Germans Fail To Halt Allied Push In Mountain Area
Allied forces seize dominating heights around Mignano and advance to outflank the Aurunci mountains as British forces push eastward. American doughboys drive toward Venafro and into the mountains to threaten the Via Casilina while German divisions resist. Clark’s Fifth Army reports heavy fighting, capturing Galluccio and gaining new vantage points over key river headwaters Garigliano and Liri.
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Algiers
Mignano
Italy
Trigno
French North Africa
94Th Infantry
Fifth Army
Galluccio
Mark W. Clark
Venafro
Wazi
Rome
Via Casilina
Cassino
United States
Clark
Garigliano
Liri
Vatican City Bombing Stuns Rome Windows Shattered Near St Peter's
Stockholms Tidningen reports Rome residents believe a Friday night bombing of Vatican City was deliberate. A low-flying plane circled the Vatican, dropping four bombs near the observatory and railway station. One blast shattered windows near St Peter's, with damage also at Santa Marta Palace. Crowds gathered in St Peter's Square awaiting the Pope's balcony appearances.
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Stockholm
Stockholms- Tidingen
Rome
Vatican City
Vatican
Observatory
St. Peter's
Santa Marta Palace
Vatican Lion
St. Peter's Square
Crete Guerrilla Leader Quits to Spare Country
Cairo native Manoli Bandouras, nom de guerre Bandouvas, ends two year resistance against Nazi invaders in Crete and surrenders his mountain stronghold. He cites more than 1,000 Cretians killed, Vienna province devastated, ten villages burned in reprisals. claims his band annihilated a German company during their campaign.
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Cairo
Manoli Bandouras
Bandouvas
Vienna
Eden Concludes Turkish Conference in Cairo
Turkish Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden wrapped up a five day conference in Cairo yesterday. Menemencioglu flew from Ankara to meet Eden while Eden returned from a Moscow trip. Officials offered no details on the topics discussed.
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Cairo
Numan Menemencioglu
Anthony Eden
Menemencioglu
Ankara
Eden
Moscow
Flying Forts Raid Duren Without Loss
American Flying Fortresses raided Germany for the third time in five days bombing Duren and other targets with no losses. Thunderbolt fighters protected bombers on the 70 mile round trip, and veterans said no German planes challenged them. The raid marked the first time heavies hit Germany without a bomber loss.
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Germany
Duren
Cologne
Muenster
Thunderbolt
RAF
Europe
Mediterranean Theater
Middle East
R.A.F
Eighth Air Force
Marshall Heads Ohio Rubber Firm
Furber Marshall, longtime president of Marshall Asbestos Corp in Green Island now Marshall Eclipse Division, has been elected president of Pharis Tire and Rubber Co in Newark Ohio. He will resign Green Island post and assume Ohio duties December 1. Marshall’s Bendix ties go back 17 years, including Bendix Service Corp presidency. He has oil industry experience and is a Brown University 1918 graduate who served in World War I. He is active in Troy civic groups. Continued on page nine.
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Furber Marshall
Marshall Asbestos Corp
Green Island
Marshall Eclipse Division
Bendix Aviation Corp
Pharis Tire and Rubber Co
Newark
Marshall
Ohio
Bendix Corp
Bendix Service Corp
Bendix
Newport
R. L
Brown University
Air Corps
Troy
Allied Com
Snowstorm Hits Western States
A major snowstorm blanketed Minnesota North and South Dakota yesterday grounding all air travel and making highways hazardous. Three Minnesota deaths were reported including a man who died shoveling snow a driver in a collision and a hitchhiking soldier struck by a train near Eyota. Snow totals reached up to four inches with winds and temperatures from 25 to 32 degrees.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Eyota
Minn
Dakotas
Food Subsidy Battle Points To Truce
Congress weighs subsidy program limits as two sides inch toward a temporary extension. Price Administrator Chester Bowles warns that banning subsidies will raise prices for staple foods while supporters stress a moderate subsidy keeps retail costs steady. The stalemate mirrors five months ago when the administration secured an extension.
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Washington GP
Congress
House Banking Committee
Crawford
R-Mich
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Republic Strikers Reject Proposal At Buffalo Plant
About 375 Blooming Mill workers at Republic Steel Buffalo plant refused for the third time to end a walkout. The strike ties up war steel production and idles at least 1,800 workers. Union president David R. Sneddon said workers rejected a company plan to return to work and then discuss complaints about unsafe conditions before resuming operations.
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Buffalo
Blooming Mill
Republic Steel Corporation
David R. Sneddon
Republic
United Steel Workers of America
Une
Cartwheel Shortage Pushes Silver Dollars to Backseat
Helena Montana report explains silver dollars are scarce as banks shift to paper currency. Bank officials note most workers are in uniform and few handle large silver sums, fearing heavy coins, while locals prefer the lighter greenbacks. Tourists may welcome easier traveling cash once silver usage declines.
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Helena
Mont
Helena Federal Reserve Bank
Montana
R. E. Towle
Orancn
Towle
Germans Claim Allied Troop Ships Hit in Western Mediterranean
German radio broadcasts asserted that 13 troop transports and two destroyers were sunk or damaged by Nazi air attacks in the western Mediterranean off the North African coast. Allied sources offered no confirmation. Reports claimed 22 transports and eight destroyers involved, with nine transports and six destroyers damaged and thousands of Allied troops lost.
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London
Mediterranean
North African
DNB
Hitler
Eleven Convicts Escape Arsenal Road Camp
Eleven long term inmates escaped from the state prison road camp near Douglas Georgia raiding the arsenal for seven shotguns and weapons. They wounded two guards, one critically, seized a state truck then forced motorists to surrender cars under threat of gunfire. Two escapees were recaptured near Alma, a third wounded but fled into nearby woods. Warden C H Shaw identified the ringleader as trusted Bill Byrd from Atlanta.
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C. H. Shaw
Will
Bill) Byrd
Atlanta
Byrd
Pittsfield Woman Dies After Family Shooting
Mrs Effie Plumb 65 died at Mercy Hospital from injuries received Saturday night when she and her daughter Mrs Virginia Hume 33 were shot by Hume's brother in law Horace D Eddy 69 who then killed himself Police said Mrs Hume later listed in critical condition with a shoulder wound and a bullet that penetrated a ring found upon examination at the hospital
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Pittsfield
Mass
Effie Plumb
Mercy Hospital
Virginia Hume
Hume
Richard B. Rock
Horace D. Eddy
Hold Moore Girl's Traveling Companion
New York police said Edward J Moore, 18, a fireman first class in the United States Navy, was detained at St. Le Ma for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Margaret Leighton Moore, 18, of Park Avenue. The missing girl, daughter of Maj. David Dodge Moore, Army Medical Corps, reportedly told authorities she traveled with a sailor to Columbus, Ohio, after meeting him in Central Park. Her family physician said she had not been harmed.
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New York
Edward J Moore
United States
St. le Ma
Margaret Leighton Moore
Park Avenue
Miss Moore
David Dodge Moore
Army Medical Corps
M Moore
Central Park
Columbus
Latvians Mobilized to Fight for Germans in War Push
Aftontidningen reported Latvia ordered mobilization of men aged 17 to 60 able to bear arms to aid German forces against advancing Russians. Registrants faced severe punishment for failure to register as troops pressed near Latvia’s eastern frontier.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Latvia
Allied bombing denial and Vatican raid rumors
Allied headquarters deny Vatican City bombing by Allies and report no bomb hits on Vatican City on November 5 6. Vatican radio claims a low flying plane dropped four bombs causing damage but no casualties. Berlin reports exaggerated damage to St Peter’s Basilica and surroundings.
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Algiers
Vatican City
Vatican
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Liechenstein
Rome
Vatican Radio
Berlin
C L O to Seek Wage Increase at Philadelphia Convention
The executive board of the C L O United Steel Workers of America meets in Philadelphia to press for a wage increase above the Little Steel formula. Allan Haywood, national organization director, and other officers from last week’s convention back the move. They aim to raise ceilings and secure higher near term wages for members amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Philadelphia
C. J. O. United Steel
Ets of America
Allan Haywood
National Organization
Ted
Mann Predicts Hitler Death and German Revolution
Chicago author Thomas Mann, in exile, told the National Council of Jewish Women convention that Hitler would be slain and Germany face revolution within a year. He argued Germany could fight another year but most Germans would surrender to the Western powers, and that Moscow poet shattered any hope of a split in the Allied camp.
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Chicago
Brush Fire Rages Out of Control in Santa Monica Mountains
A brush and tree fire rages out of control on a mountain slope near Santa Monica California. About 10 000 acres have burned and roughly fifty houses or cabins have been destroyed. The blaze did damage the $200 000 home of actor Richard Dix in a few hundred yards.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Richard Dix
Nazi Bomb Kills Many In London Dancehall
London bomb raid on the sixth night struck crowded suburban areas hitting a dance hall, restaurant, two cinemas, stores and a saloon. Witnesses described a battlefield scene with many dead and injured amid rubble as rescuers searched the debris. Three Canadian WAAFS among survivors were removed from the wreckage.
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London
Britain
Ickes Son Keen Shot in Marine Rifle Tie
Sevier Harvid Ickes of the Interior Department proved a sharp shooter in a close contest tying with a Marine for the top score. The event featured a 32 base rifle and showcased precise marksmanship amid military and government participants.
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Seviefiarvid Ickes
le Partment
Interior
Nunsell
Loyal Wife to Testify in Bahamas Murder Trial
Nassau reports Nancy DeMarigny will take the stand this week in her husband Alfred De Marigny’s murder trial. The 1%year-old heiress is a key defense witness after her family previously testified against him. She has remained loyal, visiting him in prison to offer encouragement as he denies guilt.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Oakes
Westbourne
Alfred de Marigny
Nancy
Fastov Falls to Soviets in Ukraine Breakthrough
Soviet forces crossed the Dnieper line toward the Romanian border trapping German units in northern Ukraine. Fas tov rail hub captured cutting main link to Krivoi Roz. Ukrainian towns reported seized as Kievs main street burned. Vast losses and prisoner totals noted with hundreds of trucks and guns captured.
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London
Dnieper
Black Sea
Fastov
Hiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Roz
Kiev
Moscow
N. B.C
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Nemyeshaeva
Korosten
Pripet
Fastav
Ten Killed In Reopened Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at the No. 3 Nellis Mine in West Virginia claimed its tenth victim, hours after rescuers removed nine bodies. Laurence Vincent, 23, died in Charleston hospital where he had been rushed after the blast. The disaster, the second in a Week Virginia pit, injured many others as workers fought to revive the mine and stabilize conditions.
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His. W. Va
Nellis
Virginia
Laurence Vincent
Charleston
American Rolling Min Co
Jap Vicinity Quake Recorded In India
A recorded quake near Japan area is noted in India with broad corded data and references to India.
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India
Rhoed
Japan
Bombdas
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