Reds Capture Tallinn and Push to Break Baltic Gate
The Red army seized Tallinn the Estonian capital and naval base, opening the Gulf of Finland to Soviet fleets. A Baltic campaign pressed on as Govorov’s forces advanced 50 miles in 24 hours, reclaiming vast Estonian territory amid German retreat toward the Gulf of Riga. The Warsaw front reported Polish patriots contacting Red troops after Russians crossed the Vistula, while new victories expanded Soviet reach across eastern Europe.
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London
Red Army
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Hungary
Romania
Warsaw
Vistula
Moscow
Berlin
Estonia
Finland
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Tapa
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Gulf of Riga
Roosevelt to Make Radio Talk Tonight
President Roosevelt announced no plans for political speeches beyond a Saturday night address and a October 5 radio talk to Democratic workers. He is preparing his first campaign speech for 1944 to be delivered at a dinner in Washington for the A. F. L. Teamsters union.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
A. F. L. Teamsters’ Union
Italian Battle Enters Its Final Phase
German hopes of holding northern Italy through winter shattered as 12 Nazi divisions fall back into the Po valley. Greek and Canadian troops cross Marecchia river near Rimini, rupturing Gothic line defenses and enabling Gen. Sir Harold Alexander to press a decisive armored offensive. The battle of Italy continues as Allied forces gain maneuver room.
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Rome
Italy
Marecchia
Adriatic
Rimini
Harold Alexander
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Dewey Outlines Broad Social Program for Nation
Governor Thomas E. Dewey laid out a wide social program at a Los Angeles rally to expand social security protections to farmers, service workers, nonprofit and self employed people. He urged unemployment insurance expansion, state control of employment services, broader medical aid, and a veterans service agency to help returning soldiers. The plan aims to carry forward wartime progress into peacetime government.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Memorial Coliseum
Veterans’ Service Agency
Dewey Speech Urges Rebuilding Faith in America
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey spoke in Los Angeles urging belief in the American economic system and people. He described travel from Albany to Coeur d’Alene and along the West Coast as proof against defeatist New Deal ideas and said the country remains young vigorous and capable of growth.
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Los Angeles
Thomas E. Dewey
Coliseum
Albany
Coeur d'Alene
Pacific Coast
Seattle
America
Japanese Fear Invasion Of Philippines Threat Widens
U S Marines on Peleliu face stubborn Japanese defenses as five enemy guns are captured on Umburbrogal mountain. U S carriers strike Luzon targets including Clark and Nichols fields while Manila fears invasion and martial law is proclaimed in Manila.
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Washington
Peleliu
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Umburbrogal Mountain
Angaur Island
81St
Manila
Japan
Philippines
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
William F. Halsey
Clark and
Nichols
Subic Bay
Cavite Naval Base
Luzon Island
Bataan
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Mindanao
East Indies
Halmahera Island
United Press
San Francisco
Jose P. Laurel
U. S
Palaus
Bidault demands full equality in postwar German occupation talks
Paris dispatch reports French foreign minister Georges Bidault insisting France be allowed participation on equal footing in the military occupation of Germany and in all negotiations shaping postwar European settlement.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Bidault
France
Germany
Governors Oppose Missouri Valley Authority Plan
Governors from Kansas Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Wyoming and Missouri voiced opposition to Roosevelts Missouri Valley Authority proposal at a valley governors meeting in Omaha. They argued a TVA style agency does not fit basin development and preferred regional control rather than a TVA model.
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Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Missouri Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
TVA
Omaha
Forrest Donnell
Missouri
Sharpe
South Dakota
Missouri River States’ Committee
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
MVA
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hundreds Register on Final Day for Fall Election
Hundreds of Butte residents crowded the office of Addis Mc Grath to register on the final day for the general election on November 7. Officials said registration has been heavy all week and they cannot estimate total additions to the eligibility books since the July primary.
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Butte
Addis McGrath
Eisenhower declares two fist policy to crush Nazi regime in Germany
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower outlines a two fisted approach to stamping out Nazi power in occupied Germany. The SHAEF edict imposes death for Nazi aiding actions and firing squad for disobedience. Laws discriminating race religion or politics are abrogated and Nazi organizations dissolved. Regular courts will be restored once purged of Nazi influences.
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Eisenhower
Germany
Howard Cowan
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
SHAEF
New Deal plan to establish a new government system claims Texas Senator
Senator W Lee O Daniel of Texas asserts the Roosevelt administration has a well developed plan to set up a new system of government in America. He says the New Deal leaders misled the public for 11 years and now run a government opposed to free enterprise. His remarks were prepared for the Executives' Club of Chicago.
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Texas
New Deal
U. S
Chicago
W. Lee O'Daniel
Roosevelt
America
O’daniel
Executves’ Club
Cheago
O'Daniel
Washington
Group to Fight Fourth Term in Roosevelt Opposition
A group of anti Roosevelt Democrats formed a national agricultural committee to oppose a fourth term for President Roosevelt. Senator Cotton Ed Smith chaired the effort with Ralph Moore of Granger Texas as secretary. The group promotes Farmers for Freedom and aims to mobilize farmers to vote to counter city worker support for the Roosevelt Truman ticket.
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Washington
Cotton Ed
Smith
D-8. C
National Agricultural Committee
Roosevelt
General Broadcasts Claim German Power Seizure
Stockholm radio reports two German language broadcasts claiming a peace delegation to Moscow and a German general saying he had seized power in Germany. The speaker said troops seized a railroad station post office and telegraph station in his garrison town and would take the administration building. he vowed to lead the army home as resistance ends.
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London
Stockholm
Moscow
Germany
Bricker Attacks Roosevelt Spending in Bangor Speech
Gov John W Bricker in Bangor accuses Franklin D Roosevelt of extravagant spending claiming total expenditures reached 360000000000 a figure three times any pre Roosevelt president His tax burden figures include 10144 yearly per person and 1962 per person in debt share as term ends.
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Bangor
John W. Bricker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bricker
Roosevelt
United States
The
Ohioan
America
Two Hunting Accidents in State Reported
Kalispell report details Bud Titchbourne of Eureka recovering from amputation of his left hand after a shotgun discharge when his gun dropped. In Polson, 16 year old Wray Hutchin was treated for a shotgun wound to the leg from a companion's accidental discharge.
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Kalispell
Bud Titchbourne
Eureka
Montana
Titchbourne
Polson
Wray Hutchin
British Battle to Rescue Lost Warriors
British forces mount operation to rescue missing soldiers after chaotic battle. Troop movements, air support, and coordinator statements indicate ongoing efforts to recover trapped personnel and secure detainee releases amid frontline clashes.
Battle for Arnheim and Nijmegen Rages as Allied Forces Press
Allied forces push toward Arnheim and Nijmegen amid heavy fighting. British Second Army and First Airborne maintain pressure, while U S First Army breaches Siegfried Line near Aachen and Stolberg. Weather hampers advance as casualties mount in Holland and Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Arnheim
Hitler
Ruhr
Arnhem
Holland
First Airborne Army
Nijmegen
Waal Rhine
Siegfried Line
Germany
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Japanese Force Captures Wuchow and Advances in China
Japanese forces estimated at 20,000 captured Wuchow Sikiang port 145 miles southeast of Kwelin and pushed toward the Hunan Kwangsi railroads. Jungyun fell about 60 miles southwest of Wuchow. Chinese officials warn resistance will stiffen as the invaders move deeper into Kwangsi.
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Chungking
Wuchow
Sikiang
Kwelin
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kwangsi
Jungyun
Haiman Island
Jongkong
Kweilin
U. S
West of Divide Weather Outlook Saturday
West of the continental divide expects partly cloudy skies Saturday with little temperature change. East of the divide, cloudiness eases in the north and west portions with similar steady temperatures.
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Continental Divide
Bombers Hit Kassel and Munich Areas in Heavy Allied Raid
One thousand two hundred American heavy bombers from Britain and Italy struck Kassel, the Munich area, and other targets in Central Germany. Heavy cloud cover forced instrument bombing. Nine bombers and one escorting fighter were missing. Italian Liberators also flew to Warsaw parachuting food and medical supplies to Polish patriots.
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London
Germany
Britain
Italy
Kassel
Munich
Warsaw
Waresaw
Aachen
Instrument
Daimler Benz Motor
Ruhr
Riem
Larissa
Balkans
Embassy Reopens as Official French Republic HQ
The French embassy in Washington reopens as the official headquarters of the French republic after severance of relations with Vichy in November 1942.
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Washington
U.2
What the Hell Goes on What the Hell Goes on
Marine correspondent reports servicemen in the Pacific resent home front complacency as V day talk grows. They stress the bitter Peleliu battle shows the hard fight ahead to defeat Japan and fear peacetime plans could pull troops from crucial duties.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Pele
Saipan
Honolulu Advertiser
Ray Coll, Jr
G.i.’S
Coll
Europe
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Dewey
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Tokyo Radio
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By Howard Cowan
Stolberg
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Liberators
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Tarawa
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