Dewey and Roosevelt Set Tonight Campaign Climax
United Press reports Roosevelt and Dewey prepare pivotal addresses at Madison Square Garden and Albany. Dewey to speak tonight in Albany. Roosevelt to follow in New York later with plans for a key post election broadcast. Campaigns show Bricker predicting large Roosevelt victory margins amid pre election finance tallies and party workers mobilizing Monday and Tuesday.
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United Press
Roosevelt
Thomas EL Dew Climax Dineir
Tee
York
Dewey
Madison Square Garden
N. Y
New York
NBC
CBS
Tizamus
Socialist Party
Specushington
D. C
Statins
Mr. Roosevelt
Bricker
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallave
Te Roosevelt
Legiss
Sen. Herrford
Allies' Italian Casualties and Front Updates
Allied forces report total Italian casualties at 116 150 with overall allied losses rising to 194 000 amid persistent German counterattacks. The 8th Army stabilized the front despite rains, using bridges and assault boats to move supplies while patrols continued along washed out ridges and river lines.
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Rome
Tiebass
Alli
Euneed
Bhl
Singh Avicen
8Th Army
Tront
Sta Wemy
Ech Airuieid
State Hospitals Overcrowded in New Report
A report by Ralph Arnold for the state board of control shows most of Iowa’s state hospitals and related facilities are operating beyond capacity. Mental hospitals are at about 6 534 patients with room for 4 913, and several clinics exceed their limits. Indicated overcrowding affects Mount Pleasant, Clarinda, Cherokee, Independence, and Glenwood, with calls for new buildings, expanded space, and a proposed entrance for Fort Madison State Penitentiary.
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Des Moines
Gale
Ralph Arnold
State Board of Control
Independence Hospital
Cherokee
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
Glenwood State School
Mitchellville
of Control
Lowas
Bount Pleasant
Independence
Woodward
Oakdale
Mitchell—ville
Glennwood
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Mount Picacnt
Major Allied Bomber Assaults Across Germany and Austria
Allied air forces launched a large multi-pronged strike across northwestern and southern Germany into Austria, targeting rail yards, oil facilities, and industrial sites. Over 1,100 aircraft from American and British forces attacked hubs from the Baltic to the French frontier, with efforts against Mogenseburg, Munich, Linz, Harburg, and Saarbrucken while engaging enemy fighters.
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London
Haiy
Grnaim
Germany
Linz
Austria
Reich
Thursdis
Brita
Thunderbolt
Harnes Harburg
Gelesnxirchen
Haareser
Saar
Luftwaffe
29 Iowans Wounded In European Area
War department announces 29 Iowans wounded in action in the European area. Details include names and units, with loss and recovery status to be reported by military press. Officials urge families to await official updates as records are processed.
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Washington
War Department
Proondle
Lim
George Ot Vuuses
Cytcusali
Soviet spearheads smash toward Budapest in blitz advance
A British dispatch reports Soviet armored spearheads breaking enemy lines on the Budapest outskirts and pressing toward the capital. Despite urgency, observers say a fortified zone may slow capture, while inside Budapest rumors and sensational dispatches mix with official cautions as forces contest the Danube corridor.
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Mgscow
Budapest
Germany
J All Sig
Capiital
Moscow
Loncen
Istanbul
Effy
Danube
Urges Teachers to Back Code Changes
Iowa teachers urged to support legislation backing a state code change. Key figures cited include ISTA leaders Campie and Spencer, with warnings that defeat could threaten public education funding and the future educational program. Educational officials advocate longer schooling and higher teacher pay amid postwar budget pressures.
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MC Kazmajer
Iowa
Towsi
Cece Cormissu Lee i. Campie H. Spencer
Legisiadien
Peonie Wapparen
Faure
Cai
Nnk
G. L. Manwell
Unaersin
Denver
Ricipat
Abraham Lincoln
Howard T. Cox
Abraham Lincoln High School
Des Moines
Cava
Pole Vu
Lost Company Endured Three Days Behind German Line
War correspondent recounts a U.S. unit with 65 men and two American drivers fighting for 72 hours along the German Mark river line south of Rotterdam. They overran entrenchments, faced self propelled guns, ate sugar beets, and were nearly surrendered before Yankee rescuers arrived. Names are uncertain due to damaged text.
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Boyd Lewis
Rotterdam
Mark River
Ainile
Hunters Who Shot Farmer Face Trial
Hunters accused of assaulting a farmer and firing shotgun pellets were bound over to the Alle county grand jury. They faced charges from the incident involving pheasant hunters and a confrontation near Des Moines, amid statements about identification by Knight.
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EA Metsburg
Circle Lyons
I Merten
Des Moines Pheasant SuiMers
Alle County Grand Jury
amMgisowra
Knight
Iegs
Named Iowa Champ 4-H Dairy Member
Waterloo youth towers champion member for 1944 from elite members. W L T. Lamond field secretary of the dairy association said he represent-towe’s sit members of the wal clute congress in Chicago in December.
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Waterloo Scp
OL Ask Coounly
Towers
T. tMamond
Win State Bairy Association
Showdown near Leyte presses toward central Philippines
Mixed combat updates describe a Japanese relief column moving north along Leyte Island and American forces pressing toward the central Philippines. Losses are noted on both sides as the exchange includes ships, aircraft, and ground units, with claims of enemy and Allied casualties amid ongoing operations.
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Leyte Island
Marion Perces
Central
Pailippines
Ormec
Virwally
Heavy fighting reported around Kweilin and Magan
A wartime communique says Japanese troops press three forceful sides toward Kweilin while Chinese forces halt another column along the Liuchow railway. Magan near Liuchow experiences intensified assaults as Chinese and Japanese units clash in the suburbs. Further reports detail Japanese advances near Kweihsien west of the Wasu River.
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Hires -Kuanes
Kenn
Magan
Liuchow
Wasp River
Ingels Heads Farm Bureau In Fayette County
Randalia leader J F Ingels elected Fayette County Farm Bureau president for the fifth year running at Fayette meeting attended by 250. E E James Stanley named home project chairman with officers including H L Olson West Union vice president and H Chapman Fayette secretary. Plans discussed include livestock price support, soil conservation district, partial state income tax, and town school law changes. New officers take office in January.
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J. F. Ingels
Randalia
Fayette County Farm Bureau
E. E. James
Stanley
Fayette
Harry L. Olson
West Union
Homer Chapman
L. F. Buenneke
Meaxynard
Everett Sinnott
E. H
Vance
Code Commission
Farm Bureau
Southeast Asia command shakeup completed
London report says Lt Gen Sir Oliver W. H. Leese has been named commander of the Southeast Asia army group under Lord Mountbatten, forming a British led triumvirate with Leigh-Mallory and Fraser to drive amphibious operations against Japan. Observers see it as a master plan to coordinate east and west thrusts against the enemy.
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London
Southeast Asia
Japan
South— East Asia Theater
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Oliver W. H. Leese
Sith
Joseph W. Suil
Leese
St Fp
Mountbatten
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Bruce Fraser
Bernard L. Montgomery
3Th Air Titain
Bee
Fraser
Lerch-Mallorys
Mountbatte
Sailor and Bride Die On Eve Of Wedding in Illinois
In fog near Kankakee Illinois a bridal party car carrying Seaman James G McGinir 32 and bride to be Ethel Residori 22 crashed into a parked truck four miles north of Kankakee. The impact killed the sailor, his future wife, and four other bridal party members. Three others were seriously injured. The couple had planned to marry the next day at Residori’s South Wilmington home before the fatal accident.
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Rankakee
James G. McGir
U.S. Navy
Chicago
Ethel Residori
South Wilmington
McGinr
France
Aar
Kankakee
425 Servicemen Ballots Returned Here
Nexrs Dest- uxelié county men and women in service here returned 425 ballots of the 090 they requested for the coming election. County Auditor Hazel Gehring said approximately 2,006 from the county are in uniform, but many may not reach voting issue. The auditor's office has cut out about 200 regular ballots and has handled the heavy election load without extra office help. All ballots must be returned Monday.
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Uxelié
Hazel Gehring
Tod
Tthe
Lextra Office
iMondar
Soviet Backs U S Air Plan Amid World Aviation Talks
Chicago dispatch reports Soviet support for the American proposal on world air transport. The plan envisions an international aviation assembly with a consultative executive council including permanent members United States Russia Britain and others. Canada Britain New Zealand and Japan show varied stances while Germany and Japan potential future absences loom.
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Chicago
Russia
State Department
United States
Fang
U.S
Comonwealiz Ang
Brazil
Via
France
America
Air Asport
Canada
New Zealand
Britain
U. S
Aviation Assembly
Saud
Arabia
Goa
Jaeniina
Nera
Germany
Japan
Weatherman Sees Rainy Election Night In Midwest
Chicago report notes a rainy forecast for election day across the Midwest with cooler temperatures and possible snow in some areas. Forecasters caution that precise conditions depend on storm movement, echoing past election day weather uncertainties.
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Chicago
Sa Tdno
Enial
Roosevelt
German Forces Retake Town in Aachen Sector
German tanks and infantry mounted a counterattack against American spearheads probing the Cologne plain near Aachen. Schmid was retaken by Germans. Hodges’s forces received air support while U.S. troops pressed in the Hurtgen forest. Allied efforts included bridgeheads across the Mark River in the Netherlands and continued progress in Walcheren as British commandos deepen coastal positions.
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Aachen
Paris
Cologne
Vosseneck Yemerdar
Schmid
Bolt
Courtney H. Hodges
United Press War
Jack Frankish
1St Army
Hurtgen Forest
Schmidt
Supreme Headquarters
Siegfried Vine
Hiolland
Mark River
Holland Deep
Te Kreek
Moerdijk
Holland Beep
Mark
den Hont
Breda
Walcheren Island
Schelde
Ard
Middel
Burg
Hell
Walcheren
Flushing
Rangoon Raid Shows Power of New Bombers Reach
In India on November 3 Maj Gen Curtis LeMay says the Malagon Tailguards bombed Rangoon with a large B 29 force. The mission reportedly obliterated the target area with each bomber claiming precise hits on a stretch covering a rail yard and storage structures. Anti aircraft fire and brief fighter contact occurred as the group returned.
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India
Rangoon
Burma
Burapital
Curtis Lemay
20Th
Japan
Avery F. Ladd. Newton
Se Tareet
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