Warsaw Falls to German Forces After 63 Day Battle
Polish patriots surrender ends 63 day fight in Warsaw as German forces claim the capital has been almost completely destroyed. Lt General Komorowski’s fate uncertain while scattered resistance continues in some districts. Moscow and London dispatches corroborate Warsaw’s collapse and the escape of Polish troops toward the east bank of the Vistula.
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London
Pol
Warsaw
P Cer
Moscow
Stalingrad
Thefficer
Berlin
Tadeusz
Bor) Komorowski
Komorowski
Praga
Polish National Liberation Committee
Grst
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Monter
Allied Push In Aachen Sector Signals Wider Winter Offensive
War Today notes the American First Army gains in the Aachen area but warns on the Siegfried Line, Rhine bridges, and logistics. Eisenhower cautions against early breakthroughs as winter approaches and German reserves complicate operations across the Western Front. Pravda reports Riga near liberation and Baltic campaign nearing decisive stage.
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Aachen
Eisenhower
Siegfried
Com. Hodge
Hitler
Rhine
Cologne
France
Ike
Moscow
Pravda
Riga
Baltic
Vistula Line
Warsaw
Allies Make Landings On Isle Of Crete
Allied forces landed on Crete amid reports of German withdrawal from nearby Kythera and ongoing air raids. British and Canadian units ferried by Italian ships moved to Kythera, while the cruiser Black Prince shelled Crete’s airfield to disrupt Nazi evacuations as Balkan air force targets coastal shipping and gun positions.
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London
Crete
Morocco
Associated Press
Kythera
Greece
Hitler
Rome
Stephen Barber
Mediterranean
Italy
Athens
Peloponnesus
Black Prince
Balkan Air Force
Zara
Dalmatian
New Evidence in Salinas Murder Case Draws Attention
Police examine an anonymous letter and items from a San Francisco girl alleging a boyfriend killed Jay Lovett. Ballistics and pathology witness testimony continues as the defense targets Lovett’s actions and links to Frances Andrews, with Victor McLaglen and Cpl. Lawrence Tibbet Jr. testifying about alibis.
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Salinas
Calif
San Francisco
Jay Lovett
Frances Andrews
Leo Friedman
Jack
Lovett
Day Lovett
Nazis Hunted as Subs Reported to Take Leaders South America
London dispatch notes the German National Committee of captured officers claiming Nazi leaders planned escape to South America by submarine. The broadcast urges submarine crews to transport fugitives to British or French territories.
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London
Moscows Radio Today
National Committee
South America
Air Power Set to Lead Allied Winter War Effort
London reports air power may become the main Allied weapon this winter due to supply and weather constraints and German resistance on the ground. American strategic air forces and the RAF could shoulder the offensive burden with up to 2,000 heavy bombers and thousands of fighters near borders ready to strike Germany. The Germans are rallying anti aircraft guns and jet trial efforts as a large air battle looms, with victory by the Allies appearing likely.
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London
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Reich
Snavely Silent On Coaching Report
Cornell University football coach Carl Snavely declined to discuss a report he might leave Ithaca to coach at the University of North Carolina. The NC trustees authorized hiring a grid coach for up to $12 000 annually and Gene McEver currently coaches the Tar Heels under a one year contract.
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Itraca
N. Y
Carl Snavely
Cornell University
Ithaca
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Snavely
Nortarolina
Gene McEvernow
Tar Heels
Denver Jail Called No Cooler After Heat Wave
Warden Edmund C. Young says the nickname Cooler is misused as Denver’s county jail surged in population during a heat wave. He notes the jail needed 50 extra cots for emergencies and warns the public not to be misled by the nickname.
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Denver
INS
Edmund C. Young
Young
Alfred E. Smith Reported Weaker Amid Illness
New York October 4 Alfred E Smith the former governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate was reported to be weakening at the Rockefeller Institute with relapses due to weakness Dr Raymond P Sullivan said Smith 70 suffered intestinal eruptions and a congestion of the right lung causing embarrassment to his heart and circulation He had entered St Vincents hospital on August 10 with heart exhaustion and was moved to the Rockefeller Institute recently
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Rockefeller Institute
Raymond P. Sullivan
Smith
St. Vincent's Hospital
American plane sinks German submarine near Brazil
Natal Brazil Oct 3 4 A German U boat was sunk off the Brazilian coast on September 28 by an American aircraft. It is the first submarine destroyed in these waters in recent months.
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Natal
Brazil
Receipts of Internal Revenue Office Drop
Greensboro report shows September tax collections at 95,962,314.17, a drop of 6,501,568.62 from the year before. August 1944 totals were 60,199,785.10, with three months of fiscal year July 1944 totaling 218,926,397.88, down 1,647,204.15 from 1943 first quarter.
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Greensboro
Charles H. Robertson
North Carolina
Yanks Advance Through Apennines Near Bologna In War Drive
American Fifth Army pushed through the Apennines toward Bologna with Monghidoro and Cedrecchia captured as Monte Battaglia and Monte Cappella faced German resistance. The British Eighth Army stalled along the Adriatic as rains and mud hampered progress. Negro troops of the 92nd Infantry and Brazilian expeditionary forces supported the advance toward Pian Della Rocca and Fornoli.
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Rome
Bologna
Fifth Army
Apennines
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Monte Battaglia
Monte Cappella
Imola
Carseggio
Monghidoro
Cedrechia
Monte Nona
Serchio River
Pian Della Rocca
Fornoli
92Nd
Pisa-Modena
Pistoia
Nazis Retreat As Finns Close In On Kemi Stronghold
Finnish forces pressed toward Kemi from Tornio and Kuivaniemi as German troops withdrew along a roughly 120 mile northern Finland front. Tornio was seized by a surprise Finnish landing from the Gulf of Bothnia, opening a two pronged drive toward the Nazi held town.
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Oulu
Finland
Kemi
Gulf of Bothnia
Fineland
Tornio
Tornea
Kuivaniemi
Jet Propelled Planes Seen Shaping Peacetime Air Power
London reports experts believe exhaustive combat tests may usher jet propelled aircraft into peacetime aviation. Allies and Nazis already operate jet planes. Britain and Germany show jet engines in bombers fighters and robot bombs. Mass production readiness and growing encounters in air battles signal rapid adoption.
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London
Germany
German troops told they'd be shot for retreat near Siegfried Line
German commanders warned that any retreating soldier would be shot and one man shot if an entire company fell back as American forces pressed the Siegfried defenses. First Army units fought house to house in Ahacha Rimberg near the German border, with heavy combat for a second day around the Rimberger castle.
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Groenstraat
Holland
Siegfried Line
Warold Hassenfelt
Oconto
Wis
First Army
Ahacha Rimberg
Girenestratt
Rimberger
German Cities Attacked By Yank Bombers
More than 1,000 American heavy bombers with 700 escorting fighters attacked war industries and airfields today at southern German cities including Nurnberg Giebelstadt and Gaggenau. Targets listed include the Nurnberg tank works the Daimler Benz truck factory at Gaggenau and a German air base at Giebelstadt. Heavy clouds obscured much of the raid.
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London
Nurnberg
Giebelstadt
Daimler-Benz
Gaggenau
Karlsruhe
Germany
Invasion Prep Builds as Allied Air Strikes Oust Japs
Allied planes sink and damage several Japanese freighters near Manado and Zamboanga while bombing Miluccas, Celebes, and Ambon area airfields. Ground fighting is light in the Palau Islands as Nimitz reports new military government on Angaur and high Japanese losses on Peleliu Angaur and Palau.
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Yew
Philippines
Pacific
Manado
Celebes
Zamboanga
Ambonia
Miluccas
Amboina- Ceram
Palaus
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Angaur
Nimitz
Palau
Peleliu
Babelthuap
Jackie Cooper And Tho Are Acquitted
Jackie Cooper a 22 year old former motion picture star and three co defendants were acquitted by Juvenile Referee Albert J. Doyle in South Bend Ind of charges accusing them of contributing to the delinquency of two teen aged girls. Co defendants named are Bender 24 of Sheffield Ohio Pauline Frederick 19 of South Bend and Olie Lowery a South Bend hotel waiter.
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South Bend
Ind
Jackie Cooper
Albert J. Doyle
Cooper Bender
Pauline Frederick
Olie Lowery
Morotai a soldier’s rough but living island
Sergeant Henry McLemore portrays Morotai as a harsh yet real living space for soldiers. He describes tropical beauty clashing with jungle rot, sand fleas, and constant challenges. The piece highlights the contrast between travelogue scenery and wartime daily life for servicemen.
Encirclement Push Advances From Aachen Front
U S First Army broke through the Siegfried line north of Aachen capturing Ubach and threatening Aachen with encirclement. The push opened a second major breach south of Aachen as Americans moved four miles forward by 11 a m and seized Rimberg and Palenberg while advancing toward the Rhine.
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London
U. S
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Ubach
Westwall
Yestereday
Siegfried
Auen
Hitler
Don Whitehead
Rhine
Geilenkirchen
Germany
Stalingrad
Beggendorf
Whitehead
Supreme Headquarters
Hurtgen
Echternach
Reich
Trier
Third Army
Metz
Maizieres Les Metz
Moselle
Groenstraat
Holland
Berlin
Fort Driant
France
U. S. Third Army
I Moat
CIO Group Takes Wage Study To War Labor Board
A CIO United Automobile Workers group filed to the War Labor Board in Washington for an immediate wage rate study to avert a strike by 38 000 maintenance workers in 300 Detroit war plants. A midnight strike was threatened if a fact finding panel is not set. about 1 000 000 war workers could be affected nationwide involving Ford Chrysler General Motors Packard and others.
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Detroit
CIO Unie
War Labor Board
Washington
CIO
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Packard
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al Smith
Internal Revenue Office
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America
Tho
McLemore
Morotai
Henry McLemore
Jacarthur
National Geographic Magazine
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Palenberg
Wurm
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