American Forces Seize Heights On Fifth Army Front
Allied dispatch reports Fifth army troops seized commanding heights in central Italy while Fifth army counterattacks near Alife and on the Tunisian front faltered. Navy actions include sinking or damaging Nazi vessels in the Adriatic as bombers hit targets in Greece and Italy, with raids extending to Rhodes and other islands.
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Italy
Himmler Tightens Grasp On Germans In Berlin Report
Swiss and German newspapers describe Heinrich Himmler expanding police power in Germany. Offenses include anything but complete subjugation to the government. Reports claim tighter control of anti aircraft defenses, regular troops, and concentric defense zones across the home front.
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Switzerland
Germany
Himmler
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iSehwaree Korps
Ented
Weltwacke
Berlin
Zurich
Neue Zurcher Zettung
Das Reich
Giant Carriers to Launch Bombers
Washington reports Navy Secretary Knox announced plans to start construction of the largest aircraft carriers in U S shipyards. Three 45 000 ton battle carriers will be built at Newport News and Brooklyn with vast air groups and heavier guns. The Saratoga remains unconfirmed as sunk by the navy department.
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UPI
Navy
Knox
U. S
Newport News
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Saratoga
Navy Department
Bombers Level Jap Guinea Base
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific report a massive air strike on New Guinea targets across Sattelberg and surrounding areas. Liberators and Mitchells hit jungle pockets, roads, bridges, and villas as Australian and American units press toward Madang and Finschhafen, with heavy action over Bougainville and Shortland Islands.
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New Guinea
Sattelberg
MacArthur
Satvelberg
Finsch
Infen
Iberator
Mitchell
Seventh Division
Ramu
Madang
Bogadjim
Muadeng
Solomons
Karn
Bun
Bougainville
Kahili
Bellaie
Shortland Island
Choiseul Island
Frozen by OPA Until Oct 31 Jams Jellies Rationed
Washington October 23 AOPA announces eight day free sale of all spreads starting Sunday midnight ahead of rationing set for October 31. Officials say future fruit spreads will be rationed under blue stamps with new tables to be announced late this week. Consumers to use stamps and ration books through November 20 with no immediate stock depletion obligations.
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OPA
RAF Bomber Raid on Kassel and London Strikes Deepens War Toll
RAF Lancasters and heavy bombers pressed a major raid on Kassel, losing 44 planes, while Frankfurt suffered a second raid in 18 days and Cologne faced Mosquito attacks. London endured a seventh straight night of German raids with 47 aircraft missing. Berlin reported 44 RAF losses. Kassel hosts Henchel locomotive works and Messerschmitt facilities as strategic targets amid high blast density and expected 58-ton bomb output in a 400-mile round trip.
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Frankfurt
Cologne
Berlin
RE. A. P
Germany
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Henachel Locomotive Works
Europe
Britain
Kent
Sussex
East Anglia
Falls Hurt Two Men in Separate Incidents
Two men sustained back injuries in separate Friday falls and were transported to hospital. One man, 103 Grant Alley resident Jose Serrate, fell from a Southern Pacific railroad area near Guadalupe Street. The other, 34 year old John H R Weils of 5041 West Commerce Street, fell from a ladder while painting at 422 East Guenther Street.
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Grant Alley
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Euigelist
Guadalupe Street
John HR. Weils
West Commerce Street
Guenther Street
Lloyd George Weds at 80 in Quiet Ceremony
Lloyd George, the former British prime minister, aged 80, quietly marries Francis T Staverson, longtime secretary since 1913, in London. The unusual union marks a high-profile late-life pairing for the famed wartime leader.
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Lloyd George
Circus Thriller Ends in Tragedy at Firemen’s Rodeo
In St Louis on October 23 Aloysius Peters known as The Great Peters performed a high trap act with a 70 foot platform rope girdle. The stunt ended with his hanging death as 5500 spectators watched. Firefighters lowered the body after 20 minutes while officials explained the trick went wrong.
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Aloys
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Ilree
Swedish Airliner Shot Down Near Haallo
A Swedish Douglas DG-3 flying London to Stockholm was shot down off Sweden's rocky west coast near Haallo late last night, killing 13. An American clergyman Dr T C Hume aboard, linked to the World Council of Churches, was among the passengers. The ship radioed a brief distress call before crashing. one crew member and a passenger were rescued. A later British–Sweden air link disruption followed, with the official Swedish airline noting the incident and confirming the loss.
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Haallo
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England
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California
Britain
World Council of Churches
New York
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Stocksholm
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Engang
Hitler Fights Balkan Unrest With Balkan Conference
London reports Hitler pressed to quell Balkans unrest as Yugoslav patriots attacked German forts in southwest Slovenia and he summoned Bulgarian regents to a high command conference. Captives and key positions near Kopriva Visnyoz Nov Grad Gradisce underline strategic aims along routes between the Save and Danube, with fighting near Mount Chakor on the Montenegran Albanian frontier and German forces facing persistent attacks in eastern Croatia.
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UPI
Slovenia
Hitler
Balkans
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Bulgaria
Berlin
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Boris
Bogdan Philoy
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Visnyozh
Nov Grad
Gradisce
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Mount Chakor
Save
Danube
Croatia
Russians Press Breakthroughs Near Krivoi Rog and Dnieper
Russians cut escape lines as the Red Army drives toward Krivoi Rog and Nikolaev. Allied and German positions crumble under heavy Soviet offensives from Stalingrad to the Dnieper, with sixty towns reportedly captured and key rail junctions threatened along the Dnieper and Black Sea coast. Impending victory looms as German forces near encirclement around Kiev and Gomel.
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Gomel
Red Army
Stalingrad
Krivol Rog
Grimea
Znamesika
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Dnieper
Nikolaev
Odessa
Balkans
White Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Russia
Mussolini Navy Secretary Legnani Reported Killed
Swiss Italian frontier dispatches say Admiral Antonio Legnani, Mussolini era navy secretary, was killed by two Italian naval officers for loyalty to the Nazi puppet government. Earlier reports claim Legnani was injured in an Italian auto accident. A Milan report states Gestapo agents were executed for jewel theft.
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Sonstveriand
Anironio Legnani
Mussolini
Chiasso
Legnani
Milan
Army Reshapes Divisions to Boost Firepower and Mobility
Washington October dispatch reports a sweeping army reorganization aimed at reducing infantry manpower and motor transport while increasing firepower. Infantry divisions will move by troop transport battalions, armored divisions gain more battalions and artillery, and a new light division type for amphibious airborne mountain and jungle roles is planned. Administrative duties shift to army headquarters as SHAE officers are trimmed for efficiency.
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Uct
Amy and
Navy Register
The
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