Vital Targets Of Japanese Objectives
Allied air raids on Manchuria targetted important Japanese industrial centers including Anshan and Penhsihu near Mukden with 100 plus B 29s. Tokyo reported damage on ground and three enemy planes shot down as returns were awaited. Antung may also have been hit amid raids across the Manchurian region.
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Washington
Manchuria
20Th — Command
Tokyo
Anshan
Penhsihu
Mukden
20Th Bomber Command
Gel Communications Commission
Antung
Ant
Yalu River
Bay of Korea
Allied War Pace Moves Across Fronts in 1944 Push
The Allied high command coordinates across Western and Eastern fronts including the Balkans and Italy as Patton's Third Army advances along the Moselle. Hitler allies mobilize total war, conscripting children and urging public resolve while weather delays threaten supplies and port openings.
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Allied
Balkans
Italy
Nyog
Reich
Stimson
Berlin
Hitler
France
Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Widespread Idle As Labor Disputes Rise Across Nation
The Associated Press reports about 20 000 workers idle in mines steel mills and war plants amid strikes and government actions. In Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal pits halted while six pits enter federal control. Briggs Detroit workers loom idle with 11 000 aircraft staff set to return. Packard plant still furloughed 8 000. Ford Willow Run 400 workers quit over seniority dispute.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvia
West Virginia
West Virgin
Washington
Solid Fuelsministration
Kent
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
McIntyre
United Mine Workers Supervisory Union
Ickes
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Conner
Detroit
Motor City
Packard Motor Car Co
Ford
Willow Run
Six New Polio Cases Reported In State
Raleigh reports six new polio cases, raising the 1944 total to 683 while 29 deaths occur this year. Counties affected include Caldwell, Guilford, Moore, Robeson, Swain and Union, with Swain contributing the first case this year. Seventy-five counties have been touched since the outbreak began.
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Raleigh
Caldwell
Guilford
Moore
Robeson
Swain
Union
Dewey Urges Small Nations Voice in World Peace Drive
Dewey on the way to Kentucky urged a world peace framework where small nations have a proportionate voice. He attacked the Roosevelt administration as defeatist and pledged a vigorous future government, stressing an international body not dominated by major powers. He endorsed early release from service for some soldiers and called for domestic renewal.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Louisville
Ian
Kentucky
Nev
Roosevelt
America
Philadelphia
United States
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Aoe
Philade
Independence Hall
Selective Service
Washington
Germany
Japan
Palau Bombed by U S Planes in Pacific Action
Palau was attacked by carrier based planes and Libersators in a coordinated strike, with 90 tons of bombs on air fields. Admiral Nimitz reported no opposition, while General MacArthur announced successful bombing without enemy planes in sight.
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Palau
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
Class 1 A men able to supply service needs
Washington reports selective service projects 1944 induction from Class 1-A groups and new 18 year olds. Hershey estimates about 690000 eligible physically able men from these sources with needs around 600000, predicting a possible surplus for 1945.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Bulgars Fight Germans as Yugoslav Uprising Expands
Cairo reports say Bulgars clash with German forces on the Serbian border while the Yugoslav radio declares a massive Serb revolt against occupation. Tito’s partisans and Soviet pressure widen the trap in the southern Balkans as Bulgaria seeks peace with the Allies and dissolves Nazi-linked bodies. Moscow fronts push three-pronged toward the Balkans to sever Hitler’s lines.
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London
Cairo
Free Yugoslav Radio
Hungary
Marshal Tito
Balkans
National Assembly
Moscow
Hitler
Four Armies Break Siegfried Line Push Near German Frontiers
Allied forces launch a major offensive across the Siegfried line with four armies in action. American and British units cross the Albert Canal and advance toward Liege and the Belgian border while Patton’s Third Army pushes toward Metz. An allied air assault targets Le Havre as the news blackout tightens.
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Deans
D. Eisenhower
Siegfried Line
Albert Canal
Canal
Llose
Liege
Belgium
Mé&z
France
Alexander M. Patch
Mediterranean
Besancon
Belfort Gap
Switzerland
le Havre
Second Army
Eisenhower
Rhine
Normandy
Moselle River
George S. Patton
Metz
West Wall
Supreme Headquarters
Nancy
Patton
Toul
Beeringen
Leuven
Bourg-Leopold
Antwerp
Hay
Eighth Army advances on Adriatic front and near Rimini
Eighth Army tanks and infantry push a mile inland along the Adriatic coast reaching the Marano river about four miles from Rimini while German counterattacks stall further progress inland. American forces near Pisa and Lucca see advances as heavy fighting continues along Coriano Ridge and San Savino area with reinforced German defenses.
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Eighth Army
Rome
Adriatic
Marano
Rimini
Pistoia
U. S. 92Nd Infantry
Lucca
Pisa
France
Salerno
Fifth Army
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Coriano Ridge
San Savino
Castelnuova
Pian di Castello
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Iatin
Bay of Biscay
England
Ludwigshafen
Kastel
Mainz
Gustavsburg
Frankfurt
Rhineland
Greece
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Romania
Belgrade
Ljubljana
Sarajevo
Uzice
Bihac
Sunja
Karlov
Zagreb
Fiume
Dewitt MacKenzie
Goebbels
English Channel
Brest
Calais
Boulogne
Thomas F. Dewey
Edward Martin
Gelin
Signal Corps gRadiophoto
Courtney H. Hodges
First
Huy
Meuse
Namur
Aachen
Charlemagne
Liege -Namur
Ardennes Forest
Luxembourg
Forst
Louette
St. Pierre
Givet
Bievres
Sedan
Edward D. Ball
Moselle Basin
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