German Army Digs In Far North Italy Stand Would Hold Land
German military strength in Northern Italy is estimated at 18 divisions, with forces occupying upper Adige Valley and areas south of the Brenner Pass. Reports say Milan faced air raid drills as Italian units mass toward Zara and Fiume, while German plans outlined routes from La Spezia toward Bologna, with defense lines on the Po and across the Adige region.
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Madrid
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Brenner Dass
Milan
Dalmatian
Zara
Fiums
Fiume
Greece
Montenegria
Serbia
Albania
Trajan
Hitler
Trieste
Balkans
Venice
Great Plain
Rom
la Dosarde
Ancona
Appenines
She Ho
Mussolini
Austria
France
Thaly Wall
Fresh Disorders Reported In Harlem From Race Troubles
Poole, 28, of Lynn Carlen, was fatally injured Monday at 9 a m while working on the plant railroad of Tennessee Eastman Corp. He was assisting in switching coal cars and was caught between cars. Poole had joined the company in 1949 after transferring from the machine shop and was a Kingsport resident and a member of the Tennessee State Guard. He is survived by his widow and two sons, his mother, brothers, and sisters in Commerce, Ga. In Harlem, Mayor LaGuardia said disorders were under control after six killed, 196 injured and 380 arrested in looting as police and fire units responded. Police reported a large-scale cleanup with 167 booked by 10 am and more arrested. traffic halted. liquor stores closed by order.
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George Poole
Virgil Street
Lynn Carlen
Tennessee Hastman Corporation
Poole
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Plant
Commerce
Mr. Poole
Kingsport
Tennessee State Guard
Juliette Poole
Larry
Billy Poole
G. H. Poole
Commerce! Tour Brothers
Winifred and
B T. Poole
Harris Poole
Berry Hit
Lamare Poole
U.S. Army Air Forces
Sarah
Margaret
Betty
Annie
Louise Poole
Nava Noteen
New Yok—P
Fiorello LaGuardia
Harlem
John J. DeMartins
Vincent Randolph
Savannah
Stanley Stokes
Frank Stoner
Michael Young
New York
Neil Lucas
Star
Interhorough
Rand
West 123Rd Street
Asa Harlem Armory
Builet- TB
Italians Free Areas Of Industry
Italian civilians flee metropolitan areas as Allied air power targets Naples and other objectives. Algiers radio warns Italians that land forces will fight on the mainland, demanding unconditional surrender. Eisenhower headquarters reiterates the war will continue with aerial strikes, while Vatican chatter hints at peace talks but no armistice request.
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Associated
Free London
Algiers
Italy
Marsal Pietro Badogno
U. & Flying
Dwight
Eisenhower
Mussolini
Pietro Badogné
Madrid
Rome
Vatican
Badogna
Ikaly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Badoglio
Farmer Attacked by Bull in Sullivan County
A 7-year-old farmer at Dry Hollow station in Sullivan County was critically injured Monday morning after a bull charged as he tried to drive it from a corn field. The bull gored him in the chest. the animal belonged to Magistrate Kelly Eater. Upchurch shot the animal later.
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Hessikie
Guy) Waste
Dry Hollow
Sullivan County
Holston Valley
Castle
Kelly Eater
Upchurch
Archbishop Spellman Hopes Italy Accepts Peace Offer
Archbishop Francis Spellman urged Italy to accept peace offers to help unite the United Nations in honoring its commitments. Returning from a six month tour of Africa, the Mediterranean and the UK, he spoke at a press conference about sparing soldiers and civilians across nations. He noted the Vatican visit and described his 45,000 mile trip undertaken as a private citizen and military vicar.
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New York
Franceig J. Spellman
Thaly
United Nations
Joring
Africa
Mediterranean
British Isles
Vatican
Archbishon Spellman
Italy
Garrenter
Herves
Amer- Ican
Spellman
Tmes
United States
Archbiahon Spellman
India
Navy Bombers Raid Munda Base In Solomons Action
Allied forces report Sunday air attack by Navy bombers escorted by Army and Navy fighters on the Munda approach. The raid dropped 27 tons of explosives on gun positions and supply dumps around the Central Solomons airbase, with many bombs hitting targets amid heavy weather in the area.
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Pacffc
Murida
Solomons
Munda
New Cainen
Boral Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Russians Drive Nazis From 100 Villages Near Orel Front
Soviet forces pounded the Orel region as 100 villages were cleared of German troops. Front-line reports say 3000 German dead, numerous tanks and trucks destroyed, and the drive aimed at severing the Orel Bryansk railway. Air and artillery pressure continued to harass enemy positions.
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Moscow
Orel
Shewer Bulletin
Red Army
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Bel
Berlin prepares for possible next Allied blitz amid mass evacuations
Reports from Berlin indicate a fear of a major air assault as civilians rush to evacuation areas in eastern Germany. leaflets urge women and the elderly to relocate, schools closed, gas masks readied, and shelters stocked with water and blankets. Hamburg is described as a burned ghost town after week of bombing, with over a million residents displaced or evacuated.
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Stockholm
P— Spurrey
Hamsburg
Berlin
Dlia
Germany
Suoctholna Aftenbladet
Dagens Nyhoter
Hamburg
Ruhr
Reich
St Louis Mayor and Officials Die in Glider Crash
A glider demonstration at Lambert Field ends in tragedy as the craft dives nose first, killing Maj. William B. Robertson and St. Louis Mayor William Dee Becker along with several city officials and business leaders. Army officers label it the first fatal glider accident in five years, with additional victims including Max H. Doyne and Charles Ly.
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Bt. Louis
Lamaert St. Lowis Field
William B. Robertson
Pioneer
William Dee Becker
Thomas N. Dysart
Chamber of Commerce
Army
J. 8. Johnston
Army Airforces
Robertson
Becke
Dysart
Max H. Doyne
St. Laws Public Utilles
Charles Ly
Planes Threaten Main Axis Positions In Sicily Offensive
Allied forces press near Messina bridgehead as U S troops seize San Stefano and British Eighth Army advances toward Catania. Fortresses pound Naples Capodichino and Capoized targets while air and sea power strikes Naples, Milazzo, Adrano, Kandaze, Crotone and Vibo Valentia Marina in a coordinated push.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
U.S
San Stefano
Axis
Eighth Army
Catania
Messina
Naples
Italy
Tal
Etna
Sapodichina
Axia
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Pietro Bretogllo
Germany
Tali
Capodichino
High Command
T S Tne
Stelly
Milazzo
Adrano
Kandaze
Vibe Valentia Marina
Lee Gulf of San Touremia
River Oliva
Crotone
Ionian Sea
Saleur
Seventh Army
Pravnd
Jand
Adan
Randazue
U S Bomb Raiders Hit Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania
An armada of 175 Liberator bombers of the Ninth Air Force conducted a 2400 mile round trip raid on the Ploesti oil complex near Bucharest Romania, dropping 800 tons of high explosives on seven refineries and storage facilities. The Middle East command reported heavy enemy opposition and several Liberators shot down. The operation, described as the largest low level raid in history, aimed to cripple a major Axis fuel supply source.
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Cairo
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Ploesti
Rumania
Lewis H. Brereton
Middle East Air Command
Bucharest
Brereton
Victor Hh.tran
Brerston
Strahm
A. G. Bnt
Levs
Fields
Turkey
Red Army Air Force
Allies Raid German Air Fields in France Without Loss
London 22 U. S. medium bombers raided German air fields at Merville and S Omer in France Monday without loss. RAF and Allied escort flew in dawn waves. American and allied air forces reported heavy fighter and bomber activity over Europe with significant enemy aircraft destruction in July and record daily kills. Bradley death note and Greenup, Kentucky jail incident follow in separate brief.
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London
U. S
Merville
S. Omer
France
RAF
Dominion
Europe
U. 87
Germany
Eighth Airforce
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