Allies land in Italy push slows as fronts widen
Allied forces led by Gen. Clark and Gen. Montgomery report slow progress against German lines on the Italian mainland. Rebuilt ports enable bigger embarkations as Fifth Army pushes past the Volturno toward Cancello Rhaviano and Nerrone, while Eighth Army advances toward Rome through the Apennines. British and U.S. units repel German counterattacks as supply dumps are destroyed behind the front.
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Mark W. Clark
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Clark
Fifth Army
Salerno
Volturno
Cancello
Rhaviano
Nerrone
Montgomery
Apennine
Rome
Chinese Army Breaks Up Japanese Burma Column in Yunnan
Chinese high command said one of three Japanese columns moving north in western Yunnan toward Burma was broken up and forced into scattered retreat with severe losses. About 17,000 Japanese were estimated in the Yunnan area. In Chekiang eastern front Chinese forces routed a Japanese cavalry sortie from Liaofeng near Nanking and in Anhwei seized Suitungcheng killing several hundred Japanese.
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Chungking Upi
Yunnan
Burma
India
Salween
Luku
Chekiang Province
China
Liaofeng
Nanking
Anhwei
Suitungcheng
Suancheng
Lost Ration Books May Be Mailed
Finders of lost ration books may mail them without prepaid postage. A five cent postage due will be charged to the addressee when delivered, or the book will go to the nearest local rationing board if the recipient cannot be found.
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Washington LP
Office of Price Administration
Post Office Department
This Is the Army Winds Up North Africa Tour
The cast of This Is The Army finishes a tour of Britain and North Africa and returns to regular duties. The European theatre headquarters says the show will spend three weeks in London and five weeks elsewhere in the British Isles before winding up duties in North Africa after eight more weeks.
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London
Britain
North Africa
United States
British Isles
Crown Contends De Marigny Killed Oakes For Own Gain
In Nassau Bahamas a white wigged prosecutor charges Al fred De Marigny with beating to death Sir Harry Oakes to gain a share of the fortune. Oakes was killed July in his Westbourne estate and De Marigny is held in the Bahamas Supreme Court with 12 jurors set to decide. His wife Nancy will testify in his defense after preliminary proceedings described.
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Nassau
Bahamas
ULP
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Supreme Court Chamber
A. F. Adderley
de Marigny
Oakes
Westbourne
Nancy
Sir Harry
Adderley
Yorkin
Wancy
New York
Eunice Oakes
California
Mexico
House Wrecked Two Killed in London Raid
London reports an air raid last night as sirens wailed for a third night. Anti aircraft crews engaged almost immediately and bombs fell in a half hour alert. A house was demolished with two people killed. raiders attacked the district in groups, using flares to illuminate targets.
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London
Three Guerrilla Armies Oppose Nazis in Balkans
Three Balkan guerrilla groups led by Gen Draja Mihailovic Tito and an Albanian force pressed German positions across the western Balkans. Mihailovic’s units launched a major offensive in northeastern Serbia near the Danube, Tito’s forces wrecked rail links between Zenica and Dalmatian coast towns, while Albanian guerrillas aided by a surge of 35 000 German troops moved into Albania from Macedonia as Rommel bombed guerrilla villages.
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London
Draja Mahailovic
Josip (Tito) Broz
Erwin
Serbia
Tito
Liberation Army
Zenica
Bosnia
Germnman
Sinj
Split
Dalmatian
Hakar
Lusack- Fiume
Rommel
Balkans
Albania
Cairo
Macedonia
Mihailovic
Balkan
Prisoners Of War Repatriated In First Exchange
The war's first major prisoner exchange with Germany returns over 5,000 disabled Allied servicemen and wounded Germans via Swedish and Spanish ports. Seventeen Allied casualties are American, the rest British and Canadian. Germany to be repatriated 65,000 wounded soldiers and sailors from Africa and Britain soon. No swaps with Japan have occurred. Americans will be sent home after reaching the United States and will be allowed family contact.
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London
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Federal Communications Commission
Africa
Britain
Italy
Japan
Thwart Jap Thrust at Finschhafen
Allied Headquarters reports Australian forces beat back a Japanese attempt to retake Finschhafen on the Huon peninsula New Guinea. Japanese landings near the Song River mouth were wiped out by Australian fire as fighting continued north of the town with reinforcements moving by barge.
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Cancello
Volturno River
Gulf of Gaeta
Volfurno
United States
Southwest Pacific
Finoschhafen
Huon
New Guinea
Song River
Finschhafen
MacArthur
Groundwork of Jap Sabotage Exposed
Los Angeles. State Sen. Herbert W. Slater described a set of maps presented to a state Senate committee as showing pre Pearl Harbor Japanese control of land adjoining Los Angeles harbor and critical war facilities. The maps allegedly charted proximity to shipyards airfields tank farms refineries and radio stations.
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Los Angeles
State Senate
Herbert W. Slater
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles Harbor
Shuttle bombing plan linked to Allied air strength
Allied headquarters in Algiers announced a shuttle bombing strategy uniting fleets from England and Northwest Africa to strike Germany from Italy or England. The plan aims to hit key German targets, with airfields rebuilt quickly in Italy to support fighters, bombers, and fighter-bombers as the ground drive pushes north. Berlin and German-held industries in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague fall within the opened bombing corridor as troops advance.
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Africa
Hitler
Germany
Air Force
England
Italy
North Africa
Balkans
Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Prague
Morgenthau Aides On Aerial War Front Tour
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and aides Harry D White and Fred Smith began an aerial tour of war fronts, arriving in Algiers last Friday. The expedition, lasting weeks, aims to discuss fiscal issues tied to American military operations and War Bond purchases by officers and soldiers, with meetings planned with financial leaders in visited governments.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Harry D. White
Fred Smith
Algiers
Bill Would Provide Pay for Veterans
A bill introduced by Representative Kearney would provide unemployed veterans with monthly payments for up to 12 months after discharge. Applicants must file within 90 days of leaving service and would receive payments equal to their earlier base Army pay, limited to 100, whichever is smaller, ceasing when employment is found.
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Washington (P
Kearney
R-N.y
Jealous Wife Who Threw Acid Fined in Alabama
Mrs. Rhea Sciacca, 32, paid a $100 fine and received a six month suspended sentence after being convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of Stella Mae Morgan caused by an acid throw. Sciacca confessed fear of losing her husband’s affection to the younger Morgan.
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Mobile
Ala
Rhea Sciacci
Soviet Offensive Quickens Hitler’s End Says Bulletin
A Russian Embassy bulletin in Washington claims the Soviet offensive is speeding Hitler’s defeat. It asserts the Red Army is rapidly growing in strength and that German forces are being forced back on the eastern front, not retreating.
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Washington
Hitler
Red Army
Russians Drive Deepen Dnieper Push Against Germans
Moscow reports the Red Army has driven four miles deeper into the Dnieper loop, clearing populated areas as German defenses crumble. Berlin concedes ground under a major Russian southward advance toward the Dnepropetrovsk Kiev lifeline, with new victories near Melitopol and Go mel as street fighting intensifies.
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London
Dnieper River
Moscow
Berlin
Dnepropetrovsk-Kiev
Dnieper Bend
Crimea
Red Army
Dnieper
Gomel
Kiev
Melitopol
Allied Air Fleets Again Hammer Reich
Allied bombers renewed attacks across the English Channel and over Berlin and western Germany after R A F night raids. Prewar and post Schweinfurt strikes by American bombers and fighters continued to rattle German defenses with vapor trails and aerial maneuvers. The U S Eighth Air Force reported P47 Thunderbolts conducted offensive sweeps, downing one Nazi fighter while three were missing but not believed lost to enemy action.
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London
English Channel
Berlin
Germany
Schweinfurt
Plane sabotage claim targets Eisenhower trip
A radio of the Italian Fascist network proclaimed that a plane intended to carry Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower from North Africa to Sicily exploded due to a bomb planted by a French nationalist unhappy with food conditions. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast, but no confirmation from Algiers was available. The report offered no details on how such sabotage could occur under strict military guard.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Sicily
Associated Press
Algiers
Third War Loan Exceeds Target by 3.94 Billion
The Third War Loan topped its goal by 3.943 billion dollars, reaching 18.943 billion dollars in total financing. Individual investors subscribed 5.377 billion, with 82.472 billion in purchases of Series E war bonds. the record surpasses prior similar issues.
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Washington
Treasury
Increased Payments Voted by House on Dependents Aid
Washington confirmed a unanimous House vote backing higher monthly payments to wives of enlisted men and dependents. The bill sets 50 dollars to the wife, 30 for the first child and 20 for each additional child, funded from the serviceman's pay, with Senate action pending. The House rejected a 455-25-30 alternative and debated a 50-25-20-15 plan.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
White House
Rep. Clason
D.-Mass
Clason
Entire Crew Of Torpedoed Ship Safe
The crew of a medium-sized merchant vessel torpedoed by an enemy submarine in the South Pacific in August has arrived safely in an Allied port. The 42 merchant seamen and 15 naval armed guardsmen came in under their own power with a hole in the side described as big enough to admit a small ship. Ensign Broward Williams commanded the armed guard. The Navy said the torpedo struck an unsighted submarine’s hit, exploded in an empty hold, and left the ship afloat and unafflicted as it reached port.
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San Francisco
Twelfth Naval District
Broward Williams
Tallahassee
Fla
Bradley Nominated for Colonel While Serving as Lt General
Bradley Nominated yesterday to be a colonel while a pending nomination for brigadier general remains. He currently holds the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel and commands a corps in Sicily under a temporary assignment as lieutenant general.
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Washington
UPI
Omar N. Bradley
Sicily
Ickes Speeds Coal for Cold Spots
Washington households awaiting coal received hope as Secretary Ickes ordered 1,800 mines to speed 300 000 to 400 000 tons to rail retailers. He cited ongoing shortages from last spring strikes and said bituminous mines east of the Mississippi must divert a day’s output this week to all rail retailers with unfilled orders.
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Washington
Ickes
Mississippi
Loss of 60 Bombers Incidental Says Arnold
Washington reports that H. H. Arnold praised airmen for achieving results in spite of costs. The Army Air Forces chief called the 60 bomber raid on Schweinfurt incidental to the overall campaign, arguing war value exceeds dollar estimates and destruction counts.
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Arnold
Washington
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Schweinfurt
Germany
Argentine Talks With United States Ambassador Armoured Meeting
Norman Armour urged the foreign office to hold talks with Brig. Gen. Alberto Gilbert acting foreign minister. This would be their first discussion since Armour's return to Buenos Aires from Washington last Thursday.
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Buenos Aires
Norman Armour
Foreign Office
Alberto Gilbert
Armour
Washington
Pearl Harbor Scrambles as Unidentified Plane Signals Alarm
An unidentified float-type plane approached Pearl Harbor from the sea toward Barbers Point before turning back to sea. The Navy says the craft, likely launched from a submarine, dived to elude searchlights and may have been on a reconnaissance mission linked to recent raids in the region.
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T. H
Oahu Island
Naval ‘Air Station
Barbers Point
Navy
Ada
Waker Island
Rabaul
New Guinea
Attu
Aleutians
First Session Arranged At Moscow Conference
Cordell Hull and Anthony Eden arrived in Moscow to begin wartime and postwar talks with Molotov on military, political and economic issues. The opening session set for this afternoon, with Harriman, Hackworth, Dunn and others in attendance as the big three seek postwar collaboration.
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United States
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Molotov
Kremlin
Britain
Soviet Union
Hull
Eden
W. Averell Harriman
Green Hackworth
U. S. State Department
James Dunn
John Dean
U. & Army
William Strang
Hastings Ismay
Teheran
Iraq
Elburz Mountains
Caspian Sea
Poll shows Senate support for Connally peace bill
An Associated Press poll finds 50 senators ready to back the Connally postwar foreign policy proposal, one more than a majority, with many holding back to seek language changes. Only six of 56 expressing views oppose it as currently drafted, including Wheeler, Smith, Reynolds, Willis, Johnson, and Lac Polietie.
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Washington LLP
Associated Press
Reynolds
D-N.c
Willis
R-Ind
Johnson
R-Cal
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