Red Army Seizes Finnish Strong Point On Karelia Front
Soviet communique reports Red Army troops captured a high Finnish strong point on the Karelia Isthmus after hand to hand fighting. Russians claim 300 Finnish soldiers killed and repelled a counterattack. Other fronts show intermittent artillery, air combat, and pressure near Orel Velikie Luki and Sevsk.
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Red Army
Karelian
Moscow
Ruxajaervn
Helsinki Bulletin
Orel
Kalinin
Velikie
Luki
Moscow Radio
Sevsk
Two Allied Ships Sunk in Atlantic Three Weeks Mark
The Associated Press reports two Allied ships sunk in the Western Atlantic last week. One was a United Nations merchantman sent to the Caribbean, the other an American vessel off the U S East Coast. Possible loss of 57 lives. The AP count shows wartime sinkings by Axis submarines in these waters since the U S entered the war.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
United Nations
Caribbean
United States
RAF Attacks Pause After Ninth Night of Allied Raids
Nightly air strikes over Hitler's Europe continued with RAF and American forces targeting rail yards, ships, and aircraft facilities. Bomber losses mounted with reports of ships damaged off Scheveningen and Bremen, while German claims claimed Allied losses as weather hampered evening missions.
Allied Raiders Hit Athens Airdromes and Sicily Bombardment
Bombing raids near Athens set two airfields ablaze with hangars burned and aircraft torched as Liberators fought off enemy fighters in air battles. British and American air forces pressed Western Europe operations with strikes on France rail yards and Sicilian targets. Allied communiques report ships damaged in Naples and Messina while Northwest African forces patrolled with minimal losses.
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Hassard
Middle-Eastern Command
Leukas Island
Greece
Europe
France
Athens
Naples
Messina
Sicilian
Dwight ID. Eisenhower
Rome
Bizerte
Tunisia
Commuunique
Sicily
Ammunition Cars Explode at Grand Junction
In Grand Junction Colorado a freight train fire ignited ammunition cars causing a four hour bombardment. Four people were injured including Fire Chief Charles Downine who lost an arm. Rail officials cite sparks from a defective brake as the fire’s cause.
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Bob Walraven
Virginia Buckley
Henry Tebo
Denver and Rio Grand Western Railroad
Joseph Lowe
Main Street
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Joe Brady
Streight
Clarence Kurtz
Army Ordnance
Two Jap Subs Attacked in South Pacific Skies
South Pacific Headquarters said air forces attacked two Japanese submarines over the weekend in separate South Pacific sectors. A Hudson patrol bomber spotted a submarine southwest of Suva and dropped depth charges, leaving a heavy oil slick. A second sub was bombed near the Solomon Islands after a coral sea raid, with planes returning after hitting targets at Munda Vila Ballale Rekata and surrounding positions.
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South Pacific
Army
Navy
Solomon Islands
Hudson Navy
Suva
Fiji Islands
Coral Sea
Solomons
Munda
Vila
Goeorri Orga
Kahiy
Ballale
Bougainville Island
Rekata
Santa Isabel
Washington
Hahili
Recon
Buka Passage
Australia
Saumlaki
Darwin
New Guinea
Lae
Madang
Salamaua
Plane Crash Injures About Twenty At Huntington Beach
A P 38 Army pursuit plane crashed and exploded on Huntington Beach California injuring about twenty persons, six severely. The pilot parachuted to safety as the aircraft veered from its formation and plunged northward yesterday.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
The War Today to the Pacific Threats and Trust
The author argues America must confront the Pacific danger after Japan’s rapid 90 day conquests. He warns against complacency, notes Japan’s planned attacks and empire, and cautions that post Hitler victory plans could revive Pacific war unless the United Nations stay vigilant. He emphasizes avoiding complacent bets on Europe alone and facing Japan directly.
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South Pacific
Japan
Churchill
Tokyo
Berlin
Rome
America
Pacific
Midwest
United Nations
Hitler
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Penalizing of C10 Man Blamed for Chrysler Walkout
About 2,200 workers at Chrysler Highland Park plant quit after shift began. A company spokesman denied knowledge of a grievance while UAW Local 490 officials said the stoppage was spontaneous, tied to the penalty against a union steward who was laid off for a week for leaving his bench to address a member complaint.
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Chrysler
Detroit
Highland Park
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers, Cio
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