Reds Break German Hungarian Defense On 75 Mile Front
Soviet forces surged along a 75 mile front into Hungary driving toward the Tisza and Koros rivers. The front reports say the backbone of German Hungarian resistance is broken and Budapest may fall within days. Yugoslav and Baltic activities accompany the push as Belgrade nears siege and Soviet units advance toward Szeged and the Carpathians.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Hungary
Tisza
Koros
Budapest
Izvestia
Mako
Szeged
Orshaza
Bekes
Axis
Tisa
Belegrade
Yugoslavia
Danube
Tito
Algiers
Belgrade
Carpathian Mountains
Baltic
Saare
Gulf of Riga
Fifth Army advances two miles toward Bologna in Italy
Fifth Army troops push two miles closer to Bologna's Po Valley communications hub as enemy lines in central Italy falter. Doughboys clear Soiano and press along the Florence Bologna road while British and South African units seize Monte Vicese to block the Bologna highway.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Po Valley
Bologna
Italy
Soiano
Florence-Bologna
Monte Vicese
Pistoia-Bologna
Sassoleone
Castel Pietro
Hickory Camp No 34 to Attend Sovereign Sargent's Funeral
All members of Hickory Camp No 34 are asked to attend the funeral of Sovereign Sargent. They should assemble at Lodge Hall Sunday afternoon at 2 15 o'clock for the funeral procession.
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Hickory Camp No. 34
Sovereign Sargent
Lodge Hall
Army Surgeons Praise Care Of Wounded In War
Army Surgeon lauded American surgeons for unparalleled care of the wounded and miraculous progress in warfare. He cited high survival, new techniques, and penicillin enabling procedures that reduce deformity and hasten healing during a District of Columbia Medical Society meeting.
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Washington
District of Columbia Medical Society
Fire Destroys Two Story House On Gibbens Street
Firefighters from the Sarah Zane and Friendship companies responded to a 1 o’clock alarm on Gib bens street near a prior week’s blaze. The two story frame double house suffered interior burn and heavy smoke water damage. Cause undetermined though oil stove explosion rumored. Occupant status unknown.
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Sarah Zane and
Friendship Fire Companies
Gibbens Street
Star
Memorial services set for Irvin Cobb in Paducah
Paducah Kentucky October 7 memorial services and burial will honor Irvin S Cobb famed humorist and author who died in New York last March. His ashes will be sprinkled around the roots of a dogwood tree on a Grove cemetery plot where his parents lie nearby. Tom Waller Paducah attorney will speak briefly and Rev Joe L Walker pastor of First Presbyterian Church will read the 23rd Psalm.
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Paducah
Irvin S. Cobb
New York
Cobb
Grove Cemetery
Mattie Copeland
Cobb Chariot
Tom Waller
Joe L. Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Dewey Campaign Moves Into West Virginia Tonight
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey pushes the Republican presidential bid into West Virginia for eight electoral votes. Roosevelt counters with late speeches. Bricker Truman Wallace schedule speeches across the Midwest and Midwest-Illinois-Wisconsin routes as Dewey trains eastward.
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Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
Dewey
Polish Relief Problem Studied
United Nations officials expect that a Soviet sponsored Polish liberation committee may gain full control of distributing relief in liberated Poland. A UN relief and rehabilitation administration mission likely will enter Yugoslavia areas under Marshal Tito, though Yugoslav plans lag Poland. Tito’s role links to King Peter's exiled government, complicating jurisdiction. The Polish split between Russia and the government in exile drives relief efforts to feed and clothe millions.
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Washington
United Nations
Poland
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Commission
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Yugoslav Committee of Liberation
Peter
Yarra
Russia
Square Dance At Armory Tonight By American Legion
Armory hosts square dance sponsored by the American Legion with a five piece orchestra. Dance begins at 9 p m admission fifty cents.
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Armory
American Legion
Germans Clear From Most Of Peloponnesus
A report from Rome says the Peloponnesus is virtually freed of German forces as Greek government in exile takes over administration and British troops advance toward the Isthmus of Corinth. Reconnaissance photos indicate the Germans blocked the Corinth canal by destroying bridges and sinking a blockship, with fighting continuing around Athens and Crete's western end as troops move to escape Allied pursuit.
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Associated Press
Rome
Peloponnesus
Corinth
Patras
Peloponnesula
Cairo
Corinth Ship Canal
London
Athens
Tokyo
Adriatic
Rion
Aegean
Crete
Japs Report Taking Foochow Amid East China Drive
Japanese announcement claimed Foochow, capital of Fukien, fell three days ago. Chinese high command said troops reached the northwestern suburbs as Chinese forces retook a position near Lungling in Yunnan. The looming fall of Paochingkew Hu nan city threatens Kweilin's flank in the campaign.
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Associated Press
Foochow
Fukien
East China
Tokyo
Cit
Formosa
Chungking
Lungling
Yunnan Province
Paoching Kew
Hunan
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Kalavryta Massacre and Greek brutalities under German occupation
Delayed report from PATRIA details German reprisals in Greece across three years of occupation. About 1,300 villages were burned or pillaged, with Kalavryta singled out for a mass shooting and mass burial, while 1.5 to 2 million Greeks were homeless from exposure and hunger.
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Patria
Greece
Kalavryta
Here
Fireworks At Opening Of F D R Victory Bandwagon
In Boston on October 7 the premiere of a Communist sponsored revue titled F D R Victory Bandwagon sparked a disturbance as firecrackers exploded near an emergency exit. Earl Browder claimed a conspiracy with Dewey and Bricker backs to provoke strikes while police contained the scene and no one was charged. Browder accused John Lewis of fomenting labor activity and the show satirized Governor Dewey and his aides amid opposition from the Massachusetts Women’s Political Club.
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John W. Bricker
St. Paul
St. Cloud
Minn
Superior
Wis
Harry S. Truman
Carruthersville
Wallace
Midwest
Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Charleston
CBS
O’mahoney
D.-Wyo
America
Senate
Bricker
Milwaukee
Boston
Communist Political Committee
F. D. R. Victorywagon
Earl Browder
Communist Political Association
Symphony Hall
Frank Mullen
Browder
John Lewis
Thomas E. Dewey
Massachusetts Women’s Political Club
Fire Prevention Week Urges Combat of Domestic Fire Causes
City Fire Chief E William Argenbright cites 1940 to 1944 fire loss rises and large fires doubling as proof the nation must focus on prevention. He urges labor, housewives, industry and children to act year round to curb careless habits and save lives and property.
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Roosevelt
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Argenbright
E. William Argenbright
Germany hit by massive Allied air attack
About 6 000 Allied planes including nearly 3 000 heavy bombers struck Germany in what reports call one of the war's heaviest air blows. 1 400 American heavies from Britain joined the assault on over a dozen targets as 800 Fortresses and Liberators of the Fifteenth Air Force attacked the Reich from the south. 700 British heavies focused on western front communications centers. The rest comprised American and British tactical aircraft based in France and Belgium.
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London
Germany
Britain
U. S
Fifteenth Airforce
Reich
France
Belgium
Park vs Madison Benefit Baseball Game
A benefit baseball game is scheduled at the park Sunday at 3 p m pitting Park against Madison. Proceeds likely aid a community cause.
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Park Vs
Madison
WEF To Purchase Fresh Apples In This Area
The War Food Administration will buy 380000 bushels of fresh apples in October and November from this area. Prices for Winesaps Yorks Albemarle Staymans Pippins Baldwins and Rhode Island Greening are set with U S No 1 quality. Offers must be filed by October 14 in Winchester and deliveries begin October 17.
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War Food Administration
James R. Dushane
Rhode Island
U.S
WFA
Winchester
North
Loudoun Street
U. S
Auth
United Kingdom
Brownies Hold Two to One Edge in World Series
Ideal weather greets the fourth World Series game at Sportsman's Park St Louis with the Browns leading the Cardinals two to one in victories. Early infield crowds cheer Benny Rader's band as many seats remain unsold hours before game time.
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Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Brownies
Cardinals
Benny Rader
First Army Infantry And Tanks Surge Ahead Three Miles
German lines north of Aachen crumble as U S First Army tanks and infantry push three miles into the Reich seizing five towns. Simultaneously another American offensive breaks through forest toward Aachen and near Monschau while air raids strike 6 000 planes. Hodges’ force traps 300 prisoners as the Siegfried Line buckles. French American troops advance toward Le Thillot near Belfort.
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London
Aachen
Germany
U. S. First Army
Reich
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Bonn
First Army
Courtney Hodges
Rhine
Beggendorf
Siegfried Line
Monschau
Aach
Hurtgen Forest
Hodges
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
George S. Patton
Fort Driant
Metz
Moselle
le Thillot
Belfort
Linaweaver Captured in African Campaign Not Dead
The Star reports Earl Linaweaver a prisoner of war captured in the African campaign and not killed in action. Ralph Wisecarver and David Wisecarver are named among locals reported killed in action. Also notices seek apple pickers at Nicodemus Orchard and men for work at H. J. Heinz Co. cider mill in Winchester Virginia.
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Earl Linaweaver
Bush Linaweaver
Winchester
the Star
Ralph Wisecarver
Emma Wisecarver
W Lane
David Wisécarver
H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
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Truman
New Orleans
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Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
China
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Great Britain
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Mark Tennien
Kukong
F.D.R. Victory
Leo Taffe
James M. Long
Linaweaver
Nicodemus Orchard
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