Wilmington Braces as Tropical Storm Veers Offshore
Storm veers eastward offshore after rough winds of 60 to 75 miles an hour disrupt lines and cut off communications 100 miles north of Wilmington. Hurricane center near Cape Hatteras, warnings stretched to Virginia Capes. coastal communities face continued risk as New England targets Thursday night.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Wilming
Vicin
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
New England
Ad City
Beaufort
Ferns
Pamlico Sound
Army Marine
Gion
Davis
Cherry Point Air
Camp Lejeune
Iso- Cape Hatteras
Ther Bureau
Norfolk
Weather Bureau
New Bern
Riots Reported Near Lyon In German Debacle
The Lyon broadcasts claimed German SS troops fired on peace demonstrators in Lyon. The broadcast offered no source details and did not confirm from Paris. A later national radio report said riots occurred in Paris with rebels using an SS formation before police reinforcements arrived.
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London
Lyon
S.S
Lertin
Ational
Minute of Information
Eow
Lyoniste
Erin
Giant Cannon Mounted in U S Planes
Major General T. Harris Jr. reveals that a larger cannon than the famed 75 mm is being mounted in American aircraft. He notes the 7% mm gun's historic impact and says this new system will be automatic, fired by pilot button, to strike enemy supply dumps ships and emplacements from Mitchell bombers.
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Ceincinnati
T. Harris Jr
Aberdeen
MD.) Proving Ground
26 Soldiers Killed in Train Wreck near Terre Haute
A head on collision of two Chicago & Eastern Illinois trains in fog near Terre Haute Ind killed at least 26 soldiers and injured about 65. The Dixie Flyer and a mail train crashed. many soldiers wore Purple Hearts and were on 30 day furlough to redistribution centers.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Russians and Germans clash in Arctic frontline action
Hard fighting above the Arctic circle between Russian and German troops raged in the Kandalaksja area near the White Sea. The German controlled Scandinavian telegraph bureau reported seven German divisions in northern Finland must be evacuated by tomorrow under the Finnish Russian armistice preliminaries.
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Stockholm
Arctic Circle
Kandalaksja
White Sea
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Finland
Fifth Army Battering Gothic Line Advances In Italy
The Fifth Army pushed along a 25 mile front against the Nazi Gothic Line in Italy as Allied forces cracked German outposts from Pistoia to Luca. British Canadian and Indian troops also advanced 1000 yards in the Coriano Savignano area amid strong opposition.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark Clark
Pistoia
Luca
Unis
Adriatic
Corlano-san Savine
Greensboro Blind Man Found Dead In County Jail
A blind prisoner, Gilbert Newell, held for drunkenness in Guilford County jail, was found dead in his cell at 6 45 am with a belt attached to a cell bar and around his neck. Sheriff Story said Newell was arrested in the courthouse and was in a sat isfactory condition at 10 45 pm yesterday. A nearby prisoner reported Newell woke for a match at 6 am before the fatal discovery by a night jailer.
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Greensboro
Gilbert Newell
Guilford County
John
Story
Newell
G. Thompson
Thompson
Crowder
Japan’s Air Losses Mount Near Manila In War Update
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy aerial losses for Japan as its air force suffers severe attrition near Manila. The Pearl Harbor dispatch notes Japan’s air strength diminished by the day, signaling intensified battles in the Pacific theater.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Manila
Japanese Claim Big Losses From August Air War
The Imperial headquarters broadcast asserts 816 Allied planes were destroyed or damaged in August, including 25 B 29 Superfortresses shot down in western Japan. Washington says seven Superfortresses were lost. The Tokyo broadcast was recorded by the FCC.
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Associated Press
Imperial Headquarters
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Carrier planes over Cebu and Negros in Pacific action
Admiral Nimitz reported a large air effort from carrier forces with about 200 planes in one day over the central Philippines. The battle was described as unfinished with air operations continuing against strong enemy opposition as carriers operated above Cebu and Negros.
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Philip‘pines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Cebu
Negros
Praga Reaches as Offensive Resumes in Warsaw Front
Massive Russian forces assaulting Warsaw reached Praga on the Vistula as front lines surged eastward. Berlin reports add Russian advances toward the Carpathians and East Prussia while Moscow signals indicate a renewed all-out push against Germany.
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London
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Berlin
Beskide
Carpathian Range
Kosice
Czecho-Slovakia
East Prussia
Romania
Szekler
Transylvania
Hungary
Moscow
Stalin
Germany
Kremlin
Pierce
Narew
Lomza
Routes Distances to Front From Key Fronts
Distances list from a wartime map show road to Berlin for four fronts: i Russian 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, West 319 miles east of Eupen, Eastern France 440 miles from Berlin Montebeliard, Italian front 583 miles from Rimini.
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Associated Press
Pulatsk
Eupen
France
Berlin Montebeliard
Rimini
Eden Joins Quebec Conference Amid European Tensions
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden travels from London toward the Quebec meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. He plans talks with Polish exile government official Stanislaw Mikolayczyk as Soviet Poland relations loom, amid uncertainty about Hull’s potential arrival.
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Quebec
Anthony Eden
London
Eden
Edep
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Hull
Allies near German soil bolster D Day outlook in Quebec circles
The United Nations report growing Allied advances in Europe with plans circling an October 31 outside date for German collapse. Nazi resistance remains fierce as Hitler urges a final fight, while the Westwall defenses form a complex maze rather than a solid barrier.
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United Nations
Europe
Quebec
Germany
Eisenhower
London
United States
Hitler
Reich
Westwall
Siegfried Line
Allies Bomb German Industry Across South Central Europe
Allied warplanes and American Eighth Air Force bombed Nazi production and transport targets across south central Europe from Russia and near Athens. Liberators, Fortresses, Halifaxes and Wellingtons hit Odertal, Oswiecim, Dongyor factory near Pest, and three air fields near Athens while Mosquitos targeted Berlin. Heavy losses on both sides marked a costly bombing campaign, with over 12,000 tons dropped in four days.
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Rome
Eighth Air Force
Russia
Europe
15Th Air Force
Odertal
Upper Silesia
Oswiecim
Poland
Italy
Dongyor
Hungary
Pest
Athens
Greece
Chemnitz
Mediterranean
London
Berlin
Germany
Legal Liquor Sales In State Decline
Raleigh report details North Carolina's 25 counties liquor sales for August totaling 1 783 148 65, down from July's 1 857 010 75. New Hanover led with 257 920 70, followed by Durham 228 645 95 and Wake 183 862 65 with other counties listed with smaller amounts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
New Hanover County
Durham
Wake
Beaufort
Bertie
Carteret
Chowan
Craven
Cumberland
Dare
Dgecombe
Greene
Halifax
Ace
Martin
Moore
Nash
Onslow
Pasquotank
Pitt
Tyrrell
Vance
Warren
Washington
Wilson
Doughboys Break Through Siegfried Line Deep in Aachen Front
U S First Army tanks and infantry break the first Siegfried defense line near Aachen and push two miles into Germany on a wide four mile front. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges reports eight miles advanced toward Prum as Third Army drives toward the Moselle valley and Nancy.
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London
Ameri Ican
Lo Aachen
Luexmbourg
First Army
Prum
Germany
Third Army
Okepee Moselle
Moselle
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
Our River
George S. Patton
Nancy
Aachen- Prum
U. S. First Army
Kimball Richmond
Windsor
Aachen Town
U S Casualties Reach 389125 War Totals
Secretary of War Stimson announced U S military casualties through August total 389125. Army losses stand at 327616 with 172042 wounded and 48218 prisoners while Navy casualties total 61509 with 24550 killed and 9529 missing. The figures show week to week changes across theaters.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Navy
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