Bombers Strike Peenemunde and Berlin in Allied Night Raid
RAF heavy bombers attacked the Peenemunde research plant northwest of Stettin in moonlight while Mosquito fighters hit Berlin. Forty-one bombers and one fighter were listed missing as raids extended to northwest Germany, France and the Low Countries.
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London
RAF
Peenemuende
Stettin
Berlin
Air Ministry
Germany
Peenemaende
France
Low Countries
Britain
Swinemuende
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Nuernberg
Fighter Command
Strait of Dover
East Anglia
England
Fortress Attacks By RAF Assaults In Sicily
Allied headquarters report air assaults by the RAF inflicted heavy damage on German planes as Eisenhower cites axis losses in Sicily through Aug 10 totaling 167000 killed wounded or prisoners. He estimates 70000 to 75000 Axis troops on the island with at least 30000 lost and many drowned in the evacuation.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicilian
Strait of Messina
Kentucky Girl 16 Held For Slaying Father
Sixteen year old Jo Ann Kiger is charged in a murder warrant for the fatal shooting of her father Vice Mayor Carl C. Kiger and her brother Jerry G. as they slept in their Boone county home on the couple s 24th wedding anniversary. Shelter and defense details follow amid comments on grief and innocence from relatives and the county attorney.
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Covington
Jo Ann Kiger
Carl C. Kiger
Jerry G
Jacob P. Williams
Boone County
Sawyer Smith
Jo Ann
Elmer Kirkpatrick
Kiger
Kentucky
Jennie Kiger
Charles Riley
U S Bombers Hit Meiktila and Gulf Shipping in Burma
U S medium and heavy bombers struck Japanese targets at Meiktila and in the Gulf of Martaban in Burma, causing extensive damage to transportation. B 25s damaged railroad station rolling stock tracks and a bridge at Meiktila, while B 24s left two freighters in sinking condition and claimed two enemy fighters as probably destroyed. all planes returned safely.
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New Delhi
Meiktila
Gulf of Martaban
United States
Burma
Tenth Air Force
Gulf
U. S
Greek Nation To Perish Unless Freed Shortly
London dispatch reports former Greek minister of state Georges Exintaris, who escaped Athens, warning that Greece will almost certainly perish without relief within months. He urged urgent Red Cross food and supplies, noting the Greek spirit remains high despite famine threat and Axis propaganda failing to crush hope for Allied victory.
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London
Georges Exintaris
Athens
Greece
Exvntaris
Red Cross
U S British Arms Output Twice that Of Axis
London August 18. War production by the United States and the British commonwealth stands between two and three times the total output of the axis powers, said Minister of Production Oliver Lyttelton at a luncheon honoring Eric Johnston. Johnston urged American localism as a source of world hope and stressed differences in monopoly policy between the United States and Britain.
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London
United States
British Commonwealth
Oliver Lyttelton
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of
Lyttelton
Britain
Johnston
British Chamber of Commerce
Berlin Radio Seeks Peace While Rejecting Unconditional Surrender
A Berlin radio broadcast recorded by NBC argues for a peace that avoids unconditional surrender, stating recent events have chastened extremists and may push German leaders toward a reasonable, just, and honest peace. The commentator, named only as Bill, cautions against surrender terms.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
NBC
Bill
RAF Beaufighters Sweep Burma River Areas Destroys Boats
RAF Beaufighters and Hurricanes swept the Irrawaddy Mayu Kaladan and Kywegu river regions in Burma, damaging 47 enemy supply boats. Beaufighters also burned an oil storage tank near Kanhla and bombed targets in Akyab with fires seen 30 miles away. No RAF planes were lost.
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New Delhi
Irrawaddy
Mayu
Kaladan
Kywegu
Burma
Kanhla
Akyab
American War Training Proved Outstanding By Crack Troops
The Sicily campaign shows American armies applying North African lessons and deploying fully trained divisions. The Forty fifth Infantry, a national guard unit with about 1000 southwestern Indians, sailed from the U S and landed under fire, proving the home training program's effectiveness. Air and naval power marked a key difference from Tunisia, enabling clear air superiority over remaining Luftwaffe forces.
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Harold W. Boyle
AEF
Sicily
North
Africa
Berchtesgaden
Forty-Fifth Infantry
United States
National Guard
Soviets Admit Opposition On The Increase In Kharkov Fight
Soviet battlefield reports say German counterattacks across the Kharkov front failed to break Red lines as Russians push defenses and probe for a counteroffensive. Berlin claimed Russian attacks near Izyum and Leningrad, while Bryansk fighting intensified as German forces retreat toward Bryansk city. Continued on Page Eight.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Bryansk
Spas Demensk
Izyum
Donets
Leningrad
Middle
Berlin Sees Invasion Moves in Air Raids
Berlin views heavy raids on French air fields by American four engined bombers as preludes to an invasion of France. The Berlin Svenska Dagbladet correspondent noted Germans watch the Fortress raids and rising US attacks on Germany with concern, linking strikes near Marseille and the north coast to broader strategic aims. Budapest was warned as Liberators overflew Wiener Neustadt, signaling Allied reach toward Hungary.
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Stockholm
France
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Svenska Dagbladet
Marseille
Hungary
Budapest
Wiener Neustadt
Allied Sea Movements In the Mediterranean Reported
Madrid dispatches say three Allied aircraft carriers and six gunboats left Gibraltar for the Mediterranean this morning while 25 merchant ships in convoy headed toward the Atlantic. Two cruisers and eight gunboats stayed in Gibraltar harbor as an American tanker with 14 planes on deck entered the port. The Mediterranean waters between Gibraltar and La Linea were described as covered with oil and wreckage from a possible nearby submarine or ship sinking.
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Madrid
la Linea
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Red Star Says Allies Fail to Open Second Front
The Russian army newspaper Red Star criticizes the Roosevelt Churchill Quebec talks and argues Allied forces did not exploit the Soviet summer offensive to strike Germany from the west. It notes Kursk and Orel showed Russian superiority and that Sicily failed to divert German divisions.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Star
Quebec
Germany
Kursk
Hitler
Orel
Sicily
Ludwig Sertorius
Red Army
Talks With Roosevelt and Churchill Near End
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held their sixth war conference in Quebec City as allied leaders drafted a final war plan to accelerate the defeat of the Axis. The talks continued past midnight with key advisers assembling at the Chateau Frontenac and an Ottawa trip hinted for early next week.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Allied High Command and
War Plans
Canada
Ottawa
Chateau Frontenac
Kingston
Ontario
United States
W. L. MacKenzie King
Earl of
Nation's Gasoline Stocks Drop in June
The bureau of mines reports a 5.9 million barrel decline in total U S gasoline stocks for June. Refineries distilled more crude and increased gasoline output, leaving stocks at 67,225,000 barrels on June 30, down from 73,155,000 the prior month and 80,055,000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Messina Entry by Doughboys Shows War's Narrow Margin
Pvt Hays Cathey of Ola Arkansas notes Messina’s ruins after the invasion’s end. Doughboys entered with little elation, seeking rest as the city lay wrecked and deserted. Patrols led by Lieut William Gunter and Lieuts Ralph Yates and Jeff McNeely arrived from north and west amid rubble and shattered docks.
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Messina
William Gunter
Commerce
Ralph J. Yates
Austin
Tex
Jeff McNeely
Lubbock
Yates-McNeely
Gunter
Palermo
Allied air raid pounds Marseille area parks of German aircraft
Allied reports say Flying Fortresses bombed a park of about 150 German warplanes near Marseille in southern France. Six German fighters were seen. heavy anti aircraft fire and explosions caused substantial damage to the largely parked aircraft, with numerous bombs exploding among the planes.
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Allied
North Africa
Marseille
Frances
End of Sicilian Battle Marks Allied Victory and Losses
The general reports Allied casualties in Sicily at about 25,000 for the campaign and enemy losses at least 260 tanks destroyed or captured by Aug 10, with over 502 enemy guns taken or destroyed by the same date. Axis air losses reached 1,491 vs Allied 247 from July 1 to Aug 17, underscoring Allied naval and air supremacy and land force resolve.
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Sicily
Mediterranean
Middle East
Cape of Good Hope
Hermann Goer
Eisenhower
Europe
Jap Shipping Is Suffering From Sinkings
Washington reports a severe shipping shortage blamed on Allied torpedoes shells and bombs. Netherlands info bureau estimates Japan has lost 500000 to 750000 tons of merchant shipping since the war began. Japan had 6000000 tons in 1941 and built 600000 to 700000 tons since. about 2000000 tons sunk by Allies. Japan pursues home construction and wood ships in Kobe Formosa and Indies. Netherlands doubts real progress due to steel limits and other factors.
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Washington
Japan
Netherlands Information Bureau
Tokyo
Australia
Bureau
Netherlands
Hongkong
Southeast Asia
Kobe
Formosa
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Indies
Java
Borneo
Celebes
Amboina
New Guinea
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Canta
Cael
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
U.S
Axis
Soviets
John Colburn
Badoglio
The
Associated Press
Pietro
Italy
By Douglas B. Cornell
Earl
Don Whitehead
Hays Cathey
Ola
Ark
Cathey
Straits of Messina
Jap Shipping
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