Bombers Strike Germany and Japanese Fleet Encounters
About 1700 American aircraft attacked Hamburg and Hamm rail targets and oil refineries. American air forces crippled Japanese air power near the Philippines as Sailors reported losses and the Seventh Fleet and Australian squadron stood by off Leyte. The Princeton, launched in 1942, was among carriers lost. Nimitz and Halsey reported high enemy aircraft and ship losses in the Pacific.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Aachen
Hamburg
Sey
Japan
Philippines
Leyte
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Halsey
Formosa
Marianas
Tokyo
Samar
Princeton
Nimitz
Naval Battle Could Shape Pacific War Length
Vice Admiral John H Towers told a Honolulu Rotary Club that the naval clash may decide control of Philippine waters and set war length. The Japanese attacked Halsey’s fleet as it pressed a two month strike from the Philippines toward Ryukus without refueling bases.
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Philippine
Pacific
John H. Towers
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Rotary Club
Halsey
Philippines
Ryukyu Island
Hal
Uprising Spreads Across Spain Amid Reports of Conflict
London dispatch reports Spanish Republican sources say an armed uprising against Franco is spreading through Asturias Andalucia Toledo and Leon with some towns reportedly liberated. Franco's Radio Nacional claims border outbreaks are quelled and frontier towns are safe as remaining rebels hide in the mountains awaiting surrender.
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London
U.P
Francisco Franco
Spain
Asturias
Andalucia
Toledo
Leon
Franco
Radio Nacional
Argentine Attache in London Withdrawn as Tour Cancelled
London reports Argentina recalled Col. Pablo Beretta, its military attache in London, after an invitation to visit the Allies’ western front was withdrawn. The embassy stayed silent, but it was learned the move followed lack of cooperation in Argentina’s war policy with the Axis.
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London
Argentina
Col
Pablo Beretta
Western Front
Sokolsky column sparks protest over radical praise
The Globe notes PAC member Sokolsky linked to 49 interlocking groups described as Communist fronts. His poem praising Marxist figures is cited as guiding Americans how to vote. The report also mentions Illinois Central naming two Memphis Louisville passenger trains the Irvin S Cobb in honor of the late humorist.
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Communist Front
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Globe
Cobb Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Illinois Central Railroad
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Louisville
Irvin S. Cobb
Humorist
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