Soviet Push Two New Offensives West of the Dnieper
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army offensives along a widening Dnieper bend with two major bridgeheads west of the river and a fresh crossing north of Kiev. Soviet forces push past German resistance to encircle Kiev area while adding bridgeheads near Pereyaslav and Kremenchug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Dnieper
Vesterday
Kremenchug
Dnepropetrovsk
Kiev
Gomel
Lvev
Meurehsie
Geran
Poland
France
Denmark
Pereyasiav
Leev Aeder
Pravde
Ue Russland
Debated tax ideas spark partisan clash over New Deal policies
An OCR fragment argues about the victory tax and income tax, criticizing Roosevelt era policy on workers and unions. It contends New Deal rules favor unions and keep income taxes as a first claim on wages, with calls to curb political motives and protect the common man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgenthau
S. Roosevelt
Tom Poor
C. I
London Daily Mail attacks five senators over aid to Britain
The London Cy Mail criticizes five American senators for anti British sentiment and argues Britain provided aid to the United States over time. It cites correspondence and mentions milk and other supplies sent via American channels and emphasizes a mutual wartime exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Cy Mail
America
Britain
Daily Mail
It & Worthle
Northem
Americas
Slayer of Mississippi Girl
Police search for the killer of 13 year old Nellie Opal ks whose body was found in a ravine in Ascaggula Mississippi. Coroner says strangulation caused the death. Parents reported her missing after she left Friday night to see a movie.
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Ascaggula
Miss
Olice
Nellie Opal
A. W. Exell
H. A
Martin
Izell
Dauce
State finances shown improved says Baton Rouge official
Martin Close reports to Governor Sam Jones that as of June 30 state finances are better off by over 21 million dollars with a reduced bonded debt by 10 thousand and a surplus rise including an all time high general fund balance. expenditures fell 2.56 million under appropriations and three year savings total over 6.16 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
TS Oe
Ek Martin Close
Sam Jones
State Department of Finance
State General Fund
Close
Enue
Marigny Pleads Innocent In Sir Harry Oakes Murder
Alfred De Marigny stood before a red robed court in Nassau and pleaded innocent to murdering his wealthy father in law Sir Harry Oakes II. The twelve jurors were being selected as the sensational case opened in the Bahamas Supreme Court with extensive prosecution evidence and new witnesses announced after his July arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Ina
Harry Oakes II
de Marigny
de Mangny
de Marigniy
Arkansas Train Crash Kills Two in Frisco Collision
Two people died and several were injured when the Frisco Suniland train collided with a truck near Marked Tree Arkansas. Miss Louise Tollison 14 and Dailey Cagle 36 of Tyronza died, others were hospitalized. Truck occupants returned from a church service.
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Memphis
Frisco
Suninyland
Marked Tree
Ark
Louise Tollison
Ed Tollison
Tyronza
Scere
Dailey Cagle
Suit Against Flynn in Juvenile Court
The opening round in a suit over paternity and custody was held in San Francisco Juvenile Court regarding Mrs. Shirley Evans Hassay's claim that Errol Flynn is the father of her 21 2 year old daughter. Hassay seeks $17,000 for legal and medical expenses plus $1,750 a month for support. Flynn’s attorney indicated willingness to undergo paternity testing.
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San Francisco
Juvenile Court
Shirley Evans Hassay
Errol Flynn
Daugiter
Hassay
Thomas M Foley
Florence Mullen
Family of Dead Nazi General Arrested by Gestapo
Moscow radio reports that the family of Lieutenant General Schmidt, said to have died by own action after the defeat of his tank division on the Russian front, has been arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp. The arrest followed discovery of papers on his son detailing his defeat at Belgorod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
Schmidt
Rusmearn
Temmter
Belgerod
Schoudt
American aircraft strongest in air war, OWI reports
The Office of War Information states U S Army and Navy air forces hold a four to one or better victory margin over Axis aircraft. From December 7, 1941 to September 1, 1943 American losses ran about one for every four to five enemy planes, with thousands of presumed losses uncounted. The OWI notes improvements in current planes and hints at a new light bomber on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Office of War Information
United States
OWD
OWI
Eight Killed When Fortress Crashes Near Alexandria
Alexandria La Oct 14 Air base headquarters announced eight members of a Flying Fortress crew were killed when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Alexandria Army Air Base Early yesterday morning The crew included Second Lieutenants Warren R Virter Omar M Bartz Merrill C Evert Flight Officer John T Watkins and Sergeants Robert W Damm Donald C Smith Harry Q Martin Jr and others in the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Air Base
Flying Fortress
Alexandria Army Air Base
Warren R. Virter
Los Angeles
Omar M. Bartz
Milwaukee
Merrill C. Evert
Grand Rapids
Mich
John T. Watkins
Senate Split Over School Aid Bill Faces Hurdles
Opponents say the $300 million annual federal aid for public schools will be pigeonholed or defeated. Proponents across the South expect large gains, while amendments on race and administration spark contention amid broader tax and subsidy issues. The measure stalls as debate resumes, with mid November potential recesses discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Ways and Means Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Langer
North Dakota
Barbour
New Jersey
Bilbo
Mississippi
Seventeen Alabama mines reopen amid partial return to work
Seventeen of Alabama's union mines reopened on October 18 as about twenty two thousand idle miners largely did not heed the UMWA plea led by John N. Lewis. Dolomite shaft and Bradford slope were among active sites while most captives stayed idle. three large non union mines continued operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
1 Union
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Slaves Workers Peril Germany
Madrid reports rising unrest among 12 million foreign workers in the Reich as Mediterranean events shift. Germans curb freedoms, guard camps, and consider moving suspect laborers abroad to prevent influence on Germans amid new war developments.
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Charles
Poltz
Madrid
Reich
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Laly
Italy
Germany
Gestapo
Croatia
Serbia
Balkans
Medinations
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Vessels Ready For Exchange In Pacific Repatriation
The American consulate announced an exchange of American and Japanese nationals aboard Teia Maru and Gripsholm would begin at 8 am tomorrow. Most passengers waited on deck as Japanese authorities completed berth arrangements and ration plans.
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Mormugao
Portuguese India
Teia Maru
Gripsholm
Ilpan
United States
Red Cross
Berlin Radio Reports Hull in Teheran En Route to Moscow
Berlin radio said Cordell Hull United States secretary of state had arrived in Teheran Iran en route to a tripartite conference in Moscow Anthony Eden British foreign secretary and W Averell Harriman newly appointed United States ambassador to Soviet Russia also were in Teheran en route to Moscow The report cited Teheran radio and noted no official Washington confirmation with such moves often revealed after completion.
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London
Berlin
Adso
Cordell Hul
United States
Teheran
Iran
Moscow
Anthony Eden
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Russia
Teheran Radio
Washington
Hull
Eminent Ouachita Educator Drifts From Life After 40 Years Service
Timothy Oscar Brown 78 a longtime Ouachita Parish school superintendent died in St Francis sanitarium Sunday. His funeral was at his residence 207 Mire Street Rev A M Serex officiated Interment by Peters Funeral Service in Riverview. Parish schools closed Monday in honor with civic and church leaders praising his vision for excellence and opportunity. He was born July 2 1865 near Waverly Tennessee and began teaching before moving to Louisiana in 1896 joining Arcadia LSU Monroe and finally becoming parish superintendent in 1899.
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Tiothy Oscar Brown
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mire Street
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Riverview
Monroe
West Monroe
Northeast Junior College
City of Monroe
Brown
Jack Hayes
Willis Williams
C. C. Calvert
Fred Thatcher
W. B. Inabnet
H. H. Land
Waverly
Tenn
Dickson Normal
Valparaiso University
George Peabody College
Louisiana
Louisiana Male and Female College
Arcadia
Parish
Magic
Allied Airmen Down 104 Japanese Planes in Pacific War
Allied airmen claim a sweeping victory in the southwest Pacific, destroying 104 Japanese planes and possibly 147 more across multiple combats. The Oro Bay duel near New Guinea saw heavy dogfights with P-38 and P-40 fighters engaging dive bombers and fighters, while ground losses were noted on both sides.
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Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
New Guinea
Oro Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Tattio
Production resumes at Cramp Shipyards after three day stoppage
Thousands of day shift workers returned to Cramp Shipbuilding yards in Philadelphia as a six day truce took effect after a three day stoppage. The workers union plans an investigation by the Senate Truman Committee into the yard.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Senate
Truman Committee
Allied advances in Italy push to Volturno and Rome vicinity
Allied forces under General Clark push beyond the Volturno and take Cancelis, Ruviano, Nerfone as British Eighth Army drives toward Rome. Fires in German rear areas hint at supply-dump destruction ahead of possible retreat, with heavy fighting and counterattacks reported along the Volturno and near Cancello.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Volturno
Cancelis
Ruviano
Nerfone
Apennine
Rome
Clark
Salerno
Nerrone
Cancello
Vulturno River
Ruviane
Calore
Caiazzo
Eighth Army
Termoli- Vinchiaturo Road
Manufacturers urge no new taxes but back sales tax option
National Association of Manufacturers asks Congress to reject all new tax proposals. If revenue is needed, support a national retail sales tax. J Cheever Cowdin of Universal Pictures criticizes a $10.5 million tax rise and urges delaying Social Security tax increases to 1944.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
J. Cheever Cowrin
Association
House
Ways and Means
Universal Pictures
Los Angeles
Treasury
Cowdin
Mosquitoes Bomb Berlin Targets In Wartime Raid
Mosquitoes bombed targets in Berlin and western Germany with no losses. Allied fighters attacked air fields and communications in occupied areas. A large force of bombers crossed the channel toward the continent with fighter escort. Mines were laid in enemy waters and shipping off the Dutch coast was attacked.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Occupied
Air Ministry
Schweinfurt
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Itis
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Pius Ali
Kate
Francia J. Spellman
New York
Vatican City
Marigny
Arkansas
Flynn
Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
Roosevelt
Paul J. Mueller
Leland S. Hobbs
Edwin B. Lyon
John F. Kahle
Reinold Melberg
Clarence B. Lindner
U.S
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Bill
Himmler
T. O
Timothy C. Brown
Com Tune
Manufacturers’ Association
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