Allies Break Through Siegfried Line In Major Push
Allied forces make a direct advance toward the Siegfried line with heavy air and ground blows. Navy commander Nimitz reports Japanese air force in the Philippines broken and Manila raids continuing with significant enemy losses as U.S. forces push on several fronts in the Pacific and European theaters.
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Nimitz
Philippines
Tokyo
Nazi
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Nd Air Force
Chester W. Nimitz
Manila Sta
Nelson Ready To Report On China Situation
Airman of the War Production Board prepared today to report to President Roosevelt on a data China situation. He returned from the Orient and said he was enthusiastic about China’s industrial potential but declined to comment on the agency’s future. He left here a month ago and reports said he would not return to WPB leadership.
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Agton
Donald M. Nelairman
Roosevelt
China
United Nations
Oriental
Roosevelt Anid
Nelson
Ersip
Filipinos May Be Forced To Fight Allies
The Japanese puppet government in the Philippines declares war on the United States and promises aid to its regime. Tokyo broadcasts say Filipinos would be pressed to oppose American troops and defend the puppet state led by President Laurel. Manila area air attacks continue as the Japanese recruit the Philippine Constabulary, now nearing 50 000 with potential use against U S forces.
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Nar
Nimitz
Philippine Sea
Peletiu Island
Falau
Sampan
Bey
Malaksi Harbor
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Iles
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Philippines
Nippon Invaders
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José P. Leurel
Laurel
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Philippine Republic
Japan
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Constabulary
Nations To Get Help In Sending Nazis Back Home
Montreal reports UNRRA will assist invaded nations in deporting Germans after the war. The dis placed persons committee urged action, a move likely to be approved by the UNRRA council. Up to two and a half million Germans abroad may be affected, as delegates seek to prevent UNRRA funds from aiding Germans while ensuring homeland return for those made homeless.
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Montreal
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
United Nations
Red Army Advances Near Riga and Baltic Seaports
Soviet forces tighten around Riga with columns approaching from north and east while Govorov’s Baltic group pushes south along the Gulf of Riga. Paldiski on the Estonian coast falls to Soviet sailors as Cherniakhovsky drives raids into East Prussia amid renewed air support.
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Reig
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Gulf of Riga
Baltic
Paldiski
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Reich
Cherniakhovsky
Moscow
Poland
Lupkow Pass
Czechoslovakia
Humenne
Republic
A&a Burcharest
Finland Battles Huns To Fulfill Armistice Terms
Finnish troops advance in northern Finland driving Nazis from Suomaasalmi and nearing Puolanka as they fulfill terms of the armistice with Russia. Soviet armistice commissioners sit in Helsinki hotels while Finns await practical effects of the agreement. Mayer recovering after a horseback fall and pelvic fracture.
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Finland
Helsinki
Russia
Suomaasalmi
Puolanka
Stockholm
Soviet Armistice Commission
Great Britain
Mannerheim
Huns Rain Rocket Bombs On Britain
The Germans struck the London area and southern counties with flying bombs in two bursts after dark and early morning, causing casualties. The government seeks volunteers of carpenters bricklayers plasterers and painters to repair about 900 1600 bomb damaged homes in the capital before winter.
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London
Dewey Defends Campaign Style As Roosevelt Counters
Dewey says Roosevelt has no future program and will run a no holds barred campaign. He criticizes the President for fraud and falsehoods and vows to hit harder tonight in Oklahoma City. Roosevelt’s speech is described as masterful and stirring, while Dewey renews calls against a fourth term and long tenure.
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Associated Press
Thomas B. Dewey
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Blue
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Okla Toma City
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Porter
Bombers Hit German Rail Centers In Europe Air War
More than two thousand American heavy bombers struck five rail yards feeding the Siegfried Line. Ludwigshafen Frankfurt and Coblenz were targeted along with Calais in a major allied assault. Nine bombers and three fighters were lost to ground fire while German claims reported additional RAF raids on Munster and Bochum.
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Reich
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Fi Calais
Dover
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Halifax
Lancaster
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Citieg Heavies
Munster
Bochum
Dewey Probing Pearl Harbor Disaster for Campaign Use
Senator Bridges said Thomas E. Dewey has assigned assistants to gather facts on the Pearl Harbor investigation to decide if it becomes a major campaign issue. Bridges claimed Democrats fear the topic will be raised by Dewey as he campaigns in New England. He doubted public release of findings before the November 7 election, calling it a stall to cover up. Ferguson of Michigan echoed that boards neared completion and findings might be released within two weeks.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Pearl Harbor
Bridges
Washington
Dewey
New Hampshire
New England
Stat
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Ferguson
Michigan
Army and Navy Inquiry
Street Scenes of a Boy Playing Football Alone
A twelve year old delivery boy, described as a Negro, stands beside a telephone pole and spends an ecstatic half hour tossing passes and running to catch them. He pretends to block imaginary heavies, practices drop kicks, and plays with high gusto as Capriciona’s pup swings nearby.
Americans Push Near Bologna Rimini Highway Frontline Advance
Fifth Army troops breached toward the Bologna Rimini Highway within about 12 miles of the Via Aemilia as they smashed through the Gothic Line in Po Valley. Eighth Army faced heavy resistance at the Po Valley entrance with Nazi infantry paratroops and armor holding the northern plain. No withdrawal indicated as Allied reports claim nine days of destruction of a line the Germans built in nine months. Doughboys moved northeast from Firenze and seized key heights opening access to the Po Valley near Imola on the Bologna Rimini rail corridor.
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Eindhoven
Wolfel
Reich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Beck
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Kleve
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Rome
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Bologna-Rimini
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Mark W. Clark
Firenenzuela
Monte’ la Fine
Della Croce
Monte Cucca
Porarra
Imola
Hull Hopes For Early Agreement On Peace Terms
Secretary of State Hill said he hoped high Allied officials including U S government officials would soon agree on peace terms for a defeated Germany. He spoke after an Associated Press report that President Roosevelt's cabinet committee on German peace policy was split over a proposal by Treasury Secretary.
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State Hill
United States
Germany
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Treasury
Paper Suspends At Johnson City Times
Johnson City publisher James EH Quillen of the Johnson City Times announced in today’s issue that publication is suspended. He cited future naval duties and manpower difficulties as preventing continued operation and noted this morning’s issue was the last.
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Johnson City
James EH. Quillen
Johnson City Times
Quillen
Navy
Transport Plane Crashes at Camp Mackall Night
A CS-47 transport plane crash at Camp Mackall North Carolina killed twelve people in a mass parachute jump. Eight paratroopers and four crew members died, four paratroopers survived, and thirty men required medical treatment. A board of inquiry will investigate and victims' names will be released later.
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Camp Mackall
N.C
Serash
Sirborne
Ee Ee
Doughton Sees Tax Cuts Free Enterprise Help
Washington reports House member Doughton supports lower taxes to aid postwar private enterprise. He questions erasing corporation income taxes as impractical and argues for a rigid, carefully adjusted postwar taxation approach.
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Doughton
Washington
D-Nc
House
Paice
New Jap Drive Aims to Outflank Kweilin Bastion
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces advancing from Chuanhsien toward Kweilin, seeking to outflank the provincial capital and threaten Liuchow. The maneuver stalled 40 miles northeast of Kweilin as Chinese forces engaged near Wuchow, with further Japanese activity noted along the Burma Road area.
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Hunang Kwangei
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Kwei+ lin
Kweilin
Kwanyang
Liuchow
Wuchow
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