Smuts Outlines Decisive Role for US in War
Berlin reports Prime Minister Smuts tells British and American forces in London that American troops will spearhead the invasion of Hitler’s fortress. He warns crises will come suddenly as allies close on Germany by winter and prepare grind assault next year. Smuts says timing, not just victory, governs the war’s course.
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J. C. Oestreicher
Foreten
Soldiers of América
BoutReisers
Middle West
Berlin
Marishal Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Air
British Empire
Hitler
United States
Genyra
Smuts
Landou
Canldnall
Germany
Far East
Buch & Sole
Food for Overseas Gifts Ration Free
OPA outlined two procedures for obtaining rationed foods to send as gifts to American prisoners of war or service members overseas. Individuals may apply to their district OPA office to receive necessary points if shipping themselves, or purchase through a dealer without surrendering stamps, with OPA replacing the point value of the food.
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Washington
OPA
Germans plan Rome occupation by October says dispatch
A Svenska Dagbladet report cites a Berlin dispatch claiming German plans to seize Rome by October. The same source notes that food requisitions for the Rome area for the first week in November have been cancelled by the Germans.
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Rome
Svenska Dagbladet
Russia to Hike Lending What It Offers in Lend Lease
The Soviet Union signs a new lend lease accord in London to supply raw materials such as manganese and other critical resources to the United States and United Kingdom in return for arms and food. The agreement, the third and latest for lend lease to Russia, was signed by representatives of the United States United Kingdom Canada and the Soviet governments.
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Washington
Iendieast
London
State Department
Rusia
Ares
United States
United Kingdom
Russia
Allied air raid hits Skoplje rail center in Yugoslavia
Allied bombers and Lightnings struck the Skoplje rail center southeast of the yard destroying at least three locomotives and 15 goods cars. The raid targeted the Vardar valley line and followed earlier attacks on Rhodes airfields, with German defenses reportedly not firing.
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Allplers
T. S
Geuerillas
Yugosslavia
Skeplje
Vardar
Balonsky
Greece
Trabhy
Skoplie
BRAFL
Waal
Rhodes
Ayu Crete
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Jap Plane Believed Seeking U.S. Fleet
Pearl Harbor reports an unidentified enemy plane possibly from a submarine neared Oahu shortly after midnight Saturday before fleeing. The craft was caught in a searchlight and sped away. Also reported is a Berlin broadcast claiming a Japanese lieutenant general was killed during operations in China.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Volturno Fight Ends In Victory
Allied forces complete crossing of the Volturno as the Fifth Army and British troops seize villages along the river line. American units capture Glotu, Luderl, Falechio, Pontelatone, Albigano, and Bressa while the Eighth Army takes Santo Stefano and Montefellone. The North African air force harasses German defenses as Montgomery’s forces advance toward key high ground.
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Algiers
Volturno River
Fifth Army
Smujouneed
Vite]lages
Puth
Capa
Montjpomery
Eighth Army
Santo Stefano
Monteelifone
Adriatic
Valturno
Marshal Kesselring
Ling
Tierng
Tierno
Voltumo
Voturna
Kesselring
Montgomery
Montecilfane
Pilth Arragh
Voltano
Calore River
Faiechio
Tierno Jsaoe
Ruviano
Giota & Iorean
Algignano
Clark
Volturno
Capua
Liherl
Pontelatone Jie
Hawaii
Heroes Overlooked the Lands Infantrymen at Allied Headquarters
In an informal briefing General Eisenhower praised infantrymen from Britain and the United States for their grit in North Africa and the desert campaigns. He stressed that the backbone of the fighting forces remains the infantry and that their sacrifices deserve lasting recognition.
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Allied
Ablens
Wisen- Hower
Eisenhower
Asi
Italy
Wibation
Alamely
North Africa
Britain
United States
Christie Takes Stand in Murder Trial at Nassau
Nassau Bahamas October 19 Harold G Christie wealthy real estate operator testified on night of Sir Harry Oakes murder in Count Alfred de Marigny trial. Witness described Oakes mansion Westbourne and spray gun used with inflammable insecticide. Christie said he did not leave Westbourne and drank moderately, while police noted a drive through Nassau after the killing.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
Nassau
Bahamas
INS
Harold G. Christie
Harry Oakes
Alfred de Marigny
Oakes
Supreme Court
Oscar Daly
Marty Fills
Mm Ashes
Westbourne
Grusus
Manuel
Bilis
Sir Harry
Wes Swere
Alfred Adderiey
Thah
Dy Marige
Nife
Marigny
Kis
Christie
Tts
Justice Daly
Jongswatch
Edgar Allen Poe
de Marigny
Alfred Adderley
Olivier Daly
Hwy
Maroid G. Christie
Count de Marigny
Nazis rush reinforcements to hold Melitopol gateway
London report says German manpower was being pulled from Crimea to defend Melitopol as Russian offensives from the east and north pressed toward the hub linking the Crimea. Soviet dispatches claim heavy fighting inside Melitopol with Red Army advances around, and pushing toward the Dnepropetrovsk line while 23 towns were said to be liberated and German losses mounted. Russian divisions deeper into the Onieper bend threaten supply routes and the main rail link toward Metitopol from the east, potentially severing Axis connections with Poland.
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London
Lne
Melitopol
Crimea
Onieper River
Zaporozhe
Dnepropetroyake Kley
Lory
Metitoporom
Moscow
Gomel
Tle Nasi
White Russia
Klev
Dnieper
Rechitss
Poland
Allied Forces Repel Finschhafen Landing in New Guinea
Allied troops and airmen beat back a Japanese landing near Finschhafen New Guinea destroying 24 of 35 planes bent on catching shipping. Japanese troop barges were sunk by Australian fire. one barge remained, while Japs still hold forces near Sattelberg. Allied air and sea actions targeted Oro Bay Wewak and other area bases with multiple bombings and ship losses.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Finschhagen Beach
Mack Arihn
Sattelberg
Oro Bay
Jit
Wewak
Southwestern Exes Banquet Planned at Travis Park Church
Southwestern Exes announce their annual San Antonio banquet to be held Thursday at 6 p.m. at Travis Park Methodist Church. John O. Wheeler, college trustee, will preside with President 3. N. R. Score as chief speaker. Mrs. Starkey Duncan handles reservations.
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Ex-Students Association of Southwestern University
San Antonio
BP. m
Travis Park Methodist Church
Blarkey Duncan
John O. Wheeler
N. R. Score
Starkey Duncan
French Germans Battle in Savoy Mountains
Algiers dispatch reports bitter fighting on a large scale between French forces and German troops allied with mountain henchmen hiding in Upper Savoy in southeastern France as Allied actions press Germany.
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Savoy
Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
France
Germany
Japs Cross Salween In New Burma Drive
CHUNGKING Oct 19. One prong of the Japanese drive into western China has thrust eastward across the Salween river. General Stilwell’s headquarters said American fighter bombers of the Fourteenth Air Force supported ground forces and hit Japanese troop concentrations and supply drops at Luku in Yunnan province, north of the old Burma road. The assault marks the first bridgetend indication, with Japanese crossing unconfirmed by Chinese reports. The communique noted heavy American air losses and reported air attacks on undefended fields in eastern China destroying supply points and bases while using north Burma air bases against the enemy.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth
Chungking
Lousoi
Chine
Salween
Stilwell
Fourteenth U. S. Air Force
Gener Stilwell
Tinso
China
U. S. Tenth Air Force
North
Binnsi
Burma
Bulwell
One Man Fight On Jap Shipping Stirs Pacific War Report
Las Vegas New Mexico dispatch recounts a marine fighter pilot led lone strikes against Japanese barges and a sampan near the Tongler harbor area. Lieutenant J F Bolt spotted enemy vessels, strafed several targets, and returned to base after fuel ran low, with one barge sinking and a damaged tugboat as the craft terrorized by the Corsair pressurized by heavy anti aircraft fire. Two German POWs captured at Watrous postwar evacuations.
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U. S
Sou Pacifico
U. & Liberate
Hougain
Ville
Kara Sirdrome
Kara
J. F. Bolt
Tonolet
Bay
Bolt
Bast
Reaa
Slone
Tonsolet
Bolts
Las Vegas
N. M
Jett
Waterment
Trinidad
Colo
Watrous
Tondler Harbor
Bam
Boltoon
Submarine blitz sinks or damages 918 Jap ships
In Washington Oct 19 the Navy reported that Allied submarines have sunk or damaged 918 Japanese vessels since the war began. The tally includes 448 ships previously listed, with 98 sunk in the latest report, 6 probably sunk and 45 damaged. The figures cover ships sunk or damaged in the Pacific and enemy waters, with details on vessel types returned by Navy Secretary Knox.
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Washington
Japan
Navy
Knox
Paeile
Postoffice Aids Lost Ration Book Finders
The post office announces a program to help finders return lost ration books to owners. Books may be mailed without wrapping or postage and delivered to the owner. a 5 cent fee is charged if the owner cannot be located, with delivery to the nearest ration board.
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Ration Board
Forecast Outlook for East Texas Weather Change
Little change in temperature Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday forenoon. East Texas near the east one hundredth meridian sees slightly warmer conditions in the east and extreme east portions. Otherwise temperatures remain mostly steady through Tuesday afternoon, night, and Wednesday forenoon with minimal variation.
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East
Texas
Cigarette Ration Seen Near, Senator Warns
Senator Reynolds warns cigarette rationing is near due to rising tobacco shipments abroad and lend-lease flows. He notes U S tobacco exports have turned non-smokers into heavy users as operations extend worldwide.
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Washingston
Gcl
Reynolds
D.-N
United States
Jendlense
Baltimore Poem Sparks City Rebuttal Clash
Baltimore residents shout back at a controversial poem titled Beloved Baltimore published by the Evening Sun. Citizens decry insults to the city and its workers as libel experts weigh the piece’s impact on local pride and public discourse.
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Baltimore
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