Seek Continues War Coverage in Baltic Clash
The report describes Leningrad and the Finnish war near Neva as set for Baltic supremacy with Riga as a key Red Fleet base. German forces cling to every yard of Riga as Estonia nears capture while Soviet troops press from the northeast with artillery, troops and tanks, signaling a major battle to come.
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Leningrad
Neva
Baltic Sea
Germany
Riga
Red Fleet
Baltic
Sevastopol
Crimea
Estonia
Eighth Army Breaks Gothic Line in Italy Drive
General Wilson praised Allied regrouping and the Eighth Army after crossing the Gothic line toward the Rubicon. He credited rapid maneuvers and surprise against Field Marshal Kesselring and estimated German losses near Rimini at about 25,000 with 8,709 taken prisoner in the drive from the Gothic line.
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Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Italy
Rubicon
Eighth Army
Albert Kesselring
Rimini
Gothic Line
Japanese retreat tightens as forces concentrate near Mangshih
The rear guard at Pingka held firm while the main enemy force advanced to Mangshih on the Burma Road. Reports say 300 to 400 Japanese troops withdrew from Lungling on Sept 24 toward Mangshih, according to the high command.
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Pingka
Burma Road
Mangshih
Lungling
Allied Forces Struggle From Arnhem to Nijmegen Front
Allied units, pressed by German forces from the east and west, fight through forests toward Kleve and hold a fragile corridor at Nijmegen. British and American troops push across the upper Rhine while relief efforts through Deurne Helmond and across the Waal emerge as tentative options.
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Waal
Lower Rhine
Meuse
1St Army
Turnhout
Antwerp
Eindhoven
Aachen
No Man's Land
Night Bombardment and Air Attacks Hit Northern Italy and Arnhem Front
Allied fighters shielded troops at Arnhem as night raids hit Milan Verona Genoa and areas south of Bologna with fires started. The Balkan air force disrupted Yugoslavia Albania and northern Greece while German planes lost at least eight in the south. RAF Spitfires and Typhoons repelled mass German air sorties, destroying 24 enemy planes and losing six Allied aircraft. Rocket firing Typhoons appeared in combat for the first time as Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs pressed five Typhoons near Eindhoven and trains carrying armoured vehicles were attacked in Holland.
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Bombing raids and naval losses span Pacific and Europe
Allied reports describe Japanese air and sea losses in the Pacific with Japanese ships and bombers hit in Davao Gulf and Dutch Celebes. Nimitz cites Japanese fatalities on Peleliu and Angaur while American units push in the Peleliu area alongside air strikes over the Moselle valley and Dutch coast.
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Gam
Dutch Celebes
Ceram
Adm
Nimitz
Peleliu
Angaur
81St
Amerbrogol
Weather Outlook for North Carolina
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today with a fair mild night. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and moderate temperatures.
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North Carolina
War Fund Supports Overseas Ambulance Corps Effort
The 1945 War Fund joins five new agencies including American Field Service in the United War Chest of High Point. The ambulance corps volunteers evacuate casualties from fronts and support British and French medical units, with 1 650 American Field Service members serving overseas in WWI and convalescent homes in Italy and India financed by contributions.
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National War Fund
High Point Community Chest
United War Chest of
High Point
Italy
India
United War Chest
C H Morris Dies At His Home In Trinity
Charlie Harrison Morris 58 died at his Trinity Rt 1 home after a brief illness. A paint contractor born April 6 1886 in Randolph County he left a first wife Alma Gascow and later married Pearl Barnes. Survived by three children Virginia Johnson Vernon Morris Alma Lenore Morris and Mary Barnes plus mother Emma Morris stepchildren and extended Gordon relatives. Funeral plans await Florida relatives arrival.
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Charlie Harrison Morris
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Randolph County
Morris
Alma Glascow
Pearl Barnes
Virginia Johnson
Fort Meade
Florida
Vernon Morris
Portsmouth
Alma Lenore Morris
Mary Barnes
Emma Morris
Roy Gordon
Ray Gordon
Wesley Gordon
Burlington
Pearl Gordon
Ada Blackman
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