War Today: Europe Ends Not Near, Focus Turns to Japan
The War Today column notes Allied hopes extend into 1946 as Europe fights on at Cassino and Arnhem while Japan remains the decisive target. China’s supply and leadership woes threaten a broader war scene, with Formosa and a troubled Ledo road shaping distant Allied options as Russia offers no help. The piece warns Europe is only one phase of a much larger global effort.
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Job Of Licking Japs To Take About 2 Years
The Office of War Information states the task of crushing Japan may require an absolute minimum of one and a half to two years after Germany's defeat. OWI notes the end of the European war could bolster Japanese resolve and extend Japan’s war duration, despite Allies’ military edge. Findings cite state, war, navy, and foreign economic data.
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Reconstruction Plans For Italy Are Put In Shape
Washington reports that plans for Italy’s political and economic reconstruction are being finalized in London and Washington under a policy of greater Italian home rule devised by Roosevelt and Churchill. Brig. Gen. William O Dwyer, an American member of the Allied commission for Italy, is expected to return to his post to oversee the shift from military to civilian governance.
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Japan’s Army Count And War Production Pace
Washington reports Japan fields about 4 million in the army with 7 million more physically fit not yet called, and 1.5 million in the 17 to 20 age group undrafted. Tokyo churns out roughly 1,400 to 1,500 aircraft monthly, while Allied advances expect 18 months to crush Japan after Germany falls.
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Planes Return From Mission Without Loss
The large force of B 29 Superfortresses that struck Manchuria and occupied China returned to Chinese bases with no losses. The 20th Bomber Command said targets at Anshan Dairen Loyang Kaifeng were hit despite cloud cover and crews reported good results. Berlin radio claimed Iwo Jima raids with some damage to eight of 30 bombers.
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Yanks Forced From Hill On Italian Front
Allied reports say American Fifth Army were driven from part of Monte La Fine Hill Mass 20 miles south of Bologna by a strong German counterattack. Eighth Army pushed bridgeheads across the Rubicon, nearing Rimini, while Keserling shifts infantry and heavier 170 and 280 mm artillery to blunt US advances on the Apennines. Northwest of Firenzuela American forces seized Monte Beni after breaking German resistance.
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Liquor Coupon Values Return to Original Status
RALEIGH September 27 The state ABC board ruled effective October 1 liquor ration coupons revert to original values and are valid only during periods in permit books Nos 41 and 42 cover one quart or two pints or one fifth for domestic whiskey or Scotch from October 1 to 15 Nos 43 and 44 same amounts from October 16 to 31 All imported and domestic brandy gin cordials rum and tequila will be ration free.
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Germans Claim 110 Mile Front Penetration In Hungary
London dispatch reports a German communique claiming Russian forces invaded Hungary on a 110 mile front from Szeged to Oradea with fierce battles at Szeged Gyula and Grosswarden. Separate Moscow notices describe a German retreat toward Riga turning into a panicked rout as Red Army advances across Latvia and near the Baltic port.
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Road To Berlin Distances By Front Lines
AP reports war distance gauges for major fronts: Western Front 305 miles from Kleve, Russian Front 310 miles from Warsaw, Italian Front 570 miles from Bologna. These figures map progress toward key objective fronts.
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Murray Demands Swift Action On Steel Wage Case
Philip Murray urged quick action on the 10 month old United Steelworkers wage demands. He cited an unpublicized OPA study concluding a 17 cent raise would not trigger steel price increases and argued delaying decision would hurt worker morale amid wartime production. Murray criticized delays and warned against postponing the directive while military fronts engage.
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Allied Troops Land in Albania and Dalmatian Coast
Allied sea and airborne forces have landed in Albania and on Dalmatian islands off Yugoslavia to block German withdrawals. Land operations targeted Himara and disrupted German supply routes along the Albanian coast, with Royal Navy landing craft and destroyers supporting actions since September 15.
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Plural Marriages Described As Great And Glorious Gospel
Mrs. Cathryn Cosgrove testified in a Salt Lake City court about her polygamous marriage to Heber Kimball Cleveland in 1941 and the birth of a child in 1942. She described a month long courtship and cult teachings that plural marriage was right in God's sight and that the group termed it the great and glorious gospel.
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Veterans Get Help For Small Business Startups
The War Production Board issued an order effective Monday offering aid to veterans who owned businesses before the war and lack reemployment preference. It provides free civilian-job choice and favors veterans applying to enter civilian goods production, expanding support beyond hiring controls.
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Peleliu combat aims for end of Japanese resistance
U S Pacific Fleet reports more than 7 000 Japanese killed with 5 500 American casualties in Peleliu fighting through Sept 23 68 killed and 4 408 wounded among others in first 10 days as Marines and soldiers press the air base 515 miles east of the Philippines continued from page one
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Bombers Hit German Rail Hubs Kassel Ludwigshafen Cologne Mainz
More than 1,100 American heavy bombers attacked Kassel Ludwigshafen Cologne and Mainz in western Germany with about 700 American fighters aiding. Targets included a tank factory at Kassel the Oppau synthetic and chemical plant at Ludwigshafen rail yards at Cologne and Mainz ordnance depot.
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Strikes Rise to Highest August in Five Years
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 485 strikes in August, the peak for the past five Augusts. About 190000 workers were idle, with 680000 man-days lost, and time lost at 0.012 of available working time, up from 0.009 in July.
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Allies Yield First Key Post Invasion Front
Allied forces report a withdrawal from a cross Rhine foothold near Arnhem as German counterattacks by SS divisions push parachute troops back into woods west of the town. British airborne units face high casualties and limited supplies after nine days of combat to hold the river’s south bank. Field Marshal Montgomery’s drive toward Eindhoven delays the Arnhem bridge objective.
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Allied push opens 50 mile corridor in Holland campaign
In a widening Allied advance from Belgium a 50 mile corridor forms through Holland. Two penetrations reach Germany east of Nijmegen and west of Kleve near the Siegfried line. AP dispatch says Holland battle swings gradually against Germany as retreat appears to set in along the Maas river.
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Weather and air drops hinder Polish reinforcements on Rhine
Unfavorable weather stalled a buildup by airborne reinforcements and heavier arms. An attempted Polish drop failed as troops landed on the wrong side of the Rhine. Ongoing withdrawal details remained censored at Montgomery’s request, prompting public anxiety awaiting fuller explanation.
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Blame Blunders For Attack On Pearl Harbor
Boston news reports Rep. George J Bates of Massachusetts says Washington officials were warned hours before the Pearl Harbor attack and blunders delayed action. He notes investigations show no basis for court martial of General Short and Admiral Kimmel. He cites sources claiming officials knew but acted only minutes before the planes arrived.
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