1000 Japs Slain In Bitter Leyte Battle
Allied reports from Leyte island describe a five day clash at Ing Ridge with about 1,000 Japanese killed as American forces broke a road block in the Ormoc corridor. MacArthur says destroyer fleet and PT boats sunk eight enemy ships while weather cleared for heavier fighting. Fierce combat raged on Shoe String Ridge as Japanese pressed in repeatedly.
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Philippines
Ing Ridge
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Manila
Leyte Island
House Votes Freeze on Social Security Tax
The House approved a one year payroll tax freeze 262 to 72, delaying a move to two percent. Senate action and a veto fight loom as Republicans push to keep Congress in session. Senators discuss continuing the session to permit a veto vote.
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House
Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
State Department
Congress
Hsa
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Sion
Wisconsin House
Wisconsin
Disney
Keefe
Murray
O’konski
Smith
Michigan
Bennett
Bradley
Hull
Southoff
McMurray and Wasielewski
Stevenson
Champ Steer Brings 4.50 A Pound At Chicago Show
The grand champion steer at the Chicago market fat stock show sold for 4 1/2 a pound. Benjamin Greve, 17, Iowa 4-H member from Bryant, Iowa, will receive about 5265 dollars from a 1170 pound steer named Teddy. Firestone Tire backed the purchase and plans to exhibit the champion at universities and fairs.
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Chicago
Siow
Roy G. Johnston
Belton
Russell A. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron, C
Teddy
Benjamin A. Greve
Bryant
Iowa
Firestone
Future Farmers of America
Wran Taut
Ida Grove
Robert Storz
Omaha
Neb
Eppley
T. C
T. Richard Lacy
Kansas NL
Greve
Lacy
Raton
N. M
Young Lacy
Allied forces halt Japanese drive near Ormoc in Leyte fight
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports bazooka infantry halted a tank supported Japanese breakout at the northern Ormoc corridor. Rain limits full-scale action as U S air and naval forces sink destroyers and freighters while large Japanese units reorganize for a new push toward Ormoc, Jess correspondent notes the seventh division moving toward the area.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Island
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Philippine
Jess
Weather Update Shows Mild Tonight Lead Into Thursday Rain Spells
Goudy notes a mild night with a low near 26. Thursday brings cloud cover and likely rain or a mix, with a cooler high for the day.
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Ursday
Chicago market fat stock show yields top open class Yorkshire barrow
At the Chicago market fat stock show yesterday University of Wisconsin led the open class with a Yorkshire barrow as the only entrant earning ribbons across all weight classes and securing the champion barrow in the heavyweight division.
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Chicago
Chicago Market
Yorkshire Barrows
University of Wisconsin
Barrow
Shorthorn Bull Fetches 3000 At International Congress
Purebred Millhil Don Alberto owned by Frank W. Harding of Anoka farms Waukesha Wisconsin sold for 3000 dollars to J. J. Coney of Andes farms Santa Rosa California during the international shorthorn congress yesterday.
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Chicago
Don Alberto
Frank W. Harding
Anoka Farms
Waukesha
Wis
J. J. Coney
Andes Farms
Santa Rosa
Calif
La Crosse County Reports Bond Sales in Sixth War Loan Drive
County finance chair Gysbert Van Steenwyk announced that La Crosse County purchased $54 000 in E bonds as part of the Sixth War Loan campaign. E bonds totalled $394 094, 55 percent of the county quota of 1 119 000, while all bonds reached $3 622 155, 91 percent of the quota.
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la Crosse
Armed Services
Gysbert van Steenwyk
County War Finance Committee
Milwaukee Sees Eric Johnston Address Two-Year Prep
Milwaukee hosts a two year buildup for Eric A. Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce as he is to speak before more than two thousand at the auditorium tonight. The Wisconsin Chamber and Milwaukee Association organized the event with state officials noting Johnston’s rising national profile and busy itinerary.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee Association
America
Hugh Corbett
la Crosse
Eric Johnston
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Spokane
United States Chamber
National Chamber
Grand Rapids
Mich
Muskegon
William Petersen
State Chamber
Britain and United States Clash Over Italy Plan
In London Foreign Secretary Eden rejects the U S hands off Italy stance and asserts Britain’s right to influence postwar governments He vetoes Carlo Sforza as Italian foreign minister while Ivanoe Bonomi seeks a new government In Washington Stettinius mentions applying the hands off policy more broadly to liberated Europe including Greece and the U S is monitoring how far to back policy with action.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Italy
Eden
Carlo Sforza
Stettinius
United States
Sforza
Europe
Ivor Thomas
Laborite
Count Sforza
Ivanoe Bo
Manchester Guardian
Yorkshire Post
North Africa
Greece
Churchill
Ivanoe Bonomin
U. S
Washington
EAM
State Department
Commons
Roosevelt
The Road To Berlin Distances Reported Frontwide
The Associated Press notes Allied advance details with distances to Berlin on multiple fronts. Western Front shows 301 miles from near Duren while Eastern Front stands 304 miles from north of Warsaw. Additional fronts include 420 miles from Budapest and 557 miles from Ravenna.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Budapest
Ravenna
State Surpasses Bond Quota With E Bonds Driving
Milwaukee Wis has exceeded its sixth war loan quota of 253 million dollars by about one hundred thousand. State Chairman Walter Kasten announced corporate sales hit 133 percent, aiding the overall total. Individual sales reached 58.8 million or 56 percent, including 23 million in E series bonds at 48 percent.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter Kasten
Kasten
Patton Across Saar River In Six Places
Not enough readable content to confidently extract a full summary.
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Patton
Saar River
Rebellion at Atlanta Federal Prison Sees No Force Used
Officials report a segment of long term inmates still control a segregation unit in the Atlanta federal prison. Four officers remain hostage as James V. Bennett seeks a peaceful release. soldiers briefly practiced at the rifle range and then left. The cause is linked to quartering of German saboteurs and the inmates’ protest of segregation.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Prison
Ft. McPherson
James V. Bennett
Washington
Strugate
Bennett
Death Car Driver Fined $700 in Fatal Hit-Run
Man itowoc Wisconsin report says Elmer J. Simoneau 37 was fined 700 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge O T Bredes after leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Simoneau's car struck four girls walking along a highway and fatally injured Carol Kramer 18 of Manitowoc.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Elmer J. Simoneau
O. T. Bredes
Simoneau
Carol Kramer
Return to Work at Graham-Paige in Detroit Strike Resolution
In Detroit Graham-Paige motors workers voted to return to afternoon shifts after an eight day idle period. About 3,800 employees had been off the job. The plant manufactures amphibious tanks and components for B-29 Superfortress aircraft.
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Detroit
Graham-Paige Motors Corp
Allied Forces Push Across Front in Western Germany Campaign
Western Front report: Canadian 1st Army pushes inside Germany east of Nijmegen. British 2nd Army halted by floodwaters in Arnhem Nijmegen. U S 9th Army sees lull on Roer. 1st Army takes Bergstein near Hurtgen. U S Third Army establishes Saar bridgehead near Saarlautern and advances toward Saarbrucken. Fourth Armored pushes north on Saar east bank. 6th Armored deploys near Sarreguemines. 25th to 90th Infantry reach and press toward Saar and Siegfried Line outposts.
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Rabaul Carrison
New Brain
U. S
Gt Dpc
Spermang Am
Tured
Bhamo
Burma
Japan
China
Kweiyang
Chungking
Pachai
Tushan
Germany
Nijmegen
Waal Rhine
Arnhem-Nijmegen
Roer River
Bergstein
Hurtgen
U.S
Saar
Saarlautern
Sarregue
Saarbrucken
Hagvuenau
1St Army
Vosges Mountains
Fourth Armored
Saar East Bank
Sarre Union
6Th Armored
Sarregquemines
26Th Infantry
Patton
7Th Army
Lorraine
Karlsruhe
Siegfried Line
Supreme Headquarters
Merzig
Roer
Cologne
U. S. 9Th Army
1St
Hurtgen Forest
Saarland
Karlsbrunn
Army Reports Pinski Missing in Action in Germany
Pfc Lorenz A Pinski a 1942 Central high graduate has been missing in action in Germany since November 19. He joined the Army Reserve February 26 1943 and went overseas in October after training at Fort McClellan and Virginia Tech under the ASTP program. He has a brother Arnod in service.
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William
Pacific
Lorenz A. Pinski
Central High School
Germany
Robert Pinski
South Ninth Street
Pinski
Fort Sheridan
Fort McClellan
Ala
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
Reds Driving For Austria
Soviet tanks swept past Lake Balaton and neared within 40 miles of the Austrian border as Moscow dispatches reported. German sources acknowledged a new threat to Budapest while Russians crossed to the west bank of the Danube below the city and established a bridgehead at Ercsi, about 20 miles south of Budapest.
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London
Lake Balaton
Moscow
Budapest
Germany
Berlin
Danube
Csepel
Ercsi
Hungary
Austria
Yugosslav
Zag
Marcali
Third Army overrun Sarreguemines and Saar crossings advance
American forces of the 3rd Army breached the Saar at six points and entered Sarreguemines with Maj. Gen. Baade’s 35th Division taking most of the town amid light resistance. Patton’s troops pushed into the Siegfried line near Saarlautern as the Saar bridgehead expanded.
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Paris
Saar River
Sarrequemines
Saarland
Saarbrucken
Pittsburgh
Paul W. Baade
Sarreguemines
Saar
Merzig
Invested Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton
Saarlautern
90Th
Hitler
Vision Returns To Girl Who Lost Sight Saving Dog
Seven year old Judy Ann Koch who went blind trying to save a neighbor’s dog from an oncoming car began to regain sight on Wednesday. Doctors found no medical reason for the improvement, and her mother credited prayers and goodwill from people nationwide as Toys from well wishers arrived, including a goldfish bowl she first saw. Judy was blinded on Sept 14 after rushing in front of a car. she spent 50 days unconscious at Lakewood hospital.
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Judy Ann Koch
Clyde Koch
Judy
Doug
Lakewood Hospital
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