Inside Story of Gen Stilwell Removal And Parade Night
Elyria headlines promise a Halloween parade at seven with thousands in downtown crowds and cider stands at Fly Park. Darrell Berrigan reports on Stilwell recall amid U S China policy clashes and Chiang Kai-shek demands for army reform and unification, detailing the conflict and proposed leadership changes.
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Darrell Berrigan
United Press
Joseph W. Sttwell
Ching
China
Washington
Kaima Chiang Kai-Shek
Puist
Far East
Stilwell
United States
Chiang
Clarence Gauss
U. S
Chauss
Nistine
Patrick Hurley
Donald Nelson
Chungking
Hurley
Nelson
Chang
Roosevelt
East Chilia
H S Students Buy Bonds And Stamps At Elyria High
Elyria High School students raise funds for War Bonds and Stamps with a goal of 6000 dollars by December third, in honor of the Pearl Harbor attack, to equip field ambulances for the armed forces. To date 82069 in bonds and stamps sold in three weeks, three teams Reds Whites Blues compete. Whites lead with 1519 dollars, Reds 469, Blues 313.
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Elyria High School
Mme Ua
Wieqos
Geal
Bhy Achaul
Uecem
Anniersary
Boors Harbor
Gladye Fowl
Reds
Lincoln Wilding
Lee
Tey
Bombs Hit Southern England Amid Air Attacks
German flying bombs struck southern England causing widespread damage and panic. Thousands sought shelter as anti-aircraft fire lit the sky and fragments rained down. A hotel was wrecked, with five to seven people killed and several others injured.
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London
England
Diure Duane
Weather note on clouds wind and warmer temperatures
The report notes considerable cloudiness and windy conditions with a slight warming trend. It mentions nights turning not so cold and hints at after midweek mildness for the following days.
New Air Blows Boost Toll Of Jap Ship Losses
Pearl Harbor reports nine days of renewed aerial assaults in the Philippines raise Japanese shipping losses to 62 to 64 ships sunk or damaged and enemy casualties estimated between 25,000 and 35,000. US air and naval forces claim multiple cruisers and cargo vessels hit while carrier planes attacked targets around Manila, Cebu, and Cavite, with a heavy toll on Japanese ships and several battleships sustaining damage.
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Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Pmurat Walikima FP
Massey
Manila
Lusen
Cebu
Air Dankeer Ang
Maula
Cavite
Smipe Sung
Halsey
Elyrian Receives Purple Heart
Mrs. John M. Gull of Homer Street received notice from the War Department that her husband T Sgt John M. Gull has been awarded the Purple Heart and Presidential Citation for wounds suffered in September. He has been discharged from the hospital and is back in action. Gull was wounded near Saipan after confronting a Japanese fighter who tossed a grenade. He was wounded in the leg, back, and hand after leaping aside. Gull entered service in 1941 and spent two years in Hawaii before going to Saipan in July.
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John M. Gull
Homer Street
Te War Department
Gull
Saipan
Hawai
Reds Launch Drive On Konigsberg After Southern Prong Repulsed
Soviet forces repulsed strong German counterattacks south of Gostap in East Prussia as Red Army units prepared for a new push toward Konigsberg. German assaults halted by Soviet artillery and small arms fire left hundreds dead, with fourteen German tanks and six armored vehicles knocked out.
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Moscow
Sevieteling
East Prussia
Red Army
Konigsberg
Gostap
Selse
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Budapest
Warsaw
Praga
Berlin
Danube
Tisza
Yugoslavia
Voza
Ivan ¥. Petrov
Atramian
Huemennh
President Roosevelt to Speak From White House Thursday Night
President Roosevelt will deliver a radio speech from the White House Thursday night as part of his campaign schedule. Details on exact time were not finalized, with plans to broadcast from 9 to 9 45 p m EWT on NBC and CBS.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
Cleveland
Detroit
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Boston
EWT
NBC
CBS
Fenway Park
Bridgeport
Conn
Hartford
Springfield
Mass
Lt Klein Returns To Duty After Wounding In Italy
Lt Benjamin Klein of Cincinnati, formerly a local attorney, returned to duty with his tank destroyer unit in Italy after a second bout of wounds. His wife Mrs Lucille Klein of 1311 East Avenue learned of the latest injury from a friend who saw him in a hospital. He previously recovered from a severe wound last summer after seven weeks in hospital and has been overseas since June 1943. He holds the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster. Mrs Klein is active in Civil Air Patrol and holds a pilot license.
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Benjamin Mucin
Italy
Lucille Klein
East Avenue
Klein
Feg
Lt. Klein
Cincinnati
Army
Iwrain Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Dewey To Speak At Eight This Evening
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the presidential candidate, will address listeners this evening. The speech is to be broadcast on WTAM at eight o clock Elyria time.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
WTAM
Elyria
Awarded Purple Heart to Podraski infantry rifleman
Mr and Mrs Antoni Podraski of 437 West River Street announce their son Pic Stanley P Podraski has been awarded the Purple Heart. He was wounded by shrapnel in Normandy last July 4 sustaining injuries to both legs and the right thigh while serving as an infantry rifleman. He is a former Elyria High student who joined the Army on August 10 1943 and has been overseas since last April.
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Antoni Podraski
West River Street
Pic
Stanley P. Podraski
Normandy
Vic. Podraski
Elyria High Schoo
U. S. Army General Hospital
England
Americans Are Trying To Cut Leyte In Two
General MacArthur reported from Leyte that American and Filipino troops have reconquered all of Leyte and Samar in ten days of invasion. He noted American casualties totaling 322,706 killed, 270 missing and 2,245 wounded as Japanese defenders retreated toward Ormoc.
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General MacArthur
Leyte
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Samar
FCC
Transocean Dispatch
Tacloban
Lyte
New Gallus
Ormoc
Red-Muile
Cumores
Ceabu
Douglas MacArethur
Mevte
Cebu
MacArthur
Allied forces reach near Bologna amid coastal advances
American troops of the Fifth Army press toward Bologna with eight miles to go, crossing the Ronco River near Meldola and Seizing positions along the Rimini road. Brazilian and Allied units push through coastal lines near Musso and the Serchio river as naval ships shelled enemy coastal batteries near the Franco Italian border.
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Rome
Ronca
Meldula
Forlitu
Bologna
Rimini
Fifth Army
Runco River
Eighth Army
Andigny
Bologia
Serchio
Musso
Celomini
U.S
Plunket
Jeanne U'Arc
Shaw elected to Republican County Executive Committee
Floyd Shaw, a county party and Elyria City Republican Committee member, was chosen by Elyria committeemen to replace Frank B. Stevens on the Republican County Executive Committee. The same night members received party literature for home distribution this week.
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Floyd Shaw
Elyria
Dunn Attacks Judge Nye Over Juvenile Detention Data
County Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn criticized Juvenile Judge H. M. Nye for failing to provide data on juvenile delinquency and expected costs of a $100,000 detention home. Dunn said commissioners asked Nye months ago for figures on cases, probation, detention, and staffing, but Nye has not supplied any report. He noted the need to know costs and funding sources before action.
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H. MH. Nye
Hone
Oscar G. Dunn
Victory Hall
Nye
Dunn
Dodge Nye
Audiwhees
Aso
Atieme
Nye King
Dunn Sind
Altough
Five East Avenue Home Damaged By Fire
Carlile Township firemen battled a two story residence at 1403 East Avenue owned by Lester L Post. A defective chimney caused the blaze which damaged the roof attic and second floor while first floor and many cans of fruit remained undamaged. Estimated damage pegged at $1,000. Mrs. Post was at home during the incident.
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Carlile Township Ove
Lester L Post
East Avenue
Dewey Speaks At Buffalo Tonight
Governor Thomas E Dewey campaigns in the closing week before the November 7 election targeting New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Maryland with planned speeches across major cities including Baltimore and Philadelphia as he seeks electoral support and to extend voting time in New York.
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Albany
E. Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Mary Yan
New Jerrey
Maryland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Bombing Raid Drops 4480 Tons On Cologne Night
London reports RAF heavy bombers and over 1000 planes delivered a massive 4480 tons of explosives on Cologne in a six raid spread. Four engined Halifaxes and Lancasters dropped up to four ton bombs while Mosquitoes conducted diversion attacks on Berlin. Canadian crews all returned safely as Cologne becomes the war’s most bombed city with over 45000 tons dropped.
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London
RAF
Cologne
Germany
Berlin
Cobrig Reli
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Veteran R P Banks to Speak at War Loan Drive Meeting
Major R P Banks a veteran of two World Wars will speak at the Elytia workers general pre campaign meeting for the Sixth War Loan Drive on November 14 at the First Congregational church. The campaign runs November 20 to December 16 with Barry Wo Luethi as campaign chairman. Banks served with the 90th Division in World War I and recently completed two years with an Army intelligence unit in the Pacific theater. He was engaged in the insurance business on Cleveland between the wars.
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R. P. Banks
Elytia
First Congregational Church
Wall Cone
Barry Wo Luethi
Chinsman
Banks
S0th
South Pauhig
Cleveland
Elyria Infantryman Wounded In Action
Pfc. Fred G. Binggelt, 33, infantryman, was slightly wounded in action in Malaya on Oct. 1. The War Department informed his wife, Margaret, of 221 Beech Street. He entered service in Day, 102, leaving employment at The Rudge Tool Co. He was sent overseas last June. The Binggelts have a two year old daughter Caroline. Two brothers, Cpl. Ernie and Pvt. Albert Binggelt, are with the U. S. Marines in the South Pacific.
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Fred G. Binggelt
Maly
War Department
Margaret
Beech Street
Binggelt
Rudge Tool Co
Binggelis
Caroline
Cpl
Ernie
Pvt
Albert Binggel
U. S. Marines
South
Pacifc
Allied armies close on Tilburg and Walcheren Island
Allied forces report a victorious advance in southwest Netherlands as German resistance collapses near Tilburg. Canadian and British assault units clear South Beveland and storm the Walcheren causeway, enabling Schelde estuary access for Antwerp. Air strikes destroy gun positions and supply dumps while German defenses melt away across the Maas.
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Bupreme
Paris
Southwest
Felege
Tilbira
Ferete
Antererp
Miles C. ‘Enits
Lower
Maes
Capalie
Tilburg
Rasmedonk
Cots
Mara
South
Beveland
Walcheren Island
Thig
Antwerp
Walcheren
Schelde
Netherlands
Ard Panger Grénsadier
2Nd Panzer Divisione
Eight Receive Scout Awards At Troop 136 Court of Honor
Eight members of Boy Scout Troop 136 received awards at a Court of Honor held at the First Moth odjutchurch. James Oster earned the Eagle Scout badge, presented by H J Ryan with his mother pinning the badge. Cecil Garland and Robert Wolf received the Star and Life Scout badges. Merit badges went to Oster Wolf Garland Densby Nichols. Second Class badges went to Falkenhof Bens Wessey Rifenburg. Don McGinley and Mickey Coleier joined Tenderfoot Scouts. Douglas Hines named Senior Patrol Leader with Glenn Watson as Junior Assistant. Dr CA Seabright presided. camping-trip photos shown. The meeting closed with a song period and light refreshments. About 34 members, committee members, parents and friends attended.
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Boy Scout Troop 136
James Oster
Troop 136
H. J. Ryan
M. Oster
Cecil Garland
Robert Wolf
Charles Densby
Vale Jace Nichols
Awarte Jed
Jock Falkenhof
Blair Bens Wessey
Norman Rifenburg
Don McGinley
Mickey Cole ‘Ier
Tenderfont Souts
Douglas Hines
Glenn Watson
Secute Masta
Motion Picnes
CA. Seabright
Hiqpor
Pfc. Charles Meek Wounded In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meek of 212 North Olive receive a telegram from the War Department reporting their son Pfc. Charles C. Meek age 19 wounded in action overseas with General Patton s army since April and later mal improvement. He had previously written September 9 that he was wounded and a German prisoner in France and later freed when Allied troops retook towns.
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Charles Meek
North Olive Street
War Department
Pfc
Charles C. Meek
General Patton
Weird Army
Mari Mal Improvement
Veg
Wohon
A Look Around Can Pay Plenty Upstairs Downstairs
Fragmentary OCR text describes household items stored away and kept for use, with a sense of practicality and thrift. It hints at clutter, unused goods, and the idea that many things are still valuable and worth keeping despite not being in current use. The tone suggests a feature on home storage.
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Tyne
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