Germans Renew Moscow Offensive Near Mile 20
Soviet dispatches report a new German push along the Moscow front after heavy artillery prep. Nazi spearheads allegedly penetrated within 20 miles of Moscow, while attacks on Crimea and Rostov were repelled by Red Army counter moves. The front remained active around Mozhaisk as heavy fighting continued.
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HENRY GC. CASSIDY
Associated Press
KUIBYSHEV
Russia
Moscow
London
Crimea
Rostov
Red army
Pravda
Mozhaisk
Fire Rages At Robins Docks In Brooklyn
A three alarm blaze ripped through two Robins dry docks in Brooklyn threatening two ships under repair. The vessels Empire Coral and F. W. Abrams, a British merchantman and a Standard Oil tanker, were not reported seriously damaged.
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NEW YORK
Robins dry dock
Brooklyn
Robins Company
F. W. Abrams
Wilmington
Del
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Gloom in Occupied Athens Under German Rule
A special correspondent reports on Athens after German occupation showing gloom and ruin. Wounded Greek soldiers crowd hospitals emptied for German casualties, loot by Germans disrupts daily life, and the Gestapo tightens control. Food shortages worsen as chaotic communications persist and a temporary bridge replaces the destroyed Corinth canal crossing.
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Athens
gestapo
Corinth canal
Naples Most Smashed City In Italy In Bombing Runs
London reports describe Naples as the most smashed Italian city after four nights of heavy RAF bombing. Sources say a steep pause in official comment on RAF reasons for focusing on Naples, a major port and naval base, while observers note sustained two ton bombs exceeding German air raids on London.
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LONDON
C.P
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
R.A.F
Malian
R.AF
Ottawa wage board allows individual appeal on cost of living bonus
Labor department officials announced a new framework for the cost of living bonus under the wage stabilization program. Employers who feel shortchanged can appeal individually to regional and national labor boards without needing an organized group, and boards may require backdating to correct unfair bonus payments.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Labor department
national labor board
McLarty
national war labor board
war labor boards
No Peace With Hitler Says Eden
Manchester dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Eden declaring in a public speech that Britain and the Allies aim to defeat Hitler with renewed aid to Russia. He said the government shares Stalin’s goal and will not be deterred, noting aid to Russia will be enhanced with American help to compensate for losses from German occupation. Referenced Western front debates were mentioned as under consideration.
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MANCHESTER
C.P
Russia
Eden
Dunkergue
Britain
Stalin
Hiller
Lord Beaverbrook
Senate panel OKs broader armed ships bill
Washington October 25 The senate foreign relations committee voted 13 to 10 to broaden the armed ship bill to permit United States merchant vessels to sail anywhere on the high seas. Administration opponents warned it would prolong the debate beyond the House approved plan limited to arming merchant ships. Continued on page three.
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WASIFINGTON
senate foreign relations committee
yoas
United States
Wpponenta
administration
senate
house
Mussolini Dismisses 60 Officers in Wide Guild Shakeup
Premier Mussolini replaced or transferred 60 officers across 19 of Italy’s 22 economic guilds in the broad restructuring. Hotels theatres and glass guilds escaped. The overhaul aims to streamline wartime production and curb public discontent, with fascist delegates and party officials named in the new leadership.
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ROME
Mussolini
Italy
lst
British ship sunk and another damaged in Mediterranean attack
Rome reports the Tallan high command claimed torpedo planes sank a 10,000 ton merchant ship and damaged another 7,000 ton vessel in a British shipping raid in the Mediterranean.
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ROME
Tallan high command
Mediterranean
Punishment of Hitler Promised
Washington, Oct. 25. President Roosevelt condemned reprisal executions in Europe as revolting to the world and the acts of desperate men who cannot win. The White House release cited Nazi hostages shot in Bordeaux and promised further executions as the Nazis seek a new order through terror.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
anz
Europe
White House
France
Bordeaux
Hitler
Winnipeg man held on kidnap charge after arrest
Wanted by Vancouver police for kidnapping an 18 month old girl Robert Burt alias Markoditch was located in Winnnipeg and taken into custody last night. He will be held here until arrival of a police escort from the coast.
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WINNIPEG
Vancouver
Robert Burt
Markoditch
Winnnipeg
Japs Say Knox Bluffing in Pacific Crisis
U S secretary of the navy Knox warned Japan against expansion plans in a speech, prompting Japanese press to label it bluffing. Hochi and Chagal editors accd to reports say US threats are intended to force Japanese policy. Senator Pepper urged an immediate US blockade to cut war supplies and avert a broader collision in the Far East.
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TORYVO
Frank Knox
United States
Knox
Japan
Hochi
Chagal
WASHINGTON
Claude Pepper
Denn
Florida
Tokyo
Navy
Pacific
Pepper
Fifty More Awaiting Execution in Nazi Reprisals
The Petain government voted heavy handed measures to stop attacks on German soldiers and urged Germans to halt reprisal executions of French hostages. Fifty already died in Nantes and Mantes as German squads carried out reprisals for the assassination of Lt-Col Paul Friedrich Halts, with a military funeral held for the German commandant.
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VICHY
Petain
Nantes
Paul Friedrich Halts
Mantes
Darlan
council
statu
Destruction Of Hitler Menace Is US Foreign Policy
President Roosevelt declares the destruction of the Hitler menace as the year end foreign policy aim. He says the United States will not shrink from sacrifices and will defend American rights and well being. He denounces isolationists urging inaction and emphasizes readiness to confront threats.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
NEW YORK
United States
foreign policy association
Wreckage sighted of five missing Army pursuit ships
Burned wreckage of a plane believed to be one of five missing United States Army pursuit ships was spotted from the air on the west side of Gray's Peak in the Sierra National Forest. President Roosevelt argued against taking orders on what to think, stressing independent judgment and a free press. Senator Elbert D Thomas criticized Congress for lacking health preparedness as Britain faced defeat in France.
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FRESNO
Calif
United States army
Gray's Peak
Sierra National Forest
Mr. Roosevelt
Elbert D.Thomas
Dem
Utah
Britain
France
congress
Nazis Admit Battle For Moscow Hard
Berlin claimed Kharkov and Belgorod fall with Kharkov described as a key armament and economic center. German bulletins said Belgorod 47 miles northeast of Kharkov fell, while progress toward Moscow was described as tough with front-line gains not detailed.
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BERLIN
Germany
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Belgorod
Moscow
high command
Ukraine
Soviet Union
French Sailors Reported Killed in British Air Attack
French officials reported eight sailors killed and three wounded in a British air attack on a French vessel in Tunisian waters. The 1,530-ton coastal freighter Divna, bound for the North African port of Tunis, was attacked near Tanté. Most casualties were native sailors.
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VICHY
France
Tunisian
Tanté
State department caveat on aid-to-Russian cargoes mix up
Washington on October 29 the maritime commission clarified its prior statement about all aid to Russia cargoes moving through Boston after October 28. The commission said the announcement was inaccurate and widely misinterpreted. Defence cargoes will continue to be allocated among export ports as far as practicable.
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WASHINGTON
United States maritime commission
Boston
RAF Keeps Nazis Busy Across Wide Theatre
British air raids targeted Brest Norwegian coastal shipping and German coastal positions from Norway to Frisian Islands. RAF and Coastal Command effort included bombers setting ships on fire and claims of German losses near Wales and southwest England. Casualties reported though government noted some.
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LONDON
C.P
Rhineland
Brest
air ministry
fters
Wales
England
Coastal command
Norway
North Sea
Netherlands
Britain
Gn & Stellserle
Liverpool
HMS ADMIT
BERLIN
Germany
Manitoba Pool Elevators elects W. Parker president
W 4 Parker of Union Point Manitoba was re elected president of the Manitoba Pool Elevators Limited at the annual meeting held today. The era item notes other wartime dispatches from various global fronts and officials.
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Canada
British Commonwealth Air Training
Churchill
DNB
MANITOBA POOL
Parker
Union Point
Man
Manitoba Pool Elevators, Limited
MOLOTOV
WALTER CITRINE KUIBYSHEV
Molatoy
Walter Citrine
Hussia
EIRE
DUBLIN
Quilty
County Clare
PATTULLO
OTTAWA VICTORIA
T. D. Pattullo
John Mart
WITLER
Galeano Clano
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
HMS NEW YORK
BBC
CBS
Tobruk
A.P
Ivan D. Yeaton
Joseph A. Michela
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