Russians Reach Critical Danube Bridgehead in Balkan Push
Soviet forces crossed into Yugoslavia and seized a 60 mile Danube bridgehead as part of a drive toward Belgrade to trap Axis forces. The Red Army moved near Negotin and Orsova, advancing against German and puppet troops and threatening Hungary from the Balkans.
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London
Red Army
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Danube
Moscow
Budapest
Eur
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Iron Gate
Orsova
Negotin
Hungary
Szegane
War Update: No Decisive Front Yet Before Winter
The war scene remains unsettled with no conclusive signs of a German collapse or a decisive Allied breakthrough. Roosevelt and Churchill refuse to predict timing while narrow Arnhem losses underscore the fragility of any progress. The text hints Ike faces limited Western operations but emphasizes a potential winter pause has not begun.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Ned Devil
Maas
Waal-Rhine
Eva
Holland
Swiss
Eisenhower
Nelson Relinquishes WPB Post to J A Krug
Washington September 30 Donald M Nelson ends a turbulent four year tenure as WPB chairman to take a new post of major importance in foreign economic relations President Roosevelt says. J A Krug 36 takes over as acting WPB head pledging to keep operations on the rails. Roosevelt notes Nelson helped arm the nation and will be needed in economic negotiations and postwar cooperation with other nations. Nelson says the job was outlined in general terms and his production assignment is complete after guiding reconversion postwar planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Roosevelt
J. A. Krug
Navy
Nelson
China
White House
Sears Roebuck
Europe
Germany
Dewey Plays Golf During Vacation In Albany
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey rested from an 8,500 mile West Coast tour and planned a weekend of relaxation in Albany. He aimed to take it easy until next week when he would resume campaign speeches and appearances, with Charleston, West Virginia, next on the schedule, possibly a radio broadcast from Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
West Coast
Charleston
W. Va
Two Members Of Crew Removed By Germans
The German forces halted the Swedish liner Gripsholm while carrying American repatriates and detained two crew members before leaving Nazi waters. The State Department confirmed the ship’s temporary detention and said one seaman was American and the other Danish. A protest was filed via the Swiss government.
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Washington
Gripsholm
State Department
Still Hopeful Condition For Ex-Gov Smith At Rockefeller
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith remains seriously ill at Rockefeller Institute Hospital in New York with a physician saying his condition is still hopeful. Smith, 70, was moved from St Vincent’s to Rockefeller for treatment after heat exhaustion and has struggled since his wife's death months ago.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Raymond P. Sullivan
Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rockefeller Hospital
Smith
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Four Freighter Ships Sunk In Pacific
AP reports American forces gain three Palau islets as Pacific fighting continues. Chinese high command notes Japanese advances near Kweilin and Tanchuk while Kingan area clashes persist. Southwest Pacific air forces destroy and disable Japanese shipping from Ceram to Mindanao, with four freighters sunk.
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Pacific
Palau
U. S
Intereliu
Contin
China
Tanchuk
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Kingan
Paoching
Southwest Pacific
Ceram
Mindanao
Philippines
Allied Fliers Close Out A Busy Month
Allied air forces wrapped up a busy month with massive raids on Germany. More than eight hundred U.S. bombers and seven hundred fighters targeted Münster Hamm and Bielefeld, feeding front line troops and hitting rail yards. RAF heavy bombers attacked Bottrop Sterkrade while Spitfires escorted and one bomber was lost. A Mosquito force struck Karlsruhe.
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London
Ruhr
Rhine Valley
U. S
Munster
Hamm
Bielefeld
Bottrop and
Sterkrade
Essen
Karlshuhe
37 Nazi Ships Are Victims Of Submarines
London reports British submarines operating from the Arctic to the Aegean have sunk 37 German ships and damaged ten more. The admiralty notes the losses include one large, six medium, and 26 smaller supply ships plus one R boat and three naval auxiliaries.
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London
Arctic Ocean
Aegean Sea
Admiralty
Norway
Campaign Committee Probes Election Costs
Washington report says the Senate campaign expenditures committee begins a broad inquiry into presidential election costs and funding sources. Chairman Green notes intent to gather data from independent committees and national and state party groups to assess who pays and why in the costly political process.
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Washington
Sept
Senate
Green
D-Ri
United States
Enti
Nca Sucess
Iee
Vice-Press
WPB Plans Reconversion Without Spoon Feeding
Washington announces a broad plan to unwind wartime controls with 350 of 500 orders to be revoked. J A Krug, new WPB chair, urges removing rules to speed reconversion and private initiative without spoon feeding the economy. The move follows Nelson’s resignation and aims to free industry as Germany collapses.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
WPB
War Production Board
Krug
Germany
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
Germany Faces Destruction If War Lasts Through Winter
Washington reports Allied officials warn a winter stalemate and possible spring cleanup could devastate Germany more than final conquest. Hitler’s regime remains tight, but surrender seems unlikely. Gestapo holds power while public indifference hampers Nazi policing, and plans aim to curb oil steel and economic domination.
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Germany
Washington
Reich
Europe
Information Services
Himmier
Gestapo
Driscoll To Meet Salisbury Board Nominees Tomorrow
Salisbury North Carolina September 30 UP District Director L W Driscoll of the OPA will come to Salisbury Monday to confer with 54 ration board nominees designated today by a three member committee. The committee added 21 citizens to enlarge the board to reduce duties per member. The former board was renominated on public recommendations from the Salisbury Spencer Merchants Association and the central labor body.
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Salisbury
N. C
L. W. Driscoll
OPA
Salisbury - Spencer Merchants Association
Central Labor Body
British lose bridge head on Fiumicino near Rimini to German tanks
Rome report states enemy tanks drove the British Eighth Army from a small bridge head over the Fiumicino river northwest of Rimini as Americans push west into the mountain salient. Flooded supply routes hindered transport while New Zealanders held a river bank before German tanks and infantry forced a retreat.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Fiumicino River
Rimini
Fiumicino
Mure
Pe Valey
San Mauro di Romagna
Drive Toward Belfort and Rhineland Amid Snow Surges
The U S Seventh Army presses through snow to the Belfort gateway as German lines block the southern Rhineland route. In the north, the First Army advances on a 60 mile front and breaks eight Siegfried line fortifications near Prum. The Third Army wipes out an armored division east of Metz and Nancy. British forces hold Nijmegen, combating German counterblows while expanding bridgeheads near Merxplas and St Leonard. Rain turns to snow in the Vosges as gains continue.
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U. Seventh Army
V Mountains
Belfort
Rhineland
Prum
U. & Third Army
Metz
Nancy
Nijmegen
Jost
Waal Rhine
Saas
Meuse
Artehem
Plas
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
Merxplas
St. Leonard
du Saboteure
Calais
Hostilieties
Schroeder
Hitler
Reath
Hol
Vosges
Exiled Poles Attack New Commander
Exiled Polish leaders in Moscow denounce Gen. Tadeusz Bor Komorowski as criminal while Moscow's Polish committee demands his removal and roots of conflict with London exile government widen. Morawski labels Bor the author of the premature uprising and vows arrest if captured.
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London
Tadeusz (Bor
Moscow
Raczkiewicz
Bor
Osubka Morawski
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Concon Committee
Mihail Bela Zymierski
Warsaw
Morawski
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Belgium
France
Belfort Pass
Vosges Mountains
W. W. Hercher
Chicago and Northwestern
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Kirke Simpson
Associated Press
Dewey
The
Charlotte
Textile
National War Labor Board
Lawrence
G. Reynolds
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
William P. Jacobs
Clinton
S. C
Frank McCallister
Atlanta
Heinrich Himmler
High Command
Driscoll
U.S. 1St Army
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