Russians Cross Into Rumania and Germans Flee Across Dniester
Russian forces smashed into prewar Rumania along a 31 mile front crossing the Dniester and capturing dozens of Bessarabian villages. They pursued shattered German Romanian units, seized tanks and guns, and pressed toward the Danube estuary. In Poland the Soviets also advanced toward Lwow as German withdrawals mounted, while bridge demolitions were avoided in places.
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Rumania
Dniester
Moscow
Odessa
Bessarabia
Danube
Romania
Novo- Ukrainka
Black Sea
Old Poland
Kremenets
Lwow
Bug River
Klembovka
Olshanka
Prut River
Russia
Paramushiro Bombed from Aleutian Bases
The third bombing strike in three days hit Paramushiro in the Kurile Islands, with Ventura Search planes from Navy Fleet Air Wing Four based in the Aleutians. Fires were started by bombs, airmen reported, and they encountered light antiaircraft fire but no American planes were damaged.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Paramushiro
Japan
Kurile Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Ventura
Navy Fleet Air Wing Four
Aleutians
Howard Johnson Dickers to Buy Florida Village
Howard Johnson, Boston restaurant chain operator, said he was negotiating to purchase an entire Florida east coast village for 2 million dollars as a postwar motor city for tourists. He declined to name the municipality but said it is largely idle from war conditions and few residents would need to relocate if the deal closes.
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Miami
Fla
Howard Johnson
Boston
Florida East Coast
Johnson
Rail Crash Blazes 25 Gas Tank Cars
The derailment of a freight train near Lagrange Ga led to about 25 gasoline tank cars burning and thousands of gallons of fuel destroyed. Nineteen tank cars were saved as flames bridged the nearby highway and halted traffic while workers cleared wreckage. The Atlanta & West Point train was moving north when the locomotive derailed.
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Lagrange
Legislature Closes After Dawn Wartime Session
Albany report details a tense dawn adjournment after hours of acrimonious debate. The two houses, seating to 5:24 a.m., adjourned officially at 3 p.m. Saturday. The session saw high tensions despite broad support for Gov. Dewey's recommendations.
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Albany
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Albany Port District Commission
Rensselaer
Department of Audit and Control
Avery G. Hall
Former Mayor Thompson of Chicago Dies
William Hale Big Bill Thompson, 75, three term Chicago mayor famed for flamboyant campaigns and clashes with authorities, died after a heart attack. He had been unconscious for a day and on oxygen, with wife Mary Wyse Thompson and sister Mrs Nelson Pelouse at his bedside.
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Chicago
William Hale
Big Bill" Thompson
England
Thompson
Mary Wyse Thompson
William Nelson Pelouse
King George of England
Lonergan Eager For Resumption Of Trial Today
Wayne Lonergan, on trial for the murder of his heiress wife Patricia, is described by his attorney as in pretty good spirits and ready to proceed. Edward V. Broderick visited Lonergan in Tombs Prison for two hours and said the defense is prepared to resume. Dr. Thomas S. Cusack, petitioned by the defense, examined Lonergan and declined to share an opinion yet.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
Edward V. Broderick
Tombs Prison
Lonergan
Thomas S. Cusack
Broderick
Cusack
Reich Dangerous says Germany still has luxury goods
New York LP) Taylor Henry former AP chief at Vichy said last night Germany is like a gangster trapped and will shoot. He said Germans see the US crippled by strikes and retreating in the Pacific, but American views of Germany in war are distorted here. He noted they still have white bread and cakes and Baden-Baden stores carry luxury items.
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New York LP
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Vichy
Germany
Henry
United States
Pacific
Baden-Baden
Mount Vesuvius Erupts Amid Lava Flows and Rail Damage
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius erupting with three lava streams rolling down the slopes. The disaster obliterated 100 feet of the scenic railroad and disrupted travel as authorities monitor further activity.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Jones says U S cannot feed world postwar relief
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones warned that the United States cannot bear the load of postwar relief feeding while promising to meet essential military and civilian needs. He outlined 1944 civilian supply forecasts and stressed that export needs will be limited to a small share of food requirements for the United Nations.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
War Mobilization
James F. Brynes
Jones
United States
United Nations
Five Sloops Sink German U Boats In Atlantic Victory
Five British naval sloops scored a major wartime victory by sinking six German U boats in twenty days. The Admiralty credited the action as a modern Trafalgar like triumph. HMS Woodpecker foundered but all crew were saved.
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London
Admiralty
Trafalgar
Aalamic
H. M. S. Woodpecker
Admiralty Islands Captured Completing U S Occupation
Allied forces occupied Lorengau township in the Admiralty Islands capturing the Japanese headquarters. General Douglas MacArthur announced the completion of the occupation of all vital areas in the archipelago, with the islands now entirely in U S hands.
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Southwest Pacific
Lorengau Township
Admiralty Islands
Douglas Macarthur
Allies Deliver Major Bombing Blitz Across Europe
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy carried out a multi fast offensive against German targets. British and American heavy bombers struck Pas de Calais France while 15th air force planes hit the Hlagenfurt airdrome and Graz area in Austria. Overnight raids pummeled Frankfurt Bergerac and other sites, with additional attacks on Knin Yugoslavia and shifting targets across the continent.
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London
Britain
Italy
Europe
Pas de Calais
France
15Th Air Force
Hlagenfurt
Graz
Austria
R.af
Frankfurt
Germany
Bergerac
Knin
Yugoslavia
Nazis Strike Back Over East Anglia and Northeast Coast
London reports indicate German airmen were met with strong anti aircraft fire as they raided East Anglia and the eastern Midlands injuring several towns on the northeast coast. Four raiders were believed shot down. Incendiaries and high explosives hit multiple targets as RAF losses mounted to 22 bombers. Continued coverage notes American bomber losses and a fifth straight day of heavy raids along the western coast.
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London
East Anglia
Midlands
East England
England
R.A
Pas de Calais
Rocket Coast
Japs Launch Major Burma Offensive Across Chindwin
New Delhi reports Admiral Mountbatten's jungle commandos extend positions southeast of Myitkyina. Japanese forces cross the Chindwin River at several points as Stilwell's allied troops push north and west to link with China, aiming at Imphal and the Assam front.
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New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia
Chindwin
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Imphal
Assam
Japan mobilizes merchant sailors and students in navy draft
A dispatch reported by Pi-Tass via Asakmi states Japan is mobilizing its navy by drafting merchant sailors up to sixty years old along with numerous students.
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Wloscow Pi—Tass
Japan
Asakmi
Mannerheim’s Advice on Finnish War Quietly Suppressed
Finnish leaders faced a setback as Mannerheim warned that holding Finnish lines against a Soviet offensive would be impossible without heavy bloodshed. Parliament and the public were not fully briefed due to censorship, and government stance pressed continued war despite his views.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Baron Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim
Red Army
Helsinki
Mannerheim
Edwin Linkomies
Ford Predicts Peace in Two Months
Henry Ford told the Atlanta Constitution in a recent interview he believes the war will end in two months and predicted the eventual abandonment of railroads. When asked for reasons he declined to explain, saying he had them but would not share.
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Henry Ford
Atlanta
Ford
Atlanta Constitution
King Peter and Alexandra to Take Vows in London
King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra daughter of the late King Alexander of Greece will wed today in London per Yugoslav embassy. Guests include Queen Elizabeth King Haakon Crown Prince Olaf Queen Wilhelmina Prince Bernhard Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Duchess of Kent and Yugoslav royals Tomislav and Andre.
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Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Alexander
Greece
London
Elizabeth
Haakon
Norway
Olaf
Wilhelmina
Bernhard
Netherlands
Duke
Duchess of
Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Tomislav
Andre
$500 Tax Deduction Proposed Simplifies Tax Code
Washington reports a proposed flat $500 exemption per person to replace complex dependency rules. The measure would let wage earners under $5,000 file a simple return while the IRS completes calculations. It preserves $500 exemptions for nonworking dependents like college students and young children beyond 18 if they are not taxpayers.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
Sam
4-F Rejections Alarm Wagner
Senator Robert F. Wagner denounced the 4-F rejection rate as a national disgrace citing about 30 percent could have been 1-A with proper care. He urged quick adoption of the Wag ner Murray Dingell medical care bill to avoid mass inductments of fathers.
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New York UP
Robert F. Wagner
D-N
Wagner
Helsinki Moves to Temporary Capital as Population Shifts
Finnish government ministries pack records for transfer to a northern temporary capital. Reports say Helsinki is left childless as residents relocate to the country.
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Stockholm
Helsink
Helsinki
President Roosevelt Service Vote Replies From 48 Governors
White House released replies from 48 governors on whether states will accept federal ballots for armed forces voters. Six states permit federal ballots with reservations. 14 say no action planned. others avoid commitment. California Maryland North Carolina Florida Alabama Kansas already accept. Mississipp ti South Corona Tennessee Michigan Texas Wyoming Oregon had not replied. Roosevelt will decide if the act increases or decreases service votes versus the 1942 statute.
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ULP
White House
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Twele
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New Mexico
Indiana
New Hampshire
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New Jersey
Nebraska
Maine
Oklahoma
Connecticut
California
Maryland
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Kansas
Mississippi
South Corona
Tennessee
Michigan
Texas
Wyoming
Oregon
Boston and Maine Vice President Dies
Timothy Edward Byrnes, 90, retired lawyer, banker and railroad and steamship executive, died in St Petersburg Florida. He came from Boston ten years ago. Former president of Vermont Asbestos Corporation, Montpelier and Wells River Railroad, Barre Railroad, Nantucket Steamship Company, and Industrial Finance Company of Boston. Also former vice president of New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, B and M Railroad, and Northeastern Navigation Company, and a former director of several banks.
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Fla
Timothy Edward Byrnes
Railroad and Steamship Company
Boston
Vermont Asbestos Corporation
Montpelier and
Wells River
Barre (J
Nantucket Steamship Company
Industrial Finance Company of
Byrnes
New York New Haven and Hartfort
B. and M. Railroad
Northeastern Navigation Company
Bulgaria Orders Sofia Evacuation
The Bulgarian cabinet decreed urgent evacuation of all women and children from Sofia. Only men mobilized for government work may remain as the capital, already bombed by the Allies, becomes a compulsory exodus per the decree.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
Budapest
Fighting Continues at Cassino As Allies Close On Continental Hotel
Thousands of German prisoners were taken as Allied tanks pierced Cassino rubble within yards of the Continental Hotel, the resistance hub. Tanks shelled the lobby where two enemy tanks waited. one enemy vehicle was knocked out. The day yielded the largest prisoner haul since the battle resumed after last week's bombing.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Continental Hotel
Benedic
Troy Man Narrow Escape Amid Warfront Action
Sergt. Gerald W. Flynn from Troy, N Y, a waist gunner on a Flying Fortress, survived a raid on Villorba after his plane was hit by German fighters. He described a shell passing between his legs and exploding in the waist, a near-fatal moment during the Cassino theater air operations and shipping disruptions along the Yugoslav coast.
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Rome
Cassino
Yugoslav
Airforce
Airacobras
North Africa
Gerald W. Flynn
Troy
Abbey of Cassino Fortified by Germans During Battle
German forces converted the Abbey of Mount Cassino into a fortress and used tanks in the lobby with snipers at windows. Prisoners began being moved shortly after 2 pm as two battalions held Casina and nearby hills. Entrenchment spread to the town’s southern outskirts, with speculation of tunnels linking the Abbey to Casina.
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Tine Abbey
Mount Cassino
Cassino
Old Town
Abbey
Free French News Bureau Quits Work
The entire management of France Afrique news agency resigned in protest against government domination. General manager Pierre Bet and eight associates handed their resignations to information commissioner Henri Bonnet as the Free French National Liberation Committee designated Gerand Jouve as general political manager with full authority over news. The move aimed to keep the agency independent as Presse Francaise Associee, a cooperative of French newspapers modeled after the Associated Press.
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Algiers
France Afrique News Jagency
Pierre Bet
Henri Bonnet
Fendh Committee of National Liberation
Gerand Jouve
France Afrique
Presse Francaise Associee
Associated Press
France
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