Floods strand travelers as James River swells across Virginia
Rain and rising waters strand passengers on a Virginia Stage bus after Cove’s Ford washout. Danville, Lynchburg, and Roanoke report record rainfall with floods threatening bridges and highways. The James and Roanoke basins flood as 6-inch plus totals trigger evacuations and factory idle time.
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Charlottes
Dan River
Danville
On the James
Tnville
Bremo
Weather Bureau
Burg
Virginia Stage
Charlottesville
Cove
Amherst
Jesvifle
Halifax
Consolidated Textile Cortion
Lynchburg
Craddock-Terry Shoe Corporation
James Vet
Roanoke
Finnish Parliament backs government in rare armistice report
Finnish deputies met in a closed session at 5 15 a m and the government presented a document before a confidence vote. Swedish reports described the armistice terms as hard with major anxiety over a Russian demand for a 50 year lease of Porkkala Naval base and inland reach toward Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Porkkala
Finnish Gulf
Hel
Hurricane relief reaches coast villages in North Carolina
Rescue teams delivered food water and a hospital unit to Rodanthe Little Kinnakeet Big Kinnakeet Avon and Buxton after a devastating hurricane. Receding tides left homes uprooted and the Gull Shoal Life Guard station wrecked while Red Cross and coast guard relief continued in Avon as 125 homes were displaced and fishermen suffered losses.
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Little Kinnakeet
Big Kinnakeet
Avon
Buxton
Manteo
Elizabeth City
Thursy
O. G. Gray
Gull
Broughton
John Nelson
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Red Cross ‘Ood
North Carolina
Allied Airborne Push Through Holland and German Resistance
Allied forces thrust into Holland in the largest airborne operation of the war, severing routes from Germany toward Rotterdam and Amsterdam. American troops widened the bridgehead, crossed into Holland from Belgium, with surface forces advancing toward Aachen and the Siegfried line while Red Cross relief shuttles operated between Cape Hatteras and Manteo. Meanwhile, the Roanoke river flood forecast warned of rising waters and precautionary steps for residents.
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Rhine
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Reich
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Amsterdam
Eindhoven
Antwerp
Belgium
Aachen
First Army
Naastricht
Sittard
Ubachsberg
Simpelveld
Courtney Hodges
Stolberg
Diary of a Downed Pilot Drifted At Sea And Bury At Sea
The message relates a downed pilot's diary style notes drifting at sea with injury and hunger. He mentions seeing a Japanese plane, being bandaged, losing blood, and drifting toward land with no food or water. He asks a loved one to be happy and notes a ship recovered his diary and paid tribute after burial at sea.
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Jap Nell
Helen
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Soviet and German Forces Clash Across Baltic Fronts Near Riga
Berlin claimed Red Army forces outflanked Valga by crossing the Embajogi river while Soviet reports said little of fighting there. Berlin said over 500000 Soviet troops attacked Baltic German positions as watchers foresaw a fourth army advance toward Narva. In Galicia Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian Army pressed on near Ustriki-Dolnie as alpine units cleared positions and Sofia area remained quiet for 48 hours.
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Narva
Estonia
Germany
Tartu
Tallinn
Warsaw
Carpathian
Galicia
Ivan Petrov
Ustriki-Dolnie
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Feodor
L. Toleukin
Bulgaria
Sofia
Veterans Chiefs Predict Victory in Europe and Berlins Return Parade
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines told delegates victory in Europe could come soon and American Doughboys would march in Berlin. He urged returning veterans receive full employment. John B. Blandford Jr said housing aims follow German collapse to provide adequate homes for veterans and military families. He pegged about 1,400,000 married men in the armed forces needing civil housing upon return.
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Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Europe
Berlin
John B. Blandford, Jr
War Production Board
Germany
Armed Service
Fifth Army Flanks Germans as San Marino Advance Near Bologna
Allied forces under Fifth Army command and British efforts push toward San Marino and Bologna amid heavy German artillery. American units break through rugged mountain passes as 2,000 shells strike the assault, reaching 27 miles from Bologna.
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Fighth Army
Republic of
San Marino
Adriatic
Marano
Bologna
Po Valley
North Carolina Weather Outlook
Clear and cool this afternoon and tonight with light coastal winds. Fair conditions expected Wednesday across the region.
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North Carolina
Peleliu and nearby islands see heavy action and casualties rise
Pacific front reports show Japanese withdrawal to final holds on Peleliu with 48 dead through Sunday. American casualties are light on Peleliu while Japanese losses mount across Guam and Halmahera. US forces scout Morotai and push on Amorgol Amorbrogol ridges as Seabees repair the field.
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Halmahera Island
Dutch Celebes
Peleliu
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