Believe Slayer Tried To Lure Another Victim
Otto Steve Wilson a 31 year old janitor is held incommunicado over mutilation slayings of two women and suspected of planning a third. Detectives target a bar witness while police verify his confession and possible link to a third murder. He admitted strangling Virgie Lee Griffin and mutilating her and said a craze followed. He also claimed to have killed Lillian Johnson at a hotel after a bar meeting. The district attorney plans first degree murder indictments soon.
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Los Angeles
Otto Steve Wilson
Wilson
Thad Brown
Police
Navyrmacist
Virgie Lee Griffin
Boris Karloff
Lillian Johnson
Mrs. Griffin
Terminal Island
Soviet push threatens Budapest axis rail network east of city
Russian forces breached the main German line 10 miles east of Budapest seizing Gyomro rail station and threatening Godollo and Hatvan junctions. In a wide frontal push, Malinovsky’s units neared Miskolc as Budapest-Miskolc lines came under fire. Red air force tracked German ships in the Baltic after Tirpitz sinking.
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London
Budapest
Gyomro
Godollo
Hatvan
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
2Nd Ukraine
Miskolc
Hungary
Austria
Vamosgyork
Jaszbereny
Moscow
Budapest Miskolc
Slovakia
Dany
Vienna
Berlin
Red Air Force
Baltic
RAF
Tirpitz
Red Banner
Danzig
Breaks Appear At Several Points On 400 Mile Front
Allied forces report twin offensives on the Rhineland front with the 1st U S Army advancing two miles toward Duren and the 9th Army pushing to seize prisoner lines. Air support and heavy artillery pound German positions as Patton’s 3rd Army advances near Thionville and Dutch port towns fall to Allied troops.
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London
Rhineland
U. S
Duren
9Th Army
Courtney H. Hodges
1St Army
Cologne
Germany
Aachen
Moselle
Holland
William H. Simpson
Severi
Stolberg
Thunderbolt
Zig Canal
Noord and
Wessem
Maas River
Roermond
George S. Patton, Jr
3Rd Army
Thionville
Ko Ae Net
Ist
9Th
Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
O G
Army
Rhine
2Nd Army
Maas
Buggenum
Yankees Press Forward Amid Rains Near Ormoc
Allied forces push toward the Ormoc road in Leyte despite tropical rains. American artillery and air units hammer the corridor as Japanese resistance thins and enemy positions retreat, with Brig. Gen. Claudius Easley wounded and Gen. MacArthur confirming progress.
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Claudius M. Easley
MacArthur
Philippines
Reyte
Ormoc
Las MacArthur Wepre
96Th Co
Tex
Esty
Neg- James Hutcheson
Associated Press
1St Cavalry Division
Death comes to veteran Cotton Ed Smith
Democratic Senator Ellison Durant Smith of South Carolina died today at his Tanglewood plantation in Lynchburg from coronary thrombosis. The 80 year old, renowned as a farm and cotton expert, was preparing to travel to Florence when struck ill. Funeral at Tanglewood Sunday 3 30 p m, burial in St. e's churchyard between Lynchburg and Bishopville.
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Washington
Ellison Durant
Lynchburg
Bishopville
Smith
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
Cotton
Breakneck Ridge Fight Pushes 24th Division Toward Limon
American forces of the 24th Division press south from Breakneck Ridge in Leyte toward Limon village, with about a thousand yards of the target. Japanese entrenched in ravines slow east flank progress while western advances gain ground. Ormoc road flank holds under continuous mortar fire as heavy Japanese concentrations hinder full road control.
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Ormoc
Valencia
Limon
24Th
Cabeinat
Thoroe
Mt. 1 Foe
Breakneck Ridge
Leyte
Hicks Files Petition to Contest 17th Michigan Seat
Washington reports congressman John Hicks of the 17th Michigan district will contest the election results against George Donders. Hicks claims lost ballots tally sheets missing and improperly sealed ballot boxes as basis for contest to be filed with the house clerk.
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Washington
John Hicks
Congress
Michigan
Donders
House
Hicks
Detroit
Local Weather Sets Fair Night With Cold Patch
Weather forecast indicates generally fair conditions tonight with continued cold air near 26 degrees in urban areas and slightly lower in rural zones. Saturday nudges temperatures higher with a high around the mid 40s.
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Setur
Bont Burn This Paper For Victory
A brief sports or column item notes Bont Burn This Paper ahead of a November 18 collision. The piece hints at a forthcoming event or matchup and frames it as a victory bid.
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Pacs
Japanese Capture Ishan and Drive Toward Huaiyuanchen
Japanese forces seized Ishan 43 miles northwest of Liuchow and pressed toward Huaiyuanchen 50 miles up the Kwangsi Kweichow railway from Liuchow. Fighting also near Hsincheng and within 10 miles of Lungsheng as the offensive moves northwest of Kweilin.
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Chungking
Ishan
Fallen Liuchow
Huaiyuanchen
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Liuchow
Yungning
Nanning
Indo-China
Hsincheng
Fallen Kweilin
Kwangsi
Lungsheng
Kweilin
Army Releases 1 000 Men To Aid Industry
The army announced Friday the release of 1 000 soldiers to industrial work in foundries and forge shops making heavy artillery ammunition tanks and military trucks. Eligible volunteers over 30 years old with prior experience will be reassigned from non infantry units and not from overseas duty. They will be directed to top priority plants and can be recalled if their plants weaken or the manpower situation improves.
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Washington, D. C
Army
War Department
Roosevelt prioritizes Churchill Stalin meet over Paris visit
In a Washington news conference President Roosevelt said a meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin would take precedence over his plans to visit Paris. He indicated the Churchill Stalin talks might occur away from France and that he hopes to meet De Gaulle later, weathering delays as he follows the western European drive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
Tokyo prepares for large scale Allied air raids
The Tokyo radio says Japan will set up a liaison council in the home ministry to coordinate defense for inevitable large scale enemy air assaults. The cabinet met with Premier Koiso and approved a budget forecast for the next fiscal year.
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Japan
Tokyo
Japanese Home Ministry
Theederal Communications Commission
Kuniaki Koiso
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Ca Inet
Finance
Sotaro Ishiwata
Federal Communications Commission
Sadao Igushi
Japanese Board of Information
Hurley May Be Named U S Envoy To China
Washington rumor centers on Major General Patrick Hurley as the likely next American ambassador to China awaiting Beijing’s acceptance. Roosevelt indicated a selection to replace Clarence Gauss, who resigned after Stilwell’s recall, with Hurley acting as the president’s representative in Chungking since August.
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Washington
Patrick Hurley
Ina
Roosevelt
Clarence E. Gauss
Joseph W. Stilwell
Senate
Hurley
Chungking
Crash Kills 3 In Lena Highway Accident
Three young people died in a collision on highway 141 near Lena Wisconsin last night. June Zinther 19 and Donald Zinther 18 of Lena were in a car with Dale Johnson 18 or 19 of Amery both sailors. They collided with a gravel truck driven by Charlies Seifert of Oconto. Johnson died instantly, the girl died in a hospital, and Donald died today.
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Lena
Wis
Here
June Zinther
Donald Zinther
Navy
Dale Johnson
Amery
Charlies Seifert
Oconto
Johnson
Donald
Roosevelt Thanks Press for Five New Cabinets
President Roosevelt at a news conference joked he did not know if reporters and radio offered him five different cabinets with various people. He noted speculation about Postmaster General Walker's resignation and quipped about the press's generosity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Radio Today
Frank C. Walker
Wheeler Named Deputy Commander In Asia
Col. Raymond A. Wheeler designated to succeed Gen. Stilwell as deputy commander of the Allied Southeast Asia command. He will remain a principal administrative officer under Admiral Mountbatten and head U. S. Army services in the theater, directing lend-lease to all Allies there.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Raymond A. Wheeler
Joseph W. Stilwell
Southeast Asia Command
Lord Louis Mountbatten
U. S. Army
U-Boat Sinks Icelandic Passenger Ship Godafoss
Iceland's largest passenger vessel the 1542 ton Godafoss has been sunk by a German U boat in Icelandic waters with 24 lives lost. The incident was announced today in Reykjavik.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Icelandic
New Highway Group Named by La Crosse County Board
La Crosse county supervisors elected a new five member highway committee including William Schams to succeed Terpstra and Reuben Roberts to succeed Lewis. Other officers were re elected, with several terms set on health library sanatorium and home boards. A CCC camp property report preceded the vote, and two salary increase resolutions were approved. A hearing on the 1945 county budget is slated for Monday.
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la Crosse
L. T. Lee
William Keppel
Sadie Wolfe
F. W. Fox
Oak Forest
Eva Flag
Mike McHugh
County Home Board
Richard Ray
William Schomberg
Reuben Roberts
William Schams
Paul Hartwig
CCC
Hartwig
Outdoor Relief Department
Paasikivi Named Finn Prime Minister
Stockhol m report says Paasikivi chosen as Finland prime minister in cabinet shakeup. Veteran peace envoy succeeds Castren as Mannerheim era premier. ten new ministers named including one Communist Y Leino in assistant communications post. Enckell remains foreign minister.
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Stockholm
J. K. Paasikivi
Finland
Moscow-Helsinki
Paasikivi
Erhu Castren
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Castren
Y. Leino
C. J. A. Enckell
Brookhart’s Body En Route To Iowa
The body of former Iowa senator Smith W. Brookhart, accompanied by his daughter Dr. Florence Yount, left Prescott on Friday for Washington Iowa where funeral services will be held Monday. He died Wednesday.
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Prescott, Ariz
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Florence Yount
Washington
Roosevelt to Speak in Washington on War Bond Drive
President Roosevelt will deliver a short war bond address in Washington D C on Sunday tying it to the sixth war loan drive. He described the speech as very brief.
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F. R
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
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