Allied Airpower Turned On Wewak 2,000 Are Killed In Danish Rebellion
RAF and American air forces target Rhineland and northern France with heavy bombing. Allied raids on Lille Vanderville Mazingarbe airfields result in several enemy losses and the removal of some Allied aircraft and escorts. Simultaneous strikes pound Munich Gladbach Rheydt Duisburg as the war enters a new pressure point with major air offensives.
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London
Rhineland
Lille- Vanderville
France
Mazingarbence
Eighth American Air Force
Allied
Muenchen-Gladbach
Rheydt
Duisburg
Calais
Western Europe
Duesseldorf
Germany
Strikes Break Out In Nine Danish Towns
STOCKHOLM Aug 31 Reports from Denmark say at least 2,000 are killed or wounded as fighting began before dawn Sunday between Danish soldiers sailors civilians and the German occupation army. The revolt was crushed but strikes spread across nine towns Aalborg Aarhus Grenaa Fredericia Svenborg and others as Von Hannecken tightens control arresting leaders and stripping government power. Denmark may form a free government in London with Danish leaders in exile, while Nazi censorship reports internments and possible arrests of Jews.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Christian
Sorgenfri Castle
Ohe
Hermann von Hennecken
von Hannecken
S . Aalborg
Aarhus
Grenaa
Fredericia
Sven
van Hannecken
Eric Scavenius
London
United Nations
Christmas Moeller
Moeller
Sweden
Germany
Desperate Japanese Counterattacks Beaten at Wewak
Allied air forces bombed Wewak New Guinea destroying more than 100 Japanese planes since mid August. Liberators and Lightnings added 37 to 49 more downed aircraft and allied troops held ridge positions above and below Salamaua airdrome as reinforcements arrived for the enemy.
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Wewak
Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Kila
Alexishafen
Bogadjin
Bouganville
Solomons
Santa Isabel Island
New Georgia
Japan
Vila
Colombanagara
Reds Seize Two Towns In Twin Drives
Soviet forces captured Yelnya and Glukhov in twin drives on the German front. Stalin announced victories at Yelnya near Smolensk and Glukhov in the Sevsk sector, with further claims of Rylsk and Taganrog recaptured as part of a broad summer offensive.
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London
Yelnya
Glukov
Joseph Stalin
Smolensk
Sevsk
Glukhov
Konotop
Russia
Stalin
Taganrog
Orel
Belgorod
Kharkov
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Mariupol
Mius
Rostov
War Today Analysis: Red Army Advances Near Taganrog
The war report outlines Soviet pressure along the Sea of Azov after Taganrog fell, with Russian forces driving westward and encircling danger to German troops. Stalin lauded the victory as Moscow observes a national salute, while German prospects shrink under the widening Russian offensive.
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Hitler
Russia
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Red Army
Stalin
Moscow
Eds
Kharkov
Ting
Fuehrer
Donets
Sea of Tov
Leningrad
Dnieper
H. S. Sewell
Berlin Says Invasion Fleet Massing In Mediterranean
A German foreign office spokesman said Allied invasion preparations are forming fleets of transports invasion barges and wash equipment in eastern Tunisia Sicily and Oran. He claimed 300000 French troops are concentrated at Oran and suggested an attack on southern Italy or France.
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Stockholm
Foreign Office
Berlin
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Sicily
Oran
Italy
France
Doomed Rails Tragedy Kills 25 in Lackawanna Wreck
Wayland New York August 31 Twenty six killed and about 150 injured when the Lackawanna Limited passenger train crashed head on with a switch engine near Wayland. Engineers described miscommunication as the cause and rescuers worked amid escaping steam at New York's worst rail disaster in over three years.
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Wayland
N. Y
Lackawanna Limited
New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Lake Shore Limited
New York Central
Little Falls
Limited
James FE. Leroy
Buffalo
B. J. Shields
Steele named radio advisor to treasury war bond drive
Secretary Morgenthau appointed Alfred M. Steele vice president of the d Arcy Advertising Agency St. Louis as radio advisor for the treasury war finance division He will oversee production of all war bond radio programs for the 15 000 000 000 third war loan opening September 9.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Alfred M. Steele
d'Arcy Advertising Agency
St. Louis
Treasury
War Finance Division
Steele
Standard Oil Company
Indana
GOP Urges Party To Renounce Isolationism
In San Francisco on August 31 the Republican postwar policy association announced plans to form organizations in 40 states to promote international postwar cooperation. Founder Deneen Watson of Chicago stated the policy aims to remove isolationist tags from the party. Reed Vetterli, Salt Lake City police chief, summed up the stance noting the need to improve national standing and property values amid today’s global context.
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San Francisco
Churchill outlines wartime aims and Soviet role at peace talks
In Quebec the British prime minister emphasizes the war primarily targets Japan and notes the Soviet Union would be welcome at a future United Nations conference. He defends Russia over criticism of the Western front and praises Mountbatten's Pacific leadership while warning on a possible second front and acknowledging Russia's pivotal resistance against Germany.
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Quebec
Winston Churchill
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Pemier
Churchill
Boris
Bulgaria
Britain
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Italy
Germany
Churchj
Hitler
Battles flare around Kinhwa as Chinese report heavy enemy losses
Chinese high command communique says clashes near Japanese held Kinhwa Chekiang resulted in heavy enemy casualties before retreat. It reports Chinese forces attacked and killed over half the Japanese troops convoying a salt boat near Tsinan and captured more than 100 rifles along with other booty.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Chekiang
High Command
Tsinan
Third Of Taxpayers Must File Return By Sept 15
Washington report explains the 1943 pay as you go income tax system with four taxpayer classes required to file a declaration by September 15 and make additional payments. The piece outlines estimates, deductions, and worksheets to use, noting penalties for under or overestimation and March final returns.
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Washington
Armed Services
Treasury
North Carolina Relief Flows From Portsmouth Delegation
A group of five North Carolinians in Portsmouth Va sent Governor J M Broughton a dollar to aid his travel. The governor, in Washington, lacked funds for a train ticket back to Raleigh and received $20 from Lieutenant Governor R L Harris after his pocketbook was lost. The delegation returned home and the governor later received the frogskin. A writer, Miss Doris Sumrell, noted the state’s strong surplus despite the apparent hardship.
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Raleigh
Portsmouth
J. M. Broughton
Washington
R. L. Harris
Harris
Doris Sumrell
North Carolina
Latin Solon Responsible For Revolt
Dr. Jose Pezet former vice president under Arnulfo Arias and ex ambassador to Costa Rica claimed sole responsibility for an aborted revolt against President Adolfo De La Guardia. He said the aim was to make himself president, naming several aides as contacts.
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Panama
Jose Pezet
Arnulfo Arias
Peret
Camarena
Carrion
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