Panic Spreads as Red Forces Near Budapest
Panic sweeps Budapest area as Soviet Red Army advances toward the Hungarian capital. Reports say Ukrainian and German-Hungarian units are retreating under pressure while civilians flee cities and industrial centers. Requisition of automobiles and mobilization efforts hinder transport as winter fronts build and distant victories are withheld.
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Budapest
Moscow
Marshal Kuldion
Miadinovsky
Est
Ludapest
Owil
Red
Ne Soy Press
Afotanovs Ivices
Ahterudo
Hungary
Gude
Danube
Ungarnia
Otis Wee
Ray Mbig
Kevantad Ul Hewat
Prinonuis
Whey
Howeer
Mungiry
Masyn
Ukraine
Pravda
Prus
Sentence for Polish quislings in Moscow tribunal
A Soviet special military tribunal in Moscow issued a death sentence to one Polish suspect named Mroelsky for collaborating with the Germans. The accused allegedly helped operate Majdanek camp, tortured prisoners, and betrayed members of the Polish underground, sending thousands to German labor camps.
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Moscow
Pelish Naemal Committee
Lublings
Gemims
Tass
Muselsky
Majdanek Niratren
Esiapo
Mroelsky
Tas
Derground
Fn Rman
Fire Victims Reach Church Services in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents attended services for James Deasis and two sons of Afr and Miss Redty after a garage fire caused fatal burns. Fire officials said the blaze started Wednesday night, killing one victim and injuring another as family members watched. Parental statements indicated hopes for full recovery for the remaining brother as investigators pieced together the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
James
Deasis_ AL sons
Afr
Mss
Redty
Cedar Ds
Fehn
Mir
Reilly
Two Youths Arrested Over Destruction of Rural Schools
Sheriff Kutschat reports two young men arrested after vandalism at several country schools near Ocl lavein. Jlet night acts damaged desks blackboards and books in four district properties. Suspects jailed awaiting trial on destruction charges.
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Kutschat
Cholice
Hood
Ocllavein
Shindf
Chinese and Allied Forces Report Major WWII Advances
Pacific naval forces say Japan is reduced to a fifth rate power as Mitscher reports advances by task force 58. Chinese troops under Huang Chieh push toward the Salween and Burma road, with Lungling and Lungling area battles near Burma front lines. Allied reconnaissance notes Japanese retreat from Leyte as MacArthur touts returning control. More than 30,000 Japanese casualties reported as operations tighten around Ormoc and northern and southern Leyte approaches.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Japan
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
Cuangeing
Burma
China
Salween River
Cunstings
Vihey
Bhaumo
Indi
Bhamo
Lungling
Captme
Lunsling
Lede
Pengchung
Philippines
Leine
Caumpaion
Douslex MacArthur
MacArthur
Leyte
Or- West Coast
Ormoc Harbor
Cel
Caracics Aca
Iowa Recreation Agencies Confer in Fort Dodge
Representatives of recreation and welfare agencies will meet in Fort Dodge on November 8 to plan postwar recreation programs in Iowa. The state recreation and group work committee chairs the event with George J. Pilanz Jr. of Des Moines as chairman. A Chicago park district staff will direct the sessions, marking Iowa’s first recreational shop conference.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
State Recreation and
George J. Pilanz Jr
Bes Moines
Pilany
Iowa
Chicage Park
Oo. C. Rose
Rec
Chicaze Park
Dishe
Franco Breaks Five-Year Silence Denies Pro Axis
Madrid interview with General Francisco Franco refutes claims Spain is fascist or allied with the Axis. He asserts Spain’s independence, outlines noninterference in internal affairs, and discusses postwar pacification, emigre return, and opposition to anti-state agitators. He emphasizes the need for order and cautious reform while inviting Americans to observe Spain’s situation.
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Franco
Spain
Levy theat re manager dead
Hyman L. Levy longtime theatre manager died at 6 36 p m in his Mealey hotel apartment after a heart attack The body will lie in state at Hintz Funeral Home from 7 tonight until 9 p m Saturday Last rites Monday morning at Wein stein Funeral Chapel in Chicago with burial at Waldheim Levy born June 11 1904 in Troy Illinois was a son of Judge Jacob and Rose Levy The family moved to South Omaha Neb raised there married Anna Lendy in Chicago Feb 2 1916 In theatre management 30 years he came to Oelwein from Waterford Iowa A Mason Rotary Bnai Brith wartime bond drives collector patriot chair of Clothing for Russia drive Surviving besides Mrs Levy are three sisters Rebecca Lorig Omaha Neb Jennie Prusiner Des Moines and Anna Blank Des Moines
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Hyman L. Levy
Mealey
Hintz
Weinstein
Chicago
Durial
Waldheim
Alt. Levy
Troy
Jacob Ara Rose
Garbuska) Levys
South Omaha
Neb
Anna Lendy
Oelwein
Waterford
B'nak Brith
Hyman Levi
Red Cross
Clothing For
Russia
18 000 Strike in Union Fight in Detroit Plants
In Detroit more than 18 000 Mechanics Educational Society of America members walked out in 23 war plants in solidarity with Auto-Lite Toledo action. Production halted at Nash-Kelvinator and other sites as 9 am walkouts spread amid pleas from procurement agencies. Disputes center on UAW membership and a CIO clause, with warnings the strike may broaden to 66 plants.
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Detroit
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Auto-Lite Co
Toledo
Mat- Smith
MESA
Eureka Vacuum Co
Parker-Wolverine Co
Nash
Cleveland
Ctien
War Labor Board
Ff Mesa
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Autoe-Lite
UCAW
Matthew Smith
National Stretary
WLB
Radio networks and monopoly feared by senator
Madison report quotes Sen. Parten K Wheeler of Montana accusing radio networks of monopolistic control. He says networks hold affinely signed access and sway public policy, aiming to enforce a narrow set of political and moral ideas while stifling diverse opinion and free speech.
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Wheeler
Rdio Networks
Affinatw Sig Hiens
Econorme — Thralldem
Qaide
Superforts Bomb Rangoon in Burma Raid
United States B 29 Superfortresses, carrying large bomb loads, attacked Rangoon in Burma. The 20th Air Force announced a substantial force struck the target amid favorable weather reports. The operation involved coordination with Western Command units and aimed at key rail marshalling yards. Rangoon, capital of Burma, is a major rail origin on the coast.
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Washington
Fae
Daxity
Ransoon
Burma
20Th Air Force
Vastern Command
Rangoon
Lower
Denial of US China policy split cited in Stilwell recall
Foreign Minister Leons said Stilwell recall was a personality issue not policy. He described Stilwell as unable to work with Chiang Kai-Shek and noted no pressure from the United States on Burma or other war matters.
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Som
United States
France
Spain
Franco
Sion
F T. V. Leons
Josep W. Stilwell
China
Desyric Stilwell
Burma
Tashin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Seong
Stilwell
Chiang
Stilwells
Wallace Sees Growing Foreign Market For U S Industries
Wallace urged widening the industrial frontier to a world market for American autos, machinery, and capital goods. He proposed a pan international finance or government backed agency to finance export of American industry and construction means at low interest and long term, arguing the backbone of consumer goods depends on feeding a global market.
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York -Up
Vice
Presse
Etni
Henry AL Wallace
Wallace
Pan International
Roosevelt
Names Liberty Ships For Three Statesmen
Washington UP says three late American statesmen George Norris Wendell Wilkie and Alfred E Smith will have Liberty ships named after them. The ships are under construction by the maritime commission and will honor the prominent political figures who died in recent months.
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Washington
George Norris
Wendell Wilkie
Alfred E. Smith
Sux
October air raids set new German bomb tonnage record
Allied air forces dropped at least 113400 tons of bombs on Germany in October led by RAF and American heavy bombers. Dusseldorf and Cologne faced major assaults as German air defenses faltered. The daylight battle saw about 183 German planes shot down with 39 American planes lost.
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London
Germany
RAF
Dusseldorf
Rhine River
Aachen
Cologne
Ath GS. Air Force
Britain
15Th U.S. Air Force
Italy
8Th Air Force
U. S
Air Ministry
Luftwaffe
Red
Ploesti
Europe
Reich For of
British Sink Three German Destroyers in Adriatic Battles
Allied naval communique reports British forces sinking three German destroyers in separate upper Adriatic engagements. Some crews rescued and taken prisoner. Our ships sustained minor damage with no casualties.
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Adriatic
Anmre
Fisherman Lassoes Rainbow Trout Claim
Fisherman Crowe swears he lassoed a Rainbow trout during fishing on the Wye river. He says he felt a drag on the line while using a minnow and landed a trout with a perfect half hitch entangled around the line. He cites five witnesses to support his claim.
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Wordland
Clyde Crowe
Crowe
British smash ALi resistance around Schelde and Aachen front
Allied forces push from Vossemack toward Schmidt and Vossenack as Hodges drive deepens in the Hurtgen theater. British troops seize Flushing and Domburg on Walcheren, narrowing the last German barrier to Antwerp. German resistance stiffens along the Cologne plain while American and British spearheads press, with Schmidt 10 miles inside Siegfried defenses and Vossenack cleared in a house to house fight. Cavernous mines slow progress as retreat fears rise on the German side.
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Paris
Vossenack
Aachen
Schmidt
1St Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Hurtgen Forest
West Wall
Cologne
Rhineland
Vossenach
Flushing
Reinhard
Domburg
Walcheren
Antwerp
Seneide
Rotgen
Hodges
DNB
Heli
President Urges Time Off to Vote
President Roosevelt urged employers to grant workers sufficient time to vote next Tuesday and to report details of their circumstances and employer with contract type. He noted government contractors may bill such time as legitimate costs under cost plus and fixed price contracts and renegotiations. He emphasized voting rights for civilians should be as broad as for soldiers, reflecting a true American concern.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Imatement
Mr. Roosevelt
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