Red Army Breaks German Defense on Dnieper Front
Soviet forces pierced the German line south of Kiev in a major breach on the Dnieper as Red Army spearheads pressed west and south. Moscow reported heavy casualties for Germany with hundreds of tanks planes and men engaged, while Berlin admitted widening operations along the river.
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London
Dnieper
Kiev
Red Army
Moscow
Pripet and
Krememchug
Knetrovsk
Wnich
Berlin
Oth
Henry C. Cassidy
West Bank
Cassidy
Moscow War Bulletin
Vitebs
Taman Penin
Caucasus
Vit
RAF Cracks Berlin And Bremen Again Americans Lose 30 Bombers
Allied air forces hit Berlin and Bremen as RAF and American bombers sunk into German targets in East Prussia and Premerania. RAF losses reached 31 aircraft while large daylight raids followed prior night attacks. Stuttgart casualties were reported at 1,700 killed and thousands injured.
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RAF
Berlin
Bremen
London
Europe
Premerania
Ieland
East Prussia
Hannover
Germany
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Stuttgart
England
Police Probe Triple Slaying In Mercer County
State police and Mercer County authorities questioned a 20 year old farmhand William Morell and his companion Janice Graham 20 in connection with a triple slaying at the Verett Wilson dairy farm near Mercer Pennsylvania. Morell is jailed on a murder charge and the pair were arrested in Claridon Ohio.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Verett Wilson Dai Farm
Here
Edwin C. Moon
William Morell
Morell
Janice Graham
Wilson Farm
Claridon
Raid Lays Waste To Center Bremen
Stockholm dispatches report Bremen center devastated by daylight bombing by American four engine planes. Berlin spokesman said there was great destruction with no details, and acknowledged Allied air superiority while cautioning the war would not be won in the air.
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Stockholm
Bremen
Berlin
Martial Law Used to Seat Louisiana Sheriff in Plaquemines
In Plaquemines Parish Governor Sam Jones invoked martial law to install Walter J. Blaize as sheriff after a four month fight with District Attorney Leander H. Perez. State guardsmen moved into the parish while deputies armed with shotguns and rifles faced them. courthouse workers began removing gear as a military plane circled Ponte-A-La-Hache.
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
Sam Jones
Walter J. Blaize
Jones
Leander H. Perez
Ponte-A-La-Hache
Charles Connetti
L. D. Dauterive
Blaize
Perez
Testimony Heard In Oakes Case
A Nassau preliminary hearing heard Thomas Lavelle claim he overheard Sir Harry Oakes call his son-in-law a sex maniac and warn him not to write to Oakes’s wife. Lavelle testified amid re opening the case as he expects to be in the United States when the murder trial of Alfred de Marigny begins October 18.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Harry Oakes
Thomas Lavelle
Alfred de Marigny
Harry
Nancy
de Marigny
Lavelle
United States
Supreme Court
Sir Harry
Victoria Avenue
Oakes
Lyndney
Removal Of Fascist Regime May Make Rome Battleground
Frank Brutto reports from Bern that Rome may become a battleground as the fascist government moves to Bolzano in the Italian Alps. Dispatches describe tanks rolling through Piazza del Popolo and blackout conditions after 8 p m with a apathetic public and many internments by the German army. Residents fear for missing men, and authorities discuss open city terms while Allied air defenses are removed to allow German planes to fly unmolested.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Bolzano
Italian Alps
Italy
Piazza del Popolo
Germany
Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Ducks Retreat and Hunt Season Draws Near
In Klamath Falls Oregon on October 9 a large duck migration moves south as farmers prepare for the hunting season. Farmers try noisy methods including airplanes, cars and shotgun blasts to drive ducks from grain fields with limited ammunition.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Etta Kett Starts In Today's Enterprise
The Enterprise features Etta Kett beginning a new run with the charming character drawing reader interest. The strip promises an engaging and intriguing storyline alongside the national favorite comic.
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Etta Kett
The
War Today: Senator Flags Japanese Move Toward Mainland
The column argues Japan could shift its seat of empire to the Chinese mainland, risking a national crisis. It notes heavy industry moved to Manchukuo and occupied China, with Japan controlling vast resources. Allied air power aims to force a retreat toward the coast, enabling bases for final submission.
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Chandler
D-Ky
Canara
Japan
China
Toko
Nippon
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Tibet
Tokyo
Osaka
Burma
Three Jap Warships Sunk by U.S. Forces Near Solomons
Allied reports say U.S. destroyers ambushed a Japanese task force near Vella Lavella and Kolombangara, sinking a cruiser or heavy destroyer and at least two other destroyers. Capt. Walker commanded the attack, with American losses described as moderate. Japanese claims of evacuation and minimal enemy interference were noted. The battle marks renewed Allied successes in the Solomons with substantial Japanese losses since June.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Solomons
Kolombangara
Vella Lavella
Domei
Solomon Islands
Frank Robinson Walker
Alabama
Walker
MacArthur
Arthur
Italian Fleet Turns Guns On Germans
Italian battle fleet shelled German occupied towns on the Dalmatian coast in support of Yugoslav partisans marking the first known action against Germany since Italy's surrender. Yugoslav units reportedly manned small Italian handed vessels as partisans achieved rail and line disruptions.
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London
Dalmatian
Bari
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Austria
Trieste
Jews Arrive Safely in Sweden From Denmark
Four thousand panic stricken Jews have arrived safely in Sweden from Denmark over the past week per Aftonbladet. A boat of two hundred more reached the coast this morning after slipping past German patrols along the Danish shore.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Aftonbladet
Senate War Fronts Review Sparks Lend Lease Probe
Senate members conclude two day private review of war fronts expands into an inquiry of lend lease operations. Brewster cites mis management and questions OWI funding and propaganda abroad, including India and Australia. The Truman committee plans further examination of war expenditures and OWI activity.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Brewster
Truman Group
House Appropriations Committee
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
India
Elmer Davis
OWI
Truman Committee
Nazis Throw Reserves On River Line
Allied patrols crossed the Volturno river in Italy probing German defenses on the north bank as a third armored grenadiers division was hurled into the battle to hold the line. Caserta, key rail and road hub, was reported captured by the 5th Army as fighting continued. The Cairo radio later said Allied forces crossed the Volturno on a broad front and Germans pulled back toward positions along the Garigliano river north of the Volturno.
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Naland Norgaard Allie
Algiers
Volturno
Italy
Third Armored Grenadiers
London
Cairo
Naples
Garigliano
Calore
Voltturno
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Termoli
Greece
Crete
Dodecanese
Middle East
Heraklion
Calato
Rhodes
Northwest Africa
Eleusis
Athens
Kasteli
Maritza
Sth
Paris
Vas
Montgomery
NBC
Merril Mueller
5Th Army
Volumno
Northwest African Air Force
el Athens
U. S. Mir
Allied and Axis Frontal Actions Reported Across Italian Front
Allied and German forces clash near Termoli on the Adriatic as 8th Army presses forward and German counterattacks stall. In the Volturno area heavy rains slow movement while air forces strike Crete Rhodes and Eleusis. Montgomery’s fronts push two to three miles with tanks and paratroopers sustaining the fight despite stiff resistance.
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Salerno
Robert Sturdevant
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Louisiana
Nip
Islands
Vella Lavella Island
Adm
William F. Halsey
Vila
Bougainville
Choiseul
R-Me
Truman War Investigatio Committee
Fifth Army
Caserta
Voluturno
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