November 5, 1944

USSR troops break main Ger defense line east of Budapest; advance through Felsoepakony and Vecses; unconfirmed repts place them in Soroksar; other units capture Szolnok, Cegled, Abony and other towns; get within 10 mi of Budapest-Miskolc rr running into Slovakia; Berlin repts Malinovsky troops attempt to force Danube at Dunafoeldvar; USSR planes have air mastery of area; Ger acct of Budapest panic cited; USSR troops attack Gers northwest of Uzhorod; map

The leaders of Dai Nippon last week were having to reassess their situation in the light of recent developments in the Pacific war. Compared with their original aims, the prospect was bleak. Tokyo's plan had called for the conquest of East Asia and the large islands of the Pacific, sources of vital raw materials, and for the occupation of smaller islands which would screen the expanded empire against any threat from American sea power.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 4 -- Ohio State University took fifteen minutes to get warmed up to its work today, then turned loose all of its vaunted power to wallop Indiana University's Western Conference title-hungry Hoosiers, 21 to 7, before 56,380 spectators.

Seven Hearts, a son of Grand Slam, captured the $34,100 Westchester Handicap at Jamaica yesterday as the regular New York racing season ended with financail records victoriously doubled in spades. Some world betting marks were smashed on this final day of 180, the wagering going toward a grand total for the year of $388,995,250.

USSR '41 pact cited

WEST POINT, N.Y., Nov. 4 -- While Lieut. Col. Earl Blaik was more or less enjoying himself watching Navy triumph over Notre Dame at Baltimore today his juggernaut Army team ran at will against Villanova on Michie Stadium field, scoring an 83-0 victory for the third highest Cadet score in Army football history.

THE vigorous and caustic comments of Writer Elliot Paul regarding the general treatment of war subjects by Hollywood were given some warm consideration (you may remember) in this column last week, with citations from some recent pictures to support his argument.

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 4 -- The battle-scarred Blue Devils of Duke had their moment of gridiron glory today when, after four week-ends of denial, they rose in all their rugged might to hand Georgia Tech's engineers their first defeat, 19 to 13.

Brit and Amers take Fijnaart