Germans Pour Tank Reserves Into Kiev Fight
Soviets hold ground and press toward key targets west of Kiev as General Vatutin’s army reports heavy tank and infantry losses for the Germans. Moscow notes fresh German units from several nations, but says Soviet offensives remain undeterred toward Niev and other aims.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kiev
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Moscow
Vatutin
Chernyakhov
Niev
Soviet Monitor
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Italy
White Russia
Henry Ardy
Aled
High Winds Ravage West Coast Across California
Gale like winds battered California from Santa Barbara to Eureka causing millions in property damage. Ten oil wells toppled near Santa Barbara. Liberty ships and a tug damaged in San Francisco Bay. fires, downed trees, and disrupted trains widespread across the coast with no reported loss of life.
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San Francisco
California
Santa Barbara
San Francisco Bay Area
Eureka
Bay Plates
Oakland
Trans-Bay
Turkey Moves Closer to Allied Camp After Cairo Talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Nu man Menemen cloglu said Cairo was a pivotal event and that Turkey’s alliance with Britain is strengthened while remaining uncommitted to war. Ulus lauded a flawless coalition against Germany, even as Nazi reports doubted Turkey’s shift. Germany plots in Greece and Bulgaria, testing Hitler’s risk of a new front and the chance of a Turkish entry into hostilities.
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London
Turkey
Cairo
Numan Menemencioghu
Ankara
Britain
Menemenologu
Germany
Ulus
Menemencloglu
Greece
Bulgaria
Hittec
Hitler
Annulment Granted for Teenage Marine and Bride in District Court
Fourteen year old Edne Pfost Harris obtained an annulment of her three month marriage to 14 year old Thomas B. Harris, a former Marine. The couple wed August 29 with parental consent after a short courtship. Harris was discharged from the Marines after his true age was discovered.
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Denver
Edne Pfost Harris
Thomas B. Harris
Snakebite Crisis For 13YearOld At Red Bank School
13 year old Fred Wege, son of an Army captain, was reported in critical condition after bringing venomous coral snakes to his Red Bank New Jersey school. Doctors sought antivenin. Philadelphia and Bronx Zoo experts coordinated cobra serum, with state police and trains aiding transfer. Newark news notes 4-F status for Frank Sinatra after a medical, induction screening.
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N. J
Fred Wege
Riverview Hospital
Harry C
Seiben
Bronx Zoo
New York
Philadelphia Zoo
Nigel Wolff
Philadelphia
Trenton
Wolff
Striking Gas Workers Allow Limited Service
The Diamond Alkali Co. says an agreement with United Mine Workers District 40 allows some workers to return to the Fairport Harbor coke plant restoring gas delivery to about 75 000 northeast Ohio residents.
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Diamond Alkali Co
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Fairport Harbor
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Ohio
Yugoslav Unrest Spreads Into Bulgaria
Reports claim Yugoslav Partisans clash with German forces in the Balkans as Bulgaria faces unrest and arrests in Sofia. Deserters join Greek and Yugoslav guerillas while German troops move toward the Turkish frontier amid speculation of Allied invasion and Rommel reinforcing in Yugoslavia.
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London
Balkan Peninsula
Bulgacra
Hitler
Josip Broz
Tito
Erwin Roemmel
Bosnia
Sofia
Turkey
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Rommel
Senate Approves Rail Workers Pay Raise in Senate Vote
The Senate approved a proposed wage increase for non-operating railroad workers by 74 to 4, sending the measure to the House. If the House concurs, the proposal goes to the President for potential veto, amid administration opposition fearing inflation. The plan covers about 1.1 million workers.
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Washington Upi
Senate
House
James F. Barnes
Fred M. Vinson
Congress debates funds for invasion craft and ships
In a day-long session the Senate considered spending bills for invasion craft and vessels. Senators Bailey of Michigan and others voted against the measures while the House passed identical bills, and the majority leader urged action to discharge responsibility as seen.
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House
Etlender Bailey
Senate
American Policy Shifts Over Europe’s Intramural Strife
Washington via UPI reports a new Anglo American policy toward Europe’s internal conflicts. The United States may send its main military support to Yugoslavia to aid forces opposing the King Peter government. Secretary Hull, at a press conference, affirmed the British policy.
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Washington
UPI
Europe
United States
Yugoslavia
Peter
Hull
Tito and Mihailovic split over support in Yugoslavia
Fragmented report discusses the rift between Tito's Partisans and Draja Mihailovic's Chetniks amid shifts in wartime British policy and a Yugoslav government in exile. It mentions Marshal Tito, King Peter II, and allied interest in aiding those fighting the Nazis while internal leadership tensions unfold.
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Richard K. d Commons
Marsha Osip Broz
Tito
Kailovic
Peter
Ger
Sub Loss Placed At 300 In Atlantic Sub War
A Washington statement credits Azores base access with boosting anti submarine efforts in the Atlantic. From March to November Allied forces likely sank about 300 German U boats while sustaining fewer losses among their own ships and planes.
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London
Atlantic
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt Andrime
Churchill
United States Briain
South Atlantic
Washington
Azores
Senate Kills Pari Mutuel Tax Proposal
Washington Senate finance committee cut a $26.4 million corner from the tax bill by rejecting a pari mutuel wagering tax while approving higher taxes on movie tickets and admissions. The measure now yields about $1.923 billion yearly, far below the Treasury’s $10.59 billion target, and additional revisions are expected on corporate and individual rates. The pari mutuel tax was opposed by Florida Governor Spessard L Holland and others who warned the move would harm racing.
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Washington
Senate Finance
House
Treasury
Morgenthau
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
Herbert Bayard Swope
New
Canada Would Jail Brothel Customers
An international conference on venereal diseases urged mandatory jail sentences for men found in houses of prostitution in Canada. Delegates called for arrests and detention of patrons to eradicate brothels, with stiffer penalties for inmates and operators, and a national survey of cases.
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Ottawa
Jurist Orders One-Year-Old Taken From Parents
In Ann Arbor Michigan Probate Judge Jay G Pray ordered the custody of 1 year old Jackie Wall removed from his mother and father after finding him delinquent in the fatal shooting of Barry Rothstein 12. The boy was placed in Michigan's Children's Institute to find him a suitable act. The judge also criticized mothers with small children working away from home in Willow Run noting if he had his way no mother with young children would be allowed to work outside the home.
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Upe
Mane
Jay G. Pray
Jackie Wail
Pray
Jackie
Yeaiald Barry Rothstein
Michigan‘s Children’s Institute
Willkie Pro and Can ashington .4% ashington
John D. M. Hamilton, former Republican national committeeman, backed from a tour of 17 western states, said Wendell L. Willkie's 1944 GOP nomination support is not as strong as claimed. He cited broad backing for Dewey and MacArthur, with strongest MacArthur sentiment on the West Coast and tapering eastward.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National
Douglas MacArthur
Berliner Brother Retains Estate Funds, Surrogate Court
Judge Edward J. Donohue ruled on the case of Arthur Mulson administrator of Hannah Krug s estate in Rensselaer County Surrogates Court He confessed to the loss of the major portion of sixteen dollars claiming it was for the care of an incompetent brother and agreed to return it The hearing to remove Mulson as administrator was adjourned for a week with officers to accompany him to Berlin to recover the funds Continued on Page Twenty one BEALLY MAN
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Edward J. Donohue
Rensselaer ‘County
Arthur Mulson
Berlin
Hannah Krug
Mulson
Theresa Knights
Cit
Donohue
George Sp. MacCulloch
Marcus L. Filley
Frederick C. Filley
Chinese Recapture Changteh After Fierce Battle
Chinese forces under General Yu recaptured Changteh, pushing Japanese from the vital rice bowl region. Chiang Kai-shek announced victory, noting the division was wiped out except for 50 men. Chinese air power aided ground units as they seized the city at dawn, closing a Japanese threat to Changsha and the Hunan Szechwan supply line.
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U Cheng-wan
Changteh
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Aining
Changsnn
Hunan-Szechwan
Chanzteh
Changsha
Treasury cites sharp revival of moonshining
The Treasury Department reports a nationwide drive against black markets in alcohol uncovered improper sales records by wholesalers and a sharp rise in moonshining. A Senate judiciary subcommittee launches an inquiry into whisky shortages. Investigations aim to revoke permits where rules were broken. a four week period showed increased seizures in the Southeastern states and a 16 percent rise since autumn 1942.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
Treasu
Stewart Berkshire
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treas
Office of Censorship Denounces Hidden Pressure
The Office of Censorship condemned covert censorship efforts aiming to suppress war news. A director warned volunteers and censors not to pressure publishers into altering or withholding material. The note emphasized censorship is not created by a few officials or local agencies.
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Shington LI
New Nation
Radio
Alten
Navy
Prive
Vohan Roofia
Fifth Army Troops Tote Own Supplies in Mountain Terrain
Fifth Army soldiers haul their own gear using improvised packs and boards to carry up to 100 pounds. The rugged central Italian mountains force personnel to shoulder loads as pack animals cannot traverse the steep terrain.
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Ca Ion
Ital Husky Iads
Rommel’s North Move Stirs Allied Attack Fears
In a terse German statement Rommel announced a new distribution of forces in Denmark and Flockholm Wyoming. The move by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s unit signals possible Allied pressure toward the Baltic region, with no clear rationale given for the northward shift.
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Flockholm WY
Copentidino
Mas A Enwin Ralliver
Rommel
Balkang
Benes Arrives In Moscow To Seal Pact
Prague announces that Edouard Beneš, head of the Czech government in exile, has arrived in Moscow to seal a pact with the Soviet Union. The move is seen as shaping Central European alignments and provoking reactions in Poland and nearby states over potential Soviet influence and security guarantees.
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Pact
London
Edouard Benes
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Poland
Germany
Dan
Slovakia
Gains Mark Roads to Philippines
On two possible routes toward the Philippines, U S warships press toward Nauru Island as Japanese positions on Huon Peninsula and Bougainville endure air and ground pressure. Admiral Nimitz reports carrier and Army air strikes. MacArthur notes progress in the Huon corridor while Australians push the Japanese northward along the New Britain coast. Casualties are rising modestly as operations focus on strategic perimeters and sea control.
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Associated Press
Sorborne
Nauru
New Guinea
Gilbert Islands
Philippines
Caroline Islands
Melanesia
Admr
Chester W. Nimitz
Jung
Britsh Island
Nimitz
Jaluit Atoll
Marshalls
Bocnb
Jalui Wareo
Coridor
Huon Peninsula
Douglas MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bougainville
Solomons
Stimisan
Washington
United States Navy
Walter Krueger
Amerian
Junzia
Qin Press Ae
Saale
Gold prices rise at auction amid quirky bidders
A chaotic auction drew attention as gold prices surged while bidders showcased odd items. A bidder fled with a basket made from armour plate and another grabbed a water pipe, while officials sought guidance from headquarters on sales rules. Local attendees noted a mix of excitement and confusion during the event.
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