Kiev Falls to Soviet Army as Nazis Recede
London reports Kiev surrendered to Soviet forces after weeks of siege. Stalin praised the operation as a major outflanking maneuver with heavy Russian use of armor and infantry. German withdrawal followed a breach of two defense lines and encirclement risks.
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Russia
Italy
Kiev
Berlin
Kerch
Crimea
Perekop Isthmus
Stalin
Ukraine
Dnieper
Associated Press
Ineee Information Bureau
Moscow
Fresh Allied Push Breaks German Line in Italy
Allied forces in Italy shattered the German Massico Ridge Trigno line and seized Vasto and Venafro while Fifth Army troops crossed the Garigliano and pushed into the Vulturno Valley. Allied patrols probed a new line north of these points as American forces advance.
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Algiers
Italy
Massico
Trigno
Vasto
Adriatic
Venafro
Vulturno
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Volturno
Tear Gas Breaks Uprising at Tule Lake Camp
At Tule Lake California military forces seized control after an uprising at the relocation camp. About 500 Japanese were rounded up as 20 inmates and a civilian were injured in clashes. Tear gas dispersed a large crowd while guards patrolled with tanks and bayonets. A Hawaii–fueled leadership urged loyalty to Japan amid protests.
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Tule Lake
Calif
America
United States
War Relocation Authority
Oo Eee
California
WRA
Hawaii
Kai
Japan
Japanese Fleet Moves Toward Rabaul In Solomons Fallout
Allied observers report a large Japanese armada advancing from Truk toward Bougainville and Rabaul as Liberator missions shadow and photograph the fleet. Bombers have already hit southbound convoys while Japan loses destroyers and cruisers in earlier clashes as air and sea forces contend for control of the Solomons.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Rabaul
Bismarck Sea
New Guinea
New Ireland
Liberator
Kavieng
Massau Island
Mussau
Japan
U. S
Empess Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Allied Air Force Attacks Swatow and Shipping
The Chinese-American composite air force wing in its first action attacked Japanese shipping and Swatow airfield in Kwang tung province. B-25 Mitchells sank a cargo ship and damaged a freighter while three Japanese plants were damaged. one plane is missing. The mission was flown with a veteran U S bomb squadron.
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Chungking
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
United States Army Air Force
Tokyo
Associated Press
Tungting Lake
World Community Day Designated for Armistice Day 1943
Armistice Day 1943 was designated as World Community Day by the United Council of Church Women and by leaders of women’s denominational organizations. Mrs. R. Per Jedeee announced the program “The Price of an Enduring Peace” to be used nationwide for churchwomen on November 11. The program invites the public to participate and emphasizes building a just durable peace through Christian influence during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Council of Church Women
R. Per Jedeee
Univer Brethren Church
United States
Yugoslav Partisans Capture Nazi Strongholds in Montenegro
Yugoslav partisans reinforced by growing recruits captured a Nazi stronghold at Bioce near Podgorica and routed German forces in Montenegro. They also seized Yalovik from Bulgars and fought along the Yugoslav Bulgarian frontier with intensified clashes in the Drenova Mountain region. Remnants of the German columns were being rounded up amid wooded areas.
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London
Montenegro
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Ankara
Balkans
Yalovik
Drenova
Bioce
Podgorica
Kolasin
Matesevo
French Underground Urges Work Stop for Armistice Day
A CBS broadcast from London says a French underground station urged workers in France to demonstrate on Armistice Day by partly or totally stopping work. The appeal was to protest and disrupt in solidarity with the Allied war effort.
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New York
London
CBS
France
Not Mine Says Lady Astor on Virginia Panties
London dispatch reports Lady Astor denied ownership of white linen drawers exhibited at Richmond Virginia’s Valentine Museum. Museum claims the garments once belonged to Nancy Langhorne Astor and bear her name, linking them to the Virginia girl who became Lady Astor.
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London
Richmond
Lady Astor
Valentine Museum
Nancy Langhorne
Nancy
War Labor Board approves Ickes Lewis pay plan for miners
The War Labor Board grants conditional approval to the Ickes Lewis pay scale ending a seven month wage dispute. UMW President John L. Lewis and Harold Ickes reach an agreement raising soft coal miners to 8.50 for longer hours and travel pay after the 40th underground hour.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Ickes-Lewis
United Mine Workers
WLB
UMW
John L. Lewis
Prels
Harold Ickes
Wayne L. Morse
Edward R. Burke
The
Southern Coal Operators’ Association
Kerr Dry Goods plans Oklahoma helicopter delivery
C. D. Adams of Kerr Dry Goods says the company plans a helicopter delivery service to any Oklahoma city with 5 000 or more people. The firm would apply to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a permit to build and operate a parking lot for helicopters only.
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Oklahoma City
C. D. Adams
Kerr Dry Goods Company
Oklahoma
Adams
Civil Aeronautics Board
Executor's Sale of Reed Apartments Notice
For executor's sale of the Gordin A Reed apartments see Date 2. (1n-1t)
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Gordin A. Reed
Dace 2
Thirty Roanoke men ordered to report for physicals
Frederick County Draft Board ordered thirty men to report for physicals at the Roanoke Induction Station on Monday November 8. Listed are William Denson Alexander James Donald Anderson James Edward Alexander William Lloyd Bursey James Dewey Barton Earl Matthew Brown Roy Clark Amil Marvin Cooley Wilbert L. Copeland Edgar Columbus Dodson Howard James Grubbs Medford S. Hansburger Grantham N. Harmon Clifford Nyland Johnson Luther Kesner Melvin R. Kump John Henry Kettlewell Russell Lee Larrick Isling Lee Light Courtney Lee Lowe James M. Lowery Harold A. Mason Martin S. Peters John Henry Renner Roy Asberry Renner Woodrow John Line John Stern Sargent Earl C. Sirbaugh David Esten Taylor Harry Francis Whitlock.
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Roanoke
Frederick County
William Denson Alexander
James Donald Anderson
James Edward Alexander
William Lloyd Bursey
James Dewey Barton
Earl Matthew Brown
Roy Clark
Amil Marvin Cooley
Wilbert L. Copeland
Edgar Columbus Dodson
Howard James Grubbs
Medford S. Hansburger
Grantham N. Harmon
Clifford Nyland Johnson
Luther Kesner
Melvin R. Kump
John Henry Kettlewell
Russell Lee Larrick
Isling Lee Light
Courtney Lee Lowe
James M. Lowery
Harold A. Mason
Martin S. Peters
John Henry Renner
Roy Asberry Renner
Woodrow John Line
John Stern Sargent
Earl C. Sirbaugh
David Esten Taylor
Harry Francis Whitlock
Steel Workers to Seek Increase From CIO Convention
Philadelphia report notes United Steel Workers of America CIO, victor of the first industry wide wage rise under the National Wage Stabilization Program, preparing to challenge the Little Steel formula. President Jae Murray remains away from the convention despite ongoing discussions.
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Philadelphia
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
Little Steel
Jae Murray
Free Workers’ Union
Nied
Hearing Waived In Wife Murder Case At Henrico Court
Wendell P. Arrington 29, a defense worker, waived preliminary hearing in Henrico Trial Justice Court on charges of fatally stabbing his wife Lt Mildred P Arrington 23 a WAC officer. Bound over without bail to await January grand jury indictment. He appeared with his mother sister and brother in law Ensign and Mrs R Gorman.
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Richmond
Wendell P. Arrington
Henrico Trial Justice Court
Mildred P. Arrington
Womer’s Army Corps
Arrington
R. Dixon. Powers
Grand Jury
Henrico
Commonwealth
B. E. Arrington
Miami, Fla
Ensign
R. Gorman
Mosquitos Keep Up Bomb Raids On West Germany
British Mosquito bombers followed a major American daylight assault on the Ruhr with a night raid on western Germany. Targets were not named and losses listed, as air defenses remained intense over Gelsenkirchen and Muenster amid ongoing attacks on France and Belgium.
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West Germany
London
Ruhr
Germany
Air Ministry
Gelsenkirchen
Muenster
Wilhelmshaven
France
Belgium
Ploesti
Romania
WAC Recruiting Campaign Opens In Winchester
Mayor Anderson opened the All-States WAC recruiting meeting in the George Washington Hotel blue room. Committee chairmen spoke, plans outlined an intensive education campaign, and local recruiting aims to meet the quota with eligible young women.
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Mayor Anderson
Winchester
WAC
George Washington Hotel
B. B. Dutton
Salome Srisman
Ralph Hengeveld
Mary Louise Steele
Schenk
Walter Shade
Ethel Joliffe
Earl Clowser
E. M. Whiting
George Snarr
Women’s Clubs
Wacs
Hazel Johnson
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Clark
Eisenhower
Highlights Of World At War
Russians capture Kiev opening a Red Army push into Poland and the Balkans as Germans retreat east of the Dnieper. Allied patrols menace Garigliano River Venafro as Americans advance toward Rome. British Eighth Army seizes Vasto. Air and sea clashes flare from Gelsenkirchen to the Muenster rail yards as bombers strike Berlin and Rome. In the Pacific a large Japanese fleet moves toward the Ra baul Solomons and Tokyo claims naval victories while Japan reinforces Burma and Chinese push along the Chindwin.
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Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Red Army
Poland
Balkans
Dnieper
Black Sea
Italy
Garigliano River
Venafro
Rome
Eighth Army
Vasto
Gelsenkirchen
Muenster
U. S
Berlin
Vatican City
Pacific
Rabaul-Solomons
Tokyo
Burma
Chindwin
Adriatic
Pescara
San Salvo
Sangro
Trigno
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Favor New Levy For Schools Is It Really Needed
Dr Dabney S Lancaster, Virginia superintendent, favors a new school levy only if needed to fund his minimum program. He seeks about 13000 for higher teacher salaries, while Governor Darden offers 840 first year and 960 second year. Lancaster would accept the governor's figure if the difference to 1200 is assured not to cause a deficit.
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Richmond
Dabney S. Lancaster
Virginia
Lancaster
Darden
General Assembly
Office of
Germans Fight Hard To Hold Balkan Mountain Stronghold
German divisions contest the Adriatic flank as the Eighth and Fifth Armies push toward key targets. American bombers cripple Balkan bases, including Berat Kucov, while Montgomer y's forces threaten upriver positions near the Sangro. The Luftwaffe defenses are pitted against Allied air power across Albania and surrounding fronts.
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205Th
Albania
Berat Kucov
Balkans
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Vasta
Nazi Manpower Losses Great
Washington reports that Germany cannot replace its losses in the Russian campaign. Experts estimate Russian casualties at 2,700,000 in four months, with German divisions reduced below strength. Germany drafted 17 year olds and men to 50, eased standards, and used forced labor to bolster manpower.
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Washington
Germany
U. S
Reich
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Dnieper River
By Edward Kennedy
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Allied Air Force
United Brethren
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Sandston
Richmond Army Air Base
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