Foe May Lose Everything in Red Front
London dispatch reports Soviet forces shattered German lines across a 31 mile central front push toward Smolensk with gains to 18 miles. Kharkov falls loom as Russians seize Bolshayadenilovka and Lesovo while bombers hit Poltava and Krasnodar. 4,000 Germans killed in one sector as 200 towns and rail lines fall to the advancing Soviets.
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BALL
London
Smolensk
Tottering Kharkov
Bryansk
Moscow
Russia
Dnieper
Spas
Demensk
Spas Demensk
Vaylings
Kharkov
Bolshayadenilovka
Great Ukraine
Kharkov River
Lesovo
Ogan
Sumy
Poltava
Ansroaches
Chennault Warns Japanese Airmen Face Mercy
Maj Gen Claire Chennault told the Chinese air force on its anniversary that Japanese pilots have lost courage and will soon be shown mercy as they can no longer fly at will over China. He recalled the Chinese air force’s 14th Army achievements, noting past defeats of Japanese air forces at Nanking and Hanchow and asserting Japanese fear has grown.
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Chungking
Nanking
Hanchow
Rome Bombardment by Allied Air Forces Rattles City
Allied bombers in a second Rome raid drop over 500 tons of bombs on rail yards airfields and administration buildings without losses. Fighter escorts and heavy antiaircraft fire mark the assault as crews report strong explosions and smoke, while navigators avoid churches shrines and monuments.
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Skelman Morin
North Africa
Histo
Tome
Crawmen
Rome
San Lorenzo
Vittorio
Escapees Caught In Anaconda Return To Helena
Three escapees from the Le and Clark county jail were captured eight miles from Anaconda after assaulting Night Jailer Ed Pielz. The men, identified as Ustedaw John North James Mason and Leonard Tran Thon, will be returned to Helena for charges of assault and jail breaking. Sheriff R Munger praised broad cooperation from Helena police federal authorities and residents. Pielz’s condition was reported satisfactory by his physician.
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Anaconda
Paul Bealsala
le and Clark County
Helena
Beal
Ustedaw John North
James Mason
Leonard Tran Thon
Dutte-Anaconda
Washington State Penitentiary
Sherrie Munger
J. Miller Smith
Munger
Telone
Ed Pritz
Postwar tax plan proposed by Eagles leader
Lester H Loble of Helena Mont president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles urges a postwar program. He says the government should grant employers tax deductions based on payroll to help avoid a repeat of soup kitchens and flop houses. The address was prepared for delivery to 1500 Eagles delegates. William J Wighfield a leading Mason dies of heart attack in Wilmington Col offices.
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Chicago
Lester H. Lobble
Helena
Mont
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Loble
Wilmington
Col
William J. Wighfield
Soviets To Get Full Accounts Of Allied Chiefs’ Meet
Secretary of State Hull stated that Russians would be told of Roosevelt Churchill conferences though no Russian representative was invited according to Tass. He noted the UN leaders are kept abreast of all phases of their situations and attitudes, and that Anglo American talks usually cover both Germany and Japan war aims.
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Wishington
Aus
Hull
Tass
Roosevelt
United Nations
Japan
Xo Weling
Germany
Soviet Union
Big Buffalo Plant Halted by Labor Walkout
In Buffalo New York on August 13 a walkout at Republic Steel Corp halted production at the Buffalo plant. About 2,000 employees continued the second week long stoppage as the strike spread through the steel condoning department, shutting nine open hearth furnaces and two blast furnaces.
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Buffalo
Repubic Steel Corporation
Diatelet
Frank C. Farrer
Leaders Arrive for Meeting Revive War Talk and Plans
Heavy bombers attacked Paramushiro base in northern Japan while Allied leaders met in Quebec. The raid delivered 18 tons of bombs and 4500 pounds of incendiaries, with several planes returning damaged or missing. In Alaska and Kamchatka new landings were possible as enemy fighters clashed. American chiefs of staff including Marshall King Arnold Leahy arrived in Quebec to join prime minister Churchill in shaping imminent Allied strategy.
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Eleventh Air Force
Japan
Paramushiro
Attu
Russia
Kametatka Peninsula
Kurile
Onc
Quebec
Ame
Roosevelt
Chivvenitt
Britain
United States
Stat
George C. Marshall
Adm
Ernest J. King
Oeety
Hy ST Arnold
Army of Forces
William J1
Leahy
Hireldon DB. Somervell
Big. Gun
John R, Dean
Slut
Forrest Royal
Navy
Beoratary
Marshall
King
Arnold
Stalt
Dionnes to Be Confirmed by Family Friend in Ontario
North Bay Ont. The Dionne quintuplets will be confirmed Sunday by Col. The Most Rev. L. Nelligan bishop of Pembroke and chief Roman Catholic chaplain in the Canadian armed forces. He will administer the sacrament to Yvonne Annette Cecile Emile and Marie Dionne and to Pauline Oliva Jr. and Daniel, their sister and brothers.
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North Bay
Ont
Angers
L. Nelligan
Pembroke
Col
Nelligan
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emile
Marie Dionne
Pauline
Oliva, Jr
Daniel
Virginia Clark Celebrates 18th Birthday on Friday
Virginia Clark announces she will stay in bed all day to ensure nothing happens, as Friday the 13th coincides with her 18th birthday in Aug. 13.
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Jakeland
Fin
Virginia Clark
Notheings
Montana Kids Brighten Dad's Return From Navy Duty
A humorous local note from Whilerah Montana describes children greeting their father I Allan Donegan home after navy service in the Pacific. The kids, eager to cheer him, soon contract mumps, adding a comical twist to the reunion.
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Donegan
Allan Donegan
Navy
Hema Oantyre Rough
Great Fire in Wyoming Forest Keeps Spreading
Buffalo August 14 UP Four hundred more soldiers from Fort Warren are assigned to battle a mammoth fire in the Big Horn mountains forest. Total firefighters expected to exceed 1,000 as 200 already fight the blaze with Casneraly base personnel and volunteers. Officials hope the fire’s progress will be checked tomorrow after some back-firing success.
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Wyoming Forest
Buffalo
Wyo
Fort Warren
Thig Horn Wa- Mounl
Governor Hunt
Casneraly
Pumerars
J. F. Conner
Ickes Will Request Army to Release Anthracite Miners
Secretary of the Interior Ickes said he asked the War Manpower Commission to release anthracite miners from the armed forces to boost home heating production. He limited dealer deliveries to 90 percent of last year’s demand due to shortages and mentioned freeing miners in the Pacific Northwest over manpower shortages. He did not reveal how many miners might be released.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
War Manpower Comiession
Armed Services
Tauist Minora
Freo
Pacific Northwest
Ife
Allies surge to capture Randazzo in Sicily stronghold
Allied troops stormed Randazzo, a key Avis stronghold in northeast Sicily, as U S soldiers pierced a German rearguard in hand to hand fighting. British forces pushed from the south while American Seventh Army and Italian front-line units closed in from west and north, signaling a collapse of the defensive line near Messina and accelerating German evacuation toward the Alps. Fierce combat and heavy armor support marked the drive, with Axis prisoners mounting and momentum tipping to the Allies along a 20 mile corridor toward Taormina.
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Ry Daniel DE Luck
North Africa
Randazzo
Sicily
Fron
U.S
Messina
Seventh Army
Highland
Taormina
Mount Ina
Bandaray
Taormint
TV. G
Briish
Randazae
Messima
Alps
Massina
Hoona
Campalen
Randanzo
Jizette
U S Firing Blitz Shrugs Off Japanese Bases in Pacific
Allied air and naval forces boosted tempo in the South Pacific with heavy bombardment wiping out a major Japanese base near Balamana New Guinea and striking at Bougainville and Salamaua. MacArthur announced shattered airfields, damaged bombers, and a new advance on New Georgia Island as Solomons operations resumed after weather delays. Two American fliers were lost with one rescued, and overall air superiority was reported over multiple targets in the theater.
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Japan
Alr Jbusa
Balamana
New Guinnea
Douglas MacArtour
New Georgia Island
Hikoko Harkar
Ō Lta
Balroko Harbor
Mitty
Solomons
Biz
Kahl
Bougainville
iSalamaua
New Haitin Island
Italians plead for peace as cities suffer air raids
Thousands of Italians crowded around Pope Pius XII at the Swiss frontier as Allied air raids raked Rome Milan and Turin. Leaflets and explosives fell while the pope prayed amid alarms and visited sections of the capital hit by bombing. The government faced protests over continuing war.
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Pope
Frank Bruty
Pope Pius XIV
Arcus
Rome
Milan
Piotra Radogna
Jta
Turin
Munnolini
Stefani
Newa
Mazza Lodi
St. John Lateran Church
Nome
Luigi Magione
Vatican
Kallam
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Lester Loble
Churchill
Canada
Winston Chive
William MacKenzie King
Roosevert
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Churchut
Mackensie
Mary Churchit
ATS
Ne Haughter
Kurile Air Station
Dionnes
Happy
Montana
Army
Berlin
Paris
Europe
South Pacific
Salamaua
Darran
Warner
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