Japanese air power mauled by New Guinea raids
Allied headquarters report severe Japanese losses on New Guinea after a large raid. Wewak air bases were heavily hit with 20 to 25 planes wrecked on the ground. 360+ losses cited for Wewak alone. Liberators and four engine bombers bombed Dagua and Hollandia areas amid fierce air combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Clen Clements
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
Wewek
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Formosa
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Monday's Bay
Dagua
36 Jap Planes Downed In Bougainville Air Fight
U S fighters battled 530 to 60 Zeros over Kahili air field Bougainville Island and destroyed 36 enemy planes. The loss report calls the air victory very light and notes a strong August for Allied air forces in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
William Hipple
U. S
South Pacific
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Corsair
Warhawk Airacobra
Kahili Field
Japan
Solomon Islands
Amecan
William F. Halsey Jr
Solomons
Great Damage Inflicted On Reich Capital
RAF heavy bombers blasted Berlin in a 15 minute attack to begin the fifth year of war for Germany. The air ministry said great damage was done in the second massive assault in eight days with Mosquito bombers hitting Berlin twice. Forty seven bombers and one fighter were lost as planes targeted airfields in France and the Low Countries while fighters swarmed to defend the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Air Ministry
France
Low Countries
Tiis
Nuernberg
Ruhr
American Task Force Attacks Marcus Island Near Tokyo
U S Pacific Fleet launches carrier air and sea assault against Marcus Island 1200 miles from Tokyo as Washington and Tokyo report the operation may be underway. The raid targets the Japanese held outpost in the central Pacific with a carrier task force planned for September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Japan
Marcus Island
Marcus
Raedio
Navy
Wake Island
Central Pacific
United States
Entire Nazi Defense Line Crumpling Before Reds
The Russian army advances on three fronts in a major offensive threatening the German defenses in the East. Moscow reports near Smolensk within 45 miles, 40 miles into Ukraine, and Taganrog remnants driving toward Stalino and Mariupol, with heavy German losses and village captures on the Ugra and Sevsk fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Smolensk
Ukraine
Taganrog
Stalino
Azov
Mariupol
Spas Demensk
Yelnya
Red Army
Russia
Ugra
Yerniya
Sevsk
Glukhov
Rulsk
Rom Gluhov
Kiev - Konotop - Bryansk
Red
Bryansk
Karachev
Sea of Azov
Mariuspol
Flying Forts Hammer At Italy Again
American Flying Fortresses conducted a long range raid from Northwest African bases to Pisa striking rail lines and an air factory. Liberators attacked Pescara while bombers hit Salerno Co sa and Catanzaro. British battleships bombarded coastal batteries near Reggio Calabria and Cape Pellaro amid limited Italian resistance.
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North Africa
Italy
Pisa
Middle East
Pescara
Cairo
Reggio Calabria
Cape Pellaro
Strait of Messina
Rapist Shot And Killed Trying To Flee In New Orleans
Police detective shot and killed William Stevens 36 after he tried to escape while being moved from the seventh precinct to the detective's headquarters for questioning. Stevens had confessed to multiple assaults on young girls enticed by ride and candy and threatened with a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Coast Guard
William Stevens
Stevens
Joseph Vigurie
Seventh Precinct
Srie
John J Grosch
Soviet Parley Desired by Hull Amid War Efforts
Secretary of State Hull said an Anglo Soviet American conference on urgent war problems is highly desirable but he had no plans to attend a London parley. He noted he did not know if such a conference would be held and recalled his summer stance on visiting London. The state department added that the Soviet government has been fully informed by the US and Britain on military and political developments in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
London
Anthony Eden
Department
United States
Italy
Newsprint Price Up Again in New York
The second price hike this year raises basic newsprint to 58 a ton an 16 percent above prewar levels. A $4 per ton increase is added to the prior $4 rise granted March 1 by the Office of Price Administration and the Canadian wartime prices and trade board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Office of Price Administration
Canadian Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Russia Plans To Collect Reparations From Reich After War
Moscow reports Professor Eugene Varga estimates Soviet reparations from Germany would run to billions of dollars with priority to the USSR and other occupied nations. He says ten years of work by 10 million skilled laborers plus money goods livestock machines would repair damage and fund payments after Germany’s demilitarization.
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Moscow
Germany
Soviet Union
Eugene Varga
Varga
University of
Budapest
United States
England
Russia
German Big Guns Lob Shells Over English Channel
German long range guns on the French coast opened fire at 8 a m and warnings sounded along the British southeast coast. The shelling lasted about a half hour with two gun salvos. Dover buildings shook as RAF planes crossed the Channel and observers saw flames on French cliffs near Calais. Night firing was heard in the Channel and German guns near Boulogne resumed.
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London
Dover
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Channel
Boulogne
Why Russia Avoids War On Japan
Britain's Prime Minister argues Russia could not be allied in a war against Japan while tied to a five year non aggression pact with Germany. He notes Allied leaders deem it brutal to demand Russia fight Japan and risk overextension on the eastern front.
Armed Belgian Patriots Fight Battle To Free Jews
The Belgian news agency reports armed Belgian patriots intercepted a train carrying 1,500 Jews from Malines to Poland. They fought German guards and freed some captives before guards opened fire, killing 20 and wounding 40 as hundreds escaped.
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London
Malines
Beligium
Poland
Danes Endure German Occupation Pressure and King’s Message
Eyewitnesses report merciless German crackdowns as King Christian X, imprisoned with Queen Alexandria, makes a brief public appearance. Danes chant in Lyngby despite Hannecken’s ban. German patrols maintain armored car vigilance and brutal orders to quell assemblies.
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Hermann von Hennedecken
Christian
Alexandria
Sorgenfri Castle
Lyngby
Hannecken
Denmark
Copenhagen
Gestapo
Pope Pius XII Calls for Just Peace in 1943
Pope Pius XII urged world leaders to achieve a just peace and a new dawn of peace in 1943. He spoke for fourteen minutes via Vatican radio stressing concern for all humanity and condemning those who incite conflicts. He blessed those seeking a real new order and warned that God will strike down oppressors.
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London
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Associated Press
Pius
Hitler
Lewis Urges Miners Work on Labor Day
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, asks miners to forgo the Labor Day holiday in both government and privately operated pits. Carl Newton, director of government controlled mines, may order all federal mines to stay open. The current work week is six days with time and a half for Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John P. Busarello
UMW
District 5
Lewis
Carl Newton
Confident Nazi News From Danzig Four Years Ago
Polish diplomat Arlet recalls German seizure of Danzig in 1939 when Nazi papers boasted victory before fighting, the Westerplatte bombardment, and Poles mistreated by SS guards. He describes escape, wartime service, and later reflections on Polish suffering.
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Danzig
Washington
Germany
Wieslaw Arlet
Schleswig-Holstein
Memel
Westerplatte
Arlet
General Commissariat
Warsaw
Poland
Tokyo Shakes Up Sea Chiefs With Changes
Tokyo radio announced shifts in senior sea commands. Vice Admiral Kanji Ugaki named chief of staff of the China Sea fleet while Rear Admiral Katsuzo Akiy assumed Yokosuka personnel chief duties. Rear Admiral Tadayuki Matsunaga became chief of staff, succeeding Minoru Karui.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo
China Sea Fleet
Yokosuka Naval Base
Kanji Ugaki
China Sea
Katsuzo Akiy
Yokoi
Asatsugo Hoshino
Tadayuki Matsunaga
Succe
Minoru Karui
Germans Report Another Retreat In Donets Basin
The DNB German news agency reports a further German withdrawal on the eastern front in the Donets Basin southwest of Voroshilgrad. Berlin says Russian assaults across the Mius Rylsk and Vyazma sectors were beaten off after heavy fighting.
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Donets Basin
London
DNB
Do Basin
Voroslavgrad
Berlin
Associated Press
Voroshilovgrad
Associat
Mius
Rulsk
Vyazma
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Rodney
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Uillian
Quail
Queenborough
Roubridge
Tyrian
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Petard
Tartar
Piorun
Rome
Cosenza
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Sweden
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