Nazis Retreat Toward Rome Amid Fierce Mediterranean Battle
Allied forces hammer the Volturno line driving Nazis back toward Capua and Rome. British landing craft enable swift ashore actions as Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushes along the Adriatic front with steady advances and German delaying actions.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Volturno
Rome
Capua Bride
Capua
Valturno
Berlin
Italy
Ostia
Tiber River
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Termoli
Adriatic
Montgomery
Germany
Garigliano
Guardia
Gildone
Three Planes Downed Over England In Night Raid
Three enemy aircraft were destroyed over England last night authorities stated early today. The alert followed reports of raid activity and confirms air defense success amid ongoing wartime defenses.
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London
England
25000 Miners Quit Work Threaten New Coal Strike
Nearly 25,000 coal miners walked off jobs prompting fear of a general strike. The War Labor Board urged United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis to restore full production citing Alabama and Indiana walkouts not authorized by the union. Officials warned of runaway strikes if no contract by October 31.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
WLB
Lewis
Alabama
Interior Ickes
Navy
War Department
Ickes
Umetrasean
Robert P. Patterson
James Forrestal
Guerrillas Fight Back against 4000 German Forces in Greece
Guerrillas in central Greece reportedly repulsed a 4,000 strong German force and pushed toward the rail town of Karditsa 160 miles north of Athens. Reports describe German reinforcements moving into Belgrade area to counter irregulars across 800 miles of territory from Istria to the Peloponnese, with further clashes and Allied intrigue across Yugoslavia and Bosnia.
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London
Greece
Karditsa
Athens
Balkan
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Istrian
Peloponnesus
Cairo
Quisling
Bosnia
Bosnian Ruhr
Krupp
Zivnica
Tuzla
End New Deal Says Willkie Dato
Two Army flyers were rescued after bailing from a training plane that crashed on a farm five miles north. Captain Jesse D Thompson and Lieut. Raymond L Gilmore, of Stewart Field, West Point, were saved by firefighters using a life net after Thompson was trapped fifty feet up a tree for five hours. Willkie urged a world peace organization beyond alliances and called for leaders with international leadership.
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Stewart Field
West Point
Thompson
Auburn
St. Louis
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
America
Soong
United States
Leningrad Churchman Medal Awarded for Defense
A Moscow broadcast via Soviet monitor said the supreme praesidium awarded a medal for the defense of Leningrad to Metropolitan Alexei and other Russian Orthodox Church members. The clergy aided city defenses and financed a Red Army tank column. Alexei pledged church and believer support for national defense.
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London
Moscow
Supreme Praesidium of the Soviet
Leningrad
Alexei
Two Army Officers Die in Stewart Field Plane Crash
In Ellenville a twin engined training plane wreck killed Lieut Leighton O Anderson 21 of Raymondville Texas and Lieut Charles O Beck 25 of Alexandria Louisiana. The bodies were found after 28 Stewart Field planes searched for the overdue craft. A second Stewart Field training plane crashed near Cato injuring two occupants.
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Stewart Field
Ellenville
George L. Schlatter
Cato
Leighton O. Anderson
Raymondville
Tex
Charles O. Beck
Alexandria
Ehilenville
Melitopol Freed as Polish? Germans in Street Fight
Russian forces drove Germans from Melitopol in three days of close combat using bayonets and grenades to clear fortified buildings including a factory and a church. Moscow reported more than 4,500 German dead along a 56 mile front from Zaporozhe to Melitopol, while flooding parts of the battlefield and destroying a rebuilt Dnieper dam was claimed by Germany. The bulletin noted no explicit claim of capture and described a tough cleanup rather than a final seizure.
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London
Melitopol
Zaporozhe
Crimea
Moscow
Ukraine
Dnieper
Soviet
Monitor
Stull Witty Take On Russian Offensive Comment
Madrid Arriba correspondent falters humorously on a German spokesman line about the Russian summer offensive. He notes the attack continues as German counter-attacks press the town beyond the plains toward the Crimes. The German defense reports heavy enemy losses in fresh counter-attacks.
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Madrid
Berlin
Arriba
German Dead Estimated at 4,000,000
London reports Lord Selborne, minister of economic warfare, stated at Gosport that about 4 million Germans have been killed in the current war, more than twice World War I losses. He said nine-tenths of Nazi losses were in Russia, German war supplies are largely spent, and the bloodiest fighting still lies ahead.
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London
Lord Selborne
Gosport
Russia
Hitler
Ger- Tan
Russian Relief Goods Being Distributed
Moscow notes Edward C. Carter, president of Russian War Relief, Inc., reported that Americans donated about 9.27 million dollars of materials have reached the Soviet Union. He emphasized the distribution is only a drop in the bucket given the country’s vast needs. He cited 76 percent medical, 17 percent clothing and blankets, six percent seeds, and the remainder miscellaneous.
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Moscow
Edward C. Carter
Russian War Relief, Inc
Soviet Union
Carter
United States
Widow of War Hero Weds Again in Calvary Church
Mrs. Colin Kelly widow of the first American war hero and Navy Lieutenant J Watson Pedlow wed yesterday at Calvary Episcopal Church in Crozierville Pennsylvania. They left on a ten day wedding trip. Pedlow's cousin Richard Evans announced the marriage. Mrs Kelly's three year old son Corky and Colin Kelly Jr attended the ceremony. Destination of the trip was not disclosed.
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Crozierville
Colin Kelly
Navy
J. Watson Pedlow
Calvary Episcopal Church
Richard Evans
Pedlow
Fight Looms On Postwar Policy
An eleven member internationalist bloc challenged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to strengthen a proposed postwar policy declaration or face a floor battle. They rejected Chairman Connally’s plea to accept the sub committee draft and plan amendments for next Tuesday. The group seeks to fix the form of international cooperation and the authority of any future peace preserving body.
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Washington UP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Ball
R-Minn
Hateh
Dan
Pepper
D.-Fla
United States
Court reporter to transcribe portion of De Marigny trial
In the Bahamas historic move a court reporter will transcribe parts of Alfred De Marigny's trial for slaying Sir Harry Oakes. Chief Justice Sir Oscar Bedford Daly appointed a stenographer to record the charge to the jury and some counsel arguments, while testimony remains in longhand. De Marigny sits in a cage, standing unless allowed to sit, during the proceedings.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Oscar Bedford Daly
de Marigny
Americans Make Light Attack on Makin Island
The Pacific Fleet reported a light bombing attack by American land based Liberator bombers on the Makin Island Japanese seaplane base in the Gilberts on Wednesday. The force suffered no loss.
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Pearl] Harbor
Makin Island
Gilberts
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Argentina lifts Jewish gag after Roosevelt censure
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina's ban on Jewish language newspapers printed in Yiddish has been lifted following Roosevelt's sharp censure. The move came as Gen Ramirez installed new cabinet members including Gustavo Martinez Zuviria Cesare Ameghino and Naval Captain Ricardo Vago amid moves seen as shifting away from Axis diplomacy.
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Argentina
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Washington
Ramirez
Axis
Gustavo Martinez Zuviria
Cesare Ameghino
Naval
Ricardo Vago
Zuviria
Montevideo
Lend Lease Investigation Expanded to Cover Foreign Aid Spending
Senate Appropriations Committee votes to joint with Truman committee on lend-lease inquiry and to examine foreign activities of Office of Inter-American Affairs, Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Export-Import Bank. Nye says hearings will be private and aim for a broad view of U S dollars spent abroad.
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Britain
Nye
Airforce and P T Boats Hit Japs in Southwest Pacific
Allied forces strike Japanese air bases and shipping on New Britain from Cape Gloucester to Cape Hoskins and Gasmata. Fifth Air Force and swift P T boats hit New Britain targets amid ongoing air assaults announced in the communique. Cape Gloucester received a 42 ton bombing and runways were torn up after fires started. Cape Hoskins and Gasmata targets also attacked with hits on the airdromes and anti aircraft positions.
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Southwest Pacific
Fifth Airforce
Swift
New Britain
Rabaul
MacArthur
Huon Gulf
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
Cape Hoskins
Gasmata
Five Die as Train Hits Greyhound Bus Near Tracy
A Western Pacific Flyer struck a Pacific Greyhound bus three miles southeast of Tracy California, killing five passengers and injuring about thirty. The bus was knocked around and rolled over after impact. One victim was a sailor. Injured were taken to Sean Joaquin General Hospital near Stockton.
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Tracy
Cal
Pacific Greyhound
Western Pacific Flyer
San Francisco
Sean Joaquin General Hospital
Stockton
Justice Black Appears On Beach Sans Robe
Justice Black sat in the Supreme Court chamber in a business suit without his black robe causing astonishment. A deputy clerk whispered to him and he returned minutes later in full judicial attire, a historic sight as the bench wore proper robes again.
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Washington P
Justice Black
Supreme Court
Deanna Durbin Divorce Suit Uncontested
Los Angeles. Lieutenant Vaughn Paul former film director said he would not oppose actress Deanna Durbin divorce case. Paul waived postponement rights under the Soldier and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 which bars court action against servicemen unable to defend themselves in person.
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Los Angeles
Vaughn Paul
Deanna Durbin
Paul
Albany Democrats denounce police at polls in ad campaign
Albany County Democratic Committee denounces state police presence at polling places as terrorism and cheap politics. The group, in a full page ad, accuses Gov. Dewey and Republican leaders of corruptions and warns officers of personal responsibility for Election Law violations. Continued on Page Fifteen.
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New York State
Albany County Democratic Committee
Watervliet-Cohoes-Albany
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
O'Connell
Albany County
America
Democratic Committee
Blind for the last 18 years Omaha woman heads to teach Braille
Margaret Hale, 23, an Omaha social welfare worker, departs for San Francisco to train blind U S soldiers at Letterman General Hospital. Accompanied by her dog Myrt, she will instruct on radio usage, talking books, games, checkers and chess to blinded veterans. She emphasizes practical help over glamour.
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Omaha
Margaret Hale
Myrt
San Francisco
United States
Letterman General Hospital
Miss Hale
Registration Deadline For General Election Vote
Last day to qualify to vote in the November General Election by registering in the local Election Districts. Boards of Registry will sit from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. in towns over 5,000 and from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. in smaller communities. If you do not register, you cannot vote on Election Day.
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Boards of Registry
Troy
Registration Tops 1942 Figures
Rainy weather failed to hold down the trend toward heavy registration in Troy for the General Elections of November 2. In three days, Troy recorded 21 378 registrations this year, vs 22 668 last year and 26 099 in 1938. Albany brought 18 272 registrations to reach 42 812 for the period.
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Troy
Cohoes
Watervliet
Albany
Navy Asked to Take Over Shipbuilding Co
Workers at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co in Kearny New Jersey marched to the yard supervisor’s office to press for Navy takeover after more than 1 000 of the 17 000 first shift employees walked out. The unauthorized stoppage late that night appeared resolved as the night shift reported for duty.
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Yard Navy
Theavy Department
Sentenced for Food Fraud in Albany Case
Four defendants were sentenced on conspiracy to defraud the government in the production and shipment of dried egg powder for lend-lease. Judgments included four years for Julius Cohen and fines up to five thousand dollars. Charles Cohen, Cate Ebbighauser, and Sidney Atlas received prison terms or restrictions with modest fines. The Dunkel and Sandia corporations faced financial penalties as well.
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Albany (P
Hugh F. O'Donnell
U. S
Tral
Samuel Dunkel & Co. Inc
Sondra Eye Products Corp
Defendar
Charles Cohen
Dutkel Firm
Cate Ebbighauser
Dunkel
Sidney S$. Atlas
Walton
Sondia Corp
Dunkel Concern
Sandia Corp
Jacob Ferber
New York City
Danish Patriots Engage Nazi Troops in Rail Skirmish
News wires report Danish patriots clash with German troops and Danish saboteurs along rail lines in northern Jutland. Guards protect lines supplying garrisons in Denmark and vessels bound for Norway while saboteurs relentlessly blast the tracks.
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Stockholm
Jutland
Denmark
Norway
Third Quadruplet Wed to Army Sergeant
In Oklahoma City a wedding joined Leota Keys to Master Sergeant Bob Hall of Dothan Alabama. She is the third of the Keys quadruplets to wed, and the only Blonde of the 28 member 28 1 foursomes.
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Oklahoma City
Leota Keys
Okiae Nomas Fameu
Puncn
Keys
Leota
Bob Hall
Dotham
Ala
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Army
Democrats
Lend-Lease
Airforce
Shipbuilding Co
Cheon
Drew Pearson
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