Allied Troops To Evacuate Almost All of Italy Soon
Rome AP reports that almost all Allied controlled Italian territory will be returned to Italian administration by December 31 except the Venezia Giulia and Udine provinces, with Udine kept for military reasons. Islands Lam Pedusa and Pantelleria also to be handed over as control shifts to Italian authorities.
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Rome
Allied Commission
Venezia-Giulia
Udine
Mediterranean Islands
Europe
Germany
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Piedmont
Lombardy
Veneto
Venezia Giulia
Lampedusa
Pantelleria
Smith Proposes Four Apartment Emergency Unit
John I. Smith of 109 Eighth Street SE proposes a four unit apartment plan to ease housing needs. His letter suggests two story buildings with four flats, shared facilities, and minimal plumbing to reduce costs while aiding veteran housing and rapid construction.
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Smith
the Gazette
John I. Smith
Eighth Street
Burglars Take $50,000 From Doctor's Portland Home
In Portland Oregon robbers stole more than fifty thousand dollars from a secret safe hidden in Dr Ruth Barnett’s house. The thieves removed the heavy safe and its contents after locating the concealed door behind a closet.
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Ore
Ins
Ruth Barnett
Dr. Barnett
Hermit deserter held after 21 months in Ohio hills
Elza McIntire 39 surrendered to Sheriff Wilmer Oliver after 21 months living as a hermit in remote hills north of Cambridge Ohio He said he deserted from Fort Meade Maryland in March 1943 and lived in caves and huts with little shelter and no social contact He was arrested with four coats three pairs of trousers and shoes without laces He faces Army handling at Fort Hayes Columbus and said he wanted the matter settled
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Cambridge
Ohio
INS
Elza
McIntire
Wilmer Oliver
Tuscarawas County
Newcomerstown
Oliver
Fort Meade
Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Dutch Traitor Van Genechten Hangs Self in Prison Cell
Dr R Van Genechten once sentenced to death for Nazi collaboration died by hanging in his cell this Thursday in The Hague. The case followed his conviction on October 17.
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Russians Stop Ozarks From Elbe River Windup
The 102nd Infantry (Ozark) division watched the final German surrender near Tangermünde after Russians pressed the Elbe. The unit, under the Ninth Army, had earlier fought from the Roer to the Rhine, overran 86 towns, and held back from direct action along the Elbe to avoid friendly fire.
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Tangermuende
102Nd Infantry (Ozark
Elbe
102Nd
Ozark
Roer River
Ninth Army
Ozarks
Lovenich
Muenchen- Gladbach
Ninth
Roer
Rhine
Krefeld
Germans Driven From Rhine to Elbe in Eastern Front Push
The Ozarks chased the Germans from the Rhine to the Elbe, then prepared for a Russian advance. Charles Lindbergh delivered the first transoceanic air mail.
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Charles Lindbergh
Chinese Vessel Hwasheng Sinks After Mine Hit
More than 70 people drowned when the 800 ton Chinese coastal vessel Hwasheng from Foochow struck a mine and sank ten miles from Shanghai. Rescuers saved 40 survivors.
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Hwasheng
Foochow
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