Quebec War Parley Closes With Tri-Party Talks Hinted
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill closed the Quebec war conference with a statement hinting at a tri partite meeting with Soviet Russia and confirming actions to advance fleets armies and air forces. They planned to report decisions to the Russians and noted Japan and China topics.
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Associated Press
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Europe
Japan
French Committee For National Liberation
Mackenzie King
Canada
King's Terrace
Casablanca
Two Women and Man Arrested On Nazi Espionage
The justice department announced the Detroit arrest of Grace Buchanan-Dineen Theresa Behrens and Dr Fred William Thomas on espionage charges for gathering information for Nazi Germany. They faced alien enemy hearings as unnamed German aliens were also arrested. The case cites plant locations and production details at Ford and Western Electric as targets. Australian troops push toward Salamaua as Allied ships shell Finschhafen in a northeast New Guinea operation.
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Washington
Justice Department
Detroit
Nazi Germany
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hoover
Alien Enemy Hearing Board
Grace Buchanan- Dineen
Theresa Behrens
Fred William Thomas
U. S
J. Stanley Hurd
Pullman Company
Chicago
Thomas
Western Electric Company
Ohio
FORD
Southwest Pacific
Francisco River
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Old Bobdubi
Salamua
Dampier Strait
Finschhafen
Huen Peninusia
Salama
Bayern Bay
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Ford Motor Company
United States
Allied Bomber Fleets Hit Italy Near Naples Again
Allied bomber fleets hammered two key railway points near Naples without opposition. Liberators from the Middle East struck Bari, downing 14 enemy planes. Sardinia raids hit Battipaglia and Cagliari barracks and factories. One Allied plane lost. RAF Wellingtons attacked Lindos. French light cruisers La Fantasque and Le Terrible operate with Allied forces in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
Naples
Middle East
Bari
Battipaglia
Bagnolia
Sardinia
Cagliari
RAF
RCAF
Ragnoli
Ernest N. McConnell
Spring Hill
Ala
Hiv
Lindos
Rhodes
la Fantasque
Mediterranean
Frnnc
North African
Kharkov Victory Shifts War Front In Europe
The Red Army's storm take of Kharkov, Ukraine, marks a key Russo German war victory. Fall of the industrial city threatens Hitler's flank and may force a strategic withdrawal toward the Dnieper as rains and winter slow advances. The Do nets River breakthrough offers hope for a wider Russian push, though weather may dampen gains.
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Kharkov
Kiska
Red Army
Ikov
Ukraiian
Hitler
Russia
Dneiper
Donets
Stalingrad
Kharkoev
Jap Garrioi
Well-Filled Warehouses Open Strong For Bright Belt Tobacco
The opening sale of bright flue cured tobacco showed average prices around 39 to 41 cents a pound. Wilson led with about 1.5 million pounds offered, Goldsboro and Rocky Mount reported similar levels, while Kinston and Tarboro posted 40 to 41 cent ranges. Crowds were smaller and quality varied with no tags turned.
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Associated Press
Tte Lavin
Wilson
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Ed Johnson
New Bright Belt
Kinston
R. S. Witherington
Tarboro
Prosecution Ready to Wax Ends in De Marigny Case
Nassau Bahamas August 24 The prosecution appears ready to finish tying together evidence against Alfred De Marigny charged with killing his wealthy father in law Sir Harry Oakes on July 8. The preliminary hearing resumed after a break with 22 witnesses already testifying. Lady Eunice Oakes arrived and hid at the Nassau attorney Kenneth Solomon’s home while Nancy Oakes, 19, wife of De Marigny, returns from New York with investigator Raymond Schindler as the case nears a close to the end of the week.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
de Marigny
Eunice Oakes
Lady Oakes
Kenneth Solomon
Nancy
New York
Raymond Schindler
F. E. Field
Alreday
Reds Drive Past Kharkov After Nazis
Red army drives west and south through Kharkov ruins after German retreat from the recaptured Ukrainian capital. Russians press a new Kharkov base with advances toward Poltava and along the Donets Basin. Ambrosievka railroad station taken 50 miles north of Taganrog as northern and southern flanks push forward. Pravda notes resistance broken along fortified points southwest of Voroshilovgrad.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
Donets
Pravda
Voroshilovgrad
Latin Tars Revolt Suppressed in Ecuador
In Puna Ecuador Aug 24 armed guards patrolled after a brief sailor revolt against President Arroyo Del Rio. Sailors fired shots and shouted down with Arroyo Del Rio and Long Live Velasco Ibarra before troops from the garrison quelled the uprising and arrested several participants.
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Quito
Ecuador
Puna
Arroyo del Rio
Velasco Ibarra
Bomb tonnage on Germany drops in RAF raids
London reports the RAF dropped over 2,000 American tons of bombs on Berlin last night, though below the record for a single night. The six largest raids included Hamburg on multiple dates with about 2,300 long tons each, Essen with 7,000 long tons, and Dortmund and Düsseldorf Münster raids also totaling about 7,000 long tons.
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Lowell Bennett
Associated Press
Midlands
England
Berlin
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim
Germany
RAF
London
Essen
Dortmund
Dusseldorf-Munster
Himmler Seized Interior Duties In Nazi Reshuffle
London reports that Adolf Hitler named Heinrich Himmler, head of the Gestapo and police, as minister of the interior and chief of the Reich administration. The move, announced via DNB and picked up by AP, elevates Himmler’s power and removes Konstantin von Neurath from his longtime roles.
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London
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Service
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Himmler
Hitler
Scrap Sent Japs Returns In Wounds
Clinton Iowa Aug 24 The scrap metal sent to Japan is returning in shell fragments as Lt Col Carrington reports at Schick General Hospital The hospital opened March 5 costing 6000000 with 1200 staff The convalescent detachment aids in drills calisthenics and athletics to restore duty readiness Neuro surgery at Schick focuses on nerve injuries and training specialists for a shortage of personnel
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Clinton
Japan
W. J. Carrington
Schick General Hospital
Iowa
Col. Carrington
William R. Schick
Dean F. Winn
Col. Winn
Italians Renew Steps For Open City In Rome
Italy informs Britain and the United States of actions toward demilitarizing Rome and declaring it an open city to halt allied air raids. Rome will be a noncombat transit center with defenses stood down and military traffic moved out, while a reduced garrison maintains order.
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United States
Britain
St. Lawrence
Japan
China
Soong
MEET
T. V. Soong
London
Ittaly
Rome
Stefani
Reuters
Pietro Badoglio
Vatican
Holy See
Washington
Italy
Two Kansas City Boys Reach New Orleans by River Trek
Two Kansas City youths sailed a flood swollen Missouri River toward New Orleans despite fears from parents and river men. They warned of a broken rudder but reached the destination before their homebuilt craft failed and sank afterward.
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Kansas City
New Orleans
Missouri
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