Red Army pushes toward Smolensk and Kiev on central front
Soviet communique says Gen. Andrei Yeremenko's forces broke the gateway to Smolensk as the 700 mile battle line heats up. Red Army nears Smolensk within 30 miles and advances on Kiev within 42 miles, moving across Desna toward Dubrovka and capturing 100 villages as Roslavl is threatened.
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Moscow
Red Army
Andrei Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Smolensk
Kiev
Dnieper
Dukhovschina
Nezhin
Ukraine
White Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Roslavl
War Bond Blocking and Global Notes in Brief
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson refuses to approve a $1,000,000 liquor department advance, citing inadequate collateral and public policy concerns. In Moscow, U S Ambassador William H Standley departs for Washington, with doubts he will return. In Burma, American bombers attack Mandalay’s Mansteter capital area and disrupt eastern rail. Col Ed W Starling, longtime Secret Service agent to five presidents, retires to Florida.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
State Liquor Department
Ferguson
OPA
Moscow
UPI
U. S
Wiliam H. Standley
Washington
Imiral
Russia
Automatic Pilot Revealed As U S Secret Weapon
New York AP reports details of an electronically controlled automatic pilot used by the Army Air Force. The device aided high altitude bombing by stabilizing a plane on a designated course, increasing accuracy while protecting pilots. Alfred M. Wilson of Minneapolis Honeywell described its features and safety intent.
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NEW York
America
Army Air Force
Europe
Asia
R US
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
Wright Field
Alfred M. Wilson
Aeronautical Division
Sailor Sought After Philadelphia Girl Found Dead in New York Hotel
Police hunt a man in a sailor uniform tied to 15 year old Frances Mary Wallace of Philadelphia who was found slain in a New York hotel room. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace identified her yesterday.
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New York
Frances Mary Wallace
Philadelphia
Hugh Wallace
Production of Coal Again Shows Decline
Washington reports that weekly production of bituminous and anthracite coal fell for a second straight week ending September 11. Bituminous coal output was about 11.55 million tons versus 12.01 million tons the prior week, as Solid Fuel Administrator Harold L. Ickes announced.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Speculation on Army Shakeup in Washington Power Clash
Washington speculation centers on Gen George C Marshall possibly leaving the post as Army chief of staff since 1939 with reports of a Europe command. Potential successors named include Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Lieut Gen Brehon B Somervell amid a wartime transition climate. Omaha dispatch notes American Legion silver anniversary opening with a push for strong military strength regardless of postwar cooperation plans.
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Washington
Army High Command
Army and Navy Journal
George C. Marshall
Marshal
Europe
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Omaha
American Legion
Tomorow
United States
Allies Break Through to Naples as Nazism Retreats in Sardinia
Allied forces report control of the south Naples bay area after capturing Sorrento Peninsula heights and the Capri Ischia Procida islands. Fifth Army advances from Salerno toward Montecorvino Battipaglia as German retreats widen. Sardinia reportedly evacuated. Corsica poised to fall with new airfields for northern Italy and southern France attacks.
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North Africa
Fifth Army
Bay of Naples
Sorrento
Capri
Ischia
Procida
Italy
Castellammare
Torre Annunziata
Salerno
Montecorvino
Battipaglia
Greece
Fifth Corps
Gioja
Taranto
Bari
Sardinia
Mussolini
Corsica
Pietro Badoglio
France
Naples
Contursi
Eboli
Eighth Army
Seven Die In Illinois Train Bus Collision
Seven people were killed and at least 53 injured when a crowded bus collided with a diesel train two miles south of Johnston City Illinois at a crossing. The bus cab and side were crushed and the engine baggage car was overturned.
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Johnston City
Pacific raid strikes Tarawa and Nauru islands
U S naval forces conducted a heavy raid against Japanese bases on Tarawa Island in the Gilbert group and Nauru Island west of the Gilberts. The operation, led by carrier borne aircraft, began Saturday night and extended into Sunday. Details remained scarce as fleets returned to base.
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Gilbert Islands
U. S. Naval Forces
Pearl Harbor
T. H
America
Japan
Pacific
Tarawa
Nauru
Equator
Hawaii
Marcus Island
Pacific Ocean Area
Tarawa Island
Gilbert Group
Nauri Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Allied Fleet Seen Near Turkey Amid Balkans Talk
London reports an Allied war fleet moving up the Aegean off western Turkey. Refugees say Castelrosso near Rhodes has been occupied and link reports to earlier gains on Samos Lero and Cos. British notes note German forces in the Dodecanese and fresh German troop movements toward Southwest Europe.
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London
Aegean Sea
Turkey
Balkans
London Morning
Castelrosso
Dodecanese
Rhodes
Samos
Lero
Cos
Britain
Middle East
Crete
Europe
U S Sea Air Fleet Becomes World’s Largest Force
Washington reports the U S Navy now operates 14 072 vessels including 613 war ships and an air arm with over 18 000 planes far exceeding figures from 1940 The July 1943 deliveries show nearly 1 200 new vessels and about 2 000 planes while total landing craft reach 12 964 units costing 1 000 000 000 dollars The overall build up highlights massive naval power and invasion support craft.
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Washington
America
Air Arm
Navy
Bay War Bonds Washington Marine Becomes U S Air Ace
Marine Major Gregory Boyington of Okanogan Washington shoots down five Zeros in a single raid on Ballale airdrome Bougainville Island. He brings his total victories to 11 and ranks among the South Pacific’s top aces.
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U. S
South Pacific
Solomons
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan
Wash
Ballale
Bougainville Island
Social Security Fund Investigation Urged by Senate Leaders
Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee and Senator Vandenberg urged a close re‑examination of the Social Security fund status before any decision to double employer and employee contributions. They cited wartime developments affecting government held funds and called for thorough study.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
German Officers Form Anti-Hitler Union in Soviet Captivity
In Moscow on September 12 more than 100 German generals and officers from five POW camps formed the Union of German Officers. They aim to topple Hitler and establish a free Germany, saying continued futile war could bring national catastrophe. General Walter von Seidlitz chairs the new body, which aligns with the National Committee of Free Germany and includes officers such as Otto Kordes and Martin Latman.
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Moscow
Germany
Stalingrad
Communist Party
Pravda
Free Germany
National Committee of Free
Walter von Seidlitz
51St Germany Army Air Corps
National Committee of Free Germany
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Hitler
von Seidlitz
Alexander Elder von Daniels
Otto Kordes
Martin Latman
Walter Meyer
Yanks Pound Bougainville In Pacific War Push
Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific intensify raids on Bougainville Island with repeated night attacks on Kahili and Ballale airdromes. A daylight Ballale assault by fighter escorted dive bombers follows, as the enemy fields 60 interceptors and suffers 16 losses per the MacArthur headquarters communique.
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Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Kahili
Ballale
Solomon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Knox Predicts New Nazi U Boat Offensive
In Londonderry Northern Ireland Secretary Knox warned that despite reduced submarine activity Germany plans renewed attacks on Allied Atlantic convoy routes. The address followed a ceremony recognizing 90 percent Navy participation in the war bond drive.
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Knox
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Officer Who Recruited Flying Tigers Dies at 46
Col. Richard Aldworth, famed for recruiting the Flying Tigers, died at 46 in San Antonio Texas after long illness. He became an invalid in 1937 following a sea landing near Rockaway Beach New York. President Roosevelt awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross and 24 hours before his death he received the Legion of Honor.
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San Antonio
Tex
Richard Aldworth
Flying Tigers
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Roosevelt
Allied Daylight Raids Hit Nazi Airfields in France and Holland
American Marauders escorted by Spitfires bombed Lille airfield while RAF Typhoons struck Merville and Woensbrecht. Bombers hit Bethune industrial targets as RAF Mosquitos and bomber command continued the Rhineland and Hamburg assault with nine days of aerial hammering. Three Allied fighters were reported lost.
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Rhineland
RAF Bomber Command
Lille
RAF
Merville
France
Woensbrecht
Holland
Bethune
Hamburg
Churchill to Present War Review in Commons Debate
Prime Minister Churchill returns from a six week trip to Canada and the United States and begins work on a war review for the House of Commons. The two day debate will follow Parliament's summer recess with questions on Italy's stance and Mussolini's fall and Allied actions.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Canada
United States
House of Commons
Commons
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio
New Funds May Save Maternity Care Plan
In Columbus the Budget Bureau recommended an extra 18.6 million dollars for maternity and medical care for servicemen's wives to shore up Ohio's program. Rep Lea of California announced in Washington that this would augment the existing 4.4 million. He noted many states face insufficient allotments.
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Columbus
Bureau of Budget
Ohio
Lea
Calif
Washington
Italian Planes Surrendering to Allies
Italian warplanes escape from German held Italy and reach Allied fields as officials report many aircraft comply with armistice terms to prevent aircraft from falling into German hands.
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FAR
North Africa
Italy
Northwest African Air Force
Marshall warns against delaying fathers draft in war push
Gen. George C. Marshall told Congress the Wheeler Bill to postpone induction of pre Pearl Harbor fathers could dim Allied offensives. He warned cutting quotas now would emasculate units and hinder deployment as 75,000 more inductees per month were needed to reach 7.7 million by year end.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Senate
House
Marshall
Austin
England
Salerno
Naples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Marshal
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Burma
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Illinois
U.S
BAY War Bonds
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Social Security Fund
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