Key City Cut Off (by Clifton Daniel, aka E.C. Daniel, aka Elbert Clifton Daniel, future managing editor of the N.Y. Times, future son-in-law of Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman) – 2-3
Surprise Attack Outwits Germans on Aachen Front (Middleton) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Rhine Dam Breach Perils Foe’s Supply (Daniell) – 5
Patton’s Big Guns Overwhelm Enemy – 5
Moving Up: Our Forces Launch Attack against Enemy Positions in Siegfried Line (photos) – 6-7
Memel is Menaced – 8
Army Nurses in Italy Suffer ‘O.D. Fatigue’; They Yearn for Gay, Frivolous Clothes – 9
Honored in Death as One-Man Army – 9
Marine Fliers Rip Peleliu Fortress – 10
The War Gives Way to the World Series (page 1 photo) – 10
To Maintain Peace (Reston) – 11-12
Army Comes of Age (Baldwin) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 14-16
U.S. Elections Race Interests French (by Harold Callender) – 16
Rationing at a Glance – 16
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Third Moscow Conference
Monday, October 9, 1944 www.onwar.com
In Moscow... British Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden arrive to discuss the political future of eastern Europe with the Soviet leader Stalin and Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov. Polish representatives of the government in exile, based in London, are present for some of the talks. The Third Moscow Conference ends on October 20th.
On the Western Front... Troops of the Canadian 3rd Division (part of Canadian 2nd Corps) land at Breskens, on the south bank of the Scheldt, opposite Flushing on Walcheren Island. Heavy fighting continues around Aachen and Metz between elements of US 12th Army Group and German forces.
In Marcus Island... A US task force (Admiral Smith), consisting of cruisers and destroyers, shells Japanese positions.