Allied forces pierce Gothic Line. advance toward Bologna
Allied troops smashed through the German Gothic line in northern Italy as the Fifth and Eighth Armies push onto the Lombardy plain toward Bologna. Heavy shelling unleashed by American artillery accompanied the advance, with Kesselring shifting defenses to blunt the drive toward Ravenna and the Adriatic.
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Rome
Bologna
Boa
Vategic Duta Pass
Associated Press
Heinzerling
U. S
Italy
Adriatic
Maral
Albert Kesselring
Kesslying
Riminijologna Road
Santa Arcangelo
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Kesselring
War Today Signals Allied Push Across Multiple Fronts
The article depicts imminent decisive action on four German fronts as weather favors momentum. Russian and Allied forces threaten dikes, with Polish and Russian units advancing on the Vistula and in Warsaw while Red Army presses east. Italy and the Balkans see Allied momentum, Rimini captured and Po valley invasion looming. Aiming to liberate Italy, the campaign spans Greece Albania and Yugoslavia with Crete under threat.
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Germany
Rhine
Vistula
Holland
Theast
Warsaw
R Red
Pansylvanian Alps
Budapest
Italy
Sthkc
Rimini
Ikan
Crete
Aegean
Peloponnesus
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Marines Press On At Peleliu As Nimitz Reports Progress
Advancing north on Peleliu the Marines have taken three quarters of the island, while 7,020 Japanese corpses are listed on Peleliu and 950 on Anguar, according to a Nimitz communique. Carrier planes raid Yap as patrols report seven Japanese barges sunk near Peleliu and Ngesucbus.
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Peleliu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Anguar
the &Ist
Wildcat
Navy
Yap
Palaus
Alert
Riday
Ngesucbus Islands
Imperial Army
Berlin
CBS
Manila
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Davao
Philippee
Southeast Asia
14Th Army
Tiddim
Burma
India
Claire L. Chennault
Formosa Straits
Hankow
Air Ministry: Emden and Munchen-Gladbach Heavily Damaged
Recon photos show 80 percent of Emden buildings and about 75 percent in Munchen-Gladbach destroyed or severely damaged by repeated air raids. This report comes from the RAF death list revelation.
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London
Air Ministry
Emden
Munchen- Gladbach
Sweden Closes Baltic Ports To Foreign Shipping
Sweden will close all Gulf of Bothnia and Baltic Sea ports to foreign merchant ships effective September 27 1941 in response to the altered Baltic situation. The move targets mainly German controlled vessels and follows a month of insurance denial for Swedish trade to German ports.
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Stockholm
Gulf of Bothnia
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Swedish War Insurance Board
Sweden
Brest Yields 36 389 Nazis To Captors
Maj. Gen. Troy Middleton announced that 36 389 Germans were captured at Brest in France, describing it as the second largest prisoner bay of the war. He noted three German divisions among the captives.
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Brest
France
Troy Middieton
Eighth Corps
U. S. Ninth Army
Middleton
Soviets Cross Estonia and Trap Nazi Hordes
Soviet troops raced across Estonia reaching the west coast and capturing Parnu after a rapid advance from Paide, trapping German forces and cutting the land route to Tallinn. Red naval action sank evacuee ships, while Riga faced imminent fall as four Soviet armies pressed Latvia and Estonia.
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W. W. Hercher
Estonia
Rnn
Gulf of
E Reh
Parnu
Paide
Tallinn
Red Naval
Gulf of Finland
Riga
Latvia
Red
Poland
Hungary
Red Fleet
Baltic Sea
Moscow
New Hosiery Types Foresee Postwar Reconversion
Roanoke Virginia reports delegates of the Southern Hosiery Association predict reconversion from rayon to nylon and silk within six months after the war. Earl Constantine says plants will adapt quickly as same machinery handles silk and nylon. Technological advances from the war will boost production and prosperity with labor reductions already evident in the industry.
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Roanoke
Southern Hosiery Association
Earl Constantine
New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Constantine
Roosevelt Defends New Deal At Fourth Term Campaign
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign with a sharp rebuke to Republicans accusing them of stealing credit for the New Deal. He argued GOP rhetoric aims to blame Democrats for the 1929 crash and move social progress to the Republicans. He addressed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and asserted that millions of Republicans support the cause of world cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Teamsters Union
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Teamsters
Highlights of FDR's Address Campaign Remarks
The speech attacks Republican labeling and old guard resistance while praising labor support and wartime efforts. It cites Pearl Harbor as turning point, counters strikes as minimal losses, warns against propaganda tactics, and recalls past peace-building failures by Republicans.
Dewey Heads East Pleased With Welcome
Gov. Thomas F. Dewey, buoyed by aide remarks of accelerating progress, maps an intensive Midwest and New England drive after concluding a Pacific coast tour. He heads toward Oklahoma City for the final of seven major broadcasts on a 6 200 mile transcontinental tour.
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Dewey
Oklahoma City
Thomas F. Dewey
Midwest
New England
Morgenthau Plan Sows Rift in FDR Cabinet Over Germany
President Roosevelts cabinet splits over Morgenthau plan to dismantle Germany as an industrial power and turn it into small-farm agriculture. Hull and Eden favor cooperation with Russia. Stimson opposes the thrust. The dispute stalls long range postwar planning with Britain and the USSR, and critics say the plan risks wrecking European economic recovery.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
European
England
Quebec
Churchill
Hull
Stimson
War and State Department
Britian
Russia
European Advisory Commission
Anthony Eden
Coen
Stalin
East Prussia
Silesia
Poland
Soviet Union
Pation
United States
Europe
Saar
France
United Nations
U. N
War
State Department
Bricker Pushes World Court and Peace Enforcement
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio urged world peace enforcement if needed and the creation of a world court with arbitration and conciliation machinery. Speaking to the Massachusetts GOP, he called for vigilance against rising tensions and U S leadership to organize and preserve peace.
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Boston
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Massachusetts
G.O.P
Ricker
United States
America
Salisbury Officer James Ennis Killed in Plane Crash
Lt. James William Ennis 25 brother of Hollywood conductor Skinny Ennis died when his plane crashed near Elgin Illinois during a routine training flight. Aviation Cadet William Moore Beasley 21 of Jackson Mississippi was seriously injured. Ennis was son of Mrs E E Ennis of Salisbury North Carolina and a civilian assistant to Skinny Ennis orchestra business manager.
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Glenview
J.g
James William Ennis
Hollywood
Ennis
Elgin
Glenview Naval Air Station
William Moore Beasley
Minerva St
Jackson
Miss
EE. C. Ennis
North Ellis St
Salisbury
N. C
Skinny Erinish Orchestra
Glider Troops Rushed In To Aid Dempsey's Arnhem Link
Allied forces push through mud and enemy resistance in an Arnhem corridor drive. British and American gliders shore up the Second Army as heavy fighting rages from the Dutch frontier toward the Moselle. Beek and surrounding towns fall as the Ruhr route nears key links.
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ORCE
Arnhem
Holland
Reineforce
Miles C. Dempsey
Inon
Ine
Third Army
Burnville
Baccarat
Nancy
Arnehem Bridge
Ruhr
Berlin
Eindhoven - Nijmegen
Lower Rhine
Beek
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
Moselle
Outer Banks Water Supply Protected After Hurricane
North Carolina officials report protection of water supply and typhoid immunization programs in Avon Rodanthe Hatteras and other Outer Banks communities injured by a recent hurricane. Water shortages were eased when 2000 gallons arrived from Morehead City via the state boat Hatteras. Army distillation units and Navy provided containers support distribution while chlorination and cistern cleaning reduce health risks.
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Ralegh
Avon
Rodanthe
Hatteras
Outer Banks
Carl W. Reynolds
Reynolds
State Board of Health
American Red Cross
Strike
Navy Department
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Arnhem Bridge
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