Emden Raid From Fortresses And Thunderbolts
American Flying Fortresses bombed Emden in a daylight raid, dropping nearly 1000 tons of bombs. Nineteen Nazi fighters intercepted the force and were shot down. two Fortresses were lost. Thunderbolt escorts claimed five more enemy planes, while 14 fighters were destroyed over Emden. Allied air power also targeted Hagen in the Ruhr with a heavy RAF raid and bombed Be Omer Longuenosge and other targets in France.
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London
Emden
Tme
Omer- Longuenosge
France
England
Boulogne
Dieppe
Ems
Hagen
Wuppertal
Britain
Telttra
Air Ministry
Ruhr Hof
Channel
Inst
North Africa
Munich
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Jeepload of Newsmen Enters Naples in Allied Dispatches
Naples reports reveal a jeep full of war correspondents including HICHAN) TREGASKIS entering the city as the first Allied journalists to traverse Naples air street. They were mobbed by hysterical Neopolitans while others hailed the end of a two day terror reign as German forces had left three days earlier. Pvt. Delmar Richardson led the entry.
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Hichan
Tregaskis TN
Biot
Naples
Edmond Capatelli
Gloversville
Pvt
Delmar Richardson
Fort Wayne, Yd
Missing as Sub Sinks Brazil Ship Chronicles Post
London dispatch reports a Brazilian coastal steamer torpedoed and sunk with nine passengers and 18 crew lost. General Marshall expected to be named Allied commander in chief, with offices to be set up in a London building and private lines installed to coordinate high level officials.
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Rio DE Janeiro
London
INS
Marshall
Dlan
Allied Global
Mar
Inolude
Fifth Army Races Toward Rome In Multiple Advances
The Fifth Army presses toward Rome, advancing from Naples toward Aversa and Caserta while threatening Benevento and airfields at Capodichino and Pomigliano. Allied air forces blast retreating Nazi divisions and bridges as Montgomery’s Eighth Army gauges a 30 mile single day advance along the east coast. The two Allied wings push toward Rome from different routes as Kesselring withdraws to delay.
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Thurston
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Maples
Rome
Eisenhower
Clark
South Italian
Beneventa
Jinutes
Calorea
Volturna
Fifth Army
Naples
Aversa
Casella
Capodichino
Pomigliano
Volturng
Formia
Albert Kesselring
Montgomery
Lommiles
San Severo
Fog
U S Agrees To Parleys In Moscow
Washington reported that the forthcoming meeting of U S British and Russian foreign ministers will be held in Moscow as originally planned bypassing London. Hull planned to attend, turning 72, while preparations mounted in advance of the conference with Molotov and Stalin in mind.
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U.S
Moscow
Washington
INS
United States
London
Hull
State Department
Mot. Springs
Molotov
Marshey Joseph Stalin
Sub that shelled US oilfields sunk by New Zealand corvette
Wellington dispatch reports the submarine that shelled Santa Barbara oilfields in February 1942 was sunk by the New Zealand corvette Tulai in league with an Allied aircraft. An official announcement says six of the 37 crew were rescued. The vessel displaced 2583 tons.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Santa Barbara
Calif
German Troops Withdrawn From Norway Said by Stockholm
Stockholm reports well informed sources say 20 000 to 50 000 German troops have been withdrawn from Norway in the past six weeks for service on other fronts. The move indicates shifting naval and ground force deployment amid ongoing campaigns.
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Stockholm
Insi
Norway
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity remains mild with showers
Weather forecast notes little change in temperature across San Antonio and surrounding area with scattered showers. The extreme southwest and eastern portions may see light showers, with page six providing additional data.
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San Antonio Ang
Texas
Texas Prisons Buy 10th U S Bond Quota
Huntsville October 2. Employes and inmates of the Texas prison system subscribed more than one tenth of the national quota for all prisons in the third war bond drive. Purchases totaled 29568.80 dollars, nearly three times the 12844.00 dollar quota. Values ranged from a one cent stamp to a thousand dollar bond.
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Huntsville
INS
Texas
D. W. Stakes
Politics of Fear From OPA Letter to Oregon Grocer Pollock
A U S letter from George R. Lewis of the OPA warns Grant's Pass grocer William Pollock for criticizing the government. The item claims price violations, but the real aim is to pressure Pollock to stop voicing anti New Deal views.
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William G. Pollock
Grant's Pass
Oreston
George R. Lewis
Klamath Falls
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pollack
Pollock
Senator McNary
Oregon
Lewis
Mr. Pollock
New Deal Administration
O. K
Letter Hinting At Political Criticism At Your Peril
A newspaper fragment discusses a letter implying that readers may exercise free political criticism but at their own peril. The text questions what else the letter could mean beyond pressuring readers to accept the government, with a lead into continuation on another page.
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DSS
Space Shy Even on Hermann Jap Medal to Goering
New York report says Hermann Goering, the most decorated man, received another medal from Japan in a ceremony described by a German broadcast. Vice Admiral Abe reportedly presented the award as Nipponese attaché Goering wore gold braid and a ceremonial sword, though he has many decorations and struggled to find a place for the latest addition.
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Hermann Jap
Goering
New York
Bolohamarshal Goering
Emperor of Tapan
Abe
Ache
Bevin
Japs Lose Last Guinea Stronghold in Finschhafen Capture
Allied forces announced the capture of Finschhafen in northeastern New Guinea, the last Japanese stronghold. General MacArthur said all organized resistance was overcome and the area was in Allied hands after a final ground assault preceded by dive bomber attacks.
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Nosam Qarters
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Floschhafen
New Guinea
MacArthur
Finschhafen
Slavs Capture Town in Bosnia
New York report says the Yugoslav Sixth Brigade captured the important town of Orakovo in Beskip, according to British radio. The broadcast claimed a decisive advance in Bosnia during the war, with materials noting strategic significance of the town and its location.
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Bosnia
New York
Orakovo
Beskip
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Nazifuehrer
Traly Wall
Coxdell Hall
Guinea
Fingmaten
Lae
Huonpuli
Brac- Arthur
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Markham
Powerfl
Finschhafens
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Wewak
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