Russians Reach Within 16 Miles of Brest Litovsk Fortress
Soviet forces push toward the Brest Litovsk region as they seize Vydomilya 16 miles north of Brest Litovsk and move west toward Bialystok and along the Moscow Riga Pskov lines. Reports say 2,600 German troops were captured at Sebezh while Daugavpils Kaunas fronts extend with many towns fallen.
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Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Vydomilya
Moscow
Bug River
Poland
Brest Livorsk
Velikaya-Berestovista
Brest Litovski
Pinsk
Sebezh
Daugavpils
Kaunas
West Prussia
Red Army
Cer
Koningesberg
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Koningsberg
United Nations To Confer on World Security
Secretary of State Hull announced exploratory conferences on organizing a world security agency to be held in Washington possibly in August. Russian and Chinese representatives will not attend the same meetings showing continued Soviet policy on Pacific neutrality. The effort follows a Moscow agreement by U S Britain Russia and China to convene at the earliest moment. Hull and President Roosevelt aim to make the United Nations a permanent organization with a small powers council and an assembly of all nations.
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Hull
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Great Britain
Russia
China
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World Security Organization
Roosevelt
United Nations
Assembly of All Nations
Doris Duke Cromwell Wins Assessment Ruling
Federal Judge Guy L. Fake ruled Hillsborough township misvalued Doris Duke Cromwell’s intangible property at 221,940,138. The assessment was void for lack of due notice and improper resolution. Attorney Shelton Pitney argued only Cromwell, not other residents, faced the tax.
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Doria Duke Cromell
Hillsborough Township
Guy L. Fake
Fake
Ghis
Shelton. Pitney
Mra.rhein
Eastern League scoreboard and results snapshot
The scorebox lists Albany 4 Scranton 2 in game three with Albany also beating Sesarten 6 to 1. Hartford, Wilkes Barre Utica and Binghamton show various scores, while Williamsport posts 16 and Utica 10 with other outcomes. Yesterday none scheduled in American league with scattered notes on teams and players.
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Albany
Scranton
Sesarten
Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
Utica
Ejmita
Willamsport
Binghamton
Battleships pummel Guam in ongoing Pacific assault
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy battleship support joining Adm Raymond Spruance in the Marianas operation against Guam. The Fifth Fleet, featuring some of the Navy’s newest heavy battleships, continues a sustained 13 day bombardment aimed at Apra Harbor and surrounding defenses.
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Pearl Harbor
Upi
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Spruance
Marianas
Spruanca
Saipan
Guam
U. S
Port
Apra
Pacific
Nazis Deny Army Status To Maquis
The Associated Press reports Berlin rejected Eisenhower's claim that French partisans in France are Allied troops. Berlin said all French remain bound by the armistice and violators face action. De Gaulle instructed officers and NCOs to join the French Forces of the Interior and stay ready for orders.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
France
Berlin
Charles DeGaulle
Algiers
Interior
New York Democrats Non-Committal on Wallace Choice
Delegates from New York City and surrounding counties head to Chicago for the Democratic national convention. Tammany figures led by Edward V. Loughlin refuse to back the vice presidential nominee until after discussions, while James W. Gerard backs Wallace. Homer Cummins predicts Roosevelt will win Connecticut by over 50,000 and Farley will support the ticket.
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Roosevelt
New York City
Counies
Chicago
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Tammany
Edward V .Loughlin
Loughlin
James W. Gerard
Germany
Wallace
James A. Farley
Homer §. Cummings
Connecticut
French Bank Robbed Near St Germain in France
A Paris dispatch reports six masked gunmen halted a Bank of France truck near St Germain and stole 105 million francs plus 2 million dollars. No injuries were reported. Authorities pursue leads as the heist unfolds.
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Madrid
Paris
Bank of France
St. Germain
Polar Bear Attacks Night Club Heiress in Central Park Enclosure
New York reports a 900 pound polar bear chewed the right arm of Miss Catherine Searles 24 daughter of a zinc manufacturer early yesterday as she joined three companions at a Central Park party near the zoo enclosure Police said she climbed over a guardrail and waved a handkerchief through bars prompting the attack Her arm was amputated near the shoulder surgeons gave her a chance to live Miss Searles active as a volunteer ambulance driver resided on Park Avenue Parents were summoned from Lake Placid The group included Corp Edward Cheney of Manchester Conn on furlough from Camp Shelby Miss Gertrude Brady daughter of Henry Brady New York auctioneer The incident occurred around 2 am near the sleeping bears Soc the male Copy the female The party shouted and Cheney waved a garrison cap through bars The bear swiped at the cap and the others retrieved it The bear then attacked Miss Searles with her handkerchief later described on page Eleven BEAR
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John Galn
Central Park Zoo
New York City
Catherine Searles
Rahway
N. J
New York
UPA
Central Park
Fes
Miss Searles
Park Avenue
Henry Malcolm Searles
N. C
Lake Placid
Siury
Searles
Stork Club
Corp
Edward Cheney
Manchester
Cheney
New Deal Farm Policy Attacked by NFU Leader
Chicago. James Patton president of the National Farmers Union told Democratic platform drafters that four year old New Deal farm programs favor the rich over the poor and push towards commercial farming. He warned the Farm Security Administration and crop insurance have been misrepresented and eroded, while noting blame cannot rest on a single party.
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James 3. Patton
National Farmers Union
White House
Democratic
Patton
Democratic Party
Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration
Farm Security Administration
Special Trains Bring Marines Home From Pacific Duty
More than 600 of the 2 774 First Marine Division veterans return from 26 months in the Pacific aboard government funded special troop trains. Additional trains carrying 540 to 630 men depart at intervals until all Leathernecks are furloughed. Trains will route to metropolitan centers nationwide with full coaches dropped en route.
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San Diego
Cal
First Marine Division
Pacific
Nazis Report New Secret Torpedo
The International Information Bureau reports Germany has developed a new secret torpedo described as a one-mat weapon. The German news agency broadcasts details of this purported advance.
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London
Intornational Information Bureau
Nazi Prisoners Parade Through Moscow After Victory Guns
German army of 57600 men marches through Moscow with captured troops, watched by a million Muscovites. The procession follows a November 7 parade mood, while Soviet crowds display restrained, powerful silence as Moscow fires salutes for Grodno’s fall and the Red Army’s advance.
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Russia
Red Army
Red Square
Dynamite Destroys Nazi Headquarters At Montpelier
Reports say a tremendous dynamite blast destroyed the German military HQ for the Heravit region in Montpelier France. The explosion reportedly killed forty German officers and soldiers on duty and injured many more. Fire from the blast ruined documents and files, impacting the Mediterranean command structure and defenses awaiting an Allied invasion.
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Heravit
Montpelier
France
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Geroran Command
Mediterranean
Coam
Herault
U S Bombers Strike France and Berlin in Coordinated Raids
Heavy U S bombers and fighters hit railways across France and target Paris vicinity while Berlin reports a dawn attack on the capital. Nazi radio cites nuisance raiders likely Mosquito bombers facing heavy anti aircraft fire and flak as Americans widen daylight coverage.
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London
France
Berlin
Paris
Fresca
St Lo and Evrecy Cracked by Allies
Allied forces pressed the St Lo and Evrecy fronts as part of a major Normandy drive. British and American units advanced toward Caen and Paris while rail facilities and fuel dumps were hit. high command said Germany could be finished this year. General Montgomery and Army leaders coordinated operations with Stimson and Bradleys men pushing from the Cherbois peninsula.
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Evrecy
Normandy
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Sever
Periers
Caen
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Bield
Erwin Rommel
All's Not Quiet At Chicago
Democratic chieftains fear possible Republican challenge to Roosevelt era dominance as Dewey leads a push to unseat the federal administration. The piece notes party ballot drift, women’s protests on domestic issues, and uncertainties over labor and Negro leadership influence in the 1944 campaign.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Texas Schism Threat to Nation Shapes Roosevelt Fight
Texas Democratic electors face a split showdown as pro Roosevelt faction warns that voting against the party nominee would destroy party unity and imperil the nation. Texas delegates Dan Moody and George Butler are criticized by vice chairman Herman Jones for backing the rival slate amid tensions with Republicans and dissenting Democrats.
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Chicago
UPI
Herman Jones
Texas
Jones
Lone Star
Dan Moody
George Butler
Italian Government Seeks Allied Backing for Partisans
Rome reports the Italian cabinet recognized armed partisan bands fighting Germany as part of the war effort and plans to regularize their position with Allied accords. The session approved a war ministry report detailing purges of the royal army and civil service, with over 209 officers including several generals to be dismissed.
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Rome
Italy
Mittisiier
Kingston Ration Clerk Indicted in Gasoline Coupon Embezzlement
New York report states Kingston Wet Price and Rationing Board chief clerk 1-Doninich AL Cioni was indicted on federal charges for embezzling 2.00 ration coupons valid for 15 000 gallons of gasoline. The alleged theft occurred last March. Cioni served as chief clerk from August 1942 to June 1944.
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New York
Doninich AL
Yanks Involved in Melee in Bristol
American soldiers were involved in a fracas in Bristol England. Police opened fire but no British were hurt. Three soldiers were hospitalized with minor head injuries as authorities quelled the disturbance reported by the Daily Mail.
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Bristol
England
The
Daily Mail
Chinese Fall Back Before Jap Attacks
Troops around Hengyang defend the Can ton rail junction amid heavy Japanese assaults. A second breakthrough from the southwest suburbs occurred, with the municipal hospital retaken after counterattacks. Japanese forces pressed from Chaling toward the Chality River as the high command reported further advances.
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Can‘ton
Hengyang
Bulletin
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Chaling
Hengrung
Chality River
Ithe High Command
Soviet Bombers Sink Finnish Defense Ship
A Soviet Baltic Fleet air attack reportedly sank Finland’s sole surviving naval unit, the defense ship Vainamotinen, at Kotha port. The vessel, completed in 1932 and armed with four 45 mm guns, had its sister ship Imarinen destroyed by mines in September 11.
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Red Banner Baltic
Vainampinen
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Soik
Kotha
Dans Annique
Imarinen
Kennedy to Resign From Cluett’s R. Oshley Kennedy
R Oshley Kennedy, executive vice president of Cluett Peabody and Co. L Inc, will resign after nearly forty years of service. He began as a shipping clerk in 1905 and rose to production head before becoming VP in charge of production. J J Perrish will assume Kennedy’s production duties as other tasks are reassigned.
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Cluett, Peabody & Co
L Inc. Res
Hennedy
Boston
Albany
Four Jap Ships Fired By Planes
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports four Japanese merchantmen were damaged and a fifth tanker was sunk as planes struck targets in New Guinea. Allied forces repelled night probe attacks along the Drintumor River near Aitape as 45,000 Imperial Army troops press jungle lines. Medium bombers and fighters bombed enemy HQs and troop concentrations in the Yakumut sector behind the front.
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New Guinea
Drintumor River
Aitape
British New Guinea
1Sth
Imperial Army
Yakumutl
Volcano Forces Evacuation of Mexican Farms
Hundreds of men women and children displaced by lava from Parientia volcano beg in the streets of Uruapan and Gali tontsin as lava coverage expands across fields and houses officials warn of continuing flows and danger.
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Alexics City
Parientia
Uruapan
Galitontsin
Gustavo Bazs
Westerdex
Baz
Ister
Reunion After Fourteen Years Of Father And Son
An 82 year old Fort Lauderdale father and his son, missing fourteen years and legally dead, were reunited at a railroad platform last night. The son, John A. Commons, previously located in Hartford, Connecticut, said he would return there to resume his job as a layaway truck driver. The father spoke of his son’s wife and infant daughter in Washington and declined any further contact.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
John RB. Commons
Isn University of Wisconsin
New “York
John A. Commons
Hartford
Conn
Roosevelt letter leaves Wallace choice to convention
President Roosevelt states he would vote for Henry Wallace if he were a delegate but insists the convention must decide. The Hyde Park letter notes Roosevelt’s personal friendship with Wallace and aims to avoid dictating convention outcome while signaling Wallace support. Continued discussion and Wallace ally activity anticipated.
Secret Service Delivers Roosevelt Letter to Wallace at Event
Senator Samuel D Jackson of Indiana said Roosevelt's warm note for Vice President Wallace was delivered to him at 1 pm by a messenger likely from the Secret Service. He said he knew nothing official about the letter until party chairman Robert E Mannengari raised it at a Sunday news conference. Jackson refused to state a vice presidential preference, citing his role as permanent chairman and his duty to preside if a second place candidate is chosen.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Samuel Jackson
Indiana
Wallace
Hyde Park
White House
Washington
Senator Jackson
Henry Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevele
James ¥. Byres
Senate
Barkley
Samuel D. Jackson
Jackson
Robert E. Mannegari
Hartman Backs Wallace For renomination Says President Should Decide
Mrs J Bordem Hartman told reporters yesterday she favors Wallace for renomination. She would support whoever the President wants, noting he has closely studied Washington and Christian faith, and she praised Wallace as a key figure in Democratic politics.
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Wallace
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Harvrimen
Norway
Democratic National
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