Reds Near Reds to White Russia in Baltic Fronts
London dispatch says three White Russian elites Gomel Magliev and Vitebsk were captured from German forces as Soviet columns pressed toward Kiev Kremenchug Dnepropetrovsk and the Crimea. The last German base at Temryuk was said to be destroyed with Axis forces facing capture or retreat. Soviet gains extended across the Dnieper with heavy German losses and mass German surrender reports. The Berlin and Moscow reports conflicted over the pace of advance and retreat as Red air units hit troop trains and river crossings amid ongoing battles along multiple fronts.
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London
Russia
Gomel
Magliev
Vitebsk
Kiev
Kremenchug
Dnepro- Petroyak
Metropol
Crimea
Temryuk
Moscow
Caucasus
Kerch
Berlin
Dnieper
Nishnedneporovsk
Dniepars
Mogilev
Govel-Vitebsk
Red Anay
Te- Tekbovka
Go~mel
Mopilev-Orsha-Vitebsk
Gomel Rey City
Gorel
Warsaw
Leningrad
Winlte Russia
Smolensk
Ludwig Bertorius
In & Berg/ Vin
Brazil Ready to Send Troops Abroad
Rio de Janeiro reports war minister Geo Barko Gaspar Dutra said details are set between Brazil and the United States for the participation of non Brazilian expeditionary force in active war. He confirmed readiness to deploy troops if needed.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Geo
Barko Gaspar Dutra
Toriny
Brazil
United States
Yugoslav Partisans Advancing in Montenegro and Croatia
Yugoslav guerrillas reported near Niksic in Montenegro and Savnik in the interior, claiming control of Zadtjak and disrupting German communications. Italian troops reportedly joined liberation forces, with fighting ongoing at Ginj and the Yugoslavs claiming success against the Split garrison while Berlin claimed German control of Split. A Bucharest report noted Romanians petitioning for recall from the Russian front, and a Budapest dispatch said Serbian partisans blew the Belgrade Sofia railroad line.
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Germa
Niksic
Montenegro
Sovnik
Adriatic Sea
Savnik
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Zadtjak
Niksl
Ginj
Spit
Busak
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Blhac
Berlin Rao
Split
Bucharest
Michael
Ion Antonescu
Budapest
Sweden
Belgrade
Sofia
Generals Promoted by Roosevelt Amid War Measure
Washington Sept 21. President Roosevelt promoted 23 brigadiers to major generals and created three new lieutenant generals in the army. The senate also received the nomination of GeneralDwight Eisenhower to permanent major general. Promotions include Major General Dwight Baker, commanding the Eighth Army force in Europe, Major General Hugh Drum, head of Eastern Defense Command, and Major General Barlow Yount, head of the Air Force Training Command.
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Waanugton
INS
Roosevelt
Senate
Dwlah Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Ty Baker
Eighth Aly Force
Europe
Hugh 4. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
Barlow K. Yount
Air Force Training Commmand
Self Rule Sought for Puerto Rico
President Roosevelt asked Congress to grant local self government to Puerto Rico with the island electing leaders for the executive legislative and judicial branches under a U S commissioner general. A joint advisory council under the secretary of the interior would report to each session of Congress.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Puerto Rico
U.S
Secretary of the Interior
Bombing Raids Hit Hannover Emden Brunswick in Night Offensive
British RAF heavy bombers struck Hannover Emden and Brunswick in a major night raid, focusing on rubber centers and railway hubs. The operation, aided by pathfinder techniques, caused tremendous fires with significant damage. Canadian squadrons supported the effort as RAF intruders claimed several enemy aircraft destroyed over Holland and northwest Germany.
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Hanover-Emdel
Brunswick
Air Ministry
Ctor
Germany
Tangent
Gamelewerke
Emden
Haven
Hannover
Briunswick
Amrtigans
H. H. Arnold
Britain
RAF
Rannover
R.af
Holland
Wheeler Demands Draft Delay for Slackers Fathers
Senator Wheeler pressed a one month delay in the draft to allow deferment for pre war fathers until slackers are removed from government bureaus and war industries. Opening the debate, he urged repurposing manpower and argued mothers and children would suffer without it.
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Washington
Senator Wheeler
Senate
Wheeler
Adulteration of Milk Charged Man
Walker Bacon of South Flores Road was charged in County Court with adulterating milk by adding water. The case, brought by county health inspector Dick Myebroff, follows a prior June conviction for the same offense in which Bacon was fined $35.
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Walker Bacon
South Flores Road
Dick Myebroff
Bacon
Father Held After Death of Baby in Berkshire Case
Pittsfield Mass Sept 26 John F Noxon Jr leader Berkshire county bar pleaded innocent to charge of murdering his mentally deffferent 6 month old son Lawrence Judge Charles Lisbbard ordered the attorney held without bail and continued the case Noxon 47 Harvard graduate electrocuted the baby with a wire connected to a radio His version says accident while repairing the radio Elsn er said Noxon placed the baby on a high chair with pillow and platter beneath him while he fetched tools The Noxons other child John F Noxon 27 is a student in Conter tout A separate note from India reports a crash near Calcutta killing ten US army officers and men on board an army transport plane The wreckage remained as investigation continued Lieutenant Dale Johnson among the dead discovered in the wreckage The crash occurred shortly before daybreak and no one knows definite cause at this time
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon Jr
Berkshire
Lawrence
Charles Lisbbard
Anthmate
Noxon
Michael L. Elsner
Elsner
India
Calcutta
Wung
Lisut
Marlon Lowell
Alderdale
Wash
Phot
Takeioff
Plenty of Records and a Dull Debut at Caribbean Base
SANTURN Puerto Rico Sept 28 A new defense unit arrived anxious to test a ridig phonograph and 195 records. The radio worked well and the photograph boasted tone and volume. They thumbed through Time on My Hands and 40 copies of No Letter To Stay. Houston Sept 26 Fire caused 35000 damage to the Houston Cotton On mill mixed fed plant and hull storage house.
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Santurn
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Houston
Houston Cotton On Mill
Reds Look Beyond Dnieper River
New York dispatch reports Russians anticipate advancing beyond the Dnieper as German retreat continues. Moscow radio quotes Boris Lavreny saying hardships will be avenged beyond Smolensk as troops eye the Vistula Nieman lines and future rivers.
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Dnieper River
New York
Dnieper
Germany
Moscow Radio
Boris Laverney
Smolensk
Vistula
Nieman
Machine Gun Fire Wounds Three Men at Harlem Bond Rally
A 30 caliber machine gun discharged accidentally during a war bond rally in Harlem wounded three African American men. Police said one shot was fired and struck the victims in the legs as the demonstration unfolded.
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New York
Harlem
Blasts Destroy Lisbon Munitions Depot
A series of violent explosions destroyed a large ammunition store at the ancient fortress of Amelxocira in Lisbon. Casualties include soldiers killed and wounded, with nearby buildings damaged.
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Lisbon
CINSI
U S Plans Over 5 Million Troops Overseas by Year End
At a wartime conference Col Lee A Denson Jr of the requirements division says the United States will have well over five million soldiers abroad by year’s end. The army expects 4.5 million overseas now and projects $22 billion in 1944 supplies.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Lee A. Denson Jr
GIG
Denson
Willam
Gaud Jr
Forecast for Texas coast and San Antonio weather outlook
Forecast shows temperature changes with occasional rain mainly Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday forenoon. Warmer in north and central areas, cooler in extreme south. Winds fresh along the upper coast. San Antonio area data reference.
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Texas
San Antonio
Allied Drive Reaches Foggia Air Base In Italy
Allied press dispatches report Montgomerys Eighth Army entering the great air base city of Foggia after a rapid advance through a German defensive belt. Clarks Fifth Army also pushed toward the Dertha and Salerno area taking Lion, Castelnuovo, and Melfi as German resistance slowed. Allied air raids targeted Viterbo and Lake Bracciano, destroying several planes before weather halted operations.
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Castelnuovo
Unis Une
Melfi
Salerno
Fifth Army
Italy
Foggia
Alten Sommarique
Naples
Europe
Cairo
Gia
Vienna
Munich
Eta ‘Plosstivil
Rum
Bari
Brin
Isi
Weeples
Uns
Potenza
Viterbo
Lake di Bratciano
Rome
Viterbo Field
Two Nazi Spy Defendants Sentenced to 80 Years Each
New York September 28 Ernest Frederick Lehmitz and Ernst Harry de Spretter former air raid wardens pleaded guilty to acting as spies for Germany. Each was sentenced to 80 years in prison by Federal Judge Mortimer W. Byers. Lehmitz and de Spretter admitted sending military information to Germany and that they had trained at a Nazi spy school.
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New York
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
Ernst Harry de Spretter
Wwardens
Germany
Sprisac
Mortimer W. Byers
Tehmitz
de Spretzer
Germeany
Dependent Pay Hike Hearings to Begin
Washington reports that the House Military Affairs Committee will start hearings to consider a bill raising monthly allowances for dependents of servicemen. Major General Miller G. White, assistant chief of staff in charge of personnel, will be the committee's first witness.
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Washington
House
Compine Ten
Miller G. White
Stall
Fersonne
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