Naval battle and Wake raid report from Pacific theater
The report details a naval clash off Vella Lavella where American destroyers and a cruiser faced Japanese forces, with several enemy ships sunk or damaged and moderate American losses. It notes Japs evacuated Kolombangara and Vella Lavella, while U S efforts frustrated their withdrawal. Wake Island raid is summarized with Tokyo claiming two-day bombing, and Chennault noting weakened Japanese fighter strength in Indo China amid U S losses.
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U. S
Solomons
Kolombungsre
Velt Lavelia Islands
Beem
Dorel
MacArill
Eadquar
Vella Lavella
Vella
Laella
Frank Walker
Alabama
Barger
Admiral Halsey Jr
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Wake
Central Pacific
Wake Island
Tokyo
United States
Yugoslav Drive For Trieste Fiume Amid Heavy Fighting
London dispatch reports Yugoslav and Partisan forces pressing on Trieste and Fiume with severe clashes against German troops along interior rail lines. guerrilla units attacked across rail corridors while tanks and infantry engaged near Gorizia and Zara as war materials fell into Yugoslav hands and Italian units aided ejecting Germans from Sardinia.
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London
Trieste
Fiume
Rom
Niate
Utallsn
Puegrillas
Jbumbardet
Nazi-occu
Glong & Soerhlle Slretch
Gyulin
Karlovac
Zagreb
War Bulletin
Ljlljsna
Goritza
Sardinia
Reds Pincers At Kiev Bastion In Major Dnieper Drive
Soviet forces surged west of the Dnieper and north and south of Kiev creating a wedge aimed at enveloping the fortress city. The Moscow bulletin said a major breach was opened south of Kiev and expansion could collapse the front. Soviet guards pressed from the Pripet and Dnieper confluence toward Kiev from the rear as other columns moved north. A third foot hold west of the Dnieper between Kremenchug and Dnepropetrovsk was secured. Over 3800 Germans fell in bridgehead battles while Soviets shot down 32 German planes in heavy air fighting. Continued offensives north toward Vitebsk and the Latvian frontier were claimed.
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London
Dnieper River
Kiev
Red Army
Moscow
Pexeyaslav
West Bank
Pripet
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Dnepropetrovsk
Cassidy
Moscow War Bulletin
Vitebsk
Taman
Caucasus
Nevel
Fifth Patrols Stab Across Volturno
Allied patrols probed the Volturno in Italy as the German line on the north bank resisted with a new division, the Third armored grenadiers. The Fifth Army mopped up below the Volturno and Calore rivers as fronts reported no major breakthrough. American and British patrols faced brisk small arms and artillery fire while notes said no major force had crossed the river.
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al- Mera
Volturno River
Italy
Third Armored Grenadiers
Voltuma
Fifth Army
Voltumne
Calori Rlvers
Valturne
Parish Under Martial Law In Plaquemines Parish
NH WORLEANS Oct 8 Governor Sam Jones placed Plaquemines parish under martial law and sent the state guard to support Sheriff Walter J Blaize against armed resistance by District Attorney Leander H Perezs political faction. General Thomas Porter heads the guard with Blaize as acting commander. A convoy of 31 trucks with guardsmen, weapons, and a hospital unit departed Camp Pontchartrain for Pointe-a-la-Hache.
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NH Worleans
Sam Jones
Plaquenines Parish
State Guard
Plas
Walter J. Blaize
Leander H. Perez
Ing Gmp
Thomas Porter
Camp Pontchaytrain
Pointe-a-la- Buck
Foriet
Blaize
Yanks Down 142 Nazi Fighters During Luft Battle
London reports say American bombers and Allied fighters hit Hannover and Bremen in daylight and night raids. Ninety-two German planes were claimed down, with Hamburg and Stuttgart attacked. 142 Nazi fighters were shot down yesterday. Corroborating reports claim heavy bombers and Thunderbolts inflicted major damage.
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London
Hannover
Siailler
Bruen
Berlin
Ruhr
Wilds
Bremen
Tost.ee
Germany
Ami
Iide
Bogota
Colombia
Ost
Cay
Vegesack
Washington
Albetto
Regensburg
Schlyeinfurt
Failures to Hold Corsican Bridges Blamed for Nazi Escape
Wes Gallauts reports from Ajaccio that the Corsican campaign failed as 4,000 Italian troops defected and blew bridges, allowing 20,000 Neel troops to escape German pursuit. De Gaulle condemned Italian aid, insisting surrender of equipment and noting Italians offered little fight while Allied air power and American forces pressed the Germans.
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Wes Gallauts
Ajaccio
Corsica
Lorraine
de Gaulle
Tey
Lys
Two Men Held Up On L A Streets
Police reported two street holdups in Los Angeles early Saturday. Pvt Glenn A Cale of Fort Santouston was held at knifepoint by two Latino youths on Guadalupe Street and robbed of $10.75. Robert Bruer of 14 Practice Row said three Latino men attacked him at West Commerce and Comal Streets, taking his wallet and other money hidden elsewhere.
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Glenn A. Cale
Fort Sant’ Ouston
Son ‘Ock
Guadalupe Street
Robert Bruer
Pracite Row
West Commerce
Comal
Sou's Testimony Convicts Slayer
In Tulsa a 40-year-old house painter was found guilty of first degree murder. The boy, Bashan, testified that his father Alfred Birghan threatened his mother and then killed her. The witness said he saw his father under a tree in front of the house with a long blade as he confronted the mother’s attacker.
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Tulsa
Ofa
Bert
Witners
Bashan
Alfred Birghan
Wile
Mary
Sian Yesurang
Daddy
Cane
Diddy
Gary
Andy
Fire damages Alotwo Plaza shoe store
A shoe store at Alotwo Plaza suffered a $100 damage to the building due to fire. The blaze was blamed on an overhaul of the heating system and affected the Five in the Guarantee Shoe Store near Wool. No injuries reported.
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Alotwo Plaza
Cards
Telyoko Put Ab
P. An. Fydlayy
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JIO
Associated Press
Nip
Lth
U. S. Air Force
China
Chennault
Indo-China
Haiphong
Hanoi
Dnp
Mare
Daily ix
Nvere
Susek
Yuroslav
Aimay Bakar
Bakar
Busak
Brad
Kiev Bastion
Henry C. Cassidy
Volturno
Stalag Luft
Thb
Brr UN
M.C. A
Gid
Red Cross
Hamburg
Hanover
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
RAF
Stuttgart
England
Air and Home Security Ministry
Berlis
America
Bonifaccio
Bastia
Riege
Ioast
L. A
Sou
Slayer
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