Allied Forces Push Deeper Into Germany With Key Schmidt Loss
Allied armies report major advances across the Rhine region after retaking Schmidt dominating the Baer river line. American forces held the initiative near Aachen while divers bombers inflicted heavy German casualties in Schmidt. Dutch and Belgian fronts broadened with Capture points at Ospel and Maas river crossings as French and Polish units push from the Vosges toward Gerardmer and strategic passes.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
L48
First Army
Germany
Schmidt
Baer
Rhineland
Tholeh
Hodges
Aachen
Wossenack
Garmoter
Ruhr
Holland
Maas River
Mak River
Tig Maas
Moerdijk
Geertruledenberg
Walcheren
Flushing
Westkapelle
Insand
Middelburg
Antwerp
Nevilly
Ottohberg
Canavan
Steenbergen
Hollandach Diep
Maas
Tarheyden
Moordijk
U. 8
Seventh
Vosges
Gerardmer
Maritine Alps
Soopel
Turly
French Riviera
Menton
Massive Allied Air Assault Hits German Targets
About 5000 Allied planes, including over 3100 heavy bombers, dropped more than 10,000 tons of bombs on oil plants, rail yards, and other targets across Germany from the west and south. Daylight raids by 3500 U.S. and RAF planes hit Ham b u rg Gelsenkirchen and other centers. the U.S. Eighth Air Force reported 14 heavy bombers and six fighters lost, with 89 aircraft not returning from Thursday’s battle. Simultaneous raids from Italy by 750 aircraft targeted Munich Regensburg Augsburg Linz Solingen and other key sites, as the RAF Mosquito night raid on Berlin preceded the daytime offensive.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
British
Air Ministry
Bochum
U. S
Britain
Italy
Western Europe
Prac- Henly
Luttwatlee
WU. S
Eighth Air Force
U.S
15Th Air Fores
Munich
Regensburg
Augsburg
Linz
Austria
Solingen
RAF
Berlin
Brikain
Eighth Air
War crimes list cites hundreds of French clergy deported
French official sources say a draft list of war criminals who attacked Catholic clergy and orders in France was sent to General De Gaulle for Allied action. More than 400 priests and nuns were deported from Paris, with 28 priests arrested, 14 sent to Germany and 26 imprisoned in France. The report cites the archbishop of Paris and notes the killing of Father Gorentin Clarce by Gestapo agents and the arrest of a Mother Superior of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent.
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Washington
France
DeGaulle
Lst
Detaulle
Allied War Criminal Commission
London
Germany
Nans
Paris
Pealapa
Frances
DeGawle
Gorentin Clarce
Peis
Pos
Sisters of Charity of St
Sir John Dill Dies in the United States
Field Marshal Sir John Dill head of the British staff mission in Washington and England’s defense minister died at Walter Reed hospital after a several month illness of a refractory anemia. He was 63. He is survived by Lady Dill and Sir John Dr Guerin Dit, a son, both in Washington.
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Washington
Sir John Dill
United States
Winston Churchill
England
British Information Services
Walter Reed Hospital
John Dill
Sonia Furlong
Washington, Snd
Maj
John Dr Guerin
Plane Crash Kills 24 Near Hanford California
A Transcontinental Western Air passenger plane from San Francisco to Los Angeles crashed near Hanford California. Twenty one passengers and three crew members were killed. Farm interests in Hanford reported wreckage scattered over a wide area after the 4 o clock takeoff from San Francisco.
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Fresno
Calif
ING
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hanford
Fresno County
U S Closing Trap on Leyte Japs
American forces on Leyte press land and sea assault to seal the Ormoc corridor. U S air and sea forces disrupt a Japanese convoy heading north from Ormoc and Valencia, destroying trucks tanks and equipment as defenses crumble along the west coast near Ormoc Carigara and Capoocan.
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MacArthur
Ormog
Leyte
Capoocan
Ormec
Dagami
Seventh Division
Archibald V. Arnolf
Altu
Kwajalein
Ormoc
Haybay
Colasion Point
Carigara
Texing
Ken
Lone Jap in death by own action sinks Princeton
Survivors recount the October 24 sinking of the light carrier Princeton after an enemy plane, aided by a bombing run, caused fires and explosions on the flight deck. Gunners and pilots exchanged fire as the ship was abandoned, with destroyers later ringing her.
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San Francisco
Princeton
John Cooper
HBO
Guar
Martinsburg
W. Va
CINS
WarePal
Frinceton
Jetton
Raig Équail
Fallova
Stas
Martinsborg
Cooper
Vleinily
Mut 2
Joseph Tumeler
UMMC
Rapid City
G. D
Iao
X. Terrifla
Dreath
Thia
Destroyera
Silent Bloc Determines Close 1944 Election Race
President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey race toward Election Day as early polls show narrow leads for either side. Pennsylvania, New York, and five battleground states shape the contest with East states seen as decisive. Campaign swings include Roosevelt covering New England and Boston while Dewey plans New York City stops and a cross state tour ending in Baltimore.
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William
Hutchinson
Washington
Hoosevelt
Dewey
Roosevelt
Cnnsylvania
Philadelphia
Tliése
Pennsylvera
Carr
Pennsylvania
New York State
Thura
Sevelt
New York
New ‘York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryand
Maryland
International News Service
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Solid South
Tennessee
Arizona
California
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Washingkin
Rhode Island
GOP
Maine
Vermont
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
Delaware
Wyoming
New Mexico
Oregon
East
Bridgeport
Hartford
Springfield
Worcester
Sn Fenway Park
Boston
Madison Equire Garden
New York City
Buffalo
Baltimore
Commutite Cine Ig OO
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness Saturday night and Sunday. Temperature expected to remain steady with little change.
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San Antonio
Dewey Campaign Fits the Truth About the Race
Governor Dewey presents a vigorous campaign message arguing unity and reform. He attacks the New Deal as corrupt and indecisive while praising returning heroes and a prosperous future, urging voters to focus on the record and why the public supports his approach.
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New Deal
Dewey
Republican Party
New Deal Administration
St. Louis
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
America
Russians Break Through Budapest Front Lines in City Fighting
Soviet forces under Malinovsky push into Budapest outskirts driving to center. Berlin reports shells into the heart of the capital as panic and resistance surge. Farther east the Red Army seizes Szolnok and other towns while reports claim German forces weaken under the onslaught.
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London
INS
Marshal Malinovsky
Red Army
Budapest
Ste
Naz
Berlin
Boviet
Gare Man
Mfoaco
Madro
Hungary
Titetor
Feretto Bualnsi
Hays
Vienna
Germany
Moscow
Malincyeky
Szainok
Tisen
Szolnok
Transylvania
Cogled
Ahony
Ocsa Cegtedles
Ocan
Baran
Tisza
Mershal Stalin
Clty
Beryera
Chernyakhovsky
East Prussia
Gostap
Allies Fear When Rocket Fire Strikes Near Walcheren
On Walcheren island near Westkapelle a Allied rocket attack caused terrifying moments aboard a gunboat and a vessel in the same flotilla. A barrage erupted within 200 yards as crews dived for cover, miraculously causing only minor damage on one ship while another escaped unscathed amid the shelling. An American war correspondent and British sailors survived the experience.
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Isy Wadden K. Migginbotham Jy
Headquartshs
Walcheren
Fort Walcheren
Weatkapelle
Cato
Ued
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Lone Jap
Werther
Thomas E. Dewey
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