Report Assault On Budapest In Final Phase
London reports Soviet storm troops push into Budapest southern suburbs and seize control of the Danube to Tisza corridor. Marshal Malinovsky’s forces advance from north and east to join the siege as fighting resumes in East Prussia and German divisions face pressure in Latvia and Lithuania.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Dodion
Malinovsky
Danube
Tisza
East Prussia
Izvestia
Mie
Latvia
Lithuania
Night Shift Worker Prevents Major Fire at Woodford Ave
A night shift worker returning home at 236 Woodford Avenue discovered a smothered blaze in the second floor of a two family house. Ernest Erb, who lived there, used a bucket of water to quell the flames, saving the first floor occupied by the Ramey J. Coon family. The fire damaged two feet of floor, scorched wallpaper, and burned baseboard. a basket of waste paper was destroyed. Quid Company No 1 responded and was on scene for 25 minutes.
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Woodford Avenue
Ernest Erb
Ramey J. Coon
Helen Korim
Boehe
Erb
Com
Quid Company No 1 Res
Real Estate Tax Duplicate Shows Increase in Elyria
County Auditor Frank Ayres reports Elyria real estate duplicate rising about 460000 from last year. The new duplicate totals roughly 39864000, boosted by new houses on East Broad Street and Gulf Road sections and planned additions from ongoing industrial valuations.
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Elyria
Frank Ayres
East Broad Street
Rand Gulf Road
Sees Early Victory For America In the Philippines
Philippine Commonwealth official Gen. Carlos Romulo spoke to the American people on the 14th anniversary of the commonwealth in Leyte. He predicted next year will see the expulsion of the Japanese and the inauguration of a Philippine republic, noting ConVis had provided for independence prior to July 4, 1946 and expressing certainty of an early American victory.
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Hilippine Commonwealth
Leyte
Carlos Romulo
Philippines
Commonwealth
Philippine Republic
Romulo
Convis
Philippine
America
Ohio Weather Turns Cooler With Showers Tonight
Mostly cloudy and cooler in Ohio with a few showers tonight. Thursday turns nastier with more cloudiness and much colder air. Flurries likely in the northwest, while showers trend to snow in the east and south portions. Markets today found on page four ge?
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Ohio
LaGrange Youth Wounded in France on Oct 1
Jr. Stanley Hodak son of Mr and Mrs George Hodak of LaGrange is reported seriously wounded in France on October 1 He is a Latrange High School graduate who entered service in January 1941 and has been overseas since January of this year His wife Dorothy Yarosh also resides in LaGrange.
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Stanley Rodak
George Hodak
LaGrange
France
Latrange
Dorothy Yarosh
FDR to Take Oath at the White House
President Roosevelt will become the first chief executive to take the oath on the White House south portico marking a historic first while eliminating the Capitol inauguration stands. He will be the second president sworn in at the White House after Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 and the third since 1829 to avoid the Capitol east steps. Plans for the fourth inaugural were announced by Edwin A. Halsey and David Lynn, noting cost savings from skipping Capitol stands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Rutherford B. Hayes
Capitol
Edwin A. Halsey
Senate
Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee
David Lynn
Electoral College Described as Outworn by Democrats
Washington lawmakers called the current electoral college grotesque and outworn and urged constitutional amendment. Rep Clarence Lea proposed a plan to award states votes by statewide popular percentages, retaining total electors but splitting them per outcome. Worley echoed the critique, saying the system is outdated and cumbersome.
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Washington
Democratic House
Reps
Clarence
Lea
D. Calif
Eugene Wurley
D. Texas
House
Presidential Elections Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Oklahoma
Worley
War Food Chief Proposes 1945 Production Plan
Washington War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged a national 1945 food program to match this year’s record supply. Plans target 464 million acres planted, up from 340 million, with modest increases in pig, cattle, slaughter and milk production and a 16 percent cut in something linked to output.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
British proposed intervention in Soviet conflict sparks debate
London reports a parliamentary proposal for Britain to intervene in a Soviet Franco-leaning crisis, with Labour's Morgan Price urging Britain to push for negotiations among Russia Britain and the United States. In Moscow a Red Army spokesman warns of an anti Russia government coup. Cologne reports Gestapo hanged 21, as residents protest war. Don Gregg, 17, dies from football injury in Rock Island Davenport game. Boston faces walkout threats as AFL truckers strike amid potential military seizure to avert a grain shortage.
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London
Britain
Roversy
Viet
Moscow
Red Army
Win
Tran
Morgan Price
Russia
United States
Rock Island
Don Gregg
Davenport
Ita
Gregg
Nazis Evacuate City Near Budapest, Reports Say
London dispatch says German troops evacuated the Hungarian railway center of Staszbereny, twelve miles east of Budapest, as part of a shifting front.
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London
Areney
Geman
Staszbereny
Budapest
French Fleet To Far East Units Prepare For Action
Paris Liberation Suit reports major French fleet units will reach the Far East soon to join the 35,080 ton battleship Richelieu against Japan. Stalin invites Gen. Charles De Gaulle to a Moscow conference and he will depart shortly, according to disclosures.
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Paris
Far East
Richelieu
Liberation Suit
Josef Stalin
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Germany expects V-3 weapon within weeks, reports say
Zurich reports quote preliable German sources that the V-3 secret weapon may appear in a few weeks. Production delays followed Allied air strikes on Peenemunde. The radio piloted 15 ton device reportedly carries payload up to three to four tons per target at about 600 miles with potential US bombardment range.
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Zurich
Germany
Peenemunde
Baltic
United States
Himmler Seizes Power as Hitler Falters Dictator Crisis
London reports claimed Heinrich Himmler, head of the Gestapo, has effectively succeeded ailing or insane Adolf Hitler as acting Fuehrer and dictator of Germany. Britain and press agencies cited evidence of Himmler’s expanded control over armed forces, labor, and state machinery, with Hitler’s health and whereabouts still shrouded in mystery.
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Gestapo
Hitler
London
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Eles
Reich
Britain
Frank Kang
The
Times
Goering
Bjorn Bjornson
Fromunmitater
Oritton
Hunmier
Summier
Himomiler
Konstantin “Hien
Purdinoia
London Daily Express
Grd
Ota Vor.Eicken
Hiller
News-Chronicle
Eicken
Neighbors Plan Party for Boy's Last Christmas
In Cheyenne Wyoming neighbors organize a Christmas party for nubbin s Hoffman a gravely ill three year old boy. Santa is scheduled to visit his home and a park worker delivered a trimmed tree from a city park to brighten Nubbin s holiday. The Hoffman family hopes for a few good days as doctors fear the illness is terminal and neighbors aim to celebrate Nubbin s final Christmas with a festive gathering.
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Wyu
Forest
Nubuins
Huffein
Santa Claus
Santa
Nubbins
Marshill H. Hoffman
Hoffman
George L., Kemp
Clty
Christine
Laure Day
Eleven New Polio Cases Reported in Ohio
The Ohio health department reported 11 new polio cases, raising the year total to 1,128. Counties include Hamilton with six cases, plus Cuyahoga and Darke, and Stark. The report notes infantile paralysis cases across the state amid ongoing surveillance.
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Ohio
Columbus
Hamilton
Cuyahola
Darke
Stark
Reports Show Rise in Personal Tax Collections Countywide
County Treasurer Waller J. Wadulu released comparative figures showing personal tax collections for the two periods this year at 1,?19,? vs $620,516 in 1943. The last half brought in $429,589, including $389,262 in current general taxes and $31,450 in current classified taxes plus $8,? and $83 interest on delinquent taxes. First half totaled $212,190 with $92,852 in current general aid and similar current classified tax receipts. Distribution to the county auditor's department is underway.
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Ayer Lust
Waller J. Wadulu
Sixth War Loan Drive Workers Meet Tomorrow
Preparations for the Sixth War Loan opening are underway in Elyria with a meeting Thursday night at the First Congregational Church to receive instructions and working kits. Major W Banks will speak, a Navy motion picture to be shown, and 16 solicitors named for the downtown area under chiefs Whiteman and Augur. campaign runs Monday to December 16 with a county quota of 8.401 million and Elyria quota of 4.569 million, chaired by Howard J Rawdon.
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Bly
Variough
W. Banks
E.W. Augur
Clack Munnaford
R. F. Allen
Kenneth Stroh
BR. V. Russell
Albert
Dersuti
Mark Willis
Everett W. Palmer
Karl W. Plochet
Harold Jagusch
Dara Shatzer
J. E. Agate
Oscar G. Dunn
Claude F. Bronson
G. Curtiss
A. C. Hudnute
Elemes
Loriin County
Elyria
Howard J. Rawdon
Oberlin
Snow Falls In Five Western States Snow Storm Moves East
A major snow event spread across five western states Tuesday and today, with up to 10 inches in the Black Hills of South Dakota and four to six inches in Wyoming. Montana reported two inches, North Dakota one to three inches, and light snow in northwest Nebraska. The system, with temperatures as low as eight degrees above zero in North Dakota, was expected to move into Minnesota, Iowa, and the Upper Great Lakes in milder form tonight, with snow flurries possible in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan and rain in other Midwestern states. Strong winds up to 40 mph were forecast over Lake Michigan as storm warnings remained in effect.
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South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
North Dahow
Nebraska
Neberaska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Upper Lakes
Lews
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ore Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
German General Fria Yvort Brodowski Killed in Escape Bid
Paris report in France Libre states German General Fria Yvort Brodowski was killed by FEIT guards during an attempted escape from Besancon internment camp. The diary allegedly shows he ordered mass atrocities, including the destruction of Oradour Sur Glane where 600 women and children perished in a church fire set by his troops.
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Paris
France Libre
Fria Yvort Brodowski
Besancon
Brodowski
Oradour-Sur Glane
Limoges
Borowdaki
Three Oberlin Residents Injured In Route 58 Crash
Three Oberlin residents were injured at 3 am when their car struck a parked vehicle on Route 58 near Schramm Road. Driver Charles Crogby, 22, suffered a broken nose. Alma Osmer, 29, and Geraldine Parker sustained forehead lacerations. They were taken to Allen Hospital, Oberlin. Rain and skid conditions were reported. the parked car was driven by Jane Brumby of Wellington.
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Oberlin
Route
Schramm Road
Sheriff Department
Charles Crogby
Alma Osmer
Geraldine Parker
Allen Hospital
Crosby
Jane Brumby
R. D
Wellington
Missing in Action Pre. Harold Dahnke Jr. 1944 report
Harald Dahnke Jr a 22 year old Elyria High and Oberlin College graduate has been reported missing in action in France since October 22 He entered the Army in May 1943 and went overseas in September 1944 He served with an engineering unit His parents Mr and Mrs Harold Dahnke Sr reside at 819 East Avenue and his wife formerly Miss Jean Vropman lives in Cleveland.
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Harald Dahnke Jr
Ely+ra High School
Oberlin College
France
Harold Dahnke
Eost Avenue
Jean Vropman
Cleveland
14 More Jap Ships Blasted In Manila Area
American carrier air groups damaged or sunk 14 Japanese ships and 130 plus planes in a Luzon area raid near Manila Bay. Ground forces pressed toward Ormoc in Leyte, enveloping Japanese units while carrier strikes hit Cavite and Manila Bay docks.
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Pearl Harbor
Mantle Bay
Luzon
Philippines
Carrier Task Groupe
Pacific
Tokyo
Manila Bay
Leyte
Alr
Ormoc
Maii Bay
Willan
Halsey
Frederick C. Sherman
Carter
Maila Bay
Cavite Navy Yard
Legaspi
Manila
Clark
Armerican
Mayor Reserves 50 Elephants From Burma
Mayer A. BR. Agate amasses about 650 elephants in his collection. Captain Russell Rupert in Burma sent 50 carved ivory elephants that arrived in a mail letter inside a pea sized bean. Each figure is a precise miniature, challenging the mayor’s claim of the world’s smallest elephants in his gallery.
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Mayer A. BR. Agate
Russell Rupert
Burma
Air Amazing
Capt
Rupert
Uae
Forts Fall as Allied Forces Advance Toward Metz
Allied forces push to Metz as Patton’s 3rd Army secures three more inner forts and advances from Mars to tighten the ring. In Holland the British 2nd Army breaches the first German line near Venlo and Roermond, creating four bridgeheads amid heavy artillery fire.
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Metz
Holland
United Press War
Robert Richards
Transocean
Agi
Eart
Rhine
Mars
George 5
Fort Hubert
Jussy
Fort Driant
Feltre
Magny
Richards
Venlo
Roermond
Noorder
Wessem
Ronald Clark
United Press
Mars Shal
Sir Bernard
Montgomery
2Iet Army Group
Stratocruiser Will Carry Hundred Passengers
Seattle reports Boeing announces the stratocruiser a giant double deck 100 passenger transport with top speed around 400 mph and 3500 mile range. The postwar plan follows B 29 lines with 141 ft wings and 140 ft fuselage powered by four engines. Initial tech flight completed and service prospects cited by Boeing chairman.
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Seattle
Boeing Airscraft Co
Boeing
C. L. Egwedt
Aidh
Egtvedt
Thanksgiving Ride Share Call To Help Fellow Travelers
A note invites drivers with spare seats to offer rides for Thanksgiving on buses and trains, urging generosity and cost sharing. The message mentions a Crubble Telee gram Transport system and a call to join in aiding those traveling home for the holiday.
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