World War II Bulletin Highlights Italy Surrender and Allied Gains
Pravda lauds Red Army victory in Donets Basin and hails blows against Mussolini. Eisenhower accepts Italy's unconditional surrender with expected releases of about 2,000 Americans and 70,000 Allied prisoners. Wilson calls Balkans garrisons to surrender. Switzerland readies frontier reinforcements amid tension with Germany and Italy. Japanese actions follow Italy's capitulation.
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Munist
Moscow
Italy
Red Army
Donets
Hiter
Pravda
Orel
Belgorod
Mussolini
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Office
Bern
Switzerland
Europe
Germany
Federal Council
Roosevelt launches Third War Drive for 15 Billion
President Roosevelt opened the Third War Drive seeking 15 billion dollars just after Rome's surrender. He warned Americans not to celebrate, urging grim determination to finish the war and push Germans from Italy France and all occupied lands. Churchill and Roosevelt outlined new plans while stressing the cost and scale of the effort.
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Washington
Italy
Berlin
Roosevelt
Rome
France
Casablanca
Churchill
Fathers Draft Looms During Pearl Harbor War Debate
Warnings echoed on Capitol Hill and across Washington that the draft would not end the war quickly. House Military Committee Chairman May warned against pre Pearl Harbor grafting and urged prompt legislation to block inductions until mid next year. Senate Military Committee Chairman Reynolds called for a general reassessment of the entire program and insisted inductions must be proven necessary before approval.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Capitol
Pearl Harbor
May
House
Sicily
Africa
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
Invasion Drill Staged By British in Channel Ports
London reports a full dress rehearsal of invasion plans across all arms of the British forces in the English Channel. Officials say the maneuvers conclude within days of Italy's surrender and followed Allied air strikes on German Channel ports.
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London
Italy
Eich Channel
Channel
Hitler
Atlantic
Fire destroys Mountain Co. asbestos factory
A warehouse and factory of Mountain Company, maker of asbestos products, burned in a blaze causing estimated losses around 150000 dollars. Manager Fred Mld Burns died in the incident and George Kyser, son of Mr. Kyser, was burned in a barn fire set nearby.
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Mamilton
Mountain Co
Fred
Zoreate
Naid — Kyser
George Kyser
Young Slayer Sent To School in New York
Columbus report states 18 year old Stedman Thompson, charged with killing his stepfather, is to attend a New York private school. Dr. Charles R. Owens of Ohio State University, released from the Columbus State Hospital for the insane, will accompany him. Owens was slain in his classroom in June 1942.
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Columbus
Stedman Thompson
Charles R. Owens
Ohio State University
Columbus State Hospital
New York
J. F. Bateman
Owens
Two Shot To Death in Quarrel on Street
Akron police report two men from Barberton were fatally shot during a street quarrel at an intersection. Paul Hill, 28, and Wilbur Beach, 43, were killed. Hill then killed himself, according to Sergt. By ron Eubanks and witnesses.
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Akron
Byron Eubanks
Paul Hill
Wilbur Beach
Barberton
Eubanks
Hill
Beach
Dunglen Mine Shuts After Miner Walkout Over Fine
Miners at the Dunglen Mine of the Hanna Coal Co walk out in protest of a $1 daily fine for a six day August strike triggered by the War Labor Board ruling on portal-to-portal pay in bituminous pits.
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Bellaire
Hanna Coal Co
War Labor Board
War Food Administration Cuts Spring Hog Crop 17 Percent
Washington reports the War Food Administration will cut next spring’s pig crop by 17 percent due to insufficient feed supplies. Farmers in deficit regions face shortages of corn and other feeds for cattle and poultry, with reduced hog production freeing grain for milk and egg production.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Quotas Planned for Nation's Milk Dealers
Washington reports the War Food Administration will set quotas for milk dealers to prevent shortages and rationing. Urban areas will be targeted first with extension as capacity allows. Hospitals young mothers and children will receive priority while eating places volumes are limited.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Plan Air Service To Seven Ohio Cities
Central Airlines plans to place seven Ohio cities on its direct trunkline including Cleveland Akron Youngstown Cincinnati Columbus Dayton and Toledo as part of post war expansion. Col Elliott Roosevelt with the Northwest African Air Forces reconnaissance unit has arrived in London on a secret mission.
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Plan Air
Ohio
Washington
London
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Northwest African Air Forces
Sicily
138 More Mines Are Returned To Owners
Secretary Ickes announced 138 more coal mines returned to private operation under the Smith Connally act. The 94 companies own 687 mines in 25 states, with no strikes reported since government releases began on August 21.
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Washington
Ickes
Smith-Connally
Six Japanese Merchantmen Sunk by U S Subs
The Navy announced six more Japanese merchant ships sunk by American submarines with four damaged in attacks on enemy supply lines. The tally since the war began reaches 319 ships sunk or damaged, including 223 ships definitely listed as sunk.
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Washington
Allied Daylight Bombardment Continues Into Eighth Day
American and British air forces hammer Northern France ports and air fields in daylight raids, extending an eight day offensive. Marauders Venturas and fighters lead attacks with heavy bombers striking Boulogne and other targets while London reports no Allied losses.
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London
Italy
France
U. S
British
Air Ministry
Boulogne
Berlin
DNB
Paris
Europe
Atlantic
Folkestone
Britain
England
Plan New Attempt To Regain Pension Funds
Washington moves to decide if Ohio is entitled to reimbursement for federal old age pension funds for October 1938. A new bill by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio sits in the House Judiciary Committee to settle the long running issue after a veto of a prior $3,000,000 reimbursement plan by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Roosevelt
Legality of Post War Commission Questioned
Ohio's 21 member postwar program commission plans a friendly suit to test its constitutionality. Rep. W D Purgett of Ashtabula will present an expense claim to the state auditor who will refuse reimbursement, prompting mandamus action in the Ohio Supreme Court to decide if an assembly member may serve and draw funds as a commission member.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
W. D. Purgett
Ashtabula County
Assembly
Capital Experts See Brief German Defeat as War Nears End
Washington experts say Italy’s fall could end the European war sooner. They see targets shifting to air bases near Ploesti Romania and Hungarian fields to strike Germany’s oil supply. An Italian Balkans push and invasion of Albania or Yugoslavia are considered feasible as German forces retreat to northern Italy.
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Washington
Italy
Germany
Romania
Hungary
Ploesti
Hitler
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Corsica
France
Semierny
H. G. Martin
Daily Telegraph
Martin
Albania
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Gulf of Venice
Sava Bece
Danae
Vienna
Italians and Germans clash as Italy shifts in war’s first formal battles
Allied forces land near Naples after pre dawn assaults as Italian troops fight alongside the Allies to push northward toward Hitler’s Europe. Reports place Italian and German clashes across the Po River region with Mussolini’s fate, Sardinia, Corsica and Balkans in flux as Allied commands push forward from southern Italy.
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Londons
Italy
Conatmo
Naples
Rome
Hitler
Europe
Tyrrhenian Sea
Milan
Turin
Ostia
Leghorn
Capital
Sardinia
Stefani
Genoa
Berlin
Brenner Pass
Germany
Pietro Badoglio
Mark W. Clark i
Harold L. Alexander
Clark
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
8Th Army
Mussolini
la Maddalena
Svenska Dagbladet
Mediterranean
France
Algiers
Corsica
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Henry Maitland Wilson
Middle East
Cairo
Palestine
Balkans
London
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Romania
Adriatic Sea
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Vibo Valentia
Gulf of Eufemia
Reuters
Red Armies Drive on Dnieper From Donets Basin
Soviet fronts push from Stalino toward the Dnieper as German defenses crumble. Front reports say Red divisions near Borzna and Kharkov outflank and destroy units, with 200 towns captured and the Donets Basin secured amid war’s autumn demands and coal restoration hopes.
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Stalino
Donets
Dnieper River
Dnieper
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Perekop
Crimea
Smolensk
Red
Konotop
Borzna
Kiev
Kharkov
Bakhmach
Russia
Maternity Care Faces Shortage of U S Funds
Columbus reports a looming shortfall in U S funds for Ohio maternity and infant care for wives of service members. State Health Director R H Markwith says September allocation from the U S Children's Bureau totals 126 240, with estimated applications and earmarked funds around 222 930 at about 90 per case.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
U. S. Children's Bureau
Markwith
Assas
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