U S Assault On Aachen Continues In Early October Drive
American infantry pushed into the factory district on Aachen outskirts while to the north fighters and armor repelled a daylong German counterattack with 20 to 25 tanks. Allied gains were reported as the U S First Army closed in on the burning city amid heavy bombardment and smoke.
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Aachen
London
U. S. First Army
Berlin
Holland
Rotterdam
Ned
PSG Tele
Rhine
Arnhem
Don Whitehead
Wala
Uusa Yeaides
Nisa
Whitehead
Neder Rhine
Haaren
Bardenberg
Monschau-Duren Road
Hurtgen
Presidential Battle Page Discontinued
New York Daily News on October 12 announced the discontinuance of its Presidential Battle Page that offered free equal space to the Democratic and Republican national committees. The editorial cited libel claims from a CIO-PAC member and a Republican, noting rising tempers and below the belt blows as the campaign nears its end.
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New York
New York Daily News
The
Daily News
Cio-Pac
Light frost noted in outlying sections this morning
Light frost formed in some outlying areas as temperatures dipped to 33 degrees. The city reported no damage in the suburbs and forecasters predicted continued cool weather, maintaining October's streak of consistent coolness with only two days in the 60s this month.
Cpl Best Returns To Duty After Wounding In France
Cpl Preston Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Best of 1216 North Market Street, has recovered from battle wounds and returned to duty with a Fourth Division signal company in Germany. He was wounded in France on July 30, hospitalized, and sent to a replacement center before rejoining his unit.
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Cpl
Preston Best
John T. Best
North Market Street
France
Big Kidis
Cpl. Best
Germany
L. Homer Miller, Jr
L. Castle
Baker Park
Nazi Editors Call for Resistance to Allied Decrees
Nazi controlled press urged Germans in Allied occupied zones to defy Eisenhower decrees labeling them signs of enslavement. Goebbels declared unwavering fight and hinted at peace only when convenient for the enemy. The broadcasts framed Eisenhower as enforcing a plan to convert Germany into an agricultural nation and urged public action to meet national expectations.
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London
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Berlin
DNB
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reidh
Goebbels
Eisenhower “Morgenthau
Brazilian Forces In Italy Make Small Gain
Brazilian expeditionary forces moved to the vicinity of Gallicano and reached Barga as they pressed inland from La Spezia. In central Italy, Fifth Army troops met stronger resistance while attempting to breach the Apennines toward the Po valley. Allied headquarters announced the developments.
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Rome
Gallicano
la Spezia
Serchio
Barga
Italy
Fifth Army
Apennine
Red Troops Break Into Debrecen in Hungary
Russian forces reportedly broke into Debrecen, Hungary's third largest city and a key rail hub 116 miles east of Budapest, amid rapid Soviet advances across the Balkans. Allied bombings targeted the rail center as the Hungarian defense collapsed.
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Red
Debrecen
Hungary
London
Orient
Budapest
Moscow
Old City
Italy
Hitler
Balkan
Red Army
Austria
Red Star
Transylvania
Carpathian
Ruthenia
Germany
Szeged
Cluj
Elswhere
Tito
Belgrade
East Prussia
Tilsit
Great U.S. air force bombs German targets near Bologna
A massive American bomber strike delivered by Flying Fortresses and勢est forces hit German barracks bivouacs stores and dumps in a rough circle around Bologna as Allied ground forces advance ten miles. The mission marked one of the largest U S air operations against a single target in the war, referencing past campaigns from Cassino to Tunis.
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Rome
Get
Bologna
Liveraime
Ted
Cassino
Tunis
U. S. 13Th Air Force
National Capital Scout Executive To Speak Here
The Francis Scott Key District of the Boy Scouts of America will host a dinner Friday at 6 30 pm at the Francis Scott Key hotel. Clarence Uri fer, new Scout executive of the National Capital Area Council, BSA, will discuss the future of Scouting in Frederick county. All registered Scouters including Scoutmasters, assistants, Cubmasters, troop and pack committeemen and district committee members are invited.
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Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts of America
Clarence Urifer
National Capital Area Council
B.S.A
Frederick County
Area Council
Sinatra crowd Storms Paramount in Times Square
Police reinforcements were dispatched as about 25 000 Frank Sinatra fans surged toward the Paramount theater in Times Square. The crowd roared and pressed police lines, tearing a patrolman’s shirt and smashing a ticket booth window while several people fainted in the street.
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New York
Times Square
Frank Sinatra
Paramount Theater
Bremen Hit By Bombers In Large Allied Raid
About 750 Allied bombers attacked Bremen today targeting an aircraft components factory. RAF heavy aircraft also struck Wanne-Eickel and other sites in northwestern Germany while US 15th Air Force bombers raided central Austria. A smaller Lancasters force hit Breskens in Holland as German troops there faced pressure.
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London
Oet
uPi
Bremen
RAF Heavies
Wanne- Eickel
Ruhr
Germany
Austria
15Th Air Force
Italy
Wanne-Eickel
Essen
Holland
Breskens
Berlin
Fuel Oil May Be Jap Worry
Washington reports fuel oil problems could influence Japanese strategy as their fleet avoids direct engagement. U S forces have raided oil fields in the East Indies, while American submarines and aircraft target Japanese merchant vessels. Five MacArthur raids on Balikpapan and surrounding oil fields disrupt fuel for the fleet.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
East Indies
MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo
Japan
Hungarians Seek Armistice via Allied Contact Reported
A London radio broadcast noted by CBS quoted its Stockholm correspondent that Hungary has contacted the Allies asking for an armistice. If the response is favorable a Hungarian delegation may travel to Moscow soon.
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York
UPA
London Radio
CBS Today
Stockholm
Moscow
Revising U.S. System of Compiling Casualties
War Secretary Stimson said the army casualties weekly report was omitted as the casualty figures system is being revised. He stated the current method has not been up to date and that steps are being taken to improve accuracy and timeliness.
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Washington
Stimson
Allied Landings on Schelde Reinforced by Allies
Allied landings on the south shore of the Schelde have been reinforced according to a communiqué from General Eisenhower. The statement was issued in London and confirms continued Allied operational gains in the area.
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Schelde
London
the Schelde
Eisenhower
Christmas Parcel Deadline Extended
Washington officials report the Post Office Department extended the Christmas parcel deadline by one day to Monday October 16 for mailing to military personnel overseas.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Ilazy
Gault MacGowan Returns to New York for Brief Rest
New York Oct 12 veteran war correspondent Gault MacGowan of the New York Sun, captured by Nazis in France and later escaping, has returned to New York for a brief rest, the Sun announced today. The report notes his release and current recovery status.
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New York
P—Gault MacGowan
New York Sun
France
Polish Premier in Moscow for talks on Polish question
Premier Stanislaw Mikoligeryk travels to Moscow accompanied by Foreign Ministers and generals for negotiations with Soviet backed Polish National Liberating Committee. Churchill and Stalin confer as Tito departs for Moscow to join the conferences.
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Moscow
Stanislaw Mikoligeryk
Exie
London
Tadeuss Ranter
Padishis | Crabsky
Gen
Dtbor
Churchill
Marsiad Stalin
Bclief
Lubin
Dabor
Accents Call To Washington
The exodus of Frederick ministers since 1943 ends with assistant pastor Rev. C William Sprenkel resigning to lead St Stephens Lutheran Church in Washington D C He preached there and received an immediate call his resignation filed with the Frederick congregation Sprenkel is a Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary graduate and served as secretary of local minister associations His wife Mrs Sprenkel is a Mood College graduate and taught there last year
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Frederick
Amos John Traver
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Chum
William Sprenkel
Sprenkel
St Stephens Lutheran Church
Ston. D.C
St. Stephen's
Washington
George K Bewers
Sprenxel
Pennsylvania State College
Gettysburg
Sotvine
Frederick City
County Minstesiad
Mood College
Eisenhower Eyes Victory Despite Hard War Ahead
Supreme Commander Eisenhower spoke of a hard job ahead but assured victory is certain as Allied armies push into Germany. He warned no fraternization with Germans, praised the British 1st Airborne at Arnhem, and commended the 62nd and 101st US Airborne Divisions for their roles. He spoke of just treatment of Germans and confidence in Allied resolve.
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Apawa
Anehen
First Army
Surender
Gener den Qurman
Red Army
Eisenhower
Germany
First Airborne Division
Arnhem
Halland
Driones
62Nd
101St U. S. Airborne
Man Up On Assault Charge Warned In Court
Associate Judge Patrick M Schnaufler warned Miller of possible House of Corrections sentence if he reoffends after an assault on his estranged wife and 13 year old daughter in his city home. State testimony said Miller, intoxicated, threatened the wife and struck the girl with a stick causing a bruise. Miller, represented by Walter Sinn, did not testify. State’s Attorney William M Storm prosecuted. Other indictments involving Falk and Mackley were postponed. more hearings set for tomorrow.
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Alauro Miler
Patrick M. Schnaufler
House of Correction
Miller
Second Street
Walter E. Sinn
Willliam M. Storm
Sweeny
Ford Falk
Edwin Mackley
Major Formula Raid Hits Formosa Islands In Air Assault
Tokyo radio reported a 1000 plane mass assault on Formosa lasting from 7 a.m. to midafternoon. Attacks targeted Takao Tainan and Taichu along the railway, with claims of fighter and bomber strikes on multiple towns. Tokyo said about 100 enemy planes were down in six hours and that Allied forces continued the operation as carriers presence nearby remained a concern.
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Formosa
Tokyo Radio
China
Federal Communications Commission
Takao
Tainan
Taichu
Talem
Tokyo
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu
Chester W. Nimits
Keith U.S
East China
Nimitz
Japan
General Allan C. McBride Might Be Prisoner of War
A World War II-era report notes Brig. Gen. Allan C. McBride, once stationed in Frederick County, may still be held by Japan on Formosa. His wife in Washington received two letters in 1943 describing him as safe and improving, but with no word from home since the war began.
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Formosa
Frederick County
Allan C. McBride
Corregidor
Wash
Ington
Oetober
Kelling
Hay
Bride
Orig
McBride
International Red Cross
McArthur
Bataan
Wounded Vet Receives Lost Money Returned by Police
Police returned $33.69 found on North Market Street to wounded veteran Paul F. Koogle and his wife from Tower Apartments. The Vet was wounded in Africa and blinded for 17 days. A prior week a pocketbook worth about $18 was also recovered and turned in.
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Boyds
North Market Street
Set
Paul F. Koogle
Tower Apartments
Poller Department
Sct
Koogle
Salvage Secregation Center
Florida Vacationists Warned Early By ODT
Washington Oct. 12 In a warning from the Office of Defense Transportation the Florida vacation season begins with a caution to travelers. Tourists who rush southbound trains to return home face a high risk of becoming stranded and will receive no relief from the office. Director J Monroe Johnson urged pleasure travelers to heed the warning or risk being left to fend for themselves aboard trains.
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Washington
Florida
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau Exults Over Receipts
In New Orleans on October 12, Secretary Morgenthau said net treasury receipts for the last fiscal year were eightfold higher than pre war 1940 levels, signaling strong wartime finance.
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New Orleans
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Fate Of Aachen May Signal Fate For Other German Cities
Washington reports that many German cities could face destruction like Aachen if they are used in the enemy battle line. War Secretary Stimson warns there is no immunity while Nazi forces defend positions. General Hodges notes surrender or destruction follows in the Nazis defense plan. Solder Madison Thomas af Krots Springs Lay is hanged after U.S. Army court martial for rape. sentence confirmed by General Eisenhower.
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Washington
Aachen
Stimson
Hodges
Amercan First Army
Solder
London
Get
Madison Thomas
Krots Springs
Lay
U.S Army
Marc al
Elgenhower
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