Allied Airmen Strike Orte and Torre Annunziata Rail Centers
Allied air forces pressed the Italian war effort with heavy raids on Orte the rail hub north of Rome and Torre Annunziata near Naples. RAF and American bombers joined in targeting gun positions and rail links across Calabria and Messina Straits, destroying twenty enemy planes and damaging rail yards while facing limited opposition.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Orte
Rome
Torre Annunziata
Bay of Naples
Italy
RAF
Calabrian
Cape Pellaro
Boston
Baltimore
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Messina
Cosenza
la Mezia
Angitola
Associated Press
Naples
Salerno
Catanzaro
Russians Capture Taganrog as Nazi Lines Crumble
Stalin announced the capture of Taganrog, a crucial Sea of Azov port, after a bold Soviet cavalry and mechanized advance breached German rear areas. German reports said the city was evacuated after destruction. The fall signals crumbling southern front positions and a continued Red Army drive from Rostov toward Mariupol.
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London
Josef Stalin
Taganrog
Stalin
Moscow
Associated Press
Sea of Azov
Stalino
Hitler
High Command
Berlin
Donetsko-Amvroisievka
Donetsko- Amvroisievka
Stalingrad
Rostov
Mius
Mariupol
Hornet Launch Signals Bigger Air Blows at Tokyo
Newport News reports the launch of the aircraft carrier Hornet with Secretary Knox pledging large scale air raids on Tokyo. A delay occurred due to launching mechanism issues. Knox recalled Hornet's war record from Midway to Pearl Harbor avenging.
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Newport News
Virginia
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
United States Navy
Hornet
Knox
Rising Sun
Santa Cruz Islands
James River
J. B. Woodward
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Midway
Solomons
America
Pearl Harbor
Hitler's hold on Denmark and Bulgaria crumbling amid revolt
In wartime analysis the Danes rise against German occupation as Bulgaria's regime fractures. The piece warns these nearby states, once simpathetic to Hitler, now threaten his strategic hold on Europe and could invite Allied action along invasion routes and Balkans frontlines.
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Hitler
Denmark
Balkans
Bulgaria
Strike Threat Withdrawn At War Plant
Springfield workers at two Allis-Chalmers plants postponed a walkout as a war labor board hearing on a union jurisdiction dispute nears September 11. District 50 officials credited Save situation for delaying action while 1,005 to 36 voted to interrupt war production in a secret August ballot.
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Springfield
Ill
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
War Labor Board
Washington
United Farm Equipment — Iemeare
CIO
Istand
United Mine Workers of America
WLB
Secret of Labor
Perkins
District 50
Hugh White
Allies Pushed Back By Big Jap Assaults On Salamaua
Allied and Japanese forces clash along Salamaua front in New Guinea as Allies yield ground at points while Australian and American troops land unopposed on Arundel Island near New Georgia. Air support and bombardments target Salamaua airfield and Voco Point as operations consolidate gains and counterattacks continue.
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Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
Angeo
New Guinea
Solomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Kolombangara
Salamauan
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Voco Point
Sweden Expresses Sympathy for Denmark in Crisis
Sweden's Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson said, in Kalmar, that Denmark's crisis is a warning to stay vigilant as war danger looms for neutral Sweden. Stockholm editorials note German difficulty in controlling Danes resisting occupation and doubt Nazi promises of independence for Denmark and Norway.
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Stockholm
Per Albin Hansson
Kalmar
Denmark
Sweden
Nya Dagligt Allehanda
Germany
Africa
Italy
Aftontidningen
Norway
Roosevelt Sets New Talks On Return To Capital
President Roosevelt returned to Washington and set appointments with top officials following the Quebec war conference. Churchill is expected within a week to discuss political postwar plans. debates may cover allied strategy and administration of liberated regions.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Secre
Hull
George C. Marshall
Cauaboomion Simastr Developee Army Air Forces
Winston Churchill
Britain
Anthony Eden
Japan
Soong
White House
Stra
Marshall Arnold
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Conat
Production Resumed At Murray Corp
Detroit August 30 war material production restarted at Murray Corporation of America as about 9 000 employees returned after a Friday stoppage. A return to work pact was reached Saturday night with shop stewards and CIO UAW locals citing tardiness and disputes over lunch periods. Murray, maker of army aircraft, said docked pay followed lateness and walkouts spread in sympathy.
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Detroit
Murray Corporation of America
Somanet
Lloyd T. Jones
Murray
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Jones
Woman Held On Spy Count Refuses Food
Detroit reports Mrs. Theresa Behrens, 44, among four arrested on wartime espionage acts, has refused food since Thursday noon. FBI would not confirm hunger strike or condition. Behrens, Grace Buchanan Dineen, 34, Dr Fred William Thomas, 44, and Bertrand Stuart Hoffman, 27, each held on $50,000 bond at Receiving Hospital and county jail.
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Detroit
The
Detroit News Today
Theresa Berrens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Receiving Hospital
Jens
Execution Stayed For Clyde Grass In Fatal Shooting Case
A legal technicality halted Clyde Grass scheduled Friday execution in Cabarrus County for fatally shooting his father in law and sister in law. Grass, who has received a reprieve, appealed 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
Mileage Drop Reported for North Carolina Vehicles
Raleigh August 30 1943 mileage administrator W H Rogers noted a 29.9 percent reduction in state owned vehicle mileage in April May and June this year over 1941 levels. The state operated 1 215 vehicles in 1941 and 1 177 in 1943. Mileage totaled 6 857 851 in 1941 versus 4 804 100 in 1943 for the same period.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. H. Rogers
Tentative Order Sent Out To Lift East's Drive Ban
Washington Aug 30 A tentative order to lift the ban on eastern pleasure driving has been sent to OPA field offices. The order carries no official status yet but indicates liberalization may come by Sept 1 or next weekend. Chester Bowles said the agency hoped to ease eastern gasoline restrictions in September. Harrison, head of the rationing section, noted east stocks are low and a larger allotment may take weeks or months.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Harold L. Lickes
Richard C
Harrison
Blue Network
Work Or Fight Law Claimed Constitutional
In Rockville Md Aug 30 1939 the author of Maryland work or fight law asserts its constitutionality after a 19 year old farm hand jailed and freed under its provisions. Benjamin G Wilkinson former state attorney and legislator says the act was examined by the state attorney’s office and shaped with Judge Walsh’s input before passage. The law targets able bodied males 18 to 60 for weekly work at prevailing wages, and its legality was questioned after Stanley Day a 4 F rejected by the Army was released after two days of a 30 day sentence. State’s Attorney Joseph R Simpson said Day was not proven offered the wage required. War Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt declined to comment or offer an opinion.
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Rockville
Maryland
Benjamin G. Wilkinson
William Walsh
Stanley Day
Day
Henry Bussard
Red Itd
Joseph RB. Simpson
Mary and
Paul V. McNutt
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University of Tennessee
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University Dairy Farm
Knoxville
University Far
Christian
John H. Colburn
Copenhagen
Oeresund
Christian X
Landskrona
Eric Scavenius
Sorgenfri Castle
von Hannecken
Dewitt MacKenzie
Balkan
North Sea
Poland
U. S
Coese
Kolombangara Island
Ervides
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Mary
Territorial Service
Bean
Hawaii
Murray Corp
East
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