Bishop Quinn Reveals Japanese Brutality in China
Bishop William Charles Quinn of the Catholic vicariate of Yukiont, China, plans a four part series in Learst newspapers starting this Sunday. He recounts his ten years as a Vincentian missionary and details brutal acts against Chinese and Americans amid wartime violence and bombing near his mission, with warnings of continued revelations next Sunday.
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China
William Charles Quinn
Yukiont
Quinn
Los Angeles
Reds Smash German CounterPush
Moscow dispatch reports a fierce Soviet defense at Melitopol halting a major German counter-offensive. More than 2,000 Nazis were killed in hand to hand fighting as Soviet forces widened a Dnieper bridgehead and advanced up to six miles toward Zaporozhe and Melitopol. Western front rumors note German reserves gulped toward the Crimea as the Red army pressed to isolate German troops in the peninsula.
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Het
Crittea
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Dnieper
Kremenchug
Big Bend
Kiev
Gomel
White Russia
Crimea
Zaporozhe
Stalingrad
Novi
B.S
Tront
Stockhioln
The Girl Who Won't Quit in De Marigny Murder Case
Nassau trial of Alfred de Marigny for the murder of Sir Harry Oakes is imminent. Erle Stanley Gardner reports on off the record tips, witness shifts, and the guarded figure of Nancy Oakes de Marigny as court preparations proceed. Gardner letters reveal he and Perry Mason style efforts to bring readers closer to the case amid legal peculiarities and press access challenges.
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Alfred de Marigni
Nassau
Harry Oakes
Amit Olfier
A Bay
Erle Blaney Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
The
Light
Iave
Perry Mason
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Wut
Tin
Miami
New York
Schindler
Nancy Oakes de J Marinny
Brat Hettle
Germans Flee Across Volturno in Broad Retreat
Allied forces push along the Italian front capturing towns and forcing a broad German withdrawal north of the Volturno. British and American units engage rear guards as the Nazis abandon the Volturno line and attempt to reform near Rome. The retreat widens with several towns fallen and an estimated seven German divisions seeking orderly withdrawal toward Rome.
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Volturno
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Garigliano River
Mmouth
Telesi
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Cerce
Piccele
Matrice
Campoleii
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Calro Redio
Capua
Denjine
Leathernecks Break Japanese Wings in Corsair Sweep
A rugged Marine squadron 124, the Leathernecks, claims 68 Japanese planes down in the Southwest Pacific with the Vought Corsair. Lieut Kenneth Walsh and Lieut Eben Dale lead ace tallys while Maj W A Millington commands. The unit, first American group to operate from Munda air field, destroyed 46 Zeros and bombers in two weeks.
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Imarins
Squadron 124
Navy
Kenneth Walsh
Brooklyn
N.Y
Washington, D.C
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Joe Foss
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
W. A. Millington
Soxlile
Outfit
Wiliam Gise
Los Angeles
Guada
Germans Withdraw From Rome Move Northward
Berlin sources say German forces and supplies are pulling from Rome while the Nazis press to compel Allied effort toward the city. Fascist and administrative HQs reportedly leave Rome as troops and equipment head north amid rumors of an imminent siege.
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Madrid
Berlin
Rome
Alisa
Naples
Stockholm
Dagens Myneter
Lavore Pas,Cista
Italy
Ae Hitler
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Igi
Balkans
Eugueat
Yugoslavia
Dakay
Ankara
France
Brenner Pass
CBS
Germany
Seainst
Nazi Losses Double War I Casualties Headline
Lord Selborne, head of Britain’s economic warfare ministry, said Germany’s battlefield deaths so far exceed World War I losses. He estimated Nazi casualties since 1936 at 5.7 to 6.0 million, with about ten percent on the Russian Front and German dead in the last war near 2.95 million.
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Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Lord Selborne
Germany
London
Ray
Navy Bombs Makin Again On Gilbert Islands Raid
American navy airmen bombed Makin a principal enemy base in the Gilbert group. The raid, called a Hecht bombing, was carried out Thursday by Liberators. No immediate details on damage to the enemy installations were released.
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Pearl Rarbon
Dep
Makin
Gilbert Group
Adbira Nimitz
Assauil
Fighters Massed After Nazis Warned of Raid
A Stockholm newspaper reports German high command warned of a raid on Schweinfurt and massed about sixty percent of fighter resources five hours beforehand. The paper says Germans concentrated forces to intercept bombers and kept routes to the target under heavy guard with underground radio allegedly aiding signaling.
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London
Iins
Highlq
Schweinfurt
Schweinfur
Stockholm Af Rel
Tontidningen
Court Tries 8 A Man The Case Draws 6 Mo
The court sentenced eight actions with violations. Judge W A Kevlinz imposed six months in federal custody and a fine for one case. James Marvin Milner of Atascosa County faced improper possession and tire mutilation charges, fined $140 and a one year suspended sentence. Obra Owen Monde of La F Ceumatovee street was fined $100 for selling used mechanical refrigerators above legal prices.
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W. A. Kevlinz
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Bana Searnet Boia Kripsenhata
Aulbypation
James Marvin Milner
Atascosa ‘County
Obra Owen Monde
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