Campaign In Hungary Looks Like Pushover
MOSCOW reports Soviet tanks and infantry drive toward the Austrian frontier as the Red Army presses across Hungary. In East Prussia tanks strike near Tilsit and the Memelland frontier shows crack. Paris radio via Reuters says Russians crossed the East Prussian border at three points.
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Hungary
Moscow
Junkers
East Prussia
Tilsit
Red
Memelland
Hitler
London
Paris
Reuters
Senator Johnson calls to keep Browder Hillman Wallace and Eleanor out
Senator Johnson accused Roosevelt campaign managers of keeping Browder Hillman and Wallace in the political spotlight and suggested they and Eleanor should be kept in cold storage for the rest of the campaign. He praised Mrs. Roosevelt for staying out and criticized Bob Hannegan’s stance.
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Eleanor
Washington
Johnson
D- Cole
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
Henry Wallace
Browder
Hillman
Wallace
Germans Send Up Crack Tank Division
London reports a famous American infantry division advancing into Aachen, capturing the Schalchtof factory district and approaching Charlemagne’s old capital as German reinforcements, including a premier tank division, counterattacked at Bardenberg. The city of 165 000 faces a tense front as bombardment and combat unfold.
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London
Aucience
Charlemagne
Schalchtof
Bardenberg
Artilley
Old City
Arnhem
Holland
Aachen
Bombers Attack Vienna and Western Germany Fronts
Allied air forces hit the Vienna area and western Germany before dawn with American British and Canadian bombers from Italy and France. Targets included Aachen Ruhr bridges and rail lines. losses and enemy aircraft destroyed varied across missions across multiple fronts in Europe.
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Dpndon
Italy
Vienna
Hamburg
Ger
Durh am Man orgie To ur Colonel MacArthur S Process
Daniel Edwards of Durham North Carolina has been promoted to major to lieutenant colonel and serves as aide de camp to General Robert L. Eichelberger in the South Pacific. Edwards was wounded at Buna in 1942 and earned the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross, and Silver Star for gallantry in New Guinea and Biak. He holds the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge and lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
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MacArthur
Southst Pacific
Daniel Edwards
Dur, N. Cy
Robert L. Ebichelberger
I” Prs
Edwards
Buna
New Guinea
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Bader
Rs. Edwards
Colum- 5. C
Soldier mails Christmas gifts to himself
SALISBURY October 13. Soldier Allen R. Hartman on a 40 day leave from Trinidad mailed Christmas presents to himself at the post office. He helped his wife wrap the parcels and carried them there, though he does not know their contents.
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Salisbury
Allen R. Hartman
Trinidad
Rival Parties Are Bidding For Ballots
The Associated Press reports a nationwide rush of voter appeals on foreign affairs jobs freedom and economy. Senator Pepper praises Roosevelt and attacks Dewey while Clare Booth Luce depicts a New Deal state versus the United States and cites 3,000,000 civilian employees. Ball calls for clear positions on a world security organization as Bricker’s endorsement question lingers.
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Pepper
D-Fla
Free Italian American Labor Council
New York
Roosevelt
Dewey
England
Russia
Clare Booth Luce
Rconn
St. Louis
United States of America
Ball
Washington
World Security Organization
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Russian Push Advances Through Hungary and Baltic Fronts
Russian forces push through Hungary threatening key rail lines and cities near Budapest while heavy fighting rages in East Prussia and along the Baltic coast. Detected advances bring Russians within miles of Riga and Memel defenses as Hungarian resistance wanes.
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Lithuania
Germany
Reich
Hungary
Budapest
Serbia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Pathian
Hitler
Austria
Yugoslavia
Slovakia
Berlin
Vienna
East Prussia
Baltic
Riga
Memel
Sartininkai
Tilsit
Loss of Foochow Is Admitted By Chinese General
Chinese general Chang Tung Chuen acknowledged the loss of Foochow, confirming it fell on October 5. Japanese pincers pressed toward Kweilin and Liuchow as Kweiping fell to an advancing column. Stilwell said weather slowed operations but on October 11 and 12 fighters and medium bombers supported ground forces.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Liuchow
Free China
Hong Kong
Manchuria
Chang Tung Chuen
Kweiping
Pingham
Liuochow
Chang
Foochow
Joseph W. Stilwell
South China
14Th Air Force
American Carrier Forces Destroy 221 Jap Planes
U S Pacific Fleet headquarter announces a major strike against Japan with 221 Japanese planes destroyed 16 ships sunk and 19 damaged at Formosa as part of a fourth straight assault on the inner defense line. Nimitz reports 124 planes shot down and 97 destroyed on ground while American losses reach 22 aircraft.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Japan
Adm
Cee W. Nimitz
Toy
China
Fime
Teas
Philippines
Marcus
Tokyo
U. S
Marc A. Mitcher
Nimitz
William F. Halsey Jr
Friday the 13th and the 18th in history of unlucky events
A feature notes various historical coincidences linked to dates like May 18 1940 earthquake in Ecuador and November 13 1909 Cherry mine disaster. It cites earlier wars and events tied to specific dates including Westminster Vermont 1775, Mexico 1846, and mentions the 18th Amendment era.
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New York
Viday
Solomon Grundy
Wall Street
Ecuador
Cherry
Hungary
Bulgaria
Kaltes States
Netherlands
Westminster
United States
Mexico
Prisoners Reported as Fifth Army Advances in Italy
Heavy fighting along the Florence Bologna road followed a massive air assault south of Bologna. Allied headquarters said Fifth Army troops captured more than 300 prisoners in the central Italian sector as American forces pressed ahead aided by warm weather.
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Rome
Florence-Bologna
Bologna
Fifth Army
More Farming Machinery is Assured
President Roosevelt ordered wartime production boosted to sustain high food output into the postwar era. He instructed WPB chairman J. A. Krug to maintain full employment and expand farm equipment supply after the war to meet increased consumption.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPB
J. A. Krug
United States
Krug
Spanish Republican revolt near Franco risks new civil war
The piece notes a renewed Spanish Republican effort to challenge Franco with exiles in southern France totaling about 40,000. It cites Toulouse radio urging rebellion and contrasts current conditions with 1939, highlighting reduced Axis support and potential Russian aid, plus Franco's strained ties with Britain and Washington over neutrality violations.
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Franco
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Italy
France
Toulouse
Spanish National Union
Ranco
Hitler
Mussolini
Washington
London
Burlington To Get New Industry Duramold unit to move to North Carolina
Governor Broughton announced Fairchild Engine and Airplane Rotations will relocate the entire Duramold division to Burlington North Carolina. The plan includes two New York factories transferring equipment to the Burlington plant to produce two engine training planes for the Army Air Forces and sustain postwar uses.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Duramold Division
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Ration
Corporation
Aircraft
Army Air Forces
J. Carlton Ward, Jr
Fairchild
Duramold
New York City
Burlington
North Carolina
Polio Case Reported Near City
Eight year old Betty Jo Hayworth of Guilford county was moved to the infantile paralysis hospital in Hickory after illness diagnosed as infantile paralysis. The new case brings the city area total to nineteen with ten cases in the city itself.
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Betty Jo Hayworth
Dave Hayworth
Deep River Road
Guilford County
Hickory
Child in serious condition after rabid dog attack
Statesville Oct 13 Carol Sue Hefner three daughter of Mr and Mrs D C Hefner was badly lacerated on the face after a rabid dog attack hospital attache said she was resting as well as expected but condition described as precarious
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Statesville
Carol Sue Hefner
D. C. Hefner
Steel strike ends at Truscon Steel Co in Youngstown
A two day strike by 2000 Truscon Steel Co employees ended with day shift workers reporting at 7 am. Union leaders called the walkout unauthorized but said workers had grievances over a wage incentive the company termed a violation of the union contract.
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Youngstown
Truscon Steel Co
Germans retreat from Aachen as Allied forces close in
Outside Aachen on October 14 5 30 pm the German escape gap heading east from Aachen was cut to half a mile and being closed. Artillery and air power smash counter attacks near the city as Americans gain slowly amid sporadic opposition. Berlin claims 19000 American casualties with 5000 dead but Allied sources do not confirm.
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Bardenberg
Wurselen
Haaren
Cologne
Aachen
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Berlin
Teading
First Army
FDR Plans Uncertain Speaking Schedule Delays
President Roosevelt said he and advisers are discussing future speeches but no decisions have been made. Any announcements would come locally where the speech will be given or by the Democratic National Committee in New York. He declined to label the October 7 foreign policy speech and avoided questions about radio funding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
New York
Foreign Policy Association
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