Russians seize Parnu and seal off thousands of Germans
Soviet forces aided by Estonian troops captured the Baltic port of Parnu on the Gulf of Riga and tightened control around thousands of Germans trapped in a week-long offensive. The Red Army pushed toward Palde, threatening escape routes as Red naval airpower sank German evacuation ships off Tallinn.
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London
Estonia
Parnu
Gulf of Riga
Red Army
Palde
Parra
Tallinn
Matoniam
Gulf of Fin-lang
Air Armadas Destroy 27 Nazi Planes Over Holland
Allied air and ground forces pressed across Western Europe as RAF and American aircraft claimed heavy losses for Nazi air power. In Holland, British Second Army linked with Arnhem airborne units, glider drops replenished by air supplies amid fierce resistance. Soviet advances in the Baltic region pushed toward East Prussia, with Red Army entries near Parnu and rapid progress threatening Hungarian-held territories.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second
Arnhem
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Rhine
U. S
Turing Burnville
Baccarat
Nancy
Third Army
Arnhem Bridge
Ruhr
Berlin
Veghel
Iim
Date Moved Up For Community Chest Campaign
Community Chest drive date moved to November 18 with a substantial portion to National War Relief. Local board aims to streamline effort, appoint committees, and mobilize participating agencies within days. Kingsport Chest directory notes no drive occurred in 1943 and funds will support wartime relief.
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Cigher
V&w
Kingsport
Road To Berlin Distances On Front Lines
Reading shows approximate distances to major fronts, indicating Western Front about 205 miles from Arnhem, Eastern Front about 820 miles to Warsaw, and Italian Front about 580 miles from Bologna in northern Italy.
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Tom Arnhem
Warsaw
Bologna
Morristown Shipments Bring Christmas Cheer to Wounded Yankees
Morristown Tennessee sends 500 gift boxes totaling about 66 pounds of fruit cake and 4500 presents to wounded American soldiers in an English hospital. The seven member Morristown Christmas Gift Committee led by Mrs. Hugh Tate wrapped packed and mailed the boxes worth roughly $1,000 with each box about $2.
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Morristown
Tenn
England
Hamblen County
Hugh Tate
Steff
Warren K. Hill
Americans Smash Gothic Defenses From Italian Front
Allied forces breached the Gothic Line in Italy as Fifth Army troops overran peaks toward the Lombardy plain near Bologna and the Po Valley, with Bologna gate opened. Rome radio reports say San Marino was occupied and German troops were being mopped up.
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Rome
Italy
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Lombardy
Bologna
London
Republic of
San Marino
Dewey Promises Housecleaning On Capitol Hill
Governor Thomas H. Dewey sped through the Midwest and New England after a Pacific Coast tour enroute to Oklahoma City for the final broadcast of a cross country run. He said the nation needs a government that knows its problems and pledged a sweeping housecleaning in Washington to establish a stable forward looking administration and security.
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Dewey
Oklehoma City
Thomas H. Dewey
Midwest
New England
Oklahoma City
California
Earl Warren
Los Angeles’ Memorial Moliseum
Ter
San Bernardino
Cailf
Los Angeles
United States
Washington
British Advance Nearer Nip Base In Burma Offensive
Southeast Asia Command reports British 14th Army units pushed 8 miles south from Tongzang toward Tiddim, placing forces 42 miles inside Burma. Tongzang captured, Japanese rear guard driven into jungle as Mountbatten HQ notes progress toward the Nip base.
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AA Command
Kandy
Ceylon
4Th Army
Tiddim
Burma
Tongzang
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Imphal
Chin Hills
Big Shakeup In Home Front Jobs With Reconversion Bills
Washington reports a swift reconversion push could lead to the creation of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion head as President Roosevelt weighs nominees. Named contenders include Vinson Nelson Smith Bowles and Krug, with Byrnes signaling exit from OWMR. Officials foresee early signing and swift appointment if the bills pass.
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Washington
War Mobilization
OWMA
Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrnes
Nelson
China
War Production Board
WPB
Mane
J. A. Krug
Smith
Bureau of the Budget
CBS
Gilling
Bowles
Bowle
Roosevelt
Peleliu gains pace as Marines seize three fourths island
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines pushing north Friday on Peleliu in the Palau Islands. They control about three fourths of the island while skirmishes unfold near Garekoru. Navy notes resistance, Tokyo radio claims war declaration, and Japanese losses on Peleliu reach seven thousand plus.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Philippines
Fleet
West Coat
Garekoru
Negabad
Manila
United States
Britain
Ngesschus Islands
Pelelit Bqaches
Byere
Japanese Push Slowed by Chinese Units Near Kweilin
Chungking reports ongoing combat against Japan on the Hunan Kwangsi railway about 40 miles northeast of Kweilin a strategic defense center. Chinese command says Japanese lack of progress signals assembling forces for an all out push. Also confirmed capture loss of Jung Fun in Kwanger Province, 60 miles southwest of Wuchow.
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Navy
Peleliu
Angaur
Wildcat
Yap
Palaus
Pacific
Philippines
Pagan
Anstahian Islands
Marianas
Rota
Chungking
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kweilin
Strategic Defense Center
Joss
Jung- Fun
Kwanger Province
Wuchow
Kingsport Street Scene Echoes of a Busy Day
A Kingsport style vignette follows a small boy with a drum major air twirling a broom near a football scene. A letter voyage from a post office box to a sister in Old Kingsport arrives as a husband overseas sends word back, amid a lively street tableau.
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Kingsport
Bristol Youth Drowned At Cherokee Lake
Billy Garrett a nine year old Bristol Tennessee pupil at Kingswood School drowned in Cherokee Lake near Bean Station Saturday afternoon. Principal A B Wachtel said the group including a teacher Charles Morrow had been warned not to swim but several boys went into the water. The Coast Guard at Cherokee Dam was dragging the lake for the body but had not found it by night.
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Tate Springs
Tenn
Billy Garrett
K. Garrett
Bristol
Cherokee Lake
Bean Station
A. B. Wachtel
Kingswood School
Charles Morrow
Wachtel
Morrow
Coast Guard
Cherokee Dam
Morgenthau Plan Splits Roosevelt Cabinet Over Germany Policy
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelts cabinet peace committee is divided over Treasury Secretary Morgenthau’s plan to dismantle Germany into a farming nation. Hull and Stimson oppose, Morgenthau advocates, causing a threepower planning delay and stalling postwar control talks with Britain and Russia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
England
Thawe
Hull
Stimson
Treasury, War and State Department
Britain
Russia
European Advisory Commission
Morganthau
Churchill
Quebec
Anthony Wden
FDR Accuses GOP of Claiming New Deal Credit
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign with a broadside against Republican claims to credit for the New Deal. Speaking before the AFL Leaders Union, he labeled GOP oratory as fraud and disputed Dewey’s charges, asserting millions of Republicans support the Democratic cause and urging world cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Teamsters Union
Dewey
New York
Bombers Attack Borneo and Davao Sinkings Reported
Allied air action over Borneo targets the oil center with raids from the Philippines to Bougainville. Navy Catalina planes sink a 1,000 ton freighter at Darvel Bay and a 2,000 ton vessel off Davao. Morotai action includes five barges sunk by light naval units. Morotai Island field remains contested.
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Allied
New Guinea
Borneo
Philippines
Bougainville Iseland
Darvel Bay
Davao
Midluccas
Morotai Strait
Morotai Island
Halmakera
Morotai
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