Ploesti Oil Fields Fall Near Bucharest In Soviet Drive
Soviet forces cleared Germans from the Ploesti oil fields and reached the Bucharest area as two Soviet armies linked in Romania. More than 20 towns fell northeast of Bucharest with 15 000 German POWs captured, marking a major advance toward the capital.
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Ploesti
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Romania
Tanes
Meriuta
Rodion Y. Matinavsky
Moscow
Comander
Hel
Weltmer
Walch
Danube
Germany
Figesti
British Open Drive Against Gothic Line Near Pesaro
British and Polish forces launched a surprise assault against German Gothic Line outposts near the Adriatic coast and seized a commanding ridge eight miles southwest of Pesaro. The breakthrough threatened to outflank Pesaro as they pushed to within four miles of the port and sixteen miles from the Po Valley, routing the First Parachute Division from key positions along the Foglia River.
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Rome
Adriatic
Pesaro
Aled
Battle Rages as Japs Near Goal In China Drive
Chinese and Japanese forces clash across Lishui and surrounding regions as Japan presses toward strategic targets in Chekiang Hunan and Yunnan provinces. Japanese broadcasts claim advances including Lishui and strong attacks extend toward Burma border.
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Chungking
Lishui
Chekiang Province
Japan
Doolittle
Tokyo
Wuyi
Hunan
Yunnan
Burma
Nelson visits Moscow en route to Beijing
A terse dispatch notes Nelson and Maj Gen Patrick J. Hurly arriving in Moscow yesterday for a brief visit before continuing to the Chinese capital.
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Donald M. Nelsor
Patrick J. Hurly Ar
Moscow
Cautghing
Chisese
Eastern League Scoreboard Totals and City Standings
Eastern League shows Scranton 9 Albany Williamsport 5 and Binghamton Hartford 10 Wilkes Barre 3 with Gillice 2 Elmira 4. National section lists Boston 4 New York 2 Chicago 11 Pittsburg 5 Chicago 2 6 Pittsburg 3 Brooklyn 10 Philadelphia 2 Clacinasti at St 4 rain postponed. New York Boston 7 Cleveland 12 St Louis Chicago Detroit Washington Philadelphia 4.
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Williamsport
Binghamton & Hartford
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Elmira
National
Boston
New York
I—Chicago
Pittsburg
Chicago
Brookly
Philadelphia
Clacinasti
Cleveland
St Louis
Detroit
Washington
Dewey Plans Battle for Doubtful Western States
Governor Dewey outlined an intensive campaign toward the Pacific coast with major speeches planned in California Seattle and Portland as the race nears Election Day. The plan emphasizes the western states while the candidate prepares to tour the industrial northeast in October.
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California
San Diego
Roosevelt
Pacific Area
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Gre
Bremerton
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Herbert Brownell
Chicago
New York
Agreement on Role of Small Nations Seen
Washington reports that British Russian and American delegates at Dumbarton Oaks security talks are near a plan for a future world peace organization. A top council of eleven with majority and two thirds voting is favored, with China kept informed as talks enter a second week. Hull says machinery for peace is the conference’s exclusive concern and that a final chapter may reach Congress separately from a wartime treaty.
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Dumbarton Oelts
Security’ Agency
Hull
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Korea
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Security Organization
Congress
Nazis Plan Poison Gas Attacks Reported in Reich and Italy
London dispatch cites a Daily Mail Geneva correspondent wiring that Germany plans poison gas offensives. Reports claim chemical plants in Bohemia and northern Italy work secretly on gas products while factories run round the clock. An Allied air raid allegedly struck a guarded train moving from Germany to the coast, releasing gas and killing guards, alarming a Dutch town.
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Daily Mail
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Reich
Bobemia
Italy
Germany
Helland
Allied Vanguards at Banks of Chindwin
Allied troops pushed five miles toward Gowr along the Tiddim Road after trapping and smashing an enemy rearguard. They established forward elements of the Allied 4th Army on the banks of the Chindwin at Hwemate near Thenen, counting 590 Japanese killed in an eastern attack and capturing heavy equipment.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Alled
T4th
Burma
Chindwin
Hwemate
Trai
Thenen
Gowr
Tiddim Road
Submarine Trigger Wins Presidential Citation for Daring Actions
The submarine Trigger and its six man crew received the Presidential Citation for highly daring and hazardous tactics in the Pacific. The award was announced by the Twelfth Naval District and presented during recent rites at Hunters Point Naval Drydocks in San Francisco.
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U ‘S
Roosevelt and Churchill to Confer on War Terms
The B B C reported that Prime Minister Churchill would meet with President Roosevelt soon to discuss German armistice terms and the Asiatic military situation. London sources predicted the leaders will meet after Churchill's trip to Italy and talks with Tito and Balkan heads, possibly in Paris if practical.
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Europe
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Roosevelt
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England
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Italy
Marshal Tito
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London
Japan
Dail’ Herald
Paris
Yanks Press Past Reims as Nazi Attacks Mount South
American forces battled along the Rhone valley while a strong Nazi armored force struck from the Italian frontier toward Briancon. The German assault aimed to relieve pressure on General Blaskowitz’s pocketed units, with Briancon briefly menaced but held.
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Alexander M. Patchow
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
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Sub Destroy 17 Jap Ships By U S Submarines
Navy report says American submarines in enemy waters sunk seven Japanese vessels including two destroyers. The patrols also sank two tankers and twelve cargo ships, reducing Japan’s fuel and supply fleet feeding Pacific bases.
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Enemay
Navy
Laiest
Pacific
Bulgarian Envoys Arrive in Cairo for Armistice Terms
Bulgarian delegation arrived in Cairo by plane from Turkey and is expected to sign an armistice ending Bulgaria's Nazi alignment. The envoys were sheltered by British authorities and their identities withheld. Terms will be presented to Lord Moyne as the U S and British discuss Bulgarian negotiations in Washington.
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Middle East
Lincoln MecVeagh
U. S
Washington
State Department
Allies Draft Armistice for Bulgaria and Turkey Clash
Washington and London negotiate terms to remove Bulgaria from the war and study a separate settlement with Romania. Pravda calls Turkey’s break with Germany a friendly rupture as Soviet forces push near the Dardanelles, signaling Russia’s interest in Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean amid broader Allied talks.
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United States
Britain
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Bulgaria
Russia
Balkan
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Moscow
Romania
Pravda
Turkey
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Dar J
Russian Black Sea
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Europe
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Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Prav‘da
Germany
Father's Memorial to Son and the Olathe News Letter
In Olathe Kansas the town's old group of servicemen known as the gang receives periodic letters from Judge G A Roberds who memorializes his son Ensign Don W Roberds killed in an airplane accident in Jacksonville Florida on September 7 1942. The chamber wall displays eighty photographs of service members and Roberds records social notes and local happenings from courthouse square to church chimes and street furniture removals while urging readers to stay united in memory and friendship through the war years.
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Kansai
Sodal
Park Street
G. A. Roberds
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Don W. Roberds
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Albaugh
Hull declares unconditional surrender only term for Germany
Secretary Hull reaffirmed the U S stance that Germany must surrender unconditionally and rejected any idea ofHitler or Nazi leaders seeking refuge in neutral countries The president and British government urged neutrals not to shelter war criminals as Germany urged for partial peace while the Allies remain firm in their demands.
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Germany
Hitler
Hull
Kurt Dittmar
Roosevelt
Dittmar
Police Seek Clue in Woman's Address Book
New York district attorney's office questioned twenty women listed in a lime green address book found in the apartment of Mrs. Phillis Newmark a 35 year old matron whose body was found Friday as investigators search for the last person seen with her and identify the mystery man.
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New York
Phillis Lyons Newmark
Pomza
Jacob Grumet
Carrel Arrested for Promoting Fascism in France
Paris Dr Alexis Carrel, head of the Fac Institute backed by Vichy and once linked to Charles Lindbergh, was arrested by the French Forces of the Interior. He had been suspended from all functions seven days earlier. The Front de libération de l’opinion accused his institute of undermining French universities and teaching fascism and marxism to students.
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Charles 4. Lindbergh
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Vichy
Norris in Critical Condition After Collapse in McCook
Former senator George W L Norris remains in critical condition after a collapse in McCook Nebraska. Physicians said last night his condition is serious with slow recovery expected and his family at his bedside.
British Protest Over Bradley Status Sparks Allied Debate
Washington reports a reallocation of command in France placing Omar Bradley parallel to Montgomery as 12th Army Group commander. British press objected, fearing Montgomery’s demotion, while Allied HQ clarified Bradley reports do not alter Montgomery’s role as overall Allied ground commander in France.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
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Britain
Iron Allied
Montgomery
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Supreme Headquarters
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12Th Army Group
Eisenhower
Army Navy grid game set for Annapolis December 2
Navy will host the annual football rivalry December 2 in Annapolis under wartime restrictions. Tickets limited to Annapolis residents and nearby communities. Parades and color ceremonies will be omitted, keeping attendance capped at local residents.
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Annapoli
Forrestal
Congress
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Municipal Stadium
New York
Philadelphia
Watal Academy
Roosevelt
Lastear
West Point
Dutchess of Windsor to Undergo Appendectomy at Roosevelt
The Dutchess of Windsor was scheduled to enter Roosevelt Hospital late yesterday for an appendectomy. A temp room suite and six nurses were arranged for her care, with an official spokesman announcing the Duke of Windsor’s representative noting the procedure would occur shortly.
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New York
Allied Forces Advance Toward Belgium After Stiff Push
American First Army under Hodges drives from Soissons toward Laon and Montaigu as Reims falls to Pacton’s Third Army. British columns push from the Seine toward Beauvais and Amiens while Canadians outflank Rouen, all in a rapid northeast advance from Paris against German lines.
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France
U. S
Reims
Rouen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Romaland
Graz
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Courtney H. Hodges
Soissons
Laon
Belgium
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Sidon
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Amiens
Somme
Jap Islands Hit As Bombing Campaign Expands
General headquarters reports intensified air and naval strikes around Halmahera and Amboina in the Moluccas as 188 tons of bombs hit Amboina Island’s barracks and harbor works. MacArthur's communique says the area burned and dark smoke rose to 16 000 feet marking the heaviest raid yet on the Moluccas. The campaign follows a 2156 ton attack on Halmahera, with shells and bombs assailing positions north toward Borneo and the Philippines.
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Philippines
Australia
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Douglas MacArthur
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Moluccas
Nazis Claim Portable Robot Bases In Blitz London
German reports say Nazi weapon systems are portable and can be moved to strike all parts of the main land. Allied advances in Belgium and air attacks on targets in England accompany propaganda leaflets showing mothers and children killed in Hamburg and Cologne.
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