American Legion Delegates Hear Doughboys March In Berlin
Chicago report of the American Legion convention notes plans for postwar air and sea power. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and General Henry H. Arnold pledge global reach, with MacArthur’s forces in the Pacific and a broader air war across Germany and Japan.
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American Legion Convention
Doughboys
Berlin
Chicago
Legionnaires
Chester W. NI
Philippines
Douglas Machur
Southwest Pacific
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Legion
Arnold
Imitz
Marshall
Smitz
Pacific
Carolines
Truk
Japan
New Guinea
Dutch East
Pau
MacArthur
Philip
Gen. Arnold
Germans Resume Bomb Attacks Kill Many in Britain
London reports indicate German bombs from planes hit London and southern England early today killing at least 12 or more people including women and children. A family tragedy near Crumey shows five year old Margaret survived while several relatives perished. Dover and Channel coast guns fired as warnings urged evacuation and safety measures continue after a two week lull.
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London
England
Crumey
Margaret
Moth
British Channel
Strait of
Dover
Fraud Charges Lodged Against 12 Ex Norfolk Navy Yard Workers
FBI says 12 former Norfolk Navy Yard employees in Portsmouth Virginia conspired with a timekeeper to claim pay for days not worked. One man Thadeus G. Howard was jailed in Ahoskie North Carolina. total loss cited at over 2400 dollars for 244 days. Hearing set before U S Commissioner J J Munden in Elizabeth City.
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Norfolk Navy Yard
Scheidt
FBI
Merchant Marine
Ahoskie
U. S
J. J. Munden
Elizabeth City
Armistice Signed by Finland with Russia and Britain
Moscow radio announced Finland signed an armistice with Russia and Britain. Terms to be disclosed later. The official note named participants negotiating since Sept 14, with Britain and Russia acting for the United Nations. Stockholm dispatch says terms reportedly approved by the Finnish Parliament.
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London
Moscow Radio
Finland
Russia
Britain
Soviet Information Office
Soviet Monitor
United Nations
Stockholm
Berlin Bombing Campaign Rolls On With 179th Raid
Allied air forces struck Berlin for the 179th time and Bremerhaven with heavy bombers. Bombing was concentrated while Mosquitos delivered two ton blocks over Berlin. The raid followed 420000 fire bombs dropped on Bremerhaven. total RAF losses nine planes not.
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London
Bremerhaven
Berlin
FCC
Budaj 1
Norway
Japanese Lose 5543 Men In Palaus Battle
U S Pacific Fleet reports American forces gained momentum on Peleliu and Angaur as Japanese losses reached 5543 dead in four days. Marines seized Asias town and nearby villages while Angaur saw rapid advance by the SwIst division. Japanese leaders allegedly used prisoners and booby traps as they retreated.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pereliu
Angaur
Palaus
Peleliu
Asias
Erickson
Associated Press
Angaur Island
Saipan
Japan
Pania
Crazed Germans Slaughtered by Yank Forces
U S Third Army reports a bayonet clash southeast of Sancy as German 8 8 elite troops charged American positions. The assault failed with heavy losses for the Nazis. Official tallies show 90,300 Germans captured to date, with about 76,900 killed and 74,800 wounded.
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U. S
Third Army
Sancy
Yank Flyer Tortured By Japanese
The article recounts Jack Cooper, an American airman from Elk Harbor, tormented after a Japanese plane attacked his life raft in the Pacific. Navy logs and messages from his squadron commander and a naval vessel describe his final hours, his longing for “Helen” and his mother, and notes from his wallet such as “Mom” and “Big Eyes.” The sequence includes notes about days in July, his fear, and his engagement to Miss Helen F. Cechio of Elkhart.
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Pacific
Henry Clevent
Jack Cooper
Elk 4 Radiomaron
Navy
Apether
Cooper
Helen
Big
Helen FE
Cechio
Elkhart
Mavis
Postwar Rubber Campaign Urged By Committee
A Senate agriculture subcommittee urged continued grain into rubber production after the war to soak surplus grain and secure rubber in crises. Chairman Gillette said synthetic rubber from grain would keep farm workers employed and outdo paying farmers to idle crops. The report calls for a presidential panel to study expanding grain conversion to industry.
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Washington
USA
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Gillette
D-Iown
Senate
Red Army presses Baltic drive with heavy losses, Stalin plan
Moscow reports massive Soviet assaults in Latvia creating a 20 mile coastal corridor linking Riga area to western Latvia and Lithuania. Front notes claim 449 German tanks and 365 planes knocked out in four days as Gen. Ivan Bagramian’s Baltic army seeks to isolate the German northern group amid continued heavy infantry and tank attacks near Jelgava.
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Moscow
Red Army
Latvia
Stalin
Jelgava
Baltic
East Pointe
Estonia
Riga
Lithuania
Ivan C. Bagramian
Service Men Stranded as Trains Sit Delayed at Southern
Travelers at the Southern Railway station faced long wait times as southbound service remained stalled after floods washed out tracks between Danville Virginia and Washington. Northbound routes rerouted via Danville and Richmond. mail and passenger trains delayed with air mail serving the city today.
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Southern Railway
Danville
Washington, D. C
Southern
Richmond
Washington
Virginia
James River
Main Line Southern
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Relief Rush to Outer Banks as Hurricane Ravages Coast
Rescue agencies sped emergency relief to North Carolina's outer banks amid reports of extreme devastation from last Thursday's Atlantic hurricane and tides. Authorities directed state agencies to aid Manteo on Roanoke Island and Hatteras Island where seven villages were nearly wiped out. Houses were carried seaward, the Lost Colony theatre suffered damage but remained standing, and a new coast guard infirmary at Kill Devil Hill lay ruined.
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Manteo
J. C. B. Ehrius
Broughton
Etheridge
Hatteras Island
Lost Colony
Roanoke Island
Coast Guard
Kill Devil Hill
Federal Aid Authorized for Hurricane Sufferers
The Federal Housing Administration said lending agencies in the affected area may advance loans to property damaged by the hurricane. Emergency reconstruction materials will be available. Governor Broughton noted highway engineers are in the northeast area with authority to restore highways and bridges. Federal authorities overseeing the inland waterway bridge at Coitock promised rapid repairs.
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Raleigh
Federal Housing Administration
Broughton
Coitock
Finland's Pivot in World War II Turns on German Links
In a complex arc Finland moves from fighting Russia to allying with Hitler, then to a precarated stance amid shifting loyalties. Germany now uses Finland to seek strategic gains, while Washington and Moscow weigh the costs and futures in a volatile regional puzzle.
Postal Workers May Get Permanent Pay Increase
Senate Post Office Committee will hold hearings on a Mead bill to raise annual salaries for all full time postal workers by 400 to replace the wartime 300 temporary bonus. The plan also would boost permanent pay scales for part time and hourly staff by 23 percent, eight percent above current limits.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Mead
D-Ny
Congress
Enemy Forces Cleared From Heights in Gothic Line
In the Italian campaign the American fifth army seized Monte Partone Monte Altuzzo and Monte Celli near Feareno after fierce fighting. The action, described as a great success, drove Nazi defenders from 3,300-foot elevations along the Gothic line.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte ‘Partone
Monte Altuzzo
Monte Celli
Feareno
Nine New Poliomyelitis Cases Reported In State
Nine new cases of infantile paralysis were reported today to the State Health Department. Thus far this year there have been 727 cases, since June 1. New cases were Rutherford three, and Buncombe Cumberland Durham Forsyth Mecklenburg and Polk one each.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Rutherford 3
Buncombe
Cumberland
Durham
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Polk
13 Year Old Freed In Murder Case
In Norfolk Virginia on September 19 13 year old Otto was freed of a murder charge after his claim he did not know the pistol used to fatally shoot eight year old Barbara on August 24 at his home. Trial Justice J Davis Reed Jr presided as both children were neighbors on Caspotella Road near Virginia Beach Boulevard.
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Norfolk
Barbara
Anne Palumbo
John A. Otto
Princess Anne County
J. Davis Reed, Jr
Otto
Capostella Road
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Waterworks Road
Troops And Supplies Pour Into Holland
Allied forces pour airborne troops and supplies into Holland for a big thrust toward northern Germany. British Second Army advances from Belgium to Eindhoven and Geldrop as U S forces push toward the Rhine while German civilians resist evacuation orders.
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London
Holland
Brea
Germany
Eindhoven
Rhine
Brittany
France
Mies
Cologne
Strasbroug
Mulhouse
Geldrop
Second Army
Belgium
Sky
Berlin
Lewis H. Brereton
Allied Breakthrough Near Cologne and Rhine
Front reports say German heavy artillery tried to halt the airborne advance as Berlin notes more troops landing by air and gliders for the third day, with fear of Rhine turning defenses. Evacuation of Brest acknowledged. Allied forces push from Lorraine toward Nancy and into the Rhineland, aiming at Cologne as Holland sees flanking advances.
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Berlin
Rhine
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Hague
Brest
Cologne
Develon
Holland
Rhineland
U. S
Lorraine
Nancy
British Press On Japanese in Burma Border Area Action
In Burma border area the British 4th Army pressed the retreating Japanese 33d division with artillery and air support as Indian troops crossed the Manipur river. Allies advance toward Tiddim faces monsoon limits while Chinese gains near Lungling are noted.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Manipur
Tiddim
Burma Road
Cangking
Lungling
Old Town
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