Budapest Threatened as Russians Press Toward Hungary
European capitals feel alarm as Russian armies push toward Budapest and Hungary’s plains. Civilians labor on entrenchments while German and Hungarian forces brace to defend the capital. East Prussia sees intense fighting as Russians advance on historic Junkers soil.
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Budapest
Paris
Tisza
Austria
Europe
Warsaw
East Prussian
Junkers
East Prussia
Army clamps down on soldier contact with Germans
To curb leaks of military information the army bans doughboys from contacting German civilians. Soldiers may not make stiff calls at German homes or contact German girls. German bartenders are barred from serving troops outside mess bars. Talking with Germans is deemed unnecessary contact with penalties from 25 to 365 dollars.
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U. S
Allies encircle Nazi forces in Baltic seacoast push
German units along Latvia’s Baltic belt are reported cut off by Soviet offensives as the Reds threaten to shred the trapped armies retreating by sea. Allied gains include Antwerp port control after Canadian and British troops clear Schelde river approaches. U.S. First Army restarts offensive toward Aachen through Hurtgen forest toward the Rhineland.
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Baltic
Cherbourg
Channel
Antwerp
Schelde
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Pacific War Update From Leyte Front In Philippines
Japanese forces fortify defenses to hold the Philippines as U S strength concentrates behind MacArthur. Leyte ground operations push enemy back despite terrain challenges while air base construction expands fighter sorties. Tokyo reports B 29 reconnaissance as war production is urged.
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Sam
Philippines
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Navy
MacArthur
Leyte
Japan
Koise
Tokyo
Record Marketing Drives Beef and Hog Prices in October
Federal data show over 40 percent of meat produced with government input as better grades remained scarce. October cattle shipments rose 87 percent from the year’s average and calf receipts jumped 71 percent, while hog and sheep marketing still lagged September levels. Beef and pork output reached about 14 billion pounds, up 29 percent from the October ten-year average, as packers kept prices from falling after War Food hints of possible subsidy cuts.
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Packera
War Food Administration
Brighter Shoes Expected Next Spring Despite War Limits
National shoe fair in Chicago reports brighter lines for next spring with open toe heels casuals and two tone colors. Government easing of color restrictions promises green liberty red jacket blue for women and army russet to turf tan for men, with two toned uppers using different sole materials.
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Chicago
Liberty
Postwar Air Traffic Talks in Chicago Highlight Plans
Allied and neutral nations debated postwar air traffic governance at a Chicago conference. The United States proposed a consultative international body for routes and regulation, Britain urged a strong authority to assign routes and influence rates, and Australia and New Zealand rejected a single international operating company.
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Chicago
Ing
U. S
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority
Australia
New Zealand
Unusual Quads Born in Caesarean Case Stuns Medical History
In Philadelphia, 30 year old Mrs Kath leen Hatcher Cirminello delivered quadruplets in a two minute caesarean operation. The quads, three girls and a boy, weighed three to three and a quarter pounds each. They are the tenth such birth in the United States, with one in 658,503 cases. Mrs Cirminello, wife of an SEC financial analyst, had a previous child die at birth. Names to be chosen by the mother.
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Kathleen Hatcher Cirminello
Philadelphia
U. S
Casualties rise as U S forces suffer heavy WWII losses
The article reports U S battle casualties across fronts totaling 487,602 with Army losses at 417,121 including 80,466 killed and 929,212 wounded. It notes 53,622 missing and 53,621 captured, and references Italy where Allied forces face Nazi fortifications. Navy totals reach 70,571 with 28,231 killed and 20,441 wounded.
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U. S
Italy
U.S
Navy
Texas Leads Nation in Mineral Output for 1943
The Bureau of Mines reports Texas produced minerals valued at $1,116,056,000 in 1943, the first state by value and the only one above a billion dollars. Texas accounted for 16.97 percent of total U S mineral production, retaining its ninth consecutive top ranking.
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Texas
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Lone Star
United States
Cinema notes and jokes from postwar Hollywood
A collage of film notes and quips on Lana Turner, Patrician gossip, and overseas stars. Mentions Lana Turner, Olivia de Havilland ill health, Paul Kennedy, Elmer Lower, Gen General Johnson, and Ring Lardner Jr. plus a humorous MGM blood bank joke and a naval hospital contest.
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Lana Turner
Lana
Turners
Rainbow Island
Dotty Lamour
San Fernando Valley
Hollywood
Olivia de Havilland
Pacific War Zones
Paul Kennedy
Times Cinema
Spain
Life
Elmer Lower
Paris
Henry C. Cassidy
Atlantic Monthly
Robert Johnson
General Johnson
Princeton Univ. Press
War clouds in South America threaten regional peace
Washington reports growing alarm over possible war between Argentina and Chile amid Argentina arms buildup and a failed Pan American conference bid. Analysts note U.S. diplomacy strained as Latin nations split, with Brazil showing mixed sympathy and Argentina seeking U.S. recognition of its fascist regime.
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Washington
South America
Western Hemisphere
Argentina
Chile
U.S. A
United States
Hedy Lamarr
Fri‘ Mandel
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J. Hamilton
Will Rogers
H. R. Warfel
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Welles
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Levin Campbell
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Tennessee
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Elmer
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Minn
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Iowa
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F. Beck
Mason City
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Saint Louis
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