Allied Seventh Army advances to Cape Orlando in Italy
Allied authorities report the U S Seventh Army captured Cape Orlando near Messina after landing outflanked German coastal defenses. Axis prisoners exceed 120,000, including Italian General Fiumara. British Eighth Army advances on Taormina as Patton’s forces push from the north. Narrates rapid gains along Naso River, Randazzo near the Cesaro road, and near Treachirafi.
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Allied
North Africa
U.S. Seventh Army
Cape Orlando
Cape
Messina
Naso
Brass
Fiumars
Napoli
Naples
Fiumara
George 8. Patton, Jr
Eighth Army
Taormina
Italy
Randazzo
Nazo
Bralo
Sicily
Wighth
Trearchirafl
Riposto
Glarre
Mt. Mina
Bronte
Maletta
Cesaro Road
Amercan
U.S Unite
Geremans
Shattering Air Blows Pledged Japs In Pacific
Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining at his Solomons air headquarters predicted stronger air blows than those used to rout Japanese forces in the Solomons. He spoke as jungle troops pressed toward the last enemy resistance on New Georgia amid weather that grounded many planes.
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Pacific
Solomons
New Georgia
Nathan F. Twining
Portland
Ore
Paige
Water service in high areas cut off Sunday
Kingsport residents in higher sections were told to draw Sunday’s water before 6 am to avoid disruption when supply will be cut from 6 am to 5 pm. W L Holyoke says the outage is due to a filter plant addition as the new and old wells are connected.
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Kingsports
W. L. Holyoke
Public Works
Holyoke
Willkie Sees GOP Victory Path in 1944 Remarks
Wendell L. Willkie told Indiana Republican leaders that the party should win in 1944 with a constructive liberal domestic program to expand the economy and a realistic foreign policy. He argued no party faced a greater challenge or opportunity, and he rejected the idea that Roosevelt would inevitably return to power if the war lasts beyond next year.
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Rushville, Inc
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
GOP
Indiana
Roosevelt
Friday the Thirteenth Folklore and Fateful Superstitions
A lighthearted survey traces Friday the Thirteenth superstitions through Christian and mythic roots. It notes beliefs about bad luck with cats ladders and broken salt while recalling Loki Baldur and Last Supper lore. Paris residents reportedly avoid the date, with references to a page 8 continuation.
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Fale
Christ
Loki
Valhalla
Baldur
Paris
France
Italy Edges Toward Breaking Nazi Pact Amid War Talks
Reports from Bern and Milan indicate Italy leaning toward Allies as Quebec conference nears. La Stampa and Die Tat note rifts with Germany widening, tension in Lombardy and Venezia, and calls for Casablancas terms revision. Italian leaders push new unity in unions under Premier Badoglio while politics remain active despite wartime bans.
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Bern
Switzerland
Thaly
Germany
la Stampa
Tirin
Quebec
Churchill
Roosevelt
Milan
Zurich
Die Wat
Badoglig
Mussolini
Hitler
Thalian
Casablanca
la Starmpa
Turin
Lisbon
Die Tat
Italy
Lombardy
Venezia
Hiller
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Badoglia
Leopold Piccardi
Germans Counterattacks Fail Near Kharkov As Reds Close In
Soviet forces pressed on around Kharkov with German defenses crumbling from the north and east. Russian forces, aided by consolidation around the city, moved within five miles at times as fresh divisions and tanks were poured in. The fall of nearby Chugyev and Kilentaev opened the Kharkov-Poltava corridor, signaling a major breakthrough in the German Ukraine front.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Ukraine
Red Army
Berlin
Chugyev
Bagdon
Red Star
Kharkov-Poltave Raiine
Kilentaev
Vorskala
Poltava
Kharkov-Poltava
Alshtyrka
Donets
Russians Excluded as Quebec Talks Open Focus on Military Plans
A Soviet agency said Russia did not receive an invitation to the Quebec conference where Roosevelt and Churchill will discuss Allied plans. The absence signals a possible emphasis on military strategy over political issues as Stalin and a high command might attend only if invited. The report notes continued Soviet efforts on the central front and raises questions about future limited participation.
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Moscow
Russia
Roosevelt
Churchill
Tase
Quebec
Stalin
London
Memphis mother admits axe slayings of three children
Mrs Mildri Davidson, held on three murder counts in Memphis after police said she confessed to killing her children Joan Parkey 15 Robert L Davidson 7 and infant Peggy with an axe and ice pick in their home. Bodies found by the father as a bloody weapon lay by the fireplace.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mildr i
M. A. Hinds
Robert Davidson
Joan Parkey
Philippines Won Freedom On Bataan FDR Speech
President Roosevelt told Filipinos on the 45th anniversary of American occupation that the Philippines won independence through the Bataan fight against the Japanese and will soon be redeemed from the yoke. He praised the December 1941 struggles as proof the nation is fit to be respected and predicted a Republican government once the Japanese are ousted.
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Washington
Philippines
Bataan
Roosevelt
Far Pacific
Twins Vanish. Police Seek Sex Fiend After Abduction
Two 13 year old twins James and Charles Collins vanished from their West Side home while walking to Lakewood Country Club where they caddied. In nearby Westlake a nine year old boy Jack Buchanan was abducted, assaulted by a sex degenerate, and found in a field. he is hospitalized with injuries. Police fear the same attacker nabbed the twins.
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Cleveland
West Side
Jack Buchanan
James
Charles Collins
George C. Collins
Lakewood Country Club
Westlake
Buchanan
B. B. Buchanan
Collins
Lakewood Park
Palice
Westlake Village
Farrell Gallagher
OPA to Announce Gas Ration Changes Today
Sources indicate the Office of Price Administration will unveil proposed gasoline ration changes in the east and midwest and likely end the pleasure driving ban in the east. The plan had not been public before the weekend but leaks from regional offices forced action.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Midwest
All-American Air Fleet Bombards Rome In Major Allied Strike
Allied air forces massed about 500 planes over Rome to hit San Lorenzo and Littorio yards in a coordinated attack. Maj Gen James H. Doolittle led Flying Fortresses with Mitchells and Marauders. fighters escorted the raid as Axis defenses reportedly mounted greater opposition than prior raids. The operation followed warnings of resumed mass bombing and occurred alongside raids on Milan, Turin, and Berlin era targets, signaling continued Allied air pressure on Axis capitals.
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Allied
North Africa
Rome
San Lorenzo and
Littorio
Italy
James H. Doolittle
San Lorenzo
Northwest Africa
London
Milan
Turin
Berlin
Milan Air Raid Described as War's Most Violent
Milan newspapers call Friday’s British air raid the most violent of the war with fires everywhere. Bombers hit the city in waves. two planes fell burning as spires, the Palazzo Marino, fountains, hotels, and railway stations were reportedly destroyed or damaged.
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Milan
Swisel
Chiassqa
Piagza Fontans
Fontana Hotel
Alao Nit
Porta Venetila
Seven Brand New Aluminum Plant Units Idle For Months
Washington reports seven new west coast aluminum plant units able to produce 21 million pounds monthly have been idle for months for lack of manpower. Alcoa units require 1,000 workers to run at capacity, yet turnover pulls workers to shipyards. WPB and Manpower Commission are addressing wage adjustments and broader labor shortages across plants.
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Washington
Inter Metal Monthly
War Production Board
WPB
Aluminum Company of America
Acoa
Stulx
Northwest
Alcoa
War Jabor Board
Wat Manpower Commission
Nazi Government Offices Moved Out of Berlin
Reports claim a large portion of the Nazi apparatus has shifted from Berlin to Vienna for safety from Allied raids. The move includes the Reich Chancellery and foreign office with aims to shield Berlin. evacuees flood eastern districts as trains stockpile. Goebbels faces reduced influence amid sweeping governmental revisions.
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Berlin
Bern
Switzerland
Vienna
Hanburg
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Reichs+ Chancellery
Foreign Office
High Command
Marine
Air and Home Affairs
Austria
Pomerania
Prussia
Brandenburg
Lower Silesia
Leipzig
Madgeburg
Brunswick
Goebbele
Reich
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