Evacuations in Central China as Japanese advance
American and British forces ordered to evacuate Kweichow and Hunan as Japanese columns push toward the riverine and provincial capitals. Allied air victories over the Pacific are reported, with heavy bombardment and losses on both sides. In the Philippines, Nimita reports sinking two Japanese ships and damaging many more while MacArthur notes major raids on Cebu, Negros, and Mindanao.
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Rsh
China
Kweichow
Hunan
Pacific
Saipan
Marinn Gs Island
Thase
Tokyo
Admiral Nimita
Philippines
Manila Bay
Carter
Manila
MacArthur
Cebu
Negros
Mindano Islands
Tokyo Radio
Kweiyang
Burma Road
Hoohin
Welyang
Pooching
Chungking
Arthur Treacher Buttles for Bonds in Hollywood Dinner
Hollywood reports Arthur Treacher acted as a butler at a war bond dinner for filmdom’s elite. Atwater Kent, a radio maker, secured Treacher’s services with a bid of $300,000, aimed at supporting war bonds.
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Hollywood
Arthur ‘Treacher
Treacher
Atwater Kent
Alite
Pilot Writes Wife of Tokyo Raid Victory in Memo Letter
Maj Robert K Morgan, pilot of the B 29 Dauntless Dotty leading the first Tokyo raid, describes the mission in a pencil letter from Saipan to his wife. He praises his crew, notes light fighter and flak opposition, and dedicates the raid to his newborn daughter Sandra Lea, with plans for future missions. He recalls deputized leaders and an emotional view of the bombing, ending with love to his wife and daughter.
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Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Telands
Navy
Robert K. Morgan
Associated Press
Dave
Weaverville Road
Asheville
Memphis
Morgan
Associated Arena
John
John AL Carroll
Fredericktown
Penn
Cox
Leonard Cox
Tulsa
Ohls
Jon Baird
Tempe
Ariz
Germany
Robert Sewell Iv
George Sewell
New Leracy
Lavonia
Tee Smith
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Robert Sowell
Major Sewell
Inidway
Taniis E. Smith
Anetonia
S A A C C Workers Win Cash for Safety Savings
Three San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center employees earned cash awards totaling 100 for safety and manpower savings in the central heating plant of a regional hospital. Ray D. Bonnet received 50 for combustion controls. Frank J. Doebler and Gilbert J. Krisch received 25 each for devising an automatic electric pump system to mitigate machinery downtime.
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Ciystan
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center
Wea
AAY
Ray D. Bonnet
Bleves Avenues
Frank J. Doewbler
West Drexel Averna
Gilbert J. Krisch
Wharton Street
Bon+ net
Doebler Ad Krishh
Snow and battles stall in Budapest war drive
Heavy snow slows fighting around Budapest as German and Hungarian forces dig in along a 29 mile front from the city’s southern edge to Asgad in the northeast. Soviet advances claim gains in Slovakia and along the Danube, with Petrov’s Fourth Ukraine army widening the bridgehead and disruptions to German lines.
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Moscow
Babna
Budapest
Asgad
Ruslan
Slovyatia
Red Army
Slovakia
Carpathian
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Presov
Kassa
Kosice
Jana
Dukla Pass
Petrov
Poland
Lattack
Tokaj
Nort
Hungary
Bekecs
Obd
Berlin
the Danube
Bating
Apatin
Yugoslavia
Nazis Driven Near Faenza Fight Advances Across Lamone
ROME reports British Eighth Army drives most German forces from the Lamone river east bank to Beattions on the opposite side in the Alboreto region five miles north of Faenza. Heavy rain mud slows advance as Allied headquarters note contact with Germans on high ground beyond. On the Fifth Army front Indian troops push northwest of Modignana and capture Casale, less than 10 miles south of Faenza.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Lamono
Alboreto
Faenga
Fuenz
Patrele
Lamone
Fifth Army
Modignana
Casale
Faenza
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Darling
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Dautite
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Optical
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Alamo, San Antonis
Bill
Kinsey
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Ar.webster
Enial-Kinoley
Kinsey Distilling Corp
Linfield, Pa
S.A
SAACC
London
Moacs
Mohacs Les
Danube
Waxoslavia
Gonprapsllitary
Mohacs
Beauty Selon
Jaske
Garfield
Joske
Peay Dees Yee Ee
Alamo, San Antonio
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