Allied drives push along Huon peninsula and Adriatic coast
Allied forces said to have stormed Finschhafen on the Huon peninsula and advanced toward Madang while expanding control of the Lae area. In Italy, Montgomery and Clark push along the Adriatic and Volturno fronts, seizing Termoli and crossing the Calore as bridges, roads, and rear defenses are targeted.
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Southwest Pacific
Japanese New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
MacArthur
New Guinea
Madang
Finschhafen
Huon Peain
Australia
Tobruk
Elin
Huon Gulf
Lae
Salamaua
Markham River
Ra River
British New Guinea
Generpba
Finen
Ger- New Guinea
Machur
Buna
Charles Woughby
Willoughby
Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Termoli
Italy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Benevento
Rome
Naples
Calore
Volturno
Bernard L. Montgomery
Povaleye
Rommel and
Kesselring
Appennines
Foggia
Montgomery
Fortore
Clark
Calore River
Sicilian
Offialain
Otta
Montemiletto
Capua
Fifth
Calope
Morgenthau seeks over ten billion tax hike per year
Secretary Morgenthau asked Congress for an additional 10.5 billion dollars annually in wartime taxes. The plan would raise individual income tax rates, merge the victory tax, lower exemptions, and expand excise taxes on luxuries. It also calls for higher corporate rates, reduced estate exemptions, and broader social security payroll taxes to curb inflation after the war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Campaign Of Sabotage In Rumania Reported From Budapest
A Budapest dispatch to Basler Nachrichten claims an organized sabotage campaign has hit axis controlled Romania over five days. Fires and explosions damaged the Cocio-Nitza leather factory and Schmidt Chemical works, with 31 deaths reported. Telephones were cut to hamper fire units, and two war materials plants were damaged within hours. An official explanation cited a carelessly lit cigarette.
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Bern
Switzerland
Budapest
Basler Nachrichten
Rumania
Cocio-Nitza
Schmidt Chemical Works
Romania
Bucharest
Associated Press
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Germany
Capri War Hits Tourist Trade On Romantic Little Isle
Capri, off Naples, shows war impact with bread lines and reduced luxury. Hotels close, shops stock limited goods while souvenir boxes and coral necklaces remain plentiful. The Italian resort retains its friendly sellers who haggle in English, offering better prices for trades.
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Capri
Hal Boyle Capri
Sm Beach
Coney Island
Naples
Cape
Mmain
Jgimcrack
Heavy Attacks Hit Japanese Supply Bases in Burma
New Delhi reports U S air forces targeted Japanese supply bases and rail lines in northern and central Burma on Saturday and Sunday. Tenth Air Force Mitchells destroyed tracks and rolling stock and set large fires in Sagaing and Irrawaddy River port areas, signaling possible invasion prep.
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New Delhi
Burma
U. S
Tenth Airforce
Sagaing
Irrawaddy River
AFL Groups Oppose UMW Readmission
AFL delegates in Peoria consider multiple resolutions opposing John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers readmission. Six resolutions condemn the move while a sixth ties readmission to government issues and no strike pledges. The Peoria Trades and Labor Assembly brands Lewis an enemy of organized labor.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
A.F.L
Peoria
Ill
Trades and Labor Assembly
Organized Labor
U.M.W
R. G. Soderstrom
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Pat
Yugoslav Forces Advance Against Germans In Montenegro
London report notes Yugoslav patriots captured Kolasin on the Tara river 75 miles inland from Dubrovnik and Croat corps troops seized Generalski Stol railway station on the Zagreb Susak line in a wartime bulletin.
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London
Free Yugoslav Radio
Reuters Today
Kolasin
Tara River
Dubrovnik
Generalski Stol
Zagreb- Susak
Russians Press Caucasus Push as Germans Retreat at Staro-Tamanskaya
Berlin claims fall of Staro-Tamanskaya as Soviet forces drive on the Caucasus. Moscow reports over 2,000 Nazi deaths near Mogilev with Red Army advances across the Pronya river and captures of villages and artillery. Soviet airmen bomb Mogilev Orsha and disrupt Kerch Strait shipping.
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London
Caucasus
Staro-Tamanskaya
Taman Ninsula
Ieper
Mogilev
Berlin
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Moscow
Pronya
Red Army
Orsha
Rus
Coe
Gomel
Dnieper
Kiev
DneMopetrovsk
Dzhankai
Kherson
Stettinius Sworn In as Under Secretary of State
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. was sworn in as undersecretary of state with prospects of becoming acting secretary as Hull meets with British and Russian ministers. Hull returns from Hot Springs rest, following Sumner Welles’ resignation announced by President Roosevelt a week earlier.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Hull
Hot Springs
Moscow
London
Stettinius
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Three Marines Die In Barrett Lake Fire Near San Diego
A brush fire on the Barrett Lake slopes east of San Diego killed three marines and injured 77 other marines and two civilian firefighters, with the U S Forest Service reporting the casualties tonight.
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San Diego
Calif
Barrett Lake
Here
U. S. Forest Service
Flying Fortresses Raid Frankfurt and Kassel In War Blitz
American Flying Fortresses supported by Thunderbolts attacked Frankfurt today while RAF heavy bombers hit Kassel last night. Mosquitos bombed Hannover and targets in the Rhineland as mines were laid in enemy waters.
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London
Germany
Frankfurt
Kassel
Air Ministry
Hannover
Rhineland
RAF
Messerschmitt
Ruhr
French Channel
Final German Collapse in Corsica Marked by Bastia Entry
Allied dispatch reports French forces entered Bastia on Corsica as the last German resistance collapsed. Moroccan Goums led the assault, with American rangers aiding in driving remnants from beaches and pockets across Cap Corse. Western coast and key east coast towns including Borgo Casamozza Vescovato fell, while German withdrawals were thwarted at Furian.
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Algiers
Corsica
Bastia
Mediterranean
Rome
Cap Cor
Luri
Borgo
Vescovato
Casamozza
Furian
Cooperation Helps Allies In Successes In Italy
Allied operations in Italy show unprecedented land sea and air cooperation, says U S Navy Secretary Knox. He warns against overoptimism though, noting only outposts attacked so far and no assault on Europe. He praises naval gunfire accuracy and coordination with Eisenhower Clark Cunningham.
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Algiers
Italy
U. S. Navy
Frank Knox
Europe
Knox
Naples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mark W. Clark
Hitler's Soldiers Help With Harvest
Prisoners of war from Camp Grant Illinois were brought to Benton Harbor Michigan by special train to assist in fruit center harvest duties. The POWs, once marching under the swastika, help ensure jam and jelly supplies for American housewives.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Adolf Hitler
Camp Grant
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Bia
By C. Yates McDaniel
Civitavecchia
Isernia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
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Miles
AFL
UMW
Taman
Continent
Hitler
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