Nazi Germany Faces Its Greatest War Crisis On Dnieper
The article reports Nazi forces under heavy Russian pressure along the Dnieper corridor with key river crossings and the Crimean line under threat. It notes German holdouts at the river’s bends and fears Russian breakthroughs jeopardizing the right flank from Kharkov to the Baltic region, describing a potential retreat from the Dnieper as imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dnieper
Vitebsky
Poland
Baltic
East Prussia
Kiev
Berlin
Mashaa
Deleper
Crimea
Perekop
Kharkov
Rusgumsag
Angesaraet
Finland
McClellan pushes Senate vote on lasting peace resolution
Ashington reports Senator McClellan plans to offer a house approved foreign policy measure as the Senate’s chance to express sentiment on lasting peace. He argues the resolution sets a simple, direct limits and records support for American participation in appropriate international action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
McClellan
Arkansas
For Relations Committee
cClellan
Senate
House
Congress
Finschhafen Is Captured by Australian Ninth Division
Allied headquarters report the Australian Ninth Division captured the air and sea base at Finschhafen in northeast New Guinea after a two‑pronged assault supported by American air bombardment. Japanese marines opposed the final attack, many were killed or scattered. no prisoners were reported. The victory gives the Allies control of Hoogulf area as Lae falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Clements
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Australia
Ninth
Digwera
Finechafter
Finechafen
Lae
Salamans
Alamein
Egypt
Hoogulf
New Britain
MacArthur
Miles
Buna
Goma
Muna
Kakakog
Finachhafen
Sinking of Ceramic Liner Remains Unclear After War At Sea
Capetown reports the 18 700 ton British liner Ceramic sank in the Atlantic last November en route from England to Capetown with more than 500 aboard. Officials confirm no trace of passengers or crew and uncertainty remains over casualties and survivors. German reports claimed a survivor and torpedoing in heavy seas as a Nazi radio broadcast circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Ceramic
Atlantic
England
North Africa
Mighty Soviet thrusts reported in White Russia and south Ukraine
London reported Soviet divisions driving through forests toward the upper Dnieper and Vitebsk as German resistance slowed. Moscow claimed gains up to eleven miles, with heavy German counterattacks and Russian advances near Gomel, Pronys river, and toward Vitebsk and the Crimea region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
White Russia
Dnieper
Vitebsk
Red Army
Caucasus
Moscow
Ukraine
Crimea
Mogilev
Pronys River
Gomel
Red
Rusia
Starottarovskaya
Taman
Kerch
Comruique
Kuben
Senator Barkley Hints War Dept Statement on Father Draft Limits
Senator Barkley of Kentucky said an official communication from the War Department may outline the department position on measures to ease the impact of the father draft. He noted a Wheeler bill delay and Taft’s substitute proposal that would push deferment logic for men with families. Draft Director Hershey testified deferment should reflect work and finances, not merely number of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
War Department
Senate
Francis W. Reesting
Selective Service
Wheeler
Taft
Ohio
Lewis B. Hershey
New Orleans Man Killed in Crash
Milton J. Robert aged 40 was killed and Frank Hobden aged 38 was seriously injured when Hobden’s car crashed into a utility pole on the Burma road early today. Robert leaves a wife two sons Milton Jr and Herbert in the U S Marines and a daughter Loretta. Both men were residents of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Milton J. Robert
Frank Hobden
Hobden
Burma Road
Robert
Milton, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Herbert Robert
United States Navy
Loretta
New
Body of Capt Fullilove Found Near Goss La
Army authorities investigate the death of Captain Thomas P. Fullilove 37 Shreveport officer missing since September 1 his body found beneath the rear of a car in a DeSoto parish woods. A pistol lay under the car seat and an army sack was with the body. Coroner Dr Hewitt said it was likely not murder and a verdict may come tomorrow. Survivors include his widow three children two sisters and a brother Lt Sam MacDonald Fullilove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Fullilove
Camp Claiborne
Goss
Shreveport
Fullilove
Barksdale Field
Here
DeSoto Parish
Mansfield
W. D. Hewitt
John O. Gibson
San Antonioc
Tex
Paul L. Burton
Houston
Sam MacDonald Fullilove
Carlshad
New Mexico
Third War Loan Oversubscribed Signals Wide Support
The M day third war loan closed at a $15.0009 billion goal oversubscribed by about 1.887 billion. Secretary Morgenthau praised the public for a large effort as bonds sold surged with a late rush across states. Final tallies and a complete count are expected by October 18 after continued reporting in coming days.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Fortresses Rip Emden Again In Allied Air Blitz
American Flying Fortresses escorted by Thunderbolts and fighter escort blasted Emden port installations. They claimed 19 German fighters down, while fortresses bagged 14 enemy planes and fighters five. Berlin radio and other outlets went off air amid further Allied attacks on targets across Europe.
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London
Thunderbolt
Emden
Germany
Berlin
Deutschlandsender
DNB
Kalundborg
Eighth Air Force
Hitler
Bern
Munich
Ouachita Parish War Loan Drive Exceeds Quota
Ouachita parish subscribed 4 766 270 to the Third War Loan, 451 270 over its quota. C D Oakley and S Jack Rogers praised workers including J C Roy Cunningham M C Clanahan H H Marble B W Simms Grover Holloway Jewel McQuiller Home Demonstration club and 4H members W R Younger Tom Hicks Ike Hamilton Jim Stanley and the Cattlemen's association for strong effort in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
C. D. Oakley
S. Jack Rogers
Rogers
War Finance Committee
J. C. Roy
Cunningham
M. C. Clanahan
H. H. Marble
B W
Three-Gun Coed Held as Assassin in Utrecht Killing
Berlin radio reports 22 year old Gertrude Van Lier, a Dutch coed, was arrested by German troops for the September 3 assassination of Colonel Gerrit Jan Kerlen police president of Utrecht. She allegedly admitted another assassination and held three pistols. Nazis offered 10 000 quiltiers reward.
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London
Berlin
Gertrude van Lier
Gerrit Jan Kerlen
Utrecht
Korlen
Aneta
Netherlands
Netherlands Indies Army
Akron Rubber Leaders Warn of Tire Shortage
Five major Akron rubber companies warned of a potential tire shortage unless drastic conservation measures are adopted. They cited reduced tire stocks, government ration changes, and a lack of workers to convert synthetic rubber into tires, with stock now under 3,000,000 and production hampered by manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Akron Rubber Companies
One Ruber Company
William O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Company
Postpone Trials of Kimmel and Short in Pearl Harbor Case
The War Department announced the postponement of court-martial trials for Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, the Hawaii commanders at Pearl Harbor. The move allows trials to proceed at a future date and includes waivers of statute of limitations for the officers. The decision preserves government rights and follows a presidential commission finding of dereliction of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Secretary of War
Husband FE Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Short
Navy
Honolulu
Drowning Rescue Saves Two-Year-Old At Farm Tub
Two-year-old Carylen Crowson nearly died after being found unconscious in a farm tub. Neighbor Kaye Okuma and Monroe firefighters revived her with CPR and emergency equipment, continuing care for 34 minutes until she breathed steadily and was taken to hospital.
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Carylen Crowson
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
M. G. Crowson
W. W. McDonald
Here
Kaye Okuma
American Legion
Okuma
H. L. Hales
M. M. Smith
C. W. Flacey
Legion
Captain Fleming Named Chief Pilot for Pan American Route
Captain H B Fleming of Coushatta is appointed chief pilot of Pan American airway across the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans to Guatemala and Panama. He succeeds Captain J C Britton who made the inaugural flight last June on the 2000 mile route. Fleming has flown the ocean 50 times in the past year and has piloted clippers across Mexico Central and northern South America. His headquarters will be at New Orleans.
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New Orleans
H. B. Fleming
Coushatta
Pan American Airway
Gulf of Mexico
Guatemala
Panama
J. C. Britton
Pan- American
Fleming
Pan-American
Mexico
Central
South America
New York
Europe
Africa
Britton
Rommel’s Italy Rear-Guard Fights Hard North of Naples
Allied forces press the Rommel retreat in fierce actions north of Naples and Avellino as American and British troops drive ahead. Rommel uses stubborn rear-guard tactics, while raids target pontoon bridges at Grazzanise and Formia. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances on the Adriatic coast amid light opposition.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Naples
Avellino
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Mark W. Clark
Rommel
Grazzanise
Volturno
Formia
Rome
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
South Dakota Identified as Famous Battleship in Pacific Actions
The U S S South Dakota, commanded by Captain Thomas L Gateh, shot down 32 planes on October 2 at Santa Cruz and sank three Japanese cruisers off Savo Island on November 14. The navy kept the ship’s identity secret for a year as it was the lead vessel of a new class.
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Washington
U. S. S& South Dakota
Thomas L. Gateh
Gateh
South Dakota
Savo Island
Solomons
Santa Cruz
Navy
Wood contractor J. J. Hollis killed in logging truck accident
J. J. Hollis 42 a Union parish pulp wood contractor was crushed by a log on a truck near Lisbon Bernice La. He died at Rose-Lincoln hospital Ruston after being rushed there from the scene. Survived by wife Blanche and three daughters Martha, Blanche, Helen and a son J Hollis Jr in Oberlin Ohio. Funeral not yet held.
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Bernice
J. J. Hollis
Union Parish
Lisbon
Hollis
Roseten-Lincoln
Ruston
Blanche Gresham
Stinson Heard
Marthe Blanche Hollis
Helen Hollis
J. Hollis, Jr
Oberline
Ohio
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Denver
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Lowryfield
Kimmel and Short
Tub
Captain Fleming
Clark
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