Air Battle Intensifies Over Stuttgart In Major Allied Raid
American and British forces mounted a heavy daylight assault on southern Germany with bombers and stout fighter escorts. Stuttgart bore the brunt of 2,800 tons dropped by R A F four engined bombers, with Munich and Amiens targeted in related strikes. Forty bombers were lost in the operations as weather hampered immediate results.
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Stuttgart
U. S
DNB
Berlin
France
Brunswick
Munich
Amiens
Air Ministry
Britain Uses Wellington Bombers In Massive Sofia Raid
The Air Ministry announced British Wellington bombers from Italian bases bombed Sofia on Wednesday to pressure Hitler. It was the sixth Sofia raid by Allied air forces, with Swiss and German reports noting heavy damage and a large force possibly exceeding 500 tons. Other targets included Daimler Benz at Stuttgart and the Messerschmitt complex, while Brunswick suffered heavy damage in a contemporaneous daylight strike by American bombers killing 2,000 to 3,000 people per Stockholm.
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Air Ministry
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Hitler
DNB
R.A. F
Germany
Karlsrume
Mannheim
Stuttgart
Zurich
Lake Constance
Daimler-Benz Works
Messerschmitt
Heinkel
Hirth
Bosch Electrical Works
Brunswick
France
Stockholm
Civil defense rule bans unshielded housing in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo authorities refuse habitation permits for buildings in a live block area without suitable air shelters. The rule, a national defense measure, was passed last June by Brazil’s national director of civil defense, ten months after the country joined the war.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
City Service of Civilian Defense
Civil Defense
Cassino Assault Pushed Toward Abbey as Allies Press
Allied infantry and tanks clawed through wrecked Cassino to reach the Benedictine Abbey ruins while attackers on Monastery Hill advance. Fifth Army bombarded the abbey with HE and smoke to cut German observation as beachhead forces secured two defense points south of Rome. Air forces conducted far reaching raids including Durazzo Harbor and targets near Rome and along the Adriatic coast. Official photos show Cassino largely levelled with 19,000 residents housed before the German withdrawal.
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Cassino
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
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Rome
Carroceto
Durazzo
Albania
San Benedetto
Italy
Adriatic
Kittyhawka
Terni
Dalmatian
Boston
Velletri
Cassino Aeriel
Eaker
KU Student Confuses Taxi Driver With Train Request
Lawrence Kansas early morning taxi mix up as Betty Schieber, KU student, phoned at six to ask the driver to send a train to 1144 Louisiana so she could catch a 6:30 cab.
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Lawrence
Kan
Betty Schieber
University of Kansas
Louisiana
Rio to form regional motor pools amid taxi fuel crisis
Rio de Janeiro faces a gasoline shortage that may curb taxi service. City officials propose regional motor pools to maintain transport capacity and stabilize urban mobility during the fuel disruption.
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Rio
Rio de Janeiro
City to furnish cars for doctors in emergencies
Under the new plan the city will place a number of cars at the disposal of the syndicate of doctors with special gasoline ration authority from the National Council of Petroleum. The measure aims to speed critical medical transport in urgent cases.
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National Council of Petroleum
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