Churchill Reveals Second Front Plans in Commons Speech
Prime Minister Churchill said the second front will open at the right time with a mass invasion from the west, calling the Mediterranean front the third front. He noted Italy’s defense issues, Sardinia landings, a planned U S Britain Russia talk, and a French army buildup as part of a broad war strategy.
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House of Commons
London
Churchill
Mediterranean
Commons
Roosevelt
Stalin
Italy
Richelieu
Soviet Armies Smash Nazis on Front as Red Army Advances
Soviet forces push from Velizh toward Smolensk and strike along the Dnieper while pushing to encircle German troops. Moscow reports over 1,130 towns captured and 10,000 enemy dead as paratroopers strike above Smolensk.
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London
Smolensk
Red Army
Velizh
Kiev-Chernigov
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Dniepropetrovsk
Moscow
Cherkasy
Kiev
Caucasus
Taman
Novorossisk
Berlin
Vitebsk
Latvia
Nazi Attempt To Close Halifax Harbor Fails
German submarines tried to close Halifax Harbor last June by laying about 60 magnetic mines in the channel. Canadian and British minesweepers detected them promptly, preventing any ships from sinking and averting loss of life, Navy Minister Mackenzie King MacDonald disclosed.
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Halifax Harbor
Ottawa
Halifax
Atrance
Navy
An- 85
MacDonald
Seed shortages threaten next year's Victory Gardens
Ohio agronomist V. H. Davis reports seed shortages for Victory Gardeners, highlighting limited supplies of cabbage, onion seeds and sets, turnips, mustard, spinach and kale, with only a fair overall outlook and tight market signals for 1944.
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Columbus
H. V. Davis
Ohio Farm Areau
Davis
Kentucky
Post War Collaboration Plan Approved by House
The House votes to approve a postwar collaboration plan aimed at sustaining a just and lasting peace. Supported by Republicans and Democrats, the Fulbright draft seeks a two thirds majority to rebuke isolationist tendencies and restore congressional peacetime engagement. Opponents warn it may surrender sovereign rights and entangle the U.S. in foreign wars.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rep
Fulbright
D., Ark
United States
Japanese Losses Mount After Lae and Salamaua Falls
Allied forces tightened control of Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea with MacArthur’s troops mounting fighter escorted bombers and intensified strafing. Officials say Japanese losses were heavy, including a regiment in the Wau Mubo Komiatum corridor, as survivors fled north toward the coast.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
McArthur
Wau
Mubo
Komiatum
Army Officer Guilty on Five Counts at Selfridge Field
Lieut. Col. Charles G. White, a senior officer at Selfridge Field, Mich, was convicted by a general court martial on five counts including drunken conduct. He was sentenced to dismissal from the Army. White is the second high ranking officer at the base to be convicted within a week.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Charles G. White
Army Air Base
Army
White
Bond Salesmen urged to redouble efforts in war loan drive
Washington reports the third war loan total at $10,745,000,000 with weekend sales only $506,000,000. Treasury officials called for renewed emphasis on the door knocker campaign to spur individual purchases as the big money days of the $15,000,000,000 issue appear over.
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Washington
Treasury
Industries Subscribe Funds for New Airport
Stark County industries pledged to fund a new airport project joining the Civil Aeronautics Authority plan. Ten Canton firms subscribed $100,000 toward the initiative as Summit County planned a matching raise, with the federal government contributing $2,000,000.
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Canton
Stark County
Summit- Stark County
Canton Industries
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Summit County
OWI Reorganization Demanded as War Bond Drive Opens
Rep. Taber of New York, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, called for reorganization of the Office of War Information and removal of Elmer Davis. He urged a trained executive to bring business discipline to the agency amid the fall economy drive.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Congress
Rep. Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
OWI
Elmer Davis
New Yorker
Davis
Bricker Dinner Guest Of Nebraska Governor
Ohio Governor Bricker dined with six other governors hosted by Nebraska Governor Dwight Griswold. Bricker teased not tapping Griswold pork to pay war bond debts as Nebraska aimed to top its third war loan quota. Griswold claimed Nebraska could exceed the quota compared with 28 states. Black Wins Divorce Filed in Columbus. Col Lynn E. Black state highway patrol superintendent granted divorce from Dorothy Black of Los Angeles and custody of their daughter Sony.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hn W. Bricker
Ohio
Oier
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
Bricker
Columbus
Lynn E. Black
Dorothy Black
Los Angeles
Sony
Venice Bombed as Fifth Army Advances in Italy
Allied air forces bomb Venice as the U S Fifth Army reports gains near Salerno. Eboli falls 16 miles inland while Montecorvino is reached nine miles inland. German withdrawals north of the Sele River continue amid minefields and delaying actions. Cairo says air attacks disrupt the Adriatic area with no opposition from German planes.
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North Africa
Italy
Venice
Fifth Army
Salerno
Eboli
Eighth Army
Sele
Cairo
Middle East
Adriatic
Pescara
RAF
Mediterranean
Dodecanese
Cao
Potenza
Torre Annunziata
Pompei
Sarno
Castelnuovo
Formia
Benevento
John L Lewis Quizzed By War Ration Board
Alexandria war price board asked John L. Lewis to provide a full itinerary of his August 11 trip to Springfield Illinois amid reports he violated OPA rules by driving to the city. The Richmond district OPA directed local investigators to probe the matter.
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John L. Lewis
War Ration Board
Alexandria
United Mine Workers of America
Parole Violators Warned by Sherwood
Ohio parole violators in wartime face strict stance from the Pardon and Parole Commission. Chairman Charles L. Sherwood said prisoners have best chance to stay employed but the commission has no patience with violations and expects minimum consideration when petitioning again for release.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pardon and Parole Commission
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Baruch Seen as Key Backing Wheeler Draft Bill
Senator Wheeler leans on Bernard Baruch to shift opposition as hearings resume on a father draft deferral plan. Baruch warns against exempting fathers if skilled war workers drop, while Baruch’s testimony looms before the Senate Military Committee. Marshall and King’s opposition weakens the bill’s chances.
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NEA
George C. Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Ernest King
Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Montanan
James F. Byrnes
Senate Military Committee
Montana
Army
Ernest J. King
Austin
Legionnaires Hear McNutt at Silver Anniversary Session
National commander Roane Waring and war manpower head Paul V. McNutt told delegates the war effort must be fully mobilized to win the conflict and secure victory for the United Nations. They prepared to present Gen. George C. Marshall with the distinguished service medal.
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Omaha
Roane Waring
American Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Legion
America
United Nations
Waring
McNutt
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Berlin
Tokyo
French Troops Engage Germans in Corsica Battle
French commandos from North Africa join Corsican patriots to fight German garrison on Corsica. Gen. Henri Giraud announces landing in Algiers with no combat details. Marseille dispatches claim Ajaccio captured after a sharp engagement. Nazis retreat to the island’s east as reinforcements arrive from Elba and Sardinia.
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London
France
North
Africa
Corsica
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Stockholm
Take Liquor Fight to Court
Columbus liquor director Don Fisher announced he asked Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert to file mandamus proceedings in the Supreme Court to force State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson to approve a $1,000,000 voucher for 100,000 cases of whiskey. Ferguson had refused, deeming the liquor still unbottled and the collateral from Foster & Company insufficient.
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Columbus
Don Fisher
Thomas J. Herbert
Supreme Court
Joseph T. Ferguson
Fisher
Ohio Solon Aims Bills At Waste of Funds
Rep. Robert F. Jones of Ohio introduces three bills to curb waste and duplication in federal spending. The measures require agencies to report all appropriation requests and any lawful or improper disposals, with findings to Congress.
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Ohio
Solon
Washington
Robert F. Jones
Jones
Congress
Executive Departments
General Accounting Office
Plane Crash Kills 25 Soldiers Probed at Base
A board of inquiry investigates the crash of an Army transport plane that carried 25 soldiers to their deaths near Laurinburg Maxton Army airbase. The aircraft fell on the base field during a routine flight and burst into flames after impact. No further details were released.
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Maxton
N. C
UPI
Laurinburg-Maxton
Post
Bay Wark Bonds Drown in Lake
Coast Guardsmen report the drowning of 62 year old James S Dickie vice president of the American Shipbuilding Co after he fell from a cabin cruiser during a pleasure ride on Lake Erie.
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Cleveland
James S. Dickie
American Shipbuilding Co
Lake Erie
Churchill outlines possible Roosevelt Stalin meeting in war years
Churchill told the Commons a potential Roosevelt Stalin meeting could shape the postwar world, stressing close allied unity. He defended Italy operations, praised the Naples invasion as daring, and noted Rome’s campaign as a prelude to the main European drive. He also revealed Britain’s air superiority gains and wartime bomb tonnage comparisons.
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Soviet Russia
Churchill
Commons
Roosevelt
Quebec
Italy
House
Mussolini
Naples
Churchill reveals Allied armistice role and Mussolini rescue failure
Prime Minister Churchill states the Soviet Union authorized Eisenhower to sign Italy armistice terms and Germany blocked an American armored landing in Rome. He notes Mussolini’s capture by Carabinieri and their failure to prevent rescue, and cites Italian guards failing to stop Mussolini. He updates on Pacific actions and Sardinia landings, and recalls Salerno operations.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Gran Sasso
Sardinia
Corsica
United States
Britain
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rome
Badoglio
Mussolini
San Grosso
Churchill
Quebec
Japan
Louis Mountbatten
India
New Delhi
Mediterranean
Three Sailor Sons of Ohio Woman Missing
Portsmouth reports Mrs Ber tie Moore has lost three of her four sailor sons. Grover 21 a machinist's mate and Clyde 25 a boilermaker are missing in the Salerno battle, less than four months after 23 year old Edward an oiler's mate was reported missing in the North Atlantic. A fourth son James 28 is an electrician's mate.
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Portsmouth
Bertie Moore
Navy
Grover
Clyde
Salerno
Edward
North Atlantic
James
Britain's Wartime Finance Expert Dies
Sir Kingsley Wood, 62, chancellor of the exchequer, died in London. The veteran official, credited with stabilizing Britain's wartime finances, died on the eve of the expected reveal of his pay-as-you-go plan for workers' income tax.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Great Britain
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