Marine Held For Train Wreck Plot
U S Marine admits writing letters detailing a plan to wreck a New York Central passenger train and demanding 5000 in extortion. Charles Lawrence Sullivan, 23, and two others detained on conspiracy and extortion charges, with hearings set in December. All defendants from Syracuse air/area, under guard or in jail.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York Central
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Arthur Cornelius, Jr
Charles Lawrence Sullivan
Sullivan
Parris Island
Alexander J. Zerbinos
Harry E. Nevicati
A. S. Hancock
Nevicati
Madison County
U. S. War Casualties Reach 121,319 Total
As of November 1, total U S casualties across all services reach 121,319 with the Army bearing 89,650 and the Navy 31,609. Army losses include 12,841 killed, 263 wounded, 23,954 missing and 22,592 prisoners. Navy Coast Guard and Marine figures total 12,883 killed, 5,640 wounded, 3,918 missing and 4,228 prisoners.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
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Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Derailment plot ends in arrests after chained letters
A Syracuse case involved an attempt to use a personal ad to direct a derailment scheme. The author demanded 000 in tens and a Chicago train ticket, claiming stolen property would be used to derail an eastbound train on Oct 24. A rail patrol formed. a man died after falling from a gasoline speeder.
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Syracuse
Chicago
Agans
Etter
Germans Remove Air Chief in Italy
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports Field Marshal Wolfram von Hichtofen removed from Italy air command. Richtofen shifted elsewhere due to clashes with Kesselring who restructured fighter and bomber commands. Gelland replaced by Von Maltzehn. Beer becomes long-range bombing chief assistant. The Mediterranean cited as a graveyard for Luftwaffe chiefs. Montevideo news says Uruguayan publishers cap pages at eight unless exceptional ad sales allow ten.
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Baron Wolfram von Hichtofen
Italy
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Richtofen
Albert Kesselring
Kesselring
Wolf Gelland
Gunther von Maltzehn
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Beer
Esselring
Oberst
Pelz
Britain
Luftwaffe
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