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DEMO CONGRESS
HAS GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, —(AP)
—President Roosevelt, with his
democratic controlled Congress,
has inherited the opportunity for
the greatest teamwork job in Am
erican history.
The 4th term President rode
through the capital this morning
and greeted a quarter of a mil
lion rainsoaked citizens.
Votes from 45 million Ameri
cans gave him a working majority
of at least 55 in the House and
19 in the Senate.
The democrats also won 25 gov
ernorships over the republicans.
With the challenge to wind up
the war and to write a peace that
will last, the President faces the
meeting with Churchill and Stalin,
and also the Chinese situation.
The spotlight is on t^e new
Congress which convenes in Jan
uary.
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DOUGHBOYS
MAKE GAINS
ON LEYTE
GEN. MACARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP
PINES, Nov. 10, —(AP)—Weather
beaten doughboys drove over the
rai nlashed ridges in extensive
gains south of Carigara Bay as
the Japanese poured reinforce
ments onto Leyte Island to re
place an estimated 35,000 men !
lost in the campaign. Gen. Mac
arthur terms this as the key to
the Philippines.
The grim veterans of the 24th
division broke the stalemate and
made extensive gains on a wide
front.
i A typhaon whidh swept the
! road leading to Ormoc, the last
Japanese stronghold on the island
as roaring fires were set by bombs
and artillery fire.
ROCKETS LAND
IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Nov. 10, —tAP)—Prime
Minister Winston Churchill con- |
firmed in the House of Commons j
today that the Germans were again
long-range rockets against England
In the past few weeks casualties
and damage have not been very
heavy.
Rockets landed in widely scat
tered points in England.
Churchill stated that the rockets
contained approximately the same
quantity of explosive as before but
penetrate more deeply before ex
ploding.
These rockets fly through the
stratosphere, going to a height of j
60 or 70 miles.
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President Roosevelt caH that h°
and Church1'1! an^ will b^M
another tneeRTv* in t^o very n«ar
future when jt c',ri be arranged.
At a news cor'^er'''noe t>o”1
Ward, asb’ed T,,"e<d -*prR Roosevp14
if he nlannpd to »mn in
and the Chief Executive answered
“I will be hoary with age by th°t
time.”
LONDON, Nov. 10,—<APl— Lt.
Gen. Patton’s third army shook
off its mud shackles and forged
ahead in full-blown offensive to
day capturing Chateau and Salins
along with a dozen other towns
and villages.
They made a total advance of
ten miles in a three day drive
along a 55 mile front arc around
Metz.
Artillery pounded from both
sides of the Mass river in Hol
land as the enemy displayed ner
vousness.
Into Holland went a trailblazing
onslaught yesterday by over 1300
heavy bombers and hundreds of
dive bombers smashing the Ger
mans front line gun positions and
strong-points as well as rail and
road bottlenecks to the immediate
rear of the lines. The attack was
successful in sealing off the bat
tle zone.
TYPHOON IS
HEADED FOR
HAWAII
WASHINPTON, Nov. 10, —(AP)
—The navy today announced that
200 WAVES are leaving shortly
for Hawaii, and others are to fol
low soon thereafter for Alaska,
Panama, Puerto Rico under the
new Overseas Service Law.
Hawaii will ultimately have
4000 WAVES.
The length of overseas service
is 18 months.
INAUGURATION
WILL BE SIMPLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, — (AP)
—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt torpy
rid that the inauguration wi'l
bo verv si*nr>le due to wartim o
pn'i shortages,
t.old interviewers that the
results gave ha1* row
m the pow°r the
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