Russians Nearing Belgrade
Russian machinegunners in American jeeps with Yugoslav Partisans as guides pressed westward along the Danube less than 20 miles from Belgrade. Red Army forces swept eastern Yugoslavia of German resistance, while Tito Partisans ferried scouts to the Danube to aid the advance toward Belgrade. Malinovsky shifted a heavy armored force from Romania to free the capital, as another thrust aimed at isolating German troops in the lower Balkans.
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Moscow
Danube
Belgrade
Tisza
Red Army
Transylvania Alps
Danubian
Iron Gate
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Romania
Malinovsky
Greece
Balkans
Strike Closes Briggs Plants in Detroit
Five Briggs Manufacturing Company plants halted aircraft and buck parts production as 500 maintenance workers left their jobs. The Maintenance Construction and Powerhouse Workers Council had called the strike but then deferred it after agreeing to meet the War Labor Board on wage dispute procedures.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Maintenance, Construction and Powerhouse Workers Council
War Labor Board
War Veterans Have Choice Of Jobs In Postwar Era
Veterans representative Frank M Brown outlines how the U S Employment Office seeks to place veterans in preferred roles. About 26 veterans weekly are placed, focusing on postwar prospects, pay for suitable living, and use of Army training. When openings fail to satisfy, local employers are contacted for better matches. Continued on Fare 10.
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United States Employment Office
Frank M. Brown
VSES
Brown
U. S
Brewer TL. Stouffer
WMC
Washington County
Alfred E. Smith Dies, Former New York Governor
Alfred E. Smith, 70, longtime New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate nicknamed the "Happy Warrior" by Franklin D. Roosevelt, died at the Rockefeller Institute after lung congestion and heart failure. He rose from Manhattan's East Side to national politics, carried 41.2 percent in 1928, and split with Roosevelt after opposing the New Deal. His death follows a hospital stay for intestinal and liver issues, with family and public figures sending condolences.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Smith
John Healy
Arthur Smith
Francis J. Quiljiman
Happy Warrior
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seven Flour Mills Closed By Walkout In Kansas City
About 1,000 workers walked out at seven flour mills in Greater Kansas City, pausing production as they sought updates on contract talks with flour, feed and cereal firms. A district VP said the stoppage was a vote to hear progress, not a strike, with reports due after meetings resume tomorrow. Company officials offered no comment.
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Kansas City
A. Leveridge
Flour, Feed and Cereal Union
APL
Leveridge
Prediction of supersonic passenger flight stages in spee
London reports a House of Commons committee heard a forecast that future travelers may ride pilotless stratosphere planes faster than sound between New York and London. Sir Henry Tizard urged government funding of civil aviation research with a request for 4 million dollars.
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London
House of Commons
New York
Henry Tizard
McConnellsburg Pilot Missing After Jap Shipping Raid
Ralph Hammond of McConnellsburg Pennsylvania reported missing after serving as co pilot on an Army Mit shell bomber that failed to return following a daring rain on Japanese shipping off Paramushire in September.
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Ralph Hammond
McConnellsburg
No Army
Paramushire
Roosevelt Calls Al Smith A True Patriot In Death
President Roosevelt mourns former New York Governor Al Smith, praising him as a true patriot with heart mind and soul. He notes Smith’s courageous, integrity driven stance and administration as governor, and his unyielding honesty during his presidential campaign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
White House
al Smith
Navy reorganizes to allow King wider war-zone role
Washington reports a new Deputy Commander in Chief office creating a path for Admiral Ernest J. King to spend more time near Pacific operations. Vice Admiral R L S Edwards remains as his deputy as the fleet expands and war demands intensify. A recent meeting in San Francisco discussed aspects of the campaign with Nimitz.
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Washington
Japan
Ernest J. King
Navy
King
Rls. Edwards
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Parific
Nimitz
San Francisco
Francis Carey Dies in Baltimore Leader of Sugar Firm
Francis King Carey aged 66, longtime Baltimore lawyer industrialist and civic leader, chairman of the board of the National Sugar Manufacturing Company, died yesterday at his home after several months illness. He had been a prominent figure in Baltimore business and public life for many years.
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Francis Carey
Baltimore
Francis King Carey
The
National Sugar Manufacturing Company
Finds A Cure For Color Blindness
Baltimore physician Dr. Israel Duorine reports a method to retrain eyes with color charts to cure color blindness. He cites nine successful cases out of twelve in Army Air Corps volunteers and claims the condition is mental rather than nerve related, improvable by education.
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Baltimore
Army Air Corps
Israel Duorine
Baltimore News-Post
Garden Crops Produce Heavily in County Harvest
county truck crop growers report one of the best September growing periods in years beans of all varieties abundant in recent weeks a lima bean grower shipped about 500 quarts to the Pittsburgh market earning 60 to 85 cents a quart beans continue heavy production only a killing frost would stop harvest weather observer J A Miller notes October 16 as average first frost with a few tomato crops remaining but not doing well due to wind and frost risk the record spans 40 years of weather data
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Pittsburgh
J. A. Miller
Reedysville
Mr. Miller
Virginia Pilot Now Leads With 30 Nazis
London report notes Cant Henry W. Brown of Arlington Virginia has destroyed his 30th German plane for the U S Ninth Air Force. Brown holds 14 aerial victories and 16 ground kills. The Frederick County Bar Association opposes Maryland Court of Appeals reorganization and urges voters to oppose the constitutional amendment in the November 7 general election.
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London
Henry W. Brown
Arlington
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Frederick County Bar Association
Maryland Court of Appeals
Liberators Strike Balikpapan In Long SW Pacific Raid
Allied dispatch reports heavy four engine Liberators conducting the longest SW Pacific raid to hit Balikpapan on Borneo. More than 60 bombers fought 30 zeros, dropped 74 tons of bombs on the oil and fuel complex, destroying the Pandansari refinery and power plants, with targets described as crucial to Japan’s aviation gasoline supply.
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Allied
Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Balikapan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Pacific
Balikpapas
Ron Jeaders
Hollis Chase
Larchmont
Donald &. Bone
Garland
Utah
Balikpapan
British Soldiers Seek Home Leave to Start Families
London October 4 British soldiers with three years in the Middle East have flooded army authorities with requests for home leave to start families. War Minister Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons the total reached an unmanageable number. The policy was amended to restrict leaves to wives over 35, childless and able to bear children.
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London
Middle East
James Grigg
House of Commons
Wasps to Discontinue Operations December 20
Washington dispatch reports the Wasps, the Women Air Force Service Pilots, will go out of business December 20. General Henry H. Arnold announced the decision, saying enough men would be available for all military wing jobs at home and overseas. Wasp personnel numbered about 1,000.
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Washington
Wasps
Air Force
Hogh Arnold
Wasp
British oppose returning colonies to Italy says Eden
London October 4 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons the British government opposes returning colonies to Italy. He declared the government would stick to its declaration that Italy's empire in Africa is irrevocably lost.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Italy
Africa
Mother Thinks Loss Of Four Sons Enough, Wants 5th Back
In Tremonton Utah Oct 4 a tired Borgstrom family on a northwestern Utah farm mourns four sons lost to World War II. Alben Borgstrom and his wife seek discharge for their 23 year old son Boyd so he can return home. Clyde Le Roy Rolon and Rulon are listed among the deceased or missing. Mrs Borgstrom recalls Boyd earning corporal’s stripes after 18 months in the Pacific.
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Tremonton
Utah
Alben Borgstrom
France
South Pacific
Pfc
Boyd C. Borgstrom
Husky
Elden Borgstrom
Borgstroms
Marine Corps
Boyd
Camp Lejeune
F D R Calls To Lift Ban On Music Recordings
President Roosevelt telegrammed James Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians urging the ban on musical recordings be lifted. He argued the nation’s gain outweighs the union's loss and noted wartime constraints do not justify keeping the ban. The War Labor Board and Fred Vinson prepared directives for the Federation to withdraw the ban, but Petrillo has not complied.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians Union
War Labor Board and Stabilization
Fred Vinson
WLB
Federa Lion
Petrillo
Court of Appeals Reorganization Bill Questioned
A petition for a writ of mandamus seeks to block Anne Arundel County election officials from placing the Maryland Court of Appeals reorganization proposal on the ballot. The suit argues the measure is unconstitutional, as it amends multiple sections of the state constitution in one bill. Judge James E. Boylan ordered the election supervisors to show cause by Oct 10 and set Oct 14 for a hearing.
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Annapolis
Tle
James E. Boylan
Westminster
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Frank Stockett
Frank Marshall
Reese Wimbraw
Fire Fort Tunnels To Rout Defenders
A 48 hour truce began at 6 a m today in Dunkerque as Allied and German forces pause fighting to evacuate civilians. The front line dispatch from Allied Army Group HQ confirms a prior German radio claim of an arrangement with the Canadian commander.
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London
Germamfeld
Dunkerque
Reuters
Thousands of Allied Aircraft and Gliders Invasion of Holland
Britain reports about 6,000 American aircraft and gliders took part in the Holland airborne invasion with losses under three percent. Supplies and equipment totaled nearly 6,000,000 pounds, including ammunition artillery pieces jeeps and motorcycles.
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U. S
Britain
Holland
Williamsport to Stage Big Rally for McMullen in October
Williamsport Democrats outlined plans for a Roosevelt Tydings McMullen rally on October 21. Mayor Hawken will introduce Daniel F. McMullen as principal speaker. Community Park gathering heard Katherine K E Byron and Harold F. Bester urge intense voter turnout and united campaign efforts.
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Roosevelt-Tydings
Pianist Laszlo Bartal Reported Killed in Action
Word from friends in Hagerstaine confirms Master Laszlo Bartal, a concert pianist from New York, killed in France. Bartal served in the First Army as a Master Sergeant and was at a military camp before overseas service last November. Born in Hungary, he had lived in the United States for many years.
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Hagersteine
Laszlo Bartal
Cvoncest
New York
France
Te First Army
Bartal
Turnefore
Hungary
Lifts Ban On Pre-Boned Fuel Oil Use Pre-Rolled Coupons
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration has lifted a ban on pre-boned fuel oil users and allowed pre-rolled coupons to be validated. The board is mailing fuel oil coupons for the season and urges renewal applicants to act promptly.
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Washington
Thomas Bittle
Bittle
Asen
First Army pushes through Siegfried defenses near Metz
American forces seize Fort Driant, strongest Metz fortress bastion, as 1st Army breakthroughs cut deep into Siegfried line. Doughboys torch tunnels, breach west-wall defenses, while 8th units push toward Aachen and Luxembourg border amid poor weather and scarce air support. Front dispatch notes ongoing gains and reformed German battle groups.
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London
Fort Driant
Metz
Tn Rhine
Cologne
Aachen
Moselleriers
Mazieres Les Metz
Moselle
Courtney Hodges
L Army
Ubach
Siegfried Uines
Gladbach
Ai la-Chapelle
Amy
Germany
Siegfried Line
Yesterda
SHAEF
Nazi Resistance In Italy Stiffens Amid Allied Drive
In Rome on April 4 the Fifth Army reported slight gains after a 21 mile advance through stiff German resistance. Mud and opposition slowed American progress along Apennine valley roads north of the range. Clear weather aided artillery and limited German road movements as Braham division and Fifth Army pressed the coastfront.
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Rome
Fifth Arm
Apennines
Vadler
Fifth Army
Braam
180 More Arrive At Newton Baker Hospital
A report details 180 more arrivals at Newton Baker Hospital. The text notes veterans of overseas service, including European theaters, arriving for care and hospital expansion, with references to hospital transfer and regional medical staff.
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Newton Baker Hospital
Segion
New End
Baker General Minginsnugge
Specia Trent
Mead Impes
Pfc Earl Weaver Missing In Action
Pfc Earl Weaver is reported missing in action. The notice lists him among soldiers presumed lost during active service with details limited to the unit and date of the report. Families await official confirmation as searches continue.
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Pfc
Earl Weaver
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Howard Betts
Wiliamsport
Belgium
F.D.R
Wires Petrillo
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Daniel F. McMullen
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