Allied Air Raids Batter Bremen and Stuttgart Munich
British and American air fleets strike Bremen Germany and blitz three southern cities Stuttgart Friedrichshafen and Munich in heavy daylight raids. London endures a long alert as German bombers attack southeast England with limited success. RAF losses and damage reported by authorities remain modest amid extensive cloud cover.
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London
Bremen
Germany
North Sea
Royal Air Force
Stuttgart
Friedrichshafen
Munich
England
Air Ministry
Ill mum on Wake Island picture in the Pacific
A brief item notes the missing details of a Wake Island image scene in the Pacific. No further names, dates, or clear context are provided beyond the location.
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Wake Island
Admiral Kincaid Praises Seabees In Aleutians Effort
Vice Admiral Kincaid praises the Seabees for buildingAlaska bases and supporting Aleutian operations. He notes civilian contracts and army engineers often share duties, with Seabees completing essential construction while the war extends.
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C. Kincaid
Attu
Kiska
Boulder Dam
Schak
Seabees
Wwarthy
Army
Aleutians
Admiral Kincaid
Simon B . Stmy
Robert Meade
Scoteck, N
Pope Pius Is Nazi Prisoner in Rome Crisis
A Swiss writer reported Pope Pius XII as a prisoner under an unwanted protector group after Germany took Vatican protection. Swiss dispatches claimed Germany planned to move the pope to a north Italian town for safety, while Rome faced danger of ally street fighting and a surge of worried visitors dwindled.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pius
Italy
Rome
Sie
Vatican City
Naples
Vatican
Reuters
Zurich
Doenitz declares U boats remain Allies’ greatest threat
Admiral Karl Doenitz in a Berlin broadcast says submarines are Germany’s top threat and vows a naval war greater than before. He promises new weapons and devices for U boats to engage the enemy in all seas, insisting German science will stay on the enemy’s heels.
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London
Karl Doenitz
Berlin
Germany
DNB
Purge of Vichy Aides Expands From North Africa to Corsica
In a drive led by Francois de Menthon, the French Liberation Committee extends its purge of Vichyites from North Africa to Corsica with planned future action in metropolitan France. Commissions will review complaints, distinguishing obedient officers from active supporters of the Germans, and may remove officials without pension.
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Algiers
France
North Africa
French Committee of Nations
Corsica c
Charles de Gaulle
Francois de Menthon
Justice
Council of Resistance
Vichy
de Menthon
Corsica
Commission For
William de Mar¢ais
University of Paris
Henri Valet
Algeria
Andre Joppe
Tunis
De Marigny Case Returns to Court in Murder Trial
In Nassau a preliminary hearing is set for October 18 as Alford de Marigny faces trial for the slaying of his father in law Sir Harry Oakes. Modern forensic methods feature in the case as fingerprints and chemical analyses are presented for new evidence.
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Nassau
Britain
Ameria
Alford de Maany
Harry Oakes
F. Field Grantes
de Marigny
Supreme Court
Ovear Daly
Harry
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Westbourne
Nansau
British occupy island of Simi near Rhodes
British forces seized Simi island, 2% miles north of German-held Rhodes, after repelling a German assault with heavy losses. The Middle East communique noted prisoners taken but did not address Cos or broader Cyclades activity amid tightened censorship.
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Simi
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Middle East
Cos
Turkey
Istanbul
Cyclades
Aegean Sea
Aegean
Athens
Crete
Rngular
Greece
U P Official P L Keen Dies in New York
P Ed L Keen, 73, vice president of United Press and longtime foreign correspondent, died yesterday in New York while visiting. He served 29 years as general European manager and began reporting during the Philippines insurrection, continuing in foreign correspondence and news executive roles until 1939 when he returned from overseas.
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U.P
New York
Ed L Keen
United Press
U. P
Philippines
Ope
Russians Push New Offensive Across Dnieper
Moscow Oct. 8 The Red army widened its Dnieper bridgeheads from White Russia to the Black Sea. A four hour night crossing south of Pereyaslav near Kiev threatens Germany�s eastern front. Russian forces consolidated gains west of the Dnieper and expanded crossings while capturing suburbs of Kiev and nearby river islands.
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Moscow
Red Army
White Russia
Black Sea
Dnieper River
Kiev
Germany
Red Star
Dnieper
Pereyaslav
Kremencchug
Dnepropetrovsk
Red Army breaches Dnieper fronts near Kiev
Surging wheat stringing praise aside, Soviet forces break the German Dnieper river defense wall on three sectors above and below Kiev. They blast two corridors through Nazi-held approaches to the Baltic and clear the enemy from the line.
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London
Leningrad
Caucasus
Red
Kiev
Baltic
Boy Scouts Rally To Promote Ceiling Price Pledge
Tonight at 7 30 more than 430 Boy Scouts of the Twin Cities will gather on the courthouse lawn for a rally to finalize plans for a house to house OPA ceiling price pledge campaign starting Saturday morning. Citizens will be urged to sign pledges to buy or sell only at ceiling prices to curb black market evils and aid economic stability. Speakers include Charles B. Cook and A B Clarkson with a dramatization by Peck Alpha and Mrs J S Martin to illustrate pledge presentation to Monroe housewives.
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Twin Cities
Paul A. Reising
Chamber of Commerce
OPA
Charles B. Cook
A. B. Clarkson
Ouachita Valley
Allies aid Yugoslavia in Balkans and Czech brigade lands
Allied officers reportedly at partisan HQs in Yugoslavia amid Tito Mihailovic and Mihailovic tensions as a Czech brigade trained by Britain allegedly lands on Montenegro coast. King Peter urges unity and obedience to resistance leaders while noting rival factions. Cotton prospects decline with October 1 crop condition at 72 percent of normal and lint yield forecast down from last month.
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Free
Balkans
Cairo
Draja Mihajlovic
Stockholm
Budapest
Middle East
Yugoslavia
Greece
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Budva
Ulvinj
Rizicka
Mihailovic
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bolls
Census Bureau
Hamburg Fire Holocaust Described Amid Allied Bombing
Swiss paper recalls August Hamburg raid as a holocaust with a roof of fire draining oxygen, flames rising six kilometers, and shelters housing thousands perishing. It notes most residents fled only before a raging fireball, while authorities report 20 000 cremation like deaths and no identification traces.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hamburg
Allgemeine Volkszeitung
Government uses paper rapped by committee in hearing
A House sub committee heard that government magazines printed for official use on high quality paper exhaust wood pulp stocks by spring. Harold Boeschenstein warned further drastic cuts in newsprint are inevitable as WPB reduces orders. The chairman criticized treasury wasteful paper use amid calls for conservation.
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Congressional
Harold Boeschenstein
Bureau
The
War Production Board
House
WPB
Wolverton
Republican
New Jersey
Boren
Democrat
Oklahoma
Treasury
Boeschenstein
WAGE FIGHT IN RAIN AND MUD
Allied reports say General Clark's Fifth Army pushed 16 miles along a Naples front reaching the Volturno river with Capua and Castel Volturno captured. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances threaten Pescara as Canadians join the advance amid heavy German resistance and rain soaked fighting.
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Edward Kennedy
Alegiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Voleturno River
Naples
Capua
Caspua
Castel Volturno
Rome
Mazzoni
Clark
Via Casalina
Eighth Army
Berenard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Adriatic
Montgomery
Pescara
Apennines
Tiber
Dominion
North Ward
Plaquemines Move Awaited In Political Clash
In Port a la Hache the Perez faction fortified the courthouse as the state guard arrived to back pressure on Walter J. Blaize amid a sheriff vacancy dispute with Governor Jones. The grand jury meets to probe an alleged riot conspiracy as Perez denounces military decrees.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Perez
Port-a-la-Hache
Jones
Walter J. Blaize
State Guard
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Charles
Thomas Porter
American fliers credited with several kills in China raid
In Kiangsi province a U S fighter group repelled 27 Japanese bombers and 21 Zeros. Lt Judson Bullard Jr of Laurinburg North Carolina downed a Zero, Lt Templeton of Steinauer Nebraska destroyed a bomber, Lt Max Moffetger of Columbia Iowa probable destruction, and Lt Mortimer Langsford of Tampa Florida damaged another. all American planes returned.
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14Th Air Force
China
Kiangsi Province
Judson Bullard, Jr
Laurinburg
N. C
Templeton
Steinauer
Neb
Max Mofteeger
Columbia
Mortimer Langsford
Tampa
Fila
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