PT Boats Strike Five Nazi Ships
Allied navy units including U S patrol torpedo boats fought off German convoys along the Italian coast and sank or damaged five Nazi vessels. In Italy, Fifth Army troops seized commanding heights and advanced near Lupara while German counterattacks near Alife and Montecilfone were repulsed. Bomber fleets continued Balkan air operations and Eleusis airfield in Greece was bombed.
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Algiers
Africa
Sicily
Alife
Italy
Yeste
Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
Eighth Army
Montecilfone
Lupara
U. S
Iterranean
Balkan
Eleusis
Athens
Volturno
Rome
Larina
Leghorn
Marigny Quoted As Saying Oakes Should Have Died
Bahamas trial witness recounts Alfred De Marigny telling police that his father in law Sir Harry Oakes should have been killed. He spoke during a July drive to Westbourne estate where Sir Harry’s body was found after being beaten and burned. Prosecutors stress the missing shirt connects to the crime as evidence.
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E. W. W. Jones
Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
John Campbell Douglas
Bahamas Supreme Ae
Harry
Westbourne
Douglas
de Marigny
Herbert Pemberton
Debonair
Bahama Supreme Court
Pemberton
Godfrey Higgs
Higgs
Huge Soviet Drive Gains Across Dnieper Front
The Red army redoubles its offensive across several sectors including Dnieper elbow near Melitopol Pereyaslav and near Krivoi Rog driving toward Znamenka and Nikolaev. German resistance weakens as fresh Soviet troops and heavy equipment widen breakthroughs and threaten major German concentrations.
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Krivoi Rog
Ukraine
Crimea
Kiev
Melitopol
Black Sea
Moscow
Red Army
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Pereyaslav
London
Gomel
Joseph Stalin
Dnieper Elbow
Pereyaslavy
Znamenka
Nikolaev
RAF Bombers Hit Kassel in Major October Raid
London reports a large RAF heavy bomber strike on Kassel and other German targets, with 44 bombers missing on return and Canadian aircraft delivering the heaviest bombs to date. The Kassel attack targets the Benschel ballistic Works and Messerschmitt sites, while raids also hit Frankfurt and the Cologne area. Berlin acknowledged bomber activity and noted losses amid an extensive night-time air offensive.
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London
Gerwar
North
Frank
Aites
Cologne
Berradio
Ger
Frankfurt
Berlin
RAF Bly
Kassel
RAF
Gery
Benschel Lotive Works
Europe
Frank-On-the-Main
Evreuxville
Paris
Allied Landing Near Rome Rumors Rise On Radios
Berlin and Munich radio reports claimed an Allied landing near Rome was possible and that air and naval operations could be launched at any moment. Italian belief grew that the next thrust might target diverting forces from the capital as Pope Pius XII urged peace efforts.
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Bern
Switzerland
Romsnd
Munich
Rome
Berlin
Italy
Pius XII
Roosevelt Suffers Grip With Fever Keeps Cabinet Away
Washington N T the White House says President Roosevelt has a case of grip with one degree of fever. Secretary Stephen Early said the chief executive’s physician or Admiral Ross T. McIntire or any surgeon general ordered the President to remain in his home and cancel all appointments. The President was reported yesterday to have a head cold with body aches but no fever.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Ross T. McIntire
New Guinea Japs Blasted With 221 Tons Of Bombs
Allied reports say 221 tons of bombs smashed Japanese positions around Finschhafen and Sattelberg in New Guinea. Liberator bombers dropped near 15 miles northwest of Australian forces, destroying most buildings and killing many enemy soldiers, as Mitchell medium bombers caused a landslide closing a main road.
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New Guinea
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Sattelberg
Finschhafen
MacArthur
George P. Dunmore
Circus Star Dies During High Trapeze Act
Aloys Peters a 45 year old circus star known as the man who hangs himself and lives to tell the tale died after a high trapeze stunt at the annual firemen rodeo watched by about 5500 spectators in St Louis Peters leaped from a 70 foot platform with a rope around his neck the rope tightened 25 feet from the floor and he died after firemen brought his body down The act's secret was to grab the rope at the neck just as he reached the end of the catch
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ST. Louis
Aloys (the Great
Peters
Jams and Jellies to Face Rationing Starting Oct 31
The Office of Price Administration announced an eight day retail freeze on fruit spreads and moving to rationing on October 31. Jams jellies and preserves will be limited via blue stamps with point values to be released this week. Consumers can buy using stamps X Y Z from book two and A B C from book four beginning November 1.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Food Distribution Administration
War Today on Allied Prisoners and Axis Atrocities
Tracy Strong of the YMCA reports Germany adheres to Geneva rules for war prisoners while Japan improves. He notes ongoing Nazi atrocities and Japanese beheadings, implying prisoner treatment reflects enemy strategy to deter retribution. Russians compile German atrocity lists as Red armies advance toward Germany.
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Tracy Strong
International Division
Germany
Berlin
Tokyo
United Nations
Hitler
Germans Claim Sinking of Allied Cruiser and Destroyer
Berlin broadcasts say a British cruiser was sunk and a destroyer set afire in a night clash with light German ships near the channel islands off the French coast. The German claim notes the cruiser was hit by torpedoes and exploded. no British confirmation at once.
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London
Channel Islands
French
Channel
Parliament Shuffle Is Forecast in Churchill Government
The Daily Herald forecasts a major shuffle in the Churchill administration before the new session to strengthen the war effort. It cites a possible minister of reconstruction with a seat in the war cabinet and broader postwar control, plus changes in the war and law offices and the departure of two senior figures. Sir James Grigg is noted as a potential target for changes, with younger officials likely promoted. The article also notes the appointment of Lord Beaverbrook as lord privy seal as part of cabinet shifts.
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London
Churchill
Daily Herald
War Office
Law
James Grigg
Grigg
Civil Service
Lord Beaverbrook
Two Die in Blast at Badger Ordnance Works
Lieutenant T. H. Blount reports two men were killed in an explosion at the Badger Ordnance Works near Baraboo Wisconsin. The blast occurred in a building with only the two men inside. An official investigation is under way. The plant makes smokeless powder for military use.
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Baraboo
Wis
T. H. Blount
Badger Ordnance Works
Here
Blount
Congress Favoring National Retail Sales Tax After Veto
Congress shifts emphasis to a 5 percent national sales tax as Ways and Means rejects further income tax hikes. Senator George notes Treasury withdrawal could enable wartime sale taxes. committee keeps luxury taxes and corporate levies as revenue path.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Ways and Means Group
Ways and Means
Sailors AWOL With Machine Guns From Portland
Three U S sailors fled their ship in Portland after stealing two submachine guns and about 200 rounds. A nationwide hunt is on with descriptions of the suspects released to FBI and authorities. The trio entered a navy motor whaleboat, then left it at East End beach. Descriptions list ages from 18 to 19, heights from five six to six feet, and varying eye and hair colors.
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Portland
Karl N. Howard
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval Intelligence
Navy
Howard
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