Little Steel Dispute Shunted to President Roosevelt
The War Labor Board voted four to three to forward the Little Steel wage dispute to President Roosevelt without advice. Minority members denounced the action as dereliction and described the majority plan as double talk. The board will study wages versus living costs and may revisit the 35 percent cap, while the report may reach the President after the elections via the Stabilization Director.
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White House
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Holwever
British Seize Albanian Port After Hard Balkan Action
Allied forces pressed across Greece and southern Albania with British units taking the port of Porto Bada on Corfu after a fierce battle. About five hundred prisoners were captured as German forces on Corfu were isolated. No major new news on the Briss coltumb surge near Corinth.
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Albania
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Corinth
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Ankara
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Office Building Planned to Replace Murray 3471 Hotel
Postwar plans reveal demolition of the Murray 3471 Hotel on lower Park Avenue to make way for a thirty story office tower. The project cost is estimated at 37.5 million dollars and the building will run from 40th Street to nearby dist Street facing Park Avenue.
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Lower Park Avenue
Gting
Park Avenue
40Th
Dist Street
Soldier Vote Forecast Tops Two Million in US Balloting
National AP survey shows as of October 3 more than 2.3 million absentee ballots requested by service members and families. New York leads with 389,054 applicants and 166,836 votes received. Ohio and New Jersey also report large figures.
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New York
Wisconsin
Ohio
Associated Press
Thomas Dewey
Pennsylvania
New ‘Jersey
New Jerseys
Keystone State
Eric Johnston Calls for Global Trade Credits Reform
Eric A. Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, urged at the National Foreign Trade convention that the world needs a bigger trade pie not smaller pieces. He proposed long term credits for wartorn area development to create foreign market prosperity and jobs while avoiding past misuses of funds.
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New York
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Dewey Plans Peace Views In New York Speech
Gov. Thomas F. Dewey will outline his peace strategy in a New York City address next Wednesday as part of the Republican campaign. He argues for multilateral world security and warns against single leadership in shaping postwar arrangements, urging broad international input.
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Thomas F. Dewey
New York City
Vince
New York Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
Foreign Policy Association
Dewey
Paul EB. Lethwood
Nurse Confesses Kidnaping of Bobby King
Detroit prosecutors say Eleanor Smith, 23, a nursemaid, confessed to abducting four month old Bobby King and cited a mother urge and love for the child as motive. The baby was returned unharmed after a police show up identified Smith as the sitter.
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William Co. Dewny
Eleanor Smith
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Bobby King
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Mrs. Smith
Hellen Rosman
Affe Smith
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United States and British air forces in France differ in bases
The U S Ninth Air Force moved from England to France, increasing American air strength there beyond the Royal Air Force. U S air forces now operate twenty air bases with long concrete runways, replacing several former German bases.
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Ninth Air Force
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France
United States
Rafin
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Reds Topple Key Hungarian Cities in Soviet Drive
Soviet forces reported glittering successes across the Baltic region and Hungary. Memel reportedly isolated. Szeged and Cluj captured. Belgrade siege confirmed by Moscow. Riga and Baltic towns damaged by bombardment. German and Soviet positions clashed with shifting gains in East Prussia and Lithuania.
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Army Makes lth Invasion In Palaus
American forces press the invasion of Peleliu and nearby Palaus with unopposed landings and air base targets. Marine action reports bombarded airfields, while Balikpapan strikes aim at refineries and oil facilities in Dutch Borneo.
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Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Dutch Borneo
Ford
Bulgaria Accepts Preliminary Armistice Terms In War’s End
Soviet announced that Bulgaria would withdraw from Greece and Yugoslavia immediate evacuation to begin under a joint commission led by a German official. British and Moscow reports said armistice conditions would be finalized after Bulgaria completes preliminary withdrawals and territorial evacuations.
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Marshal Stal‘im
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Richard Law
Snai
European Advisory Commission
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Anthony Eden
Stalin
Molotov
Nazis Check Allied Drive in North Italy
Allied forces pressed toward Bologna area with American and British units trading advances and stubborn hills defense. American troops reached Livergnano south of Bologna while Germans held key hills near Fontanellato and Mount Cece. British and Indian troops seized Mount Cece and nearby posts as mud and resistance slowed gains.
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San Pauio
Nazi Weather Station in Greenland Captured
Washington reports American forces have seized what is believed to be the last of Germanys hidden weather stations in Greenland. An official disclosed that three officers nine men and substantial amounts of tactical radio scientific and ordnance equipment were captured. The location and purpose of the station remain unclear with prior Nazi outposts having been taken in earlier operations.
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Uy — America
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Army Air Force
War Department
FDR Accepts Polish Call for Restoration as Nation
President Roosevelt told Polish American leaders Poland must be reconstituted as a great nation with world opinion backing the objective. The White House released remarks after a memorial from the Polish American Congress urged preservation of Poland's territorial integrity.
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Roosevelt
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White House
Polish American Congress
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Lady Astor Says Soldiers Spurn Compassionate Leave
Virginia born MP Lady Astor told the Associated Press that a good soldier does not want to go home to raise a family during the war, even on compassionate leave. She noted childless husbands with long service abroad have requested to return to start families, which would require scrutiny and delay.
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Lady Astor
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Middle East
Associated Press
Bordeaux in Hands Of FFL British Report
New York UPI reports the British Information Service states that Bordeaux has moved into French Forces of the Interior control. No authoritative word on the port’s fate, and no major Allied attack yet on La Rochelle, still held by German forces. The two Atlantic harbors lie on the Bay of Biscay in southwest France.
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la Rochelle
Atlantic
Biscay
Eden and Molotov Press Peace Talks Amid Allied Ties
In Moscow, Eden and Molotov pursued discussions on enduring peace and a rapid end to the European war. Stalin hosted a state banquet as U S officials and British military leaders gathered to support joint efforts, signaling strong Allied cooperation and Russia’s peacetime aims.
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Europe
Marshal Stalin
Anthony Eden
Weacheslay Mojotov
U. S
Waverill Barriman
United Nations
Stalin
Russia
Allies Bomb Dutch Dikes In Early 1940s Airstrike Report
Allied air forces pursue a pincer against German defenses as Lancasters and Fortresses strike dikes near Veere on Walcheren Island and coastal guns along Holland, while heavy bombers target aims in Coblenz and Cologne in a preliminary softening phase.
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Vison
Aachen
Minth
France
Taji
Coblenz
Colosne
Holland
Veere
Waiccheren
Waicheren
Holand
Actress Teresa Wright Sued Over Cook Shooting Claim
In Los Angeles Teresa Wright and husband Niven Busch face $15,000 damages from an alleged incident last May 23. The suit contends Busch’s 12-year-old son Peter fired a weapon while marching as a soldier at the residence, striking the cook Emer son Robinson.
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Teresa Wright
Niven Busch
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Emerson Robinson
Thockmantuve
Busth
Aachen Bombardment Rages As German City Falls Under Fire
Allied artillery and dive bombers pounded Aachen after the noon ultimatum, shredding the ancient city. German defenders reportedly to a division and prisoners described guards shooting retreating troops, while observers watched a city described as dead or burning.
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France
Aachen
Fuehrer
Reich
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
William S. White
Robot strikes pound Southern England with blasts
Reports describe a sequence of force incidents in Southern England and London as robot explosive devices caused widespread damage and alarm. Attacks followed within minutes of each other with anti aircraft fire and missiles exploding inland while authorities monitored the ongoing danger.
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England
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