Allied drive deep into Reich as Arnhem relief holds
Allied forces press 50 miles into the Reich with air power as British Second Army pushes relief to Arnhem across the upper Rhine. Canadians advance near Antwerp while American artillery shells targets near Cologne and Duren. Soviet forces tighten grip on Hungary and Latvia as a Soviet army pushes into Czechoslovakia.
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Associated Press
Essen
Pittsburgh
Germany
Reich
Second Army
Upper Rhine
Arnhem
Nijmegen
Holland
Veghel
Antwerp
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
U.S
Duren
Cologne
Nancy
Strasbourg
Metz
Hungary
Riga
East Prussia
Czechoslovakia
West End Crew Treated to Chicken Dinner Mystery
Motis Lindsey hosted a lavish chicken dinner for the county highway department west end crew after completing a sewer project on Blue Creek road. Don Thompson missed the event while six workers enjoyed the meal and joked about the reward. A separate note highlights Zedick Braden, 14, joining Logan Junior High as a cosmopolite in his 50th school term amid a peripatetic father’s Coast Guard geodesy work across 17 states.
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County Highway Department
West End
Motis Lindsey
Blue Creek
Lindsey
Motis
Don Thompson
Logan Junior High
Zedick Braden
M. Z. Braden
Howard Kirk
U. S. Coast Guard
Charleston
West Virginia
Ohio
Hocking Fair Grounds
New Mexico
Cabinet Divided On Hard Terms of Peace for Germany
Washington a furious debate over how to write a hard peace for defeated Germany split Roosevelt’s cabinet. Morgenthau pushes giving away or destroying German industrial machinery while Stimson opposes. Hull remains cool toward Morgenthau. Roosevelt backs Morgenthau with Churchill support from Quebec.
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Washington
Germany
War
Treasury Departments
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Stimson
Hull
Quebec
Churchill
Smith Resigns as Ration Board Chairman
Harry L. Smith of Logan, chairman of the Hocking County War Price and Rationing Board since shortly after Pearl Harbor, submits his resignation to district director John H. Summers. He asks to be released effective October 1, noting the job requires full-time commitment and that he served without compensation.
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Harry L. Smith
Logan
Hocking County
Pearl Harbor
John H. Summers
Smith
Logan Manufacturing Company
Dewey Plans Candid Review of Roosevelt Record En Route
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, en route to Oklahoma City for a major address, vowed to review Franklin D. Roosevelt’s record with unvarnished candor. He rebutted Roosevelt’s charges of Republican propaganda and warned of sharper political clashes as the campaign sharpened. Dewey’s aides anticipated a tough, road and tumble style in the battle ahead.
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Oklahoma City
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Hitler
New York State
Portions of Ohio Hit By Light Frost Early Monday
The Associated Press reports Ohio saw light frost as temperatures fell by up to 10 degrees for the date. Forecaster W. B. Mindling in Columbus noted Canton's 28 and readings of 35 at Newark and Napoleon, with 39 in Cleveland and 40 in Columbus. Mindling forecast warmer conditions for Monday night and Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Ohio
W. B. Mindling
Columbus
Canton
Newark
Napoleon
Cambridge
Lima
Norwalk
Jackson
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mindling
Eight Paratroopers Die in Plane Crash at Camp Mackall
At Camp Mackall North Carolina a C-47 transport plane crashed during a mass parachute jump killing eight paratroopers and four crewmen. Four paratroopers survived. thirty men received medical treatment in the largest night jump ever held. A board of inquiry will investigate. victims' names to be released later.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
Republic Relations Office
Drop Supplies to Partisan Troops
The Allied Air Command disclosed that over 5,000 tons of guns ammunition and other supplies have been flown in the past two years to Yugoslav partisans and patriots in central and southern European countries. Secret landing grounds in Yugoslavia plus fields in Greece Albania and other nations have been used, with the total number of airports astonishing the Germans.
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Rome
Allied Air Command
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Fleet Routed From Harbors Nimitz Declares Victory
Tokyo radio reports air attacks on the Philippines by seaborne American planes that Nimitz says smashed Japan's Philippine air force and routed the defending fleet. In a two day raid centered on Manila Allied forces claim 357 Japanese planes, 40 ships and 6 small craft destroyed with additional losses. Carrier planes returned to hit Cebu Legaspi and other central Philippines targets.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Manila
Nimitz
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Cebu
Legaspi
Masaharu Homma
Tokyo Weekly Economic Review
Chichi
Haha
Marcus
William F. Halsey
Mitscher
Torpedo and hurricane tests ship safe in port
A medium sized American merchant vessel survived a torpedo off the North Carolina coast and then the recent hurricane before reaching Norfolk. Navy reports the ship was escorted by a tug and Coast Guard cutters Jackson and Bedloe after the torpedo hit. The hurricane tore the tow line, the cutters capsized, and additional tugs were sent to continue the rescue.
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Washington
North Carolina
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Jackson
Bedloe
Navy
FDR Opens Campaign with Blast at Republican Oratory
President Roosevelt launches his fourth term bid with a speech to the AFL Teamsters Union denouncing Republican “fantastic” charges against the New Deal and labor baiting. He urges voters to remember the 1929 crash and Hooverville hardship while defending demobilization plans and denying plans to keep soldiers past need. He did not name Gov. Dewey.
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AFL
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Roosevelt
War Department
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Aged Widow Angela Hatcher Dies in Arlington Fall
Angela Hatcher aged 90 died from a skull fracture after a fall down basement steps in Arlington. The death was reported on September 25.
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Arlington, O
Angela Hatcher
The War Today Predicts Rhine Drive Resumption
Berlin reports Nazis expect an early resumption of the U S Third Army chase for the Rhine as Hitler’s high command anticipates more than a simple advance. The Reich appears pocketed by concurrent fronts while Russians push Baltic Balkan fronts, massing for a decisive eastern payoff and looming western consolidation by Allied forces.
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Berlin
U. S
Third
Rhine
Hitler
Reich
Baltic
Balkan
East Prussia
Krakow
German
Silesia
England
Democrats Open Drive Here Saturday Night
Saturday evening marked the formal launching of the Democrat campaign in Hocking County with about 300 in attendance on the Court House steps. William G. Pickrel led the party caravan from Dayton, blasting Senator Taft on lend-lease, selective service, arming merchant ships, and international cooperation. He pressed for force if needed to preserve peace and warned Ohio against Nye or Clark successors. Continued on page three.
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Hocking County
Ohio
Court House
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
United States
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
United States Senate
Pickrel
Taft
America
Senate Nye
Clark
Bricker Returns From Long Jaunt
Gov. John W. Bricker who just completed a 3,200 mile eastern campaign visit predicts Pennsylvania and New England will vote Republican in November. He says New England and Pennsylvania will be in the Republican column based on talks with state governors and party leaders. Bricker calls the trip encouraging with larger crowds and strong response during his two day stop in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Pennsylvania
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bricker
Ickes Attacks Dewey at Slav Congress Rally
Secretary Ickes told 7000 at Pittsburghs American Slav Congress rally that Republican candidate Dewey is one of the most ardent new dealers. He recalled Laus Los Angeles remarks and mocked Deweys critique of the New Deal with a biting quip about a diaper and sponge.
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Pittsburgh
Harold L. Ickes
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Los Angeles
Ohio PAC endorses 18 Democrats in statewide race slate
The Ohio Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations endorsed eighteen Democratic candidates and three Republicans for state or congressional offices. Democrats led by Roosevelt and Truman, Cleveland mayor Lausche for governor, and Dayton’s Pickrel for U.S. Senator. Republicans named Bender, Bolton, and Judge Hart.
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Columbus
Ohio Political Action Committee
Congress of Industrial Organizations
PAC
George H. Bender
Francie Bolton
Cuyahoga
Geauga
William Hart
State Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
U. S
A. Lee Fair
Joseph T. Ferguson
Carl V. Weygandt
Frank J. Richter
J. Harry Moore
Edward J. Gardner
Earl Ludwig
John W. Bush
John L. Cashin
John F. Hunter
Trapped Silver Miners Rescued in Guanajuato
Fourteen workers trapped inside a silver mine for ten days were rescued yesterday in Guanajuato Mexico. Some survivors said they ate belts and other scraps to stay alive and drank water as they grew weak, requiring carrying to safety.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Youth Electrocuted in Gallipolis Tree Incident
A 15 year old, Eugene Cafo, was electrocuted when he fell from a tree crossing a high tension wire in Gallipolis on September 2. The accident occurred as he attempted to climb the tree, leading to fatal contact with live conductors.
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Gallipolis
Eugene Cafo
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Ration Board
Daily News
New Deal
Leonard Milliman
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M Halsey
Malakal
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Singapore
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Pingka
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Burma Road
Kweilin
China
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Liuchow
Hollywood For
Lionel Barrymore
International Soundphoto
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Third Army
J. M. Roberts, Jr
Ickes
Ardent New Dealer
Fanny
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