Indian Troops Overrun Jap Defenses At Vital Corner
Indian units of the British army breached Japanese defenses at Vital Corner on the Tiddim to Fort White road in the Chin hills of northwestern Burma and neared Kennedy peak, per Mountbatten’s communique. Allied air arms reported destroying and damaging enemy tanks on airfields at Rangoon and supporting operations in China.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Tiddim
Fort White
Chin Hills
Burma
Kennnedy Peak
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Eastern Air Command
Raw
Washington
20Th Bomber Command
Rangoon
Defenders Fall Back Into Ancient City
Soviet forces siege Budapest as German Hungarian defenders retreat into the city. Armored units reportedly encircle north of the capital and batter eastern Pest while fugitives flood toward Vienna amid chaotic street fighting.
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Moscow
Budapest
Pest
Danube
A. Reuters
Ujpest
Nube
Vienna
Red Star
Allied Offensive Anticipated to Break Rhine Barrier
War analyst DEWITT MACKENZIE notes growing momentum in prelims for an Allied push across the Rhine into German defenses. He predicts a quick, powerful attack aided by new Allied forces and a major airborne role, while warning of a potentially prolonged fight at the eastern riverbank and heavy Luftwaffe resistance.
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Rhine
Hitler
Reich
Merseburg
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Germans Completely Cleared Out Greece
Allied headquarter reports Berlin forces have been driven from Greece. RAF reconnaissance found no Nazi traces in Greece and observed small groups fleeing toward Serbia and Albania. Germans reportedly retreated up the Vardar valley toward Skopje while destroying bridges to slow pursuit.
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Rome
Greece
Serbia
Albania
Lake Prespa
Albanai
Serbai
Vardar
Skopjje
Allied Planes Smash Targets In Germany
U S Eighth Air Force conducts a mass raid on German oil plants, refineries, and rail yards from Hamburg to Saarbrucken with over 1,100 bombers and 800 fighters. Mosquitos fly Berlin round trip. Italian-based bombers strike Vienna Munich and Klagenfurt area. German anti air defenses mostly ineffective with few losses.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Hamburg
Saarbrucken
Hamburg-Harburg
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Hanover
Luxembourg
Reich
Berlin
Vienna
Munich
Klagenfurt
France
Belgium
Battle Of Italy Stalled In Mud On Po Valley Slope
The Italian front stalled as the campaign north of Cassino falters in the Po valley mud. Allied casualties reach 116,150 since May 11, with daily actions limited to patrols and minor clashes in rain. General Sir Harold Alexander cited German losses at 194,000 since May 11.
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Rome
Italy
Cassino
Harold Alexander
German Rocket Planes Seen Over Western Front
American pilots report rising sightings of German jet and rocket planes in the western front area. About 80 craft have been observed since their first appearance a month ago, with sightings near Cologne Aachen and other targets. A Ninth Air Force statement notes several encounters as crews describe jets issuing white smoke and climbing rapidly beyond pursuit.
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AIR Prorce
Luxembourg
Western Front
Ninth Air Perce
Cologne
Aachen
Edgar Merriman
South Bend
Ind
Japs Begin Final Stab For Leyte
Japanese forces press a final thrust in western Leyte as Allied air raids hit eastern Leyte airfields and docks. Nipponese naval and air forces strike near Ormoc while a carrier group suffers damage in the Pacific.
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Leyte
Chester W. Nimitz
Third Fleet
Philippines
Ormoc
Eight Toledo Plants Taken Over By Army
The White House announced an executive order directing the army to take over eight strike bound Toledo Ohio plants essential to the war effort. The firms include Baker Brothers Inc Willys Overland Motors Inc Great Lakes Stamping and Manufacturing Co Ohio Tool and Dye Co Inshield Products Co The Crescent Engineering Corp The Toledo Steel Tube Co and Wayne Metal Products Co. President Roosevelt made the announcement in his absence while campaigning in New England.
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Washington
White House
Toledo
Ohio
Roosevelt
Baker Brothers, Inc
Willys - Overland Motors, Inc
Great Lakes Stamping and Manufacturing Co
Ohio Tool and Dye Co
Inshield Products Co
Crescent Engineering Corp
Toledo Steel Tube Co
Wayne Metal Products Co
New England
Graham Condemns Rainey Dismissal By Texas Board
Dr. Frank P. Graham, War Labor Board member and University of North Carolina president, denounces the Texas Board of Regents action dismissing Homer Rainey as an outrage. He urges Texas citizens to demand Rainey’s reinstatement, warning the university risks losing status as a recognized institution.
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Washington
Frank P. Graham
Iblic
War Labor Rdt
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Rainey
University
Board of Regents
Graham
University of North Carolina
WLB
Dr. Graham
Texas
Gate City Man Heads Textile Chemists
Sidney Cone of Greensboro was elected chairman of the Piedmont section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists at its annual meeting in Charlotte. Other officers include vice chairman Leland G. Atkins of Charlotte and secretary John Neely of Burlington with treasurer Wyss L. Barker of Charlotte. National councilors elected were Henry Dixon of Burlington and S. L. Hayes of Charlotte, with sectional committee members Luther J. McGinty of Charlotte Ernest Caswell of High Point Roy J. Beauregard of Fair Forest and James T. McGregor of Greensboro.
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Charlotte
Piedmont
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Sidney Cone
Greensboro
Leland G. Atkins
Charoltte
John Neely
Burlington
Wyss L. Barker
Henry Dixon
S. L. Hayes
Luther J. McGinty
Ernest Caswell
High Point
Roy J. Beauregard
Fair Forest
James T. McGregor
Roosevelt accuses GOP orators of panicking voters
President Roosevelt on the train in Hartford declares Republican speakers are trying to panic the American people by claiming his re election would ruin insurance savings. He calls it a campaign of fear and predicts a Tuesday vote rebuke as he campaigns through Connecticut and Massachusetts. He avoids naming Dewey, referring to him as his opponent.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Fenway Park
Bridgeport
ROAD TO BERLIN AP REPORTS FRONT MILES
Western front reported 301 miles from west of Duren. Russian front listed 04 miles from Vistula north of Warsaw. Malian front cited 57 miles from southeast of Bologna.
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The
Associated Press
Duren
Vistula
Warsaw
Bologna
Rival Factions Confident Ahead of North Carolina Election
Associated Press reports campaign rhetoric as Republicans urge a national win and Democrats push for no change. Leaders cite expected new faces in the 1945 general assembly and urge full participation in suffrage. Speakers include Roberta Doughton Clifford Frazier William Umstead Sam Delapp R Gregg Cherry and Frank Patton voicing contrasting partisan themes.
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Associated Press
Roberta L. Doughton
Laurel Springs
Charlotte
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
Randolph County
William B. Umstead
Durham
Raleigh
Sam Delapp
Lexington
R. Gregg Cherry
Morganton
Frank Patton
Lenoir
Kansas Officials Seek Killer in Tar Heel Corporal Slayings
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation hunts for the killer or killers of North Carolina Army corporal Cpl. Charles Nipper and Dr. M E Lambert found shot to death on a McPherson County road. Nipper, 21, served at Smoky Hill Airfield near Salina since 1943. Investigators suspect Nipper hitchhiked back to base before the shooting.
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Kansas
Tar Heel
M'Pherson
Kans
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
Canton
Kas
Osteopath
McPherson County
Charles Nipper
Nipper
Lowell
N. C
M. E. Lambert
A. M. Lohrentz
Smoky Hill Airfield
Salina
Pennsylvania Faces Tight Battle for 35 Electoral Votes
Pennsylvania voters race to decide 35 electoral votes with about 250000 soldiers’ ballots looming. Roosevelt and Dewey campaigns reach key cities as Bricker and Truman press for support. Voter rolls show 2.68 million Republicans and 1.89 million Democrats eligible to vote.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Roosevelt
Dewey
Pittsburgh
John W. Bricker
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt on 4th term bid with Mass and Conn
President Roosevelt tours New England to win 24 electoral votes from Massachusetts and Connecticut. He will close in Boston at Fenway Park with a 9 p m address broadcast nationally by NBC CBS and the Blue networks after brief stops in Bridgeport Hartford and Springfield with a Worcester halt.
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Boston
Roosevelt
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Fenway Park
NBC
CBS
Blue Networks
Mr. Roosevelt
Bridgeport
Conn
Hartford
Springfield
Mass
Worcester
Dewey Heads to Madison Square Garden After Nationwide Campaign
Governor Thomas E. Dewey arrives in New York City for a Madison Square Garden rally after two months and 20 000 miles of campaigning. He will press for a Washington house cleaning and wrap up the bid with a Monday night broadcast from the executive mansion before voting next Tuesday. He is expected to reiterate the theme it is time for a change.
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Albany
WN. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia
Washington
Executive Mansion
Allied Armies Press Western Front Gains
Allied armies jabbed along the 500 mile western front reporting local gains as Berlin warned Eisenhower forces mass for a major offensive. American thrust toward Germany 15 miles southeast of Aachen slowed after Schmidt, yet advanced with fighter bombers attacking infantry and tanks.
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London
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Geremany
Aachen
Schmidt
German Counterattacks Reclaim Schmidt Near Aachen
German forces with tanks recaptured the village of Schmidt fifteen miles southeast of Aachen forcing American troops to fall back half a mile. Allies had earlier seized Schmidt but endured bitter local counterblows as they pushed toward the Cologne plain.
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London
Schmidt
Aachen
Cologne
U S First Army presses toward Roer and Rhine barrier
U S forces push 1000 yards toward the Roer river as they break through forest lines and face reinforced field defenses. Lt Gen Hodges reports progress on a jump off line onto the Cologne plain while in the Meuse bulge area Americans cross the South Willems Canal and push toward Venlo. Allied troops widen the Maas bridgehead and Hollands Diep as German resistance pulls back south of the Maas.
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U. S. First Army
Roer River
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer
Cologne
Meuse
Holland
Willems Canal
Nederweert
Ospel
Greenwood
Venlo
Maas
Hollandsch Diep
21St Army Group
Fijnaart
Willem
France Gains Limited Use of Its Money in U S
The De Gaulle government will be allowed to dip into its own assets under treasury licensing while private French funds remain mostly blocked. About $1.4 million in assets are under consideration for unfreezing as relations resume, with licensing rules to be eased. The U S began regular postal service to France for letters up to one ounce, replacing prior restrictions on business mail.
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Washington
Treasury
Uncle Sam
de Gaulle
France
U. S
United States
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