Austrian Troops Desert Nazi Forces Amid War Turmoil
Archduke Robert says thousands of Austrian servicemen deserted the German army on leave and joined Alps guerrillas. He cites 10 000 to 20 000 deserters, with German civilians reportedly leaving Vienna as authorities plan for potential disturbances on Austria’s republic anniversary. Deserters fled into the Alps seeking safety as fighting looms to liberate Vienna.
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GFI
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Austria
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Gestapo
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Robert
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Prefers Death to Being Ruled Insane in Brooklyn Case
Lewis Wolfe, convicted of murdering his actress wife Paula Wolfe in a Brooklyn hotel, shouted in Kings County Court that he would rather die than be declared insane. His attorney seeks mental examination before sentencing set for November 35.
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New York
Lewis Wolfe
Sioner
Kings County Court
Philip Warren
Wolfe
Paula
Brooklyn
Farmers Union calls split between Farm Bureau and Extension Service
The Farmers Education and Cooperative Union of America urged separation of the Farm Bureau Federation and the Agricultural Extension Service, arguing a practical tie directs funds to a private federation. It accused the extension service of being used to benefit the Federation and complained membership requirements in New York and other states pressured farmers to join the Federation to access Extension Service.
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New York
Turkish envoy Mehmet Ertegun dies in Washington
Ambassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun dean of the Washington diplomatic corps died early Saturday after a heart attack. Aged 61 he had served in Washington over ten years since June 26 1934 and previously led Turkey’s missions in Britain France and Switzerland. He is survived by wife and three children. Ambassador Robert Van Der Straten Panther becomes senior diplomat in Washington.
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Washington
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Great Britain
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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France
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Almet
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Selma
Bryn Mawr
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Turkish Ex-Foreign Minister Named Paris Ambassador
Numan Menemencloglu, former foreign minister of Turkey, was appointed yesterday as ambassador to France, with duties to advance bilateral ties and represent Ankara in Paris.
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Tanks and soldiers endure war's daily absurdities
The dispatch highlights individual tales from the front including Sherman tank mileage logged by Charles Powel, ongoing hazards behind the Siegfried Line, and chaplains conducting services in pillboxes. It mentions soldiers like Sergt Jack Hathaway with a famed mustache, Lieut Paul Ryan's large family in arms, and mortars from the 28th Division blasting a hostile area while crews improvise under fire.
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Allied Air Force Crashes Through Japanese Front In Asia Fight
American B 29 Liberators and Superfortresses hit Kyushu Omura Nanking and Shanghai targets while pounding shipping facilities on the China coast. In southeast China Japanese forces push to split the country and block a China Sea landing as Chinese defenses report severed radio contact with Hwellin and fierce fighting near Liuchow and Chienkiang. Airmen strike advancing columns and depots as hundreds of invaders fall.
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Major Bong Downs 34th Japanese Plane
Army Maj. Richard I. Bong shoots down a Japanese fighter over Leyte during dawn patrol near Ormée Bay as five attackers engage his convoy. He fires from seven guns, the Nipponese plane bursts into flames and crashes.
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Postwar USO Centers Urged in Childress Meeting
A Childress Lions Club speaker urged a permanent USO program after World War II. He said USO centers must be maintained to provide recreation for servicemen during their leisure time.
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Childress
Texas
Childress Lions Cius
Blood Flown To Leyte In 48 Hours
Blood is shipped from San Francisco to Leyte within 48 hours using new aero medical program. Preservative and portable refrigerators extend shelf life to 21 days, enabling safer transport to Pearl Harbor and Leyte Island. Los Angeles and Oakland Red Cross centers will join San Francisco in supplying the blood.
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Los Angeles
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Navy Couple Held for Abandoning Children
A Brooklyn court arraigned a Navy widow Sophie McCreary and her husband Roy Berry on charges of abandoning their four children after a Times Square celebration. Detektives described the pair as fond of sailors and planning to live apart, with Sophie saying she and her companions like sailors. The McCrearys’ children are Jon, Jane, Betty, and Ruth, ages one to four. Roy Berry serves in the Navy in the Pacific.
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Broadway
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Sophie McCreary
Jona McGreaey
South Pacific
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Vane Betty
Ruth
Richard Berry
Eliebreth Berry
Athol Mass
Liicewise
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Detroit Playgrounds Cutting Delinquency
Detroit playgrounds organized by the JEP area leader plan reduced juvenile delinquency from 25 to 5 percent. Seven districts use adult leaders coordinating police recreation and education departments. Merchants funded equipment and two hangouts were created for supervised youth activities.
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Noted Song Writer Weds at Saranac Lake
Ernest Barnet 69, author of Melancholy Baby, married Anna Louchlin Falcon 33 at Saranac Lake after meeting in New York City. Barnet announced the newly written song There’s A Rainbow In My Heart and said they engaged three months ago. General Francisco congratulated Roosevelt on reelection in Madrid.
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Roosevelt Honors Unknown Soldier On Armistice Day
President Roosevelt stood before the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and, with Secretary Stimson and Secretary Forrestal at his side, laid a wreath as an Armistice Day tribute. Pershing stayed at Walter Reed Hospital while services echoed at Meuse Argonne Cemetery in France with military honors and spectators present.
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Submarine collision sinks Coast Guard cutter near Portsmouth
A submarine collided with a 10 man U S Coast Guard cutter off Portsmouth Harbor killing Isatler and injuring others while eight crew were rescued. The submarine remained undamaged and no others were hurt as rescue craft reached the scene. Names of the dead and injured were withheld.
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Woman Dies After Fall at Auburn Lake Outlet
Miss Eva B. Barnes, 37, died yesterday in a 30 foot plunge from a porch into the Qwasco Lake outlet after the railing gave way. Coroner N J Woodford ruled the death accidental.
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Man Dies In Fire At Brockport Home
Walter L. O'Brien of Rome perished Saturday after being trapped in a burning Brockport home. Police say a cigarette started the blaze while he slept, causing fatal flames.
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Western Front Battle update with Allied advances near Metz and St Die
Allied forces in the west push toward Metz and Aachen fronts as German defenses clash. Eisenhower readiness cited while tanks intensify near the Nied River and Moselle. U.S. troops advance to within two miles of St Die after repelling counterattacks and clearing pillboxes near Schmidt.
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Ethel Barrymore Improves in New York influenza scare
Ethel Barrymore and her father’s home report continued improvement from influenza. Dr Louis Rene Kaufman or Kaufmas says she should resume her role today in the cast of “Ene bemled Heaven.”
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Ethel Barrymore
Louis ‘Rene Kaufmas
Wife denies editor killed in action in France
Sylvia Carlin rejects reports that her husband AP editor Pie Milroy Carlin was killed in action. She says the War Department notified her in late September he had died. he reportedly died June 1 in France. The couple, connected to the Buffalo news scene, contested the official casualty notice.
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