City Within Range Of Big Red Guns
Moscow reports rapid Soviet gains in campaigns around Kharkov Bryansk and Unecha with multiple towns captured. Russian forces press toward Kharkov within 12 miles on the north 30 miles west and 25 miles south while heavy fighting and rail yard bombardments contest German lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Donets
Berlin
Smolensk
Bryansk
Orel
Red Army
Unecha
Shakovo
Nazi
RAF Bombers Hit Mannheim and Ludwigshaven in New Raids
RAF heavy bombers attacked Mannheim and Ludwigshaven as part of a large raid, with Mosquito aircraft targeting Ruhr factories. Nine bombers were lost and RAF fighters claimed hits on French and Low Countries airfields. Large fires burned in the twin cities, key armament centers on the Rhine Neckar, home to tanks and motor vehicles. British patrols over northern France shot down seven aircraft. three British planes did not return. German agency later cited considerable damage and 13 RAF planes downed.
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London
RAF
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Ruhr
Air Ministry
France
Low Countries
Rhine
Neckar
Frankfort
Europe
Mannheim-Ludwigshaven
Germany
Hamburg
St. Didier
Abbeville
Britain
Mannheimudwigshafen
English Channel
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Yanks Take 1 500 Prisoners as Allies Push Nazis Back
Allied ground forces advance along Sicily front with heavy warship bombardment. American Doughboys seize 1 500 German prisoners near Cape Orlando after landing behind lines, leading to fall of San Fratello and San Agata. British and American units close toward Randazzo while air fleets claim absolute superiority over Sicily and the Messina area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relman Morin
North Africa
Sicily
Cape Orlando
San Fratello
San Agata
Riposto
Acireale
Taormina
Messina
Eighth Army
Mt. Etna
Bonte
Randazzo
Cesaro
Torrenova
Charles S. Patton Jr
Seventh Army
Messina Strait
Italy
Airmen Bomb Italian Ports in Sicily and Sardinia
Allied air forces report heavy daytime raids over Sicily Sardinia the Messina Strait and the Italian toe. Our planes claim 15 enemy aircraft shot down plus five more during tactical strikes while bombers damaged railways bridges yards and a repair shop near Catanzaro. American Kitty bombers hit Milazzo roads destroying vehicles and locomotives as RAF and Canadian crews targeted landing craft and fires at Paradiso.
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Messina
RAF
Paradiso
Sicilian
Barcelona
Cape Orlando
Randazzo
North Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Messina Strait
Italy
Milazzo
Fioresta
Novara
Catanzaro
el Alamein
Arthur Salisbury
Sedalia
Soldier Confesses Slaying Of Girl
Sgt. Joseph Macavoy of Brooklyn New York admitted a slaying of 16 year old Anna Milroy of Sutton Nebraska. The nude battered body was found near a gravel road south of Sutton. Autopsy showed rape. Macavoy said an argument in his car led to the encounter and he struck her with his fist then hit her head with a car crank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
Neb
Lloyd Menger
Joseph Macavoy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anna Milroy
John Hart
Mengal
Macavoy
Names Of Victorious Military Men Released
US. HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC Aug 9 Delayed The names of top admirals and generals responsible for planning and executing the New Georgia campaign were released today by Admiral William F Halsey’s headquarters. A spokesman quoted Halsey saying there is plenty of glory for all. Plans for the campaign were drawn by Halsey as Pacific commander in collaboration with his staff and army officers in the area including Lt Gen Millard E Harman. The plan was submitted to General Douglas MacArthur and final approval came in Washington from the chiefs of staff of both services.
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South Pacific
New Georgia
William F. Haltey
Halsey
Pacific
Millard E. Harmon
Douglas MacArthur
South
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
American High Command
Four Big Jap Bases Bombed in Pacific Raids
Allied bombers hit four Japanese bases Vila Salamua Bairoko Amboina in the Southwest Pacific. Liberators dropped 224 tons with 103 tons on Salamaua and 63 on Vila airfields. Night raids on Amboina and shelling from Munda area noted. weather slowed ground advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Vila
Salamua
Bairoko
Amboina
New Georgia
Munda
Salamaua
FDR Arranges Postwar Planning Conference
President Roosevelt organized a postwar planning conference with state department advisers led by Secretary Hull. Attendees include Undersecretary Welles, Norman Davis of the Red Cross, Isaiah Bowman of Johns Hopkins, and Leo Pasvolsky in charge of planning. Senator Hatch also visited to share views on a Senate resolution for international cooperation after the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Hull
Welles
Norman Davis
The
Red Cross
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Leo Pasvolsky
Bowman
National Academy of Sciences
Pasvolsky
White House
Senator Hatch
Senate
Mussolini Says Italy Could Have Stayed Out of War
In a last interview Mussolini told Corriere Del Ticino that Italy could have remained neutral at the war’s start. He described Italy’s hardship, bomb damage, and food woes while predicting a long conflict with Sweden Spain and Turkey possibly joining. He cited financial gains as a neutral for a small state.
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Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Italy
I Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Sweden
Spain
Turkey
Germans Confident Italy Will Remain In War With Nazi Aid
Madrid dispatches quote Berlin officials confident Italy will stay in the war with German reinforcements and Badoglio hopeful of peace. No official communiqué confirmed, but reports say von Ribbentrop warned Badoglio that Germany could seize northern Italy if surrender occurred.
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Italy
Berlin
Mussolini
Trieste
Badoglio
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Kidnaped Infant Found Alive and Woman Arrested
Judith Gurney, the Albany hospital infant kidnapped last Tuesday, was found alive and healthy. A 26 year old army wife is charged with the abduction and is under police investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ore
Judith Gurney
Savages Again in The War Today
A reader rebukes the columnist for calling the Japanese barbarians and savages. The piece argues harsh judgments persist despite evidence of Japan’s culture and democracy, citing wartime accounts of brutal acts by Japanese soldiers and government statements about barbarities in Hongkong and Nanking.
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J. Norman
Lodge
Associated Press
United States
New Guinea
Pacific
Nicholas T. Kliebert
Japan
Hongkong
Nanking
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Yank Medium Bombers Strike Hard At Burma
American Mitchell bombers of the Tenth Air Force bombed Burma targeting internal communications. They hit Irrawaddy river ports at Katha and Bamo with heavy damage at Katha and struck Thazi Dam near the target. All aircraft returned safely.
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New Delhi
Burma
United States Army
Mitchell
Tenth Air Force
Irrawaddy
Katha
Bamo
Thazi Dam
Italians Press For Peace Amid General Strike Call
Aug. 10. Italians agitated to force the Badoglio government to seek peace with the Allies. Troops patrolled strike ridden northern industries as RAF raids on Genoa Turin and Milan intensified. Berlin and Rome dispatches say Italy has no choice but to stay in the war while German aid could open unknown possibilities. An editorial in the Frankfurter Zeitung warned Germany faces a life and death struggle and needs bold wartime measures.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Badoglio
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Wiss
Chiasso
Genoa
Turin
Milan
Gazetta del Popolo
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Berlin
Madrid
Informaciones
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
France
Balkans
Director Charges Pull Used In Army Program
Richmond August 10 Athletic Director Carl Voyles of the College of William and Mary charged a small group of college presidents and physical education officials used their pull to outlaw competitive sports in the army training program. He said politics entered the army program and contrasted claims that trainees lack time with remarks that the V 12 schedule mirrors West Point and Annapolis. Voyles cited West Point athletics director Col L M Jones and noted officers in New York meetings indicated about 95 percent of army officers favored trainees playing football boxing and wrestling.
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Richmond
Carl Voyles
College of William and Mary
Voyles
War Department
West Point
Col. L. M. Jones
Annapolis
New York City
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Heggio
Alabria
Catania
Iwracuse
Hungary
Zeged
Miles
Texas
Mediterranean Sea
Acrete
Ussr
Balikesar
Mihailovic
Middle East
Daniel DE Luce
Samamaua
Rabaul
New Britain
Kolombangara
Solomons
Kula Gulf
Bairoko Harbor
FDR
Duce
Pietro Badoglio
Arriba
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Raffaele Guarglia
Harlow Weinrich
Catherine Wright
Weinrich
Weinrick
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