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November 8, 1943

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1943Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (died 2019)^[†]

Martin Stanford Peters was an English footballer and manager. As a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he scored the second of England's four goals in the final against West Germany. He also played in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Born in Plaistow, Essex, he played club football for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City and Sheffield United. He briefly managed Sheffield United before retiring from professional football in 1981.

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Headlines from November 8, 1943

Demands Funds for FSA; 2 BILLION TAX BILL NEARING THE FLOOR

By Unknown Author

Urges funds for FSA

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By Wireless To the New York Times

ALGIERS, Nov. 7 -- The following statement was issued officially tonight:

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FASTOV IS OCCUPIED; Red Army Wins Junction Linking Foe Near Kiev With Krivoi Rog NAZI RESISTANCE CRACKING Eastern Crimean Gains Widen -- Russians Push On to 35 Miles of Polish Line FASTOV OCCUPIED IN RUSSIAN SWEEP

By the United Press

USSR forces take Fastov, southwest of Kiev; Stalin order of day calls for salvos; forces gain on Kerch Peninsula; take Ryum within 35 mi of Polish border

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NAZI BOMB BLASTS LONDON DANCE HALL; Many Killed in Brief Attack -- Fortresses Hit Dueren in Reich in Big Allied Blows NAZI BOMB BLASTS LONDON DANCE HALL

By the United Press

US fliers bomb Dueren, plane parts factory site, and other western Ger targets; clouds fail to stop Dueren attack; no planes lost; RAF and other Allied fliers bomb 3 Ger airfields, northern France, and targets in Belgium and Netherlands; 2 fighter planes lost

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11 in Prison Break Shoot Two Guards

By the Associated Press

Ga: 11 convicts flee State prison road camp, Douglas; 2 caught; guard hurt

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ALLIES GET 9 TOWNS; Cross Trigno River on 20-Mile Line Despite Counter-Attacks AMERICANS PERIL MIGNANO Outflank Town to Take Heights Dominating Road to Rome in Heaviest Fighting BOTH ENDS OF LINE ARE SHOVED FORWARD IN ITALY ALLIES GET 9 TOWNS IN 8TH ARMY DRIVE

By Wireless To the New York Times

8th Army crosses Trigno River on 20-mi front; captures 9 villages despite counter-attacks; 5th Army occupies Gallucio; seizes heights dominating Mignano in western sector; Gers attack strongly from hill positions; new line described; Allied fliers bomb airfields, rys and trucks; map

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