of Italy On Trial
Vincenzo Azzolini former governor of Italy went on trial for his life before the high court of justice declaring innocence of charges he wilfully handed over 120 tons of gold to the Germans. The 62 year old veteran of World War I said he loved his country and defended the bank to the best of his ability.
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Rome
Vincenzo Azzolini
Italy
High Court of Justice
Azzolini
Allies Push Through Northern Italy Road To Bologna Area
American troops keep advancing along highway 65 toward Bologna, within about 10 miles of the valley hub, while German reinforcements mount delays. Eighth Army crosses the Fiumicino, Monte Gallo and Monte Gattona sees heavy fighting as Fifth Army, British and Indian units contest Monte Cece and surrounding road corridors.
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Po Valley
Castellari
Barbarolo
Bologna
Imola
Fiumicino
Fifth Army
Monte Cece
Palazzuolo- Castel Bolognese
13Th Corps
S. C. Kirkman
92Nd
Serra River
Seraxezza
la Spezia
92Nd Division
Monte Stanco
Pistoia-Bologna
Sestri Levante
Gulf of Genoa
Bulwinkle Sees Bright Postwar Aviation for N C
Gastonia October 9 A L Bulwinkle chairman of the house wa committee on civil aviation said he foresees a great postwar aviation future for North Carolina Local service and feeder lines will supplement large through airlines He expects next congress to pass federal aid for civil airport construction.
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A. L. Bulwinkle
House
Wa Committee On Civil Aviation
North Sage
Bulwinkle
Russians Cut Off 15 German Divisions in Baltic Offensive
Moscow reports a major Baltic breakthrough advancing 62 miles north of Memel and enveloping over 2,000 towns while Soviet columns push toward Budapest from Romania. General Bagramian leads the assault with Cherniakhovsky, massed artillery and armor driving along the Siauliai Memel rail line.
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Memel
Hungary
Romania
Budapest
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East Prussia
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Bagramian
Cotton Production Forecast Is Uped in 1943
The agriculture department forecasts this year's cotton crop at 11,953,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. This exceeds last month’s forecast of 11,483,000 bales and last year’s 11,427,000 bales. The ten year average is 12,455,000 bales for 1933-42.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U S Third Fleet Bombards Marcus Island Japanese Outpost
In a surprise communique Admiral Nimitz reported Halsey’s Third Fleet bombarded Marcus Island, silencing coast batteries and hitting buildings with fires. The attack and heavy air losses in the Marianas and Philippines areas underscore ongoing Pacific battles.
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Marcus Island
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Contaoos
Chester W. ‘Nimitz
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Radio Tokyo
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Pacific
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West Pacific
Marc A. Mitcher
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Marianas
Philippines
Halsey-Mitscher
Bonins
Palau
Macfarlane Dies at 60 in Chicago Suburbs
W E Macfarlane longtime media executive and business manager of the Chicago Tribune died at 60 from heart disease at his Lake Forest home after serving as chairman of the Mutual Broadcasting System executive committee.
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Chicago
W. E. Macfarlane
Mutual Broadcasting System
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Lake Forest
Allies press Aachen as weather limits aid to German front
The wartime column notes the American First Army drive on Aachen with heavy air raids and German reports of a major assault. Weather, mud, and autumn rains threaten supply lines and mobility on the western front while a wider Soviet advance in Lithuania improves Allied prospects.
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Aix-la-Chapelle
N C Women to National Posts
Durham announces Mrs W C Alexander appointed rehabilitation chairman for area C of the National Legion auxiliary. She led the North Carolina department for the year ending Oct 1. Area includes 12 states plus Panama. Mrs Walter Craven named national child welfare chairman. Mrs J W Hendricks honored at Statesville reception.
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W. C. Alexander
National Legion Auxiliary
Alexander
North Carolina
Charles N. Gilbert
Norwich
Conn
National Auxilitary
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
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Tennessee
Texas
Panama
Walter Craven
Charlotte
National Child Welfare
J. W. Hendricks
Statesville
Allied Drive On Aachen As German Defenses Hold
American forces stagger toward Aachen with heavy shelling on both sides as they push near the city from north and east. Doughboys seize the hill at Varlantenheide and press toward surrounding roads, while German resistance stiffens to defend a critical road center and the Nazi line near Cologne and Dusseldorf. Meanwhile Patton’s Third Army advances from Metz toward German strongholds, capturing several towns and tightening the noose around Aachen.
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Germany
U. 8
Cellifis
Eace
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Peace City
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Adolf Hitler
O Aachen
London
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Dusseldorf
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
Doughbors
The
Reich
Moselle
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Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Third
Nancy
Chenincourt
Ajoncourt
Xane der M. Patch
Seventh Army
le Thillot
Woman Held For Marrying Sailor And Soldier
Charlotte FBI official Edward Scheidt says Shar Lynn Massey, 29, is under arrest in San Diego on charges of collecting government allowance checks as the wife of a soldier while still married to a sailor. Her marriages spanned San Diego in 1937 and Camp Rucker in 1943, with later alleged cohabitation in Fuquay Springs and Fayetteville before authorities pursued her. She faces federal court in Raleigh beginning Oct. 30.
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Edward Scheidt
FBI
Shar Lynn Massey
San Diego
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Camp Rucker
Ozark
Ala
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Fayetteville
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