Supreme Court reverses Cherokee fugitive case ruling
Raleigh dispatch reports the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed Judge Felix Alley in a Cherokee county matter over paying fugitive return expenses. The court found no governor requisition and noted defendant James Patterson waived extradition, while other cases including murder in Halifax and various appeals were disposed of or remanded.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Felix Alley
Cherokee County
Michael Sche
James Patterson
North Carolina
Alley
Schenck
Sam Jones
Halifax County
Lindsey Price
Jones
State
Cher
Eldridge
Oil Company
Surry
Affirmed
Gibbs
Inc. Co
Beaufort
Kerley
Admx
Standard Oil Co
Haywood
Peel
Calais
New Trial
Knott
Cutler
Swain
Cahoon
Tyrrell
Ogle
Madison
Cody
Lindsey
Speight
Edgecombe
Downing
Dickson
Et al
Washington
Washington County
Blount
Et Als
Maggie Nipson
Massive Allied Invasion Buildup Along Lower Rhine in Holland
London reports British Second Army and airborne forces massed five miles from Germany across the Rhine in Holland, with a 50 mile cut‑off wall and paratrooper links near Nijmegen and Arnhem. The Siegfried Line appears outflanked and a Wheeling offensive anticipated in northern Germany.
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Siegfried Line
Wheeling
Germany
London
Lower Rhine
Holland
Reich
Nijmegen
Wall Rhine
Arnhem
Ever Faithful Cutter Pimlico Resumes Rescue Effort
The 158-foot Coast Guard cutter Pamlico sails from Norfolk to deliver water food and medicine to hurricane hit villages along the Cape Hatteras bank with amphibious craft aiding supply runs and public health teams coordinating typhoid serum.
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Norfolk. Va
Pamlico
Turday
Cap Hatteras Bank
New Bern
N. C
Coast Guard
Robert J. Hudson
Virginia
Public Health Service
Gladys Evans
Atlanta Red Office
Naval Air Station
Hatteras
Red Cross
Two Developments Open China and Russia in Wartime Diplomacy
A United Nations atmosphere loosens censorship as China shows signs of military leadership reform and Russia relations face cautious postwar reorganization. Reports from Kunming and Chunking indicate a partial free speech revival and tougher diplomacy with Stalin, while Italy's Tito speech provokes public backlash. The disclosures, though unsettling, may lead to clearer realignments and reduce false fronts in diplomacy.
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United Nations
China
Rusia
Clyde Farnsworth
Associated Press
Kunming
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Chunking
Europe
John Hightower
Washington
Britain
Stalin
Jiason
Allied directions push toward Morotai and Palau strongholds
New Guinea dispatch reports the first major Philippines raid since Morotai and Palau invasions. Allied advances near Morotai threaten Mindanao targets as Mitchell bombers strike airfields and piers. Nimitz says 81st Division controls Angaur as Peleliu fighting continues amid Japanese pillbox resistance.
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New Guinea
Philippines
Morotai
Palaus
Douglas MacArthur
Mitchell
Bombers Hit Koror. Liberators Raid Bonins, Tokyo Broadcasts
Tokyo radio said about 200 American bombers and fighters attacked Koror island in the central Palau group yesterday and 30 Liberators raided Chichi in the Bonin islands, about 600 miles south of Tokyo. FCC records the broadcast. Earlier Tokyo claimed Koror was attacked by about 100 carrier planes on Monday.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W Nimitz
Angaur
Palaus
Peleliu Island
Airdome
San
U. S
MacArthur
Celebes
Nimitz
Shumushu
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Iwo Jima
Vulcano Islands
Tokyo
New York
Tokyo Radio
Koror Island
Chichi
Bonin Islands
FCC
Koror
Massive Baltic Drive Rolls Germans Back In Baltics
Soviet forces drive a major autumn offensive across the Baltic region pushing German troops back. Russian units claim advances near Riga with fronts expanding from three sides as 3,000 communities fall in four days.
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Baltics
Moscow
Riga
Red Army
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic
Stalin
Ivan Bagramian
Jury Deliberations Continue in Leon Johnson Murder Case
A Leon Johnson murder jury remained out after an afternoon recess in the case charging him with fatally injuring Judson L. Young with a rock during a July 29 street attack. The panel was instructed by Judge H Hoyle Sink that verdicts could be guilty of second degree murder manslaughter or not guilty. Witnesses Fred and Leon Johnson testified Leon was in a back room when Young was struck while Fred Johnson alleged Carlos Presnell threw the rock. Presnell is at large. Capt Teague faced order to produce a redacted statement or show cause.
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Leon Johnson
Judson L. Young
H. Hoyle Sink
Sink
Johnson
Fred Johnson
Fred
Young
W. W. Strickland
Carlos Presnell
Presnell
Postwar Aid Urged For Soldiers
An educator and a top ranking industrialist told the Iran Legion today that the men now in the armed forces should be given every consideration in the nation’s postwar plans.
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Iran Legion Today
Legion Urges Universal Military Training Act
The American Legion at its annual convention urged immediate enactment of universal military training. It backed a 12 month service for every qualified young American and retention of army and navy bases deemed necessary for national security.
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Chicago
American Legion Today
Congress
Legion
National Defense Committee
Educators and Manufacturers Clash Over Military Training Role
F. L. Schingle, president of the National Education Association, argued for a say in enacting compulsory military training. Robert M. Gaylord, head of the National Association of Manufacturers, said industry must assist returning servicemen in becoming productive citizens.
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F. L. Schingle
National Education Association
Robert M. Gaylord
National Association of Manufacturers
Fifth Strikes Within 3 Miles Of Firenzuela Amid Gothic Line Push
American forces of the Fifth Army breached the German Gothic Line north east of Florence on a six mile front. They seized Castel Gerrino and Lacroce heights and pressed toward the Firen za road center. British Eighth Army neared Rimini as allied troops struggled through rugged mountains.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Gothic Line
Florence
Firenz
Castel Gerrino
Lacroce
Gothic
U.S. Army
Stars and Stripes
Italy
Eighth Army
Rimini
Allied forces land in Holland and push into Germany
Supreme Headquarters reports parachute troops land in Holland for a fourth day as Americans press the invasion of Germany from the Nancy Metz line toward Strasbourg. Doughboy columns advance beyond Nancy while Brest and Boulogne fall into Allied hands as Dutch front tightens.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Holland
Germany
Nancy-Metz
Belfort
Nancy
Strasbourg
Lower Rhine
Allied forces tally over sixty four thousand German prisoners
London reports that more than 64,346 German prisoners have been captured since the June 6 landings in France. The total excludes those at Brest and Boulogne, with potential addition of about 12,000 from Lt. Gen. Hermann Ramcke's garrison.
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London
France
Brest
Tottering Boulogne
Hermann Ramcke
Allied Drive In Netherlands Near Nijmegen And Eindhoven
Allied forces press into the Netherlands as German reinforcements come under attack. Field marshal Montgomery forecasts a Hitler defeat within the year while Himmler urges stiff resistance. Berlin confirms a Schelde retreat as Polish troops push toward the Schelde estuary near Antwerp. American units cross into Germany’s border area in the southeast Holland sector.
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Sky
Eindhoven
1St Airborne
Holland
Belgium
Nijmegen
Rhine
Aachen
Cologne
Trier
Berlin
Netherlands
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hitler
Heinrich
World War Front Distances Update
Western front distance 310 miles from Nijmegen Holland Russian front 8312 miles from outside Pulatsk Italian front 581 miles from below Rimini Marathon of fronts tracks progress as Allied and Axis positions shift.
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The
Associated Press
Nijmegen
Holland
Pulatsk
Rimini
Bombing Raids Hit Gladbach Rheydt and Ruhr Rail Routes
London dispatch reports heavy bombing aimed at railway centers north of Aachen with raids on Gladbach and Rheydt behind the Siegfried Line. Allied air forces struck Ruhr routes from Cologne and Aachen, with large fires, losses on both sides, and continued operations into daylight. Rome notes a naval blockade around Crete to deter German forces landing there.
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London
der Reich
cen-Gladbach
Rheydt
Aachen
Cologne
den-Gladbach
Ruhr
Hol
Air Ministry
Bavaria
Mosquit
Rhine
Emmerich
Dinslaken
Norway
Lear
Rome
Crete
Tropical Hurricane Off Pensacola Aims WestNorthwest
A tropical disturbance in the eastern Gulf of Mexico rapidly intensifies and moves west-northwest at 10 to 12 mph. Center about 580 miles south of Pensacola Florida with winds near 75 mph over a small core and squalls up to 60 mph within a 100 mile radius. Vessels to west and northwest urged to exercise caution as advisory issues warnings.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mace
United States
Pensacola
Fla
Ther
Indian Division Reaches Tongzang Outer Lines in Burma
Fifth Indian division advances to Tongzang outskirts about 15 miles north of Tiddim as Allied forces reinforce the drive on Tiddim. Japanese fire a single range gun near Tongzang to screen withdrawal and deploy light tanks to keep escape routes open. China reports serious military situation as Japanese columns push toward Kweilin with U.S. Air Force targeting their installations.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Fifth Indian Division
Burma
Tongzang
Tiddim
Manipur
P. H. Chang
Kweilin
Kwangs Province
U. S& 14Th Air Force
China
Chungking
Donald M. Ne
Patrick J. Hurley
Claire L. Chennault
Changsha-Kweiyi Road
Joseph W. Stwell
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Versailles
Russia
Ghent
the Hague
Rotterdam
Reims
Pessen
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Buyan
Minadanao
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