B-29s Launch Week of Attacks Across Pacific
The 20th Air Force reports four B 29s conducted a large square raid on Okayama, Formosa raids unreported at this time, and additional Formosa and Ryukyu operations as U S forces assert a week of raids targeting Japan s inner defenses. Navy says 524 planes damaged or destroyed, 46 ships sunk or damaged in four days, as operations extend toward the Philippines Formosa and Ryukyu islands.
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20Th Air Force
Okayama
Formosa
Pacific Fleet
Pearl
China
U.S
Wild Department
Army
Navy
Japan
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Olayama
Tokyo
U.S. Navy
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Mense Dependen
Nippon Seas
Ryukyu Islands
Lueatin
Pippines
Chester We Nans
Smrattler Crath
Fesser
Tony Hee
Suthern Pasir Islands
Peli
Anguar
Palau
Palippines
Marets Island
Luzon
Balikpapan
Yanks Close In On Aachen Center From Three Directions
Allied forces converged from northeast east and southeast toward Aachen core as German defenders, battered and outnumbered, fought through rubble. Civilians fled the burning city toward temporary shelters as German relief units failed to mount a counterattack.
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Howard Cowan
Associated Press
London
U. S
Aachen
U.S. First Army
Hungarians Reported En Route To Moscow For Peace Talks
Hungary may seek an armistice as reports from Ankara and Sofia say a peace delegation has left for Moscow. The Ankara radio cited continued negotiations while Bulgaria’s had begun, and Paris radio claimed Hungary accepted Allied terms. Berlin warned of European tension as Red Army advances continue.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
London
Hungary
Red Army
Moscow
Ankara
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Sofia
Terr
Paris
Bulgaria
Europe
Berlin
Spanish Loyalists Attack Figueras Frontier Raid
Spanish Republicans announced that guerrillas crossed from France Tuesday night and attacked Franco government guards at Figueras in Catalonia. The raid released prisoners and liberated several guards in France as captives.
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France
Figueras
New 12,000-pound Earthquake Bomb Revealed by RAF
London reports the air ministry says the RAF has used a new 12,000-pound earthquake bomb to destroy dams seawalls and submarine pens. The weapon boasts extreme blast and deep penetration, capable of flattening hundreds of buildings and piercing 12-foot concrete roofs at Brest.
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London
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Ministry
Emden
Brest
Tirpitz
Allied Push In Italy Breaks German Front On Po Plain
British and American forces drive Germans back along virtually the entire Italian front. Canadian infantry and tanks reach four miles from Cesena on the Po plain while the Fifth Army advances westward through mountains. Casualties and mine delays slow pockets of advance as clear weather aids armor across the Bologna Rimini corridor.
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Aachen
Maas River
Germany
Over- Toon
Associated Press
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De Gaulle Charges France Neglected in Broadcast
In a French radio broadcast General Charles de Gaulle denounced what he called neglect by the other great powers as France plans for peace. He warned of delayed Allied aid for reconstruction and urged France to rely on itself while continuing the war effort. He cited 300,000 casualties and widespread destruction as the cost of the conflict and outlined tasks: defeat the enemy, reestablish influence abroad, and rebuild at home.
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Associated Press
London
Charles de Gaulle
France
British Occupy Athens in Allied Operation
Allied communique reports British troops land in Athens and Piraeus with Greek forces. Air force and naval carrier groups supported the operation. no opposition noted. Cairo radio claimed ongoing fighting near Athens and German morale weakened as Attica and Patras activity arose.
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Athens
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Piraeus
London
Cairo
Salonika
Marathon
Attica
Patras
Soldier Sought In Rape Killing Case Hollywood Heiress
Hollywood investigators seek a 24 year old olive skinned soldier who allegedly attacked and strangled 20 year old heiress Georgette Bauerdorf. Her body was found in a bathtub after she was raped and left in a rented apartment. Fingerprints were found in the apartment and on her car abandoned ten miles away in a Negro district.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Georgetle
Frank R. Webb
Allied bombers raid Amboina Ceram in Pacific clash
Allied sources report heavy air strikes against Amboina and Ceram with about 100 tons dropped on Japanese airfields and oil targets. Bombers pounded Wewak area concentrations, while additional waves harassed Bougainville Shortlands and the Bismarcks with 54 tons more explosives.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Amboina
Ceram
Thlday
Boela
Wewak
Bismarck
Bougainville
Shortlands
West Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
Sunday will bring fair skies and a gentle warm up across West Virginia. Local temperatures rise from the low to mid 50s with Saturday lows around 58.5 degrees and a high likely near the upper 60s. Precipitation chances are minimal as the region heads into a dry spell.
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Roosevelt May Pivot to Four Swing States in 1944 Campaign
President Roosevelt may personally campaign in Pennsylvania and New York along with potential stops in other doubtful states as part of a broad swing. White House officials offered no dates and details while Democratic aides cite Philadelphia Cleveland and Chicago as likely venues after his New York address on international law.
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Ines
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Stephen Earry
New York Herald Tribune
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Foreign Policy Association
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Thomas &. Dewey
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Dewey
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Minnesota
Socialite acquitted on murder charge in Salinas
Carmel socialite Mrs Frances Andrews, 37, was acquitted by an eight women four men jury in Salinas after six hours and eighteen minutes of deliberation. Prosecutor alleged jealousy after Lovett, 19, dallied with another Carmel woman.
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Salinas
Calif
Frances Andrews
Carmel
Day Lovett
RAF Blasts Duisburg For Record Bombing Raid
London dispatch reports a massive Allied air operation over western Germany. RAF heavy bombers dropped about 3,600 tons on Duisburg, while a large force struck Cologne and targets east of Aachen, aiming to disrupt rail and canal links behind the Siegfried Line during the siege of Aachen.
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Duisberg
Cologne
Pseordo
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Sieafriend
R.A. F. Heavies
Duisburg
Aachen
Osiner
Senate group identifies Statler Battle participants
Senate investigators received affidavits from the American Federation of Labor Teamsters who clashed with U S Navy officers in the Battle of the Statler. Chairman Green refused to disclose names or publish the affidavits, saying only that the Teamsters’ leader was identified and none of the participants was a personal friend of President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Robert ‘. Murphy Atttorney
Senate
New York
Churchill Stalin Steal Show At Ballet In Moscow
In their first public appearance since the war began Premier Stalin and Winston Churchill drew a seven minute standing ovation at the Bolshoi theater. The two leaders attended a command performance in Moscow’s famed ballet house, sharing a red plush box as Soviet authorities arranged the event.
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Mearshal Statin
Ahly Ted
Winston Churchill
Mosgaw
Bolshoi Theater
Stalin
Churchill
Fall of Belgrade Looms as Forces Enter City
Russian and Yugoslav Partisans fought into Belgrade amid a street battle with a German garrison. Berlin acknowledged strong Soviet forces near the capital as Moscow reported advances on the Belgrade-Sarajevo rail line and in the Hungarian plains. Bulgarian and Greek developments and the wider Balkans push highlighted Allied momentum in the region.
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Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
London
Belgrade
Marshal Vito
Berlin
Moscow
Dhungary
Derecon
Grerman
Rrissii
Nosk Wunetion
Belgrade-Saliz
Yuroshiv
Yoo
Barbadan Rills
Stantehey
Sofia
Nazis Capture 1st American General
The War Department announced that Brigadier General Arthur W. Thaman of Milville, Missouri, the first American general officer captured by Germany, was taken prisoner after serving as commander of the Oklahoma City Service Command. He was listed as captured during a bombing mission over German territory.
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Washington
Arthur Wo
Thaman
Milville
Gernans
Vanantar
Germany
Wallace joins PAC in Indiana bid
Vice President Wallace spoke at a linehead meeting in Indianapolis as part of a fund drive for a political action committee. The event included remarks on adequacy of leadership and pledged support from committee members and associates.
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Wallace
PAC
Indiana
Eodequiey
Nawamai
Bilton
Aiden
U S Population Rises Most in A Decade 1943 Benchmark
Washington reports the United States posted the largest population increase in ten years since 1943 as births outpaced deaths by 2.935 million in 1943 with a natural increase of 20 per 1000 people. New Mexico had the highest birth rate while New Jersey registered the lowest. District of Columbia birth rate stood at 26.2 per 1000. The census bureau cites factors including fewer military personnel and an aging population.
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