British Strategy in Africa Rages at Elimination of Rommel
The dispatch notes Lieut. Gen. Montgomery breaking Rommel’s left flank in northern Africa, aiming to destroy his tank corps and force a decisive retreat. It argues the battle’s early phase shows promise of major Allied gains, with potential encirclement if success continues. The report emphasizes air support and armor as keys to opening a path to Fel Akakir and the ridge line.
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London
Montgomery
Marshal Rommel
Ridgele
Mediahean
Marshal Mael
Samson
Hitler
Rommel
Hommel
Fel’ Akakir
Market Report from St Louis and Chicago Grain News
National Stockyards reports open calf and hog price gains with choicest weights leading. Grain futures slip after rye drop while wheat and corn show mixed moves. New York stocks end irregular with advances in several industrials. cotton rises on government buying while poultry and butter markets hold steady.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
Amendment 35 continues in count with signatures
Ballot returns from 68 of 75 counties show Amendment 35 failing to gain broad support as 15 percent signature thresholds face revised rules. Other measures fared better with Amendment 34 and constitutional amendments tracking mixed leads while statewide totals lag behind Governor Adkins projections. First ballots helped Adkins secure a second term and reaffirmed key statewide seats.
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Creaton
Adkins
John L. McClellan
Camden
United States
B. C. Gatnings
West Memph
Famed Writer Clare Booth Wins Election in Connecticut
Famed writer Clare Booth Luce, wife of Life editor Henry Luce, wins a Republican seat in Connecticut. The 78th Congress will open with Luce serving alongside Mary Norton and four other Republican women, as Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt and Inez Peel lose in Michigan and Pennsylvania respectively. Luce previously authored notable plays and articles across Europe and Asia.
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Chive Booth
Connecticut
Luce
Life Magazine
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Jessie Sumner
Ilinois
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Margaret Smith
Maine
Michigan
Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt
Lnte G. Hull Roosevelt
Elisway
Roosevelt
Inez Peel
Attarge
Pennsylvania
Dilnets
Rena Pikiel
Veronica Boland
Pat Boland
Wheils
Europe
Asia
Su c
David Mansell
Leroy D. Dawns
Albert Austin
Downs
Republicans Sweep Key States In 1946 Elections
The 1946 elections saw Republicans win governorships in New York California Michigan and Connecticut and take control in Pennsylvania Ohio Vermont Oregon Iowa South Dakota New Hampshire Kansas and Nebraska. They defeated Democrats in several Senate races and gained seats in Illinois Missouri New Jersey New York and more while Clare Boothe Luce won a Connecticut House seat and voting overall was light.
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Mlingis
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Brooks
Raymond
McdKeough
Lodge
Joseph B. Casey
Senate
Clyde L. Herring
George A. Wilson
Iowa
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Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
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Delaware
E Emnals Berl
James IL. Hughes
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
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California
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Oregon
New Trimpshire
Kansas
Nebraska
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Murray 2D. van Wagoney
Edward Martin
F. Clair Ross
Penn
Maryland
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Missouri
New Jersey
Clare Boothe Luce
Leroy D. Bawns
David Mansell
Central
Congress
Ilinois
Stores Will Continuation of Local Business Listings
A crowded street scene follows a busy man giving his seat to a woman who then faints. Upon recovery she thanks him, and he immediately faints as well, in a brief human moment captured amid a long list of local shops and firms including Automobile Supply Co. and J. C. Penney Co.
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Shim
Fulbright and Hays Named to Congress from Arkansas
Congress picks for Arkansas include J. W. Bil Fulbright of Fayeneville and Brooks Hays, representing Russellville and Fortile Rock, marking notable selections for the new session.
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Congress
J. W
Bil) Fulbright
Fayeneville
Brooks Hays
Russellville
Faltle Rock
British Put Traitor to Death
London November 3 Scott Ford a British merchant seaman was executed at Wandsworth prison for treachery He confessed to meeting a German agent in Lisbon and supplying secret information on British merchant fleet movements convoys weather and aircraft protection for $72 He was convicted October 16 at a secret trial and did not appeal the death sentence.
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Duncan
Alexander Croall Scott
Ford
Wandsworth
Harme
Scotl
England
Lisbon
Portugal
Britain
Home Office
Snick
Scott - Fard
First Lady Visits U S Soldiers in England
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt tours Cambridgeshire meeting U S soldiers at educational centers and rural areas. Private Harry Goldstein of Newark New Jersey and Private Alfred Forestiers of Wilmington Delaware crowd around as she signs autographs, saying this is the last stop before aides move her to the train.
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Eng
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Cambridgeshire
Harry Goldstein
Newark
N. J
Alfred Forestiers
Wilmington
Del
Reds Again Bombardment Report From Low Altitude Air Attack
J C Lombard and Lindsey claim two bombs dropped on the ship while Murphy’s bombardier Lombard scored one. They say the attack was from low altitude and bursts were visible over the deck. They observed possible abandon ship or hidden Japanese in small boats and left before Zeros arrived.
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Searsdate
New Legnard
Lindsey
Murphy
Lombard
Logaard
Cnud
Brooks May Get 50,000 Vote Margin
Ghieiga, Nov. 4 A Republican Wayland Brooks won the Senate seat in Hawaii by a margin reported as high as 44,995 votes from 7,647 precincts. Brooks defeated Democrat Ha mond S McKeough to give the GOP its first full six year term since 627.
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Brooks
McKeough
Cousen
Ralph Church
Adolph J. Sabath
House
Congress
Soviet Forces Halt Nazi Drive in Caucasus and Stalingrad Wins
Soviet noon communique says German push from Mozdok toward the south Caucasus was stemmed by Red Army from Nalchik southeastward. Over 200 Germans killed in shelling of a Nazi concentration. Russians report gains near Ust-Labi, and Stalingrad garrison recaptured several strongholds after six hours of heavy fighting. Artillery duelling noted to the northwest.
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South Caucasus
Ind
Nalcnik
Uapse
Western
Caucasus
Secral Heights
Stalingrad
Volga
Beeten Beck
Ordzhanikidae
Red Star
Black Sea
Novorossisk
What Causes Epilepsy Booklet Offered Free
A booklet presenting opinions from famous doctors on epilepsy will be mailed free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 545 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept 1-137. Limited offer while supplies last.
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Educational Division
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mississippi approves two constitutional amendments
Mississippi voters approved two constitutional amendments on November 4. With a light turnout near 130,000, the school amendment to stagger terms for university trustees passed 2,0 to 1,296, while the sixteenth section leases amendment also carried with a similar margin. Democratic nominees for Senate and House faced no opposition.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Institutions of Higher Learning
United States Senate
House
Wih
Stolen Goods Recovered by Blind LA Couple
Police recovered stolen articles from a May burglary at the home of Mr and Mrs Tee Mansfield both blind They identified a typewriter and a raw electric razor among items taken yesterday The seizure followed a police probe into the theft.
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Los Angeles
Tee Mansfield
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