War Today analysis on Germany and allies fronts
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses Stalin's warning of catastrophe for Germany and the Allied strategy. He emphasizes the need to strike on four fronts while projecting how timing, fronts, and logistics affect potential Allied offensives and Hitler's defense around the Rhine and Vistula lines.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Stalin
Oly
Max Sclmeling
Jing
Joe Louis
Caterriple
Gere Nan
Hillery
High Command
Winston Churchill
Rhine
Vistula Hine
Hitler
Theip
Pittsburgh Public School Poll On Presidential Vote
Pittsburgh voters, 35000 public school pupils, await results from a straw poll used as a barometer of the city’s presidential choice. Awaited as polls close, the tally will be announced. In related news, Mt Mercy College students cast 128 for Dewey and 76 for Roosevelt. Elderton Inn sold to Adal Boyer of Whitesburg. to be converted into apartments.
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Pittsburgh
Burgh
Mt. Mercy College
Thomas FE. Dewey
Roosevelt
Elderton Inn
Elderton South Side
Oliver Staffy
Adal C. Boyer
Whitesburg
Gazette Closed for Armistice Day
The Indiana Evening Gazette will not publish on Armistice Day and the business office will be closed all day. Advertisers are asked to prepare copy on the adjusted basis of no paper on Saturday. Church notices will run Friday. those responsible must have notices in by 4 pm.
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Gazette
Indiana Evening Gazette
Southeday
Fp. Om
Novormber
Allied West Front Update Amid Dredging for Antwerp Offensive
Allied west front reports note mine sweepers and dredges clearing the Scheldt estuary to Antwerp ahead of a major offensive. Montgomery positions British and Allied forces along the Mans die, while German bridges near Moerdijk are largely destroyed. The battles around Southwestern Holland continue with heavy losses and significant German casualties.
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Wossonack
Wilecheren
Scheude Estiacy
Antwerp
Mans
Kiel
Sir Bermird
Montgomery
Rotordamn
Dermiany
Ruby Valley
Moerdijfs
Europe
Halland
Missouri Texas electoral votes may decide national election
Kansas City dispatch notes 38 electoral votes from Missouri and Texas could tip the national contest if the race tightens. Missouri expects a near tied outcome with 85,000 absentee ballots possibly deciding its 14 electors, while Texas features a split Democratic Regular electors amid anti New Deal sentiment. Missouri campaigns forecast Roosevelt or Dewey margins range from 7,000 to 30,000, with local party figures predicting varied outcomes and noting adjacent races in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Texas
Lone Star
Beal
Merritt Gibson
Congress
B. J. Peasley
Tyler
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Harry S.truman
Sam Wear
Roosevelt
Grover Dal
Ton
Dewey
Joan Paul Broadshay
Goldier
Bradshaw
Phil M. Donnelly
Donnelly
Pendergast
Tom Pendergast
Bennett Clark
Roy McKittrick
Gov. Forest. Donnell
Kansas
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
William J. Otten
Andrew Schoeppel
Robert S. Lemon
Clyde M. Reed
Thurman Will
German Town Opens Stores Under American Supervision
German town of Buesweiler near Aachen, captured weeks ago, is run under American military police. Shops remain open and a rationed civilian population receives basic needs. Lt Paul Unger leads MPs aided by a double-man police unit. Nazi officials removed and a Dutch mine team operates the coal facility. civilians tolerate shellfire as front lines hold.
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Ry Franklin
Baesweiler
Germany
Buesweiler
Aachen
Paul Unger
Alexandria
Ccllu
Unger
Hodinke
Pie
Benjamin Abramowitz
Mount Pleasant
Privat Philip ‘Travers
Brereton Ave
Pittsburgh
John Paser
Johnstown
Very Little Resistance In Burma
Preston Grover reports rapid Allied advances in North Burma with minimal Japanese resistance. British and Chinese forces push toward Mandalay while assessing whether Japanese strategy shifts imply a possible southern defense or retreat, amid rising Burmese pro Allied sentiment and growing air superiority by the Allies.
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Preston Grover Naw
Delhi
Burma
Takien
Ran- Koon
86Th
Mosunig
Mawesa
Katha
Trawaddy River
Myitkyina
Attec
Bhamo
Bhame
Kathi
Mandalay
Myotiat
Sines
Imphat- Kohima-Tiddum
Joseph W. Stilwell
Ledo Road
Myitkyinn
Salween
Chindwin
Rangoon
Greater East Asia
London Dailies Predict Roosevelts Victory
London newspapers broadly forecast Franklin D Roosevelt's victory over Thomas Dewey in the US election. Financial Times calls the stock market unrest academic and predicts a Roosevelt victory backed by a handsome surplus. Daily Worker criticizes American democracy for backing Dewey. New York Express and Daily Mail reportvarying indicators toward a Roosevelt win amid coverage from London and New York.
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London
Navy
Roosevelt
Thomas F. Dewey
United States
Financial Times
London Daily Worker
Dewes Tovtay
New York
Owe Daily Express
Ocean Phone
Daily Mail
Pollip
F. D
National Election Highlights in Wartime Vote Haze
Voters faced long lines in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and industrial towns as turnout nears 1940 levels. Soldiers votes totaling 238 402 returned for counting and about 652 000 military ballots were sent abroad. Roosevelt and Dewey urged high turnout while war conditions shaped a tense final day.
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Edward Martin
Commonwealth
Associated Press
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Roosevelt
CIO
Albany
New York City
New York
Town Hall
Hyde Park
John Boettiger
Johnny
Independence
Army
Navy
Pennsylvania
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
James Park
Wagner
Thomas E
Nebraska
Arizona
Oregon
Mid West in Close Fight Predicted in Election News
November 7 report flags tight races across the Midwest with Senate contests in North Dakota featuring Gerald Nye Lynn Stambaugh and Gov Tol Moses. Ohio sees Taft against Pickrel while Stewart faces Lausche. Illinois governors race pits Dwight Green Courtney. Indiana fields Schrieker Capehart. Michigan Nays Fry against Unney. Minnesota Thye faces Allen. Wisconsin Hoan runs against Goodland as Wiley vs McMurray highlights.
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Shicago
North Dakota
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Lynn A. Stambaugh
The
American Legion
Tol Moses
Stambaugh
Ohio
Dwight H. Green
Olinois
Thomas J. Courtney
Chicago
Scott W. Lucas
Richard J. Lyons
Michigan
Edward J. Fry
Clo Hacking
Unney
Kelly
Henry F. Schrieker
Indiana
Homer E. Capehart
Samuel D. Jackson
Ralph F. Gates
Minnesota
Joseph J. Ball
Roosevelt
Edward J. Thye
Byron Allen
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter Goodland
Alexander Wiley
Howard J. McMurray
Veteran of 10 Mo 18 r Old Will Be Inducted Nov 8
Ernest Hutnagle an eighteen year old veteran of ten months in the Italian campaign will be inducted again. He enlisted at 16 using a dead brother birth certificate and was discharged before rejoining through his draft board. He recalls a drill sergeant doubting him after a casual desk sit during the physical.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest Hutnagle
Ernest
How the Japanese Took Over Manila
AP correspondent Russell Brines recalls the January 2 1942 Japanese entry into Manila. Smoke from fires shrouded bombed streets as 60 000 Filipinos and nearly 6000 Westerners faced occupation under Gen Masaharu Homma. Civilians huddled, lootings occurred, and the Rising Sun flag replaced the U S flag. The Bay View hotel hosted internees as Japan moved to govern with gendarmerie terror and mass internments.
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Manila
Masaharu Vwomma
Nanking
Bataan
Bay View
U.S
State Governors on Ballot Across 31 Races in 1950 Flood
The report notes party control shifts with 26 Republican and 22 Democrat governors. It highlights a pension funding debate in several states and the push for a constitutional amendment on employment tied to labor union status. The piece frames the main question as which party will hold the governorships in upcoming elections.
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Washington
California
Arkansas
Florida
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Today
Clearing skies and a warmer afternoon followed by a continued cold night. Wednesday brings increasing clouds and warmer readings. The forecast mentions possible snow in Norway in any month.
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Pennsylvania
Solid South supports FDR amid anti New Deal moves
Across the solid South, Democratic chairmen predicted continued loyalty to Roosevelt while anti New Deal sentiment surfaced in Mississippi Louisiana South Carolina and Georgia. In Mississippi three electors pledged to Byrd. Louisiana replaced electors to back the national ticket. Tennessee Kentucky and Georgia show active Republican campaigns with Dewey courting border state votes.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Byrd
D.va
Louisiana
Democratic Committee
South Carolina
Senator Byrd
Georgia
Tennessee
Dewey
Kentucky
Stalin Critiques War Readiness in Anniversary Speech
In a eve of the 27th anniversary of the Russian revolution address, the minister argues aggressive nations faced WW II ready for war while peace-loving nations lagged. He cites Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Hongkong, Singapore, and losses in Ukraine and the Baltic as proof Japan and Germany prepared while Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union did not.
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Minshal
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Hongkong
Singapore
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic
Germany
Soviet Union
Naivye
Parachute Infantry Lt Sheldon Barbour Killed in Holland
Telegrams notified R D Barbour and Wendell Barbour that Second Lt. Sheldon E Barbour was killed in action in Holland on September 17. He had eight months overseas and served with the Parachute Infantry after training at Fort McClellan Fort Benning and Camp Mackall. A Green Township High School graduate and member of the First Baptist Church, he led the Young People's Group. Surviving are his parents two brothers and three sisters including Evelyn Siggelow Geneva Johnson and Ruth.
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Wits
Wendell Barbour
Huron Avenue
New Castle
Clymer
R. D
Sheldon E Barbour
Holland
Parachute Infantry
Barbour
Fort McClelland
Fort Benning
Camp Mackell
N.C
Green Township High School
Pyt
Wayne
Curtis
Evelyn Siggelow
Geneva Johnson
Akron
Ohio
Ruth
Steer Feeders Meet Thursday in Indiana County
Indiana County steer feeders and beef cattle men will meet Thursday November 9 at 1 30 P M at the farm of Harry Wilmuth one mile north of Marian Center C A Burge beef cattle extension specialist at Poor State will accompany County Agent J W Warner Mr Wilmuths steers will be observed as well as his feeding program Burge will discuss the steer feeding outlook and report on conditions throughout the State
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Indiana
Harry Wilmuth
Marian Center
C. A. Burge
J. W. Warner
Wilmuth
Burge
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