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Roosevelt indicates he may make more ss after Oct 21
US troops get Winter supplies after cold, wet spell stresses need, Ger
Amers fight way into Aachen eastern sec, narrowing distance from US positions northeast of city to 1/2 mi; 62 Ger tanks destroyed in vain Ger counter-offensive to northeast; 5 big fires burn in Aachen; city's ruins described; Allied fighter-bombers hit Ger concentrations throughout area; Ger troops and civilians surrendering to troops entering Aachen; Huertgen forest battle continues; Gers use Riegal mine; Allied planes hit communication lines in Coblenz and Cologne areas; map
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Dewey states he will renew attack on Dem pol machines in St Louis s
1944Udo Kier, German-American actor and director[†]
Udo Kierspe, known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, he has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Tom Shadyac, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.
1944Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (born 1891)[†]
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, popularly known as The Desert Fox, was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. He served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Imperial German Army of the German Empire.