Red Army presses toward Budapest as German lines falter
Soviet forces strike toward Budapest amid heavy fighting with German and Hungarian units. Reports say Malinovsky’s Ukrainian army pushes through town after town on the northern front, breaking through to the plains and foothills, while Berlin radios warn of a decisive winter battle looming in East Prussia and Poland.
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Axis
Russia
East Prussia
Red Army
Liepaja
Libau
Jnst
Hattle
Rodion V. Malisky
Inovsky
Miskelc
Foscow
Berlin
Poland
Orth
STE
Europe
West Con
Malinovsky
Harding
Rabor
Bombardiers Air Awards Highlight Decorations for Valor
SHINGTON DC to IOwens have been deco ns members of the annu cr master food bombard engaged in dropping food supplies to American chinese troops in Northern a. Olden F. Claibourn. Des has been posthumously f ed the distinguished flying with oak leaf cluster and the medal with oak leaf cluster. Clifford WV. Beckendorf, who has been decorated the distinguished flying and the 1 medal with oak cluster. J. William Ols Pelia has awarded the distinguished cross with two oeak leaf s and two oak leaf clusters air medal.
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Shington
Olden
Damage suit against C. G. W. in New Hampton crash
Attorneys for the estate of Alice Knutson appeal a Chickasaw county court ruling to the state supreme court. The jury had awarded $4,000 to the Knutson estate after a tram crash near New Hampton on January 30, 1942, against the Chicago Great Western Railway.
Killed On Leyte Relatives Learn Of Death
Word has been received from the War Department by Mr and Mrs W B Hall of Wadena that their son Pfe Austin E Hall was killed in action on Leyte Island October 24 He entered in February 1942 and left the United States in June 1942 without a furlough Pie Hall was a brother of Mrs T B Mahoney Arlington CT Hall Wadena Mrs J C Bird and H O Hall of this city
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War Department
W. B. Hall
Wadena
Pfe
Austin E. Hall
Levite Island
United States
Hall
T. B. Mahoney
Arlington
C. T. Hall
J. C. Bird
H. O_ Hall
City
Yanks land on Asia Islands as Leyte siege continues
American forces landed on the Asia Islands near northwest New Guinea to silence a Japanese warning post as troops tighten the encirclement of remnant forces in the Limon pocket. MacArthur says 53,000 Japanese killed or wounded on Leyte in the first month, with 5,691 American casualties. Torrential rains slow the push toward Ormoc, the enemy air and sea base 20 miles south of Limon.
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United Press
Manila
Asia Islands
New Guinea
Philippines
Asia Island
Mapi Islands
Leyte
Limon
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
Farmers Union Opens National Session in Denver
The first national conference of the Farmers Union in two years opened in Denver with delegates from over 30 states. The pre-meeting statement by James F. Patton urged cooperation among farmers, laborers, and progressives to sustain the Roosevelt victory and push for a Missouri River Authority act by Congress. Seven state unions in the Missouri Valley endorsed the authority proposal.
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Denver
Colo
The
Farmers Union
Roosevelt
James F. Patton
Patton
Congress
Missouri Valley
Germans See Peace by Christmas
Detroit report quotes United Press War Correspondent Richard D. McMillan saying Germans in their homeland doubt success of the war beyond Christmas. McMillan described British front tours and observed German towns laid waste as merciless attacks continue until Germans cry enough.
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Detroit. Mich
Economic Club of
Detroit
Toda
Hush Baillie
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
McMillan
Germany
Blood exchange tale urges bond sale aid to wounded
United Press recalls a World War I era ship delivering American wounded from France. Doctors, needing plasma and blood, secretly tested donors aboard to avoid a hospital stampede of wounded men offering their blood to a dying comrade as a call to support bond drives.
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America
Army
Navy
WLB Action Seen As Phone Strike Grows
The War Labor Board planned action today to end a four day strike by Ohio telephone operators disrupting long distance service in 26 cities including Cleveland. The Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers led the walkout after ignoring a show cause hearing. Dayton sparked a nationwide stoppage with sympathy strikes in Cleveland Youngstown Akron Canton and smaller towns. Government and war industry calls were handled. others were delayed or refused. Operators demand higher pay to match out-of-town workers at 39.25 weekly versus 3 dollars locally.
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War Labor _Board
Ohio
Washington
WULB
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
National Board
Dayton
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Akron
Canton
Toledo
Findlay
Columbus
Whnce
Darton
Ohio Bell
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Smith- Connally
Florida
Arkinsas
AFL
William Green
Germany
Labor Department
George Meany
War Labor Board
WLB
Green
Europe
Oran Soldier On Wounded List In War Department notice
The War Department announced 44 Iowa soldiers wounded in action in Europe. Names include Pfc Harvey H. Love of Oran and Pfc Raymond C. Sauer of Walker along with T/4 Henry E. Volz from Elkart, listing the latest casualty status in the European theater.
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Washington
War Department
Harvey H. Love
Oran
Raymond C. Sauer
Walker
Henry E. Volz
Elkart
State Day Meet Set by Disabled American Veterans
The state convention of the Disabled American Veterans will be held June 10, 11 and 12 next year. Walter Steward announced the dates after an executive committee meeting in Iowa City. Harold VanDenover, Welter Steward, and Eleanor Burdick attended and confirmed the 1945 state convention plans.
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Belween
Walter Steward
Harold VanDenover
Welter Steward
Eleanor Burdick
Iowa City
Saturn 75 Plane Aimed At Short Hauls By Lockheed
Lockheed President Robert E. Gross unveiled the Saturn 75, a high wing all metal airliner for domestic use. The 14 passenger craft carries 5 crew, two 525 horsepower engines, cruises over 200 mph, tops 240 mph, and ranges up to 1600 miles, suited for trunkline routes or sparse traffic hops between cities.
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Chicago
Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Gross
AFL CIO open conventions criticizes war labor board
At Chicago the CIO opened its seventh annual constitutional convention with President Murray attacking the war labor board for failing to improve labor relations and for freezing wages. He urged policy and personnel changes and called for a permanent fair employment practices committee and peacetime labor government cooperation.
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Chicago
CIO
War Labor Board
Philip Murray
Murray
WLB
Political Action Committee
Congress
Allied Setback In Faenza Sector In Italy
German forces recaptured Monte Fortino near Faenza after an Allied push, with a counterattack reclaiming the city. German troops then pushed south toward Comacchio before Polish units halted the advance. In the Adriatic sector, Germans defended Titer and canal positions with infantry and heavy artillery. Brazilian forces repelled two counterattacks near Monte Cavallo, 21 miles southwest of Bologna. Further Allied actions were limited to patrols.
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Monte Fortino
Faenza
3Td
Comersalle
Ravenna
Adriatic
Canal
Fifth Army
Monte Cavallero
Bologna
Give Your Order to Your Carrier Boy or Gul
A terse notice advises readers to entrust deliveries to the designated carrier boy or Gul, outlining a simple protocol for handling orders and ensuring prompt conveyance to recipients.
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Gul
Manchester Man Hurt in Truck Crash Here
In an accident three miles south of Detlve on Saturday evening Harry O'Dell of Manchester suffered a compound arm fracture and reportedly eye loss and possible skull fracture. He was taken to University hospital in Iowa City for treatment. Occupants Anthony Beaman and Ed Melody, also of Manchester, had minor injuries and were released from Independence hospital. Melod y and Beaman said O'Dell was not driving. intoxication charges were filed against Melody and Beaman as investigators probe the cause.
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Detlve
Harry O'Dell
Manchester
University Hospital
Iowa
Eats
Anthony Beaman
Ed Melody
Independence ‘Hospital
Melody
Beaman
O'Dell
Buchanan County
Dr J M Smittle of Waucoma dies at 69
Dr J M Smittle 69 longtime Waucoma physician died in a New Hampton hospital after a week’s admission He was born January 15 1875 in Sand Prairie Illinois graduated Iowa State University 1897 married April 1897 and left practice in 1942 Funeral services set for Wednesday at the Waucoma Federated church with burial in Waucoma cemetery He served as Fayette county coroner 22 years and held numerous posts including captain in WWI Legion Woodmen and Mason ranks He was a Republican and active in county politics
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J. M. Smittle
Waucoma
New Hampton Hospital
Jack Farley
Ed Delby
Harpers Ferry
George Simpson
Martin Cooney
Jack Fallows
West Union
Smittle
Sand Prairie
School of Medicine
State University of Iowa
Steve Binger
I.an Smittle
Wauc
Fort Riley
Kans
Camp Grant
Ill
Fayette County
Smuttle
Modern Woodmen of America
American Legion
Urge Army Control of All U. S. Japs
The American Legion national executive committee adopted a resolution urging sponsorship of legislation to place all Japanese in the United States under U S Army control. California executive committeeman Leon Happel led the move, citing relocations by the War Relocation Authority as military necessity to safeguard the nation amid Pacific coast conditions.
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Indianapolish- UP
American Legion
United States
Uniit States Army
The
Legion
Leon Happel
California
War Relocation Authority
Pacific Coast
Wounded Randalian Returns to United States
1st Lt Leonard D. Talcott, seriously wounded in southern France on September 15, has arrived in the United States. A telegram from Charleston, South Carolina, reported to his parents that he hopes to be sent to a hospital in this section. Talcott, former company commander, had been in a hospital in Italy.
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Randalisa
Leonard D. Talcott
France
United States
Charleston
S. C
Myron Talcott
Talcott
Italy
Yanks Capture Metz as Allied Drive Advances Across Front
Allied forces shattered German resistance at Metz as the American 3rd Army closes the siege. French units push toward the Rhine beyond Belfort, with Swiss reports claiming a Rhine bridge at the river near Basel. Other Allied armies, including the 1st and 9th US and British 2nd, breach ranges toward Aachen and Linnich with rapid advance.
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Metz
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Rhine
Germany
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Basel
Mulhouse
Saar
Rhineland
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Wanau Forest
Duren
Cologne
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Linnich
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Courtney H. Hodges
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Heistern
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Geilenkirchen
United Press
Collie Small
Nperhamn
sStrongest
Europe
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Tne
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Essert
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Volkssturm
Vosges
Switzerland
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Dieuze
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Joseph W Stilwell
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Wei Ho
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People’s Political Council
Chen Cheng
H H Kung
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Liang
Oelwein
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