Churchill Says V-2 Rockets Less Deadly Than Robots
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that V-2 and V-1 weapons have caused limited damage in England and France, with light casualties, despite German claims of greater range and danger. He noted the rockets’ heavy warheads bury themselves and that sources for their launch sites remain unclear.
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Churchill
Dwight L. Pitein
London
England
Paris
Antwerp
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Walcheren
United States
Towns topple as third army passes trenches of 1918 armistice
Navy speaker Rear Adm. W. L. Friedell, commander of the 11th naval district, addressed officer graduates of USS Bear Down at the University of Arizona. He thanked Arizona residents for support of the naval indoctrination center which graduated its next-to-last class of officers.
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Third Army
Adm
W. L. Friedell
11Th Naval District
University of Arizona
USS Bear Down
Tucson
Adm. Friedell
Arizona
Roosevelt Victory Parade In Washington Amid Rain
Roosevelt arrives in Washington after his victory, greeted by thousands in a downpour. He rides through the city in an open car with Vice President Wallace and President-Elect Truman nearby, while reporters, officials, and crowds endure heavy rain and slogans urging unity and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Union Station
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Trun
Mr. Vest
Wds
Washington
Final Action On Closing Of Roads Monday
Pima county board of supervisors will meet at 10 30 a m Monday to decide final action on closing Mt Angel and Benedictine drives at the Convent of Perpetual Adoration on Country abroad. The move follows June protests and petitions from residents and sisters seeking quiet for continual prayer. Supervisors report that appraisers found benefits to exceed damages and expect a three to four day busy week with new appointments and voting to start at 9 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Mt. Angel
Convent of Perpetual Adoration
James
Busi
Japs See Re-Election Of FDR Proving U S Beastly Character
A Tokyo radio broadcast interpreted President Roosevelts re election as proof that there can be no compromise peace in the Pacific war. The broadcast urged recognizing the beastly character of the American people and renewing the drive to crush America, as heard by FCC monitors.
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United Press
Roosevelt
America
Tokyo
FCC
Tucson Groups To Celebrate Armistice Day
Tucson observes Armistice Day with living and dead from World War I and World War II honored. Offices and banks close. memorials at Morgan Deemer Post Americ an Legion and Davis Monthan field. parade and decorations follow. VFW luncheon at 121 East Broadway. bands, dances, and a Legion barbecue later. Local schools close for observances and V chest drive. Church services planned with sermons on Armistice themes.
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America
Tucson
Morgan Dee Mermott
American Legion
Clinton Helbig
Sidney Desporte
W. B. Davis
Davis-Monthanfield
VFW
East Broadway
Joe Ward
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Purple Heart Association
Navy Mothers’ Club
Semper Fidelis Club
WAC Mothers’ Club
Legion
Ernie Lewis
Legion Hall
Marana Army Airfield
William Alberts
Lakefield
R. A. Dawson
Wagner's Senate Campaign Costliest in Reports
Senate records show Sen. Wagner of New York ran the most expensive campaign. His official filings show the Wagner for Governor club spent 38,001.15 through Oct. 27, financing oyster roasts in Maryland, lawn parties in New Jersey, and 2500 in voter transportation to Oklahoma. Advertising and radio time dominated the outlays, with many expenses managed by clubs or state groups.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Wagner
Maryland
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Fred R. Fickett
Peace Talks Face FDR And New Congress
Washington reports President Roosevelt arrives with a newly elected Democratic Congress offering a broad working majority in the House and Senate. The administration faces postwar tasks including winding down the war and shaping a lasting peace with Churchill and Stalin, while Stilwell’s removal and cabinet makeovers loom.
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FDR
New Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
Churchill
Stalin
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang- Kai-Shek
Yankee Bombers Raid Cologne and Frankfurt
London reports about 1,350 American planes attacked Cologne and Frankfurt today. They bombed jet plane bases transport facilities and industrial plants with 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators aided by 600 fighters. Heavy strikes hit Cologne near rail yards and Henschel tank works. Frankfurt is noted as a major war industry center.
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London
Cologne
Frankfurt
Aachen
Henschel Tank Works
Bettenhausen Ordnance Plant
Germany
Soviets Sever Railway Lines From Budapest
Russian forces led by Marshal Malinovsky broke the Budapest to northwestern Hungary rail link and pressed toward Vienna. The operation cut the main Budapest Miskolcz rail line, with 50 towns seized on the Tisza front and heavy losses claimed for German and Hungarian defenders.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Budapest
Hungary
Tisza
Mezokereszies
Miskolcz
Malinovskyy
Czechoslovakia
Malinovsky
Vienna
Bratislava
Mezo Keresztes
Poroszlo
Komlo
Besebtelek
Germany
Babson Warns of Great Market Fluctuations Ahead
Wellesley Massachusetts November 10 Economist Roger W Babson who foresaw the 1929 crash warned of great market fluctuations during the next four years He predicted a period of great surprises revolutionary changes and no normalcy before 1948 He also forecast both Communist scares and speculative booms in the stock market.
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Wellesley
Mass
Roger W. Babson
Babson
Arizona Commission Orders Utility Rate Cuts
The Arizona corporation commission ordered $187,700 in rate reductions for Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co and $7,700 for Ajo Improvement Co citing excess profits in 1944. Decisive action paused Mountain States Telephone docket while Edisons and California Electric Power filings urged. Several other company rate reduction pleas were dismissed.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Tucson
Ajo
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Ajo Improvement Company
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Arizona
Arizona Edison Company
California Electric Power Company
Yuma
Morenci Water & Electric Co
Upper Verde Public Utilities Co
Warren Co
Arizona General Utilities
Safford
Arizona Power Corporation
Prescott
Arizona Electric Power Corporation
Flagstaff
Winslow
Duncan Utilities and City Utilities
Petersen Seeks Funds for Utility Rate Investigation
Arizona commissioner William Petersen asked the legislature for 250000 to survey intrastate utility rate structures. He urged two house and one senate appointees to advise the commission and noted a $2 million rate reduction over the last two years while denying political motives.
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Phoenix
William Petersen
Arizona Corporation Commission
Petersen
Corporation Commission
House
Senate
Graduates Hear Navy Leader at University of Arizona
Rear Adm. Wilhelm Friedell spoke to the 24th battalion of naval indoctrination graduates at the University of Arizona auditorium. He praised Arizona for support in training and noted only the 25th battalion remains to undergo indoctrination. The admiral recalled hopes of turning men into officers in 60 days and called the results a great success.
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Wilhelm Lee Friedell
University of Arizona
State of Arizona
11Th Naval District
Fridell
Navy
Arizona
Cheadle
Allies Still Hesitate To Pay Back Rockets In Kind
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses the moral and strategic question of retaliation in kind for German rocket and civilian bombing. He argues accuracy and civilian harm, noting rockets lack precise control and the Nazi aim is to crush morale. He questions proportional response.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Britain
Churchill
Japs Increase Troops For Leyte Battle
35 000 veteran Japanese troops join the Leyte fight as MacArthur says the battle for the Philippines will be long and hard. American air and sea actions continue with strikes on Ormoc and coastal targets while U S forces push into the hills east of Ormoc. The 35th army is being deployed to the front as reinforcements arrive in October.
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Marlin Spencer
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
MacArthur
Ormoc
MacAthur
U. S. 96Th Infantry Division
U S Third Army Advances Near Metz Toppling Towns
U S third army gains up to five miles in the Metz region and captures Haute Ham and Delme ridge as Lt Gen. Patton pressures toward the Saar frontier. Air bombardment and heavy armor support seal off rear lines while German counterattacks fail to halt the advance.
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William Frye
London
U. S
Third Army
Metz
Chateau-Salins
George S. Patton, Jr
Sixth Armored
Pont-A-Mousson
Buchy
Cheminot
Louvigny
Metz-Saarbrucken
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Patton
Saar
Moselle
Koenigsmacker
Luxembourg
Haute Ham
Saar Basin
Nancy
Normandy
Brittany
Mosélle
Fourth Armored
St. Lo
Delme
Japs Claim Key Chinese Cities Fall To Forces
Japanese broadcasts report the Chinese 31st army surrendered Kweilin capital of Kwangsi province. Tokyo said Liuchow airfield fell as Japanese units advanced, with reports of breaching the city near Kweilin despite heavy fire.
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New York
Kweilin
Liuchow
China
Domei
31St Army
Kwangsi Province
Asia
U. S
Kwangsi Front
Stalingrad
Tokyo
Kwei River
British Eighth Army Captures Forli in Italy
British forces seized Forli in the Po valley, a 65,000 population fortress city on the Bologna Rimini highway. The assault used a pincer move, with one column advancing along the Rimini Bologna road and another from a southeast airfield route. About 250 prisoners were taken as the town fell, with snipers in remaining ruins and German defenders holding the Montone river west bank.
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Rome
Forli
Po Valley
Bologna
Rimini
Rimini- Bologna
Eighth Arm
Montone
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Oudburst
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Army
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Mr. Roosevelt
Sylvania Avenue
Hyde Park
Velt
Loyal Marine
Plaza
U.S
Sen. Wagner
Arizona Board
Naval School
Hear Friedell
Metropolis
Eighth Army
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