Churchill on world peace and the League covenant
The article discusses unselfish leadership by America Britain and Russia to secure peace, criticizing the League of Nations for lack of courage and loyalty. It cites Churchill praising Cecil for reviving a new global organization and reflecting on past failures and lessons from the Versailles era.
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Dumon Oaks
Permat
America
Russia
Ain
Churchll
Organization
World Peace
League of No
Iscount Cecil
Chelwood
Fisman
Covenant of the
Churchill
League of Sons
League
Japan
A&tion
China
Ecil
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Russians Press Near Budapest as Hung ary Struggles in War
A Turkish radio report says a general strike has been declared in Hungary under German occupation. Russian forces push toward Debrecen and Budapest from the north, while another wing crosses the Tisza and threatens Belgrade and Subotica. Berlin cites mass Soviet manpower in the Baltic theater and Me mel advances near Memel and Riga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hungary
OWT
Debrecen
Budapest
Rodion Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Tisza
Malinovsky
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Subotica
Berlin
Baltic
Germany
Memel
Khuliai
Vezaiciai
Allied Air Raids Bochum In Ruhr Offensive
London reports from October 10 that Allied air forces struck Bochum with a heavy saturation bombing. British heavy bombers dropped thousands of fire bombs and explosives on the Ruhr rail center, aiming to disrupt major industries and coal production amid ongoing daylight aerial offensives.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Bochum
Imshafen
Willkie Did Not Intend To Back Democrats In 1944
Ralph H. Cake, former Willkie campaign manager, states that Willkie did not intend to support the Democratic party in the 1944 campaign. Cake says attempts were made to use private conversations with Willkie to influence politics, based on his ongoing talks with the late 1940 candidate who died Sunday.
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Portland
Ore
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Ralph H. Cake
Cake
Distinguished Citizens Pay Willkie Honor Funeral
Distinguished Americans gather in New York for the funeral of Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee. Mourners arranged to attend the 3 p.m. service as the program proceeds in tribute to the late leader.
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Willkie
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Mud And Resistance Slow Allied Push Toward Po River
London October 10 Allied reports say mud and stiff German resistance have halted the advance toward the Po River. The Fifth Army keeps the Bologna Rimini highway under fire while Sixth Army operations slow due to bad weather and waterlogged ground. Air forces bombed Athens area airfields and Adriatic shipping to aid ground action in Italy. American forces meet rising resistance along the German line south of Bologna and Imola.
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London
Italy
Fifth Army
Bologna-Rimin
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ibert Kesselring
Fifth
Athens
Greece
Mediterranean Air Force
Bologna
Imoia
Churchill and Stalin Hold Three Hour Kremlin Talk
Soviet and British leaders met in Moscow with Prime Minister Churchill staying through the week. He discussed Europe questions aligned with Roosevelt and presented a fighting speech to Soviet newsreel men. W. Averell Harriman was kept informed but not present. Tito reports say German communications westward from Serbia and the Sandjak are cut as Yugoslav patriots fight German troops evacuating Greece.
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Moscow
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Kremlin
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Europe
Quebec
Roosevelt
Red Army
British Commonwealth of Nations
London
Serbia
Sandjak
Marshal Tito
Greece
Escape Routes Of Nazis Cut By Russians
Russian forces bombarded Memel as two Soviet armies pressed south toward Til sit in a Baltic offensive. Generals Bagramain Chernikhovsky and Malinovsky reported successes tearing into the German flank and advancing toward key East Prussian targets.
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Moscow
Memel
Baltic
Tilsit
Ivan C. Bagramain
Ivan Chernikhovsky
Russia
Rodion Malinovsky
Hungary
Admiral Kirk Put In Charge Of Navy Men
Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk takes command of United States naval forces in France as announced by Admiral Harold R. Stark. Kirk led the western task force in Normandy and previously commanded forces in Sicily, serving as naval attaché and chief of staff in London. He is 56, a graduate of Annapolis, and hails from Philadelphia with a home at Black Point.
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London
Alan G. Kirk
United States
France
Harold R. Stark
Kirk
Stark
U. S
Europe
Great Britain
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Black Point
Corinth Falls to Allies as Greek troops surrender
Rome reports British and Greek forces occupy Corinth with no German resistance. Four weeks after the push, 250 Greek security bat talion members surrender. Allied units gain control of Peloponnesus communications. Adriatic land forces strike Seranda as operations continue toward Corinth.
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Rome
Corinth
Peloponnesus
Adriatic
Seranda
Athens
Peiraieos
Pareus
Patras-Corinth
Greece
Aegean Islands
Railroad Crash Shakes 350 Commuters in Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania railroad commuter train crashed into 11 parked coaches at an underground Philadelphia station during the morning rush hour, injuring about 10 and sending 350 passengers into the aisles. Ambulances from four hospitals responded. only four required treatment. Engine man E. E. Schultz, 38, said brakes failed as the train entered the station.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
E. E. Schultz
Chapel Hill unit seeks funds for 1946-47 budget
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asked the state advisory budget commission for 1945-46 and 1946-47 appropriations. The request cites 1,417,827 for 1945-46 and 1,845,927 for 1946-47, with enrollment projections rising from about 3,650 to 4,100 students.
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Chapel Hill
University
Raleigh
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
State Advisory Budget Commission
UNC
Admiral Nimitz Letters Newsmen History Lesson
At Pearl Harbor Admiral Chester W. Nimitz gave war correspondents a history lesson during a press conference by reading a common communique describing Allied naval victories off Korea. He noted attacks on Japanese fleet units at Fusan and subsequent destruction of another Nipponese force, then added the dated tone of late June 159%.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Korea
Fusan
Bombers Hit Japanese Fields Across China and Burma
U S air forces report attacks on Japanese airfields from Tanchuk to the Yellow River bend in central China on Oct 8 9. Mustangs hit Yuncheng destroying two bombers and damaging two others while P-40s damaged river traffic and set a barge on fire. In Sukon one US plane went missing as defenders shot down a Japanese fighter. Allied and British units report Japanese losses in Burma and India with patrols near Taung Bazaar and Tiddim.
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Chungking
U.S
14Th Airforce
Tanchuk
China
Yellow River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yuncheng
Sukon
U. S
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Goppe Bazaar
Mayu Range
Fourteenth Army
Taung Bazaar
India
Burma
Tiddim
Joe Louis Returns From European War Tour
World heavyweight champion Joe Louis arrived in New York after a seven month tour of European war zones. He fought 96 exhibitions and said two Italian soldiers who faced him might threaten his title after the war. Louis hopes to continue entertaining service men in combat zones.
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New York
Joe Louis
U. S
Italy
Louis
American forces seize Garakayo in Palau invasion
Pacific commanders report the 81st Infantry Division landed on Garakayo, securing a beachhead north of Peleliu as part of the Palau operation. American planners aim to neutralize shore batteries while continuing mop up on Babelthuap and surrounding isles. Zamboanga raid with Liberator bombers also targeted Balikpapan and Marcus Island was shelled.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Garakayo
Palau
Philippines
Pacific
Zamboanga
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
81St Infantry
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo Oil Center
Aachen Is Sealed Off By U S Forces In World War II
The U S First Army encircled Aachen, delivering a surrender ultimatum to the German garrison within 24 hours. Doughboys formed a wall of troops and armor along the Siegfried Line city as American forces prepared a 25 mile front for a Rhine approach. The commander warned the defenders of unconditional submission or face bombardment.
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London
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Reich
Rhine
U. S
Aachen siege deadline looms as U S forces threaten
American troops outside Aachen pound the doomed city with 105 millimeter guns firing 72000 shells. German civilians and soldiers are told to surrender within 74 hours or Aachen will be obliterated. Messengers returned with no reply as autumn rain falls on ancient walls. The deadline is set for 10:50 a m tomorrow.
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Aachen
Aachen Encircled by First Army as Urgent Surrender Demanded
Leaflets dropped on Aachen urge German troops and civilians to surrender to American forces before final bombardment. The message claims the city is surrounded, relief is impossible, and warns civilians that delay will bring destruction unless civilian leaders halt further bloodshed.
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Aachen
First Army
Gereman Command
Allied armies seize over half a million prisoners in France
Six Allied armies report capturing at least 563,928 prisoners since the June invasion of France. U S First Army 201,018. U S Third Army 92,600. U S Seventh Army 9,312. Second Army 72,392. Canadian First Army unknown. French forces of the interior attached to British Second and Canadian First Armies. Airborne totals for the invading force not announced. Figures for some units lag about three weeks.
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London
France
U. S
Holland
Finns Pressing After Germans Near Tervola Front
Stockholm dispatch reports Finnish forces pushing toward Tervola from the Kemi Rovaniemi route. Alavojakkala fell six miles north of Tervola as Germans retreat. Kemi harbor rail station airport were ruined. Karihaara district buildings burned leaving 1500 homeless. German wreckage included supply warehouses and dumped war materiel in the harbor. German air raids also hit the Oulu rail area.
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Stockholm
Tervola
Kemi
Rovaniemi
Alavojakkala
Gulf of Bothnia
Helsinki
Karihaara
Oulu
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Signal Corps
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Po River
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Admiral Kirk
Admiral Nimitz
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