Soviets and Romanians Break Through Tisza River Line
Soviet and Romanian columns crossed the Tisza River defenses near Szolnok and Szolnok front as they pushed toward Budapest. Reports from Berlin and Moscow described advances into East Prussia and along the Danube with battles intensifying and German positions retreating to fortified lines.
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Berlin
Goldap- Guambinnen
German East PrusSia
East Prussia
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Red Army
Germany
Ernst von Hammer
Goldap-Gumbinnen
Baja
Danube
Csongrad
Tisza
Budapest
Szolnok
Tis
Eighth Army Advances In North Italy
Eighth Army troops moved into the eastern Po valley with two advances and captured the coastal town of Cesenatico near Ravenna. New Zealand armored units broke German parachute resistance along the Adriatic front raising hopes to deploy tanks into the Po valley. The Fifth Army seized more hill positions east of the Bologna Florence road while heavy fighting raged near Livergnano.
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Rome
Cesenatico
Ravenna
Adriatic
Savio
Occur Cesena
Forli
Bologna
New Zealand
Eighth Army
Montaletta
Granarola
Cesanatico
Cervia
Bologna-Florence Highway
Fifth
Livergnano
Canadians And British Drive Nine Miles
Allied forces push forward in Europe with Canadian first army and British aid advancing nine miles along the Dutch Belgian border to clear the Schelde estuary for Antwerp. American troops near the German border in the Netherlands close to a Meuse hub, while Aachen surrenders, the first major German city to fall to Allied forces. Casualties deemed light, German commander Gerhardt Wilck capitulated after reissuing an unconditional surrender.
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London
Ancher
Duren
Wurselen
Aachén
Thunderbolt
Aachen
Cologne
Canadian First Army
Schelde
Antwerp
Netherlands
Maas
Meuse
Venray
Adolf Hitler
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Gerhardt Wilck
Wilck
Japanese on Leyte bogged down as U.S. forces advance
American forces push four miles inland along an 18 mile front on Leyte in the central Philippines capturing Tacloban and Dulag airfields and gaining control of the San Juanico Strait. MacArthur warns Tokyo of accountability for Bataan.
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U. S. Philippine
Tacloban
Leyte Island
Philippines
Manila
Navy
Fale
Aachen
Germany
the-Philes
Leyte
East Prussia
Balkan Peninsula
Hungary
Burma
Bay of Ben
Citades
Berlin
Ender
Hitler
Japan
Formo
Mont
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Dulag
MacArthur
Bataan
Pacific Ocean
Douglas MacArthur
Calvary
Dutch New Guinea
Lindbergh Active in Pacific Combat Missions
Charles A. Lindbergh, famed solo flight pioneer, served on combat missions during a Pacific trip. The Herald-News reports unofficially that he damaged a Japanese plane and then moved to anti aircraft tasks with the Anti Aircraft Corporation, impressing fighter pilots with high altitude feats. He attended a joint Navy conference at Patuxent, Maryland to compare fighter aircraft performances.
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Assaic
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Pacific
Saic Herald-News
Indbergh
R and Navy
Anti- Aircraft Corporation
Manuuvers
Navy Corsair Fight
Aren
E Herald-News
Raptory
Adbergh
Patuxent
Truman H. Miller Heads Aero Club
Truman H. Miller of Raleigh was elected president of the Carolina Aero club succeeding Roy Rowe of Burgaw at the club's annual meeting at Cannon airport in Charlotte. Other officers named include Col. Frank E. Dawson as first vice president John W. Terrell as second vice president and George C. Franklin as secretary and treasurer. Directors elected were John A. Cunningham W S Shifler A W Carroll Beverly Howard Tom N. Davis Paul McMurray Erskine Boyce Clay Swain J. D. Wright Beck y Mount and Wilbur Raynor.
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Charlotte
Truman H. Miller
Raleigh
Carolina Aero Club
Roy Rowe
Burgaw
Cannon Airport
Frank E. Dawson
John W. Terrell
Hickory
George C. Franklin
John A. Cunningham
W. S. Shifler
Marion
A. W. Carroll
Burlington
Beverly Howard
Spartanburg
Tom N. Davis
Winston-Salem
Paul McMurray
Asheville
Erskine Boyce
Gastonia
Clay Swain
Salisbury
J. D. Wright
Becky Mount
Wilbur Raynor
Lewisburg
Los Angeles Blast Claims Five Lives
A naval explosion at Los Angeles harbor shattered a landing vessel and three similar craft, igniting a dock fire. At least five sailors were killed and more than 100 injured, with firefighting continuing as ambulances ferried the wounded to Long Beach and other harbor area hospitals. Names of the deceased were not released by the Navy.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Long Beach Naval Hospital
President Roosevelt urges enforced peace and congressional power
In a Waldorf Astoria appearance Roosevelt calls for a world organization with power to compel peace by force if needed and demands Congress authorize action for any US representative. He says cooperation with other nations is essential and backs administration foreign policy amid GOP isolationist criticism.
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Douglas B. Cornell
New York
Octo Oaeagtas
Roosevelt
America
Foreign Policy Association
Waldorf-Astoria
NBC
United Nations
Philippines
Secretary of Wartimson
Burma Road Blockade Must Be Broken To Save China
The American Review argues Burma Road must be reopened to defeat Japan's forces in China. Chinese Y-force operations, under Brig. Gen. Frank Horn, have regained 34 000 square miles in Yunnan since May 11. The drive aims to link the northern road with the Ledo road, establishing a strong supply base in China.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Burma Road
Japan
China
Yunnan Province
Y-force
Frank Horn
San Francisco
Calif
Salween River
Burma
Mystery Vessel Drifts Off South Florida Coast
A crewless 90 ton Cuban vessel named Rubicon was found drifting in the Gulf Stream north of Cary's Port Reef. The Nirvana towed it to Miami after a navy blimp alerted authorities. Two rudders were missing, the engine inoperative, lifeboats gone, and only a dog remained aboard. The Rubicon, home port Chi hanen and owner A. Rodriguez Cayro, will be inspected in Miami to check lifeboat loss.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Gulf Stream
Cary's
Gine
Rubicon
Chihanen
A. Rodriguez Cayro
Davitts
Mrs Willkie Ends Speculation On Presidential Support
Mrs Wendell L Willkie urged an end to speculation over how her late husband would have voted in the coming election She said he had made no decision and asked that no one speak for him now The statement followed a Connecticut governor’s claim that Willkie told him he would not back Roosevelt for a fourth term
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas Fef. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Willkie
Gev. Raymond Ek. Baldwin
Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Spaniards in Paris Rally for Restoring the Republic
Five thousand Spanish exiles and refugees from the Franco regime gathered in Paris for a mass meeting organized by the Union Nationale to advocate restoration of the Spanish republic.
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Paris
Union Nationale
U Boats Still Operating In North Atlantic
London reports a renewed German submarine threat as First Lord A V Alexander says some U boats have returned to the Atlantic lanes. He notes a massive convoy reaching Britain without loss and says a British fleet is moving toward the Pacific to counter Japan, while warning against overconfidence in the U boat war.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Pacific
Churchill
Indian Ocean
Alexander
North America
Berlin
Mec
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