Hitler Shrinks From War as Mystery Deepens in Nazi Ranks
Edward W Beattie reports Allied observers note Adolf Hitler has vanished from public life as German forces reel from Stalingrad to Tunisia. No public appearances, limited talks with Mussolini, or visits from satellite leaders. Analysts cite military setbacks and a shifting power center led by Goebbels and the Prussian clique as a possible banishment to Obersalzberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W Beattie
HDQ
London
Adolf Hitler
Cherbourg
Cernauti
Fuehrer
Red Army
Reich
Hitler
Stalingrad
el Alamein
Tunisia
Fuehrer Befehs
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Service Members Arrive Safe in England and Far East
Updates show Pvt Orville D. Cook and Pvt Donald J. Augustine arriving in England per family reports. Multiple soldiers including Darrell C. Miskimen, Martin V. Burke, Clifford C. Ryan, Eldo G. Mentzer, Everett A. Irish, John W. Robinson, Joe C. Janko, Leonard M. Furry, Dale Furry, David D. Ring, John W. Luse, and Lt Francis Kee are noted on leave, transfers, or duty locations across Camp Polk, Fort Belvoir, Yale University, Big Spring AFB, Fort McClellan, Camp Peary, and the South Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville D. Cook
England
Gershom Cook
Solon
Donald J. Augustine
Augustine
Avenue NE
Mack A. Augustine
Fourteenth Avenue
Darrell C. Miskimen
Camp Polk
Fort Belvoir
Rockford Road
Martin V. Burke
South Pacific
M. W Burke
Eighteenth Street
Everett A. Irish
John Irish
Shellsburg
Big Spring
Texas
Army Air Field
John W. Robinson
Marines
Yanks Hit Fuehrer's Palace in Bombardment Report
Stockholm based Svenska Dagbladet reports a heavy American bomber strike on Berlin Wednesday damaged Hitler's palace and Wilhelmstrasse. Destruction spread through the center as the Zeughaus and air ministry building suffered severe damage. the palace burned for hours.
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Stockholm
INS
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Reich
Svenska Dagblader
Hitler
Air Ministry
German Morale in France Probed by War Correspondent
Tom Treanor reports from the French front on morale among German troops in American and British sectors. He notes discouragement and confusion in the American sector near Cherbourg and mixed behavior in the British sector, including a cocky prisoner and odd moments at a field hospital, with champagne in a besieged garrison symbolizing fading resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enon Aner
France
Cherbourg
Harry Miller
Jamaica
Newell Engle
Armstrong
Rudolph Hess
Military News and Personal Moves Re Counts From War Service
List of service members with transfers and assignments including Pvt. Kenneth M Barnoske returning to Indiantown Gap Pa and Lt Gordon W Thomas with his son nearby in Italy. Chaplain Merton B Green now captain in England. Private Langton and Captain Houser noted, plus a Penn State note on name change from 1855 charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe. College
University of Town
Mason City
Kenneth M. Barnoske
Indiantown Gap
J W. Harnoske
Eleventh Street
Marion
Rh. J. Myer
Seaman
Far
G. Higgins
Italy
D. A. Higgins
Fighth Avenue
Camp Butler
N. C
Merton B. Green
Kenwood Methodist
S Church
England
Green
Michael
New Hampshire
Howard Santley
James E. Langton
J W. Langton
Sixteenth Avenue
J. Dale T Houser
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
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Lair
Army
Josef Goebbels
Ludwig Serorius
Clifford C. Ryan
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort George G Mead
A. W. Ryan
Burch Avenue
Eldo G. Mentzer
Gale S. Mentzer
Center Point
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Yale
Joe C. Janko
Fort Sill
Oklo
Mary Janko
Swisher
Weonard Benesh
Farragut
Idaho
Frank E. Benesh
Lawrence M. Furry
Camp Peary
William Bower
Second Avenue SE
Dale Furry
Brookley Field
Mobile
David D. Ring
Park College
Kansas City
H C Ring
Dean
Bever Avenue
David
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
John W. Luse
Camp Parks
Calif
Clark Luse
Clarence
Aleutians
The
Seabees
Francis Kee
Esta Hense
Alburnett
Smith
Tom Treanor
Gazette
Old Tyne
Egypt
Capt. Miller
Hess
Vichy
Gordon W. Thomas
Roger M. Thomas
D L. Thomas
Fifteenth Air Force
Pennsylvania State College
Zio
Clydebank
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Cedar Rapids
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Are
Coke
C C
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