Allied Air Attacks Force Dalmatian Island Loss Zara
Allied air assaults along the Yugoslav Adriatic coast push Germans from Zara and hamper Pag operations. Tito announces Tito’s forces and Yugoslav Partisans coordinate to evacuate Zara while German reports claim seaborne actions and Croat troops land on Pag.
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Adriatic
Tito
London
Zara
Pag
Fiume
Budapest
Azi
Yugoslav National Army of Liberation
Air Armies Strike New Britain and Bougainville in Big Pacific Attacks
Allied air and naval forces conducted large scale raids across New Britain Bougainville and surrounding areas. In Gasmata 248 tons of bombs fell on enemy supply centers as 100 plus Liberator and Mitchell aircraft attacked from high altitude. Night strikes by Adm Kinkaid’s destroyers and Halsey sweep targeted Lakunai Wide Bay Cape Hoskins Cape Gloucester and Bonis with dozens of tons of bombs and fires set at multiple airfields.
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Marshalls
Marshall Islands
U. S
Navy
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Las MacArthur
Gasmata
Eges
Adm
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Rabaul
Lakunai
Wide Bay
Cape Hoskins
Cape Gloucester
Ramu
New Guinea
Ae Snes New Lmea
Lakona
Bougainville Island
William F. Halsey
Kahili
Bonis
Baku
New Ireland
Cape Maraga
Timor
Austra
Koepang
Peace Feelers Reported From Bulgaria With World War Context
A Cairo dispatch cited by the New York Times says Bulgaria sent peace feelers to Allied governments as the government and population face defeat. Premier Dobri Bosilov reportedly would accept a peace based on the Tic Charter in exchange for territories taken from Yugoslavia. The British and others dispute the report, while Sofia faces continued Allied bombing and assurances of unconditional surrender.
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New York
New York Times
Cairo
Bula
Dis
Britain
Tes
Dobri Bosilov
Sofia
Italy
Peace talk excerpts aired from BBC quote on war frontiers
A BBC broadcast quoted by CBS reports the Soviet Union adviser saying every effort must be made to secure peace quickly. The quote notes great powers often claim peace is distant and warns a smaller country facing a numerically superior foe may find itself in a different situation than a nation still defending its borders.
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York
Soviet Union
BBC
CBS
Af Commission
Ible
Ces
McCormick Urges Realistic Foreign Policy and Term Limitation
Col. Robert R. McCormick, Chicago Tribune editor, told the Detroit Athletic Club that a realistic and patriotic foreign policy is needed. He argued for halting world government schemes, retaining captured islands and air bases, and severing European holdings in the hemisphere to secure U.S. safety and interests plus a presidential term limit.
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Detroit
Mich
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Lincoln
Detroit Athletic Club
McCormick
Chinese Gain Ground in Rice Bowl Fight
Chinese high command announced advances in Central China as forces reached suburbs of three major Japanese held towns Lihsien Ansiang and Nanhsien. Japanese remnants east of Linli were being killed off relentlessly while Chinese troops tightened a ring around enemy remnants south of Itu Yangtze port below Ichang.
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Chungking
China
Chinese High Command
Lihsien
Changteh
Yangtze
Shasi
Tungting
Ansiang
Nanhsien
Linli
Itu
Ichang
Hull Denies Butler Charges Of Waste In South America
Secretary of State Hull rejected Senator Butler’s claim that U S funds in Latin America exceed six billion dollars as unfounded and harmful to the good neighbor policy. The Senate committee reported three year Latin American commitments total about 1.55 billion dollars with net loans near 1.48 billion after adjustments. Butler vowed a continued audit despite official denials.
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Hull
Butler
South America
Washington
R-Neb
United States
Opal
Latin
Americas
Mcellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Canadian And Indians Lead Eighth Army
Allied air and ground operations in Greece and Italy push back German forces. Over 300 Allied bombers and fighters hit three Athens area airfields while Greek ports and the Piraeus harbor are targeted. Canadian and Indian troops merge Moro River bridges, with 200th mission marked for the 376th bombardment group.
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Algiers
Greece
Balkans
Alao
Athens
Piaewa
Osian
Cedari
Ortona
Adriatic
Venafro
Texas
15Th Airforce
Piraeus
Grecian
Tthis
German Russian clashes swirl around Smela and Cherkasy
Allied and Soviet lines clash as German forces defend Smela near Cherkasy while Red Army units push from Kremenchug toward the Dnieper. Korotchenko’s group reportedly advances west toward Smela, and Konev’s offensive threatens Kirovograd and Krivoi Rog amid heavy fighting and attempts to recapture Kiev’s approaches.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Smela
Cherkasy
Reuters
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Red Army
Korotangen
Ivan Eros
Fioe
V Dnepropetrovsk
Znamenka
Konev
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
Knieper Bulge
Nevel
Capone Kiev
V. von Mann- Stein
Radomysl
von Mannstein
Ukraine
Malin
Teterev River
Nikolai Vatutin
Premier Resigns in Iran as Report From Algiers Quoted
A Teheran broadcast via Radio France in Algiers quoted Iran's premier Ali Soheily as resigning. No independent confirmation was available and details were not elaborated. Soheily had held the post since July.
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London
Radio France
Algiers
Teheran Radio Today
Iran
Ali Soheily
Tehran Honors Allies by Naming Avenues Roosevelt Stalin Churchill
The Tehran municipality commemorated the Allied leaders by naming three avenues after Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill in a ceremonial tribute to the wartime conferences.
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Iran
Dee
Teheran
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Adventurous British MP Battling In Yugoslavia
The article profiles Brigadier Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean, a British MP and military operative aiding Tito in Yugoslavia. Described as dual in bearing yet bold in action, he helps force a German response and leads covert operations including a 1942 raid in North Africa before assisting partisan efforts in the Balkans.
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Yugoslavia
London
Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean
Anthony Eden
MacLean
Marshal Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslav
Adriatic
Charles MacLean
MacLeans
Ardgour
Eton
Cambri
Paris
Moscow
Foreign Service
Cameron
North Africa
Commons
Marshal Rommel
Fats Waller Dies on Train in Kansas City
The noted Negro dance band leader Fats Waller died suddenly at age 39 on a train at the Kansas City Union station. A coroner’s representative said the preliminary finding pointed to a heart attack. Waller, born Thomas Wright Waller, collapsed while talking with his manager as station officials arranged for further examination. He had a storied career blending jazz and boogie woogie despite classical influences.
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Kansas City
Fats Waller
Kansas City Union Station
Waller
Truman Group Urges Higher War Transport Equipment Output
Senate Truman committee warns a break down in rail truck barge and airline gear would threaten the war effort. It cites worn railroad equipment, labor shortages, and government delays, urging steps to push civilian truck and rail car production for 1944 and curb troop movements where possible.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
Senator Truman
D-Mo
Army
Navy
Lend-Lease
Senator Stead
D-Ny
War Department
Lend Lease
Office of Economic Warfare
OEW
Mead
Truman Group
Eden voices postwar alliance and world order hopes
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain Russia and the United States will cooperate after the war. He warned progress toward a stable international order will be gradual and not a ready made utopia.
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Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
United States
Mr. Eden
United Nations
Pacific
League of Nations
United Sates
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