Allies Push Through Western Front as German Defenses Recede
Allied reports reveal a large German pocket near Mons wiped out with 9,000 prisoners taken and 40 tanks and 1,500 vehicles captured or destroyed. French forces advance toward Macon and Villefranche, taking 2,400 prisoners, while Belgium and Dutch frontier actions hint at broader liberation and potential Dutch queen’s return. Eisenhower urges demolition of Rotterdam facilities. Americans may have crossed into the Netherlands alongside British advances.
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Florennes
Namur
Liege
Pieter Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Gerbrandy
Aneta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rotterdam
Ninth Air Force
Bombing raids target Stuttgart and Berlin air battles reported
Daimler-Benz engine works and a motor transport plant were visually bombed in clear weather at Stuttgart. Up to 500 Mustang fighters escorted bombers as air combat occurred. Berlin and Karlsruhe mentions reach, while Swiss radio reports two American bombers forced to land after air space violation.
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Berlin
Daimler-Benz
Stuttgart
Germany
Republic
Switzerland
Northeastern quake rattles cities from coast to coast
A major earthquake shaken through the Northeast and parts of the Midwest and Canada disrupted life in cities from Cornwall to Chicago. Buildings in Montreal Ottawa Toronto and New York reported damage while widespread tremors were felt from Jersey City to Portland Maine and Wheeling West Virginia.
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Manhattan
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Rutland
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Erie
New Jersey
Newark Paterson
Jersey City
Baltimore
Ohio
Hungary And Romania Break Off Relations
Berlin radio reported from well informed sources that Hungary and Romania severed diplomatic ties. The Associated Press notes the broadcast did not indicate which nation acted, and the move seems largely academic since troops from both countries had already been fighting.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hungary
Romania
Nazis Again Attack England With Robots
London reports a fresh German attack as robots rain over London and southern England just before daybreak. The brief said casualties and damage occurred with a four day respite ended.
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England
London
Britain
Weather outlook for North Carolina shows warm, thundershowers
Partly cloudy and warm with thundershowers today and over coastal sections tonight. Not quite so warm tonight, partly cloudy land cooler Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Tokyo reports sharp Allied air raids as Celebes pounded
London dispatch says Tokyo radio claims intensified Allied air assaults with four Celebes raids since September 2, defenders claiming 41 Allied planes down. It notes Japanese diplomacy speech planned for the Diet and cites Adm Nakamura on limits of fleet action against the Americans due to air superiority.
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Tokyo Radio
Celebes Islands
Celebes
Diet
Marianas
Ryozo Nakamura
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Muraviev Presses Neutrality Policy
Muraviev pledges to resist Nazi pressure and disarm German troops in Bulgaria while warning Berlin that any interference will trigger break with Germany. Moscow radio reports his Sofia speech as unclear on action, with critics saying policy shows no real progress since Bagrianov's government fell.
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Ivan Bagrianov
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Moscow Radio
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Moscow
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Stoicho Mashanov
Cairo
Baghanov
Finland to lead mission as German withdrawal looms
Berlin said a Finnish mission of about 10 members would head the effort. Dispatches from Stockholm reported Nazi forces scattered in southern Finland likely to begin withdrawing today with three German divisions in that area. Northern Finland’s status remained unclear as reports swirled of exits via northern Norway. Armistice terms set Germany a Sept. 15 deadline to evacuate. Bern noted about 700 German soldiers tried to flee Allied advances in France.
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Funeral Rites For Jamestown Residents Reported
Multiple funeral services are listed for Jamestown and nearby areas. James M Wagoner Clar ence B Witherspoon Amedia Hays Younger Ruby A Moss Lizzie May Piner are remembered in services conducted at Oak dale Methodist Bethany Reformed Friendly Baptist and Koonce Funeral Home venues with interments at Mitchells Grove Floral Garden High Point.
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Jamestown
Oakdale Methodist
C. M. McKinney
John Dillion
Glenn Hodgin
J. D. Wood
Henry Garrett
Jessie Loflin
Clete Campbell
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J. L. Davis
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Claremont
High Point
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Catawba
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Lars Cadon McMillan
Amedia Hays Younger
Archdale
Friendly Baptist Church
W. L. Smith
H. O. Miller
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Philathea Clase
L. J. Marie
Ruby A. Moss
Norfolk
L of the Koonce
W. J H. Barker
Southside Baptist Church
Barker Trio
Bill Jones
T. L. McDowell
Tommy Conner
Ray Misenheimer
Ellis Perry
Robert Matthews
Floral Garden Cemetery
Lizzie May Piner
John J
Lizzie May Cox Piner
Gurley Street
T. T. Lindsay
Pentecostal Holiness Church
W. P. Piner
E. A. Cox
Soviet Troops Push West of Bucharest In Romania
Defense reports Joseph Morton notes Russian columns west of Craiova within 50 miles of Yugoslavia as Brasov and 150 towns fall to Romanian and Soviet forces. Malinovsky and Tolbukhin armies claim capture of 60,000 Germans near Calarsi near the Bulgarian frontier as Red Army nears Bucharest.
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Yugoslavia
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Ploesti
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Calarsi
Bulgaria
Red
Hitler Holds Talks With Japanese Ambassador in Berlin
Berlin radio reported Adolf Hitler conferred with Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima at his headquarters for a long discussion on tropical questions for their nations and wartime conduct. German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop attended, and the broadcast noted Swiss authorities interned a frontier officer after surrender.
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Adolf Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Federal Communications Commission
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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