Prophetic musings and wartime notes end with Mantle retirement
A casual column by W A Bivins and a reader digest section discuss forecasts of war with Russia and postwar rationing, praising democracy and resilience. The column also notes Burns Mantle, famed New York drama critic, retiring after 21 years on Broadway reviews with John Chapman set to succeed him.
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New York
Burns Mantle
New York Daily News
Mantle
John Chapman
Kharkov Front Drives From Kharkov Gates In Two Pronged Push
Soviet night dispatches report a two pronged advance from Spas Demensk toward Smolensk and Bryansk with heavy fighting around Kharkov. The Red Army presses toward the Ukrainian steel city with tank and infantry units. German losses cited include 273 tanks and 65 planes.
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Sian
Spas Demensk
Smolensk
Bryansk
Berlin
Associated Press
Belgorod
Ukraiian
Kharkov
Rome
Red Army
Poltava-Kharkov
Pravda
Two Killed By Runaway Street Car
CHICAGO Aug 14 A street car ran wild after its motorman collapsed from a heart attack and crashed into a standing car killing Clyde V. Malbone 40 and Charles A. Franden 55. A bystander saved others by signaling conductor Joseph Schwartz Jr 26 and pushing a passenger off the rear platform before impact. Wischweh 52 escaped with a double fracture of the left leg.
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Chicago
Fred J. Wischweh
Clyde V. Malbone
Charles A. Franden
Malbone
Franden
Wischdeh
Lincoln
Fullerton
Halsted
Joseph Schwartz, Jr
Wischwehr
Italians Rally for Peace as Pope Prays Amid Turmoil
Thousands of Italians gathered around the pope at Lodi and St John Lateran to shout for peace and witness his kneeling prayers. Reports from Stefani describe a tumultuous scene as Britain’s air assault on Milan and Turin unleashed a fleet of about 1000 planes with over 1120 tons of bombs dropped on Milan. Flames lit the Milan sky while Swiss border watchers observed burning districts. A Rome broadcast cited by London radio said prefect of Milan prepared evacuation details.
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Frontier
Stefani
Lodi Place
St. John Lateran Church
Milan
Turin
Air Ministry
London Radio
Rome
Radio Schedule Fragments from WSJS for 1948 Broadcasts
A scrambled list shows WSJS daytime and evening programs including The Music Room The Esso Reporter Mirth and Madness Sketches in Melody All Out For Victory The War Telescope Roy Shield and Company The People s War U and Army Air Forces Band News Lyrics by Liza Eighth Anniversary of Serial Security The Travers Feature Race Stars and Gripes The Free Reporter Music by Shrednick The Art of Living For This We Fight Hollywood Open House Words At War The Dixie Ramblers Can You Top This The Million Dollar Band The Grand Ole Opry Evening lines include Commando Mary The Melody s the Thing and Dr Randthalers Biute Clase 1948 levitation to the Waltz Centenary Methodint Churen Service
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America
Russia
Joe
Stalin
Liza
Travers
The
Art of Living
the Dixie Ramblers
Esso
Ube
Cbs News
M. Beatty
Nbe
Welcome Lewis
Art Gentry
Cbs
Roy Shield
Roy Shield and Company
Nbe Musette Music Box
Blu News
Dbs
Tommy Tucker
Blu Mutual
Tal Fleming
Army Air Force Band
Nbe of Men & Books
Frederick—cbe
Bdlu
Chicago
Mba
Lizga
Dha
Pan-America
Mbs
Not For Glory
UCD
Llorace Heidt
Cbs Navy Dulietin Board
Chips Davis
Curt Massey & Company
Shrednik
Nabe
Message of
Israel
Blu Quincy Howe
Cha Willam Ewing
Honolulu
Blu Kawaii
bis—Musicana
Nbhe
Leon Henderson
Blu World News
Falcon
Blu
Cbs Cho
Theater of the Air
Edward Tomlinson
Harry Wismer Seers
Barry Wood
John Vandercook
John Bo Hughes
Che
Frances Scott
Nhbe
Grant Park
Dinte
Betty Rann
Fileen Farrell
Orchedra
Solomons Drive Near Bairoko Harbor in Kula Gulf
U S jungle troops crush Japanese resistance at Zieta village and push within three and a half miles of Bairoko harbor as encirclement of the garrison intensifies. 13th Air Force bombed two more airfields in the Solomons while Liberators struck Kahili airfield destroying or damaging many enemy planes. Japanese losses included 30 fighters shot down attempt 11 shot down by the escorting Air Force. A U S pilot was saved.
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Solomons
Zieta Village
United States
Bairoko Harbor
Kula Gulf
Bairoko
America
13Th Airforce
Kahili
Buin
Bougainville
Byrnes to Speak Washington on The Will To Win
James F. Byrnes will deliver a radio address from 9 to 9 30 EWT Monday night on The Will To Win. The White House announced the speech will be broadcast over the NBC and Blue networks.
Free Supper at YWCA for Servicemen Tomorrow
A free supper will be served at the YWCA tomorrow afternoon for servicemen visiting the city. Mrs. Leslie Miller, the organization’s general secretary, announced. Food is provided by the USO and hosted by Live Y’ers and Jolly Y clubs members. Supper is from five to seven with table games available afterward.
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YWCA
Leslie Miller
USO
Live Y'ers
Jolly Y Clubs
Servicemen Return to Fort Dix and Promotion News
Staff Sgt. James Hedrick returns to Fort Dix New Jersey after visiting parents Mr and Mrs J F Hedrick of 904 Lexington Avenue. Pvt Seldon Hedgecock now stationed in North Africa has been promoted to private first class and formerly lived on Best Street.
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Fort Din
James Houston Hedrick
Fort Dix
N. J
J. FE. Hedrick
Lexington Avenue
Pvt. Seldon H. Hedgecock
North Africa
Best Street
Kidd Jr. Called to Active Duty at Parris Island
William Joseph Kidd Jr son of Mr and Mrs Joe Kidd of 1210 Thissell Street was in the Marine Reserves two months when he was called to active duty at Parris Island on August 11.
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William Joseph Kidd, Jr
Joe Kidd
Thissell Street
Parris Island
Veach Commissioned Navy Wings Marine Corps Reserve
Howard C. Veach 22 son of Mrs Ada L Veach of Thomasville earned his navy Wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the marine corps reserve after completing flight training at the naval air training center Pensacola Fla Pvt Douglas L Johnson finished basic training at Camp Lee Va and is now in technical training there
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Douglas L. Johnson
Camp Lee
Veach
Howard C. Veach
Ada L. Veach
Thomasville
Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Powell Returns to Ohio After Furlough
Pfe. Eugene C. Powell Jr. has returned to Lockbourne Army Air Base Columbus Ohio after spending a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs E C Powell He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in October 1942.
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Powell
Ohio
Pfe
Eugene C. Powell, Jr
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Columbus
E. C. Powell
Army Air Corps
Army Pvt Daniel E Smith Named Instructor for Training School
Pfc Daniel E Smith son of M G Smith of 306 S Main Street has been appointed an instructor to train future soldier mechanics entering the school for training. His wife resides at 1221 Cassell Street.
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Daniel E. Smith
M. G. Smith
S. Main Street
Cassell Street
Maley Graduates from Signal Corps Training at IIT
Lee Maley has graduated after completing a 12 week signal corps pre radar course for enlisted reserve corps men at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago Illinois.
Nazi resolve and fragile morale in World War II era analysis
The article discusses German combativeness in Russia and a recurring pattern of morale collapse after initial setbacks. It notes potential German retreat routes via the Brenner Pass and predicts a hard fight along the Po defenses if the Allies advance.
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Badoglio
Brenner
Reich
British Imperial staff leaders fade from war parleys
Top men of the Imperial staff including Pound Portal Ismay Mountbatten and Mackenzie King remain on hand as the first phase of war talks ends. The outcome appears to hinge on Anglo American decisions for potential invasions of Europe or further pressure against Japan.
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Imperial Staff
Dudley Pound
Charles Portal
Air
Hastings Ismay
Churchill
Louis Mountbatten
W. L Mackenzie King
Japan
Diplomats May Visit Russia In Few Weeks
British and American statesmen are expected to visit Russia in the next weeks, the Daily Telegraph reported. It cited close collaboration with Moscow on allied war policy and noted no misunderstanding among the United States, Great Britain, and Russia.
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London
Russia
Daily Telegraph
United States
Great Britain
Grr
Moscow
Stalin
Quebec
Pacific
News-Chronicle
Canada
Kremlin
the Times
Atlantic Charter gains reality as liberation forces advance
The passage recalls the Atlantic Charter’s aims of self-determination and global collaboration for security and improved labor standards. It notes initial doubts about feasibility but asserts the principles are becoming a living reality as liberation movements advance.
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Forces of Liberation
Allied reports of raids over Rome and Northern Italy
Berlin radio claimed allied planes over Switzerland suggesting another RAF strike on Northern Italy. North Africa HQ said Rome railway yards suffered heavy damage with five enemy aircraft shot down. British radio via CBS noted smoke from bomb fires over Rome freight yards.
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Berlin
Switzerland
RAF
Italy
North Africa
Rome
CBS
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina
North Carolina remains warm this afternoon tonight and Sunday forenoon with scattered thundershowers in the mountains and north portion tonight. South Carolina stays warm through forenoon with no major hazards noted.
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North Carolina
North Portion
South Carolina
Radio Program Schedule Highlights for Saturday
Eastern War Time schedule lists two hours for programs with corrections. Notable entries include All Wut for Victory, Adventures from Science, CBS News, Dance Music Orchestra, War Telescope, and several music and drama programs across CBS NBC and blue networks. The mix features news briefings, dance bands, orchestras, and special features from 1:30 PM to late evening with multiple time shifts and To Be Announced segments.
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W. A. Bivins
Views Digest
Gastonia Gazette
Charlotte News
Columbia S. C
United Nations
Sicily
Germany
Sammy
France
WSJS
the Music Room
the People’s War
U. & Army Air Forces
Norway
the Free Reporter
Shrednick
Mary
Randthalers
Churen
Jacob Albertus Wilhelmus Burger
Holland
Netherlands
Aneta
Wilhelmina
Burger
Hedgecock
Johnson
Naz
BY Leslie Turner
Terday
Sergeant Fliggs
Red Ryder
Boots
Ti’ Misery
V. Z. Hamlin
Fred Harman
LM Sonka Conteen
BY Edgar Martin
KVAS
MR Bumstead
Preckles
His
Mickey Finn
Merrill Blosser
Frank
Fonard
MN Pan
Egad
Rubenour
Bomban
Gan
Mahara Sah
J. R. Williams
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