Albi Wins Libel Suit Against News Company
Joseph A. Albi wins a libel case against the American News Company and agent C A Hawksley for 25 000 with the company to pay 10 000 Albi head of the Spokane Athletic Round Table sought 250 000 over a December 1942 Pie magazine article. The Spokane jury verdict came after attorney Stephen ChadwickCriticized Congress during trial. Major Samuel Grashio a Bataan survivor testified as a witness for Albi.
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Spokane
Wash
Joseph A. Albi
American News Company
C. A. Hawksley
Albi
Pie Magazine
Spokane Athletic Round Table
Congress’ Drive
Round Table
Stephen Chadwick
The
American Legion
Congress
Sen. C. C. Dill
General MacArthur
Sammy Grashio
Bataan
Samuel Grashio
Losses Costly To Japanese
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz described air and sea losses inflicted on Japan as severe. He noted Japanese "front yard" losses averaging over 100 aircraft and ten ships daily in the past six days and said since October 9 Allied forces have sunk 73 ships and destroyed about 670 aircraft. He cautioned against expecting an early end to the war.
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New York
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Herald Tripune Forum
Nimitz
New Russian Offensive Push Near Skoplie Vardar Junction
In the south, United Armies push toward Skoplie at the head of the Vardar Valley the last major rail hub from which Germans in Greece could retreat. Berlin signals Nazis are fleeing as the Russian Bulgarian Yugoslav advance speeds westward, suggesting limited resistance.
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Skoplie
Vardar
Greece
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Allied Push Near Aachen Escalates as German Counterblows Grow
Allied forces report heavy fighting north of Crucifix Hill and Verlautenheide as German counterblows surge near Aachen. Canadians advance near the Leopold canal while German withdrawals and new defenses form south of Breskens. Western front notes no lull despite small gains as pressure continues from Venray to Aachen and beyond.
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Aachen
Crucifix Hill
Verlautenheide
Berlin
U. S
Venray
Normandy
Tommies
Maas
Meuse
Siegfried Line
Geilenkirchen
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Ofden
Wurselen
Leopold Canal
Schelde
Antwerp
Breskens
Nijmegen-Arnhem
Holland
First Army
Belfort
Vosges
Luneville
Moselotte River
le Thillot
U. S. Third Army
Metz
Paris
Aachen-Vernay
Hungary declares victory ends wartime talks with Allies
A Moscow broadcast urged Austrians to heed Hungary as a warning and signal the hour of decision for Austria. German sources disputed Horthy's role, claiming a traitorous clique thwarted him. Horthy’s fate was unclear with reports of assassination or Gestapo detention while Budapest faced alleged street clashes and widespread strikes.
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Germany
Moscow
Hungary
Austria
Horthy
Clengue
Gestapo
Berlin
Budapest
Free Hungarian Radio
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Pfc Glynn E. Moore reports shooting down two to three Messerschmitt 109s over Germany while serving as a machine gunner in the Cub Observation Corps. He trained at Camp Hood and Fort Sill, earned Sharpshooter and Expert badges, and fought with Patton in France and Germany.
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Pfc
Glynn E. Moore
H. C. Moore
Hayfield
Germany
Cub Observation Corps
Moore
Camp Hood
Tex
Fort Sill
Okla
Los Angeles
Calif
Death Valley
England
France
George Patton
Stephens City High School
Merle D. Moore
Danville
Temple University
Philadelphia
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Air Corps
Columbia
S. C
Miami Beach
University of Chattanooga
Tennessee
Moody Field
Handley High School
President Roosevelt to Speak in Philadelphia Park
President Roosevelt will deliver a major campaign speech from Shibe Park Philadelphia on the night of October 27. CBS and the Blue Networks will carry the broadcast. The event is sponsored by Roosevlt, Inc. and the Philadelphia City Democratic Committee with businessmen paying for the radio time. Roosevelt also plans a foreign policy address in New York this Saturday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
CBS
Blue Networks
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Democratic National
White House
Roosevlt, Inc
Philadelphia City Democratic Committee
Businessmen’s Association
New York
Lawrence
Mr. Roosevelt
Pensylvania
Demands for Retractions Target Dewey Bricker Luce
Milwaukee attorney William B. Rubin filed a FCC complaint demanding that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Gov. Bricker and Rep. Clare Boothe Luce retract alleged untrue remarks about President Roosevelt. Defendants include NBC CBS Mutual and Blue networks. Rubin seeks 48 hour manuscript prefaces and removal of false statements or license objections.
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Milwaukee
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Clare Boothe Luce
Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission Today
William B. Rubin
Wisconsin
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Blue Network
Rubin
Dewey
Bricker
Luce
Youngsters Found After 24 Hour Search
Gary and Carol Titcomb ages three and two were found huddled in a neighbor’s hen house after a night of searching by volunteers and police with bloodhounds. The children appeared unharmed and likely wandered in to escape the 35 degree weather. Their father Cpl. Edgar Titcomb serves with the Air Force Ferry Command in Memphis Tennessee.
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Hastings-On-Hudson N. Y
Gary
Carol Titcomb
Cpl
Edgar Titcomb
Air Force Ferry Command
Memphis
Tenn
British Troops Patrol Athens After Greek Clashes
Roman dispatch says British forces from over 150 warships patrolled central Athens after breaking up armed clashes between rival Greek factions. Royal Navy units and Canadian, South African, Greek, French and Polish ships aided the operation. troops landed at Piraeus and paraded through cheering crowds. The unrest calmed within a few hours.
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Rome
Athens
Royal Navy
Piraeus
Va. Horses At Hagerstown Show
Mrs. M. E. Whitney of Warrenton Va is expected to send several entries to the Hagerstown horse show at Mt Tammany farm on Oct 21 22. Other entries include jumpers and saddle horses from Baltimore Md Winchester Richmond Waynesboro and York with numerous local entries.
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Hagerstown Mad
M. E. Whitney
Warrenton
Hagerstown
Mt. Tammany Farm
Baltimore
Winchester
Richmond
Virginia
Waynesboro
York
Pennsylvania
Two Held For Grand Jury On Murder Charges
Robert Collier and Lee Riley Franklin, both of Stephens City, were held for the Grand Jury after arraignment before Judge John Rice for the fatal October 7 stabbing of Erskin Roy Sisk. Collier faces first degree murder. Franklin is accused as an accessory. Both pleaded not guilty. Witnesses included Theodore Morris, Dr. H. S. Pifer, Maynard Kirk, and Allen Gray Mauck.
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Robert Collier
Lee Riley Franklin
Stephens City
John Rice
Erskin Roy Sisk
Collier
Franklin
Herbert Larrick
Theodore Morris
Sisk
H. S. Pifer
Maynard Kirk
Winchester
Allen Gray Mauck
Bristow
Murderer hunted after veteran found dead in abandoned mine
Nevada City Calif Oct 17 A fugitive who killed Pacific War veteran Francis Henry Lewis 24 after he discovered the killer's hideout in an abandoned mine was hunted in the mountains near town. Lewis a Purple Heart recipient had been bear hunting when he vanished. His body was found in Snow Mountain Canal Willow Valley. Sheriff Carl Tobiasson said a trail from the body led to the mine and he believed the man was murdered after uncovering the hideout.
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Nevada City
Calif
Francis Henry Lewis
Snow Mountain Canal
Willow Valley
Lewis
Pacific
Carl Tobiasson
Storm Movement Still Uncertain
The Weather Bureau kept northwestern Caribbean and southern Florida on alert as a tropical hurricane near the Cayman Islands moves slowly. Forecasters warned of potential impacts across the Florida peninsula, western Cuba, Yucatan region, Florida Straits, and surrounding waters as the center remained about 125 miles west or west northwest of Grand Cayman.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Florida Peninsula
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Florida Straits
Yucatan Channel
Grand Cayman
Luce Calls P A C a Major Political Accident
Rep Clare Boothe Luce described the political action committee as a major political accident that has befallen the Democratic party and the labor movement in America. She linked the plot to Roosevelts labor policies and urged Deweys election to end administration efforts she blamed on making political zombies of American labor.
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Pitsburg
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Political Action Committee
Democratic Party
Labor
America
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Connecticut
Sidney Hillman
Nimitz reports Jap fleet losses and carrier battles
Nimitz announced Japanese aerial losses surpass 800 in the first week of raids. He cited U S carrier forces under Halsey Mitscher destroying 164 enemy aircraft in Oct 13–15 actions around Formosa and noted two American ships damaged by torpedoes. Tokyo claimed vast but unverified victories.
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Halsey-Mitscher
Tokyo
Nimitz
Marc A. Mitscher
Formosa
Ryukyus
Luzon
Philippines
U.S
Halsey-Mit
Elephant Queenie Convicted of Murder at Melbourne Zoo
Queenie the 40 year old Melbourne Zoo elephant was convicted of murdering keeper Thomas Lawson aged 68. Witnesses testified she crushed him with her trunk and knelt on his chest after a formal coroner hearing. Prosecutors noted her long history with children. verdict bars her from carrying children again.
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Queenie
Melbourne Zoo
Thomas Lawson
Melbourne
Australia
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