Allied Troops Forge Volturno Bridgeheads Near Capua
Allies breach the Volturno river line near Capua in a night assault, establish bridgeheads under heavy German fire, and push north as American and British forces storm defenses with tanks and engineers. German resistance pins infantry to positions north of the river, while seaborne British troops threaten to flank along the Volturno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Rome
Volturno
Fifth Army
Capua
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Gargliano
Aurunci
Ausoni
Berlin
Mediterranean
A. H. Ide Dies in Hospital
A. H. Ide 72 a longtime Troy shirt and collar mogul died at Samaritan Hospital after surgery on October 5. Widely known in Troy’s business circles the Ide family links to Cluett and Ide firms span generations.
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Harris Ide
Collings Avenue
Troy
A. H. Ide & Co
Samaritan Hospital
Ide
Cluetts
Cluett
Mr. Ide
Caroline Ide
Albert E. Cluett
George P. Ide & Co
Williams Colege
Frank B. Twining
H. Ide
Group Approves Credit Program Extension Amid Subsidy Debate
The House Banking Committee voted 16 to 10 to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation's life to July 1, 1945, with Republicans backing a subsidy ban. The panel rejected CCC borrowing up to 3.5 billion dollars and kept the agency able to price perishable goods to prevent losses, amid a push to roll back wartime subsidies.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Congress
Banking Committee
Coal Should Burn Mayor and OPA Say
Edward L Coffey chief district OPA attorney announced a temporary restraining order against a Brooklyn coal seller who provided coal that would not burn and could extinguish fires. Mayor LaGuardia said non combustible coal prompted many protest letters and warned he would travel to Washington to stop the issue.
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New York (P
Edward L. Coffey
OPA
Brooklyn
F. H. LaGuardia
Washington
Italian War Move Against Japs Foretold At Frontier
A Chiasso dispatch to Der Bund quotes Italian circles predicting a declaration of war against Japan by Premier Marshal Badoglio. The claim rests on belief Italy could deploy its fleet to the Pacific and Far East waters.
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Chiasso
Bern
der Bund
Japan
Marshal Badoglio
Pacific
Far East
Bankers Urged to Heed Farmers Loan Needs
Syracuse New York bankers were urged to focus on farmers loan needs to stay competitive with government agencies. The wartime farm credit school urged long term land purchase loans and short term crop production loans. Dr. William I Myers of Ithaca State Agriculture College said banks have begun revising lending policies to meet farmers needs.
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Syracuse (P
New York
New York State Bankers’ Association
Farm Credit School
William I Myers
State Agriculture College
Ithaca
Rommel Put In Charge Of Yugoslav Campaign
Berlin reports Rommel appointed to lead operations against Yugoslav Patriots as Axis forces push into Croatia Dalmatia and Slovenia. Partisans claim significant hits including 300 German fatalities and 305 prisoners, with ambushes on routes from Ogulin to Zagreb and strikes near Zara Split along the Dalmatian coast.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Yugoslavia
Erwin Rommel
Barlin
Mediterranean
Italy
Ogulin
Karlovace
Zagreb
Croatia
Libanik
Zara
Imotski
Dalmatia
Slovenia
Istrian
Duga Resa
Karlovac
Split
Dalmatian
Montenegron
Mariise
Fiume
Susak
Orkvenice
Bakar
Kesselring Recalled as Commander in Southern Italy
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was reported recalled to command German troops in southern Italy after clashes with Erwin Rommel. Rommel was said to have assumed overall defenses for Italy, with Stamel named to lead Rome area forces under Rommel. Mussolini received Rommel in Mussoolini's government seat, possibly tied to the affair.
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Stockholm
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Kesselring
Stamel
Rome
Rommel
Geneva
la Suisse
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Marshal Rommel
Mussolini
Kesselring-Romme
Romme
Milan
Friction With Soviets Eases Over Italian Government
Moscow reports indicate Russia United States and Britain accept Marshal Badoglio's Italian government as a co belligerent. The three power declaration calls for Italian adherence to postwar will of the people and democratic principles in occupied territories, easing earlier Soviet criticism of previous Allied choices.
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Moscow
Russia
Marshal Badoglio
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Admiral Darlan
Yale Mail Swamps P. O. New York
The New York Post Office reports its busiest mailing day as six millionth Christmas package of the month leaves for Joe American abroad. Postmaster Albert Goldman notes unprecedented rush and holiday effort.
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New York UP
New York Post Office
Albert Goldman
Army Gets New Super Bomber
The United States Army is producing a new long range bomber called the B-29. An unspecified number have been delivered in recent weeks with output ramping up this month. The B-29 promises greater bomb capacity and range than the Consolidated Liberator and Boeing Flying Fortress, capable of striking Hitler’s European fortress and Japan from American bases.
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Washington
Army
United States
Yank
Sky Battles Over Kahili Down 12 Zeros
Allied headquarters report another raid on Kahili in the Bougainville area. American planes claim twelve Japanese Zero fighters were downed as more than 100 bombers and fighters attacked Kahili near Buin. Mitchell medium bombers reportedly sank two enemy cargo vessels while Japanese raids hit Morobe and Finch Hafen targets described as harmless.
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Southwest Pacific
Kahili
Japan
Solomons
Bougainville
Buin
New Guinea
Morobe
Finnchhafen
38 Injured in Milwaukee Line Train Wreck
Miles City Montana officials say water-softened roadbed caused the Milwaukee Road Olympian derailment near Paragon eleven miles west of Miles City. Fifty-eight injured. five in serious condition. Fifty-three passengers with minor injuries treated and released. Passengers recall no warning as cars plunged from the tracks. most injuries were head traumas.
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Olympian
Paragon
Here
Hanley Flays Tammany In New York Speech
New York UPI State Senator Joe R. Hanley Republican candidate for lieutenant governor attacked Tammany Hall during a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, saying the local Democratic Party had “moved uptown” and could improve public standing by distancing itself from its shadow.
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New York
Greece Accepts Italy as Partner in War Effort
Greek Prime Minister Emmanuel Tsouderos announced after daylong talks in Italy that Greece would accept Italy as an Allied partner with no changes to Greek political administration. He said Greece would continue fighting for victory but reject Italian influence at home and noted Italy currently has no real capacity for power.
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Cairo
Emmanuel Tsouderos
Italy
Greece
Pawar
General Dies from Maneuver Injuries in Louisiana Crash
CPI Major General Stonewall Jackson, 52, died at 9:37 p.m. in Camp Polk station hospital from injuries suffered in a plane crash during the Third Army maneuver area on October 4. He never regained consciousness and will be buried at Plattsburg.
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Third Army Maneuver Headquar
Trs
Louisiana
CPI
War Chest Draft Rules Drive Opens 1-A for November 5
The Allied Communities War Chest campaign for Troy and vicinity opens November 5 and runs through November 23 with a $325000 goal. Campaign chairman Ernest L Warneke was named at a board meeting, announced by James F O Crowley.
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Allied Communities War Chest
James O’crowley
Ernest L. Warneke
Troy
War Services
War Chest
Vicinlity
Community Chest
James F. O'Crowley
Farber Marshall
Short Supply Short String Style Survives in Chicago
The Chicago garment trade notes a shortage of men's shorts with talk of reviving drawstrings. Ringside snug fits lacking elastic tops face demand for replacements such as tie-side, all button, and drawstring models. The Na tional Association of Retail Cloth ers and Furnishers urges retailers to monitor postwar taste shifts and service men’s color aversions like green dungaree shades.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothers and Furnishers
Disbarment Proceedings Begun Against Aurelio Candidate
The Association of the Bar of New York City filed in the Appellate Division to disbar former Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio, a Supreme Court candidate on Democratic and Republican lines, before the November 2 election. The petition asks Aurelio to show cause why disbarment should not be ordered.
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New York
Association of the Bar of the City of
Appellate Division
Thomas A. Aurelio
Supreme Court
Bar Association Executive Committee
Association
Aurelia
Bad Check Girls Nabbed by Police
Chicago Police Capt. Harry B. Deas said six young women and a man posing as their mentor used slacks to pose as war plant workers and cashed fraudulent checks worth between 200 000 and 1 250 000 in six months. Victims include department stores currency exchanges and small businesses with over thirty signed complaints.
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Chicago
Harry B. Deas
Deas
Bone Diggers Unearth Possible Remains in Stott Case
Diggers resumed near Almond Road in Hornell after uncovering bone-like particles at a burial site linked to Esta Stott. Samuel S. Stott, 62, a former Hornell railroad man, reportedly confessed to killing her 18 years ago. State Police Inspector Hoyt declined comment as searches continued.
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Hornell GP
Esta Stott
Samuel S. Stott
Hornell
Stott
Flourene F. Hoyt
Almond Road
Hornell City One
Coal Strike Forces Temporary Closure of Republic Furnaces
Republic Steel Corp. announced two Birmingham blast furnaces would be banked due to a fuel shortage linked to the Alabama coal strike. The stoppage affected 18 mines employing over 7,000 workers, with E. I. Evans, southern district manager, noting production cannot continue without coke.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republic’ Steel Corp
Alabama
Idie. E. I. Evans
Republic
Bombing Raid on Schweinfurt Hammers Ball Bearing Plant
United States Flying Fortresses thrust deep into Germany to smash Schweinfurt ball bearing plant. Sixty American bombers were shot down in what may have been the fiercest air battle to date, with 91 enemy fighters downed and 13 more by Thunderbolts. The raid, second in two months, aimed to cripple a key German war production facility.
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London
United States
Germany
Schweinfurt
U. S. Army
Regensburg-Schweinfurt
Africa
Sergt
Wiliam RR. Mortimer
Rimersburg
Marienburg
East Prussia
Berlin
DNB
Dnieper City Falls To Soviets
The Red Army captured the Dnieper bend stronghold of Zaporozhe and sealed Melitopol, cutting Crimea railway links. In a north of Niciev breakthrough, three German divisions were smashed. Soviet forces pushed toward the Crimea risking encirclement of 100,000 troops.
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London
Red Army
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Melitopol
Crimea
Niciev
Moscow
East Bank
Zaporezhe-Melitopol
Lower
Sea of Azov
Russian Troops Cross Dnieper After Zaporozhye Victory
Reuters dispatch from Moscow quotes Pravda reporting victorious Russian forces smashed across the Dnieper and captured the east bank city of Zaporozhye. The capture was announced in a Soviet communique last night.
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London
Reuters
Moscow
Pravda Today
Dnieper
Zaporozshe
Zaporozhe
Russians capture Zaporozhye and threaten German line
Gen Rodin Malinovsky’s army seizes Zaporozhye, near 200000 residents, five miles southeast of Kichkas, amid the destruction of the $110 million Dnieper hydroelectric dam by Russian engineers in 1941 during a scorched earth retreat. The victory may decisively weaken German front from the Crimea to White Russia as Stalin signals a major triumph with a 224 salvo cannon salute.
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Crimea
Dniener
Rodin Malinovsky
Zaporozhe
Kichkas
White Russia
Stalin
Moscow
Nazis Admit Loss of Face in Russian Retreat
An authoritative German periodical, Stockhalm CPI Das Schwarze Kor openly conceded that the Nazi retreat in Russia damaged political prestige, forcing them onto grainlands and signaling a serious setback for Heinrich Himmler’s leadership and interior ministries.
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Stockhalm Cpi
Heinrich Himmter
Das Schwarze Kor
Russia
Germa
Himmte
OPA Cuts Vegetable Prices In New Ceiling Plan
OPA General Manager Chester Bowles announced new ceiling limits on vegetables to curb rising costs. The plan targets beans cabbages cucumbers cauliflower lettuce and other produce with expected price reductions of up to 30 percent. The action follows earlier fruit controls and aims to head off further cost increases as supplies shift with the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Chester
Bowles
American Flying Fortress Belly Lands Near Basel
A Bern dispatch to the Neue Zurch Zeitung reports an American Flying Fortress made a belly landing near Basel yesterday while returning from an attack on a German city. The incident underscores the air war overhead as Allied bombers operate against targets in Germany.
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Bern
Basel
Neue Zu Her Zeitung
Confusion Of Postwar Plans Seen
Washington report notes risk from dual foreign policy declarations before President Roosevelt. Senate debate on Connally resolution seeks united action with free nations to establish and maintain international order, potentially confusing Allies about U.S. postwar aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aasaci
United States
Date of Mrs. Kelly's Wedding Uncertain
A fragment notes an uncertain date for Mrs. Kelly's wedding involving Colin and Watson Ped, with little context or additional details readable from the text.
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Colin
Watson
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