Russians encircle Riga as Danube front opens
Moscow reports a strategic Russian advance pressing toward Riga and widening to nearby Latvian towns. The Ukrainian front nears a breakthrough against German and Hungarian forces along the Carpathians as Red Army units push from Lupkow Pass toward Czechoslovakia amid Danube crossings.
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San
Red
Uzok
Slovakia
Ivan Petrov
Carpathians
Rov
Uzok Pass
Moscow
Czechoslo
Lupkow Pass
Finnish Troops Advance in Pursuit of Retreating Germans
Stockholm dispatch reports Finnish troops crossing the River Iki toward Olfa and advancing on German positions in northwest Finland. Bombardment of bridges and minor roads continues as a three pronged push targets retreating Germans and burned villages. reports of desertions from two German divisions are unconfirmed.
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Stockholm
Olfa
Oulu Ie
Gerns
Helsinki
Puolanka
Puoasi
Puoa
Taival
Finland
British Subs Sink 32 Vessels In Eastern Waters
The British admiralty announced that submarines have sunk 32 enemy vessels in Far Eastern waters recently and damaged four more by torpedoes or gunfire. The actions included raids into the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, attacks on shipping lanes along both coasts, and two gunboats sunk at Port Owen in Burma. Bombing also targeted tanks on Christmas Island off Java.
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London
Admiralty
Sunda
Java
Sumatra
Port Owen
Burma
Christmas Island
Japanese push toward Kweilin in Kwangsi drive
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces launched a new thrust from Lotien in Kwangtung into Kwangsi aiming toward the west river near Wuchow. Meanwhile heavy fighting persisted around Poaching as U.S. 14th Air Force bombed and strafed Japanese columns to aid Chinese troops near Kweilin.
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Chungking
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Lotien
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Kwangsi
West River
Wuchow
High Command
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Joseph W. Stilwell
Que
Kungcheng
Greek Guerrillas Placed Under Allied Command In Greece
Allied headquarters announced Greek guerilla forces have pledged to place their operations under the Allied commander. Lt. Gen. Scobie of Britain was named commander of all Allied actions in Greece. Generals Zervas and Sarafais met in Italy with Allied and exile government officials to accept combined proposals.
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Rome
Greece
KR. McK. Scobie
Napoleon Zervas
Sarafais
Italy
1000 Yank Bombers Hit Nazi Cities
More than 1,000 American heavy bombers attacked factories at es and Merseburg and rail facilities at Tene. Night raids followed a nonstop offensive with RAF support, targeting transportation and Kassel in daylight. the raids added to about 2,500 Allied planes over Germany yesterday and last night.
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London
Es A
Merseburg
Tene
RAF
Kalsersleutern
Saar
Kassel
Germany
Churchill warns war may stretch into 1945 despite German losses
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill telling the House of Commons that German losses near the 1,000,000 mark in northwest Europe do not guarantee a quick end. He cites Allied totals of 2 to 3 million in France, predicts possible three-power talks with Stalin, and notes heavy German morale and ongoing combat into 1945 if resistance persists. He adds estimates of German trapped in Holland and high Allied losses versus British and American casualties.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Uniess
U. S
France
Marshal Stalin
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Younts Succeeds Nissley as Greensboro ORD Commander
Col Paul R Younts former Charlotte postmaster and recent Pacific theater veteran assumed command of AAF Overseas Replacement Depot Greensboro in a ceremony with Col Nissley bidding farewell Col Nissley returns to command Army Air Field Phoenix Ariz In Guilford Superior Court Lacy Alexander McDaniel 33 Greensboro Negro was sentenced to die in the electric chair on November 17 for the criminal assault of Mrs Charles R Harris Jr near White Oak Hill July 17 A 12 man jury found him guilty after he testified he was not afraid to admit it before the whole world
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Greensboro
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
United States Army Air Forces
Pacific
John K. Nissley
AAF
Nissley
Army Air Field
Phoenix
Ariz
ORD
Younts
Colonel Younts
Lacy Alexander McDaniel
H. Hoyle Sink
Guilford Superior Court
Central Prison
Leigh
Charles R. Harris, Jr
White Oak Uill
McDaniel
Important Italian Front Towns Taken By Allies
Allied forces on the Italian front report Castel Del Rio and Mount Carnevale in bombarded territory near Rein, with gains on a Bologna road. British and Dominion troops widen the Rub bridgehead to two miles deep on a ten mile front and move toward Savignano. Canadian Eighth Army takes Bellaria beyond Rimini as part of Adriatic advances. Fifth Army captures Castiglione Dei Pepoli and Bruscoli south of Bologna, while British push toward Mont Albano near Savignano.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Castel del Rio
Rein
Bologna
Mount Carnevale
Adriatic
Rub
Savignano
Canadian I
Eighth Army
Bellaria
Rimini
Ballaria
Castiglione Dei Peipoli
Bruscoli
Bona
Castiglione
Sant’ Archangelo
Mont Albano
German correspondent lauds Arnhem sky troops as lions
German Transocean News Agency hailed the British lost division at Arnhem, saying its members fought like lions and resisted with knives and pistols as the end neared. Guenther Weber quoted German officers praising the airborne soldiers and noting heavy U S losses including the 82nd and 101st divisions.
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London
Transocean
Arnhem
Guenther Weber
Associated Press
OPA Accepts Resignation of Chief Clerk
Salisbury report notes the OPA accepted the resignation of Mrs Minnie amid a dispute that led to wholesale resignations of Salisbury ration board personnel.
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OPA
Salisbury
Minnie
U S Aircraft Hold Line in Pacific as Battles Rattle Japs
U S forces report rapid advances in the Palau and Philippines theater as air arm operations target Mindanao and the Peleliu area. Nimitz notes heavy Japanese losses and control of Peleliu except for Amorbrogol mountain. MacArthur cites long range raids to Bata via Java Sumatra and sinking barges in Davao Gulf.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
Palaus
Air Arm
Philippines
Indanao
Manila
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Davao
Zamboanga
Davao Gulf
Nimitz
Amorbrogol Mountain
Bloody Nose Hill
MacArthur
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
War Contentions Reflect On Arnhem And Rhine Campaign
A wartime column argues that defeats at Arnhem and delays on the Rhine do not end the war. It notes Allied manpower, equipment, and logistics, while cautioning against overconfidence and predicting German counteroffensives. It discusses Red Army prospects and Allied strategic moves in France and Holland.
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Arnhem
Siegfried Line
Cassino
Normandy
Rhine
Churchill
Moscow
Road To Berlin Distances By Front Lines
Western Front 305 miles from west of Kleve. Russian Front 310 miles from Warsaw. Italian Front 570 miles from south of Bologna. Distances indicate Allied and Axis positions across major theaters.
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Associated Press
Kleve
Warsaw
Bologna
Eisenhower Sets 3 Million for German Battle Effort
Allied forces massed a 2.0 to 3.0 million-man buildup for the operation against Germany as British Second Army pushed east to the Maas and formed a new offensive arc southwest of Kleve. Canadian troops attacked Calais Citadel while other fronts reported heavy combat and strategic setbacks around Arnhem and Metz.
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Rhine
Arnhem
Germany
Caen
Eisenhower
Kleve
Allied Supreme Command
London
Maas
Meuse
Nijmegen
Siegfried
Genight D. Eisenhower
Holland
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Cuyk
Vierlingsbeek
Calais
First Airborne Division
Driant
Metz
Moselle
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Hurtgen Forest
Archen
Channel
Port
Belfort Gap
Lss
Lur
Belfort
Nancy
Hertogenbosch
Nij
Two Million Acres of Carolina Land Under Oil Lease
Geologists under Standard Oil study about two million acres within a fifty mile circle of Roanoke Island in Dare county to locate the first exploratory oil well. Drilling to start after equipment arrives from Oklahoma fields as leasing continues led by H C Kaufman. United States Treasurer W A Julian buys 167 455 acres in Dare county, highlighting the activity center in the Albemarle area.
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Standard Oil Company
Roanoke Island
Dare County
Oklahoma
H. C. Kaufman
Standard
Oll
Albemarle
North Carolina
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