Allies advance in Italy push two towns as Nazis retreat to mountain line
Allied forces report capturing Campomarano and Acquavallo Collectoce on the Trigno river as German rearguards withdraw into a coastal mountain defense. American units hold high ground near Mas Ridge and Mad Dog Hill while Canadian troops aid the advance. Air bombers strike Greek airfields and target supplies in Italy amid cautious fighting.
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Edward Kennedy
Trigno
Italy
Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Campomarano
Acquava Collectoce
Masridge
Ives
Mad Dog
Raviscanina
Francolise
Germans Move Up New Troops To Stave Off New Disaster
London dispatch reports German forces rush reinforcements as Soviet units threaten Krivoi Rog. German leadership warns of possible catastrophe to rally civilian and military resolve after setbacks near Stalingrad.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Stalingrad
Britons Refuse to Support German Extermination
A poll by Prof. A M Low in the Sunday Chronicle shows few Britons favor exterminating Germans, despite wartime enmity. One reply from Harry Seccombe of Manchester imagines pressing a button to kill all Germans, while others express lingering sympathy for German civilians.
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London
A. M. Low
Sunday Chronicle
Low
Germany
Ger
Harry Seccombe
Manchester
Tremendous Government Food Losses Reported
Government food losses total hundreds of thousands of pounds including canned meat fish vegetables and milk reported to the Commodity Credit Corporation. J B Hutson CCC chief told House Banking Committee the losses cover May to September 30 1943 and amount to 641 426 on 3 193 438 311 purchases with 177 379 marine losses charged to lend lease.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Conby
Commodity Credit Pesperation
Cce
House Banking Committee
J. B. Hutson
CCC
Reg. Crawford
R-Mich
Hutson
United Nations Freighter Runs Aground Off Belmar New Jersey
A 6,000 ton United Nations freighter ran aground 200 yards off Belmar New Jersey during a heavy storm. Six of the 50 crew were pulled to safety by breeches buoy lines as rescuers halted efforts after the storm subsided. Coast Guard Lieutenant Ernest Hulse led operations at the scene amid large crowds of sightseers.
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Belmar
N. J
Navy Department
United Nations
Coast Guard
J.g
Ernest Hulse
Coast Guards
Foe Of League Still Opposes Collaboration
Washington report notes aging senator who fought the world court remains opposed to postwar collaboration. He says fate is decided in Moscow and that Senate action on the proposal is less important as he recovers from illness. Connally, Ball, and Pepper trade sharp remarks in debate on American participation in peace efforts.
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Washington
Oct
Johnson
Moscow
Senate
Mau
U. S. Ton
World Court
Soraien Relations Committee
America
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senators Ball
R-Minn
Pepper
D-Fla
Tri Partite Conference Reaches Important Point
Moscow reports that delegates at the tri partite talks among Britain, the United States and Russia reached key questions in the ninth session. An official view quoted as “so far so good” indicates progress but not near conclusion, with the conference expected to continue for some time.
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Moscow
Month's Vacation For Schools Asked By ODT
The Office of Defense Transportation urged colleges and prep schools to close for a month during Christmas to New Year. Holidays should start by December 15 and end no earlier than January 11 1944 to prevent rail and bus overload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Nazi Launch Offensive To Quell Slavs
Strong German forces launched a major offensive to reconquer areas in the Slovenian and Croatian regions of Yugoslavia liberated by Tito’s Partisans. The Yugoslav army communique reports heavy fighting as Partisans target German lines and rail bridges while engagements spread to Slavonia and Greece amid Greek guerrilla clashes.
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London
Slovenia
Josip (Tito) Broz
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Free Yugoslav Radio
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Dalmatia
Slavonia
Tito
Chachinci
Zdenci
Tito War
Montenegro
Andripovica
Sava
Breko
Serbia
Vrgorac
Cairo
Greece
Pindus Road
Pindus Mountains
Edes
Napoleon Zervas
Elas
Seraenkis
Seraenhis
Zervas
Roosevelt Recommends Billion Dollar Postwar Education Plan
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a billion dollar program for postwar educational opportunities for men and women in the armed services. The plan, crafted by a committee of educators he appointed last November, seeks prompt legislation to implement its broad outlines.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
London man sentenced for theft of Bundles for Britain goods
Willis Herbert King, 61, a clerk, was convicted in London on October 27 of stealing about 48 000 dollars worth of clothing donated by Bundles for Britain. He received a four year prison term. about 42 000 dollars of the goods were recovered.
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London
Britain
Willis Herbert King
Fingerprints Tied De Marigny to Oakes Murder Room
In Nassau Bahama s crown case against Alfred de Marigny the prosecution relied on Capt. James Barker testimony as American detective recounted finding the accused man’s fingerprint in the death room of Sir Harry Oakes. Witness accounts shifted as Major Herbert Pemberton helped process a print at the RAF lab.
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de Marigny
Sir Harry Oakes
E. Vv. W. Jones
Nassau
Bahamas
Crown
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
James O. Barker
Miami Police
Bahamas Supreme Court
E. W. Melchen
Stern
Oscar Bedford Daly
Melechen
Barker
Pemberton
Herbert Pemberton
Nassau Police
RAF
Harry
Harold G. Christie
Millionairy
Westbourne
Oakes
Melchen
Duke of Windsor
Berlin Seeks To Create Fear Of Reds In Future War
Berlin pushes propaganda to frighten readers about Soviet strength during the Dnieper campaign. German spokesmen claim Russia uses mostly home made materiel and note production may be hidden beyond the Urals. Western powers are urged to watch Russia and consider strategic shifts.
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Berlin
Red 7
United States
Britain
Marshal
Tes
Russia
Dnieper Bend
Urals
Madrid
Germany
Dnieper
Europe
Dniester
Poland
Man Ambushes Wife and Takes Own Life in Norfolk
Cecil Smith a 46 year old Portsmouth public works employee lay in wait at Westhaven Norfolk County and wounded his estranged wife Virginia Mae Smith 19 fatally before turning a .22 caliber rifle on himself at 6 30 am The wife was taken to Kings Daughters hospital in Portsmouth in critical condition Police found a dagger concealed on the man after the shooting
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Norfolk
Westhaven
Norfolk County
Cecil Smith
Portsmouth Public Works Department
Virginia Mae Smith
King and White Streets
Western Branch District
J. J. Kelly
Jalter Rountree
Saunder
Old Suffolk Boulevard
Airfield destruction clears way for attack on Rabaul
Allied forces report major airfields Kahili Kara and Ballale on Bougainville bombed into unusable status. 230 aircraft swarm struck Kahili and Kara, with 172 tons of bombs, decimating Japanese air power as Bougainville defenses crumble. Japanese counterattacks northwest of Finschhafen repulsed by Australians.
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Eearne
Pacific
Japan
Solomons
Rabaul
United States
Kahili
Kara Strip
Bougainville
Ballale
Kara
MacArthur
New Britain
New Guinea
Finschhafen
The Burma Road Crisis and Lido Road Link Effort
The article outlines Allied efforts to reopen China’s lifeline via the Burma road and the proposed Lido road through Indian Assam. It notes Japanese control of Burma’s segment, plans to link the Lido road with the Burma road near Myitkyina, and the need to clear Japanese forces to enable a northern supply route in 1940s style military context.
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Burma
China
Burma Road
Yunnan
Salween
Kunming
Chungking
Bay of Bengal
Assam
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Salween River
Battle Flares Again In Dodecanese Islands
ANKARA Oct 26 A reliable report says Cos and Kalymnos in the Dodecanese are crowded with German wounded after renewed air and sea fighting between German and British forces. A separate account claims five days earlier Germans were repulsed with heavy losses during an attempted landing on an undisclosed Aegean island.
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Ankara
Dodecanese
Cos
Kalymnos
Opoe
Aegean
Nazi forces rush troops planes and tanks to southern Russia
Soviet front reports indicate the Nazi command moved troops, planes and tanks from Italy, France and Germany to southern Russia. Despite pressure, there is no sign of a planned withdrawal as Red Star notes heavy reinforcements after the southeast breakthrough near Kremenchug and the Melitopol collapse.
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Moscow
Hich
Italy
France
Germany
Russia
Krivol Rog
Red Star
Soviet Army Journal
Kremenchug
Zaporozhe
Melitopol
Soviet Pincers Close In On German Dnieper Trap
Soviet communique reports a great pincers operation around the Dnieper bend with northern forces seizing Karnovatka and driving German troops toward Krivoi Rog. Despite fresh Nazi tanks, 2,000 German dead are claimed as Soviet armor counters push from Melitopol to seal the pocket between Melitopol and Dnepropetrovsk.
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Dnieper
Berlin
Melitopol
Smolensk
Krivoi Rog
Iron and Steel
Kremenchug
Dnieper River
Karnovatka
Saksahani
Italy
Melitopo
Dnepropetrovsk
Crimea
Final Phase of Exchange Proceeds at Barcelona
The third and final phase of the first prisoner of war exchange with Germany continued at Barcelona with about 1000 British nationals trading ships for German soldiers. The Aquileia and Djenne exchanged prisoners, including around 500 wounded soldiers mostly Australian New Zealand South African or Indian. Nearly 5000 Britons and Canadians plus 14 Americans had been released in the prior days from German camps. Interviewed evacuees said German morale was strained by Allied bombings.
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London
Germany
Barcelona
Aquileia
Marseille
Doctor And Wife Slain In Texas Town Mystery
In Littlefield Texas a prominent doctor Roy Hunt and his wife were killed after being bound to their bed. A 6 year old girl Jo Ann Hunt witnessed an intruder wearing a mask and gloves. The couple’s bodies showed they were killed by a pistol shot and a head blow. A $10 000 reward drive was begun by local residents to find the killer with $3 500 subscribed at a meeting. Sheriff Sam Hutson described the scene as horrific and offered no clues.
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Littlefield
Texas
West Texas
Roy Hunt
A. C. Chessher
Jo Ann Hunt
Jo Ann
Jane
Sam Hutson
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Associated Press
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Low Countries
Secombe
England
New Jersey
Charles 8. Foltz
Jap Bastion
Dodecanese Islands
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