Reds Squeeze Nazis in Death Trap at Massico Ridge
Allied Fifth Army advances in Italy push to occupy Massico ridge and Matese mountain, reaching within artillery range of Venafro center and Garigliano river. British and American units gain ground on Massico and Matese while Eighth Army presses the Adriatic front. Air forces hit La Spezia, Rimini, and Ancona as Yugoslav patrols clash over Split.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Massico Ridge
Matese Mountain
Italy
Venafro
Garigliano
Volturno River
Matese
Volturno
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Tront
Nexis
Hiercely
Massien Raige
Vasto
la Spee
Genes
Meciam
Rai
Rimini
Ancona
Split
Yugoslavia
Cassaeva
Nocelleto
Geman
Massaco
Santa
Pig and Piglets in a Farmhouse Tale at Ellin Speyer Hospital
Westbrook Pegler recounts a wild farm episode centering on John Jacob Astor and a pig brought to Ellin Prince Speyer hospital for animals. The narrative details failed care attempts, a stove warming rescue, and a rambling aftermath with the pig’s dubious fate.
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John Jacob Aster
Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital
Dan Merritt
Government Seizes Mines in Wartime Labor Standoff
Washington reports the government again took over operating mines to curb a wildcat strike as the Senate backs UMW leadership and orders miners to work under government contracts. President Roosevelt signed a back to work order while favoring contract talks under War Labor Board guidance.
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Washington
Senate
United Mine Workers Union
U. M. Ws
John L. Lewes
Romevelt
Lewis
The
Houston Flooded by Heavy Rain Strikes City
A 9.43 inch downpour drenched Houston from late night into morning. Buses halted and streets, underpasses, and flats flooded near Washington Avenue. About 15 residents were rescued as water rose near bayou banks while officials warned rain could worsen floods if it continues.
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Washington Avenue
Nough Bays Aary
Chronicle
Weather Bureau
United States
C. E. Request
John G. Turney
City Public Works
Fort- Bi
Trial crowd disappointed in Nassau murder testimony
Spectators fill the Bahamas Supreme Court chamber as Alfred De Marigny fidgets while officers testify about guarding Sir Harry Oakes estate after his bludgeoned body was found last July. Chief Justice Daly reads yesterday’s testimony by Frank Conway and Eric Tynes as Crown and defense waive further exam. Officer Cleophas Knowles testifies about guarding the bed chamber but De Marigny was not allowed to touch.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Oscar Bedford Daly
Frank Conway
New York
Eric Tynes
First Hallinan
Bernard Nottage
Crown
Oscer
Cleophas Knowles
Sir Harry
de Marigny
Godfrey S. Higgs
Alfred de Maregny
Nassau Supreme Court
Miami
Inlaw
Sir Harry Oakes
Landon calls pact a good beginning despite cautious review
Pi Alf Landon Republican candidate for president in 1956 calls the Moscow pact a good beginning while delaying further comments pending study. He previously attacked military alliances based on power politics. Nelson T. Johnson American minister to Australia praises Moscow conferences and notes support from allies despite whisper campaigns.
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Peka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Canberra
Australia
Nelson T. Johnson
Moscow
China
Moscow treaty victory hailed as united war aims solidify allies
Washington and Moscow declare four power unity in war aims with Eden Hull Molotov at the helm. A joint communiqué outlines organized operations for stronger cooperation with Britain Russia and the United States as Nazi propagandists remain silent. Police broadcast a lookout for Edward J Moore 20 and the disappearance of Margaret Leighton Moore 14 with notes of a Norfolk return and a sailor involved.
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Moscow
Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Britain
Russia
United States
London
Washington
New York
Edward J. Moore
Margaret Leighton Moore
Park Avenue
Harry Nagle
Pennsylvania
Miss Moore
Central Park
Nagle
Times Square
Norfolk
Moore
Robert H. Mendry
Hendry
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Indictment of Six Declared Invalid in Mail Fraud Case
The U S district court in Washington voided the mail fraud indictment of Representative James M Curley and five others ruling the grand jury was illegally summoned Chief Justice Edward C Eicher said Justice Morris who signed the order was not the required chief or senior associate justice The six named include former Boston mayor Curley and ex National Labor Relations Board member Donald Wakefield Smith plus Bertram Hall of Dallas and others described as former officers of Engineers Group Inc and involved in a government war contract brokerage racket.
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Washington
United States District Court For
Astriect
Columbia
James M. Curley
Massachussetts
Edward C. Eicher
James W. Morris
Curley
Boston
Massachusetts
James Barton Underwood
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Marshall J. Fitzgerald
James G. Fuller
Bertram Hall
Dallas
Tex
Offi of Engineers Group, Inc
Justice Department
Nations laud Moscow four power declaration
Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong praised the Moscow four power declaration as a step toward collective security after the war, noting support from Hull Eden and Molotov and aligning with Chiang Kai-Shek on organizing for postwar peace. In Algiers the response mixed elation and disappointment among French national liberation officials. Swedish press viewed the conference positively but warned about Finland. Moscow continued to extol the joint conference as a path to stronger allied cooperation.
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Chungking
Hull
Eden
Molotov
T. V. Soong
Moscow
China
United Nations
Soong
Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
Stockholm
Europe
Tidningen
Dagens Nyheter
Finland
Great White Way Lights Up As Blackout Ends
New York Times Square regained some of its prewar brilliance as dim out regulations eased. Marquees, signs, and traffic lights glowed from twilight until 1 p.m. while giant animated signs remained dark. The Statue of Liberty lit its torch again though some floodlights stayed off. overall city brightness reached about 40 percent of normal.
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New York
Times Square
Pearl Harbor
New York Harbor
Tkas
Drive Fund Tops $50 000 In Twin City Chest Drive
The combined Twin City Community Chest and United War Fund total reached 522,222.82 at noon Tuesday per Community Chest headquarters in the Virginia hotel. An army wives benefit card party on November 5 at 2 p.m. at the Cadet club on South Grand, with tickets at 1, features door prizes and refreshments, to boost the campaign. Tickets may be bought at Frances and Virginia hotels or at the door. Additional contributors include Super Machine Works and Landry and Steele staff, with prior receipts listed.
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Twin City Community Chest
United War Fund
Community Chest
Virginia Hotel
Charles Bowman
Seven States Vote In Off Year Election
Seven states hold elections in an off year as Roosevelt and Willkie are named in local campaigns. Governor Dewey camps in New York while women voters play a larger role amid wartime. The President’s views appear in Philadelphia mayoral race aiding William C. Bullitt.
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Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Philadelphia
William C. Bullitt
Russia
France
Son to Get Estate of Mrs. Lonergan
The will of Patricia Burton Lonergan leaves her $5,000,000 brewery fortune to her infant son Wayne William Lonergan. The 22 year old heiress was killed October 24. Probate filed. husband Wayne T. Lonergan indicted for first degree murder. Edward V. Broderick named chief counsel for Lonergan with assistants Mi ton H. Ellison and Abraham J. Halperin.
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New York
Patricia Burton Lonergan
Wayne William Lonergan
Wayne T. Lonergan
General Sessions
J. Sullivan
Edward V. Broderick
Lonergan
Miton H. Ellison
Abraham J. Halperin
Allies land on Bougainville target Solomons road to Rabaul
Allied invasion forces under Admiral Halsey launch from landing barges on Bougainville and seize Empress Augusta Bay 45 miles up the west coast. After naval and air bombardment Japanese air fields and ground troops are bypassed as Allied ships shell Bougainville assets and press toward Rabaul.
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William F. Halsey
Empress Augusta Bay
Rabaul
Bougainville
Buka
Halsey
Empress Augusta
Shortlands
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Haises
Millard Harmon
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Radsal
New Britain
New Zealand
Treasury Island
Choiseul Island
Cruiser Savannah Damaged by Bomb Off Salerno
The light cruiser Savannah was damaged by a German bomb off Salerno. Several crew members were killed or wounded, but the ship continued supporting the landing troops. Skipper Captain Robert W. Cary of Kansas City was uninjured.
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Washington
Salerno
Savannah
Navy
Boise
Philadelphia
Robert W. Cary
Kansas City
Navy fliers die in training flight crash near Jacksonville
Ensign Donald Worthington of Los Angeles and Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class William L. Mobley of Biloxi Miss were killed when their plane crashed during a routine training flight near Jacksonville Fla The naval air station announced Mobley’s next of kin is his mother Mrs Jessie Riley Mobley of Columbia Miss
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Jacksonville
Fla
Donald Worthington
U. S. N. R. Flier
Los Angeles
Mste
William L. Mobley
Biloxi
Miss
Naval Air Station
Mobley
Jessie Riley Mobley
Columbia
Germans Claim Russian Landings, Push For Crimea
German reports say Russian forces landed in eastern Crimea around Kerch and pressed a seal on the peninsula. Tolbukhin’s Fourth Ukrainian Army pushed toward Simferopol and Sevastopol as Perekop fell, with German lines collapsing and exits from the peninsula cut off.
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London
Crimea
Kerch
Moscow
DNB
Berlin
Caucasus
Taman
Russia
Black Sea
Feoedor Tolbukhin
Armyansia
Florida
Perekop
Tolbukhin
Kherson
Odessa
Rumania
Dzhankoi
Simeferopol
Sevastopol
Feodosiya
Hitler
Postage Plan Cuts Back Four Cent Letter Rate
The House Ways and Means Committee reversed plan to raise to four cents and kept the in-town rate at three cents. It also rolled back cigars tax increases, leaving the Revenue bill with 2 035 billion dollars in new taxes. Chairman Doughton noted losses from rate cuts, while a proposed congressional budget committee drew bipartisan interest but likely opposition.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Democrat
North Carolina
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Disney
Oklahoma
Congressional Budget Committee
Danson
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Mississippi voting slowed by rain on election day
Rain hindered turnout in Mississippi's general election, which was expected to largely confirm the Democratic ticket from the August primaries and select a state highway commissioner from five candidates. Secretary of State Walker Wood noted rural areas might see lighter voting, but a sharp drop was not anticipated.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Walker Wood
Thoras L. Bailey
Meridian
House of Representatives
Ihe Bailey
Little Man
M. $. Conener
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