Marines Hold Peleliu Heights in Intense Combat
Allied dispatches describe U S Marines assaulting Japanese strongpoints on Peleliu Island with heavy fighting and advancing to near the northern tip while air and naval units continued counterattacks in the Pacific. Reports note substantial casualties on both sides and mention air strikes over the Philippines and Dutch New Guinea area as operations expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peleliu Island
Kleve
U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Ad 2d
Chester W. Nimitz
Pelelin
Japan
U. S. Third Fleet
Philippines
Manila
Jmne
Egectins
Cono
Phil
Catelina
Davao Gulf
Ceram
Nimitz
Estlen
Angaur
Sara
List
Ogol
Last Nazis In Estonia Hammered and Riga Battle Grows
Soviet forces, pushing from the north, seized key Baltic ports in Estonia and moved toward Riga, as German resistance fractured. The Leningrad Army captured Haapsalu and Parnu while approaching the Gulf of Riga. Russians near Riga numbered from 40 to 65 miles away, threatening the Latvian capital. The Baltic Fleet readiness, combined with German attempts to hold a coastal corridor, suggested another major confrontation similar to Sevastopol as Moscow signaled new advances along southern Poland and Slovakia fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Rusaia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Latvia
Ristna
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Finland
Eatonian
Leonid A. Govor Ioy
Leningrad
Virtsu
Haapsalu
Tallign
Parnu
Warsaw
Ger
Red Army
Hungary
Fposland
Berehy Gurne
Czechoslovakian
Slovakia
Red Fleet
Humefine
Neva
Germany
Baltic
Sevastopol
Crimea
Plan To Abolish War Controls Near Completion
Plan to end about 500 of roughly 700 wartime controls nears completion as government review clears measures to ease economic restraints. The move aims to secure continued supply flows for the war effort against Japan, covering chemicals, forest products, textiles, and other scarce items, with warning that some cancellations may not relieve all shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nington
Europe
Japan
Wpx
Don M. Nelson
China
Nelson
Zot
J. A. Krug
Krug
Army
Navy
WPE
Allied Heavy Bombers Blast German Cities
Allied air forces bombed Osnabruck Hamm and Bremen in Germany and the Calais area in France with 1700 heavy bombers and 1100 Fortresses and Liberators. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes struck the Channel port. air cover aided Arnhem area troops. Unescorted Liberators attacked Greek harbors. Balkan Air Force targets hit roads and rails in Yugoslavia Albania and northern Greece. Spitfires and Typhoons protected troops at Arnhem. 24 German tanks were destroyed and one bomber fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Bank
Dutch Rhine
Eisenhower
Middle Holland
German International Information Bureau
Supreme Headquarters
Osnabruck
Holland
Hamm
Bremen
Germany
Calais
RAF
Arnhem
Weser
Arnnhem
Haram
Eindhovgen-Nijmegen
Mannheim
Rhine
Ludwigshafen
Salamis
Skaramanga
Piraeus
Italy
Milan
Verona
Genoa
Bologna
Balkan Air Force
Yugoslavia
Albania
Greece
Eindhoven
Superforts Raid Manchuria Again
U S Superfortresses attacked Manchuria again today the War Department announced Anshan a large industrial city and two other towns were targeted Tokyo said The raids reported by Tokyo claimed Anshan Dairen and Penhsinu areas were hit with about 70 planes at Anshan and several damaged or shot down No details yet from Washington as information becomes available
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Manchuria
War Department
Tokyo
Anshan
FCC
Ansan
Dairen
Kwantung Peninsula
Penhsinu
James Caldwell Dies At Nashville Home
James E. Caldwell prominent banker and industrial organizer dies at his Nashville home at age 80. He organized the First and Fourth National Bank of Nashville, later merged into American National Bank, and built Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph into a multi-state carrier before its sale to Bell system. He retired after the merger in 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
James E. Caldwell
First
Fourth National Bank of Nashville
American National Bank
Caldwell
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Bell System
Southern Bell Tele-phone and Telegraph Company
Peace Group Faces Slow Uphill Path to World Organization
Washington reports sharply revised timelines for a postwar security body. Officials still back ultimate success but flag a slow, difficult process. Disputes over big powers and an unresolved abuse response loom, while a second Dumbarton Oaks meeting could be needed if issues persist after Russo Anglo American talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
Spain
Sweden
Argentina
United Nations
Two Injured In Knoxville Bus Car Collision
A Knoxville bound bus and a passenger car collided at New and Shelby Streets at about 9 15 am injuring two people. Stella Hewitt 35 of 909 Broad Street suffered a head laceration while H Slimp 34 of Jefferson City sustained a contusion to the right knee. Bus passengers escaped with only minor injuries.
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Knoxville-bhouind
New
Shelby Streets
Holston Valley
Broad and
New Streets
Nohe
Bristol
Knoxville
Doyle Clemmons
Kingsport
Bomb Hits on Reich Chancellery and Goebbels Home
A German traveler in Berlin reports Allied bombers struck the Reichs Chancellery and nearby Goebbels residence during the Sept. 15 raid. He says the Chancellery was nearly wrecked while Goebbels escaped injury from a shelter beneath his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adlon
Spain
War Ministry
Foreign Office
Police
Lufthanse
Germany
Street Scenes From A Busy Saturday Crowd
An eight year old boy pedals a bicycle and comments to a girl his age who passes by on a bike. A freshly post operative young woman negotiates Saturday crowds with stiff steps. A boy in new overalls heads home from school carrying bulging pockets with books and a slingshot.
British Eighth Army Crosses Rubicon in Italy
The Eighth Army pushed across the Rubicon near Rimini capturing coastal Bologna area in a night tank and infantry assault. Bridgeheads held as Fifth Army advances south of the Gothic Line press toward Firenzuola while counterattacks falter.
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Roma
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
Italy
Caesar
Vancea
Putiago
Tome AL Pitas
Bordonchia
Rimini
Bologna
Fifth
Firenzuola
Huns Drop Mines and Bombs on London During 1940 Raid
Parachute mine and bomb attacks aimed at Britain's largest cities during the winter 1940-41 raids were revealed as censorship eased. Targets included London Birmingham Southampton Plymouth and Liverpool with delayed action devices. About 300 volunteers initially took the disposal task. fewer than 24 survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Dunkerque
Britain
Birmingham
Southampton
Plymouth
Liverpool
Tre Backhouse
British Insist War Criminals Will Not Escape
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons Britain will not let German war criminals find haven in neutral territory. He noted some neutrals have given satisfactory statements but Spain has not yet made a clear pronouncement. Churchill planned a full dress statement Thursday as Britain weighs postwar actions amid cabinet divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Commons
Spain
Quebec
Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
Dewey Attacks New Deal In Oklahoma Swing
Dewey sharply attacks the New Deal and says FDR is indispensable to Hillman and Browder. His Oklahoma stop includes Tulsa and Sapulpa as he campaigns across the state, vowing to restore integrity to the White House and the nation’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
New Deal
FDR
Hillman, Browder
New York
Taj
White House
Thomas Eiter
Orla
Oklahoma
Hutt
Tulsa
Sipulpa
Albany
Western
Roosevelt
GOP
Stevewey
Relief Agency Expected To Get New Power
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration plans to gain authority to lead a $2.0 billion aid mission for war torn lands. The council expected to approve recommendations on a budget plan excluding Soviet Russia from part of UNRRA expenses and allocating costs among member nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreali
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Council
Budget Committee
Russia
UNRRA
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
India
de Gaulle
France
China
Italy
Road To Berlin fronts and fronts in Europe noted
Western front from Arnhem. Russian front from Warsaw. Italian front 575 miles from south of Bologna. Distinct fronts marked with distances and origins, reflecting Allied and Axis theater notes.
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Arnhem
Warsaw
Bologna
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Arnhem Oops
Western Front
Rome
Pietro
Caruso
NEA Telepncte
Pyot
Isaac Pressley
Spartanburg
S. C
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
Caroline Anne
Jimmy
Pressley
Ramsay Lonton
Homs
Sert Morrison
Archibald Ramsay
Regulra
Logan
Utah
Burns Crockston
James Caldwell
Dodecanese
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