Russians break Dnieper bend threaten German line
Berlin reports a major Red Army breakthrough 15 miles inside the Dnieper loop behind Dnepropetrovsk with a new crossing below Gomel. Moscow claims 9,000 Germans killed and 100 tanks knocked out as the front buckles around Melitopol and Kiev.
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London
Red Army
Germany
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Gomel
Popelnostoye
Kiev
Berlin
Lower
Melitopol
Loev
Kuev
Ukraine
Moscow
Havana Special Derailment Kills Soldier, Injures Nurses
A Northbound Havana Special derailed between Petersburg and Richmond near here at 11 20 pm injuring two nurses six other service members and killing one soldier. Four Pullman cars and the diner remained upright as a rat torn from the tracks caused the sole fatality. The injured include four soldiers two Air Corps officers and the two nurses. The train was about an hour late.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
Air Corps
Petersburg
Here
Japanese Lose 104 Planes In New Battles
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific report 104 Japanese planes shot down or destroyed in a new air campaign. MacArthur’s communique notes only two Allied planes lost, with eighty four enemy planes downed over New Guinea and two over Vitiaz Strait. Six enemy planes fell over Buin at Bougainville.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Vitiaz Strait
Wwen Guinea
New Britain
Explosion at Aluminum Bronze Powder Works Curtails Production
An explosion at the Aluminum Bronze Powder Works in Logan's Ferry Pa yesterday damaged the plant and cut production by one fourth. All workers escaped uninjured. Officials of the Aluminum Company of America, operators of the plant, declined to state a probable cause or estimate damages. The plant makes gunpowder exclusively for the armed forces.
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Logan’s Ferry
Aluminum
Aluminum Company of America
Six Drown When Speedboat Capsizes at Buckeye Lake
Six people drowned when a speedboat struck a high wave and capsized near Buckeye Lake. Two others were rescued after the accident yesterday in Newark Ohio.
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Newark
Buckeye Lake
Yugoslav Partisans Claim Rommel Forces Blunted Near Split
Tito’s partisans announced a hard fight near Split forcing Rommel’s Nazi units back to their bases. They also says they destroyed Krupp plants at Zenica before retreating, and a northern Italy raid killed over 400 Germans. Strong Nazi pushes toward Tuzla were repulsed as civilians joined the defense.
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London
Upi
Josip (Tito
Broz
Erwin Rommel
Adriatic
Split
Zenica
Balkan
Krupp
Tito
Italy
Sinj
Trogir
Bosnia
Tuzla
Germans Fear Portuguese Act May Set Example
Berlin dispatches warn that Portugal granting Azores bases to Britain could trigger a chain reaction. Turkey may face pressure from England and join potential arms action, while Finland and other states watch the move. The upcoming Anglo American Russian talks are seen as decisive for Finland's possible peace with Russia.
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Barcelona
Portugal
Azores
Britain
Finland
Turkey
Berlin
England
Noticero Universal
Russia
Japanese Officials Predict German Collapse War to Last Five Years
A Chilean correspondent reports Japanese officials expect Germany to collapse but say the war will continue for five years. They believe Germany's fate affects Japan little as Tokyo plans to stand alone, while Japan's moves heavily influence any German outcome. Meanwhile 1,500 Americans and others aboard the Teia Maru were ashore briefly to register for berths on the Grips Holm, with passengers praising planned comforts aboard the new liner and some complaints about a few rowdy fellow travelers. The ship Grips Holm can feed 6,000 meals daily for 1,500 passengers and 500 crew.
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Mormugao
Portuguese
India
Germany
Imparcial
Santiago
Japan
Giipsholm
Reduction of Immigration Proposed
Washington legislation to repeal Chinese exclusion laws appeared likely to start a congressional fight over halving all immigration quotas. Aimed at allowing 105 Chinese yearly entry, the measure flags a broader 50 percent cut, with Rep. Elmer urging possible total halt. Proponents cite postwar job funding fears. opponents argue America’s immigrant heritage and open shores.
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Washington
United States
Elmer
R.-Mo
House Rules Committee
America
Lard Averts Soap Rationing in wartime shift
Wartime measure diverts lard from civilian use to soap making to head off rationing. About 100 million pounds allotted to soap makers recently with possible expansion to 400 million pounds next year depending on supply for civilians, military, and Lend-Lease. Government had limited lard in soap earlier amid shortages of tallow and imported oils.
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Washington (P
War Food Administration
Boys Man Guns Stockholm
German manpower shortages force fourteen and fifteen year old schoolboys to man anti aircraft defenses as Berlin faces ongoing air threat and dispatches report comical tension in coverage of wartime mobilization.
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J. G
J. Watson Pedlow
Crozierville
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Corky
G. Wesley Pedlow
Richard Evans
Stockholm
Berlin
Gay
Flash Flood Disrupts Belfast Water System
A flash flood from heavy rain washed out Belfast Maine's main water supply and a 200-foot steel bridge. The pumping station was flooded and needs about a week to resume operation. Public health officials rushed an emergency chlorinator and water was pumped from a pond to mains by an auxiliary fire unit.
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Belfast
UPI
Little Beaver
State Department of Public Health
Army Plane Crash Sets Forest Ablaze in Shenandoah Park
An army plane crashed on a mountain near Harrisonburg Virginia and burned in Shenandoah National Park. The fire swept about twenty acres before being controlled by workers from a conscientious objectors camp at Grottoes. The pilot was killed.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah National Park
Confcientious Objectors
Grottoes
Miners Begin Return to Work in Alabama Pits
John J Hanratty of the United Mine Workers said at least three Alabama locals voted to resume work tomorrow after a stoppage since last Wednesday. He expected more locals to follow and urged miners to return, noting about 850 members in the three locals mentioned.
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Birmingham
Ala
John J Hanratty
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Hanratty
Most Powerful Motor Made at General Electric
General Electric in Schenectady completed a 7,000 horsepower electric motor described as the most powerful in the world. It will hoist a destroyer from water and lift 1350 tons at 200 feet per minute, and will operate on alternating or direct current at 25 rpm. The motor, 44 feet long and 16 feet in diameter, is headed to the Defense Plant Corp steel mill in New Geneva Utah to cut 20,000 pound steel slabs 200 feet long for shipyards and war industries.
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Schenectady
General Electric Co
Defense Plant Corp Steel
New Geneva
Utah
G. E
Bait for Waitresses Music Scholarships in Chicago
Chicago Restaurant association members offer music school scholarships to entice waitresses to stay on the job. A survey showed about one third of the citys 9000 restaurant workers have musical talents and ambitions.
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Chicago
UPI
German Buna Tire Plant Explosion Reported Near Cologne
A German weekly report quoted London and Moscow broadcasts stating a large Buna Rubber plant near Cologne was demolished by an explosion blamed on negligence. The blast disrupted supplies for army trucks and delayed deliveries from the factory.
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London
Moscow
Weltweche” Gaid
Cologne
Franco Italian Union Urged by Italian Newspaper
A Bari based La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno front page editorial urges a Franco Italian confederation and a broader Latin bloc including Spain. It implies pushing past loyalties to the House of Savoy and cites De Gaulle on liberty, while blaming wartime estrangements on French and Italian nationalists and Mussolini era theaters.
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Italy
France
Badoglio
House of
O Abe
Savoy
Charles de Gaulle
Ajaccio
Corsica
Quay d'Orsay
Palazzo Venezia
Propose 10 Per Cent Sales Tax Contested by Robertson
Washington lawmaker Representative Robertson D Va says he will urge Congress to adopt a 10 percent national retail sales tax linked to repealing the 5 percent Victory Tax. The proposal would exempt government and production purchases, including farm inputs, and aim to offset revenue loss from the tax repeal. The plan faces administration opposition citing inflation risk and economic disruption.
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Washington
Robertson
Jap Forces Advance In China War
Chinese high command reported renewed fighting in Yunnan as a Japanese column moved east to the Salween River opposite Luku. A second main column from Mangyun Chieh was held near Siechungkoy, while a third advanced near Chiehtou. Chinese forces recaptured Paiten and Tushuchieh as fighting continued along the eastern front.
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Chungking
Yunnan
Salween River
Hangchow
Nanking
Fhenma
Luku
Mangyun-Chieh
Bay
Siechungkoy
Burma Road
Chiehtou
Kutungchieh
Suitungcheng
Hanancheng
Kaingsu-Anhwei
Chekiang
China
Paiten
Tushuchieh
Move to Broaden Senate Policy Seen Lost
Influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voiced opposition to a bid by a Senate bloc to broaden a postwar foreign policy declaration. An amendment drafted by 11 senators would be pitched tomorrow with support from Pepper and Guffey but faced pushback from George Gillette Vandenberg Nye and Johnson, who oppose immediate commitments. George argued the present subcommittee draft already makes postwar aims clear, a view echoed by Rainey.
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Washington
Senate
J. Nye
R-N.d
Johnson
Rcal
George
Connail
Raikiey
Iss
Trial of de Marigny in Bahamas Ends in Acquittal
Alfred de Matigny faced a pressurized trial on a high profile murder case. A ground crew member Joseph J. Giustiniano died after a blimp incident near Nassau. The case drew a blue ribbon jury from Nassau’s upper class, with anticipation of a verdict amid wealth and longstanding family influence.
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Lakehurst uPi
Nasal Ar
Joseph J. Giustiniano
Bronx
Giustiniano
Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Matigny
Nansau
Harry Oakes
Sis
Prisal
Nancy Day
Sir Haury
Daugh
Bodies of Six Men Recovered from Blimp
The Navy reports bodies of two officers and four enlisted men from a blimp crash after a mid air collision with another airship. Bodies washed ashore along a three mile oceanfront near Lakehurst New Jersey and were recovered by Coast Guardsmen. One officer and one enlisted man remain missing.
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Lakehurst
N. J
United States Navy
Atlantic
United Sates
Naval Air Station
Staten
German Lines Cracked by Allied Forces in Italy Fronts
Allied reports say Fifth Army broke through near Cerreto and Amorosi as Germans retreat from Volturno positions. British Eighth Army advances along the eastern sector while British and American forces contend with stubborn defenses near Capua and along the Volturno river line.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Volturne
Eighth Army
Fifth Ato
Volturno
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tierno River
Cerreto
Ca«lore
Amorosi
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Capua
Tyrrhenian Sea
Voltuino
Vichy
London
Associated Press
Campobasso Acess
Nort
Nan
Sir Berenard le Montgomery
Lack of Burma Campaton May Extend War
The article discusses Burma campaign setbacks and the potential impact on the war with Japan. It references military leaders and the difficult terrain hindering movement of munitions and troops. The piece notes October as a tense period for strategic planning and ongoing armored and enemy threats.
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Burma
Agus
Japan
Ade Noll
Dcene Sauit
Buims
MuLiare Barmao
China
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Redship
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Rapheye
Rommel
Philippine Republic
New York
Tokyo Radio
General Electric
Buna Tire
de Marigny
Drew Pearson
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