On Verge Of Four Front Struggle In Chinese Coast
War dispatch reports Japan aims for a four front clash as China campaign narrows Allied bases along the coast. Changsha drive advances 60 miles in five days toward the Hananton line. key rail junctions in sight. Amid buildup in Indo China observers warn of fresh thrusts toward Chungking with Burma Road constraints.
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Changsha
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Allies Threaten Rome as Fierce Fighting Envelops City
The article reports intensified combat within 15 miles of Rome with Allies aiming to reach the Eternal City and spare it from ruin. Pope Pius XII appeals for protection of Rome, and leaders including Hull and Roosevelt pledge action against the German forces if Rome is endangered.
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Navy Seaplane Returns to Sea After Desert Landing
The 64-ton Navy seaplane dubbed Mirage of Willcox Dry Lake was forced down in a desert when engine trouble struck. A San Diego crew converted it into a land plane with beaching gear and wheels and ferried the craft back to sea piloted by Lt. Scott B. Fitzgerald of High Point, North Carolina.
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Washington
Willcox Dry Lake
Navy
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Scott 8. Fitzgerald
High Point
Chinese Yanks Rally Key War Machine Over Henan Front
The CACW led by Maj. Gen. Clare L. Chenault pairs P-40s and B-25s with Chinese and American pilots destroying trucks and tanks in Henan. They maintain air superiority between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers and press a drive to close the Hanan Canton railway gap and bolster eastern China bases.
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Clare L. Chenault
Henan Province
CACW
Henan
China
Yellow
Yangtze
Burma
Yantze River
Hanan-Canton
Canina
Russians Halt German Attacks North of Iasi
London dispatch reports that German assaults north of Iasi in Romania suffered heavy losses for the Nazis. Moscow says German tanks and infantry failed to advance despite relentless offensive, with Red forces inflicting 122 tanks and 164 planes losses in two days.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Secretary of War Explains Preparedness
Secretary of War Stimson said 3,657,000 U S troops were overseas with air and service forces nearly complete. He cited bases ready for main drives against Germany and Japan and projected overseas strength to exceed 5,000,000 by end of 1944.
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Stimson
United States
United States Army
Continental
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Japan
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United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
AAF
Air Transport Command
RAF Pounds Nazi Defenses On 200 Mile Front
Overnight RAF bombers struck Nazi defense installations along the French Channel coast and across a 200 mile front targeting prime railroad hubs used to move German forces for the Allied invasion. Night raids hit Trappes, Tergnier, and Samur yards near Paris, with eight British planes missing on mission.
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Paris
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Saumur
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Easterner Announces 1948 Campaign For Lieutenant Governor
Rufus D. Lindy Cherry of Williamston declared his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the 1948 Democratic primary. He is the first to announce for an office four years ahead. Traditionally the office tends to rotate to the west in the next term.
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Rufus D
Lindy) Cherry
Williamston
Cherry
Kimmell Short Trials Would Be Delayed
The Senate Judiciary Committee urged delaying charges for Pearl Harbor blunder by extending filing time a full year. The move would push court martial of Rear Admiral Husband Kimmell and Maj. Gen. Walter Short beyond the war, with Navy investigations already underway.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Pearl Harbor
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Navy
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D-Ky
Congress
Husband —. Kimmell
Walter C. Short
Hatch
D-Nm
Private Cars Fill In As St Louis Strike Paralyzes Transit
In St Louis 3 500 transit workers walked out over overtime pay details causing all street cars and buses to idle. Private automobiles were pressed into service with police urging carpooling as traffic worsened. Other regions reported mixed labor action with some recovery and some continued stoppages.
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Motor Coach Employer of America Union
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Window Cleaner Plunges to Death From Eighth Floor
Scores of New Yorkers at a subway station witnessed Frank Pereiria, 45, fall eight stories to his death after a missing safety belt attachment was found at an eighth floor window. Police said the belt was used by window cleaners.
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New York
Frank Pereiria
Hull Gives Assurance To Nations
Secretary Hull said most nations would favor full cooperation with small countries in postwar international relations. He defended American liberty traditions and pledged to recognize struggles for liberty, citing past support for revolutionary governments and the Philippines, while cautioning no blueprint of future relations could be issued now.
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Hull
Eelco N. van Kleffens
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London
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United States
Britain
China
van Kleffens
Philippine Islands
Allies Planning Drive on France Berlin Claims
Berlin radio said 15 allied divisions including five tank units are massed in French North Africa for an attack on southern France. The DNB dispatch adds ten infantry and five tank divisions would join Eisenhower’s west coast invasion, with Moroccan and Algerian troops. Corsica could be a springboard. Italian Riviera also eyed.
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Berlin
French North Africa
France
DNB
Eisenhower
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Italian Riviera
North Carolina Man Drowns in Reservoir
Pfe. Fulvius M. Hopkins 22 of Middlesex North Carolina an x ray technician at Camp McCoy Army Station Hospital drowned while swimming in a reservoir near Camp McCoy. He and Miss Mary Jane Ford of Los Angeles were swimming when Hopkins disappeared. Ford recovered the body after 15 minutes of diving and dragging it to shore. Artificial respiration and a camp pulmotor failed to revive him.
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Wis
Pfe
Fulvius M. Hopkins
C. W. Hopkins
Middlesex
N. C
Camp McCoy Army Station Hospital
Hopkins
Mary Jane Ford
Los Angeles
Miss Ford
Allied drive near Rome seizes Alban Hills peaks
Allied forces three miles behind German lines in the Alban Hills captured Monte Artemisio and Mount Peschio overlooking Velletri, and moved within sight of Rome and St. Peter's. American troops reached high ground near Lake Nemi and the Appian Way, tightening the trap on German positions as Rome nears.
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Enian
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Fossa di Campo
Ferndale Man Recollects Sailors View Of Japanese Shore
George W. Rager, a Navy second class, recalls his time with the service and his vivid memory of gazing the Japanese shoreline from an American submarine during wartime.
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INS
George W. Rager
Navy
Abeles Fences Marrin Over Onion Price Violations
Ma trate Peter A. Abeles makes strong remarks as he accuses Harry Marrin in a jail case over price regulation violations for onions. The exchange emphasizes the odor of the black market dealings in onions and the severity of the charges.
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INS
Peter A. Abeles
Harry Marrin
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