Strife in Lebanon Persists Amid French Tensions
French troops clash with Lebanese forces along the Mediterranean coast as Cairo reports continue. Protests in Egypt target the French committee with chants against France and De Gaulle while Gen George Catroux travels from Algiers to Cairo to mediate.
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Mediterranean
Egypt
France
de Gaulle
Alexandria
Lebanon
George Catroux
Algiers
Nahas Pasha
Catroux
French National Committee
Jean Helleu
Helleu
Chamber of Deputies
Syria
League of Nations
Vichy
Britain
Chadobeo de Lavalade
Middle East
Beirut
Four Killed As Express Smashes Auto
A Pennsylvania Railroad express near Columbus derailed after an auto collided with the train causing a ball of wreckage. Four aboard the auto died including the engine crew and three women war workers. more than 500 passengers were unharmed. Coroner to hold an inquest. railroad officials called the incident fortunate no cars overturned. The locomotive and tender were severely damaged across the main line.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louisan
E. E. Smith
Joogie
Bronx Water Main Break Floods 400 Families
About 400 residents in a four block Bronx area were marooned for over four hours after two 48 inch water mains burst. Water surged up to three feet in some basements, flooding apartments as authorities urged building superintendents to shut heating plants. Water department crews cut the supply north of the break and set up two pumps to drain water into sewers.
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New York
Bronx
Water Department
Buffalo Bishop Urges Expand Social Security Safety Net
The Most Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart, bishop of Ogdensburg, said the government can and should do more to promote social security but warned against sacrificing human liberty. In a pontifical mass sermon for the National Conference of Catholic Charities, he urged balance between public welfare and private effort in education and social welfare.
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Buffalo
Bryan J. McEntegart
Ogdensburg
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Man Dies In Truck Blaze Near Troy
Ralph E. Taylor, about 25, of 1633 Sixth Avenue, Troy, died when a truck overturned and caught fire on Route 7 near Center Brunswick. Coroner Cote and State Police investigated with the truck to Rath Brothers garage. Fire was extinguished by nearby residents.
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Ralph E. Taylor
Sixth Avenue
Troy
Troy-Hoosick Falls
Center Brunswick
Charles J. Cote
Joseph‘ Chuckrow
Cote
Lawrence W. Kerwin
Rath Brothers
Hoosick Road
Corp. Reynolds
J. G. Flubacher
Troop G
Corp
Harry A. Scoville
B.C. 1
Fifth Gains In Seesaw Fight
Allied reports from the Garigliano front show heavy German artillery and dogfights as American troops improve positions and the British Eighth Army advances at the eastern end. Intensive land and air combat continues with German counterattacks around Mignano Venafro and Montaquila while Montgomery’s forces capture Atessa inland from the Adriatic. Front line notes also indicate German destruction of towns like Rionero as withdrawals loom.
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Algiers
Garigliano
Rome
Eighth Army
Salerno
Mignano
Cassino
Bernard L. Montgomery
Highth Army
Atessa
Adriatic
Casalagunda
Sangro
Italy
Rionero
Alfedena
Rocca Cinqueniglia
Nazis Pour Troops Into Leros Island
Nazis land more reinforcements on Leros as Allied defenders under British and Italian leadership fight to hold the eastern port city. The island is reported split at its narrowest point with the Germans aiming to seal north and south flanks while gains are seen in the Clich area.
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Cairo Pi
Dodecanese
Leros
Clici
Morale Attacks Hit Berlin in Second Night
British Mosquito bombers struck Berlin for a second night in succession in a new series of morale raids. Other groups hit targets in western Germany. All raids were carried out without loss and were the sole air activity announced for the night.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Germany
Famine Stalks Bengal as Relief Efforts Reach Calcutta
Famine persists in Bengal with hungry crowds in Calcutta despite relief work. Mahomed Ali Jinnah condemns administration as land sharks buy crops for a pittance while rice price sits at 70 cents a pound and the black market runs higher. Indian army units aid distribution. death rate declines. Famine continues.
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Preston Grover
Calcutta
Bengal
British Empire
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
all-India Moslem League
New Delhi
India
Indian Army
German Secret Weapon Is New Gas
Stockholm reports say Nazi leaders stress secret weapons and gas warfare. German officers and civilians predict gas use as a defensive measure, with the high command possibly resorting to gas to halt Allied advances. Notes claim Germany is developing new gases and camouflaging odors to fool Allied experts.
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Stockholm
Germany
Three Asphyxiated By Fumigating Fumes in Perth Amboy
Three people died and two more were in critical condition from cyanide fumes. Police Lt. Nolan said the victims escaped into a tavern apartment building at 161 New Brunswick Avenue from an adjoining warehouse being fumigated. The dead were Frank Check 42 Helen Check 16 and Hugh McArdle 72. Check's two sons Robert 16 and Frank 18 were on the danger list at Perth Amboy hospital.
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Perth Amboy
N. J.P
James Nolian
New Brunswick Avenue
Nolan
Frank Check
Helen Check
Hugh McArdle
Perth Amboy Hospital
Check
Robert
Frank
Soviet Drive Advances Toward Polish Border in Large Offensive
Soviet forces under General Vatutin push toward the Polish border within sixty miles as 500000 Red Army troops break through Dnieper defenses in the south. Moscow reports gains near Korosten, while Berlin notes heavy fighting and a possible retreat to avoid encirclement. Lieutenant General Baranov commands cavalry units that earned honors for Zhitomir exploits.
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London
Nikolai F Vatutin
Ukraine
Korosten
Berlin
Dnieper Bend
Moscow
Dnieper
Red Army
Zaporozhe
Krivoi Rog
Kiev
Zhitomir
Vatutin “Lightnin
Victor Baranov
Baranov
Order of Suvorov
Snow Comes To Moscow Snow Comes To Moscow
Winter chills sweep Moscow streets as snow coats domes and rooftops. Women keep roads clear while warmer clothing replaces summer attire. With partial heating and improved rail lines, life steadies amid war news. The Moscow Philharmonic announces Prokofiev's War and Peace at Bolshoi. Pickwick returns. Pygmalion rehearsals. soldiers on leave flock to ballet.
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Kremlin
Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra
Bolshoi Theater
Serge Prokofiev
Pickwick
Maly Theater
George Bernard Shaw
King Likely to Quit In Italy's Crisis after Rome
Premier Marshal Badoglio pledged to resign and retire as head of the government when the Allies reach Rome. He said a “technical” administration remains as he cannot form a representative government. Count Sforza and other leaders decline to join any government under a king they deem tainted by Fascism.
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Wes Gallagher
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Badoglio
Carlo Sforza
Count Sforza
Benedetto Croce
Umberto
Naples
Badooglio
Countries Not Invaded Will Finance Relief
Atlantic City N J The United States plans to finance its share of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration with about 1.5 billion dollars The bill will be phased in through an initial appropriation under half a billion A flexible formula aims for a total around 2.5 billion similar to European postwar reconstruction costs Only uninvaded nations will be expected to contribute with Britain the Commonwealth and the American republics expected to share portions
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Congress
Finanee Committee
British Commonwealth
Germans Get News from Yanks With the Fifth Army in Italy
American forces in Italy distribute a weekly German language news pamphlet titled The Front Post to front line troops around the Garigliano River Hine. The leaflets mix Axis Allied and neutral reports to present a broad view, aiming to undermine morale by showing both reverses and small successes. Some deserters have been found with copies.
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Fifth
Italy
Garigliano
La Guardia Presents Letter on Election Talk
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia read a letter from FCC chairman James L. Fly describing the NY state election analysis as a report to the people. He urged balanced discussion and invited Thomas J. Curran, New York County Republican chairman, to respond on WNYC next Sunday, with Curran agreeing to appear on November 2.
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New York
WNYC
Thomas J. Curran
New York County
Curran
Marigny sells boat to cover trial costs in Oakes case
Alfred De Marigny has sold a small house and his star class sailboat the Concubine to defray expenses of the trial in which he was acquitted of torch murder of his wealthy father in law Sir Harry Oakes. The sale, reported from Nassau, underscores financial strains following the verdict.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Demand for Restoration of Spanish Monarchy Reported
Washington reports two southern senators plan to flood the ant poll tax bill with several hundred amendments, aiming to filibuster. They accuse the measure of House origin by the Communist Party and American Labor Party in the Democratic setup, and seek to delay the bill’s passage amid war.
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Communit Party
American Labor Party
Democratic Organization
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Arkansas
South Carolina
Virginia
Partisans Cripple Two Rail Centers
Yugoslav Partisans claimed a crippling strike across the Hungarian border seizing Koprivnica and Virovitica on lines from Budapest to the Adriatic coast via Zagreb and a branch to Belgrade. The two rail centers form major arteries for German troop and supply movements in the Balkans.
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London
Hitler
Balkans
Berlin
Adriatic
Sen
Reich Builds Rocket Driven Flying Forts Chesterfield reports arms boom
Stockholm dispatch says Germany manufactures a rocket driven four engined bombing plane inspired by American Flying Fortresses and Liberators. A new twin engined long range fighter is now in use by the German air force for defense.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Berlin
Showdown Over Food Subsidies In Congress This Week
The House moves toward a verdict on subsidy payments used to curb grocery bills as a CCP extension faces a Thursday or Friday vote. Aimed at inflation control, backers seek a compromise, while a presidential veto remains possible if subsidies are rebuffed. Rep Monroney notes public misunderstanding of the program’s inflation impact.
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House
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
House Banking Committee
Senate
Rep. Monroney
D.-Okla
Heaviest Raid To Date Hits New Guinea Japs
Allied air offensive on New Guinea delivers 293 tons of bombs in a Saturday dawn assault against Alexishafen Madang and surrounding areas. FAO and P-39 fighters attack Alexishafen airstrips before Liberators and Mitchells strike in waves, causing fires amid heavy anti aircraft fire and losses. Bougainville bridgehead at Augusta Bay remains extended in all directions as Marines push forward.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Alexishafeg
Madang
New Guinea
FAO
Alexishafen
Stouna
Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
MacArthur
Egypt joins nations pledging to Atlanta Charter
Premier Mustapha alias Pasha announced Egypt’s decision to join the signatories. He spoke at the Waifdist party’s silver jubilee centre in Cairo.
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Cairo
Mustapha Alias Pasha
Egypt
Atlanta
License tag chaos on 1944 car plates across states
The piece notes varied strategies for 1944 license tags as metal shortages press states to improvise. South Carolina uses a 198 by 11 inch metal strip for an old plate while Indiana issues a single small plate. Illinois Longiana Montana Virginia plan two fiber boards per car. several states rely on small tabs or stickers and most provide steel licenses rationed to one per vehicle.
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Chicago
South Carolina
Indiana
Illinois
Longiana
Montana
Virginia
Factory Food Blamed For Job Turnover
War Department briefing on 1300 plants finds worker quitting linked to cafeteria food long waits for buses and poor community facilities. OWI notes turnover drops where conditions improved. surveys run by War Manpower Commission under Dr. Frank H. Sparks show management requests drove most studies.
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OWI
OWT
Alarm Sounds In Jutland
It was announced in Copenhagen that Germany has proclaimed a state of highest alarm in Jutland. No reason given. A dispatch suggested martial law might follow due to sabotage. General Hermann Von Hannecken moved his headquarters from Copenhagen to Sikebor in Jutland. Jutland, the northern Danish peninsula, could be an Allied objective across the North Sea toward a northern move.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Jutland
Hermann von Hannecken
Denmark
Sikebor
North Sea
Troop Convoy Reaches Poctoua Port in Historic Arrival
A large convoy of United States Army personnel including Air Corps, WACs, and support units arrived at Poctoua Port yesterday. The contingent of Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian air elements accompanied the group. Officials reported orderly dispersal and gratitude from local residents for the successful movement of troops and equipment.
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United Stated
Sciaiers
Army Ai Corps
R.A. F
Sland
Ganduneed Vestere
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