Brazilian Expedition Sheds Light on Italian Front
Brazilian expeditionary forces drove toward Gallicano near La Spezia with a northern push, while another column moved up the Serchio River valley to Barga. Fifth Army units faced stronger resistance in the Apennines as they press toward the Po Valley. Eighth Army reports British troops taking Longiano west of Rimini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Rome
Gallicano
la Spezia
Serchio River
Barga
Italy
Fifth Army
Apennine
Po Valley
Eighth Army
Longiane
Rimini
Weather and Town Meeting Of The Air Program
The Amarillo area forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday with temps near 80 and cooler tonight. West Texas and Panhandle will be partly cloudy today through Friday with warmer conditions. New Mexico sees scattered showers and thunderstorms with warmer east portions today. Temperatures today 70 to 80, tonight 40 north to 5 south. Also a Reader's Digest Town Meeting of the Air on wage guarantees with opposing views tonight on KFDA at 7:30.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
America
The
Reader's Digest
KFDA
China
Liuchow-Kweilin
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Liuchow
U. S
Orth
Soldier Vote May Swing It
An Associated Press survey finds the soldier vote could decide the election in at least 11 states, with New York and Pennsylvania high stakes. Officials estimate up to 400,000 G I ballots in New York and about 180,000 in Pennsylvania, among others, potentially altering the 531 electoral votes in a close race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Ohio
Colorado
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
Oregon
Rhode Island
AMG Tis
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Grover Cleveland
Dewey
Norship
Edward Martin
Richard Yates Rowe
Edward J. Hummel
Frank M. Jordan
Allied Air Strikes Hit Formosa and Balikpapan
Tokyo radio said about 1 000 Allied planes attacked Formosa sweeping the island from end to end. In Balikpapan, Borneo, a massive raid hit the oil complex, while American forces captured the Palau islet Bairakasera as part of the month-long advance toward the Philippines.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Formosa
China
Japan
Balikpapan
Borneo
Palau
Philippines
Bairakasera
Tokyo
Tainan
Takao
Taichu
Marc A. Mitscher
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukus
Foochow
Morotai
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Peleliu
Why Do Wives Get Brush-Off At Breakfast
A reader asks why men read the newspaper at breakfast instead of talking to their wives. Respondents cite habit, desire to catch overnight news, hair or mood factors, or lack of morning topics as reasons.
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Esther Savage
Belleview Street
Joeline Maples
Elizabeth Brown
G.E. Dickson
W. H. Dinwidde
John Riggs
Bricker Charges PAC Subversive in Campaign Row
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio called the CIO Political Action Committee subversive in Portland Oregon and said an honest attorney general opinion would rule PAC campaign activities violations of the law.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
John W. Bricker
Ohio Today
CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
Heaviest Robot Barrage In Months Hits England
London reports a major German robot barrage on Southern England as several flying bombs were shot down last night. Air Ministry says fighter planes and anti aircraft batteries destroyed a number of winged bombs.
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London
England
Air Ministry
Bomber Power At Full Blast
Allied air forces execute daylight raids over north western Germany from Bremen to the Ruhr Valley with up to 750 U S Eighth Air Force Fortresses and Liberators, striking Bremen Borgward plants and synthetic oil facilities while RAF bombers target Wanne-Kickel and Holland gun positions. Bologna is also bombed in Italy as the Fifteenth Air Force mounts its largest single target mission.
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London
U.P
Germany
Bremen
Ruhr
Berlin
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Reich
RAF
Wanne-Kickel
Bochum
Borgward
Holland
Breskens
Italy
Bologna
U. S. Fifteenth Air Force
Call Off Sympathy Strikes As Conciliation Begins
Conciliation talks start between the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co and the Mechanics Educational Society of America after the union abandons plans for a sympathy strike of 68 000 members in 64 Ohio and Michigan war plants. The proposed strike was set to begin today.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Ohio
Michigan
Early Texas Cold Snap Grips State Across Morning
Texas shivered as a cool wave moved in with many areas reporting light frost or near frost. Weatherman H C Winburn noted sheltering thermometers hide lower ground temperatures and listed readings from Elk City to Lubbock and Dallas.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Globe
H. C. Winburn
Winburn
Elk City
Okla
Clarendon
Pampa
Lubbock
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
De Gaulle Meets Le Brun in Paris Evening Conference
Gen Charles De Gaulle and former French president Albert Le Brun held a private conference in Paris last night. Le Brun, long retired to southern France, is named in the report as a lumber dealer reference in the nearby business note.
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de Gaulle
le Brun
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Albert le Brun
France
Eisenhower declares unstoppable drive toward victory at Aachen
American troops storm Aachen amid fires and bombardment driving toward Observatory Hill. Eisenhower and Stimson warn Germans that surrender or destruction of their cities will follow. Eisenhower pledges decisive action and condemns German coercion while praising Allied morale and airborne forces.
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Aachen
Allied
High Command
Eisenhower
Stimson
United States
Britain
Paris
Herarchy
Gestapo
Germany
Western Front
Red Army advances threaten Hungary and Balkans
Soviet and Romanian forces swept across Hungary with Szeged and Cluj fallen as Berlin warned of renewed battles along the East Prussian border. Moscow said Hungary nears elimination from the war while Tito said Belgrade was surrounded by Russians and partisans.
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Beliief
Hungary
Szeged
Cluj
Transylvania
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Memel
Warsaw
Rezam
Narew
Berlin
Red Army
Riga
Latvia
Bulgarian Troops Withdraw From Greece Paves Armistice Path
Bulgarian occupation forces and administrative personnel began evacuating Greece as part of a formal armistice process with the Allies. Tass reported Sofia’s government agreed to pull out all troops and officials.
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London
U.P
Greece
Sofia
Tass
Bulgaria
Greece Pre-Condon Armistice Terms Reported
Tass claimed Bulgaria would accept a pre condition of six dollar terms by October for an armistice with the United States Britain and Russia. Bulgaria also agreed to withdraw troops from occupied Yugoslav territory. A Bulgarian broadcast said Sofia and the Soviet commander and Marshal Tito would allow Bulgarian forces to stay in Yugoslavia temporarily to fight Germans. No Allied activity in Greece was disclosed.
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Greece
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Russia
Tass
Sofia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
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Ralph Page
Washington
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
George Sokolsky
New York Sun
Philadelphia_ Bulletin
Mr. Page
Page
Sokolsky
Ralph W. Page
Raymond Gram Swing
Henry J. Kaiser
Paul G. Hoffman
Kaiser
Hoffman
Committee For Economic Development
National Association of Manufacturers
Thhey
Biddie
U. 8 Weather Bureau
Fifth Army Field Artillery Battalion
Jerome H. Smith
Ditto
Russell Stationery Co
Rainey
Taiwan
Peip
Shenghan
China Sea
SAPAR
Pacific Ocean
Manila
Caon
Political Actions Committee
Bricker
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Hahah Ic
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Observatory Hill
Schladhof
Dergoing
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Moscow
Budapest
Hitler
Austria
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