Allied Fifth Army Drives Toward Regly, Sparanise Nosed Ahead
In Italy Allied forces under General Eisenhower moved to seize the Sparanise area and push north of the Regly defense canal. The five army thrust opened a pocket threat to German positions as German counterattacks failed. Concurrent air raids hit southern Austria and Tirana, with heavy Allied bombing of Naples as German planes contested the skies.
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Glers
Italy
Sparantse
Fifth Army
Eisenhower
Regly
Sec
Austria
Tiras
Albania
Highth
Montgomery
Trigne
Sparanise
Volturno
Clarks
Pighatorn
Eighth Army
Tsernna
Naples
Pistoia
Florence
Formia
Mintucne
Fe Allleg
Hostip
Ss Agatgel
Aussies Crush Jap Push in Southwest Pacific
Allied reports say Australian forces halted a Jap push toward the New Guinea coast near Finschhafen after three weeks of jungle fighting. MacArthur headquarters praised combined air and ground blows that repulsed four Jap attacks, with Australians holding Katika village.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Finschtaifen
MacArthur
Katika
Romans Starve as Nazis Take Food
London dispatch reports that about 30 Romans are dying of starvation as German forces requisition food. A Milano Liberta broadcast claimed Rome faces widespread famine due to Nazi control. In Dallas, farmer Joan Gibbons, 50, Lancaster, was found shot to death at home, with Justice of the Peace Brown resuming action.
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London
Italien Freedom Station
Milano
Lib
Rome
Farmer
Dallas
Joan Gibbons
Lancaster
Brown
Weather forecast for Sanansono and Texas regions
Forecast shows little temperature change Monday after noon and night and Tuesday noon. East Texas areas expect minor cooling in the north, slightly cooler in the south Monday afternoon, and cooler conditions along the east and south Monday night. North and west portions see minor changes Monday night into Tuesday forenoon.
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Sanansono Ana
Texas
Germans Admit Big Soviet Gains In Dnieper Battle
Moscow reports massive Soviet pressure as the Red Army closes in on Krivoi Rog and Dnepropetrovsk with bridgeheads across the Dnieper. German fronts fight back fiercely as the Crimea’s exit route narrows. Dnepropetrovsk and Nikopol are outflanked amid heavy combat. Kennedy, 68, president of the Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association, dies in Utica.
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Red Army
Dnieper
Krivei Rog
Krivai Rog
Kremenchug
Melitopol
Krival Rog
Crimea
Dnepropetrovsk
Dneprodverahnisk
Nikopol
Soviet Union
iDnepropetrovek
Nikolaiy
Kosianovo
Zaporozhe-Melitapoline
Askaniaya Steppe
Steppe
Dniep
Per
Dnepro- Petrovsk
Briyoi Rog
Berlin
Cotral
Zaporozhe
Red
Askaniya
Utica
A. Charles E. Kennedy
Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association of America
New York
Ini. News
Liberators Bomb Burma Rail Yards Near Prome
U S Army air force bombers of the 10th air force launched a major attack on Prome railway yards in Burma on Friday. B 25s struck targets near Monywa and Mandalay while other formations hit storage buildings at Alon and rolling stock on a siding. All aircraft returned with reports of excellent results from Lieut Gen Stilwell's headquarters.
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New Delhi
Vet
U. S
10Th Air Force
Prome
Buna
Mony Wa
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frome
Alon
Monywa
Mu Canal
Argentine Leader Takes Refuge in Brazilian Embassy
Argentine scientist Mario Castex, signatory of a 1945 manifesto urging Argentina toward United Nations alignment, has taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Buenos Aires. His family reportedly arrived there as authorities barred Castex from leaving. A separate German broadcast claimed an Allied destroyer was sunk and another damaged in the eastern Mediterranean, with no Allied confirmation.
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Monteviueg
Uruguay
Mario Castex
Argentina
United Nations
Buenos Aires
Cessex
Buenos ‘Aires
London
Mediterranean
Allied Leaders Say Campaign Ties Up German Divisions in Italy
General Eisenhower deputy Alexander says the Italian front slows the Soviet drive by tying up 18 to 46 Nazi divisions. He notes German withdrawals to Italy divert strength from Russia, aims to threaten France and the Balkans, and to bomb Germany from Italy as Rome remains central. North of Rome, defenses stiffen as Navies prepare.
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Clark Lee Bon
Corte
Italy
INS
Bir Tiavald Alezatdm
Eisenhower
Alexander
Grsumude
Sond Airitch
America
Ag Mazi
Mitte
Joseph Goebbels
Bell
Rocord
Slatin
Alexander Tnelarba Iy
Cena Abvision
Russia
France
Taly
Baikana
Greece
Alebanie
Yugoslavia
Rome
Wuurium
Imporkei
Maly
Balkans
Germany
Rocie
Tojo to Step Up Jap War Machine
The Tokyo broadcast announced a formal convening of the diet with a total mobilization program. Premier Hideki Tojo will address the session and has introduced 14 bills to boost war material production, extend conscription, improve transport, and tighten government control.
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New York
Tokyo
Hideki ‘Tojo
Aiden Gover
Senate Votes Out Estate Tax Hike
Washington October 26 The house ways and means committee rejected any increase in estate and gift taxes trimming 400 million from the administration request for 1.05 billion in new wartime revenue. The panel also cut the idea of raising individual income taxes and left open only corporate and excise levies while drafting a new revenue bill that may not exceed 2 billion without broader levies. It dismissed lowering the estate and gift tax exemption from 60 thousand to 40 thousand and did not act on excises for luxuries like cigarettes furs and soft drinks.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Russia Strong For Post War Collaboration
New York dispatch reports Moscow radio saying Stalin received Secretary Hull and notes talks with Eden. Delegations of Hull Eden Molotov met amid bid to draft wartime and postwar agreements, with a coalition of the three powers urged as essential for future world peace.
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New York
Moscow
Stalin
Hull
Anthony Eden
Thetics
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
People's Commissar For Foreign Affairs
W. Averell Hare Yiman
United States
Russia
Diplomata
Great Britain
U. S
State Hall
Eden
Molotov
Ravibg
Bolshoi Theater
War Sud
Germany Hit By Bombers From Italy
Allied air forces conducted raids across Germany Austria and Hungary with US four engined bombers based in Italy joining raids on southern Germany and Austria. Berlin reported large formations of four engined bombers and the Vienna area was targeted with substantial damage. First use of Italian based heavy bombers in a Reich strike marked a new phase in the allied air offensive.
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London
Ruhr
Rhineland
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Auilely
Hungary
Air Ministry
Aled
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Prise
England
Britain
Germag
DNB
Geymany
Austria
Btyria
Reich Steels
Jsounthy
Vienna
Apnacacher
Alps
Aircrest
Wiener Neustadt
Amier
United States
Paris
Europe
Roosevelt Healing After Grippe Touches on Recovery
Washington reports President Roosevelt showed a slight rise in temperature but improved from grippe symptoms. Rear Admiral McIntire indicated he should be able to work in his study this afternoon. White House said no regular schedule or appointments were set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T.mcintire
White House
Bowles Named Top OPA Post by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt named Chester Bowles to succeed Prentiss Brown as OPA administrator Brown resigned last week Bowles had been OPA general manager and No 1 assistant and has effectively run the agency in recent months
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Washington
Roosevelt
Foray
Chester Bowles
Prentiss Brown
OPA
Brown
Bowles
Acero Brown
Acnrate
Brow
Bombardier Toomey Honored After Heroic Flight
In a World War II report from Britain dated Oct 24, 427, bombardier Toomey of Fortresses above Schweinfurt is cited for extraordinary heroism. Despite mortal injuries from a near-miss shell, he completed his bombing run and perished at his post, helping the crew down enemy fighters and lighters while the ship took heavy damage.
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U. S&s
Britain
B.S
Toomer
Wilharosk
Geath
Schweinfurt
Battman
Menthi Toomey
Bombardier
Hp Jawington M. Toomey
Huron
Target
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Kahili Sirdrome
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