100 Japs Downed In New Raids On Luzon
Pacific fleet carrier planes continue strikes on Luzon as Admiral Nimitz reports the second week of sustained attacks. Japanese losses reach 146 ships sunk or damaged and 708 to 720 planes, with additional airfields hit in Manila bay and Aparri. The effort includes major battles over Formosa and Tai wan with heavy enemy equipment destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haughland
Associated Press
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Luzon Island
Philippines
Chester W. Nimits
Japan
Ad Sa. m
Pacific Ocean
Formosa
Taiwan
Takao
Okayama
Heito
Luzon
Nimitz
Honolulu
Aparri
Manila Bay
Tokyo Complains of Ignores Formosa Victory Claims
Radio Tokyo charged that American and British news agencies ignored Japan's claims of a great victory near Formosa. The FCC recorded the propaganda broadcast asserting brilliant Japanese naval air force results and criticizing US and UK press coverage as biased and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Radio
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Imperial Headquarters
Formosa
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Truckload Of Pipe Hurled Into House
A freight train collided with a truck carrying pipe in Odessa. The impact drove pipe chunks through the home of J. J. Moys, damaging furniture and part of the dwelling. Driver S. C. Worden escaped serious injury as the truck was only lightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
J. J. Moys
Moys
S. C. Worden
Dama
Eye Witness Tells Of Jap Air Battle
An eyewitness aboard a U S carrier off Formosa reports the second daylight Japanese attack on the task force ending at dusk. About 60 Japanese planes were shot down and two bombers were downed near the carrier, while a cruiser endured a near miss. Formosa airfields were heavily damaged as Japanese planes raided from Luzon bases.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
U. S
Formosa
Navy
Luzon
Nine Escaped Texas Convicts Sought After Prison Break
Houston dispatch reports nine Ramsey state prison farm convicts escaped from a prison truck after an outing to a Huntsville rodeo. One inmate, Albert Abrego, 22, was recaptured minutes later in Nueces county. The remaining escapees include Martiniano Diaz, Antonio Martinez, Raymundo Ramirez, Mike Rivera, Howard County Macaries Flores, Mike Moreno, Enrique Garcia, Edmundo Garcia, and Magdaleno Ortiz, with sentences ranging from burglary to life terms across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Ramsey State Prison Farm
Albert Abrego
Nueces County
Ramsey
Dewalt
Huntsville
Martiniano Diaz
Webb County
Antonio Martinez
Harris County
Raymundo Ramiarez
Val Verde
Crockett
Tom Green
Mike Rivera
Howard County
MaCaries Flores
Mike Moreno
Walker County
Enrique Garcia
Hidalgo County
Edmundo Garcia
Magdaleno Ortiz
Hitler to Speak at Rommel Funeral Rites
New York reports Hitler will address the state funeral for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The London radio broadcast aired tonight via CBS, noting Hitler's speech at the ceremony.
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Hitler
Rommel
New York
Adolf Hitler
Field
Edwin Rommel
London Radio
CBS
New Faculty Member Dr Frank Luksa joins Southwestern
Georgetown Oct 16 The addition of Dr Frank E Luksa of Houston to the Southwestern University faculty in the sociology department was announced today He will begin his work November 1 at the college confirming another academic appointment for the season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Frank E. Luksa
Houston
Southwestern University
Surplus Cotton Sales Planned by CCC Officials
Washington officials outlined plans to resume U S cotton exports at world prices with CCC surplus 10 500 000 bales. A two day closed meeting with an advisory cotton committee discussed three sale schemes including direct sales, cash subsidies, and exporter bids to establish a world price. Recommendations would go to War Food Administrator Marvin Jones for quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
Agriculture Department
CCC
J. B. Hutson
U. S
Marvin Jones
Three Austin Groups Endorse Rainey as UT President
Three Austin religious groups issue an open letter backing Homer Price Rainey as president of the University of Texas. They commend his leadership and Christian values, urge continuation of his presidency, and reference recent university governance controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USTIN
Ablic
Homer Price Rainey
University of Texas
Coke*r. Stevenson
Board of Regents
University
Rainey
Austin Council of Churches
Austin Ministerial Association
University Religious Workers Association
Texas
State University
Greeks Liberated as British Troops Reach Piraeus
Berlin signaled German withdrawal from Greece while a strong British naval force reached Piraeus to reinforce Greek patriots. Allied reports cite heavy German demolition and civilian suffering as German forces pull back toward the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ome
Greece
Berlin
Piraeus
Athens
Balkan
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Feder
Koropi
Allied Push Prods in Aachen Area as Venray Is Reached
British forces reach outskirts of Venray five miles south of the Maas as American units move from Crucifix hill toward Wareslen, linking to north and tightening a ring around Aachen. German reports promise a new offensive in the Geilenkirchen sector while Canadian forces clear the Schelde estuary to reopen Antwerp routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cow
Associated Press
London
Aachen Maas
Meuse
Kent
Germany
Aachen
C. H. Hodge
Wareslen
Crucifix Hill
Venray
Maas
Eisenhower
Jens
Berlin
Geilenkirchen
Gehlenkirchen
Young Colonel Leads Ace Fliers In Europe
London reports 30 year old Colonel Hubert Zemke of Missoula Montana emerges as the leading active fighter ace in the European theater. Captain Henry W Brown of Arlington West Virginia is missing in action, while Brown had total 30 enemy planes before his loss. Zemke has 28 aerial victories and 1914 total points credited in air and ground actions to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hubert Zemke
Missoula
Mont
Henry W. Brown
Arlington
W. Va
Brown
Germany
Zemke
Porkers Discover New Use For Plane
HANLEY FALLS Minn Oct 16 Frank Baker and a Mr Pierce of Stanton Minn landed their airplane in a field to visit Oscar Hanson near here and had to return home by bus because pigs ate up most of their ship. The 140 porkers consumed all the fabric from the planes fuselage and were attempting to reach the wings when the fliers noticed the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley Falls
Minn
Frank Baker
Mr. Pierce
Stanton, Minn
Oscar Hanson
Shrimpers End Strike In Galveston Pay Increases
W. D. McMillan head of the Texas Fisherman's association announced that about 300 shrimp fishers returned to work today after being granted a three cent per pound raise for top grade shrimp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
W. D. McMillan
Texas Fisherman's Association
Nazis Seize Power In Chaotic Hungary
Pro Nazi elements backed by German forces declare a new government in Budapest after Regent Horthy resigns. Szalasi names himself acting regent and prime minister, imposes curfew and decrees targeting Jews and dissidents as Soviet forces close on Budapest amid air raid warnings.
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Hungary
Wade Werner
London
Gestapo
Germany
Budapest
Ferenc Szalasi
Nicholas Horthy
Horthy
Szalasi
Red Army
Germans Face New Hazard in Greece and Belgrade Fights
Russian Bulgarian and Yugoslav forces push along the trans Balkan railway 175 miles south of Belgrade threatening German retreat from Greece. Nis captured. Belgrade siege expected as two German divisions trapped in the city. Moscow silent on full autumn offensive.
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W. W. Hercher
Associated Press
London
Belgrade
Athens
Greece
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Yugoslav National Liberation Army
Nis
Algiers
Tito
Red Army
Petsamo
Finland
Regulars Urge Bricker Hearing in Dallas
Leaders of the Texas Regulars invite 1,500 Southern Democratic club members to hear Gov. John Bricker speak at Fair Park Oct. 25. The group says electors are not pledged and Bricker's principles align with southern Democrats on states rights. Walter Rogers Dallas campaign director says they welcome the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Regulars
Southern Democratic Club
John W. Bricker
E. B. Germany
F. R. Carlton
J. Hart Willis
Fair Park Auditorium
Bricker
Texas
Walter Rogers
Dewey-Bricker
Dallas ‘News
French Admiral Arrested Over Toulon Scuttling Order
Paris reports the navy ministry arrested Admiral Jean de la Borde, commander at Toulon, for giving the scuttling order in November 1942 and for failing to ensure the fleet escaped to North Africa when Germans seized the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jean de la Borde
Toulon
Mediterranean
North Africa
Allied invasion effort surpasses earlier limits in France
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell cited 2.5 million troops 500000 vehicles and 17000000 ship tons of supplies landed in the first 109 days of the invasion. He praised American reach and called the Red Ball route a race course with the highest stakes in history, highlighting relentless convoys and rapid logistics through France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EW York
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
New York Herald Tribune
Waldorf-Astoria
Italy
France
Pershing
War Effort Relies on Red Ball Supply Routes and Air Lifts
The drive to the front depends on constant truck traffic to the Red Ball and a growing airlift. American troops receive gasoline daily, pipelines extend toward the front, and airfields unload as many planes as load casualties. More than 50,000 wounded are flown to English hospitals and 12,000 back home. Engineers rebuild roads and bridges as Germans destroy them, and signals firms establish new networks from the Atlantic to the Rhine. Rail capacity expands with thousands of locomotives and cars, moving nearly 100,000 tons weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel
Mediterranean
England
Atlantic
Change In Hurricane Course Indicated Near Cuba
The Caribbean hurricane drifted listless but may turn northwest or north. A 10:30 p m advisory put the center about 100 miles west-southwest of Grand Cayman, threatening western Cuba the Yucatan peninsula and Honduras with heavy squalls and 100 mph winds within 60 miles. Interest near longitude 80 degrees urged continued precautions over the wide advisory area.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Peninsula
United States Weather Bureau
Grand Canyon
Yucatan Peninsula
Honduras
Weather Bureau
Water Tank Fire Baffles Lake Wilson Firemen
Firemen battled a blaze in the village water tank on Saturday as they insulated the tall container. Fireman Cy Koob carried a hose up 60 feet of ladder to spray water from an emergency well supply.
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Lake Wilson
Minn
Cy Koob
Brussels coal shortage cuts power across city
Brussels faced a coal shortage on October 16 forcing a power cut citywide from 7:30 a.m. to p.m. with electricity restored except in hospitals where supply continued.
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Brussels
Fifth Army Advances Toward Bologna Near Livergnano
American Fifth Army infantry moved within 11 miles of Bologna along Highway 68, advancing from Livergnano after bitter Nazi resistance. Tanks supported the drive as Allied forces pressed from the northeast, seizing Gambettola and San Angelo in Salute and pushing toward vital Rimini Bologna rail lines amid continued German counterattacks.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Highway 68
eNazi
University City
Italy
Livergnano
Germany
Tha Nail
Algeria
Rimini-Bologna
Cesema
Gambettola
Rimini Bologna
Shamrock Child Peggy Bohler Dies From Auto Injuries
Peggy Bohler six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bohler of Shamrock died of injuries from being hit by an automobile suffered Wednesday. The accident occurred in Shamrock Texas on October 16.
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Shamrock
Tex
Peggy Bohler
Charles Bohler
Ape
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