Nazi Threat Held Serious By Patterson
Acting War Secretary Robert Patterson said Allied forces hold firm at Anzio despite heavy German counterattacks. He noted German forces, tanks, and artillery pressing the beachhead while weather hindered Allied actions. Patterson reported Fifth Army progress near Cassino and detailed American casualties since Salerno, plus Kwajalein Island losses for the Seventh Division.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Anzio
Patterson
Rone
Italy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Salerno
Pacific
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein
Kwajalein Island
Draft age rumors unset, official word awaited in New York
New York selective service director Col Arthur V. McDermott says no official word confirms rumors of raising the draft age to 45. Headquarters received many inquiries as local boards and clerks sought clarification amid widespread speculation.
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New York
INS
Arthur V. McDermott
New York City
Selective Service
Man Publicly Links His Name to Concentration Camps
A man asserts a public connection between his identity and concentration camps. The claim appears in a report highlighting allegations, reactions, and potential implications for the individual involved.
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Man Public
Jap Warships Steam Out of Rabaul Port
Japanese naval units may unload at Kavieng New Ireland instead of bombed Rabaul while Australian forces near Saidor advance toward collaboration with American troops. Solomons torpedo bombers hit Raiulbaul harbor and a submarine. Vunakanau and Tobera airfields attacked. several aircraft destroyed or damaged.
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Kavieng
New Ireland
New Britain
Rai
Saidor
New Guinea
Solomons
Raibaul
Vunakanau
Tobera
Rabaul
Lee
Dow
Nazis Promote Himmler as Hitler Successor
A Nazi publicity drive on the home front seeks to establish Heinrich Himmler as a likely successor to Adolf Hitler, the Office of War Information reported today. The effort aims to elevate Himmler's stature and influence within the regime.
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Himmler
Hitler
New York
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Office of War Infor
GOP Intensifies Service Vote Calls In Campaign
The Republican line frames armed forces ballots as key in campaign speeches at Lincoln Birthday dinners. Halleck pledges to push a real absentee ballot for service members, while Willkie and Dewey plan speakings in Tacoma and New York City.
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Armed Services
Een
Representative Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Pontiac
Mich
Philadelphia
Halleck
Senate
House Conference Committee
House
Martin
Mass
Wheeling
W. Ve
Butler
Kingsport
Tenn
Wendell L. Willkie
Tacoma
Wash
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican Club
New York City
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