Russians within 3 mi of Lomzha; take 30 places including Konazhitse, Gelchin and Sulki; troops reptd penetrate Ger lines in Praga; other forces take Krosno

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3D, 7TH ARMIES LINK AS DIJON IS TAKEN; French Troops Capture City -- Allies Fight Fiercely on the Roads to Belfort Gap 3D AND 7TH ARMIES, LINK UP IN FRANCE

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US 7th and 3d Armies establish contact near Sombernon

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1944Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (died 1978)^[†]

Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, as well as the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1973.

1944Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor^[†]

Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.

1944Barry White, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)^[†]

Barry Eugene White was an American singer and songwriter. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring R&B, soul, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits: "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and "You're the First, the Last, My Everything".

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1944World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.^[†]

World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was invaded and swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned among Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941, the communist-led republican Yugoslav Partisans, on orders from Moscow, launched a guerrilla liberation war fighting against the Axis forces and their locally established puppet regimes, including the Axis-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and the Government of National Salvation in the German-occupied territory of Serbia. This was dubbed the National Liberation War and Socialist Revolution in post-war Yugoslav communist historiography. Simultaneously, a multi-side civil war was waged between the Yugoslav communist Partisans, the Serbian royalist Chetniks, the Axis-allied Croatian Ustaše and Home Guard, Serbian Volunteer Corps and State Guard, Slovene Home Guard, as well as Nazi-allied Russian Protective Corps troops.

Headlines from September 12, 1944

Japan Is Topic at Quebec; Stalin Lays Absence to War; QUEBEC TALKS ON, JAPAN MAIN TOPIC

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SWEEP IN MAINE FOR GOP DEFEATS CIO CANDIDATES; Republican Incumbents Retain the Three Seats in Congress With Wide Margins GOVERNORSHIP A RECORD Hildreth's Majority Exceeds 77,000 -- 73% of the Total Vote Is Claimed for Him SWEEP IN MAINE FOR REPUBLICANS

RED ARMY PATROLS RAID EAST PRUSSIA; Other Soviet Forces Smash to Within 3 Miles of Lomzha -- Rumanian Gains Grow RED ARMY PATROLS RAID EAST PRUSSIA

3D, 7TH ARMIES LINK AS DIJON IS TAKEN; French Troops Capture City -- Allies Fight Fiercely on the Roads to Belfort Gap 3D AND 7TH ARMIES, LINK UP IN FRANCE

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