Russians Hammer Estonia Pocket as Navy Moves in
Soviet forces, led by Govorov, push to clear the final German held pocket in Estonia and target the Baltic sea approaches to Riga. Reports say Haapsalu and Parnu fall while the Baltic fleet may join the battle. near Riga, troops close in from multiple directions as Warsaw’s siege continues and southern Poland sees further gains.
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Moscow
Russia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Latvia
Ristna
Ose
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Virtsu
Haapsalu
Tallinn
Parnu
Helsinki
Warsaw
Vistula
Red Army
Hungary
Salon
Poland
Berehy Gurne
Industrial Cities Are Reported Hit
Washington dispatch describes aerial strikes on Anshan a major industrial city in Manchuria and two nearby towns. Tokyo reports 70 American planes hit Anshan with minor damage to Dairen and other targets. Tokyo and U.S. monitors note plane losses and disputed figures.
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Washington
Spain
Tokyo Radio
Anshan
FCC
Tokyo
Andan
Rairen
War Department
Dairen
Kwantung Peninsula
Penhsihu
Manchuria
Antung
Japan
Changes in Gasoline Tickets Standardize Valid Dates
The Office of Price Administration announced a change to align validity dates for A gasoline ration coupons. East coast renewal A books will be issued earlier, and A-13 coupons will be valid starting November 9, overlapping with rest of nation. The A-12 stamp on the east coast will not become valid, reducing counterfeit A-12 coupons.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Peleliu fighting advances as Palau toll climbs
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines pushing inland on Peleliu after breaching Amorbrogol positions as Japanese casualties in the Palau campaign rise to 8 288. Admiral Nimitz announces progress along Peleliu west coast and confirms carrier air strikes in the Philippines while Manila attacks remain unconfirmed. Southwest Pacific bombers patrol the southern Philippines and a Catalina seaplane destroys a seaplane.
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Pearl Harbor
Sept
Peleliu
Palau
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Amorbrogol
U. S. Third Fleet
Philippines
Manila
U. S
Southwest Pacific
State College Plans Observance For Oct. 3
Raleigh observers outline the 55th anniversary program for State College on October 3 with Governor Broughton delivering the address. Col J W Harrelson will preside, assisted by Col Douglas N McMillan and Rev H S Glass. Expected visitors include Josephus Daniels Dr Frank P Graham and W D Caree.
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Raleigh
State College
Broughton
L. E. Hinkle
Public Lectures Committee
J. W. Harrelson
Douglas N. McMillin
Army
State
H. S. Glass
The
Methodist Church
Josephus Daniels
Frank P. Graham
University Oforth Carolina
W. D. Caree
Univerisity
Hitler's Berlin Headquarters Reported Hit By Allied Bombs
A traveler from Germany in Madrid says Berlin suffered direct hits on the Reich chancellery Goebbels home and the Adlon hotel during the Sept 15 raid. He notes Goebbels survived in a bomb shelter and describes wartime Berlin as worn but resilient amid shortages and new food distributions.
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Hitler
Berlin
Madrid
Reich
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adlon
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Goebbels
Iso
Goebels
Reinforcements for Japanese Reported Landed
London dispatch reports Tokyo radio said Japanese reinforcements landed on Peleliu in the Palau group on the night of September 23 and joined the garrison with little resistance. The claim has no U.S. corroboration. Tokyo also claimed American losses reached 12,400, a figure unconfirmed by American figures.
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London
Tokyo
Peleliu
Palau
Associated Press
Eighth Army crosses Rubicon in Italy push
Rome dispatch reports the Eighth Army hammering across the historic Rubicon as Allied forces in Italy gain bridgeheads inland after German counterattacks. The force also captures coastal Bordoncchia and advances in multiple valleys while the Fifth Army pushes forward.
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Eighth
Rubicon
Mediterranean
Italy
Bordonchia
Rimini
Fifth
Allies Put Out Million Germans Since D-Day
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports German losses on the western front since June 6 near 1,000,000 in killed, wounded, and captured. The tally includes at least 100,000 killed, over 200,000 wounded, more than 500,000 captured, with others cut off in ports and along the coast.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel Islands
France
Bay of Biscay
Low Countries
Trapped Nazi Troops Halted in Albania by Partisans
German forces fleeing from a trap in northwestern Greece were halted along the Adriatic coast in southern Albania near Sarande. Partisans forced a retreat of over six miles before the Nazis could establish a stand, marking the heaviest fighting in the Sarande area, the principal port for Corfu.
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Bari
Italy
Greece
Albania
Adriatic
Sarande
Corfu
Allied Aerial Support for Arnhem Troops Reported
Allied planes again backed hard pressed airborne troops in the Arnhem area of Holland with rocket and machinegun attacks on German concentrations gun emplacements and other targets near Eindhoven as part of ongoing operations.
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Reichswald Forest
Western Front
Germany
Arnhem
Maeseyck
Antwerp
First Army
Geilenkirchen
Stolberg
London
Holland
Eindhov
Bremen and Calais Bombarded by Allied Forces
German port of Bremen and the besieged Calais port face heavy bombardment as RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes join 1,100 Fortresses and Liberators in attacks. Canadiamn forces participate in the Calais assault while German cities endure night strikes.
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Bremen
Germany
Calais
RAF
French
British Mosquitoes Bomb Mannheim and Greek Harbors
Before dawn British Mosquitoes bombed Mannheim on the Rhine opposite Ludwigshafen as American planes supported the operation. Unescorted Liberators from Italian fields attacked Greek harbors for the second straight day, bombing Salamis and Skara.
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Mannheim
Rhine
Ludwigshafen
Salamis
Skara
Position Of The Allied Lines
The article maps the Allied line from Zeebrugge along the Leopold Canal to Las Van Gent and Antwerp, then northeast through Einhoven Nijmegen to the Neder Rhine west of Arnhem, turning south to Beek and Deurne, then toward Maaseyck and Sittard, with bulges near Aachen Prum Trier Metz Chateau Salins Dieuze Baccarat Chatel Epinal Remiremont Lure Montbeliard and Pont De Roide.
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London
Zeebrugge
Leopold Canal
Las van Gent
Antwerp
St. Leonard
Turnhout
Einhoven
Nijmegen
Neder Rhine River
Arnhem
Holland
Beek
Deurne
Eindhoven
Maesseyck
Sittard
Aachen
Prum
Trier
Metz
France
Chateau Salins
Dieuze
Baccarat, Chatel
Epinal
Remiremeont
Lure
Montbeliard
Pont-De-Roide
North Carolina Textile Fund Reaches 550000 in Education Program
The North Carolina Textile Inc has raised 550000 for a 20 year program with N C State College in textile technical education. David Clark of Charlotte announced the amount and predicted growth to 700000 by year end. The foundation was created in 1942 by textile leaders to train skilled technicians and junior executives.
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Charlotte
The
North Carolina Textile Inc
N.C. State College
David Clark
Nounced
Indian Division Closes In On Tiddim Base
Southeast Asia Command reports the fifth Indian division nearing the Japanese base at Tiddim in the Chin hills of western Burma with seven miles to go and no serious opposition. Allied patrols secure railway corridors in northern Burma while air forces hit Monywa and enemy concentrations near Salween. CHINA: U S liberators bomb rail facilities at Nanking and sink a tanker west of Takao with wreckage near Formosa.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Tiddim
Chin Hills
Burma
Kazu
Myitkyina
Monywa
Irrawaddy River
Bahmo
Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force Liberators
Nanking
Takao
Formosa
Joseph W. Stilwell
Pew
Indo-China
Chinese Troops Engage in Battle Near Chungking
Chinese forces report fighting near Chungking with air and ground clashes as troops press an operation in the region. Details are scarce, but officials confirm continued combat activity and military movements in the area.
Eisenhower Urges Organized Action as Allied Push Nears
General Eisenhower signals confidence that Allied armies will enter Germany soon and hints at inside support. He notes millions of foreign workers in the Reich—largely watched and limited—who may contribute more as the front nears and big operations loom.
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Eisenhower
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Europe
The
Ruhr
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Little Left Of Ration Board At Salisbury
In Salisbury on September 26 mass resignation of all ration board and panel members followed endorsement of Cordell Mills administration and criticism of Western North Carolina OPA policies. Mills and five board executives were discharged last Saturday by District Director L W Driscoll. The remaining five resigned Monday, leaving seven clerks and chief clerk Minnie Thornton to run ration business for 35 000 people.
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Civil Service Panel
Minnie Thornton
Johnson urges constitutional limits on peacetime spending
Senator Johnson of Cole advocates living within peacetime government income and supports a constitutional amendment to grant the president power to veto individual items in annual appropriation bills to curb inflation fears.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Cole
Allies Order News Dimout Amid Invasion Battles
News reports from London and New York describe Allied efforts to dim the news as German tanks reportedly knocked back within ten days. London dispatches quote Eisenhower’s staff on shifting frontline defense and air raids aiming to cut enemy troop flows. The Berlin and British press offer conflicting accounts as Allied pilots strike German freights and targets across Osnabruck and Bremen while British forces push northeast toward Oploo Mill.
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Eisenhower
Holland Front
West Wall
Paris
Kleve
Arnhem
London
Dutch Rhine
Middle Holland
Preme
Osnabruck
Bremen
Eda
F ‘Airborne
Rhine
Tommies
Facilities To Cash War Bonds Are Ready
Treasury Secretary Morgent announced new facilities to cash war bonds, effective Oct. 2, with over 10 000 banks ready to redeem Series E and Series A B C and savings bonds. Payments will be issued upon satisfactory identification, reducing prior delays from federal reserve or treasury direct handling. The secretary urged owners not to cash bonds kept for absolute unity.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgent
Federal Reserve
Churchill Pledges Halt to War Criminals Escape
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament Britain will prevent Nazi criminals from finding refuge in neutral territories. He dismissed questions about Spain and warned neutrals that Britain will use all means to stop Hitler from escaping to safety. The Commons cheered as he prepared a full dress statement and a two day debate on postwar action.
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Churchill
Commons
Spain
Quebec
Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
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