Reds Press North of Odessa in Hard Fights
Red forces push toward Odessa from multiple directions as heavy rains worsen ground conditions. Malinovsky’s cavalry and light tanks aid the drive while Germans and Rumanians suffer heavy losses near Skala and Tarnopol. Jets ferry troops as the Soviet offensive disrupts Nazi communications and lines.
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Red Army
Odessa
Enits
Lake Kuialnitgki
Kubanka
Red Star
Malinovsky
Skala
Tarnopol
Russia
Mikhail Mikhailov
Junkers
Kamenets Podolsk
Mikhailov
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Gilmore
Ghilmore
Heavily Attacked Burma Front Inflicts Allied Casualties
Allied forces press the Assam front north of Imphal while ambushes along roads north and south of the Indian base inflict enemy casualties. Mountbatten headquarters reports Chinese forces driving south in the Mozaung valley and advancing on Wakang. Twenty four Japanese planes destroyed at Aungban airfield.
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New Deshe
Tese
Assam
Imphal
Lord Louis
Mountbatten
Burma
Mo- Zaung
Wakang
Aungban
U S Airmen Hit Nazi Oil Supply
Allied bombers struck German oil fields and railroad yards in the Balkans and Romania, damaging Ploesti routes and Bucharest yards while disrupting infrastructure. A Mediterranean raid on Steyr set a record for enemy planes shot down, and Lt General Ira Eaker predicted a near-total collapse of German airpower as campaigns continue.
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U. S
Middle East
Slessor
Balkan
Germany
Bucharest
Ploesti
Danube
Sofia
Budanest
Italy
Jessor
Sunda
Steyr
Austria
Mediterranean
Ira C. Eaker
German Plane Repair Shops Blasted Near Spanish Border
London reports that RAF heavy bombers blasted German repair plants at Toulouse in southern France, less than 50 miles from the Spanish border. The raid, a round trip of over 1,000 miles, sent most of the bombers back after moonlit bombing indicated as effective. Mines were laid in enemy waters during the same night.
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London
Toulouse
France
Air Ministry
Willkie's 1944 options stir Republican hopes and doubts
The article analyzes Willkie's possible moves after his Wisconsin setback. It outlines four paths including backing a liberal like Stassen, returning to the Democratic fold, leading a new liberal movement, or supporting the GOP nominee. It notes Oregon Maryland and Nebraska ballots show Willkie as a solitary name amid uncertain delegate outcomes.
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Wisconsin
Dewey
Willkie
Stassen
Roosevelt
South
Oregon
Maryland
Nebraska
Fire Sweeps Downtown Nashville Block
A downtown Nashville blaze damaged most buildings in a c block area in the business district early today. Twenty of the city’s twenty four fire trucks responded, with fire starting at Beesley Furniture Co. on Broadway at Third Avenue and spreading to all nearby establishments except two. No damage estimate was available.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
H. D. Demonhreun
Beesley Furniture Company
Broadway
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Demonbreun
Nazi Radio Warns Of Approaching Raiders
London reports a Frankfurt broadcast warned that enemy bombers head toward southeast Germany and may breach the Reich from bases in Italy, signaling potential action by the American 15th Air Force. Franklin Woodrow Emile Jordan aged 8, who drew national attention when born at the bottom of a well in 1935, was buried in Siler City after five months of illness. his mother fainted at the scene.
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London
Frankfurt
Germany
Reich
America 15Th Air Force
Siler City
Franklin Woodrow Emile Jordan
Durham
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Slock Shadow
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