Heavy Allied push near Venray and Aachen opens front
London dispatches say night long battle drives into Dutch Venray and approaches Aachen as American British forces push along a 50 mile front from Venray to Aachen. German counterblows and heavy Siegfried line guns are reported as reinforcements move toward Geilenkirchen and the front tightens.
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Enray
Seman
Rhine-Ruhr
Chen
Anicht
Curcifix Hill
Veriant- Berlin
Ameri- As
U. S
Aachen
Anray
Normandy
Venray
Meuse
Therth
Siegfried Line
British Troops Patrolling Athens Streets After Clash
Rome reports British troops landed from over 150 warships to quell fighting between rival Greek factions in Athens. The fleet, including Royal Navy and Canadian, South African, Greek, French, and Polish ships, restored order in Civil Square within hours under Commodore Geoffrey Oliver and Rear Admiral J. M. Mansfield.
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Rome
Athens
Royal Navy
Praeus
Conditions In Norway Near An Explosion
Stockholm dispatch reports mounting German terror and Norwegian resistance as 1000+ hostages held, Grini prison houses 3000, and raids tighten control near Oslo. Sabotage rises while Nazi measures grow harsher, signaling possible escalation and no withdrawal of German troops.
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Stockholm
Norway
Grini
Oslo
Norweg
Legation
Formosa air clash shows American strength unimpaired
Pearl Harbor reports say Japanese fleet observers fled Formosa after spotting the intact Third Fleet strength. Nimitz notes no damage to U S forces in the week of raids on Ryukyu Formosa and the Philippines. Japanese claims of heavy losses rise to 800 plus aircraft. Mitscher's pilots destroy 164 enemy planes in recent raids.
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H. McMurtry
S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Chester Nimitz
Western Pacific
Apan
Ryukyu Baie
Philippines
Nimita
William F. Halsey
Nimitz
War Department
Foreress Island
Ryukyu Islands
Radio Tokyo
Imperial Snake
Marc A. Mitscher
George Returns From Five Day Tour After Front Visit
King George VI returned to London after a tour of Belgium and the front. Marshal Montgomery met him at an event in Holland. He then visited British and Canadian units and presented a number of honors.
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Rge VI
London
Belgium
Bernard S.tgomery
Holland
Allies Advance Across Front North of Rimini Bologna
Allied progress in Italy pushes New Zealand Eighth Army across the Scola Rigossa canal and Pisciatello river. The Fifth Army gains up to 1000 yards near Bologna as Kes selring concentrates for a potential assault on the ancient city. German artillery shells pound forward lines near highway 65. American units seize Livergnano and move toward Bologna, nine miles from the outskirts.
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Rome
New Zealand
Eighth Army
Rimini-Bologna
Scola Rigossa Canal
Pisciatello River
Fifth Army
Bologna
Albert Kesselring
Florence
Livergnano
la Mina
Casa di Bortignano
U. S
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Arakan
Burma
Buthedaung
Kalapanzin
Tiddim
Bombers Hit Cologne In Sixth Raid In Six Days
More than 1300 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed Cologne, hitting rail yards and major works. Swift Mosquito bombers struck before dawn as 800 fighters escorted the mission, continuing the western front attacks on the Rhine city. Continues on page eight.
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London
Cologne
Rhine
Herschel Tank Works
Bettenhausen Ordnance Works
Richmond Publisher Bryan Dies of Pneumonia at 72
Richmond publisher John Stewart Bryan of the News Leader and Times-Dispatch died after a brief illness caused by pneumonia. He was born in Brook Hill, Henrico County, Va., and would have turned 73 next Monday. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Brook Hill.
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Richmond
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond News Leader
The
Times-Dispatch
Chicago Daily Times
Tribune
Brook Hill
Henrico County
Emmanuel Episcopal
Japs Strike in Two Columns Near Pignan and Kwei Lin
Japanese forces press in two columns west and northwest of Pignan and near Kwei Lin as Chinese defenses hold at Liuchow and Pignan. Heavy fighting continues north of Kwei Lin 25 miles from the Liuchow area with aims to outflank the Chinese positions.
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Chungking
Pignan
West River
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Hunan
De Gaulle to Assume Control of Most of France Soon
Eisenhower plans to transfer civilian governance to General Charles De Gaulle in a matter of days by designating a large interior zone of France. The move would place near total authority in De Gaulle and his aides over the country while combat zones and key ports remain under military oversight. The change may accelerate France’s political reorganization as transport and communications improve.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
de Gaulle
France
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Russian Offensive Reaches East Prussian Border Front
London reports a major Russian drive expanding to a 25 mile front northeast of Vilkaviskis as infantry tanks and fighter bombers attack after hours of drumfire. German statements claim 145 tanks destroyed in stages of the battle.
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Vilkaviskis
East Prussian
Memel
Tilsit
East Prussia
Hitler
Prussia
Berlin
London
Yugoslav Partisans Capture Sveta Klara Near Zagreb
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav partisans captured Sveta Klara two miles from Zagreb. The communique said Yugoslav and Bulgarian forces push Germans in Macedonia toward the Vardar valley, increasing the threat to the Nazi escape route from southern Yugoslavia.
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London
Sveta Klara
Zagreb
Tito
Macedonia
Vardar
Yugoslavia
Japanese Claims Of Victory Debunked By U S Command
A Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Admiral Nimitz denying Japanese boasts of a decisive victory. He says Japan fled after engaging Admiral Halsey, with no major damage to U S battleships or carriers, while Japan lost 828 to 843 aircraft and 146 ships or more in recent Ryukyu Formosa Luzon operations.
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Halsey
Nimitz
Ryukyu-Formosa-Luzon
Nimitz Signals Luzon Attacks as Philippine Campaign Grows
Dewitt Mackenzie reports Admiral Nimitz says Pacific carrier planes press targets on Luzon while Japanese claims of destruction fail to halt the campaign. The push aims to reclaim the Philippines, disrupt Japan, and set bases for further operations toward Formosa and the Japanese mainland.
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Nimitz
Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Nippon
MacArthur
China
Japan
Formosa
War Described To War Dads As Family Matter
President Roosevelt told American War Dads the current war is a family matter with civilians and servicemen linked by shared effort. He urged no diminution of home front work, saying with God's help they shall not fail. The statement was read at the convention opening.
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Omaha
Roosevelt
Methodists Open 55th Western North Carolina Conference in Charlotte
The Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church begins its 55th annual session in Charlotte, a four day meeting opening this afternoon and continuing through Friday with the climax of the session.
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Charlotte
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Children Found Huddled in Neighbor’s Hen House
Cary and Carol Titcomb ages three and two were found today huddled in a neighbor's hen house after a night of searches by volunteers and police with bloodhounds. They seemed unharmed, believed to have sought shelter from the 35 degree weather. Their father Cpl Edgar Titcomb is with the air force ferry command in Memphis Tennessee.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Cary
Carol Titcomb
Cpl
Edgar Titcomb
Air Force Ferry Command
Memphis
Tenn
Merger Opposition by Meredith College Trustees
Trustees of Meredith College adopt a unanimous resolution opposing a proposed merger of Wake Forest and Meredith. The move, prompted by a Biblical Recorder outline, would end Meredith Raleigh operations and move a women’s college to Wake Forest.
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Raleigh
Meredith College
Gggae
Wake Forest
Meredith
Outlines
Biblical Recorder
Charlotte
Wakecrest
Absenteeism To Bring Gas Ration Reduction
Winston Salem ration boards warn employees who fail to report regularly that their gasoline allotments will be cut. Justus Randolph, chief clerk of Board No 1, urged employers to report nonreporting workers to help enforce the measure.
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Winston-Salem
Justus Randolph
Finnish Troops Cross Arctic Circle In Lapland Drive
Stockholm reports Finnish forces crossed the Arctic Circle at several points in their Lapland offensive to clear Germans. Near Rovaniemi defenders offered strong resistance while a Finnish broadcast said Rovaniemi was captured. Heavy fighting occurred in the Torneajy valley with tanks and heavy artillery. Germans suffered severe losses as Finns pursued and captured Kieksenki.
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Stockholm
Arctic Circle
Lapland
Helsinki
Rovaniemi
FCC
Torneajy
Turtola
Kieksenki
Bombing by German flying bombs hits southern England
British coastal observers reported the heaviest ack ack barrage of the war as German flying bombs attacked southern England and the London area for the sixth straight night. Several bombs were shot down but some penetrated defenses causing damage and casualties, the air ministry said.
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England
London
Air Ministry
Hungarian Troops Go Over To Reds Chaos Reigns
The German press reports Maj. Gen. Bela Miklos von Dalnok and his chief of staff with the Hungarian army have joined the Soviets. Hungary backs a Nazi puppet regime as Admiral Horthy disowns an armistice plea and Ferenc Szalasi forms a new government amid chaos near Budapest.
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London
DNB
Bela Miklos von Dalnok
Keri
Red Army
Hungary
Budapest
Nicholas Horthy
Ferenc Szalasi
Horthy
Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Federal Communications Commission
Austria
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Yen
Geilenkir
Gerns
Geoffrey Oliver
J. M. Mansfield
Greece
Roy C. Russell
Peres Knob
N. C
Roy
Ethel Esterly
Allentown
Ling George
Italy
United
Prussian
United States
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
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