Allies Push In Po Valley Amid Fierce German Counter Attacks
British Eighth Army fights hard in the Adriatic sector near the Rubicon River as American forces seize Mount Battaglia and three key heights on the Bologna Rimini highway. Canadian troops topple enemy positions near Rimini while British and Canadian units prevent counterattacks. About 9,000 prisoners are reported along with numerous captured vehicles and anti-tank guns. Weather limits Allied air sorties to a low point this year. The Gothic Line area sees notable advances despite resistance.
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ROME
8th Army
Adriatic
Rubicon River
5th Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna
Rimini
NAZ
Eighth Army
Fiumeino River
San Mauro Di Romagnan
Fiumeino
Savignano
Canomica
Tribeola
M.A.AF
Allied Forces Advance Across Fronts From Calais To Alsace Lorraine
Allied armies push into German lines across multiple fronts. Canadian forces near Calais and Cap Gris Nez threaten surrender terms as 2nd Army closes toward the Maas. In Alsace Lorraine, US 3rd and 7th Armies assault with heavy gains, knocking out tanks and capturing villages. Remich on the Moselle pressed near Luxembourg border. heavy fighting near Nancy and Rambervillers.
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ONDON
Calais
Dempsey
Maas
Meuse
Nijmegen
Holland
Alsace-Lorraine
U.S
Remich
Luxembourg
Moselle
Germany
Trier
Hurtgen forest
Aachen
Rhine
Cologne
CAP GRIS NEZ
Can Gris Nez
Hungary May Leave Axis On Rumors of Desertion
Soviet forces drive a 100 mile arc into Hungary from Romania and Yugoslavia as Red armies press from the south with Tito's permission for cross border strikes. Reports from Budapest say peace feelers surface while Hungary's premier is said to have approached the Allies.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Germany
Marshal Tito
CZECH
Lupkow Pass
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vydran
Europe
Armistice On In Calais Ends German Demand
Canadian forces surrounding Calais agreed to a 24 hour armistice to evacuate civilians. The truce ran from noon today to noon Saturday after talks between German garrison staff and Canadian commanders in the Canadian area. Concurrently Canadians attacked Cape Gris Nez and captured the German stronghold and cross channel guns. The German request for open city status was rejected. Canadians insisted on unconditional surrender as a condition for further talks.
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WILLIAM STEWART
CALAIS
C.P. Cable
Cape Gris Nez
Left Hand Corner on Sword Swallowing Dangers Exposed
The Great Zadma warns swallowers risk fatal peritonitis if the blade moves inside the stomach. A tin blade incident shows a performer bent and withdrawn the blade. Neon swallowing at Ripley's World Fair theater also raises safety concerns and audience reaction.
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Zadma
Collier’s
Ra man
Left Hand Continued On Page Thirteen
Page thirteen carries continuation of the left hand topic with brief notes and references. The fragment hints at ongoing discussion or column material labeled as left hand with repeated page notation. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
Slavs Claim Belgrade Reported by Ankara Radio
New York dated September 29 reports that an Ankara radio broadcast claimed Belgrade had been captured by Yugoslav patriots CBS recorded the broadcast for verification.
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NEW YORK
Ankara
Belgrade
CBS
Sink Big Jap Troopship Sink Big Jap Troopship
Allied headquarters in New Guinea reports an American patrol plane sank a 10 000 ton Japanese transport and damaged another smaller troopship during the first major strike over the Sulu archipelago. The week long action left 15 Japanese ships sunk or damaged by Southwest Pacific forces.
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ALLIED
New Guinea
Sulu archipelago
Philippines
southwest Pacific
CENTRAL
PEARL HARBOR
Visayan islands
United States
Pacific fleet headquarters
Cebu
Leyte
Negros
Mactan
Luzon
Ralston Tours Canadian Troops on Italian Front
Canadian Defence Minister J L Ralston arrived on the Adriatic front to visit troops, hospitals, and units after flying from New York. He conferred with Lt General Wilson and spoke to about 600 soldiers at a forward battalion, answering questions on discharge and war topics before departing amid applause.
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C.P. Cable
J. L. Ralston
New York
Ralston
Wilson
Soviet Gain in Estonia Leaves Two Islands Held
Soviet forces in the Leningrad group under Marshal Govorov report 30,000 killed and 15,745 captured in 10 days ending Sept 26 as they push from Narva and Tartu across Estonia’s northern coast toward Riga, leaving only two small islands, Osecal and Dapo, still in German hands.
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LONDON
C.P
Estonia
Moscow
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Narva
Tartu
Riga
Baltic States
Osecl
Dapo
Nine Dead and One Hundred Hurt in Missouri Valley Wreck
A Chicago and Northwestern passenger and freight train collision near Missouri Valley left at least nine dead and about 100 injured. Also reported, Frederick E. Williamson, 68, former New York Central president, died in New York City.
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MISSOURI VALLEY, In
A.P
Chicago
Northwestern
Missouri Valley
F. E. WILLIAMSON
NEW YORK
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central Railroad
Torture Case Nearing Jury Verdict in Jamieson Slaying
Four men face Ontario supreme court trial in Fort Frances for the July 2 death of Viola Jamieson in Flanders Ont. The torture included hot stove burns and flaming newspapers during a June 10 home robbery bid. Defense to sum up tomorrow. Crown to close proceedings this afternoon. Schmidt testified he went to the Jamieson home June 10 to rob but did not take part in the torture.
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FORT FRANCES
Ont
Ontario supreme court
Viola Jamieson
Flanders
Cecil L. Snyder
Anthony
George Skrypnyk
Ernc Tillonen
14 ton Nazi weapon described as V-3 in Nazi arsenal
In a France front dispatch dated September 23 the U S Third Army reports a 14 ton projectile with an explosive radius near three kilometres likely to be the third in Hitler s vengeance weapons V 1 V 2 and V 3 The craft 60 feet long five feet six inches in diameter and weighing 14 tons uses liquid air and alcohol propulsion and is controlled by radio after vertical launch
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FRANCE
United States
3rd Army
Hitler
Britain
7300 Planes Ravage Germany In Four Days
Allied airpower mounted a nonstop four day assault on Germany using 7300 planes and 48,000 aircrew. RAF Mosquitos joined daylight raids on Brunswick and eastern targets while heavy bombers and escorts struck rail hubs and war plants, with 110 heavy bombers and 36 German planes reported down, and several fighters unable to return.
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LONDON
Germany
Brunswick
Reich
Magdeburg
Kassel
Merseburg
France
Road distances on war fronts update
Western Front distances show 205 miles from west of Eleves, Trussian Front 310 miles from Warsaw, and Italian Front 570 miles from south of Bologna. Canadian Press notes current front-line estimates as the war advances.
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Eleves
Warsaw
Bologna
Ex-President of Reichstag Executed in Gestapo Round
Cairo radio quoted Geneva sources that Paul Loebs former Reichstag president was executed by the Gestapo in a purge aimed at eliminating elements potentially favorable to the Allies. The report appeared in London on September 29 1946.
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Reichstag
LONDON
Cairo
Geneva
Paul Loebs
Gestapo
Finnish ex premier Hackzell transported to Helsinki hospital
Hantti Hackzell former Finnish premier who suffered a paralytic stroke in Moscow while leading the peace mission was flown to Helsinki by a Russian air plane and later moved to a Helsinki hospital as reported by a Finnish home radio broadcast.
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WACKZELL
HELSINKE
NEW YORK
Hantti Hackzell
Moscow
Helsinki
Hackzell
Gloom Sweeps Chungking Amid War Setbacks
In Chungking, September reports warn of Chinese defeats and risk to American air bases. Loss of key forward bases could push bombing back toward Kunming, weakening joint Pacific efforts. The central government faces a hit to prestige amid Communist pressures and strained Allied relations. Military reverses threaten China’s defense and morale.
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PRESTON GROVER
Associated Press
CHUNGKING
14th Air Force
Ching
China
Chuneking
Japan
Chennai
Kwetlin
Tanchuk
Liuchen
Kunming
Pacific
China coast
McNaughton Becomes General After Army Retirement
Ottawa Sept 29 Lt Gen A G L McNaughton 57 former overseas commander retires with full general rank announced by Defence Minister Ralston He is the second full general in Canadian army history and may not return to his post as president of the National Research Council in the near term In a letter dated Sept 23 he said he should be free to pursue other matters and be released from service Col Ralston voiced deep regret at the retirement effective Sept 21 continuation noted on page four.
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McNAUGHTON
OTTAWA
A. G. L. McNaughton
Defence
Ralston
Lord Byng
Canada
Genoo Currie
Col. Ralston
National Research Council
High Placed Nazi Dead
Joseph Buerckel longtime Nazi official and one of Hitler's loyal supporters died at Neustadt at age 49 from lung inflammation as German radio named him the first gauleiter of Austria and a former civil administrator in Lorraine Moravia and the Saar.
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NEW YORK
Joseph Buerckel
Eitler
Lorraine
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Saar
Germany
Buerckel
Berlin
Neustad
US and Allied Forces Reach Vosges Passes In Range
American Old and 7th Armies closed to 20 to 25 miles from the Vosges passes into southern Germany and fired on Belfort Pass. Canadian Spitfire wings shot down 19 of 22 enemy aircraft over Western Europe. Ontario jury to decide fate of four men in a torture slaying case. Precipitation totals reach 0.23 inch with continued snow and rain. US Marines invade two Palau Islands, reporting light resistance. Yankees eliminated from the pennant race as Detroit defeats Washington and St. Louis beats New York.
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BELFORT
LONDON
Vosges Mountains
Germany
Belfort Pass
upper Rhine valley
LHE TACTICAL AIR FORCE
Belgium
Reuters
R.A. s Tactical Air Force
Europe
Ontario supreme court
MLDJE
Viela Jamieson
Flanders
PALAU
WASHINGTON
United States
Nxesebus
Kongaura
Petelin
NEW YORK YANKEES
LOUIS
A.D
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Yans
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Metz
Nancy
VANKS GAIN
THE HAGUE
ROTTERDAM
Gotate
AMSTERDAM
LELUWARDEN
ASSEN
Arnhem
Briish
Sword Swallowers
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CECILE
Tpr
Frank Grummett
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