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The first of these excerpts is continued from September 27.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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Foe in Dual Peril (Bracker) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Russians Massing on River; Menace Gomel and Orsha – 4-5
U-Boats are Back with New A-A Guns – 5-6
Avenger Strikes with Vengeance: Navy Pilot Accounts for Three Nazi Submarines in Four Days (photos) – 6-8
Allied Fliers Destroy Seven Ships, 60 Planes at Wewak, New Guinea – 9
Roosevelt Backs M’Arthur’s Stand – 9
Churchill Warns War May See 1945 (by Sally Reston, first-time contributor) – 10
Burma Rescue: After Head-Hunters Turned Life-Savers (photos) – 11
Wheeler Assails Bureau ‘Slackers’ (Trussell) – 13
‘Father Draft’ Mis-Called (Baldwin) – 14
New Ickes Dispute (Krock) – 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 15-16