Red Air Armadas Rout German Forces In Yugoslavia Raids
Moscow reports sustained Soviet air and ground pressure over Yugoslavia as Red Army units advance toward Belgrade while Yugoslav partisans scout. In the Belgrade corridor the Morava Valley route is cited as the focus of the push with storms of air power, artillery and tanks impeding German reinforcements.
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Yugoslavia
Moscow
Euzsien
Yengavia
Balkans
Balkan
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Budapest
Turkey
Hungary
Warsaw
Berlin
Moerava
Belgrade- Greece
Stormovik
Morava
Supreme Court Opens With Large Docket
Nine black robed Justices began a new term admitting two dozen attorneys and hearing motions before adjourning until Monday. Courtroom crowd including government dignitaries and relatives filled to capacity as Justice engagement opened the 2644 term with more than 80 cases already docketed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Erier
Thomas J E. Wailgarnan
Alec Kenning
Camp Blanding
Lorida
Waggaman
Exter
Arahal
World Today Power and offensives across Europe and Pacific
AP dispatch notes Eisenhower urges Dutch island residents to flee probable bombings as Allied forces advance in Yugoslavia and Greece. Russians under air cover threaten 200,000 Germans in lower Keas while British commandos mop Greek islands. American counterattacks press in Italy as Pacific strikes tally high casualties aboard ships and aircraft.
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Associated Press
France
Americas
Holland
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Lower Keas
Italy
Pacific
Speculation Rise As To New Office Of Donald M. Nelson
Americans of the Fifth Army repelled German counterattacks on Monte Battaglia and captured Monte Cappella after a bitter battle. Clearing skies allowed the Mediterranean Allied Air Force to support Doughboys with bombing and air assaults. In the Adriatic sector the Eighth Army cleared Savignano and pressed across the Sinio river, where Germans held the far bank.
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Norgaaed
Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Battaglia
Imols
Monte Cappella
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Savignano
Fiumicino
Nelson Seen For Post In Roosevelt Foreign Drive
Donald M. Nelson, former War Production Board head, is discussed for a high post aiding postwar economic cooperation with other nations. Roosevelt’s letter accepting his resignation describes the new role as outside existing agencies and aimed at promoting American goods abroad. The press cites speculation he may head a new government agency or work independently in foreign trade.
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SY Sterling F. Green
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
War Production Board
State and Commerce Departments
Foreign Economic Administration
Ture
Yank Prisoners Of War To Get Chest Benefits
War Chest drive funds will aid War Prisoners Aid to provide POWs with books games musical instruments and home comforts. Alabama quota totals 35000 as part of a national effort supporting 22 agencies and a $5 787 625 national fund.
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War Chest
Dothan
Alabama War Chest
National War Fund
Alabama
Tn Dolan
Houston County
Battle Ahead of Time in Pacific War Says Observers
Washington AP reports Allied forces racing ahead in the Pacific, with the Philippines invasion shaping future strategy. Analysts see two paths for Japan: a major push to hold islands or a drawn out war to exhaust American will. Air power and Chinese bases may help, but decisive land battles loom uncertain.
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Hamilton W. Faron Washington
Philippines
Japan
Philippine
Sonal
Ching
China
Parents Asked To Take Temperatures In Dothan Case
Dr Burkett county health officer urges parents to check their children’s temperatures each morning for two weeks after a poliomyelitis case in Dothan. If a child runs 100 degrees or higher, keep at home until fever clears or cause is known. Health nurses can’t test all children, so parental cooperation is essential to prevent an epidemic. a fever above 100 for two or three days warrants a physician. The Thursday case is the fourth in Heonton County this year.
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Dothan
W. T. Burkett
Burkett
Heunton
Night Evacuation of Wotje Atoll Natives by U S Navy
Marine correspondent recounts a daring night evacuation of over 700 Micronesian residents from Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Two small warships delivered natives in canoes to Erikub and Etikub lagoons, then transported them to safety amid heavy bombing. The evacuees celebrated with traditional dances and songs upon arrival at a new Marshallese settlement.
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Marshall Islands
U. S. Navy
Wotje Atoll
Eugene F. Bogan
USNR
Washington, D. C
Wotje
Marshall
Mili
Jalut
Maloelap
Erikub Atoll
Watte Reef
Early Polish settlement unlikely as rival committee attacks exile gov
London reports a fresh blast from the Soviet backed National Committee of Liberation in Moscow criticizing Stanislaw Miklajczyk's exile government. President Morawski denounced the move to name Gen. Komorowski as Commander in Chief, a dismissal that aimed to court Moscow support, complicating British and American position. Morawski notes Komorowski, known as Gen. Bor, has led Polish forces in Warsaw against the Germans.
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London
Stanislaw Miklajcyzyk
National Committee of Liberation
Moscow
Osulika Morawski
National Committee
Britain
United States
Miklajczyk
Morawski
Birmingham Attorney Killings Scene Shocks City
In Birmingham a 35 year old attorney Thomas Dozier Sr was shot dead on a downtown street. Fellow attorney B D Griswold 12 surrendered to police claiming Dozier threatened him and police officer A J Coggins quoted him. Patrolman C B Golden said he heard the shots and found Dozier on the sidewalk.
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Birmingham
Thomas Dozier, Sr
M. Griswold
Dozier
A. J.coggins
C. B. Golden
Golden
Griswold
Russian Writer Berates Allies Over Hitler Extermination
Moscow dispatch reports Aya Ehrenburg, in Pravda, attacking Western powers for signs of weakness in exterminating Hitlerism. She condemns Andre Gide for mumbling anti Hitler rhetoric while courting a revival of Nazism, while accusing Paris academicians of denial and noting a Nazi mayor in a German city. She asserts Soviet writers reject Western treachery and demand truthful, robust words.
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Moscow
Pravda
Aya Ehrenburg
Paris
Three Nazis Face Treason Trials in Britain and Germany
From London sources three prominent Germans face treason trials. Editor Count Schwetin allegedly aided a bomb plot against Hitler. Dr. Gessler, formerly a Weimar minister, faces a Himmler trial. General Wagner allegedly refused to fortify Bavarian and Austrian lines. Secret Nazi crews include Gestapo actors, Ordenspurgen youths, and youths under 16 trained for harassment of occupation forces.
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London
Hermann Goering
Nations Zeitung
Count Schwetin
Hitler
Gessler
Weimar Republic
Himmler
Wagner
Germany
Anthony Eden
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
al- Lee
Crew No. 2
Ordenspurgen
Crew No. 3
Dewey And Roosevelt Continue Feud On Air
The Associated Press notes both President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey will give major campaign speeches this week. Roosevelt’s Washington address aims to rally voters, while Dewey shifted his Charleston appearance to Saturday for broader radio coverage. Aides report Dewey favors a stern attack as in Oklahoma City, with party leaders weighing potential posturing behind the scenes.
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Dewey
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Charleston
W. Va
Oklahoma City
New York
Hannegan
United States
Joseph N. Pew
Philadelphia
Ture
Graduation Of Napier Cadets Postponed At Napier Field
The 446 aviation cadets at Napier Field learned today that their five week extension in Army Air Forces pilot training delays graduation. Of 196 cadets slated to graduate October 16, wings and commissions will now be earned November 20. Colonel Charles J. Daly noted the extension follows a thorough acceleration plan and lower than expected crew ballasts.
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Napier Field
Army Air Forces
Charles J. Daly
Dely
Barton K. Yount
AAFP
Col. Daly
Weather Halts Extensive Bombing Across German Fronts
Aerial attacks by about a thousand American heavy bombers targeted Cologne and Kassel while another 1000-plus planes joined the U S First Army against the Siegfried Line near Aachen. Bad weather limited flying on Sunday, but RAF Typhoons and American Marauders pursued rail and canal targets in Germany and Holland.
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London
Cologne
Kasael
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Hitler
Kassel
Wesr
Aachen
Handorn
Germany
Holland
Western Front
Dunkerque
Arnhem
Three Arrested After Street Slashing Incident
Three Black men were jailed Saturday night after a confrontation with an unidentified soldier on Powell Street led to charges of assault and battery. Chief Deputy J. T. Casey said the soldier was cut in the affray, and names given include Solomon Gray, Gilley Mitchnaer, and Fame to Me. 8, Enge 3.
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Powell Street
J. T. Casey
Solomon Gray
Gilley Mitchnaer
Vicious Bowie Counterattacks Are Beaten Off
Allied forces in a major assault pierced the Siegfried Line near Gehran and Dusseldorf, with American infantry advancing through rubble and German positions shattered by heavy artillery and air bombardment. Lt Gen. Courtney Hodges led a massive advance as troops pushed toward the Rhine, while Eisenhower warned of possible severe aerial bombardment against the Low Countries. Canadian First Army secured Calais with 5,008 prisoners including Colonel Schroeder, as Allied momentum stretched across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany.
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Courtney H. Hodges
St. Lo
Normandy
Siegfried
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seventh
Belfort
Austria
Broggias
Elsenhowen
Je Dulek Islands
Antwerp
Zuld Beveland
Hertogenbosch
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Mij
Megen
Waal “Rhine
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Meerswalle
Belgium
Netherlands
Lixembourg
Germany
Calais
Dlagast
England
Garrizon
Schroeder
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