Haskell Defends Record at Democratic Rally in Music Hall
General Haskell, Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, defends his record as state director of civilian protection and attacks political attacks. He pays tribute to Brig. Gen. Ogden J. Ross and calls for steady leadership postwar, while veterans and Gold Star mothers attend.
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William N. Haskell
New York State
Music Hall
Veterans’ Committee
Haskell
Herbert H. Lehman
Thomas E. Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Democratic and
American Labor Party
Albany
Ross
Ogden J. Ross
Troy
105Th Regiment of
Pacific
United States Army
National Guard
John J. Tower
Veterans Committee
Ith Division
Monument Square
Solliers' and Sailors
Daniel W. Carhart
Gen
Thirteen Die As Swedish Plane Is Shot Down
A Swedish transport plane en route from England to Stockholm was shot down off Sweden's west coast, killing thirteen aboard. The Aero-Transport Co. announced the crash occurred about 11 p.m. fifty miles north of Gothenburg, with six Russians reported among the passengers.
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Stockholm
Ingland
Sweden
Ere Transport Co
Aero-Transport Co
Goeteborg
Masaryk warns on Italy as blue eyed ally
Masaryk, vice premier in exile of Czechoslovakia, says Czechs are bewildered by Italy being welcomed as a co-belligerent and fear other satellite rulers becoming blue-eyed boys. He cites Premier Pietro Badoglio as an early example, speaking after arriving from London in New York.
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New York
UPI
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Italy
London
Masaryk
Pietro Badoglio
Sabotage Delays Nazi Secret Weapon Output
Stockholm reports aerial bomb attacks and saboteurs are slowing Germany’s latest secret weapon program. Dispatch from Bern cites delays in production of a weapon described as exceptionally powerful and dangerous.
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Stockholm
Germany
Bern
Aftontidnirgen
IT'S SMART y Vea Club XXX Ale or Adv.
The note mentions IT'S SMART and Vea Club XXX Ale or Adv as a combined item. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR. No clear events, names, or actions can be confirmed from readable fragments.
Jelly Jam Added to Ration List
The Office of Price Administration ordered an eight day sales freeze on jams jellies preserves and fruit spreads starting midnight to prep for rationing October 31. Citrus marmalades excluded and will get zero point value. Blue and green stamps will be valid for purchases through December 20 and November 20 for specified items. Home canned spreads also come under ration control.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Reds Force Nazis Into Dnieper Loop Near Dnipro
Russian forces punched toward Dnepropetrovsk and Krivoi Rog within 31 and 18 miles respectively, driving hundreds of thousands of Germans into the Dnieper bend. Northwest of Kiev, tanks broke out from Pereyaslav bridge head, threatening more enemy troops in the river loop. A major tank battle left 32 German tanks wrecked as fierce fighting continued around Melitopol and surrounding districts with German counterattacks repelled.
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Dnepropetrovsk
Krivo Rog
Dnieper
Éibow
Moscow
Kiev
Pereyaslav
Melitopol
Defense Contends Oakes Killing While De Marigny Slept
Bahamas supreme court heard Alfred De Marigny claim he was at home in bed asleep when his father in law Sir Harry Oakes was killed last July. Witnesses undermined his story detailing a 230 am to sunrise sleep after a dinner party and a neighbor sighting a light in his bedroom at 1230 am and 145 am.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry Oakes
Bahamas Supreme Court
Eric
Hathnan
de Marigny
Sir Harry
Nancy
Westbourne
de. Marigny
Victona Avenue
Marquis Georges de Visdelou
Lightbourne
German claim of Italian plot to trap Hitler in Italy
The German high command charged that King Vittorio Emanuele III and Marshal Badoglio planned to lure Adolf Hitler to Italy to capture him and hand him over to the Allies along with Mussolini. Berlin said Badoglio invited Hitler to confer, but the Führer declined. The statement noted Italian troops moved as German units advanced into the Adige valley on September 7 ahead of Italy’s surrender on September 8.
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London
Vittorio Emanuele
Marshal Badoglio
Italy
Adolf Hitler
The
Alles
Benito Mussolini
Marshal Badoglie
Hitler
Iing
Ministry of Information
Tme
Duce
Rong
Badosho
Berlin
Italan
Badogna
Buehrer
Germany
High Command
Radoglie
Adige Valley
U.S. Denounces Philippine Puppet Rule by Japanese Set-Up
President Roosevelt declared the United States would not recognize the Manila government set up by Japan with Jose P. Laurel as president. He condemned its first acts, vowed to use all resources to drive out invaders, and expressed support for loyal Filipinos seeking true independence.
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Washington VP
Froosevelt
Philippines
Roosevelt
Jose P. Laurel
Philippine Supreme Court
Japan
United States
Islands
Commonwealth
Copper Penny Returns by Recycled Shell Copper
Washington reports the copper penny will be revived using reclaimed shell cases from proving grounds and rifle ranges. Under director Nelsia Tayloe Ross plans call for copper content from five to ninety percent, up from prewar eighty five. Minting to begin January 1 as steel pennies continue to circulate.
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Washington Upi
Nelsia Tayloe Ross
Ross
Met
Morgenthau and Gort Tour Bombed Malta
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr and Field Marshal Lord Gort inspected bomb damaged Valletta in Malta after visiting the Fifth Army front in Italy, touring the island yesterday.
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Valletta
Malta
Piu
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Lord Gort
Fifth Army
Italy
Fifth Army advances in Italy threaten German defenses north of Volturno
Allied forces under Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark captured Alive and Piedimonte D'Alife to harass German positions north of the Volturno River. American units pushed toward Venafro as British troops hold inland posts near the river mouth. German counterattacks were repulsed with heavy losses, while Allied air power supported Yugoslav ground efforts against German forces along the Dalmatian coast. American Warhawk fighters also shot down a six-plane Junkers-87 dive-bomber formation attempting to attack Yugoslav Partisans.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Alive
Piedimonte D’alife
Miguntain
Volturno River
Dragon
Valturno
Venafio
Ave
Cunceilo
Clark
Berlin
Rome
Ostia
Tiber
Dalmatian
Balkan
Fifth Army
Ng Salerno
Naples
Itefan
Avellino
Salerno
Volturno
Adriatic
Calore
New Aircraft Carriers To Be Built
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that three new United States Navy aircraft carriers of 45 000 tons will be constructed. The C W Bs will be the largest ships of their type with enhanced armament and armor plating. Construction on two ships will start soon and keel laying for the third is planned for next year.
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Washington
United States Navy
Knox
Appearances Deceive Pin Up Choice at Chicago Center
FBI official Drayton clarified that Anthony J. Jaros a 16 year old from Detroit was not a Marine and was held on a charge of illegally wearing a Marine uniform. Actress Ann appeared with the youth during a visit to the Chicago service men's center.
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Diana
Ann Shriidan
Spencer
C. Drayton
Chicago F. B I
Marine Corp
John J. Malik
Guadalcanal
Anthony J. Jaros
Detreit
Drayton
Jaros
Jaros Jas
Chicago
Service Men’s Center
Oil Well in Everglades Near Florida Gov Claims Progress
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced in New York that a Florida Everglades oil well near Gaverny has been fully completed. Holland of Florida cautioned optimism despite the positive news.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Standard Oil Ca
New Jersey
New York
Yeaterday
Oi Weil
Fally
Florida Everglades
Gaverny
Spes
Holland
Florida
Bombing Raid Levelled Finschhafen Perimeter During New Guinea Assault
Allied air forces dropped a record 221 tons of bombs on Japanese positions northwest of Finschhafen New Guinea. The Sattelberg mission aimed at Japanese jungle defenses as reinforcements moved from the north. The raid was the heaviest yet used on New Guinea, though later surpassed at Rabaul.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Sattelberg
Rabaul
New Britain
House Rejects Substitute Tax Plan to Raise Personal Taxes
The House Ways and Means committee rejected a plan to raise individual income taxes by 6.5 billion dollars while streamlining the tax structure. It kept the aim of taxing low income groups, replacing the Victory tax with higher normal rates and eliminating the earned income credit. Panics by Colin F Stam said the merged tax would raise about 12 million more in revenue, spread over 44 million taxpayers, with a Marti Person paying about 928 annually versus 893.45 now.
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Washington (P
House
Wand Means Committee
Treasury
House Committee
Colin F. Stam
Congressional Advisory
Stam
Political Talks Hold Stage at Moscow Parley
United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov met in Moscow for a fourth conference. The session began earlier than planned in a cheerful atmosphere with Molotov presiding after discussions about rotating chairmanship.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Russia
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav
Molotov
Hull
Edendo
Ient
Axis airport wrecked in new raid near Paris
Allied air force units struck a Nazi airdrome 45 miles west of Paris yesterday. American Marauder bombers escorted by RAF Spitfires attacked Evieux-Fauville as part of a rapid round the clock bombing campaign across the continent.
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London
Paris
Evieux-Fauville
Prime Minister Churchill Visits London Anti Aircraft Battery
Churchill, who regularly appears in unexpected places, visited a London anti aircraft battery during an air raid and watched Mary Churchill order fires. The operation into enemy territory passed unchallenged, signaling a weakened German air strength amid a blitz of cross channel air combat. Typhoon bombers over France encountered no fighter opposition.
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Mary London
Churchill
London
Mary Churchill
AFS
Tricqueville
France
Niagara River Fish Satisfy Sweet Tooth
Fragmented note describes fish in the Niagara River near Fort Erie Ontario. It references vessels or crews and a strange incident involving molasses, minnows, and a surface sighting after immersion. The readable text hints at a mystery or public notice but lacks clear events or names.
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Niagara River
Fort Erie
Clues to Secret Weapons Linked to Wound Types
Philadelphia reports that new wound types may reveal secret weapons. Dr J F Fulton of Yale Medical School describes burns and chokes as telltale signs, with gas injuries indicating the type of gas used.
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Philadelphia
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
J. F. Fulton
Yale University Medical School
Allied Troop Ships Enter Gibraltar
Dozens of ships moved into the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar with seven Allied troop ships carrying troops and 24 large landing barges loaded with war material. The vessels included two US merchantmen, three British, one Dutch and one Norwegian transport. Five British freighters loaded war material at Gibraltar as thirty other freighters departed for Britain from the Mediterranean. Italian destroyers and a Vulcania type transport lay anchored near a British Red Cross ship.
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la Linea
Spain
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Straits of Gibraltar
United States
Gibraltar
Britain
Red Cross
Japanese Renew Submarine War Off West Coast
Japanese submarines renew attacks on Allied shipping along the West Coast as crews returning from Hawaii and Pacific posts report encounters with subs. A tanker from the west narrowly avoids torpedoes through evasion, another tanker dodges a brush with subs without damage, and Navy officials remain noncommittal on the defense outcome.
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West Coast
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Pacific
West
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