Allied Sweep Over 10 Towns Opens Southwest Pacific Offensive
Allied headquarters report a sweeping air and ground push in the Southwest Pacific with heavy losses for Japan. In the Rabaul area alone, 311 Japanese planes were destroyed over four daylight raids by MacArthur’s forces, as dozens of ground operations and air battles unfold across the 12 day period from Oct 12 to 24.
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Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Japan
New Britain
Pacific
Maen
Rapopo
Nazis Drive British From Isle of Cos
Cairo reports British have evacuated Cos island in the Aegean Sea after pressure from German sea and air attacks. British also hold the nearby western coast of Turkey and several group islands. Berlin claims resistance on Cos was crushed. RAF attacks on Leros and Melos noted.
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Isle of Cos
Cairo
Cos
Turkey
Island
Berlin
Fao
Tallations
Yesterdus
Leros
The Cost of Living Index on the Home Front
Starting today on page 2 the first of three articles discusses the cost of living index and its impact. The index influences earnings and spending, acting as a government yardstick for price changes and driving wage and price controls.
Bankhead Bill Approved by Senate Banking Committee
The Senate Banking Committee approved the Bankhead bill by 11 to 5 to authorize the treasury to spend up to 30 million dollars annually on war bond advertising in newspapers. An amendment limited the spending to prevailing space rates.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Partisans Capture Vares Maydan Steel Town
Yugoslav partisans under Gen Josip Broz Tito seized the steel city of Vares Maydan north of Sarajevo after a 12 hour battle. German forces and Albanian mercenaries faced heavy resistance as clashes spread from Montenegro to the Save River region.
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London
Bosnia
Vares
Maydan
Sarajevo
Yugoslav National Liberation Army
Guerrila
Josip (Tito) Broz
Free
Brocko
Save
Serbia
Free Yugoslav Radio
Draja Ihailovic
Peter
Tito
Mihailovic
London Air Raids Ninth Time in Ten Nights
German warplanes attacked outer London districts last night setting off air raid sirens for the ninth time in ten nights. The craft veered away and did not cross into the city after anti aircraft fire reduced speed and effectiveness.
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London
Roosevelt hits back at critics of federal deferments
President Roosevelt defended federal draft policies against charges of protecting draft dodgers. He cited figures on government employment and deferments, noting 2,980,404 full time workers with 98,053 occupation deferments and 84,600 in the United States with deferments in war and navy realms. He argued government standards are stricter than private industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
War and Navy Departments
Post Office Department
War Shipping Administration
Heiress Murder Case Faces New York Man in Toronto
Wayne Lonergan, named a likely suspect in the death of his heiress wife Patricia Lonergan, denied involvement after three hours of questioning in Toronto. The 26 year old student flier was found near her Beekman Hill apartment where she died from battering and strangulation. Police seek Lonergan's missing royal blue uniform and note blood stains at his wife’s triplex.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
John
Lochr
Lonergan
Beekman
Jean Murphy Jaburg
Amurican detective testifies in de Marigny trial cross exam
In Nassau Bahamas on Oct 26 the defense pressed Capt. E. W. Melchen of the Miami police with a bare fist cross examination over the beating and burning of Sir Harry Oakes at Westborne estate. Chief Justice Sir Oscar Daly guided questions about room fires and possible fuel flames while noting details of marks and flames as the Crown argues a blast from nearby flames. The witness could not explain the fire start but suggested possible use of untable liquid ignited in two spots. The cross continues as defense seeks to undermine his account.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Supreme Court
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Consel W. A. Callender
E. W. Melchen
Miami
Westborne
Sir Oscar Bedford Daly
Melchen
Sir Oscar
Sir Harry
Crown
Oscar
W. E. A. Callender
Germany Morale in Question Amid Stresses of War
A war column questions European reports of German cracks in morale under Allied air attacks and Russian front pressure. It cites Swiss journalist Jenny and Soviet analyst Yershamov, notes Montgomery’s sea and air war optimism, and warns that Germany’s fate remains delicately balanced with potential sudden collapse or resilience.
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Germany
Scotland
London
Hitler
Jenny
Ivan Yersmahov
Red Star
France
Curtis E. Lemay
U. S
England
Bernard Montgomery
Dnieper
Germans Fall Back Before Fifth Army In Italy
Allied forces press advance on the Fifth and Eighth Armies front in Italy capturing eight towns including Raviscanina Crancolise and Rocchetta while threatening Isernia. British forces also seize Bojano Spineto and Petrella as German rearguards resist. Air operations hit Podgorica and supply targets in Yugoslavia with some losses.
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Alers
Italy
Fifth Army
Gen. W. Clark
Viscanina
Isernia
Eighth Army
Objano
Campobasso
Raviscanina
Capua
Crancolise
Sparnise
Rocchetta
Bojano
Baranello
Spineto
Petrella
Palata
Venatro
Vasto
Adriatic
Rigno
Bernard L. Montgomery
Vinchiaturo
Montgomery
Yugoslavia
Ligtnings
Podgorica
Tarquina
Rome
Tripower Meet Reaches Eighth Session in Moscow
The tripower conference enters its eighth session in Moscow as diplomatic technicians work to interpret and fix the meanings of the Hull Eden Molotov agreements. Officials report progress and satisfaction with yesterday’s talks between Hull and Stalin.
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Moscow
U. S
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Hull
Joseph Stalin
Dnieper Defenses Smashed By Reds
Soviet forces pushed German troops westward across southern Russia from the Dnieper line toward the Bug River with heavy losses to the enemy. Front dispatches report a disordered retreat, with Dnepropetrovsk and Dneprodzerzhinsk fallen, and Krivoi Rog under threat as Melitopol and the Crimea line crumble.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Dnieper River
Bug River
Kremenchug
Sea of Azov
Dnepropetrovsk
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dnieper
Orground
Lwow
Poland
Y. Malinovsky
Znamenka
Rog
Krivoi Rog
Fourth Army
Melitopol
Crimea
Melitopol- Crimea
House May Pass Bill On Father Draft
Washington October 26 The House prepared to pass a bill to place husbands and fathers at the bottom of the induction list and entrust its administration to Maj. Gen. Hershey. The measure rewrites a Senate approved version and aims to keep homes intact as the nation’s foundation during wartime.
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Washington
House
B. Hershey
Senate
Irman May
D-Ky
Tie
Soviet Push Near Mogilev Reported By Berlin Radio
London dispatch says several Russian infantry divisions attacked west of Krichev in White Russia while air forces pounded German lines. Stalin ordered a salvo display over the Dnieper bend, a second night ceremony at the Tri Power talks with Hull and Eden present. Melitopol capture cited as another victory noted.
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London
Krichev
White Russia
Berlin
Mogilev
Dnepropetrovsk
Stalin
Dnieper
Moscow
U. S
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Melitopol
Committee Votes Higher Liquor Tax on Liquor and Drinks
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to raise the liquor tax from 8 to 8 per gallon and approved higher rates for beer wine and sparkling wines while rejecting tobacco and gasoline tax hikes. A full drink of 100 proof liquor would incur about 12.5 cents more. Rates on beer wine and strong beverages were also increased with provisions to revert within six months after wartime end.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
New Eye Test For Fliers Call Out Those Who See Double
A new eye test to improve safety for pilots was described by Dr. A J Herbolsheimer to the Aero Medical Association. The test uses four light spots in darkness to reveal double vision, with red or white indicators and a prism to induce doubling. doublers misidentify spot counts and positions, risking failed exams.
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Howard W. Blakesleer
Cincinnati
Aero Medical Association of the
United States
A. J. Herbolsheimer
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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