Nip Fleet Flees As Formosa Battle Ends In Navy Sweep
It appears the Japanese home fleet avoided surface action as the Third Fleet completed its Formosa Ryukyus mission and moved on. Nimitz reports no carrier or battleship losses, with only two medium ships torpedoed. Tokyo claims of widespread American destruction are dismissed.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Formosa
Nimitz
Wes
Simpson
Third Fleet
Ryukyus
East China Sea
Tokyo
China Sea
Bay of Bengal
Philippines
China
Japan
Pacific
Liquor Black Market Said Almost Curbed
Washington reports that the price chief Chester Bowles said the million dollar liquor black market has been virtually wiped out and legal supplies now move through legitimate channels after a production holiday. He noted cooperation with OPA, Justice, Treasury, state agencies and police. In seven months of 1944 the drive yielded 190 convictions and over a million dollars in fines and settlements. Some racketeering rings remain at large and enforcement continues.
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Washington
W.P
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Justice and Treasury Departments
Harvard Man Sees Woman as U S President
Harvard anthropologist Ernest A. Hooten told Harvard Service News he would like to see a woman become president. He argued that females possess qualities that could make them superior in statesmanship and envisioned a future White House with a first lady in the role.
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Cambridge
Mass
Ernest A. Hooten
Harvard University
United States
Hooten
Harvard Service News
Harvard Crimson
White House
View From Jay Peak Sees Four States and Montreal
On clear days a spectator atop 3861 foot Jay Peak may see portions of Vermont New Hampshire and New York as well as the city of Montreal Quebec across the border enhancing the peak’s panoramic vista.
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Jay Peak
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Montreal
Que
Replacements Arrive On French Front Amid Uncertain Night
In France on Oct 11, raw replacements arrive by truck and are penned in a pasture near a kitchen tent. Lt. Hasselbring and a captain assess records, assign several to Companies G and C, while frontline veterans worry about sending green troops into combat too soon.
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France
Reinhart Hasselbring
Flint
Mich
Rifle Company
Regi- Dizon
Italy
Kansas Teacher Shortage Eases but Still Higher Than Last Year
W. P. Reese, manager of the Kansas Teacher Placement Bureau, reports the teacher shortage this year is less than anticipated but remains greater than last year.
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Kansas
W. P. Reese
Teacher Placement Bureau
Roosevelt to Speak at Shibe Park Philadelphia
President Roosevelt will address a political rally at Shibe Park Philadelphia on the night of Friday October 27 at 9 p.m. The event is sponsored by Philadelphia Democratic City Committee and Businessmen for Roosevelt Inc. time and location are confirmed with a large expected crowd. The speech will be broadcast on Blue and Columbia networks with funding by Businessmen for Roosevelt Inc.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee
Lawrence
White House
Businessmen For Roosevelt, Inc
Democratic City Committee of Philadelphia
National Businessmen’s Organizaon
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Roosevelt, Inc
Foreign Policy Association
New York City
Pennsylvania
J. Louis Reynolds
Richmond
Joseph F. Guffey
Higgins
Illinois
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York State
Anson Mills Liberty Ship Launched at Todd Houston
The 172nd Liberty ship built at Todd Houston Shipbuilding Yard was launched today under the name Anson Mills in honor of a prominent Texas surveyor.
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NEW Liberty
Houston
Todd-Houston
Anson Mills
Texas
NO on whee relief promise for rheumatic pains
Thousands of sufferers report NO on whee eases rheumatic pain muscle aches and neuritis. The advertisement touts Norito as fast relief with a strong ironclad guarantee promising comfort and improved well being.
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Norito
Funeral services for Cpl Perkins held in uncertain Louisiana crash
Louisiana crash claimed Corporal Harvey E. Perkins 21 son of Mr and Mrs W O Perkins of Lubbock Route 5. He served 18 months in the Air Corps as radioman on a B 26 at Lake Charles. Funeral not yet arranged and body arrival unknown. Survived by four brothers and four sisters.
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Cpl
Harvey E. Perkins
W. O. Perkins
Lubbock
Lake Charles
Rix Funeral Home
Cpl. Perkins
Air Corps
Pvt
Philip Perkins
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Kenneth
Billy
Johnnie
Ernest J. Graves
Ernon
Elton Ellison
Camp Roberts
Calif
Elaine
Carol
Three Nazi Escapees Recaptured in New Mexico and Texas
Three German prisoners of war who escaped from a camp at Las Cruces New Mexico on October 13 were recaptured yesterday, the FBI reported in Dallas. The agents identified the three men as Anton Friederick Anton Ettel and Carl Heinz Oeinck.
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Dallas
Las Cruces
N. M
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dean R. Morley
Dallas FBI
Anton Friederick
Anton Ettel
Carl Heinz Oeinck
Funeral services for Gaston A Cockrell
Funeral services for Gaston A Cockrell 44 Ropesville farmer who died early Tuesday at Lubbock General Hospital will be read at 4 this afternoon at Killeen First Baptist Church Plains Funeral Home announced He is survived by his wife of Ropesville and six brothers of Bell County A post revival preaching service will be held tonight at Asbury Methodist Church Twentieth St and Ave T in lieu of regular midweek prayer service It was announced last night Dr C A Bickley pastor will speak on Wearing Stripes and an invitation is extended to the public The church closed a one week revival campaign last Sunday
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Hasselbring
Kenneth F. Baxter
Chicago
Fort Meade
Paul Bernhart
Burlington
Iowa
Pfc
Billy Doren
Evansvile
Ind
Hardin Benton
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Gaston A. Cockrell
Ropesville
Lubbock General Hospital
Killeen First Baptist Church
Plains Funeral Home
Bell County
Asbury Methodist Church
Twentieth St
Ave. T
C. A. Bickley
Three Kruse Grandsons in Consecutive Weeks
Granite Falls Minnesota reports three grandsons born in successive weeks to Mr and Mrs Phil Kruse. The newborns were the sons of Ernest Kruse Daniel Kruse and Ervin Just.
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Granite Falls
Minn
U.P
Phil Kruse
Ernest Kruse
Daniel Kruse
Ervin Just
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