Italians and Germans In War Tales From Connersville
William C Henley and Robert E Thomas describe patrols near Naples and St. Petersburg. They claim Germans burned towns killed civilians and forced Italians into labor while American patrols bomb bridges and hunt down enemy forces in the hills as troops push toward victory.
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Enant
William C. Henley
Connersville
Ind
Robert E Thomas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bers
Wey Beck
Basi B. Burn
Minnesota
Thomas
Henley
Naples
Pope I May Remain in Vatican as Rome Battles
Reports from Stockholm say Pope I intends to stay in the Vatican even if Rome becomes a war zone. German forces have not moved into the Vatican and the Swiss Guard remain in defense, while German offers for a residence elsewhere are declined.
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Ckholm
Rome
Holy See
Vatican
Allies seize San Croce and advance along Italian front
Allied dispatches report British forces reaching San Croce nine miles northeast of Pontelandolfo after piercing lines near Termoli and Colletorte. Montgomery’s troops push along the Adriatic coast and Volturno river front while Fifth Army presses toward strategic targets amid heavy shelling.
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Algiers
Italy
Pontelandolfo
San Croce
Eighth Army
Riceia
Bonefro
Volturne
Fifth Army
Riccia
Adriatic
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Bonetto
Termol
Colletorte
Montgomery
Santa Elia
Volturno River
Nexis
Mark W. Clark
Delay Moves On Prison Guards Amid Staffing Question
In Wednesday’s police jury session the move to hire more guards at the prison camp was postponed until inmate numbers justified additional attendants. A sheriff’s report noted tax receipts for Ouachita parish and clerk R D Farr approved a $300 repayment to the president. Farr also secured a nine month $116 monthly stenographer contract to finish WPA projects. Mrs C E Faulk was named to the Welfare Board for five years to succeed Cloyd Drew. Parish engineer W W McBride saw his salary raised to $300. A slaughter ordinance proposal from Dr C L Mengis was deferred. The state library scope expansion was deemed financially infeasible.
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Ouachita Parch
R. D. Farr
Tom Hicks
Farr
Nazis Lay Line of Booby Traps in Italy
Desperate retreating Germans have tied mines and booby traps into path of the U S Fifth Army in Italy. Delayed charges, det cord rigged shells, and trip wires in orchards threaten advancing troops as engineers note increased minefields and new concealment methods.
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Italy
North
Africa
Sicily
Dr Wu Endorses Portugal Role in Allied Effort
China’s vice-minister of foreign affairs Dr K C Wu voiced unqualified approval of Portugal granting British facilities in the Azores, saying anything aiding the Allies is welcome. He avoided discussing possible implications for China and noted consultations with Allies before any peace terms with Japan. Macao remains largely untouched by Japan though Timor is occupied.
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Chungking
Portuguese Timor
Sun Fo
Sun Yat Sen
Japan
Two Men Sentenced in Draft Evasion Cases
In federal court on Wednesday three draft evasion cases were decided. Nelson Levy received a two year federal term for count one. Steve Singleton drew two years on count one and five years probation on count two. Orie Turner was sentenced to one year and one day in a federal institution for count one, with five years probation on count two to begin after serving the first sentence.
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Nelson Levy
Steve Singleton
United States
Orie Turner
Training Plane Forced To Land Near Vicksburg
A navigation AT-1 training plane from Selman field forced landed 30 miles north of Vicksburg Mississippi on Wednesday at 1200. All five occupants were injured and hospitalized. The cause remains unknown and will be investigated by the aircraft accident classification board. Names will be released after relatives are notified.
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Selman Field
Vicksburg
Miss
Aircraft Accident Classification Board
Portugal bases in Azores signal waning German influence
British papers hail Portugal's pact granting Britain naval and air bases in the Azores as proof of Germany's reduced power and urge other neutrals like Ireland and Turkey to offer military facilities to the Allies. The Daily Mail and Daily Express praise the move as a turning point. The German radio downplays the significance of the accord.
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London
Opinon
Portugal
Britain
Azores
United States
Europe
Mediterranean
London Daily Mail
Germany
Hitler
Daily Herald
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Berlin
Antonio de
Preparations Reported for Balkan Invasion Talks
Stockholm dispatch cites Tito and a Yugoslav lieutenant discussing an Allied Balkan invasion during a Cairo visit. Svenska Dagbladet reports about 200 Allied liaison officers aiding partisan bands and notes a senior British military expert among them.
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Stockholm
Drug Tito
Balkans
Cairo
Bern
Svenska Dagbladet
Britain
Balkan
Four-H youth ready to open Northeast Louisiana livestock show
The Northeast Louisiana Junior Livestock Show opens in Monroe with 300 plus hog entries from Ouachita Franklin and 15 other parishes. A Friday auction sale sells fattened hogs with prices not exceeding OPA ceilings, and buyers must hold hogs 60 days before personal use. Local fundraisers total 31,664 to support the event.
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Monroe
Northeast Louisiana
Dub Kennedy
Franklin Parish
Joyce
OPA
West Monroe
Sam
Pravda Says Borders Not To Be Discussed At Moscow Conference
Pravda states the tri power conference in Moscow will not discuss borders or Baltic status. The focus is on the second front and defeating Hitler. Pravda rejects political questions as main items, urging rapid post war progress.
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Moscow
Pravda
Baltics
Hitler
Washington
London
Cordell Hull
United States
Anthony Eden
Soviet Union
California
New York Times
Organization of Europe
United Nations
Red Army Advances Near Kiev as Germans Evacuate Gomel
Reports say the Red Army pushed within 18 miles of Kiev while the Nazis abandon Gomel in White Russia. Izvestia notes fires and damage in Kiev suburbs and the city center as Soviet bridgeheads grow on the Dnieper.
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Moscow
Red
Kiev
Dnieper
Izvestia
London
Berlin
Ukraine
Red Star
Rero
Nikolai Denisov
Plaquemines Alerts After Courthouse Lighting Fails
In Plaquemines Parish Louisiana guardsmen faced a second alert as street lights near the Pointe a la Hache courthouse failed. Gun positions were established along the main street while posts were set up above and below the courthouse. A water shortage strained the 8000 gallon reservoir prompting a water transport from Burns.
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Pointe-A-La-Hache
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines
Walter J. Blaize
Mississippi River
Second Skin Gift Made To Child In Philadelphia
Evelyn Henderson nine year old girl received a second skin graft to aid her severe burns from Danel Donahue a 41 year old life term murderer who volunteered for the procedure Donahue previously offered for a first graft and the latest operation was performed yesterday described as highly successful by Dr Herbert M God president of the Eastern Penitentiary board of trustees The child’s injuries occurred months ago leaving her between life and death for days and the grafting followed a July operation that aided her partial recovery
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Philadelphia
Eveslyn Henderson
Danel Donahue
Evelyn
Donahue
Herbert M. God
Board of Trustees of
Eastern Penitentary
F D R GIVING OUT WAR NEWS
President Roosevelt shows signs of releasing more war news through press conferences and official reports. He highlighted Britain's Azores base agreement with Portugal and American submarine success in the Pacific while noting looming gasoline shortages. He also critiqued statements by visiting senators and urged restraint to avoid bitterness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Pacific
Congress
Churchill
Britain
Portugal
Azores
United States
Germany
Bremen
Vegesack
Office of War Information
Jones Urges Strong Legislature for Postwar Louisiana
Baton Rouge October 13 Governor Sam Jones urges a strong 184-48 term state legislature to handle postwar reconstruction. He says the election of a capable legislature rivals a good governor and calls for independent candidates from parishes and factions, noting more women may seek legislative posts as war changes voter demographics. The governor warns the legislature's work will shape the state's decades ahead.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Italy Declares War on Germany Joins Allies as Co-Belligerent
President Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin announced that Italy has declared war on Germany. Marshal Badoglio informed Eisenhower that Rome breaks with the axis and will march with the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. The leaders said Italy may form a democratic government and will align with the United Nations while armistice terms remain in force. Badoglio said the king appointed him to declare war and that Italian embassies would relay the news to Allied governments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Italy
Germany
White House
Marshal Badoglio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Badoglio
United States
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations
Eisenhower
Nazi Germany
Madrid
Ankara
Buenos Aires
Bern
Stockholm
Dublin
Lisbon
Good shooter earns five Jap planes in Pacific clash
Colonel N. E. Kearby, 32, of Texas, credited with downing five Japanese fighters in one engagement to become the southwest Pacific’s newest fighter ace. His mother recalls boyhood marksmanship, while Kearby modestly says he is not a good shot and that the three deaths were not a direct duel.
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Dallas
Tex
J. G. Kearby
N. E Kearby
Southwest Pacific
Neele
Noittle
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