Russians Shatter German Defenses near Nikopol
Red Army forces shattered a German defense line 25 miles southeast and pressed toward the Sivash marshes and Perekop. Cossack cavalry and other units swept through eighty villages, moving within 50 miles of the Crimea, with parallel advances toward Nikopol and Dnepropetrovsk.
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London
Nogaisk
Dnieper
Nikopol
Crimea
Moscow
Sivash
Perekop
Rodion TV. Malinovsky
Dnepropetrovsk
Alexandrovka
Monitor
Feodor Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Zaporozhe
Berlin
Tolbukhin
Balki-Malaya-Byelozerka
Bolshoi-Byelozerka
A Happy Ship Parley Nears Successful End
President Roosevelt hailed the American British Russian Moscow conference as a tremendous success both in concrete agreements and in the cooperative spirit. He indicated formal documents are being prepared for publication likely from Moscow and offered no further comment at this time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
Snow Falls In Moscow Amid War and Sacrifice
Moscow reports the first snow of winter while Russia endures total war. Citizens face harsher sacrifices though food distribution improves and more restaurants open. Edward Carter of American Russian relief notes US aid remains a "drop in the bucket" despite a good harvest and expanded eastern cultivation.
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Moscow
Russia
Old
United States
Edward Carter
American Russian Relief
Urals
Nazi Captives Complain of Jewish Guards in Africa Camps
Lokalanzeiger reports repatriated Nazi soldiers in Africa under American guard and mainly controlled by Jews faced torment and heat while returning home. They express bitterness at Allied camps and emphasize relief at returning to German weapons, noting harsher conditions in camps under Jewish control. CLEAR BEATS Gall for Utica Club Pilsner. Your, taken million others, are lacking of beer that tastes good and gives friendliness and good cheer.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Lokalanzeiger
Nout
Africa
Germany
Utica
Pilsner
Blood bath orders deepen Nazi grip on Czechoslovakia
The Czechoslovak Information Bureau says Nazis ordered mass executions in Olomouc for alleged acts of terror, part of a wider tightening across occupied Europe. Lidice mass trial history referenced. unrest grows in Denmark, France, and Germany signals shakeups in Laval government.
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London
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Lidice
Czechoslovak Information Bureau
Olomouc
Olmuetz
Moravia
Moravian
Reinhardt Heydrich
Europe
Copenhagen
France
Berlin
Laval
First Free French Assembly to Be Held in Algiers
France plans a first free political forum since the Paris flight of 1940. An 84 member consultative assembly will meet in Algiers to consider a provisional government led by Charles De Gaulle. Opening speech by Andre Philip or De Gaulle.
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Algiers
France
Paris
Italians Form 30000-Strong Army in Northern Italy
A Swiss report says an Italian army of 30,000 trained fighters has been formed in Venezia Province near Yugoslavia and Austria. They have already fought German troops at Verona, with heavy casualties, after Yugoslav forces cut the main railway through Belgrade. Germany reportedly sent up to thirty divisions to the Balkans to bolster defenses. Berlin fears a Soviet landing in Bulgaria synchronized with Allied Balkan landings.
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London
Italy
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Basel
Switzerland
Nachrichten
Hitler
Berlin
Bulgaria
Balkan
Willkie Condemns Democratic Policy Abroad
Wendell Willkie assailed the Democratic Party as preaching democracy while practicing appeasement toward fascist powers and regimes across the globe. He cited Japan Vichy Franco and the King of Italy as examples and said the party seeks peace at any cost.
De Marigny Trial Focuses On Fingerprint Source In Bedscreen
Grim faced defense attorney Higgs pressed American detective Capt. James Barker to point to the exact spot on a bedscreen in Sir Harry Oakes’s bedroom from which a fingerprint was lifted as evidence against Alfred De Marigny. The murder trial adjourned before crux of cross examination. Higgs argued the print might not have come from the screen and suggested sunburn, not fire, caused hairs on De Marigny’s body.
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Bahamas
Godfrey S. Higgs
Crown
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
de Marigny
Higgs
Sir Harry
Oakes
James O. Barker
Bahnamas Supreme Cat Chamber
Barker
James ©. Barker
Miami Po
State C LO Calls Lewis Unfit Leader
The New York State C LO condemned John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers as totally unfit for leadership and said admitting him to the American Federation of Labor would be a grave disservice to labor and the nation. The resolution backed miners' demands and urged the union to honor no strike pledges while seeking steel price reform. It also charged Lewis with placing personal ambition above labor interests and blamed him for the Smith Connally Act through reckless strikes.
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Buffalo
New York State
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Little Steel
Anna M. Rosenberg
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
WMC
Thei Mine Workers
Appeasement Critique From Romanian Envoy in U S
New York P Charles Davila, ex Romanian minister to the United States, warned that Europeans expect a mountaintop sermon from democracies but see appeasements to anti democratic elements instead. He spoke at a Free World Congress conference. A statement by The Free German delegates urged Russia to distinguish between Nazi criminals and the German people, saying the stance could spur German resistance to Hitler.
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New York
Charles Davila
United States
Europe
Davila
Free World Congress
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Margarine Tax Called Feudal Hangover
Washington consumer advocate Donald E. Montgomery urged the House Agriculture Committee to repeal the federal margarine tax arguing the levy is a feudal relic. He testified that the ten cent per pound tax on yellow margarine and one fourth cent on uncolored margarine should be lifted.
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Washington
Donald E. Montgomery
United Automobile Workers
House’ Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt Confidence Grows Over Moscow Conference
Secretary Hull and other delegates in Moscow's Spiridonovka palace worked overnight on ten day old tripower conference papers amid optimism in both American and British camps. President Roosevelt expressed strong faith in future cooperation with Britain and Soviet Russia to prevent future wars, confirming enhanced confidence from the Moscow talks.
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Moscow
Cordell Hull
Spiridonovka Palace
Conference progress noted as Great Britain Russia and US move toward peace
London newspapers hailed President Roosevelt's tri partite conference announcement as a major step toward peace among Britain the United States and Soviet Russia. First editions claimed anxiety lifted while Beaverbrook's Daily Express praised Roosevelt as offering a sure warranty for the future. The Daily Herald dismissed Hitler's view as darker than the Dnieper bend report.
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London
Roosevelt
Moscow
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Hitler
Dnieper Bend
the Daily Herald
Labor Party
Murder Suspect Had Knowledge Of Anaesthetics
Nebraska prison records show the ex convict now under scrutiny in the Hunt killings had working knowledge of anaesthetics. He served in the Nebraska state prison hospital 1936 to 1940 as an attendant and nurse in the operating room. He was arrested in Galveston and taken to Lubbock for questioning regarding Dr Roy Hunt and his wife.
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Lubbock
Tex
Nebraska
Roy Hunt
West Texas
Galveston
Littlefield
Lincon
Abe Fortas Assigned to Oil Mission in Arabia
Abe Fortas, former Undersecretary of the Interior, has been granted leave by Naval authorities and will head a Petroleum Reserves Corporation mission to Arabia. Interior Secretary Ickes announced the assignment to study Near East and Middle East oil production and refining facilities.
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Arabia
Washington
Abe Fortas
Interior
Navy
The
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Ickes
Near East
Middle East
No NeckingWarning Campaign Spurs Military Police Action
American soldiers in the London area faced a spot arrest warning campaign by military police to enforce conduct military courtesy and personal appearance during blackout conditions. The drive targets in public doorways and other sites, aiming to curb indecorous behavior and uphold discipline among troops.
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London
United States
Roosevelt backs WLB decision on coal strike
President Roosevelt declared the War Labor Board rulings final and warned striking coal miners to accept them or face decisive action to secure coal. He told WLB chairman Davis the nation cannot tolerate reduced coal output while war needs persist and would wait for miners policy committee next Monday before acting. The UMW high command planned a meeting to discuss Lewis's rejection of the WLB decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Winers
United Mine Workers High Command
Wlbs
UM. W
John L. Lewis
W.L. Davis
WLB
Lewis
Nazi pledge to respect pope and Holy See
London in Germany promised to respect the Pope and the Vatican and its activities. Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker announced assurances to Osservatore Romano. Berlin radio and Vatican radio broadcast the pledge recorded by the Associated Press, citing DNB as the source.
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London
Germany
Vatican
Holy See
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Berlin
Vatican Radio
Associated Press
DNB
House Group Scraps Wartime Supertax Plan
Marriner Eccles proposed a wartime supertax and $13.8 million in additional tax and compulsory savings, but the House Ways and Means Committee rejected the plan amid inflation worries. Chairman Doughton mocked Eccles calling the program amazing and visionary as the committee noted they had raised only about $2 million in new revenue despite a Treasury request for over $10 billion.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Marriner C. Eccles
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Eccles
Doughton
D-N.c
Allies Press By-Pass Of German Defenses In Italy
Allied forces advance on Massico ridge near Sparanise and Teano as Gen Clark’s infantry push beyond 3 miles toward Rome. Fifth Army seizes Francolise and tightens the noose on Rommel’s line while naval shells disrupt German communications along the Appian Way. Coastal defenses along the Regia canal slow progress on the northern flank. British sea landings face stubborn barriers as operations continue along the front.
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Algiers
Massico
Mark W. Clark
Sparanise
Teano
Rome
Fifth Army
Francolise
Rommel
Italy
United States Navy
Appian Way
Minturno
Regia Canal
Volturne
Paratroops seize Choiseul Island in new Pacific invasion
Allied paratroops landed at Voza village on Choiseul in the Solomons, driving Japanese from the area as Bougainville and Rabaul threat grows. A heavy Mitchell Lightning attack on Buka airfield killed about 200 Japanese workers, with planes destroyed or damaged. Simultaneous landings occurred at the Treasury Islands near Bougainville, advancing American and New Zealand operations in the southwest Pacific.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Voza
Choiseul Island
Bougainville
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Buka
Treasury Islands
Mono
Choiseul
Suspect Sought in Poughkeepsie Nurse's Murder
District Attorney John R. Schwartz said a definite suspect exists but would not be named or in custody. NYC police and the FBI joined Dutchess County investigators in the hunt for the killer of 19 year old Army cadet nurse Lucille Lawrence, whose battered body was found near Vas Sar Hospital.
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Poughkeepsie
Lucille Lawrence
John R. Schwartz
St. Lawrence County
Wheeler Warns Senate On Postwar Europe Pull
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged the Senate to reject the Connally Postwar Resolution arguing that ties with Europe could drag the United States into war. He painted a scene of Russia and Britain clashing for influence in Europe after peace, but spoke mostly to an empty chamber.
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Wheeler
Senate
Washington Gpi
D.-Mont
Connally
Europe
Russia
Britain
Sensie
Pauper's oath returns Lonergan in homicide case in New York
Wayne Lonergan underwent a police lineup, faced Homicide Court arraignment, and was indicted on first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Patricia Burton Lonergan, heiress to millions. He asked for a pauper’s oath to secure counsel as a plea date was set. Police say the cadet husband confessed to killing over access to his infant son and left a toy elephant at the Beekman Hill home. Investigators also sought his torn uniform and bloodstains tied to the crime.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia Burton Lonergan
General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
Lonergan
Man Hill
Royal Canadian Airforce
RC. A. F
Atil
East River
Knox Discloses Sinking of Japanese Ships in Pacific War
Secretary Knox announced renewed submarine warfare success in the Pacific and Atlantic. Ten Japanese vessels were sunk and four damaged in the western Pacific China Sea area, bringing enemy losses to 474 ships sunk or damaged. Atlantic conditions improved, prompting cancellation of 427 planned anti submarine vessels.
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Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Knox
Pacific-China Sea
Japan
America
Atlante
Europe
Soviet Slogans Elevate Anglo American Troops
Moscow radio announced official slogans for November 7 marking the 26th anniversary of the October Revolution. One line praised Anglo American troops fighting German Fascists on Italian soil while another saluted Anglo American air forces bombing centers of Fascist Germany.
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London
Moscow
Greelings
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