Russian Push in Ukraine Hits Kremenchug and Melitopol Fronts
Moscow reports Red Army forces drive toward Melitopol and Kiev region battles as German units retreat from key railway towns. Russian communique says over 1,000 Nazis killed and 22 tanks destroyed in the offensive, with repulsed counterattacks near Velikiye Luki and Zaporozhye.
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Melitopol
Crimea
CBS
Front Line Discs
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Kiev
Igor
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Airliner Crash Near Centerville Tennessee Kills Six Crew
An American airliner carrying six passengers and four crew members crashed and burned near Centerville Tennessee. Fire official H C Duncan said the wreckage lay three four miles off Highway Route 12 northeast of Center Hill with no signs of life. Army planes from Memphis and Nashville ferried bases aided search along with company planes and civil air patrol. One aboard was Blan R Maxwell a Tennessee Senate figure allied with the governor.
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Civil Air Patrol
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Lewis Urges Striking Miners to Return to Work
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers urged thousands of striking miners in Alabama and Indiana to meet and vote to resume work. The no-strike pledge expires Oct. 31, with about 25,000 workers already out, as wartime coal operations return to owners and production is framed as vital to the war effort.
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Indiana
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FDR Sets Up New Three-Man Wage Board
President Roosevelt created a fresh three man emergency board to study wage demands of about 1,100,000 non-operating rail workers. The board must report by November 15 and its recommendations would take effect 15 days later unless altered by Fred M. Vinson the economic stabilization director.
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Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Nazi Spy Nabbed in California Indicted on Fraud Charges
The FBI announced the capture of Guenther Maria Rumrich in Richmond California. Rumrich, once convicted as a pre war spy, is under Seattle indictment for furnishing false information to obtain a coast guard pass and for passing four worthless checks totaling 110 dollars.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Coast Guard
Yanks Cross Volturno Like Meuse Crossing of 1918
In San Francisco on October 16 Associated Press writer Ralph Heppe recalls U S troops crossing the Volturno in Italy facing German machine guns. He links the 1943 crossing to the 1918 Meuse crossing below Stenay, describing water crossings, assault boats, and deadly fire as doughboys pushed toward Rome and Berlin.
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Allied air offensive hammers New Britain in Pacific surge
Allied air power pounded New Britain from Cape Hoskins to Gloucester and beyond as General MacArthur’s forces press along New Guinea. Liberators, Mitchells, Beauforts and P-38s blasted Japanese airstrips, ships, and supply routes with minimal Allied losses, while Australian troops advance along the Ramu valley near Madang.
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Indian Leaders Urged Coalition Government For War Effort
The piece discusses Indian leader CR and Gandhi family ties, the Bengal famine, and calls for a wartime coalition government in New Delhi under the king emperor with Churchill's backing. It argues this provisional government could accelerate the Burma invasion and open China to aid, while allowing postwar self governance talks.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Churchill
German controlled radios go silent across Europe
New York reports a warning that German controlled radios in Holland Calais France and Bremen Germany ceased broadcasts at 10 40 am eastern wartime. U S government monitors say such a blackout often signals an air raid.
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Holland
Calais
France
Bremen
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U. S
Moonstone Patrol Craft Lost After Atlantic Collision
The U S S Moonstone, a patrol craft built in 1929 and formerly the Lone Star, sank in the Atlantic after colliding with another vessel. About 50 crewmen were aboard and all were rescued. Lt. W R S Curtis of Greenville South Carolina commanded the ship, the 123rd naval vessel announced as lost in the war.
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Atlantic
Navy
W. R. S. Curtis
Greenville
S. C
Lone Star
Memphis police walkout threat eases after reinstatement
In Memphis on October 16, police spokesmen said a general walkout threat remained despite Commissioner Joe Boyle reinstating two patrolmen, C A Kettlewell and M S Nicholson. More than 150 officers pressed for civil service status higher pay and shorter hours, with a Sunday 9 am deadline. Cars were out of service for an hour during the protest.
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Joe Boyle
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C. A. Kettlewell
M. S. Nicholson
Tremor felt in Cairo causes light building sway
A slight earthquake measured near Cairo at 4:30 p.m. today shook some buildings but caused no serious damage reports.
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Electrician Dies From Line Shock At Morganton High Field
Ernest L. Bowers 26. an electrician. was killed by an electric shock while working on a power line at Morganton High School football field. Acting Coroner Stanley Moore reported.
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Ernest L. Bowers
Stanley Moore
Yugoslav Patriots Claim Capture Of Several Towns
London reports a Yugoslav communique stating major fighting for the Save river bridge near Ljubljana and Zagreb with patriots capturing fortified positions and killing over 1,200 Germans. Andrijevic taken by second partisan corps. Zenica street fighting continues. Rommel rumored to command in Yugoslavia and Axis divisions increased.
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Save River
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Zagreb
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Zenica
Belgrade
Erwin Rommel
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Adolf Hitter
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Germans Recognize Jap Philippine Government
The German government announced on German radio that it recognizes the independent republic of the Philippines, a puppet Manila regime, as granted by Japan from Tokyo. The move marks recognition of the Japanese created administration in Manila.
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Navy Blimp Crashes Off New Jersey Coast
A navy blimp crashed into the Atlantic about 200 yards off Barnegat Inlet near Forked River during fog at 10 a.m. EWT. The number of men aboard was not announced as rescue operations continued. The blimp operated from Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.
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One Child Killed Five Injured as Car Strikes Students
In Arcadia mill village eight year old Albert Brown died and five other school children were injured when an automobile struck a group of crossing children. The car fled the scene and was chased for miles before being stopped. Drivers Le Roy Campbell aged 33 of Spartanburg and H F Howell aged 62 of Hendersonville NC were jailed for investigation. Campbell was reported as the driver.
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Bond
Horace Hatchette
Leroy Campbell
H. F. Howell
Hendersonville
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Nazis Fall Back From Volturno
Allied Fifth Army troops push north of the Volturno and Calore rivers. Caiazzo and Amorosi captured as German forces pull back from the Volturno mouth. Radio France reports a retreat toward Rome.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
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Caiazzo
Amorosi
Allies Seize Key Junction at Vinc chiaturo Campobasso in Italy
Allied forces break through in Central Italy taking Vincchiaturo and Campobasso road junctions as British Eighth Army pushes toward the Volturno line. Front reports show German forces attempting to disengage from close combat while British units dig in at the Volturno mouth amid renewed counterattacks.
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Italy
Eighth Army
Vincchiaturo
Campobasso
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Butter Rationing to Stay Tight Next Month
Washington reports butter will remain scarce with ration costs likely to stay around 16 points next month. Officials say government requisitioning will end until spring, but no large civilian supplies are expected due to peak production passing and cream diverted to other uses. Distribution has improved modestly as the point value rose from 12 to higher levels, yet inequities persist with many regions consuming more near producers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Capital Decides Loss Of 60 Forts Not Too High A Price
Washington assesses Schweinfurt raid losses noting 60 Flying Fortresses and 593 crew members lost. Officials say the strike on Germanys ball bearing plants outweighed the cost, given their strategic importance and dependence for aircraft, tanks, and submarines. President Roosevelt and Gen. Arnold stress the concept of an extendable allowable loss for critical targets.
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