Indispensability Isn’t the Core of History
George E. Sokolsky argues that no individual is indispensable to world peace or national destiny. He criticizes the fixation on Roosevelt Dewey and Stalin and urges focus on broad government policies rather than personal stature. The column frames immortality as a myth in politics and calls for sober debate and awareness of historical context.
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George E. Sokolsky
Roosevelt
Dewey
Churchill
Stalin
Harry Truman
United States
Harry Trumaan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Sineach
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Dd.velt
Mr. X
Pulse Feeler shoppers plan buying blitz after V Day
Mrs J A Kendall receives the Pulse Feeler dollar and asks what she will buy first once manufacturers are allowed to produce again. Answers vary from books and a car to cooking stoves and electric appliances. The note ends with lumber and filing cabinet ads from local businesses.
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J. A. Kendall
Forest Street
Ruth Delzell
W. N. Perkins
Arch Terrace
Nazi Bomb Packs a Two Mile Punch
Information from the American Third Army reveals the V-3 long range weapon, a 14 ton projectile nearly 60 feet long and 5 feet 5 inches in diameter. It uses liquid air and alcohol propulsion and is controlled by radio after vertical launch. Authorities believe the V-3 may be deployed.
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France
Hitler
Third Army
Germany
Allied armies storm Belfort Gap as 82 tanks fall
Allied forces press into the Belfort Gap from the south and northwest, sweeping the Cap Gris Nez coast, silencing heavy guns, and driving toward Calais. Canadian Crerar’s forces advance along the Channel coast while Patton and Patch push through the Vosges toward Belfort, with heavy resistance and mud hampering progress.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Belfort
Germany
Moselle Valley
Cap Gris Nez
France
Nijmegen
Esse
H. D. G. Crerar
First Army
Channel
Calais
England
Second Army
Rhiffe’ Triangle
Reichswald Forest
Miles C. Dempsey
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Mopup
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
General Patch
Patton
Vosges Mountains
Epinal
Nancy
Moselle
Metz
Red Army opens three way drive against Hungary and gains ground
Soviet forces push along a 100 mile arc from Romania into Hungary and into Yugoslav territory to attack from the south. The bulletin says troops have reached Lupkow pass from Poland into Czechoslovakia and press toward Riga amid heavy fighting likely for several days.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hitler
Marshal Tito
Lupkow Pass
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vydran
Riga
Front
Largest Negro Paper Backs Dewey In 1944 Election
The Pittsburgh Courier the nation’s largest Black newspaper endorses Governor Dewey citing postwar employment issues and belief the New Deal cannot cope. The paper previously backed Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 and Wendell Willkie in 1940.
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Pittsburgh
Dewey
Pittsburgh Courier
United States
Ira Lewis
America
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Fifth Still Advances In Battle For Bologna Corridor
Fifth Army troops push northeast through mud and rain and capture Mount Battaglia eleven miles from Imola along the Bologna Rimini highway. They seize three key heights commanding the direct north route to Bologna. British Eighth Army gains też in the Adriatic Po Valley edges amid strong German defenses along the Fiumeino line. Adverse weather slows air support as the Doughboys seize more heights near highway 65 about twenty miles south of Bologna.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna- Rimini
Doughboys
Bologna
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeino
Highway 65
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The report forecasts fair conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with rising temperatures. Expect generally fair weather today through Saturday with slight warmer spells in the Panhandle and South Plains. Highs 75 to 85, lows 45 to 60, with a cool to mild trend continuing in New Mexico.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Advanced Air Base Falls to Japanese
Tokyo Radio reported the capture of one of the last three U S airfields in southeast China as U S fleet carrier forces continued sweeping raids. In the Central Philippines raids, sea borne fighters and bombers sank 22 Japanese ships and damaged about 70, with 36 planes destroyed. Admiral Nimitz placed the loss at 10 planes and eight airmen.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
China
U. S
Philippines
U.S
Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Catalina
General MacArthur
Jolo
Tokyo
Tanchuk
Kweilin
Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Airforce
Kunming
Chungking
Paoching
Marauders Strike Blow Over Germany in Heavy Bombing Blitz
American and British medium bombers attacked the Siegfried Line and Saarbrucken in southwestern Germany and Goldern on the Dutch border. Ninth Air Force Marauders hit Saarbrucken Junction while other forces struck Webenhein fortifications. Over 1 000 bombers and 700 fighters escorted daily, with 110 heavy bombers and 25 fighters lost Monday through Thursday, and 36 German planes destroyed.
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London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Saarbrucken
Goldern
Ninth Air Force
Webenhein
Magdeburg
Kassel
Merseburg
France
Mystery Allied Land Force of the Adriatic campaign
Rome reports an Allied unit named the Allied Land Force of the Adriatic conducting a mystery campaign aimed at weakening Nazi control in Albania and Yugoslavia. The Allies reveal nothing about strength composition or designs to prevent German intel, while keeping invasion plans across the Adriatic undisclosed.
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Rome
U.P
Adriatic
Albania
Yugoslavia
Flying Bomb Flurry Strikes London Amid Air War
German bombs hit London and southern counties before dawn as British fighters claim two German planes with robot bombs shot down over the North Sea. The Air Ministry released the notice detailing the losses and ongoing aerial combat along the coast.
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London
Air Ministry
North Sea
Fair and Warmer Weekend Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts fair weather with rising temperatures for the weekend. Skies are noted as clear over the state, and the outlook highlights warmer conditions suitable for trips to the canyons.
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Canyons
Weather Bureau
U. S. Planes Strike Manila Bay in Second Battle Victory
On September 21 22 American carrier planes of the Third Fleet bombed Manila Bay area in the Second Battle of Manila Bay. The on scene U P War Correspondent George E Jones aboard a carrier flagship reported ships burning and depots ablaze as Japanese defenses fought back. American losses included 11 planes, with initial claims of 36 ships sunk or damaged and 14 planes shot down, while later totals cited 103 Japanese ships and 405 planes destroyed or damaged.
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Black Forest
Germany
Patton
United Press War
Robert C. Richards
Richards
Parroy
Luneville
Nancy
Manila Bay Area
Philippines
United Press
George E. Jones
Manila Bay
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific
Pasic River
Manila Hotel
Dewey Boulevard
Manila
Mac
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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le Thillot
Seventh Army
Patch
Chateau Lambert
Lambert
Lure - Belfort
Giromagny
Champagney
Hericourt
Rhine
Jura Mountains
Vosges
Rangin
Strasbourg
Jura
Mts
Tom Dewey
T Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Peleliu
Advanced Air Base
Holland
Luzon
Navy Radio
Manila Radio
Cavite Naval Base
Nichols
Clark
Theirson
Anet
Bataan
Admiral Dewey
Magine Bei
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