Endless Air Raid Routs London As Nazi Planes Strike Deep
Nazi dive bombers bomb London for hours in a heavy night raid described as the Luftwaffe’s noisiest and most destructive yet. NBC and CBS offices in London were wrecked though staff escaped. observers say casualties may be heavy and the attack targeted central districts along the Thames.
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London
Berlin
Financial District
Boulogne
Cap Gris-Nez
French
Dover
British Press Association
England
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
NBC
Thames
Channel
Sixty two thousand fascist troops face capture in East Africa
Cairo dispatch reports seventy six thousand Fascist troops may capitulate in Italian East Africa as British forces engage Tobruk and Sollum and advance along Libyan and Egyptian coasts. Dire Dawa discussions between British commanders and Duke of Aosta officials seek a Batisty guarantee for Italians in Gondar Jimma and Dessye amid looming surrender.
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Cairo
Ethiopia
Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa
Duke of Aosta
Dessye
Gondar
Jimma
East Africa
Gondar-Jimma-Dessye
British Destroyer and Supply Convoy Annihilated
London dispatch reports Britain announced the complete destruction of an Axis convoy in the Western Mediterranean. Three Italian destroyers and five supply ships were trapped between Sicily and Tripoli in a running battle. none escaped as the admiralty detailed.
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London
INS
North Africa
Germany
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicily
Tipoli
Admiralty
New Defense Line Holding Greeks Say
Athens reports Anglo-Greek forces repulsed German mechanized columns along the northern front and inflicted heavy damage while the Greeks began strategic withdrawals in parts of eastern Macedonia. The battle of western Macedonia rages as Italians incur heavy losses in Albania amid German air support.
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Macedonia
A. E. Angelopoulos
Athens
INS
Greece
Iman
Western
Albania
Press Ministry
Gipsy Smith Challenges 2,500 in Great Kanawha Evanglastic Talk
In a fourth sermon of the Great Kanawha Valley Evangelistic campaign, Gipsy Smith wowed about 2,500 worshippers with messages on being born again and choosing God over sin. He preached from the Apostle John and warned that the devil feeds on those who love sin, urging personal salvation and conversion as the path to belonging to God.
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Gipsy Smith
Kanawha Valley
God
Apostle of
John
Hell
Pilots lauded after plane crash near White Marsh
Passengers praised Pilot R. J. Wright and Co-Pilot William H. Riley for their skill and prompt actions after a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane crashed near White Marsh. Passengers including J. R. Johnson of Rockford and Paul E. Middleton of Indianapolis credited the pilots with doing everything right and helping others immediately after impact.
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Whie Marvans
Middleton
U. S. Resources Planning Board
John M. Picton
North Ireland Endures Heavy Nazi Raid Amid Destruction
In Belfast, 200 to 300 German bombers raided loyalist areas last night, tearing through working class neighborhoods of a city over 400,000. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and casualties were reported citywide and in nearby towns. Rescue teams dug through wreckage of bomb shelters, a church, a theater, and a library amid heavy losses.
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Belfast
Northern
Ieland
North Ireland
Crash Joker Positive He's Very Lucky
Clark Bobbitt, among six passengers on a Pennsylvania Central Airliner that crashed near Charleston, said he knew within two minutes after takeoff that a motor had cut out and felt lucky to survive. He described the motor’s loud vibration and his belt restraint as the plane struggled over a hill, believing a higher altitude could have made a safe landing.
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Clark Bobbitt
Pilot Pancakes Ship After Motor Fails
A northbound Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane suffered a motor failure after takeoff from Charleston at 4 28 p m and crash landed into trees near St Albans. All aboard survived though hostess Irene Coates sustained serious back injuries and several passengers were injured. The crew and passengers were treated at Mountain State hospital. Pilots Wright and Riley were released after checks, and state police praised the landing as the craft skirted hills and high tension lines.
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Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Charleston
Irene Coates
Pittsburgh
J. H. Carmichael
PCA
Kanawha River
Mountain State Hospital
Russell Wright
Sewickley
William Riley
Mountain State
Jay Ann Gould
Royal Oak
Mich
Coates
E. Clark Bobbitt
Ashland
H. M. Jardine
Fulton Building
J. R. Johnson
Rockford
Paul E. Middleton
Indianapolis
Ind
A. H. Crawford
Aracama Apartments
Wright
Riley
Boeing
Oscar Leonard
George Sheen
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Gazette
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Devil Row
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Viger
Hikinois
R. J. Wright
William H. Riley
Crash Joker
David Williams
West Virginia Air Service
Clarksburg
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