Berlin Radio Admits Big Withdrawal In Moldova Dnieper Fight
Berlin radio admits large German withdrawal as Soviet forces press in the Dnieper bend. Reports say Germans retreated from the Molotopol area to west of Smolensk while Red Army spearheads close in on Krivor Rog and Melitopol. Russian bulletin claims 100 towns freed and 3909 Germans killed.
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London
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Krival Rem
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Saksahati
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Melitopol
Dnepropetrovak
Moscow War
Gniepropetrovsk
Solenoye
namenka-Nikolayev
Bue River
Moscow Sain
Navy Day Echoes Across Oceans As Warping Speeds
Allied leaders hailed Navy Day as the U S Navy leveraged submarines ships and planes to strike a hard blow across the Pacific Atlantic and Mediterranean while President Roosevelt and Navy Secretary Knox pledged more ships and guns to sustain the campaign. Reports from Allied fronts in Italy and Greece described advancing forces and continuing bombardments as German rearguards fall back to a new mountain line near the Trigno river.
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Enterprise
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Union League Club
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New York
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Marshal Rommel
Balkans
Salonike
Sedes
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Greece
Salonika
Heraklion
Crete
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Jhut
Nazis Speed Move to Russia Front Clash Escalates
Moscow dispatch cites the Red Star report that German troops planes and tanks from Italy France and Germany have been rushed to southern Russia. Front lines show heavy fighting with thousands of new units and matériel deployed as German losses mount near Zaporozhye and Melitopol. Prisoners taken in small numbers. Luftwaffe air forces swarm Krivoi Rog to halt rout amid advancing Soviet forces.
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Maes
Pilot sacrifices self to save U S carrier at sea
An American Navy pilot, Lt. Baker of San Diego, deliberately diverted his doomed fighter toward the open sea to lure Japanese attackers away from the USS Lexington. His actions, ordered to protect the carrier during a perilous mission on the eve of the Coral Sea, ended in his death while safeguarding the ship and crew.
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Washington
Atu Navy Pit Olitie
Eavese
Baker
Lexington
Feenealing
San Diego
Calif
Talag
Stantly
Validity dates set for four brown stamp sets
Validity dates on four brown stamp sets for meats fats and joheese in Ration Book 3 have been received by W C Marshall district OPA food rationing officer. All stamps expire January 1 1944. They became valid as follows To November 21 M November 26 N December 5 P December 12 NAZIS TO CLOSE BORDER New York Oct 27 The Swiss radio today announcers the Germans are polling ready to close the whole Franco Swiss border in the Geneva canal.
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W. C. Marshall
OPA
New York
Swiss Radio Today
Geneva
Roosevelt backs billion-dollar training program for vets
President Roosevelt endorses a bipartisan plan by educators to fund a year of education for men and women who served in the armed forces since September 15, 1940. The program would require federal support, with a one to three year extended study for qualifying personnel to prepare for civilian life and future service.
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Bombs Knock Out 3 Jap Airfields in Solomons Campaign
Allied headquarters announced three key Japanese airfields on Bougainville were bombed into uselessness, as 230 American bombers and fighters struck Ka hili and Kara strips, wiping out runways and destroying aircraft. The strikes threaten Japanese air power in the Solomons and may ease future Allied advances toward Rabaul and New Britain.
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Kara Strip
Bougainvillé
Shortlands
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Kara
Bougainville
Alr
Frank Door
Ravsul
New Britain
Germans Expect Riviera Landing
London dispatch reports Germans anticipate an Allied landing soon on the French Riviera. The notice cites Allied transports reaching Corsica with British First Army troops and says Marshal Rommel ordered an immediate reinforcement of Riviera defenses.
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London
French Riviera
Stocktalin
London News Chronicle
Corsica
Rommel
Riviera
Internal Strife in Greece Unabated
London dispatch reports ongoing Greek clashes with no abatement over the last two weeks. Despite continued fighting, the article says the clashes have not yet reached civil war proportions.
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Greece
London
London Daily Express
Cairo
North Texas records first autumn frost across the region
A cold snap pushed North Texas to its first fall freeze with many areas posting sub 40 degree lows. Gainesville saw 28, Quanah 29, Wichita Falls 30, Dallas 32, Fort Worth 36, Austin 41, San Antonio 44, and Holman at 40 marking the coldest spell since March. Several towns reported frost and light frost in Fort Worth.
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Wichita
Palis
Harpersville
Dallas
Corstearia
San Angelo
Denison
Mercury
Ipurees
Holman
Midland
MuAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Fort Worth
Austin
San Antonio
Auturno
Submarine Runner Reported Lost Off Pacific
The navy announced today that the submarine Runner, a 1525 ton vessel, has been lost presumably in the Pacific. The loss brings wartime submarine losses to 14, with about 63 men reported casualties.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Work Halted At Ford Plant After Dispute
DETROIT October 27 an industrial disruption halted work in the magnesium smelter at the Fort Fort plant after a dispute between a foreman and a worker. The struck workers argued the foreman deserved a week’s layoff rather than the employee.
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Detroit
U. A
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Forecast indicates continued warm afternoon in San Antonio and vicinity with a slight cooling into Wednesday night and Thursday forenoon. East Texas expected to stay cool through Wednesday afternoon with little change overnight, frosty conditions northeast and near the upper coast, and light to heavy frost in some northern areas.
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San Antonio
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Eighth Air Force Officers Question Schweinfurt Tipoff
London reports that Eighth Air Force officers doubt a German advance warning influenced the Schweinfurt raid. They cite evidence contradicting a tipoff claim and say German defenses could not have been so well prepared without prior knowledge. Army sources note rumors harmed morale and questioned the string of precautions.
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