Finnish War Move Against Germany Grows In North
In Stockholm on September 18 Finnish fury rises as a formal war declaration against Germany nears. Finnish cabinet met in Helsinki amid reports that war exists with Germany and Russia presses for peace terms and northern occupation. Finnish brigades clash with German troops in northern Finland as villages burn and reports indicate more mobilization and air base demands by Russia.
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Stockholm
Germany
Finland
Helsinki
Russia
Suomisaalmi
Kudsam
Arctic Circle
Gunnar Mullern
Oeace
Kandalaksha
Gulf of Both
Nia
Moscow
Hantti Hackzell
Hackzellis
Truman And Bricker At Legion Meet
At the American Legion convention in Chicago, Democratic candidate Harry S. Truman and Republican Gov. John W. Bricker spoke on veterans benefits and postwar employment. Truman praised the GI Bill for veterans education and loans, while Bricker urged job creation through business freedom and a climate of opportunity. Both stressed fair treatment for returning servicemen and warned against repeating wartime mistakes.
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William
Conway
Chicago
Vnce Ment
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
John W Bricker
Congress
Ricker
Missourian
Truman
War Investigating Committee
Bricker
Oratien
Destroyer Warrrington and Two Patrol Boats Lost in Hurricane
The 1859-ton destroyer Warrrington and two 125-foot coast guard patrol vessels, the Jackson and Bedloe, were sunk in last week’s hurricane. The Warrrington crew numbered about 230. Jackson and Bedloe carried 35 each. Survivors from Jackson drifted 58 hours off the Virginia coast before rescue. Commander Samuel Frank Quarles, skipper of the Warrrington, was among the casualties.
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Washington
Warrington
Coast Guard
Navy
Jackson
Bedloe
Virginia
Samuel Frank Quarles
Nathalie
War Today: Allied Strategy and German Surrender Prospects
The report argues that total victory requires a decisive field defeat of Germany under public scrutiny. It predicts widespread guerrilla warfare, street battles, and punishment of war criminals as Germany’s downfall drives home a lasting lesson. It notes Allied advances and the Reich’s retreat, foreseeing desperate banzai-style charges before German civilians.
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Germany
Europe
Holland
Reich
Pacific Islands
Hitler
Herenvolk
Conquest Of Palaus Goes Forward In Pacific War
U S forces push on Angaur and Peleliu in the southern Palau operation. The 81st Division held Angaur's northeast sector after landings. Marines on Peleliu advanced about one third mile, clearing toward the airfield as artillery and mortars resisted.
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Vern Haugland
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Angaur Island
Peleeliu
Navy
Palaus
81St
Wildcat
Angaur
Infant
Pacific Fleet
Peleliu
William Ewing
Blue
NBC
Pelein
German Born Woman Arrested In Chicago
Chicago reports the arrest of a German born middle aged woman by Postal Inspector M L Goldsmith. He alleges over four years she swindled at least ten men out of about $50 000 by posing as a German wife or companion in multiple ads.
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Chicago
M. L. Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Post Office Department
Air Command Helps Infantry Round Up 20 000 Germans
Air ground coordination under U S Ninth Air Force helps trap and force surrender of Gen Erich Elsner and about 20 000 German troops. The 19th Tactical Air Command directs operations to block escape routes as the army advances to the Loire. Thunderbolt units destroy hundreds of trucks and armored vehicles in the Poitiers Chatelroux Bourges area before the surrender notes.
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Air Command
Austin Bealmear
U. SS
Ninth Air Force
France
Erich Elsner
19Th Tactical Air Command
Otto P. Weyland
Loire River
Ninth Army
Elsner
18Th Tactical Air Command
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Reich
Dijon
Swiss
Thunderbolt
William L. Curry
Raleigh
N. C
Joseph L. Laughlin
Hurricane leaves Cape Hatteras families homeless
More than 150 families on Cape Hatteras were left homeless by the hurricane. Coast Guard units rushed to repair damage and land supplies while water remained scarce. Avon Rodanthe and Waves suffered severe destruction with most homes damaged or washed away.
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Nor Va
Cape Hatteras Bank
Coast Guard
Levine Midgett
USCG
Chicamacombo
Avon
Salvo
Waves
Rodanthe
Coast
Elizabeth City
N. C
Ilatteras Island
Redanthe
White
Horton Hustin
Hatteras Village
Pamlico Sound
Allies Pressure German Lines Near Rimini Front
Allied Fifth and Eighth armies press assault along a broad front in northern Italy near Rimini. Canadian and Greek troops advance toward Rimini airfield, while British and American forces push into the Gothic line amid heavy German counterattacks and extensive fortifications. Paratroopers defend ground with fierce resolve.
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Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Rimini
San Martino
Monte L’abate
Eighth Army
Marano River
Fifth
Gothic Line
Fifth Army
Polio Cases Rise to 706 With Three New Infections
Three new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state health department increasing the total since June 1 to 706. The new cases came from Buncombe Davidson and Haywood counties.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Buncombe
Davidson
Haywood
Road to Berlin distances on World War fronts
Western Front 315 miles from Stolberg. Russian Front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk. Italian Front 581 miles from two miles below Rimini.
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Associated Press
Stolberg
Pulatsk
Rimini
Reds Hold Off Heavy Nazi Attacks In Baltic Campaign
Moscow reports the Red Army pushes in Jelgava region south west of Riga and nears Riga as German counterattacks fail. Baltic and Transylvanian operations unfold with air strikes on rail hubs and battles near Satu Mare and Csap as Warsaw rumors surface.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Jelgava
Riga
Berlin
Latvia
Estonia
Red Army
Free Germany Committee
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Bor
Targu-Mures
Transylvania
Hungary
Satu-Mare
Cluj
Csap
Japs Close to Split China North South
Chinese forces retake Lungling base as Japanese push to close a 110 mile gap that would split China from Manchuria to the South China Sea. Stilwell denies Tokyo claim of 40 B 29s destroyed in an American base attack.
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Chungking
China
Yungming
Kweilin
Waitsap
Canton
High Command
Burma
Lungling
Mangshih
Nanchang
Lunging
Joseph W. Stilwell
Tokyo
Key Witness in Caruso Trial Killed by Mob in Rome
In Rome a mob killed Dr Donato Carretta, a key witness in Pietro Caruso's murder trial, after postponement of proceedings. Police failed to restrain the crowd, which dragged Carretta from the Palace of Justice, beat him, and threw his body into the Tiber before hanging it by Regina Coeli prison.
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Rome
Pietro Caruso
Carretta
Tiber
Caruso
Donato Carretta
Adreatina
Palace of Justice
Col. J. R. Pollock
Caretta
Palace
Regina Coeli
British Cross Canal Yanks Near Belfort
Allied air drops and glider landings extend supply lines into Holland as airborne forces seize Tilburg Nijmegen and Findo ven. American units repel intensified German counterattacks in bitter fighting in Germany while the First Allied Air Army clears the Siegfried Line approach. The British Second Army advances seven miles across the Meuse Canal, linking with air army bridgeheads in a coordinated push.
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U. S
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Germany
Signal Corps
London
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Miles C
schedule-Meuse Canal
Air
Seve Ienth
BBC
Freedom of News Measure Moves Through Subcommittee
A five member subcommittee under the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advances a resolution for unfettered international news exchange. Leader Barkley says prompt action is likely this week as Taft Fulbright and Connally pursue similar goals in Congress. Secretary Hull notes steady study and support for recognizing freedom of information internationally.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Barkley
White
R-Me
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D-Tex
Kentucky
Taft
R. Ohio
Rep
Fulbright
D. Ark
House
Congress
Hull
Associated Press
Department of State
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Hatteras
Portsmouth
Ocracoke Islands
Midgett
Wilbur Bennett
USPHS
Reds
China North
By Spencer Moosa
Belfort
North German
By James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Tilburg
Paris
Nijmegen
Findoven
Belgium
ATR
Balkans
Bulgaria
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