War With Germany Deepens in Finland as Press Reports
Finnish reports state a state of war exists with Nazi Germany and Finland plans a formal declaration. Brigades fight Germans in Northern Finland while Russians press for occupation rights and control of key Baltic islands. Helsinki endures air attacks as German withdrawals are claimed near the Russo-Finnish frontier and advancing Russian aims are debated in Moscow.
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Finland
Finlan
Helsinki
Suoguvasisti
Kuusamo
Artie Circle
Loe Kuasian
Transocean
Handalaksha
Asic
Finnish Gulf
Mullern
J. A. Enckell
Moscow
Biullern
Soldiers Arrested in Paris Black Market Sales
American soldiers in Paris faced arrest by Army authorities for alleged black market dealing in cigarettes rations candy and gasoline with prices up to 75 francs a pack. French police and the provost marshal’s office coordinated actions to curb the operations as soldiers and locals traded goods looted during the occupation. The Paris Post Exchange closed briefly due to shortages while some units received captured German cigarettes.
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Paris
UPA
Marshal’s
Interior
Neveir
U. S. Army
Wiffel Tower
Drouth Ends in Salt Lake City After Light Shower
A light shower yesterday broke a radar drouth in the Salt Lake City area, ending a dry spell that came within three days of tying the alltime record set in 1990.
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Salt Lake City
Scoreboard East and National League Highlights
Semi finals show Binghamton leading AFt Ica and Hartford with wins. National matches feature Philadelphia and New York in tight splits, Chicago edging St Louis, Boston and Brooklyn trading wins, plus Detroit and Cleveland results. Washington appears with a 7 to 6 showing.
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Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
St Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Berlin Says Reds Open New Drive
Berlin reports Soviet forces have pushed toward Riga and engaged German troops in Latvia. The campaign, described as three days old, targets two German armies in Latvia and Estonia, with about 200,000 men involved. In Warsaw, Polish resistance aided by parachuted supplies harassed German positions as the Red Army shelled along the Vistula. Further north, Moscow acknowledged a major offensive while Berlin claimed counterattacks aimed to cut off a Red Army salient near Jelgava and Baldone south of Riga.
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London
Riga
Baltic Sea
Latvia
Estonia
Berlin
Warsaw
Red Army
Vistula
Praga
Moscow
Felgava
Baldone
Daugava River
Targemures
Transylvania
Gurghoi
Targumures
Turda
Cluj
Transylvanian
Battle Rages For Gothic Line Anchor
Allied and German forces clash near Rimini as Canadian and Greek troops of the Eighth Army push two miles from the strongpoint at Rimini. The center battles intensify along the Gothic Line with American, British, and Indian units attacking the German defenses in northern Italy.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Gothic
Haly
San Martino
Monte L'abate
Eighth Army Armes
Fifth Army
Comenunique
America
Thaly
Taly
Legion Buys Adirondack Estate for Veterans Camp
The American Legion's Mountain Camp Inc announced it purchased 227 acres and twenty buildings at Horseshoe Lake New York for a second convalescent camp for sick and disabled war veterans. The property lies a few miles from the Legion's 250 acre camp on Tupper Lake.
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New York Pi
American Legion
Mountain Camp, Inc
Horseshoe Lake
Tupper Lake
U S Army Troops Make New Landing in Palau
The Associated Press reports U S Army forces landed on Angaur Island in Palau as Marines tackled Peleliu and airdromes were seized. Artillery and naval gunfire supported ground advance amid light resistance, with air superiority claimed. In Morotai, Japanese garrison fell back as American airfields were neutralized.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Wildcatry
Asgaur
Palau Islands
Pebelix
U. S. Pacific Feet
Angaur Island
Sis
Tokyo Radio
Angatr
Amgeur
Peleliu
Julian Smith
Pelelin
Molutea Islands
Philippines
Morotai
Pacifi Command
Mor
Allies Fear Guerilla War In Germany
Nancy France reports growing signals that Germany plans street level defense of major cities and guerrilla warfare similar to Soviet tactics. Field Marshal Rundstedt reportedly urged troops to fight to the end, with Himmler motivating officers to persist. Desertions rise as officers retreat to Reich amid a dwindling capture rate for German command.
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France
Nazi Party
Germany
Iis
Russia
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Calais
le Havre
von Rundstedt
Fatherland
Fuehrer
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Reich
High Command
Inauguration May Be Camp Stool Affair
Washington reports the next presidential inauguration may be a camp stool affair with plans to spend $25,000. Friends of Roosevelt or Dewey should bring their own folding chairs. Four years ago Congress allotted $25,000 for stands but needed an extra $8,600 from the contingent fund as work proceeded.
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Washington
Roosevel
Thomas
Dewey
Congress
Knox Named Super Destroyer At Launch Ceremony
The ship was named for Cal. Frank Knox, the late Secretary of the Navy, during a launch ceremony attended by the Navy’s commander in chief, Admiral Ernest J. King.
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Bath
Cal
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
iAdm
Ernest J. King
Airborne Army Surrenders Behind Nazi Lines in France
Nazi force of about 20 000 troops laid down arms to the U S Ninth Army after a long south Loire operation. Major General Erich Elsner guided a mixed force toward captivity while French Maquis harassed their retreat and U S aircraft dominated the area. Lieutenant Samuel Magill Young led a daring recon patrol that located the surrender site.
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Germany
Reich
Ninth
Erich Elsner
Spanish
Loire River
Ninth Air Force
Samuel Magill Young
Ashtabula
Ohio
Loire
Three Naval Vessels Lost In Hurricane
The destroyer Warrington and two Coast Guard patrol craft the Jackson and Bedloe sank during last week’s Atlantic hurricane. Survivors include the destroyer’s commander Cmdr Samuel Frank Quarles of Nathalie Virginia. Casualty list incomplete and next of kin are being informed as soon as possible. Bedloe formerly Antietam.
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Washington
Warrington
Coast Guard
Navy
Jackson
Bedloe
Samuel Frank Quarles
Nathalie
Antietam
Vineyard Sound Lightship Missing After Hurricane
The lightship Vineyard Sound is missing from its position off Cutthunk island in Vineyard Sound after a hurricane. Lt. Comdr. E. B. Sawtelle USCG said the vessel was off station and a buoy switch whistle was placed at the original site as searches continue for the missing ship and its 12 crew. It is a 129 foot iron hulled vessel built in 398 with Balkir more Maine as its home port.
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Providence
US & Coast Guard
Vineyard Sound
Cuttrhunk Island
Sawtelle
USCG
Port of
Newport
Balkirmore
Rome's Former Police Chief on Trial for Life
Rome's police chief during the final months of German occupation, Cartusz, 41, faces life on trial as the first Italian collaborator before the tribunal for Fascist crimes. He is alleged to aided Count Galeazzo Ciano and to supplied the kidnapping and execution of 320 hostages at the Ardeatine caves in reprisal for a Verona bombing.
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Rome
Pitlio Cartusz
Caruso
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussotini
Verona
Ardeatine Caves
U S Air Force Destroys Chinese Base as Japanese Threat Looms
The U S 14th Air Force says it destroyed and abandoned bases near Kweilin amid Japanese advances. Chinese reverses in Hu Kwangsi spark debate on war potential and command, with reports of disorganized defense and frontline confusion. An army retreat from Hengyang proves costly as encirclement fears rise.
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China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Hu Kwangsi
Canton
Hucan
Taohsien
Chungking
Hunan
Leity
Hengyang
Poion
London Ends Five Years of Blackouts
London remains under a reduced lighting regime with a lingering blackout mood across the city. Sunday night streets were dim with sparse lighting while some districts like Derby and Park Lane showed more glow. observers noted the lull belied by occasional sirens and cautious crowds.
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Mardle Arch
Park Lane
Piccadil‘iy
Leicester
Trafalgar
Studges
Derby
Manchester
Newcastle
Arrest Reveals Slaying of Four in Queens Case
New York machinist Peter Demetrakoupoulos, 33, was arraigned without bail in Queens on a homicide charge after police found his wife Mary and their three children dead in their apartment. Investigators say he confessed to killing his wife with a kitchen knife, then fatally harming the children before fleeing to New Paltz, where he killed himself. Authorities cited a history of domestic trouble, including an accusation last January that he assaulted his wife.
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New York
Peter Demetrak-oupoulos
Nto
de la Queens
Peter Ta
Wibert Shirt
Dis Fatiormmner
Demet
Takis
Upte
Channel Guns Duel Near London Reaches Coastal Forts
Firing by coastal guns yesterday off Salads intensified cross-channel shelling with German batteries replying feebly. British guns trapped Nazi escape ships but the bombardment continued, marking a tense moment in the cross-Channel conflict.
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London
Salads
Wermman
Continent
Dewey to Blast Bureaucracy in Labor Problems Spokane
Gov Thomas E Dewey will deliver a national radio address tonight from Seattle criticizing Washington bureaucracy over labor issues He will discuss the impact on working men and women and argue for restoring free collective bargaining and ending political favoritism in labor regulations The message is released by his secretary Paul B Lockwood and centers on American labor under overlapping federal rules.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Seattle
Repubblican
West Coast
Paul BE. Lockweed
Acherigua
Lockwood
Washinton
Henry Ford Plans Wage Increase When Permitted
Henry Ford announced in a Ford news bureau statement that he has been considering raising wages for some time and will do so as soon as the government permits. He stressed the move is contingent on government approval.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford News Bureau
U.S. Airmen Revealed Torture in Bulgarian Camp
Major reports 21 American flyers freed from a Bulgarian POW camp after being shot down over the Balkans. Captors beat and starved them to extract information and threatened a firing squad. One flyer died, another wounded. a heel amputation occurred without anesthesia. Names forbidden by U S War Department.
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Bari
Ikaiy
Bulgaria
Bukgaria
Balkans
Surry
Surgaca
de Syer
Quebec Talks Hailed By Both Leaders
Presidents Roosevelt and Churchill concluded a Quebec Conference while Britain and the United States signaled rapid progress in Pacific war planning. Generals MacArthur Mountbatten and Admiral Nimitz were cited as shaping communications and campaigns across Southwest and Southeast Asia as the war effort intensified.
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Quebec
R Roosevelt
Gharehill
Iin
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Souhwest Pacific
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chester WL Nii
Roosevelt Mwvide
Nazi Official Buys Farm Near Bahia Blanca Argentina
Robert Ley, Nazi labor front leader, reportedly purchased a large farm near Bahia Blanca Argentina as a postwar refuge. An Argentine newspaper report quoted this purchase, identifying the farm and noting the secrecy of the deal.
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New York
Robert Ley
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Free Germany
Moscow
Diario
da la Plate
Allied airborne surge drives into Netherlands and Germany
Generals Eisenhower and Browning lead the Allied air assault with over 1000 glider and airlift loads, outflanking German defenses along the Siegfried Line. British and American forces push from Holland into Tilburg Eindhoven and Nijmegen while Rhine crossings spark tank battles near Duren, Solberg, and Cologne.
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Dwight D. Eisethhower
Ina
Laas
Deld
Heaver
Bleve
Lien
Lewis B. Beereton
Tilburg
Eindhoven
Holland
Hege
Ethine
Sijme
Rhine
Bertin
Seconns
Nijmegen
Kleve
North Sea
Miles C. Dempsex
First Army
Cologne
Scandinavian Telegraphic Bureau
Solberg
Duren
Reich
Aachen
Colosne
Sig
Glider Invasion Packed by Allied Air Cover Over Holland
Allied air forces poured across the Netherlands to cover a vast glider invasion landing in Holland. Fighters bombers and transports engaged as German interceptors and antiaircraft fire fought to stop the landings, with several FW-100s shot down and American losses limited to two bombers.
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Netherlands
Bak Poesis
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