Germans and Balkan Satellites Restive as Red Advance
Berlin and Balkan dispatches describe German anxiety over the Soviet Dnieper advance and the likely end of retreat in Russia. Propaganda emphasizes defense gains while observers fear autumn rains delay the front and threaten Italy. Bulgarian officials push food levies as Moscow pressures Sofia.
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Swizerlang
Mon
Dnieper
Givik
Russia
Goebbels
Italy
Berlin
Basel Nationalzeitung
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
German retreat reported as winter edge tightens on Dnieper
The Gazette de Lausanne cites Bucharest reports of German withdrawal with Hiller's approval while Romania fears Russia nears the border. Widespread worry and gloomy Bucharest military chatter describe an untenable Dnieper line this winter.
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Kiev
Hiller
Gazette de Lausanne
Bucharest
Russia
Dnieper
OPA Sets Hog and Gin Price Ceilings in New Orders
OPA announced new price ceilings for hogs and gin imported products. Hogs will be capped at 14 to 75 per hundredweight and gin bottled for 20 to 25 cents more per bottle. George C. Pugh, a district OPA official, cited wholesale and retail markups. Purchasers of livestock from 4-H members must use ration stamps if meat is to be custom-slaughtered.
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OPA
Chester Bowles
Mexico
Cabaldate
George C. Pugh
Chile
W. ©. Marshall
Marshall Field II Buys 19 Million in War Bonds
Chicago heir Marshall Field II buys 19 million dollars in war bonds on his 50th birthday and takes control of additional estate assets valued at 70 to 75 million. Harold Swift receives a 10 thousand dollar check from Carl Weitzel as Field’s estate transfer is completed. Field, founder of the Chicago Sun and publisher of PM, is a key beneficiary of Marshall Field I’s residuary estate.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Harold H. Swift
Clinois War Finance Committee
Carl J. Weitzel
Marshall Field Estate
Weitzel
Field
Marshall Field I
The
Chicago Sun
Teris
First Field
New York
Marshall Field Wool Company
Suspended Deputy Quits Amid Federal Investigation
Deputy Sheriff Fannis H. Macias resigned Tuesday morning claiming a higher paying job, while Sheriff Owen W. Kilday pending inquiry over multiple complaints. Otis Menés faced theft charges for taking $1250 from Antonio Martinez Sanchez and a $12.50 fee, having guaranteed Sanchez’s bond and later seeking re-arrest.
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Coppeuown Vy Sherif
Owen W. Kilday
Fanniesz H. Macias
Macias
Sheriff’s Office
Otis Meneés
Antonio Martinez Sanchez
Menes
Sanchez
Liberty
Maeins
Meneswald
Four U Boats Victims of Navy Flier
Navy records credit Lieut. Robert Perahing Williams of Snoqualmie Washington with sinking two U boats and possibly damaging a third during Atlantic anti-submarine patrols aboard the Lexington and Avengers. His crewmates included Lieut. Earl Steiger radioman Marcus Grinstead and Melvin Paden. The actions over six weeks yielded 65 rescued crew members from U boats and involved multiple engagements with pursuing destroyers.
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Washingauls
Dept
Navy
Lexington
Atlantic
Robert Perahing Williams
Snoqualmie
Wash
Williams
Earl H. Steiger
Buffalo
N.Y
Marcus C. Grinstead
Letts
Town
Melvin H. Paden
Salinas
pCaiil
Paden
Brelger
Steiger
Charles W. Brewer
Tulsa
Stinger
James F. Scopy
Bade
Iowa
Beig
Willams
Calf Slaughtering Trial Opens
Kenneth Robert Guy 18 of 236 Pear Walk on Route 1 faces trial in Criminal District court for illegally slaughtering a calf owned by FL L. danszen. Deputies found a hunting knife scabbard marked Ken Guy near the carcass as the jury was drawn. His attorney Leonard Brown said the defendant would plead innocent.
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FL L. Danszen
Route 1
Kenneth Robert
Guy
Pear Walk
Criminal District Court
Ken Guy
Leonard Brown
Ken
800 Dogs Needed From Southwest
Southwest call for 800 dogs to support the fighting front as part of a fall quota for Texas and Louisiana. Training camps nationwide are preparing about 6000 dogs every six to eight weeks. Any breed meeting physical qualifications is accepted, with a minimum weight requirement.
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Daylas
Southwest
Texas
Louisiana
IS A Navigator Becomes Captain in Rome Raid
Lieutenant Jack Garven promoted to captain after leading as navigator on the first Allied bombing raid on Rome. He previously saw action in the North African campaign and is cited for his role in Sardinia, Sicily, and other raids. The White House disclosed the promotion and related service.
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Jack ‘I. Garven
Sal Antonio
Rome
Garven
Washington
White House
Sardinia
Sicily
Railroad Emergency Board
North Pine Street
Teilwarriore
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Balkan
Red Advance
San Jacinto
Goebblels
Home Front
Bulgaria
Bungary
Bulganis
Eng Boris
Nav
Sofia
Tivinpary
Jesse Jones
Jeff
Tom Connally
First Federal
Hell
Heaven
Pomecelio
Br Scholl Ino Pads
BN Atoll
Rail Board
IS. A
Denmark
Stockholm
Kurt Daluege
Gestapo
Hermann von Hannecken
Dagens Nyheter
Daluege
Roosevelt
Vinson
Maor
America
Greyhound
United States
Office of Defense Transporation
Richard R. Meade
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines
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