Rhineland Undergoes Air Attack
British and Allied air forces bombed targets across Western Europe in a major operation. Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked rail yards and repair shops in Karlsruhe and other German sites near the French border, with strikes also reported on Budapest and northern Italian targets. German anti aircraft fire met the raids as large formations pressed deep into enemy territory, aiming to disrupt transport networks and industrial facilities.
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Britain
Stangast
Radsruhe
Ludwigshate Ane
Red Budapest
Szob
Szolnok
Ferrara
Italy
Eimar
Germany
Casey
Karlsruhe
Swigshafen
Soviets Declare War On Bulgaria Amid Tense Balkan War
London and Moscow reports said the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria and broke relations after Tass Agency rebuked Bulgaria for neutrality. Bulgaria has been at war with the United States and Britain, but not with Russia. The move follows Bulgaria harboring German forces as Moscow urged neutrality.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Balkan
United States
Britain
Tass
Allied push in Rhine valley masks secret drive toward Aachen
Reports say Allied forces, led by Patton's Third Army, may have crossed into the Rhine frontier with unconfirmed claims of Aachen and Saarbrucken. British and Canadian units advance toward Boulogne Dunkerque and Calais as air and ground forces strike German rail yards and pockets along the Channel. Official SHAEF silent on actual crossings while German fronts tense along the Siegfried Line.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Third Army
George S. Patton
Brittany Penin
Sula
le Mans
Falaise Gap
Paris
Orleans
Aachen
Germany
Liege
Saarbrucken
Verdun
Eadier
Patton
Strasbourg
France
Rhine
Nancy
Harlsruhe
Brest
Brittany
Noar Boulogne Behiné
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Brussels
Antwerp
Breda
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Mons
U. S. First Army
Siegfried: Line
Perl
Luxembourg
Pierre
Sucxcessionanea
Jembourg
Reich
Chariee
Allies Drive Up Saone River In Northern Pursuit
Allied forces push north along the Saone Valley gaining up to 18 miles as French and American troops sweep past Macon and reach near Le Villars and Tournus. 2,400 prisoners raise total captured since the Mediterranean landings to over 65,000. The Seventh Army Regiment, with a storied history from Villiere’s Plantation to Rome, joins the pursuit of German forces.
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Rome
Saone
France
Macon
Lyon
le Villars
Tournus
Bacon
Villefranche
Mediterranean
Saint Bonnet de Bruyeres
Wacon
Montrevel
Sicile Saan
South -Italy
Anzio
Armistice Terms For Bulgaria Delayed In Washington
Washington officials say Bulgarian armistice terms are delayed as envoys seek clarity for a new government. Terms are viewed as harsher than those signed with Romania, potentially including Allied troop presence and disarmament, with Bulgaria likely to exit the Axis. Romania retains its army until war end, while Hungary’s fate remains tied to Nazi decisions and conference talks.
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Washington
Bulgaria
Jeopf
Cito
Moscow
Romania
Filzaria
Germany
M Eny
Alles
Transylvania
Hungary
Naile
Bulfais
Vruja
Tania
Hitler
Actrom
Ashington
Coles
Red Army
Street Scenes in Saturday Shopping Day Narrative
Young girls in white dresses carry a heavy box up the street as a tired young man sits nearby reading Sunday shoes. A child tags along beside a Navy brother on leave, adding to the busy street mood.
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Navy Brother 7
Russians Cross Narew in East Prussia Push
Soviet troops have crossed the Narew River as part of a broad offensive toward East Prussia. German radio cites near Lomza as the closest point, with Russians deploying on the eastern frontier for about three weeks and claiming 100 towns captured in the sector yesterday.
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London
Narew
East Prussia
Lomza
Bug
Ernst von Hammer
Warsaw
Moscow
Earthquake Felt Across New England and Midwest
The annoviated press reports a major quake rattling the northeast United States and parts of Canada, with Cornwall Ontario sustaining injuries and structural damage. Seismologists from Fordham University and Weston College note a very severe surface shock centered roughly 270 miles northwest of New York City, lasting over a minute and awakening thousands.
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Annoviated
United States
Wisconsin
Cornwall
Ont
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
New York City
Japan
Fordham
Clarence Blais
Weston College
Weston
Mass
Ontario
New York State
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Long Island
Manhattan
Bronx
Cpl Jack Thacker Reported Missing In Action In France
Cpl Jack P Thacker is reported missing in action in France since August 9. Mrs S Thacker of Reen Apartments in Bluefield West Virginia, visiting the soldier s wife and daughter, received word from the War Department. Thacker formerly worked for Kingsport Electric Company and served as chaplain s assistant to Captain Gunar Teilman of Johnson City. He entered service October 1942 and went overseas early this year. He is nephew of Mrs Glen Bruce of Kingsport.
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S. Thacker
Reen Apartments
War Department
Cpl
Jack P. Thacker
France
Cpl. Thacker
Kingsport Electric Company
Gunar Teilman
Johnson City
Mra
Glen Bruce
Kingsport
Merchants Return To Winter Hours In Kingsport
Kingsport merchants revert to winter hours starting tomorrow with afternoon open hours. Louise Allison, secretary of the Kingsport Merchants Association, reminded shoppers Tuesday. Grocers will close at noon on Wednesdays and at 7 30 p m Saturdays for the season.
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Kingsport
Louise, Allison
Kingsport Merchants Association
New A Books Mailed Soon In Sullivan County
War Price and Rationing Board officials announced that A gas ration books will be mailed to Sullivan County starting mid month and finishing by September 21. Mrs Ella M Dixon OCD secretary will supervise volunteers at the Kingsport Utilities building to issue and mail the books and she urged more volunteers to help maintain full speed before the new basic ration begins.
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Sullivan County
War Price and Rationing Board
Ella M. Dixon
OCD
Kingsport Utilities
Dixon
Western Tobacco Market To Help Relieve Leaf Shortage
Weston Missouri is harvesting a bumper crop of white barley tobacco, with producers B and Hull Jr estimating about 7 million pounds worth 3 million dollars. The crop could ease leaf shortages and boost government tax revenue, as each plant yields about 15 cents to the grower and up to 70 cents after taxes.
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Weston
Mississippi River
W. R. Hull Jr
Platte County
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Lparns
Kentucky
Tennessee
Wester
South
Arthur Watson
Toyecco
Canadians Press Near Rimini In Po Valley Drive
Rome Allied command reports Canadian and British forces reached within six miles of Rimini near the Po Valley highway. Fierce fighting raged along a ridge from Misano to Abisino as German armor and infantry tried to retake Misano, crushed after heavy shelling by British warships and Allied artillery.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Po Valley
Conca River
Abissini
Misano
Florence
Brussels Radio Denies Alleged German Surrender
A Brussels radio report of a German capitulation caused a stir even after stations denied broadcasting any surrender. London listeners and official channels were unable to verify the claim as Belgian radio tracked the false broadcast to an unidentified foreign source.
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London
Brussels
Germany
Berlin Radio Says Finnish Mission Heads For Moscow
Berlin radio reports a Finnish mission led by Premier Hantii Hackzell and Foreign Minister C A Enckell will depart for Moscow to negotiate peace terms under the armistice ending hostilities on the Finnish Russian front. The mission, about 10 members, will not address German troop disposition in Finland.
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London
Moscow
Berlin
Hantii Hackzell
C. J. A. Enckell
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Germany
Helsinki
Buzz Bombs Again Land In England
Major Henry Lendon Beverley Mass receives Bronze Star for meritorious service in aerial defense. the four day Cadot Lodge, Jr. operation ends as a new shower of bombs strikes London and southern England causing casualties and damage.
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Lodge
Beverly
Mass
Henry Lendon
Britain
Cadot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Bronzemans
London
England
Italy
Yanks Strike Across Pacific in Major War Blows
A sweeping five day Allied assault battered Japan with 168 planes and 55 ships sunk or damaged. Carrier strikes within 650 miles of Japan joined land based Liberators in four days of bombardment affecting the Bonin Volcano Islands and southern Philippines, while thirty Japanese ships and 107 planes were wrecked in the campaign. A separate item reports three year old Charley Allen Mann Jr killed by a car in Lynn Garden, with Pvt Paul D. Larkins involved and no charges anticipated.
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Eresap
Japan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Philippines
Kingsport
Charley Allen Mann, Jr
Charles Mann
Birdwell Street
Lynn Garden
Paul D. Larkins
Church Hill
Harvard Army Air Field
Harvard
Nebraska
Dewny McConnell
Elmer Robinson
McConnell
Larking
Lydia Amox
Legislators weigh war surplus disposal plan losses
Washington lawmakers debate how to handle 105 billion dollars of leftover war supplies as the government faces a potential 90 billion dollar loss. They consider dismantling costs, potential market use for trainer planes, and the risk of harming domestic industry by dumping four years of surplus onto the market.
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U.S
Washington
Manasco
D-Ale
Senate-House
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Nothern
Paurour
Admiralty
Rhine Valley
Bouloghe
Englich
Tournai
Aubeuge
Moselle
New England
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