Dramatic Hitler plea to hold Dnieper line reported
US senators Mead Brewster and Russell urge postwar aviation policy and Gulf oil access. They warn no aviation base rights outside the Western Hemisphere within six months and urge use of Persian Gulf fields to ease petroleum burdens. Hitler orders that the Dnieper line must be held at all costs, halting retreat in Russia.
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New York
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Maine
Meed
Brewster
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Georgia
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U. S
Congress
Stockholm
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Nya Dagliat Allehanda
Stalingrad
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Red Army
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Berlin
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Russia
Pawlak's Raiders Reach Japanese Strongpoint Near Munda
Lt Ray Pawlak and 10 men of Pawlak's Raiders breached a Japanese strongpoint near Munda. They routed 45 enemy soldiers, killed at least 15, and captured five enemy officers sabers. A saber was kept to engrave the 10 patrol members' names.
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William Hippel Ur
South Pacific
New Georgia
Pawlak
Naples Turned Into City of Horror by Nazis
Dispatches from Italy report refugees saying Naples is in ruins with fires looting and civilian casualties as German reprisals unfold on the battlefront. The Nazi threat was broadcast as relentless punishment for aiding Anglo American forces. A separate Chicago item notes a girl cites housework keeping her from studying home economics on a suburban train.
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New York
Office of War Information
Naples
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Italy
Chicago
British Military Mission Heads to Pacific Front
A British military mission led by Maj. Gen. J. B. Lethridge departs Melbourne for the South Pacific en route to Australia. The group will study how Britain can maximize cooperation with the United States in future operations against Japan, following Churchill's pledge of broader Pacific aid. A Dutch New Guinea road project uses a log corduroy base and aluminum ore surfacing as an example of wartime infrastructure.
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Wilson & Co
France
Melbourne
Australia
J. 8
Lethridge
South Pacific
United States
Winston Churchill
Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Draft Dads As Scheduled To Draft Dads As Scheduled
Washington reports a nationwide move to induct fathers into military service starting tomorrow. Authorities say 446000 fathers must serve by year’s end to meet armed forces demands. States vary in timing with October calls expected in many regions.
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Congress
Associated Press
South
The
War Department
Baby Abandoned in Denver Theater Leaves Authorities Searching
A two weeks old baby boy found unclaimed in the Victory Theater Denver was cared for after discovery in the women's lounge by manager Murray Mitholland. Authorities sought the parents as police investigated the incident.
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Denver
New Victory Theater
Murray Mitholland
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