Reds Close In On Memel Threat to Prussia
Moscow radio reports Red Army advances near Memel as German defenses collapse. Hungarian armistice talks surface. a Soviet push stalls Axis forces from Oradea to Budapest amid bottleneck battles. Officials warn of near-total German withdrawal from Hungary as frontlines widen.
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Memei
New York
London Radio
CBS Today
Stockholm
Moscow
Recen
Orient Road
Men- Budapest
Oradea
Roma
Kareng
Hungary
Cluj
Minent
Hitler
Red Army
Bastia
Memel
Polish Debate Is Beginning as Tito Heads to Moscow
Marshal Tito has left Yugoslavia for Moscow to join conferences with Stalin and Churchill. Polish Premier Mikolajczyk arrived in Moscow for talks with the Soviet backed Polish committee of national liberation, accompanied by Romer Grabsky and Jabor. Churchill conferencing with Stalin is referenced as guiding possible Polish reconciliation.
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London
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Stalin
Churchill
Oo Marseille
Daniel Dfe Luce
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Committee of National Liberation
Tadeuze Romer
Ladislas Grabsky
Jabor
Comay
Lubin
Jaber
Molotov
Mikolajcyk
Allied push nears final turn in Aachen defense
In a tense Allied advance the German Siegfried Line fends off forces near Aachen as weather and terrain test both sides. Reports suggest Hitler plans a brutal defense to halt advancing troops and civilians, with trained officers loyal to his orders.
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Anceintadien
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Europe
Aachen
No 1
Wwe
Ruth
Mili
Western
Attila
Ger
Family narrowly escapes as blaze destroys residence
A fire at 323 Pickett Street last night before midnight forced Bobby Cecil ten to hospital with severe burns while his siblings and parents suffered smoke exposure and minor injuries. C W Cecil sustained a cut arm and the mother exhaustion as the family escaped the flames.
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Bobby Cecil
Boulevard
High Point Memoria Hospital
C. W. Cecil
Pickett Street
Mr. Cecil
Iris
Nancy
Bobby
Mary
Ray
Japs Launch New Attack In China
Japanese forces opened an attack 25 miles north of Kweilin a key defense center in Kwangsi province. Chinese high command said fighting along the Hunan Kwangsi front intensified after reinforcement. Three assaults were directed at positions about 12 miles west of Hingan as brisk combat continued.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Hingan
Aachen Faces Devastation As Allies Close In
American troops report Aachen cut off from water and food as bombardment continues. Civilians shelter in basements and sewers while sporadic groups flee toward American lines. Civilians hoard wine and fruit in hopes of favor with advancing troops. Weather shifts to rain amid ongoing shelling and air attacks.
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William Smith White
Aachen
First Army
Rock Creek Park
Washington
Yanks Win 11th Island In Palau Group
American forces held 11 islands in the southern Palau group after two fresh landings near Peleliu. Lisi infantry secured Barakaseru Island unopposed, while Garakayo near Peleliu was taken within 24 hours. Tokyo claims Balikpapan oil refinery struck by heavy air raid.
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Palau
Vern Haugland
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Palaus
Tokyo
Borneo
Lisi
Bairakaseru Island
Peleliu
Chester W. Nimitz
Garakayo
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Formosa Bombed By 1000 U.S. Planes Reported
Tokyo radio announced about 1,000 Allied planes attacked Formosa off the east China coast this morning. The broadcast claimed at least 100 raiders destroyed, though not confirmed, and Formosa is cited as a base for Japanese operations near Foochow opposite the Chinese coast.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Formosa
East China
Foochow
China
FDR Backing a Strong Poland Drives Allied Polish Talks
President Roosevelt urged Poland reconstitution as a great nation ahead of Moscow talks with Churchill and Stalin. He pressed for settlement between the London exile government and the Soviet backed National Committee, warning the Polish dispute could threaten Allied unity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Poland
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
London
National Committee
British Railways Propose Huge Air Network
The British railways have drawn up plans for a vast air transport network across Britain and Europe. They propose 19 routes in the British Isles, operating over 1,000 aircraft carrying 25 passengers each, with 20 million miles flown annually at start and no subsidies for European routes. Lord Londonderry criticizes the UK’s air-mindedness amid wartime debate.
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London
Britain
Europe
British Railways
House of Lords
British Isles
Lord Londonderry
America
Dominions
Allied Air Raids Hit Bremen Ruhr German Targets
About 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked an aircraft components plant at Bremen while RAF heavy bombers struck synthetic oil plants at Wanne-Eickel near Essen. US bombers also hit other targets in northwestern Germany as Germany reported a raid on central Austria.
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London
Bremen
RAF Heavies
Wanne-Eickel
Ruhr
Germany
Austria
Italy
Wanne-Fickel
Essen
Holland
Breskens
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Siegfried Line
Aachen
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Slight Gains On Italian Front Reported
Allied dispatches report heavy American air raids around Bologna with ground forces ten miles from the city as Brazilian units push toward Gallicano near Spezia. Fifth Army battles yield gains near Rimini with British forces advancing to Longiano and Lacorcetta while Fiumicino crossings expand.
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Rome
Bologna
Cassino
Gallicano
Spezia
Serchio
Barga
la Spezia
Italy
Fifth Army
Apennine
Eighth Army
Longiano
Rimini
Lacorcetta
Fiumicino
Gatteo
San Giovanni
Textile workers in South face substandard living wages panel finds
A War Labor Board panel reports families of textile workers in the South live below a conservative 71.5 cent hourly standard, with about 90 percent earning under 70 cents. It urges action while noting regional wage fixes exist in the fourth regional WLB. The panel plans to forward its findings to the National War Labor Board for a decision within three weeks.
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Atlanta
South
National War Labor Board
Frank McAllister
War Labor Board
Textile Workers Unit of America
CIO
Works Progress Administration
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
William P. Jacobs
Presbyterian College
Cotton Manufacturers Association
Lloyd G. Reynolds
Johns Hopkins University
McAllister
WLB
Jacobs
Nazis Abandon Holland as Allied Push Near Aachen
Allied forces close on Aachen as German withdrawal broadens in Holland. Rotterdam docks blown by 6,000 demolition experts and Nazi transport moves south and east. American gains around Aachen acknowledged by German radio.
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London
U. S. First Army
Burnsing
Aachen
Berlin
Sarcego
Holand
Rotterdam
Holland
Neder Rhine
Arnehem
Only Two Soldier Ballots Opened Says Stimson
War Secretary Stimson said vast reports of military censors inspecting service ballots were exaggerations. He noted over 4,000,000 ballots overseas and thousands of federal ballots, but only 268 outer envelopes reached the War and Navy Departments and inner envelopes were opened in two instances.
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Washington
Stimson
War
Navy
Army
Congress
Bobby King Abduction Case Marked Closed
Detroit prosecutors said the Bobby King abduction case is closed after a full confession by Mrs. Eleanor Smith a 33 year old nurse. William E Dowling planned to seek a warrant to charge her with kidnapping and would order a psychiatric exam once issued. The motive cited was a motherly urge and love of a child.
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Detroit
Bobby King
Eleanor Smith
William E. Dowling
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