Nazis Retreat Into Line Guarding Rome
Allied forces report advances of three to six miles with two towns seized below the Trigno river as German rearguards retreat to a new mountain line guarding Rome. Air raids hit Greek air fields and Italy as Nazis withdraw to the left bank of the Trigno amid ongoing heavy fighting near Civita Campomarane, Acquevive Collectage, and Mad Dog hill by Raviscania.
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Algiers
Trigno
Haly
Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Civita Campomarane
Acquevive
Massien
Raviscania
Francolise
Frost Reperta
Vivehiaturo Tisernia
Venafro
Europe
Hitler
New York police face low pay and harsh duties
The article details young New York officers and recruits enduring months of service for meager wages after taxes, with take home around 219 dollars. It notes inflation, long hours, and high living costs as officers contemplate retirement after 13 years for financial security amid possible layoffs.
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New York
Five Held in Slaying Case Near Crown Point
Frederick C. Mergner faced murder charges for the death of Charlotta W. Robinson, married in Chicago in 1903, found dumped along a rain-soaked road near Crown Point. The victim’s divorcee status and German military father are noted. police say Mergner confessed after a struggle in his car. Arraignment postponed due to his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Mergner
Charlotta W. Robbern Bouni Mailwite
Ger
Beown W
Crown Point
Ind
Chicago
Recreation Service
Tie
Robert J Barrett
Robinson
Janet
Robin
Purse
Mergner
United Commissioners
Congress weighs draft bill amid Senate House talks
Washington reports the draft bill moving to a conference as House approval nears. President Roosevelt signs a separate bill increasing dependents’ payments, with retroactive adjustments to 2 million family accounts and a changeover timeline delaying new benefits.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Wounded Exchanged Amid Large Prisoner Swap At Barcelona
Allied repatriation continues as almost 6 000 prisoners including 40 Americans and many civilians are exchanged in Barcelona after ships Aquileia and Dienne arrive from Marseille. British and Canadian returnees praise German morale collapse under allied air bombardment.
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London
Germany
Barcelona
Aquileia
Marseille
New Zealand
Thumas Johnston
Submarine Runner Lost Navy Confirms
The navy announced the submarine Runner is overdue and presumed lost in the Pacific. Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Bourland 33 is listed missing in action. his wife is Mrs. Gertrude P. Bourland of New York City. The 1525-ton Runner carried about 65 crew and was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
United States
Joseph H. Bourland
Gertrude P. Bourland
West End Avenue
New York City
United Nations freighter grounds in New Jersey storm
A 6000 ton United Nations vessel ran aground in a heavy storm 200 yards off Belmar New Jersey early today. Six of its 30 crew members were rescued by breeches buoy lines as coast guard operations were mounted but later halted when the storm subsided. The ship showed no obvious damage and the remaining crew stayed aboard.
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Belmar
N. J
Navy Department
United Nations
Coast Guard
J. G. Ernest Hulse
Germans Admit Disaster Near Krivoi Rog in Dnieper Bend
Soviet troops widened the Dnieper bend drive near Krivoi Rog and Melitopol as the Moscow bulletin reported major advances against German defenses. Nazis faced heavy losses while Red air forces hit transport and fortifications from Kremenchug to Melitopol and beyond.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Stalingrad
Dnieper Bend
Berlin
Metrtopol
Smolersk
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Karnovatka
Krivol Rog
Saksahani River
Italy
Melaitopol
Veselaye
Wax
Melitopol
Dnepropenovsk
Crimea
Moscow War Bulletin
Dneptropetrovsk
Soleneye
Znamenko-Nikolaev
Moscow
Red Army
Bug River
Krichev
Russia
Gomel
Orsha
Drive Fund Nears 30000 As Twin City Campaign Rises
The combined Twin City Community Chest and United War Fund drive totaled 29417.07 at noon Wednesday at Chest headquarters in the Virginia hotel. A long list of new contributors includes Dr A D Emerson 50.00 Mrs Beverly Johnson 400.00 and many local businesses and individuals adding donations.
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Twin City Community Chest
United War Fund
Chest
Virginia
A. d Emerson
Beverly Johnson
J Angel
S. E. Armstrong Grocery
Hudson’s
Myrtle McCabe
Ouachita Tractor Company
Lucian Webh Cafe
Jack Selig & Son
E. Jack Selig & RE Eins
Welcome Bratch Book Club
BOW Fe Epr
Iiniy
Monroe Central Trades and Labor Council
ORME
Ruey and Cage
Ois Hc
John L. Madden
Delta States Ice Association
Credit Men's Association
Pearl Harbor Remembered on Navy Day in Pearl Harbor
In Pearl Harbor Hawaii on Navy Day the nation recalls the 1941 attack. The piece notes blood fear and pride as the fleet suffered a blow but U S sailors defended the Pacific and continued to fight toward battles like Coral Sea and Midway.
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Pacific
Eugene Burns
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Atlantic
Honolulu
Fort Street
Battleship Row
Pacific Front
Cora Sea
Midway
Death Suspect Wayne Lonergan Faces Beekman Hill Murder
New York police await the arrival of Wayne Lonergan to provide information on the murder of his wife Patricia Lonergan. The 22 year old victim was found dead in a Beekman Hill apartment as investigators report fingerprints on an antique candlestick base. Lonergan, 26, was extradited from Canada and held by New York detectives after waiving extradition in Toronto.
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Patricia Burton Lonergan
Beckroan Bli
New York City
Warne Lavergan
Royal Canadian Air Force
Toronto
New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
Lonergan
Buffalo
N.Y
Black Rock
John Loehr
Fort Erie
Ont
Lonerman
Customs House
Board of Special Inquiry
United States Immigration Department
Loehr
New York Central
Fingerprint Tie Seen in Bahamas Murder Trial
In Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 27 the crown pressed Alfred De Marigny’s murder case against Sir Harry Oakes. American detective Captain E W Melchen revised his testimony on fingerprint evidence while Captain James Barker prepares to testify about a processed print. The court notes the missing murder weapon and questions Melchen over timing of actions.
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Nassau
Bahamas
The
Crown
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
James ©. Barker
Miami Police
Bahamas Supreme Court
FE. W. Melchen
Stern
Oscar Bradford Daly
Meichen
de Marigny
Barker and Pemberton
Herbert Pemberton
Nassau Police
R. A. F. Photolab
Oscar Bedford Daly
E. W. Melchen
Melchen
Oscar
de Marigy
John Douglas
Plaquemines Charges Filed in Armed Resistance Case
New Orleans Oct 21 Attorney General Eugene Stanley filed criminal charges against three Plaquemines officials and 31 others for lying in wait with intent to murder amid the armed resistance to Governor Jones to appoint a parish sheriff. The action names Leander Perez Albert Estopinal Jr and Ben R Slater with plans to kill State guard leaders Porter and Cole and led to martial law October 9. Ouster actions were also filed against Estopinal and Perez in respective courts.
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New Orleans
Atttorney
Eugene Stanley
Plaquemines Parish
Jones
Stanley
Leander H. Perez
Walter J. Bizize
State Guard
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Perez
Albert Estopinal, Jr
Ben R. Slater
Parish
Thomas F. Porter
Perry J. Cole
Blaize
Porter
Cole
Estopinal
Louisiana Supreme Court
Plaquemines
Binize
Haas to Deliver Navy Day Address
Morris W. Haas Navy day chairman for Ouachita parish will deliver a radio address at 6 45 p m commemorating Navy Day. The observance had no formal program this year as recruiting stopped and schools dismissed for ration book registrations. Haas will praise navy achievements and WAVES, noting Theodore Roosevelt’s role in expanding the navy.
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Morris W. Haas
Ouachita Parish
Navy
Haas
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Navy
Strike Threats Loom in Coal and Rail Sectors
Washington reports strike threats surge in two war vital industries coal and railroads The labor front reacts to a proposed Illinois model wage plan by the War Labor Board and a looming deadline for resuming coal mining Fifteen rail unions join five transportation brotherhoods in a strike vote while John L Lewis declines comment.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Bombers Sink Japanese Tanker off Hainan Island
A 150 foot Japanese tanker was sunk off the west coast of Hainan Island by Mitchell bombers from the 4th United States Air Force. A second 250-foot freighter was blasted in the same area and left sinking at the stern with a heavy list.
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Bor
United States
Kahili
Kare
Bougainville
Ballale
Shortlands
Kabili
Kara
Solomons
General MacArthurs
al Smost
Chungking
Hainan Island
United States Air Force
Ploesti raid described by Air Force captain
Captain John Young writes in Air Force that during the August 1 1943 Ploesti raid five bomb groups led by Colonel Kane flew as low as twenty feet to strike oil refineries. He recalls spotting a freight train of about fifty oil cars and hitting tanks holding 55 000 gallons. Flak was intense as the lead ship crossed the target two miles out, finishing with explosions and smoke rising 500 feet.
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New York
Ploesti
Rumania
John Young
Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
John R
Kane
Young
Ainning
Tugwell urges legislative poll on transferring funds to schools
Baton Rouge Oct 27 The state board of liquidation may poll the legislature for approval to transfer state funds to public schools under act 9 of 1916 Tugwell said he would urge the action despite a district court ruling that statutes authorizing transfers were unconstitutional He plans to resume payments only if advised by the attorney general The board may include funds for district attorneys retirements for judges and the state library commission W C Perrault said he would seek a suspensive appeal of the injunction and review the Hole Combe decision техники
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Baton Rouge
Pim
State Board of Liquidation
Tugwell
District Court
Borross
State Library Commission
W. C. Perrault
Charles A. Holecombe
Perrault
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Eegd
Pope
Vichy Radio
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
U. S
H. C. Hughes
G. B. Dawkins
B. K. Owen
Tae
D. A. Newburn
Juanita Vaughan
Lawrence Elledge
Quachita Bank
American Optical Co
Facundus Furniture
Tripp Grocery
Central Culvert Company
West Monroe
Dr. C. A. Johnson
Ray's Jewelry Company
Pearl
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Paar
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