Bricker Accuses New Dealers of Attempting to Buy Election
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, the Republican vice presidential candidate, denounced “New Deal” leaders for using large sums from the Political Action Committee to influence the election. He blamed pressure and intimidation attributed to Sidney Hillman and his committee, alleging an attempt to evade the Hatch and Corrupt Practices acts. Bricker spoke nationwide on radio, charging the Roosevelt administration had corrupted the Democratic Party and turned American politics reactionary.
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Louis O
John W. Bricker
Ohio
New Deal
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
SAG
Hillman
Bricker
Roosevelt
Bricker Applauds Gutteridge's Play in World Series
Governor Bricker, in St Louis as a spectator, praised Browns second baseman Don Gutteridge for the smartest play of the game. He noted his special train arrived in time to attend and recalled he was a former Ohio State catcher over twenty years ago.
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St. Louis
John W. Bricker
Don Gutteridge
Browns
Bricker
St Louis
Ooore
Bricker Seeks Honest Wartime Campaign Message
Bricker appeals for a sincere straightforward wartime campaign, denouncing cynicism and evasive humor. He spoke to a crowd at Kiel Auditorium after the World Series opening game, urging a direct approach as sons press the fight.
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Bricker
Kiel Auditorium
Yanks Battle Germans and Mud in Italy
American Fifth Army troops neared Bologna within 15 miles as Allied forces push along Highway 65 into central Italy. British Eighth Army stalled at Fiumicino but patrols probed enemy positions while Brazilian units maintained pressure on the Adriatic front. German counterattacks against Borghi were repelled.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Sorthern
Italy
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Ameritaip
Ménghidor
Boschi
Imolpang Faenzs
Bologna-Rimint
Borghi
Eighth Army
Noutheastern
Rural School Aid Favored by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged federal aid to rural schools to raise educational standards but warned against government interference in administration. He cited the urban rural gap in dollars for teachers and said the disparity has grown since the nation’s early days. The remarks came at a rural education conference in the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Fourth Inning Homer Gives Browns 2 to 1 Win In Series Opener
Roosevelt announced steps to aid Italy with food transport and power restoration. Measures include bread ration increases, shipment of 150000 tons of wheat, four million tons unspecified, 1700 extra trucks, and essential equipment to restore power facilities. From Sicily invasion to year end, 2909000 long tons of civilian supplies to Italy.
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Washington LP
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cape
Italy
Sicily
Hunters Alibi Leads to Jail Amid Domestic Turmoil
Minneapolis men returning from a hunting trip with a duck a tame turkey and a pig sparked a chain of events involving police sheriff's office and the Office of Price Administration. Mrs. Smith accused her husband of slapping her after a late return. The group faced federal charges potentially carrying a $10,000 fine or two years imprisonment for slaughtering a pig, with other penalties possible.
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Sheriff's Office
Price Administraction
Palice
Robert R. Smith
Tim
Navy seeks eight percent more ship production this year
Washington reports an expected eight percent rise in output for ships planes and ordnance in the final quarter. Navy Secretary Forrestal said assault ships remain the Navy’s main production challenge as the drive to expand wartime output continues.
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Washington
Navy Secreitary Forrestal
Navy
Browns win opener as McQuinn homer sinks Cardinals
In St Louis a crowd of 33,042 watched the Browns beat the Cardinals 2 1 in the first game of the World Series. George McQuinn hit a decisive fourth inning homer and Gene Moore added a single as Mort Cooper allowed only two hits before giving way to Donnelly. Denny Galehouse pitched well after the first three innings, with a strong Browns defense backing him.
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St. Louis GP
George McQuinn
Browns
Cardinals
Kings
Gene Moore
Mort Cooper
Ace of the Cards
Mound Sin
Bix Donnelly
Denny Galehouse
Holms
Anady
Sey
Hammer Gatehouse
Oly
Redbirds
Galehouse
Moore
Ray Sanders
Emil Verban
McQuinn
Cooper
Brownies
Donnelly
Bit
Gatehouse
11000 Lives Lost In Army Air Force Crashes at Home
Washington reports 11 000 lives lost in Army Air Force crashes in the United States since Pearl Harbor. War Department says 17300 planes were lost domestically during the period, with most crashes from training. Total lost planes exceed half of 42 000 A P aircraft in all operations at home and abroad.
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Army Air Force
Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Department
Death ruled not accidental in Lake Placid man’s death
Essex County coroner Dr FA Geis announced a verdict that Samuel H. Packer, president of the Lake Placid Co and VP of the Lake Placid Club, died of monoxide poisoning in his garage on September 35. There were no signs of accident or homicide and no further comment was provided.
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Placid
FA. Geis
Essex County
Samuel H. Packer
Lake Placid Co
Cnay
Packer
Lake Placid Club
Jury indicts thirty over Philadelphia six day strike
A federal grand jury in Philadelphia indicted thirty men tied to the August six day transportation strike. The panel warned against a growing central union power and questioned the role of the new Transport Workers Union amid labor strife among four groups in the Philadelphia Transportation Company. It cited increased dues, leadership shifts, and perceived greed over a genuine contract.
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Philadelphia Cpi
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
New Transport Workers Union
C. S
United States
CRO
Uprising Reported in Austria After Ration Increase
Reports from Vienna and other Austrian areas describe uprisings and unrest following ration reductions and a 10 percent extra ration. Casualties and arrests are reported as strikes and sabotage spread from industrial districts like Steyr.
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Austria
London
Vienna
BBC
Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Moscow
BSC
Sern
Steyr
Razis
Two New Type Cannons Captured by Americans
American forces in Florence France captured two newer German artillery pieces described by French workers as a giant 2 inch gun with a 25 foot barrel and a long barreled 105 mm gun. The Germans reportedly boasted these weapons would pave the way for an invasion of Britain, a claim disputed by the occupants.
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Florance
France
Hitler
Britain
Reds Drive Toward Belgrade in Yugoslav Campaign
Soviet dispatch reports Red Army forces advancing rapidly toward Belgrade from the northeast and north, cutting rail towns near Banatska Velike, Crepaja and Debilya, as German Alpine divisions rush reinforcements. At least 1302 German troops were killed over two days, with Belgrade near collapse if German resistance remains light.
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London
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
OpEeh
Kelfing
Banatska Hkratjevicevo
Crepaja
Oer
Debilyacha
Bas Novo Selo
Moscow
Nazis Admit Plans Call for Guerrilla War
Nazi propaganda outlines a fanatical guerrilla campaign to nullify Allied victory and make occupied German territory hard to control. Goebbels urges workers on the western front to endure, while a Das Schwarze Korps article claims insurgent tactics prove effective in Aachen and elsewhere.
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London
Nazi
Meiatchem
Pau Joseph Goebbels
Western Front
Berlin
DNB
Das Schwarze Korps
Aachen
Fari
Russia
Balkans
France
Belgium
Goebbels
Roosevelt
Siberia
Treasury
Morgenshau
Germany
Eisenhower
Finnish Troops Close in on German Held Port
Finnish troops pressing advance along the Gulf of Bothnia near the German held port of Hem i, with Helsinki reporting continued efforts to disarm German forces in Finland. The Simo River crossing and push toward Hem i indicate a renewed phase of the armistice terms and the campaign against German remnants.
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Stockholm
Sift Gersien Resistante
Gulf of Bothnia
Helsinki
Finland
Simo
Hemi
Petain Treason Prosecution Moves Forward
London reports the first official step toward prosecuting Marshal Henri Philippe Petain for treason. A Paris radio broadcast, recorded by AP, said a judicial commission was ordered to investigate “a man named Philippe Petain” for treason and communication with the enemy. Petain is described as serving in a German- controlled structure.
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London
Henri Philippe Petain
Paris
Associated Press
Petain
Paris Polic
Philippe Petain
70000 Idle As Strikes Shut Plants
The Associated Press reports widespread plant shutdowns as 70 000 workers idle due to wage disputes slowed production of vital materials. Detroit hosts the largest stoppage with 6 000 maintenance workers halting six Buggs Manufacturing units and two Kessex Hayes Wheel plants, idling 50 000 others. The WLB urged a rapid resume of production and noted the walkout violated a no strike pledge. Supervisory workers at Wright Aeronautical Wood-Ridge plant were sent home for lack of supervision, with recall planned once supervision returns.
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International United Automobile Workers (C. I. GO
WLB
Buggs Manufacturing Co
Ove Chrysler Corporation
Kessex- Hayes Wheel Co
Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Wood-Ridge
Washington
Direct Hit on Tirpitz by RAF Lancaster Squadron
RAF Lancasters, flying from England to a Russian airbase, struck the German battleship Tirpitz near Altenfjord with a T7 bomb in a long-range mission. The raid, conducted without loss, involved refuelling in Russia and a landward assault that surprised German defenses, with two heavy bombers shot down and fires ignited at the target.
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London
Xaeserves and Liberators
USS
25Th Air Force
Munich
Brenner Pass
Berzen
Air Ministry
R.A. F. Lancaster
Tirpitz
Altenfjord
Norway
England
Russia
Archangel
Kanea
Grbay
Tenfjord
France
Sudmarings
Salvage Tugs Built for Russians Under Lend-Lease
New York Senator Gwen Brewster said the United States is building twenty salvage tugs at about 51 thousand dollars each. The vessels will be turned over to the Russian Navy under lend-lease. Construction will take six to eight months and the ships are of a type used by the U S Navy.
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New York
Uni
Gwen Brewster
R-Maine
United States
Brewster
Marlene Dietrich Arrives in Paris for Stage Appearance
International star Marlene Dietrich lands in Paris and plans a debut performance in the French capital before resuming her tour of troop centers and radio broadcasts across Europe.
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London
Marlene Dietrich
Paris
Passing of Al Smith Ends Era in American Politics
Nation mourns the death of Alfred Emmanivel Smith, the “Happy Warrior,” at 70 in Rockefeller Institute. Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan cites lung congestion and heart disease. Funeral plans include simple rites at St Patrick's with burial in Calvary Cemetery Queens. State Guard and Catholic War Veterans to stand watch. leaders mourn the former governor known for his cigar and brown derby.
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New York
Alfred Emmanivel Smith
Raymond P. Sullivan
Smith
Catherine
John Healy
St. Vincent Ferrers Church
Rockefeller Institute
Francis J. Quillinan
Farmer Troy Aan and Son
Timothy J.quillinan
Stonian Catholic Church
Quillinan
St Patrick's
65Th Regiment
New York State Guard
Court asks rule on derogatory phrases in wartime book
New Jersey court is asked to issue a declaratory judgment on whether references to public figures in a wartime book, including President Roosevelt and Justice Frankfurter, are derogatory. The suit seeks a determination of truth or falsity of statements and any proper relief.
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Newstk
N. J
Upr
Roosevelt
Franhkie
Wailate
Bidéle
Avi
Morris A Beatle
Washington
Msx
Rabinowitz
Jersey
Bealls
Albert A. Land
Jersey City
Ddgk
Harry L Heaxins
Felix Frankfurter
Senate
Alsin W. Barkler
Chaw Bacon
Lkely
United States
Football Injury Fatal in Detroit Neighborhood Incident
Edward Chwasczewski, 16, died after injuries suffered during a neighborhood football game. He passed away in a receiving hospital last night as authorities investigated the incident and determined the cause of death.
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Detroit
Edward
Chwasczewski
Battle for Fortress Before Metz Engulfed by Fire
Allied troops broke into the fortress near Metz driving into the West Wall as German defenses fought back hard. American divisions led by Hodges and Patton’s Third Army pressed through Meurthe Moselle belts, storming underg round tunnels and facing stiff resistance from Nazi garrison veterans. Dispatches say Metz fortifications were captured but forceful garrison resistance persisted as night fell.
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Aschén
Germany
Rhineland
Hodges
Frence
George & Patton
Third Army
Didant
Meiz
Moselle
Metz
Edward Bail
Associated Press
Ball
West Wall
Japs Reach Six Miles From Foochow Port In China War
A war dispatch reports Japanese forces advancing within six miles of Foochow, the eastern port, threatening Kowloon in Hwangsi Province as U.S. and Allied units retreat and destroy bases to stem the Japanese advance. Air raids from Dutch New Guinea bases aid the offensive, while Tokyo announces seven more Japanese sea admissions and rising casualties in the last month.
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Yes Teday
Nippon
Foochow
Koweilin
Hwangsi
Associated Prize War
U. S
Bowangsi
Meann
Anéia
Aled Headowvariers
West Pacific
Tha
Salikpapan
Duck Boarnea
Ueter
Dutch
Guinea
Gea
Douglas MacArthur
Tapayan
Susan
Pagiac
FOC
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