Wallace in Troy Sees U S at Crossroads of Prosperity
Vice President Henry A. Wallace addressed a Troy audience warned that postwar choices will determine whether the nation sustains high production and full employment or slides to 1930s levels with unemployment inflation and hardship. He argued wealth awaits if the country maintains will and broad vision and continues producing beyond 1940.
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Troy
U.S
United States
Henry A. Wallace
United Labor Committee
Roosevelt
New York
Schenectady
Nice
Music Hall
Trojans
The
United Labor Committee For
Aerial Bombardment Leaves Philippine Installations Ruined
Ray Cronin reports American and Japanese claims of air strikes around Manila and Cavite. Nichols and Clark airfields in Manila areas, Subic Bay, and Cavite Navy Yard are cited as targets. Japanese bases at Nichols Field and a Pasay prison camp housed former POWs.
Allied push near Rimini opens Po Valley battle
Allied troops break through near Rimini as German divisions fall back toward the Po Valley. Gen Sir Harold Alexander notes the operation allows armored thrusts toward Bologna and Ravenna while Greek and Canadian forces press the Marecchia crossing. Continued on page thirteen.
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Rome
Italy
Marecchia
Adriatic
Rimini
Harold Alexander
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Anccient
Emilia
Biz
Bologne
Ravenna
Ferrara
Tte
Caruso Death Provokes Nazi Retaliation in Rome
Rome police chief during the Nazi occupation was executed by firing squad. A Fascist radio in German-occupied territory reported forty hostages arrested for execution in reprisal. Caruso, a Fascist collaborator, was condemned by the Italian high court for turning fifty hostages over to the Germans for killings in the Ardeatin caves last March.
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Fort Bravetta
Rome
Eins Caruso
Caruso
Ardeatin
Te Vere
Palmiro Togliati
Italy
Moscow
Bonomi
Scoreboard highlights from Eastern final and national games
Binghamton leads Utica 17 7 in the Governors Cup finals as the series sits at 1 40. Chicago and New York split 1 1 while St Louis and Detroit twice beat Boston in capped games. New York 7 Cleveland 3, Philadelphia noted with few details. only scheduled games listed.
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Binghamton
Utica
Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Americas
Detroit
Cleveland
Couts
Philadelphia
Plane crash in Brazil kills U S consul and 16 others
Bodies of 17 people including U S Consul John James Meily II and his wife Margaret were recovered after a Panair do Brasil plane crashed Thursday night near Yremi. Fourteen passengers and three crew members died. Meily, born in Philadelphia, a UPenn and Carnegie Tech graduate, had served in Europe.
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Jame Amaro de
Combined Slav Forces Reach Belgrade Suburbs
A Free Yugoslav broadcast said Tito’s Partisans reached the approaches of Belgrade after linking up two drives. They reported liberating Lazarevac and joining forces south of the capital, with rifles already heard in the city. German counterattacks were failing to stop the advance.
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London
Tito
Belgrade
Lazarevac
Japs Claim New Raid On Manila Amid Pacific Actions
Japanese radio reported a second raid on the Manila area by carrier planes in four waves striking harbor facilities and airfields. American sources did not confirm the report. In other battles, U S forces hit shipping in the southern Philippines, damaged airfields on Halmahera, and carried out strikes on Ceram and Celebes airdromes. The U S Navy announced sinking or damaging several ships and planes, with heavy losses to Japanese targets near Cavite, Nichols, Clark airfields, and Manila Bay. Martial law was proclaimed in the Philippines under Jose P. Laurel.
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Cavite
Nichols and Clark
Manila
Subic
Binondo
Nippon
Cavite i
Navy Yard
Clark Field
Nicholls Field
Pasay
Nichols
U.S. Navy
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Marivales Harbor
Raizan
Associated Press
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Philippines
Domel
Manla Radio
Southwest Pacific Command
Halmahera Island
Phillippines
Wank Ayers
Celebes
Ceram
Sig
U. S Navy
Cavite Navy Yard
Elds
Menila
Subic Bays
Martini Law
Aak
Nippon Naval
Jose P. Laurel
Japan
Pereliu Island
Palaus
Navy
An 'Gaur
Bist
Tokyo Radio
Ton Navy
Chinese Lose Rail Junction in Kwangsi Advance
A Japanese force of about 70 000 captures Wuchow and advances toward Liuchow. The seizure cripples the Hunan Howangsi rail junction, with Jungrun captured and Chinese resistance stated as continuing. Strategic position fears include a Japanese rail gap to Heinen Island and Heng Kongz for potential defense against U.S. landings.
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Wuchow
Sikiang
Kweilin
Liuchow
Hunan- Howangsi
Howangsi-Kweitchow
Wachow
Kwangsi Province
Wauchow
Jungrun
Wuchen
Heinen Island
Hengkongz
Philippines Declare War on United States and Britain
Tokyo Domei reports President Jose P. Laurel of the Japanese-controlled Philippine government declared war on the United States and Britain in a broadcast recorded for the FCC.
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Philippines
United States
New York
Jose P. Laurel
Poppe: Goverment
Phiippines
Britain
Toky Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Japs Stall Marine Advance on Peleliu
Japanese forces on the Palaus ridge held back U S Marines in fierce fighting near Peleliu. Adm Chester W Nimitz denounced the attack as it unfolded on the invasion front detailing actions and intensity.
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Péleliu
U. &. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Palaus
U. 3
Chester W. Mimitz
Hobart W. Thompson Dies at 82 in City Civic Leader
Hobart Warren Thompson, born April 2, 1852, longtime city civic and social figure, died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital after illness. A ninth generation American of early Puritan lineage, he studied at Selleck School and Trinity College Hartford, earning BA in 1883 and MA three years later, and later worked with John L. Thompson & Sons before the John L. Thompson Chemical Co. was formed with him as a founder.
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Hobart Warren Thompson
Samaritan Hospital
Thompson
America
Anthony Thompton
Connecticut
William Brewster
Richard Saltonstall Fine
John Isaac J
Mary Mabbett Warren Thompson
Brhs Selleck School
Norwalk
Conn
Trinity Collegeat
Hartford
Gorn
B. Pll
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
John Tk. Thompsen & Sons
John L. Thompson Chemical Co
Eisenhower Sets Firm Policy to End Nazi Rule in Occupied Germany
SHAEF announces a policy of firm justice against Nazis in occupied Germany. Death penalties for war criminals and harsher actions for aiding Nazis. Nazi officials ordered to stay at posts until assets and records are surrendered. German race laws abolished and English named official in military government matters.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Hitler
Shaef
AMG
Narcotics fear sugar-filled pills say officials
Bureau of Narcotics agent M R Collegaman warned that adulterated drugs sold as narcotics are often 98 percent sugar and force an involuntary cure on users, as reported yesterday. The puzzling claim highlights dangers from street peddlers and misleading mixtures.
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Sealy Lake
Ity
M.R. Collegaman
Bureau of Narcotics
Dewey backs broader Social Security plan in California rally
Gov Warren introduces Republican nominee as next president before tens of thousands in Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles. Dewey calls for amending Social Security to cover old age and survivors for workers not now protected and urges medical access through cooperation with medical professionals. He faults current administration for division and touts unity as postwar goal.
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Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles
Thomas E. Dewey
United
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Wendell L.wittkie
Dever
New York
Los Angeles Coliseum
Dewes
Allied Air Bombers Hit Kassel Munich and Warsaw Mission Details
Allied heavy bombers attacked central Germany hitting Kassel and Munich area targets while fighters supported operations. Large formations from Britain and Italy conducted missions amid cloud cover. A separate night mission by Lancasters and Liberators parachuted aid into Warsaw.
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Germany
Britain
Italy
Kassel
Munich
Faming
Liverators
Warsaw
Twas
Jessic
Ts Man
Epote Fey
Kussa
Patton to Have $1,000 Bill to Wave in Berlin
Fort Worth Texas reports a claim that General Patton will wave a $1,000 bill upon entering Berlin. The tale, sparked by a local store official, says the story of him flashing such a bill was denied but fans insist he never saw a $1,000 note.
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Berlin
Fort Worth
Tex
George 3. Patton, Jr
France
P. J. Praiar
Normandy
Paris
Reds Capture Tallinn as Baltic Front Shifts
Soviet forces broke through from the Narva sector and seized Tallinn after a six day advance. Stalin announced the city’s fall as German troops evacuated northern Estonia. The capture opens Baltic Sea operations and frees the fleet for action against German shipping.
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Tallnn
Berlix
Finland
Estonia
Tallinn
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Warsaw
Aa Pousa
Bor
Red Army
Vistula
Romania
Szeged
Hungary
Arad
Budapest
Leonida Goveror
Narva
Avety
Lightship Hulk Found After Hurricane Search
Coast Guard reports Vineyard Sound lightship Hulk located by a diver after a hurricane. Two crew members' bodies recovered. ten others listed as missing with twenty three total reported missing. Five crewmen ashore. deck broken, mooring chains intact.
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Vineyard Sound
Diver
Boston
Evare Sound
Weex
Frontersia
Coast Guard
Flying bombs strike Southern England in deadly raids
German flying bombs hit Southern England last night causing casualties and property damage. One rocket struck a riverfront district injuring several people and damaging multiple houses while another exploded in marshland nearby.
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London
Fred
England
Sky Army Fights Nazi Tanks in Dutch Frontline Battle
Allied forces under Supreme Headquarters report heavy fighting as the British Second Army and air borne units push toward the Siegfried Line and Dutch front. German defenses hold along the Rhine valley with persistent artillery and infantry clashes, described as critical by SHAEF.
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Allied Expeditionary Force C
Second Army
Heroit
Hitler
Rube Valley
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Siegfried Line
Xevera
British Polish Paras Fight to Hold Arnhem Bridge
British and Polish airborne troops trapped in the Arnhem area fight to keep a bridge over the Rhine open as Allied air support dwindles. German broadcasts claim allied reverses and a slight German tank push in the Diekirch Wollendorf sector northwest of Freier. The trapped division remains besieged for six days with bayonets bazookas and tommy guns against heavy armor and artillery.
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New York
Arnhem Toway
sai“Supreme Headquarters
Iisalf
First Army
Diekirch- Wollendorf
Freier
Atrhemn
Congress Recess Triggers Union Walkout in Berwick
In Berwick Pennsylvania workers from Local 1364 of the United Steelworkers walked out at the American Car and Foundry Co plant protesting a graduated vacation with pay scale. Union leader Harry Kalbach said staff would take vacation with pay as a protest while company officials stated no further vacations would be allowed and payments would be made instead due to production urgency.
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Congress
Harry Halbach
United Steelworkers
C. L
American Car and Foundr Co
Kalbach
Unida
Way Labor Board
Tnt J
Bowa Union
Acs
SoDp
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