Bloodless Kiska Capture Is Startling Million Nazis Lost On Red Front
Allied headquarters report a startling news tally from the Pacific and Europe. Thirty-three Japanese planes were shot down at Wewak, New Guinea, with 34 more on the ground in flames, boosting enemy losses since Tuesday to over 300. American Mitchell bombers and P-38 fighters struck air reinforcements and the Japanese fleet, while Liberators completed a long-range raid to Pomelaa, hitting the nickel mining center on the Gulf of Bone.
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Air Buzzsaw Rips Southern Italy Links From North Africa Front
Allied dispatch reports Sir Arthur Tedder’s Flying Buzzsaw tearing at rail and road links between Northern and Southern Italy around Naples four days after Sicily’s fall. American warships shelled Gioia Tauro as raids cut supply lines. New Guinea and Solomons actions reinforce a wider Allied push in the Pacific.
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Chinese Envoy Expected At War Parley
Que bec August 21 News reports Chinese foreign minister T V Soong will join the Quebec War Conference within 48 hours for talks with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill on China's role in Pacific offensives. Also announced is the capture of Kiska Island by American Canadian forces without resistance, described as freeing North American territory from Japan. Roosevelt, Churchill, and King praised the operation at a luncheon with war shipping officials. Soong’s attendance was pending final arrangements.
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Soviet relieves Litvinoff as U.S. ambassador appoints Gromyko
The Soviet government dismissed Maxim Litvinoff as ambassador to the United States and named Andrei Gromyko to succeed him. The move comes after Ivan Maisky's transfer and amid Western allies' Quebec war conference talks. No reason given in the Moscow communique. Litvinoff, 67, had been centered in Soviet foreign policy alongside calls for a second front in Europe.
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Russians Building Estimated 20 000 War Planes A Year
German aviation correspondent Karl Zeppelin estimated in Berlin that the Soviet Union is producing about 20,000 aircraft annually. He claimed only five percent of recently shot down Soviet planes were British or American made fighters or bombers, and cited German figures: 9,500 first line Soviet planes lost from January 1 to August 1, 1943, and 16,486 in 1942.
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Raids Kill Many Japs on Kiska
Adak Aleutians August 19. Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid said a large number of the about 8 500 Japanese on Kiska were killed by air bombardment before evacuation and others likely drowned as U S ships shelled fleeing vessels in fog. He noted undetermined sinkings during the exodus and a direct hit on a submarine aiding evacuation. The capture of Kiska completes the northern road to Tokyo and protects shipping two thirds of the way.
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Churchill's Aunt Dies in Monaghan County
Dublin dispatch reports Lady Leonie Leslie aunt of Prime Minister Winston Churchill died yesterday at her County Monaghan home. She was daughter of Leonard Jerome of New York and sister of Mrs Cornwallis West. She married Sir John Leslie in New York in 1884.
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Third Summer Drive Costly To Germans
The Soviet bulletin reports Germany has lost 1,000,000 men killed and wounded in the third summer of fighting in Russia, bringing German and ally losses to about 7,400,000 since June 22, 1941. Moscow radio also says over 4,000 Nazis died as Red Army closes on Kharkov and pounds German forces near Bryansk and Spas-Demensk.
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Balkans face choice as war eyes halt approach
In a Switzerland filed dispatch, Balkan nations weigh chances to exit the war as Italy’s fate looms. Hungary signals a decisive hour while fearing an open city move and Romania dreads postwar costs, with Bulgaria, Bulgaria’s envoys and a flurry of propaganda shaping positions.
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Two More Victims Found After Explosion In Plant
KEARNY New Jersey August 21 The search at the Congoleum Nairn plant ended with the recovery of two additional bodies from building No 12 raising the death toll to 12 Nine others were injured in the blast Thursday night and the missing are accounted for Deputy Police Chief Carl Berg said no further search of the rubble is planned
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Charlotte Observer Freezes Circulation to Meet Rationing
The Charlotte Observer announced on the front page that it would freeze its circulation on July 17 to comply with government newsprint rationing regulations. The move affects readers and signals broader wartime material limits impacting newspapers nationwide.
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Fog Shrouded Nip Flight May Be A War Turning Point
A.P. dispatch by Glenn Babb reports the Kiska withdrawal as a potential turning point in the war. Japanese retreat breaks with former tactics, aided by fog and heavy bombardment, leaving no opposition as American and Canadian forces land.
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Labor Gains Strength In Australia in Election Return
Melbourne reports indicate the Labor party under Prime Minister John Curtin may win a clear working majority in the House of Representatives in Australia's first general election since 1940. Preliminary returns show Labor could gain 8 to 14 seats as independents previously aligned with Labor shift. Senate races remain tight with preferences delaying final counts for days.
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Tokyo Says Japanese Left Kiska in Late July Transfer
New York August 21 Tokyo asserted that Japanese forces were transferred from Kiska Island in the latter part of July. Domei quoted an Imperial headquarters statement claiming the move was completed without enemy interference and that units were stationed at new posts. A US Navy communique contradicted this, noting light anti aircraft fire on multiple occasions, most recently August 13. Another Tokyo broadcast claimed removal was to begin new operations.
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