Allied forces surge across Belgium and push toward Rhine
Allied chiefs report rapid advances on multiple fronts in Belgium and France. U S First Army seizes Liege area within 20 miles of Aachen as Third Army expands Moselle bridgeheads near Metz. British Canadian forces take Ostend and nearby ports while Pole and Canadian units push toward Dunkerque and Dixmude. overall blitz pushes threaten Siegfried Line as German resistance buckles.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. First Army
Liege
Siegfried Line
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Moselle
Saar
Met
Verdun
Albert Canal
Ostend
Nieuport
Otter
Associated Press
Seventh Army
Belfort
Rhineland
Leuven
Louvain
St. Trond
First
Meuse
Ardennes Forest
Maissin
Luxembourg
Sedan
St. Cecile
Blagny
Third Army
Third
Metz
Aachen
Dunkerque
Schelde
Netherlands
Thielt
Dixmude
Bergues
Second Army
Belgium
von Model
Boss
Berlin
Walter von Model
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
France
Besancon
Arguments in Redding murder trial today
Arguments of counsel before the jury in the Reading murder trial begin this morning. Judge Bishop prepared the jury charge after long evidence and juror selection. The state and defense argued over testimony about the weapon, threats, and financial records related to Mrs. Redding.
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Redding
Reading
Sela Aasia
Potn Sines
Henry
Bishop
Arillo
Sid Harper
Evel Redding
New Mexico
Ww. T. Baker
van Bureau Street
Marvin Redding
Bill Durham
First National Bank
Felt Hat Day Declares Hat Fashion A Ban Today
Today is Felt Hat Day and calls for discarding or storing old straw hats. Some men trash hats by feeding them to a garbage horse while others hang them away for next season. No well dressed man wears a straw hat today.
Draft Estimate Is Presented
Washington dispatch reports that Selective Service Director Hershey projects 690000 physically able men from 1-A and new 18-year-olds available for induction in 1944, with a 90000 surplus likely for 1945. For 18-25, 26-29, and 30-37 groups totals amount to 480000, plus 210000 from new 18-year-olds, totaling 690000.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Nazis Claim Victory in Warsaw Engagement
German radio said Gen Bor's underground Polish army in Warsaw had been smashed. Bor warned the situation was serious as the old town fell, Germans advanced along the Vistula and destruction, food shortages, and cuts to light and water worsened in the capital.
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London
Bor
Warsaw
Praga
Berlin
Vistula
Seventh Army Stabs at Rhine
American forces stormed the Doubs Valley after capturing Besancon as the Seventh Army presses toward Belfort Gap. German rearguards fight through streets while Nazis use scorched earth tactics and disguise in civilian clothes. Allied air power may be needed to clear the pass.
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Rome
Doubs Valley
The
Reich
Besancon
Belfort Gap
Rhine
Belfort
Patch
Seventh Army
Gap
19Th
Germany
Kenneth Dixon
Associated Press
Seven Army
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weekend forecast for the region calls for partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. West Texas should stay generally fair Saturday through Sunday though showers possible in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos River Sunday. New Mexico looks fair with no major temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Yanks Dominate Southern Philippines Air War
Gen. MacArthur announced Allied air forces now dominate the southern Philippines with raids over Mindanao Halmahera and Morotai, while Liberators hit Santa Anna and Catalina planes wrecked ships near Mindanao and Ceram. Carrier aircraft struck Yap Ulithi and Pagan Aguijan, with rockets pounding Marcus Island and other mid Pacific targets. Three American airmen were reported killed.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
Moluccas
Sixth Air Division
New Guinea
Halmahera
Mitchell
Morotai Island
Mindanao
Yap
Ulithi
Caroline Islands
Navy
Pagan
Aguijan
Marianas Islands
Marcus Island
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Nazis Press Gothic Line Near Rimini In Italy
Allied forces push near Rimini as British Eighth Army reaches the Marano River four miles from the coast. German losses mount while Field Marshal Kesselring bets on delaying actions to hold the Gothic line and prevent a breakthrough toward the Po Valley and beyond. American troops reach within two miles of Pistoia, near the Gothic line’s last major German-held city.
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Rome
Adriatic
Po Valley
Italy
Marano River
Rimini
Gothic Line
Albert Kesselring
Ligurian Sea
Pistoia
Bulgars and Nazis Clash on Serbian Border
London reports describe fighting between Bulgars and Germans on the Serbian frontier. Free Yugoslav radio cites a mass uprising against occupation forces, with Serbs in revolt and garrisons attacked. Tito's forces allegedly swell as partisans and Russians tighten the trap in the southern Balkans.
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London
Cairo
Free Yugoslav Radio
Hungary
Marshal Tito
Balkans
Eisenhower Says Hitler Lost the War in the West
From Gen Eisenhower's headquarters the correspondent reports a German retreat across the Seine and predicts the war in the west is effectively decided with the Allies closing in. Patton's rapid armored advances rely on captured fuel as fighters push toward Germany while Siegfried Line defenses are not expected to halt the drive.
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Eisenhower
Seine
Hitler
London
Algiers
Germany
Patton
Maginot Line
All Superforts Return to Base
The largest force of Superfortresses yet employed bombed Anshan in Manchuria and the surrounding Japanese industrial empire. No planes were lost. The raid targeted chemical and explosives factories with the largest bomb-load per plane and overall to date.
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China
Anshan
Manchuria
Washington
War Department
Japan
Curtis le May
20Th Bomber Command
Japanese Empire
Russians Pouring Into Bulgaria To Block Nazis
Russian troops pushed 135 miles into Bulgaria capturing Ruse on the Danube and Key on the Black Sea to rapidly strike Germans in Yugoslavia and Greece. Soviet communique notes Bulgarian government declared war on Germany and asked Moscow for armistice as Soviet efforts widen from Warsaw toward East Prussia and Sofia.
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London
Bulgaria
Danube
Ruse
Black Sea
Key
Yugoslavia
Greece
Marshal Tito
Balkan
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Warsaw
Lomza
German East Prussia
East Prussia
Mongalia
Giurgiu
Red Army
Sofia
Cal
Aegean Sea
United Nations
Giers
Turn
Tron
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Roulers
Beeringen
Antwerp
Bourg- Leopold
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Normandy
Toul
Huy
Louette-St. Pierre
Bierre
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Felts
Dixon
Paris
Texas
Cenetee Enero
Philippine Skies
West
By Howard Cowan
Combined
American Press
Western Front
Kenneth G. Stack
Chaplain Corps
Narew
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