Allies Enter Naples As Nazis Flee
Allied forces captured Naples as German defenders retreated northward. The American Fifth Army entered the city with British and American units aiding a coastal advance led by Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark. The port’s capture promises to ease supplies and grants airfields within 15 to 250 miles, while Germans prepare delaying actions toward Rome.
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Ani Dias
Roosevelt
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Mediterranean
Volturno
Harriman to Go to Moscow Ambassadorship Named
Washington AP reports 51 year old industrialist Averell Harriman nominated as ambassador to Moscow, moving to solidify U S Britain and Russia talks. He succeeds Admiral William Standley, brings long rail, shipbuilding, mining, aviation experience and ties to Stalin era politics.
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W. Averell Harriman
London
Moscow
United States
Britain
Russia
Harriman
Hussia
Joseph Stalin
William H. Standley
Groton
Yale
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
New York State
Selective Subsidies Proposed by Vinson in Budget Debate
Washington economic stabilization chief Fred M. Vinson urged a selective program of stabilization subsidies and an adequate tax plan to keep the economy steady. He argued the government should hold the line on living costs if subsidies are used, noting farm groups oppose subsidized prices and favor market levels.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinnon
America
Vinson
Georgia ends lash stripes and chain gang in new corrections plan
Georgia lawmakers in a special session abolished the three man state prison board and created a $7,000 a year director of corrections. Stripes will be removed by June with extra time for material wear. The reform emphasizes vocational training in agriculture and industry and orders liquidation of state highway chain gang camps with new standards for convict camps.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Liberators Sink Two Jap Merchant Ships in Pacific Raid
General MacArthur announced Liberator bombers sank two Japanese merchant ships and a destroyer in a southwest Pacific strike. The raid targeted an enemy convoy near Vila on Kolombangara island in the New Georgia group. A cargo ship capsized after two bombs. a second ship exploded in flames visible twenty miles away. the destroyer survived anti aircraft fire before exploding after four direct hits.
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Kolombangara Island
New Georgia
Nazis Claim . Success in Ukraine
Soviet forces pressed through White Russia toward the Pronya River near Mogilev as Moscow announced major advances while Germany touted a southern defense victory after a five day fight. Fall rains drenched battlefields as Soviets claimed hundreds of towns and shelling stores, and near Zaporozhe losses were reported.
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UPI
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Mogilev
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Cherikov
Sozh
Poland
Gomel
Vitebsk
Iman
Ukraine
High Command
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Ludwig Sertorius
Associated Press
Naples Port Can Be Made Usable In Eight Days
German radio acknowledged Naples was evacuated by the Nazi army after destroying wartime installations in the town and harbor. The BBC said the city’s ruined areas could be usable in a few days, while United Nations radio in Algiers put the time at eight days.
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Reich drafts teen age labor for Baltic states and Poland
Berlin dispatches report the Reich now subjects all 16 and 17 year old German boys and girls to labor service in the Baltic states Poland and the Ukraine. The measure follows new efforts to mobilize German women to meet manpower shortages.
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Ukraine
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Mine Layer U S S Skill Lost in Gulf of Salerno
The Navy Department reported the loss of the mine layer U S S Skill in the Gulf of Salerno after an underwater explosion on September 25. The 119th U S Naval vessel reported injury and loss.
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U.S.S
Gulf of Salerno
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Soap Pistol Aided Insane Man's Getaway
Clara Mary Murray missing since Thursday from Farvi State Hospital for the Criminally Insane aided by an inmate Fingene Caster 22 formerly of Harrisburg. He forced her to drive and kept her for 29 hours using a soap pistol carved from a fake automatic. she sobered and asked the bartender to call police.
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Fingene Caster
Harrisburg
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WAVES to wear seersucker dresses with jackets next summer
The WAVES department announces new uniforms for next summer featuring grey and white striped seersucker dresses with separate jackets replacing the current blue cotton summer uniform. The change aims to provide more comfortable washable attire for hot weather.
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President Signs Maternity Bill Clarifies Care Fund
President Roosevelt yesterday signed legislation appropriating zero dollars for maternity care. The fund is to aid wives of Army and Navy enlisted men in the four lowest grades.
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Roosevelt
Allied Guns Hit French Channel Defenses
The Allies attacked the French channel coastal area early today with planes or warships. Southeast coast residents reported near continuous gun flashes near Boulogne and explosions as the action unfolded.
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London
French Channel
Boulogne
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
Britain
Bombers Smash Munich and Vienna in First Africa-Base Raid
Allied heavy bombers from North Africa struck Munich in southern Germany and Wiener Neustadt near Vienna in the first air attack on the Reich from African bases. The long 1800 mile mission crossed the Alps despite bad weather, with fighters engaging and Swiss anti aircraft fire downing a Fortress over eastern Switzerland. The communique noted enemy fighters, undetermined American losses, and limited observation due to clouds.
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Austria
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Wiener Neustadt
Messerschmitt
Draft Of Fathers Begins In Senate Clash Over Deferments
Washington reports the start of prewar fathers debate with Senators Revercomb and Robertson proposing to ban occupational deferments for nonfathers under 30. Wheeler presses his plan to delay drafts of prewar fathers until January 1, while Taft and administration talks seek a broader shift of draft-age nonfathers from federal payrolls to military service.
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Senate
Wheeler
Revercomb
R.-W. Va
Robertson
R.wyo
Taft
D.-Ment
Bailey
DN. C
De Marigny Trial Set To Start October 18
In Nassau Bahamas Attorney General Evie Hallinan announced the trial of Alfred De Marigny for the slaying of his father in law Sir Harry Oakes will commence October 18. The date and procedure were decided at a conference with crown prosecutor Hallinan and defense attorney Godfrey Higgs.
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Bahamas
Evie Hallinan
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Hallinan
Godfrey Higgs
Ploesti Raid Disrupts Axis Plans and Gas Shortage
Second Lieutenant Louis A Rochez returned home after taking part in the Ploesti raid on the east coast of Italy. He said a captured German major told of Axis air training being halted at Foggia due to gasoline shortages. Rochez, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, recounted the account given by the German officer.
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Atlanta
Ploesti
Italy
Foggia Air Center
Louis A. Rochez
Atlanta Journal
Foggia
Use of Air To Be Free
President Roosevelt said freedom of the air should follow victory in war and outlined postwar aviation plans. He and Prime Minister Churchill agree on a framework where the United States would control internal aviation, keep most routes in private hands, subsidize routes to compete with foreign lines, and allow foreign planes to refuel on U S soil without carrying passengers between American cities.
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Great Britain
America
United States
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New Zealand
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San Francisco
Nazis Plan Retaliatory Moves This Week
Berlin dispatch from Aftonbladet cites informed circles convinced retaliatory German war moves will be made against the Allies in the next days. No form indicated. London may figure in threatened reprisal attacks against Britain.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
London
Britain
Farm Bloc Demands Anti Subsidy Clause in CCC Bill
Farm groups urged Congress to insert a prohibition on consumer subsidies into legislation extending the Commodity Credit Corporation. They spoke before the House Banking Committee, signaling a renewed battle as the year ends. The administration suspended coal to oil conversion due to coal shortages, allowing few reconversions.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
House Banking Committee
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Roosevelt
Office of
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Duke of Wellington Killed in Action in Italy
London UPI reports the sixth Duke of Wellington, a 31 year old command captain, was killed in action in Italy. He was the son of the fifth Duke and served in the Duke of Wellington's regiment from 1935 to 1939 and with the King's African Rifles in East Africa from 1938 to 1942.
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Duke of Wellington
London
UPI
Italy
New York Welcomes Anzac Troops Arriving From England
New York extended a typical city welcome to 600 Australian and New Zealand forestry troops who arrived Wednesday from England where they have served since 1940. The reception featured a facade display and showers of Ucker lape as part of the cordial greeting.
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New York
New Zealand
England
New York Central Strike Called Off
Detroit GMA wildcat strike in New York Central shops ended with unionists agreeing to return to work this morning after a day of idleness. Leaders said the agreement could last only one week if the dispute remains unsettled. Car and engine repair work had been halted by the walkouts.
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Detroit
Wildcat
New York Central Railroad
A. F
Willkie Signals Return Bid If GOP Adopts His Aims
Wendell L. Willkie stated he would run again for President on the Republican ticket if the party adopted his liberal domestic and foreign policy ideas. He stressed Asia and the Far East, continued high postwar production, and praised Harriman's Russia appointment as a step to improve diplomacy. He said he would serve as worker or candidate if the party aligned with his views.
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San Francisco
UPI
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican
Willkie
Asia
Far East
Europe
Roosevelt
W. Averill Harriman
Russia
U Boats Renew Atlantic Battle
An Eastern Canadian port reports German U boats renewed the Atlantic fight after a four month pause. New torpedoes are said to have sunk at least three escort vessels and over 100 merchant seamen during a ten day mid Atlantic action with the fiercest fighting from September 19 onward.
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Ho O
Canada
Britain
Remaining Germans in Corsica Hard-Pressed
Allied Headquarters in North Africa said German troops on Corsica were forced to yield ground along the front after a fierce battle. Positions essential to Bastia port defense were evacuated, and Moroccan forces reportedly captured key locations along the Saint Florent Bastia road.
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Bastia
Saint Florent-Bastia
San Stepano
Hetta
Seola
Doi
Ogna Alan
Public Hearing Set for Oct 13 on County Budget
Rensselaer County plans a public hearing October 14 at 3 pm to review a budget showing a 52 cent cut per 100 assessed value and a total gross of 2,267,484.72. Expenses decrease, revenues rise, and talks include a county purchasing agent and a proposed welfare, detective, and district attorney shifts.
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Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
Troy
District Attorney's Office
Aurelio Resigns as Magistrate Amid Controversy
Aurelio, a New York magistrate candidate, resigns from the post amid bar and civic group opposition over ties to Costello. The state’s high courts upheld his right to stay on the ballot as he defends judicial fitness before the electorate. He says he will focus on the November election.
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Thomas A. Aurelio
Supreme
Aurelio
Franks
Hogan
Frank Costello
Renin
F. H. LasGuardis
Aurelia
Costello
War Loan Tops Quotas As Nations Reach Higher Pace
The Third War Loan tops a billion over the target with new sales pushing total to 16.22 billion. Delaware New Jersey Virginia joined ranks of states surpassing goals while New York overachieved its 5.01 billion target by 349 million. West Virginia and Georgia also exceeded their small money quotas.
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Washington
Treasury
Delaware
New Jersey
Virginia
New York
West Virginia
Georgia
French pay cash for civilian Lend-Lease supplies
The French Committee of National Liberation delivered a 16,340,000 dollar check yesterday for 150,000 tons of civilian supplies shipped to French North Africa. The payments, settled in cash, total 41.9008 million as part of Lend-Lease civilian aid rather than joint war effort.
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Washington LLP
French Committee of National Liberation
North Africa
Cleric Says Russian Religion Assured in Cairo Meeting
The Archbishop of York, en route to London after a Moscow visit, told a religious gathering here yesterday that Russian religion is assured. He described being impressed by the ceremony and noted around 10,000 people were present.
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Cairo
Rus
York
London
Moscow
May Draft Strikers Win Board Members in ALFL
A fragmented report notes draft strikers influencing ALFL board members in Rhode Island. The union and team faced work by Sunday amid a tense dispute over drafts and ferments, with nonfestered hints of internal shifts and local action.
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Alfl Af
Rhode Island
Pittsfield Murder Suspect Moved to Jail Infirmary
Pittsfield Massachusetts corporation lawyer John F. Noxon aged 46, charged in the death of his six month old son, was moved to the county jail infirmary last night while awaiting a hearing after his case was continued without bail. Sheriff said the infirmary room would aid the defense. police announced the prosecution would present evidence October 23 to the grand jury. The child died at home after an accident involving a metal tray and radio wiring.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon
Corporation
Carahan
Noxon
T District Court
Charles I. Hibberd
Thomas H. Sullivan
Pr. W. A. Miller
Jonn L. Sullivan
Har.ms
Sullivan
Air Executives Seek Six Month Draft Deferment for Aircraft Workers
Washington The national air War Production Council urged six month draft deferments for key aircraft workers and called for former workers now in the armed services to be returned to warplane manufacture. The group of 15 leading aircraft company presidents pressed for legislation or an executive order to enforce penalties on workers or manufacturers who violate War Manpower Commission orders that workers may leave essential jobs only with proper authority.
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National Air War Production Council
Armed Services
War Manpower Commissions
Pontrei
I National Serv
Senate Committee Drafts Postwar Plan
A Senate committee outlines a postwar plan with its members and officials, signaling coordinated legislative groundwork for reconstruction and civic restoration after conflict.
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Senate
Jo Basten Decides Against Mine Workers Adition
In a developing local dispute Jo Basten opts to withdraw after a labor council meeting at Lab Jively. The decision follows heated debate over additions to workers’ benefits and labor standards, drawing attention from stakeholders and nearby unions.
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