Hitler Seizes Nikolaev As Red Army Falls Back
Berlin reports the Red Army yields ground in southern Ukraine with retreat toward the lower Dnieper. German forces tighten the ring on Odessa after capturing Nikolaev, while Luftwaffe raids target Moscow. Radio notes Soviet crossing of the Dniester in places and a reconnaissance group suffering heavy losses.
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Berlin
Ukraine
Lower
Dnieper
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Germany
Hitler
Odessa
Moscow
Dniester
Red Army
High Command
Krivol Rog
Dnieper River
Veterans of War With Spain Pledge Roosevelt Support
United Spanish War veterans open their 43d annual encampment in Omaha Nebraska pledging support for President Roosevelt foreign policy even to another war. Joseph R Hanley NY state senator and senior vice commander emerges as leading candidate to succeed Rufus E Foster. Foster says the group will back Administration policy while desiring peace. Alfred J Kennedy NY chairman of the resolutions committee and former national commander says the resolutions promise full support for the national defense program.
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Spain
Roosevelt
Omaha
Neb
Joseph R. Hanley
New York City
Rufus E. Foster
New Orleans
Foster
Alfred J. Kennedy
New York
Resolutions Committee
Brooklyn Pier Blaze Rocks East River Wharf in 1940s Fallout
A blazing fire with explosions rocked Pier 27 on the East River in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge as Coast Guard and fireboats joined the effort to battle the inferno. The Panuco and Coamo were moored nearby, with the latter unloading sisal hemp as crews fought the flames and cast adrift a fiery barge.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Pier
East River
Brooklyn
England
Suez
Coast Guard
Congres Street
Broklyn Bridge
New York City Police Guard
Vera Cruz
San Juan
Trujillo City
Mexico
Brooklyn Fire Department
Red Army Hammers German Fronts After Withdrawals
Moscow reports powerful Red Army counter attacks costing Germans at least 25 000 men on Central and Northern Ukrainian fronts. Russians acknowledge loss of Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog port centers while crippling three more divisions. No specific battle centers named as fighting continues along the front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Nikolaev
Krivoi Rog
Odessa
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River
Nikolaev and
Krivoi
Netherlands citizens sentenced to death for aiding Britons
Five Netherlands citizens were sentenced to death by German court martial for aiding a British bomber crew whose plane made a forced landing. Gen Friedrich Christiansen announced the decree in German controlled Dutch papers.
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British
Berlin
Netherlands
Friedrich Christiansen
Holland
RAF Pounds Bremen Hull Hit by Nazis
British RAF bombers pounded Bremen and the Duisburg Rhine industrial area during a weekend offensive. A large daylight raid formed over the southeast coast. Eight to ten ships reported, with one RAF loss. German retaliation hit coastal Britain. nine dead in Hull residential district.
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London
Germany
France
Bremen
Duisburg
Rhine
R.A.F
Channel
Air Ministry
Britain
Hull
Nazi Bolivian Action Held Directed From Chile Headquarters
The Army General Staff said it obtained documents proving Nazi activities in Bolivia directed from Santiago. Walter Boettger, a Nazi official in Santiago, and others allegedly helped party members gain Bolivian government positions, including Hans Traumer as Cochabamba school inspector.
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Chile
la Paz
Bolivia
Army General Staff
Santiago
Walter Boettger
Hans Traumer
Cochabamba
Churchill Returns to England After Roosevelt Talks
Churchill arrives in England after his meeting with President Roosevelt to press the eight point victory plan and unite Allied powers. Reports say he may deliver a radio address soon and consider sending Eden to Moscow for talks with Stalin as German pressure grows in the Atlantic and Iran warning issues loom. The Anglo American naval forces at sea form a backdrop to ongoing strategy.
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William H. Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
Iceland
Japan
Iran
Russia
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Six Children Die in Grange Farmhouse Fire
Six children of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bush died when a coal stove exploded, igniting a fire that razed their Grange area home near Punxsutawney. Parents and two other children were rescued. Elva 14 and Letta 2 escaped. The two story frame house burned within 30 minutes. Merle Bush works for the WPA.
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Punxsutawney
Grange
Merle Bush
Leora
Fanny
Curt
Shirley
Clay
Nancy
Elva
Letta
Ts Aid
Bush
WPA
Army Ready To Move Into a Jayee
Chief Patrick Dolan of Hudson County says Army detachments would move into the Federal Shipbuilding plant in Kearny if ordered. Second Coast Artillery from Fort Hamilton would be stationed outside the yards to resume construction of Navy and Maritime Commission vessels tied up by a 12 day strike involving 16 000 workers. Locals 16 president Daniel Deans says the union would expect adherence to National Defense Mediation Board recommendations and warned of workers seeking other shipyards if the government does not.
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Kearny
N. J
Patrick Dolan
Hudson County Police
United States Army
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Dolan
Second Coast Artillery
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Navy and Maritime Commission
Daniel Deans
Locals 16
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Local 16
National Defense Mediation Board
Soviet Reports Say Red Army Halts German Push Near Ukraine City
Soviet dispatches claim 20 000 German dead and wounded after a push toward a Ukraine city possibly Kiev. Red Army advances on the northern flank of the German wedge while central front defenders repulse large Nazi counterattacks. Nikolaev port and Krivoy Rog are cited as fallen in the German gains, with shipyards blown up in withdrawal.
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Ukraine
Kiev
Red Army
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscow
Nikolaev
Odessa
Roosevelt Statue Urged in London to Defy Blitz
London Star editor Wison Midgley urged today that a statue of President Roosevelt be erected in London. He argued the gesture would symbolize defiance of the blitz with Roosevelt’s familiar demeanour facing the attack.
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Roosevelt
London
Wison Midgley
The
London Star
Sabotage Ruled Out in Ferry Plane Crashes
Air Ministry officials rejected sabotage theories in the two transatlantic ferry plane crashes that killed 44 people including Americans. Officials now believe both planes were overloaded with gasoline for westbound trips, and the 22 victims of the second disaster will be buried in common graves tomorrow.
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London
Air Ministry
Daily Herald
Japanese Man Fires Woods Near Hawaii Barracks
An elderly Japanese Pineapple worker Ushi Makamine despondent over Sino US ties set fire to woods near Schofield Barracks and attempted hari kari. He partially disemboweled himself and, with a regiment battling the blaze aided by strong winds, remained in uncertain condition as the fire continued burning.
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Hari Kari
Hawaii
Honolulu
Japan
United States
Schofield Barracks
Ushi Makamine
Shanghai hotel strike shuts facilities as workers quit
In Shanghai, four of the citys largest hotels the Cathay Cathay Mansions Metropole and Hamilton House halted operations as 3 000 Chinese employees walked out demanding the release of 11 union leaders arrested by French police on undisclosed charges.
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Strilea
de bin Mae
Shanghai Hotels
Shanghai
Cathay
Mansions
Metropole
Hamilton House
Grew and Toyoda Hold Long Talks Amid Travel Curbs
United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and Foreign Minister Admiral Tei jiro Toyoda held a lengthy conference in Tokyo today as Japan moved to require special permission for foreigners to depart the country. Eugene Doorman met with Foreign Vice Minister Eigi Amau as Tokyo studied a State Department note calling the S S President Coolidge seizure of about 100 Americans awaiting departure in protest.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Teijiro Toyoda
Japan
Moscow
Russia
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Miyako
Grew
Eugene Doorman
Eigi Amau
Foreign Office
American State Department
S. S
Coolidge
State Department
Key Men Get Accounting By President
President Roosevelt called key congressional leaders to the White House for a full accounting of the international situation. The meeting included Vice President Wallace Senate Majority Leader Barkley and other lawmakers as discussions turned to a new lease lend program possibly totaling 10 billion dollars.
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Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
Woodrum
D-Va
Conmally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tan Broom
D-N.y
House
George
D-Ga
Stephen Ber
Nea
Harry Hopkins
London
Moscow
Early
Ito
Federal Peea Es
Kearny
N. J
Eiala
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Hull
Far East
Vichy France
Nazi Germany
Nazis Gain in Ukraine Drive Toward Nikolaev Rog
The column notes a major Nazi advance toward the port and iron center Nikolaev Rog in Ukraine. It highlights Soviet counterattacks on the northern flank and the lack of clear Russian material losses while stressing the strategic importance of fresh defenses and continued Soviet resistance.
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Dewitt
Ukraine
Nikolaeves Rog
Russia
Nikolaev
Krivol
Beld
Solo Fa PN
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