Allied Airmen Hit Rail Centers Near Rome and Naples
Allied forces report Flying Fortresses striking Orte a railway hub 40 miles north of Rome and medium bombers hitting Torre Annunziata on the Bay of Naples as part of the daily destruction of Italian communications in North Africa theater on August 30.
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la Mezia
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War and upheaval shake Hitler's European grip
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from the Balkan front and northern seas on rising Danish resistance and Bulgaria's fragile position as Hitler's empire fractures. Allied air offensives strike Italian toe targets, smashing rail yards and coastal defenses while naval actions target Calabria and Messina areas.
Danes Revolt Against Axis Russians Capture Taganrog
Stalin announced the capture of Taganrog signaling a breakthrough on the southern Russian front. German forces evacuated and destroyed the port after heavy fighting, as the Soviet cavalry and mechanized units breached rear positions. The fall threatens Hitler's southern front HQ at Stalino 70 miles away.
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Associated Press
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High Command
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Denmark Battles Germans After Scuttling Navy
Stockholm reports fires raged among scuttled Danish ships in Copenhagen Harbor as Nazi patrols and planes pressed Danes fleeing a new German military dictatorship. Refugees say many drowned in the Oresund while boats and boats were sunk. martial law was imposed, King Christian X interned, government replaced.
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John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Oeresund
Christian X
Landskrona
Eric Scavenius
Christian
Sorgenfri Castle
Hor net Launch Heralds New Naval Boldness At Newport News
In Newport News a Hornet aircraft carrier launch drew cheers as Secretary Knox hinted at large scale air raids on Tokyo. The ceremony faced a 45 minute delay due to a faulty launching mechanism. Knox recalled the Hornet’s wartime record from Midway to the Solomons and promised future raids, while the crowd watched champagne flow from the ship as a symbolic vow of vengeance.
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Virginia
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
United States Navy
Knox
Rising Sun
Santa Cruz Islands
James River
J. B. Woodward
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Midway
Solomons
America
Pearl Harbor
Strike Threat Withdrawn At War Plant
Springfield plans of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company faced a temporary withdrawal of a potential walkout by war reduction workers. The halt follows a pending war labor board hearing in Washington on September 11 over a union jurisdiction dispute between United Farm Equipment and Metals Workers CIO and United Mine Workers of America. District 50 officials credited Secretary of Labor Perkins and WLB processes with averting action after a secret August 4 vote showed 1,005 in favor of potential disruption to war production.
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Springfield
Ill
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
War Labor Board
Washington
United Farm Equipment and Metals Workers
CIO
Atlants
United Mine Workers of America
WLB
Perkins
District 50
Hugh White
Allies Push Back By Big Jap Assaults On Salamaua
Allied forces report fierce Japanese counterattacks along the Salamaua front in New Guinea forcing slight ground loss in spots while Allied troops, supported by aircraft, close on the Salamaua air drome. American units land unopposed on Arun del Island near Arundel, west of New Georgia, within range of Kolombangara.
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Kolombangara
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Lae
Voco Point
Kolombangara Island
Sweden Expresses Sympathy For Denmark Crisis
In Kalmar Sweden's Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson said Denmark's swift upheaval serves as a warning to stay vigilant as Sweden remains in a tenuous war position. Stockholm papers echoed concern over German actions and the credibility of Nazi promises amid broader Allied pressures.
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Hermann von Hannecken
Denmark
Werner Best
von Hannecken
Stockholm
Per Albin Hansson
Kalmar
Sweden
Tidningin
Nya Dagligi Allehanda
Germany
Africa
Italy
Aftontidningen
Norway
Roosevelt Plans New Talks in Washington with Key Officials
President Roosevelt, back in Washington from Ottawa, schedules meetings with Chinese foreign minister Soong, Secretary Hull, General Marshall, and General Arnold. Churchill likely arrives within a week to finalize Quebec discussions. Officials expect focus on political postwar aims and joint-war strategy with Britain and Russia.
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George C. Marshall
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H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Winston Churchill
Britain
Anthony Eden
Japan
Soong
White House
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Canada
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Production Resumed At Murray Corp
Murray Corporation of America in Detroit states production of war material resumed after a work stoppage involving about 9,000 employees. A return-to-work agreement was reached Saturday night as company and union reps agreed to negotiate the dispute. Lloyd T. Jones, president of Murray Local No. 2, United Automobile Workers CIO, said the walkout protested discipline of 200 workers returning late from lunch. The company docked pay for late returns and cited sympathy walkouts. The plant manufactures aircraft for the Army.
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Detroit
Murray Corporation of America
Lloyd T. Jones
Murray
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Jones
Woman Held On Spy Count Refuses Food
DETROIT Aug 30 The Detroit News reports Mrs Theresa Behrens 44 among four arrested on wartime espionage act warrants has refused food since Thursday noon. FBI declined to comment on her condition or hunger strike. Behrens taken to Receiving hospital with others Grace Buchanan-Dineen 34 Fred William Thomas 44 surgeon Bertrand Hoffman 27 seaman held on 50000 bond. Behrens quarrels with staff and insists on refusing nourishment while charges stand.
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Detroit
Detroit News Today
Theresa Berrens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Receiving Hospital
Execution Stayed in Clyde Grass Case
A legal technicality stays the Friday execution of Clyde Grass, convicted in Cabarrus County for the fatal shooting of his father in law and sister in law. Grass, who has already received a reprieve, gave notice of appeal in open court from a denial of a motion for a new trial. The appeal will be heard by the Supreme Court.
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Raleigh
Clyde Grass
Cabarrus County
Grass
Supreme Court
State vehicle mileage drops 29.9 percent in spring quarters
Raleigh dispatch reports state mileage administrator W. H. Rogers said April through June this year saw a 29.9 percent decline in mileage from the same months in 1941. The state operated 1,215 vehicles in 1941 versus 1,177 in 1943, with 1941 mileage at 6,857,851 compared to 4,804,100 in 1943.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. H. Rogers
Tentative Order Sent Out To Lift Easts Drive Ban
Washington August 30 A tentative order to lift the eastern pleasure driving ban has been sent to OPA field offices but will take effect only after word from OPA headquarters. Officials said the move aims to free eastern motorists, with possible action around September 1 or next weekend, amid low east gas stocks and ongoing ration talks.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Harold L. Lickes
Richard C. Harrison
Harrison
Blue Network
Work Or Fight Law Claimed Constitutional In Maryland
In ROCKVILLE Maryland the author of Maryland work or fight law says it is constitutional after a 19 year old farm hand was jailed and freed. The act was examined and modified by the state attorney's office and Judge Walsh before passage. Stanley Day a 4 F army reject was freed after a 30 day sentence due to lack of prevailing wage. The law applies to 14 counties and requires able bodied men 16 to 60 to work five days a week at prevailing wage. War Manpower Chief McNutt declined to comment on its validity.
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Maryland
Benjamin G. Wilkinson
William Walsh
Stanley Day
Day
Henry Bussard
Redlands
Joseph B. Simpson
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