Troops Drive Into East Suburbs Of Gomel
Soviet forces press the offensive along the Sozh River opposite Gomel, threatening a corridor to the west and the rupture of German lines in White Russia. Nazi casualties exceed 5,300 with 58 planes shot down as Red Army advances from three bridgeheads near Dnieper and Kiev area. Novo-Belitza rail junction suburb captured, threatening flanking of the German 200 mile front.
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London
Sozh
White
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow Radio
Dnieper
Kie
Itebsk
White Russia
Crimea
Red Army
Moscow
CBS
New York
Kiev
Novo-Belitza
Gomel
American citizen urged to choose new homeland
Hartford man Stanley Mocarsky, who pleaded guilty to failing to report for duty, was given 30 days by Judge Carroll C. Hincks to decide whether to leave the United States. The judge noted Mocarsky’s claim the country had done nothing for him and his rise in breadlines, but said he cannot force expulsion without legal basis.
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New Haven
Conn
Carroll C. Hincks
Stanley Mocarsky
Hartford
Mocarsky
Hicks
United States
Hincks
Chicago
Efforts Being Made to Stop Truck Strike
Atlanta reports a conference among AFL Teamsters Union representatives and Labor Department conciliators. Spokesmen for strikers and operators discussed the week old truck stoppage that has halted freight in several Southern states. About 25 local union business representatives and three parties awaited action by the War Labor Board on a salary increase proposal.
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Atlanta
AFL Teamsters’ Union
U. S. Department of Labor
Robert Borden
Birmingham
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
John Lacy
Labor
Peperaee
War Ae Board
WLB
Washington
AFL Adopts Report on Negro Workers
At the Boston AFL convention on October 12 the body approved a committee report condemning race discrimination in unions amid debate triggered by a negro delegate. President William Green supported equality for negroes in unions, favoring education over force, while Charles J. MacGowan of the Boilermakers defended his union as protective of black workers.
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Boston
Mass
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Green
Charles J. MacGowan
Boilermakers
A. Philip Randolph
Kimmel Denies Drafting Pearl Harbor Court Martial Letter
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel denies reports he drafted a letter requesting an immediate court martial. He says he has not sent such a letter and would welcome a court martial, but only if it does not disrupt current war duties and witness activities. Lt. Col. Henry Leonard says a letter was written. Navy says no letter. Rep. Cole calls for immediate court martial to reveal Pearl Harbor facts.
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New York
Husband E. Kimmel
Frank Knox
Kimmel
Pear Harbor
Denver
Henry Leonard
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
War Department
Washington
W. Sterling Cole
Pearl Harbor
Gas Plant Output to Rise as War Demands Grow
Washington reports official concern over expanding 100-octane genoline plants as war needs push production beyond planned goals. About 50 plants are active with roughly as many more under construction and targets rising to 126. Material sufficiency improves while labor shortages constrain expansion.
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Washington
United Nations
War Department
Allies Bomb Nazis In Balkans on Greek Island
Allied air forces battered Nazi airfields across the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean for the seventh straight day. Bombs struck Corfu, Calato on Rhodes, Herakleion and Antimachia on Cos, with Liberators targeting parked aircraft and buildings. Ground actions along the Volturno front and toward Termoli continued with heavy rains hindering fighting.
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Y Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Northwest African Air Force
Balkans
Easterniterranean
Corfu
Adriatic
Comte Pies Mores Intza
Calato
Rhodes
Herakleion
Crete
Lightni
Antimachia
Cos
Dodecanese
Volturno
Termoli
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mud in Your Eye in the South Pacific Weather Tale
Lt. Col. Orin H. Rigley Jr describes mud up to the knees in jungle South Pacific terrain as the sun rapidly dries mud, a sharp reminder to readers to heed sunlight and weather in war zones.
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Washington
Oct
South Pacific
Orin H. Rigley, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Battle of
Midway
De Gaulle Aligns With Russia Worries Western Allies
The article discusses General De Gaulle's shift toward a maritime alliance with the Soviet Union via the Mediterranean and Algiers. It analyzes Moscow's response, postwar European power dynamics, and tensions over a second front. It notes distrust between Moscow and the Anglo American alliance and the Balkan influence issue and calls for mutual pledges on governance free from coercive pressure.
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Charles de Gaulle
Russia
de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Moscow
Mediterranean
Gaulle
Giraud
France
Europe
Communist Party
Pravda of
Pravda
United States
Britain
Balkans
Balkan States
Judge Orders Smith To Pay $2000 Fine
GREENSBORO October 12 O C Dutch Smith ex king of lottery racketeers fled justice for over three years appeared in Greensboro Municipal Court and pleaded nolo contendre receiving a 2000 dollar fine. The case closed in under ten minutes with no evidence offered on his guilt or innocence and attention focused on his Civil Air Patrol record.
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Greensboro
O. C
Smith
Nolo Contendre
E. D. Reykendall
Adam Younce
Civil Air Patrol
Thomas J. Gold, Sr
High Point
A. Stacey Gifford
Nazis Threaten to Destroy All Yugoslav Cities
London broadcast of a Yugoslav liberation army communique warns German plans to destroy every city town and village in Yugoslavia and to shoot hostages. The notice follows claims of Yugoslav victories including the capture of Slankamen on the Danube and the destruction of Novo Meste.
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London
Germany
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Free Yugoslav Radio
Cherso
Gulf of
Fiume
Novo-Meste
Slankamen
Danube
Belgrade
UNC Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Princeton president Harold Dodds urged postwar security needs through international political institutions. He spoke at UNC’s sesquicentennial, noting the university’s long wartime defense role and postwar plans, with Old East cornerstone ceremony reenacted by Carolina Playmakers.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton University
Dodds
Univers
America
Old East
Ruth Oncley
Greensboro
Carolina Playmakers
Samuel Selden
Portugal Keeps Neutrality While Allowing Allied Bases
Churchill announced Portugal will grant British anti-submarine bases in the Azores to aid the fight against U-boat incursions while Portugal remains neutral. The move strengthens Allied reach in the Atlantic, with Roosevelt informed and the Azores serving as key harbor and air facilities near 1,000 miles west of Lisbon.
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London
Portugal
Britain
Azores
Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Lisbon
Rome
Japan
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Bern
Commons
New York
Fayal
Horta
United States
Continent
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Washington
United States State Department
Re. Gal
Sub Menace In Atlantic Very Serious Says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned renewed U boat activity in the North Atlantic is very serious. He praised Brazil for its growing anti submarine effort and noted Brazilian air bases and ships aiding the fight. He also described British submarines operating near Norway against Tirpitz despite mine fields and nets.
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Washington
Knox
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Recife
Brazil
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Italy
Cerreto
Pontefandolfo
8Th Army
Colletorio
5Th Army
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Morin
Frosinone
Naples
Cassino
Mondragone
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