Allied Bombers Crowd Skies Over Reich
Allied bombers dominated the skies in clear weather as daylight and night raids hit oil and industrial targets across Berlin, Dortmund, Bremen, Hamburg, and other sites. U S and British air forces claimed numerous enemy losses while reporting extensive bomb tonnage and rail disruption.
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Reich
London
Genting
Eighth Air-force
FR. A. F
Berlin
Dort
Mnd
Bremen
Hamburg
Cudwigshafen
Second Tactical Air Force
Ninth Air Force
U. S
Mediterranean ‘Air Force
Balkans
U. Ss
Saarlautern
Help Land Bay
Brunswick-Henneven Cres
Magdeburg-Dessau
Pomerania
Foochow Capture Reported by Japanese Forces
The Japanese claimed capture of Foochow the capital of Fukien, as their southeastern China drive advances. Allied reports noted Nipponese units encroaching 25 miles into suburbs since the September 27 landing, with British and Allied actions in the Pacific plans.
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Foochow
Noretweensn
Tiddim
Tiddin Road
Pacching
Ory
Kwellin
Kwangs Province
Mala Goa
Hunan
Changning
England
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Pacific
Large Greek Area Cleared of Nazis
Rome reports a large portion of the Peloponnesus is now clear of German forces as Allied actions continue in Greece. British ships bombarded Levitha island, landing parties seized the eastern half, and the German commander surrendered at dusk after further bombardment. Allied air forces targeted German airfields near Athens and Salonika, sinking planes and destroying ground facilities.
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Rome
Peloponnesus
Greece
Levitha
Ard
Samos
Cairo
Athens
Salonika
Sedes
Balkan
Gulf
Quake Wrecks Town On Aegean Coast
London dispatch quotes a Istanbul report saying the town of Atvalik on the Aegean coast was almost destroyed by an earthquake Friday morning. At least 50 people were killed in Temir and nearby areas including Transocean and Edrelit, Berewane, Rome, and Manisa in western Anatolia, West of Apatolla.
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Aegean
London
Transocean Agency
Tatanbul
Asid
Atvalik
Attean
Temir
Rans Ocean
Edrelit
Berewane
Rome
Manisa
Apatolla
Traffic survey wrapped up in San Antonio says city engineer
San Antonio’s origin and destination traffic survey closed early Saturday morning, per city traffic engineer J. W. Fitch. No results available yet with data to be released in a few days. Information was gathered from stations on highways crossing the city.
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S.A
San Antonio
J. W. Fitch
Fitch
Timite
Yanks Toward Cologne Report From Front Lines
Allied forces push toward Cologne across a broad front with the U S First Army advancing near Aachen and Beggendorf while penetrating Hurlgen forest. Third Army eyes Metz and Fort Driant as Seventh Army drives toward copper mine town near Thiitot. Nazis resist fiercely. Canadian and Dutch positions near Antwerp and Ossendrecht tighten. General Hodges expands the Ubach breach and nears Gellgakirchen as German counterattacks resist.
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London
U. S
First Army
Aachen
Beggendorf
Ani
Whack
Ha’ Hurlgen Forest
Germany
Cologne
Moselle
Third
Sehelda
Hodges
Ubach
Gellgakirchen
Duren
Luther M. Guest
Durén
Third Army
Fort Delant
Metz
Edward Ball
Thunderbolts
Frank
Rhine
Limevitis
Ienat
Nancy
Parroy
Bruyeres
Pageao
Red Army Presses Toward Budapest Amid Hungarian Front
Soviet infantry surged across the Romanian frontier into Hungary and pushed toward the Tisza and Körös rivers, threatening Budapest within days. Kuban Cossacks and Yugoslav Partisans aided advances, with Belgrade reportedly besieged. German troops reportedly evacuating Belgrade as Russians plan incursions into Austria. In the Baltic, Soviets advanced near Saare Island. London reported German raids on southern England as Britain braces for continued air attacks.
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Budapest
Moscow
Hungary
Tisza
Korns
Red Army
Mako
Szeged
Geo
Orshuen
Axis
Tika
Bzeged
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Tito
Algiers
Austria
Baltic
Saare Island
Gulf of Riga
Germans mass for retreat as Allied push nears Po valley
Allied dispatch reports German forces in central Italy collapsing their positions near Bologna with units along the Florence Bologna highway pressed by Fifth Army. British and South African troops seize Monte Virese while Indian divisions push along the Adriatic front near Rimini, hampered by weather and limited air support.
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Asa
U. Th
Anid Ther
Tenter
Bologna
Tattagestre Garmans
Rad
Douglboys
Solano
Rogg
Florence-Bologna
Brite Pee
Monte, Virese
Pistala-Balogna
Sassoleone
Castel San Pietro
Bologna-Rimini
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Flumicina
San Martino
Bagnolo
Soglano
Rimini
Mediterranean
Marshal Kesselring
Lnes
Iipede
Italy
Releh
Nazis Order Poles To Quit Warsaw
London dispatch cites Polish Telegraph Agency reporting Germany ordered evacuation of Warsaw affecting about one million people. Agency says many evacuees likely sent to concentration and labor camps and notes urgent appeal by Polish government in London to United Nations for aid to stop the deportations.
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Warsaw
London
Germany
United Nations
Gestapo Targeted Americans in Greece War Claim
World War I veteran Payral Greenec claims Gestapo agents tried to round up Americans Britons and Russians of Greek descent six weeks earlier and ship them to Germany. He alleges 1000s were involved with plans for war or labor battalions, and says many Jews in Greece were arrested and sent to Poland with only about 4000 alive.
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Payral
Greenec
Patral American
United States
Germany
Dmitrias
Alex
Chicago
Tago
Greece
George
John
France
Gestapo
Priss Shere
Salt “Thera
American Legion Posta
Greecs
Poland
31 Cultists Found Guilty in Polygamy Prosecutions
In the West, prosecutors secured 31 convictions yesterday as a district court jury found twenty men and eleven women guilty of conspiring to preach and practice polygamy. Several defendants faced additional charges, including statutory rape, kidnapping, or unlawful cohabitation, raising total convictions to fifty-five.
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Sault, Dare City
Oou
Two Die in T and P Motor Car Crash Near Kermit
A foggy collision 14 miles south of Kermit involving a Texas and Pacific motor car killed two Daily Toad employees and injured four others. Traveling auditor T N Phillips, 48, of Abheng, and section hand Herman Green, 26, from North Birmingham, Als, died in the crash.
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Kermit
Texas
Pacific
TN. T
Prlips
Herman Green
Birmingham
Als
Young wife slashes wrist after car argument
A 34-year-old wife slashed her left wrist during a quarrel with her husband. She was taken to Broolie General hospital in serious condition as police classified the incident as a possible self-inflicted wound.
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Broolie General Hospital
Ganly
iPyote Vet Dies After Attack in Texas
An attack at Pyote Army Airfield leaves veterinarians and two named locals injured or dead with unclear motive. Officials report the incident occurred Wednesday night near an all service club show as a couple returned to a civil life garden, with details still developing.
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Peyote
Texas
Rede A
Welk
Bernard
Olsto
Addie Maureen
Borders
San Angelo
Pyote Army Airfield
Miss Borders
Allied K-9 Corps Cramps Nazis' Style
London broadcast reports Allied forces created special police troops with sleuth dogs to counter German reconnaissance formations on the Western front. The Germans complained reinforcements were inadequate, citing Allied tactics as a key threat. The dispatch highlights use of trained dogs for counterintelligence and security tasks amid evolving frontline operations.
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London
Geremans
Fishhooks Pay for Jungle Rescue by Air Crew
Advanced Southwest Pacific base reports a Dallas and Ohio crew from an Air Force bomber crash in New Guinea. Following a strafing take, all eight crew members survived a forced landing and, aided by local natives using fishhooks and razor blades as barter, navigated from village to village to reach an Australian outpost five days later. Captain Leroy F. Fulbott of San Antonio led the group, which included six other crewmen and navigators from New Britain and St. Louis, among others.
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Facipio Air Base
Texas
Middletown
Ohio
Sertod
Puthoit
Lietts
Jonn B
Fabale
New Britain
Finns Endure Hard War Against Nazis Says Helsinki Paper
London dispatch notes Finland plans another fight against Germany after weeks of clashes. Helsinki newspaper Sigomen cited by Moscow radio describes a grim military situation as Finnish and German troops contend in northern areas.
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London
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Sigomen
Sosialidemoakratt
Moscow Radio
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Gardson
Dhs
U.S
VS Nass
Young
iPyote Vet
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