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Los Angeles Times (Firm) Nazis Face Disaster as Russians Smash on Towards Warsaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09619.050 Author/Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm) Place Written: Los Angeles, California Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 17 January 1944 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

One newsmap entitled, "Nazis Face Disaster as Russians Smash on Towards Warsaw" dated, January 17, 1944. Consists of a map depicting the Russian army takeover of Kyiv and future movement towards Warsaw on the road to Berlin. Reverse side contains articles related to a crash accident at Ellington field that led to four deaths; highlight of Chinese Americans building ships at the California Ship Building Corp., includes a photograph of Ethel Mildred Lee, a Chinese-American woman; and other news. Also included is the column, Bearing Up.

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1886-
Beck, Fred, fl. 1942
Owens, Charles, 1881-1985
Lee, Ethel Mildred, fl. 1944
Wheat, William H., 1879-1944

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