Allied air power pounds German rail and fortresses
Allied bomber fleets mounted repeated raids on the Reich with 1,000 aircraft split into three formations targeting rail hubs and war industry. RAF Mosquitos disrupted enemy communications and struck trains, barges, a Nazi trawler, and a factory while Ninth Air Force supported ground operations along the Siegfried line.
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Osnabruch
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Siegfried Line
Aachen
Stocks Edge Higher on Busy New York Exchange
In a moderately upbeat trading session on the Big Board activity centered in Continental Motors and Texas Pacific Land Trust boosted by a 1944 peak. Leaders including Santa Fe American Telephone and American Locomotive showed mixed results with brief advances and occasional im gains across United Aircraft Aviation Corp. and other listed firms.
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Texas Pacific Land Trust
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American Telephone
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U. S. Steel
Goodyear and Texas Co
United Aircraft
Aviation Corp.man
Consolidated Vultee
Chrysler
N. Y. Central
Great Northern
American Can
Montgomery Ward
Red Army Gathers Strength From Balkans to Baltic
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army stiffening from the Balkans to the Baltic as it prepares new onslaughts aimed at forcing Hungary to capitulate and capturing Riga Latvia's capital and seaport. Premier Stalin's supreme command is coordinating the renewed offensives.
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Red Army
Balkans
Baltic
Hungary
Riga
Stalin
Front line lull masks renewed German pressure near Riga
Soviet and German reports conflict as the eastern front shows a temporary lull after the summer offensive. German lines near Riga are described as being squeezed into the last square kilometers while Riga city buildings are said to be mined. The dispatches claim the harbor is crowded with Russians and Latvians deported to Germany for forced labor.
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Mand
Riga
Germany
Morotai duty and berry harvest halt local baseball
McLEMORE describes brutal daily tasks from dawn to dusk in Morotai with soldiers guarding, cleaning, digging, and carrying water. In Yelm Washington raspberries delayed season games as players and spectators joined berry picking to harvest berries.
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Yelm
Wash
Dewey Plans Broadcast on Taxes as Election Tour Intensifies
Governor Thomas E. Dewey schedules a 8:45 p m broadcast from the New York executive mansion on Mutual network as part of a tight late campaign itinerary. He may visit Illinois Missouri Minnesota and Pennsylvania with stops in Detroit St Louis and Pittsburgh to court electoral votes and attack Roosevelt and the New Deal.
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Executive Mansion
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Chen
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Dewey
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Joseph Ball
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
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Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
First Army Breaks Through North of Aachen Amid Heavy Resistance
American forces press north of Aachen meeting strong resistance from pillbox fortifications. Units fight through artillery and mortar fire as mobile artillery suppression forces Germans from pillboxes and shift defense to thicker concrete field forts in Metz chain area.
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Metz
Aachen
North Carolina Dawn Weather Outlook Update
Cloudy skies persist in the north with cooler air. The southern region reports partly cloudy skies with mild daytime temperatures. Tonight and Wednesday remain partly cloudy and mild. Gentle washboard cleaning advised for light soil with a soft brush.
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