Death Toll Mounts To 68 In Four Train Wrecks
The Associated Press reports at least 68 dead and 156 injured as rail workers and police search debris from four train wrecks including the New York Central 20th Century Limited and Pennsylvania Congressional Limited.
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Associated Press
New York Central
20Th Century Limited
Pennsylvania
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
Canastota
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Port Jervis
Long Island
Hempstead
Pennsylvania Railroads
Washington
New York
Hitler and Staff Clash Over Italy Stand
A Swedish observer reports Hitler pressing to halt Allied advance at the Po river while his generals favor withdrawal behind the Alps. The plan includes delaying actions and moving axis troops from Italy, amid fear of a North Africa-like collapse. Mutual desire for peace exists but honor blocks capitulation. Also reports casualties from wrecks including 65 dead in the Congressional Limited disaster and other rail incidents.
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Stockholm
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Alps
Germany
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Franz Halder
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Tokyo Radio Warns Japs Of Situation
New York report of Tokyo broadcasts says war situation will worsen with no optimism. OWL notes costly losses around Lae New Guinea but claims Japanese have struck annihilating blows. A Tokyo naval correspondent cites mounting South Pacific battles and Allied air raids with large aircraft waves.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Office of War Information
People of
Japan
Tokyo
OWL
Lae
New Guinea
South Pacific
Rendova
New Georgia
Paratroops Cut Japanese Supply Lines in New Guinea
Allied forces report American paratroopers and Australian units seized an airfield in the Markham Valley, cutting off land routes for about 20 000 Japanese in the Lae Salamaua area. The field was overgrown and unused for months, aiding trap closure on Lae and Salamaua defenders as operations linked with an advance base. First Lt Monte Kleban of San Antonio, Texas, described Australian ground forces moving to secure the area.
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Southwest Pacific
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Markham River
Paimi
Calabria
Berlin
Associated Press
Strait of Messina
London
Ministry of Information
Mediterranean
Aoe Eeere
Gibraltar
Powerful British Offense Drives Ten Miles Inland
Allied headquarter dispatches report the British Eighth Army pushing 10 miles inland in the Santa Stefano area toward Delianuova as part of a broader Calabria coastal advance. Palmi and Delianuova were noted as captured with coastal forces extending roughly 60 miles along the front from Reggio Calabria.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Eighth Army
Italy
Santa Stefano
Delianuova
Palmi
Melito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Reggio Calabria
Forty-Eight Die In Texas Hotel Blaze
Houston, Sept 7. A midtown Houston hotel blaze killed 48 people and left 133 guests registered at the time, many leaping from windows and fire escapes as flames swept the three story brick structure. Firefighters struggled to reach victims as the building collapsed around them and searches continued for more bodies.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Clyde Spruell
J. S. Hebert
Charles S. Dixon
Holiday Death Toll Mounts Over Nation
The holiday weekend death toll rose with major disasters including the Congressional Limited wreck in Philadelphia and the New York Central Twentieth Century Limited wreck in Canastota. A Houston hotel fire killed 48, and traffic, drownings, and miscellaneous deaths pushed totals toward 350. California led with 44 fatalities. totals for North and South Carolina noted.
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Associated Press
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
New York Central
Canastota
Houston
Texas
National Safety Council
California
North Carolina
South Carolina
Invasion Chiefs Talk Led by Marshall for Allied Landing
Washington Evening Star reports General George C. Marshall may be named commander in chief of any Allied invasion of Europe, signaling advanced preparations for an English Channel crossing. The piece notes caution that readiness for imminent action is not implied, while highlighting Soviet advances against Nazi positions at Stalino Bryansk Kiev and Smolensk.
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France
English Channel
Washington Evening Star
Star
Constantine Brown
George C. Marshall
U. S
Continent
Engler
Brown
Hitler
United Nations
Red
Stalino
Donets
Bryansk-Kiev
Smolensk
Napoleon
Europe
British Isles
Marshall
Galazzi
Pope Pius
Washington
Sydney Welcomes Mrs Roosevelt on Arrival in Sydney
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Sydney from Melbourne and was greeted by Lord Wakehurst and the lord mayor at Mascot Field. She traveled 8,000 miles from home and appeared radiant as crowds gathered for her first day in the city during a five day east coast visit.
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Sydney
Australia
Eleanor Roosevelt
Melbourne
Mascost Field
Lord Wakehurst
New South Wales
Lady Wakehurst
Alderman Bartley
Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt
Mebourne
Marine Flier James E. Sweet Receives Medal of Honor
Captain James E. Sweet Seattle native and Marine pilot earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for shooting down seven Japanese bombers in one Solomon Islands mission on April 7. He becomes the 13th Marine to win the award in the current war.
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Washington
James E. Sweet
Solomon Islands
Roosevelt
Navy
Sweet
Seattle
Wash
U.S. Forces Lead Toll of Enemy Subs
The navy reported that out of more than 90 U boats sunk in May to July, American forces destroyed 29. Twenty four fell to U S naval forces and five were sunk by U S army aircraft, with additional submarine losses likely from allied actions. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill cited axis powers sinking over 90 subs in the period.
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Washington
Navy
Amercan
United States Army
Knox
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Axis
U.S
United States
United Nations
Churchill and France Resume Talks Amid Peace Hints
Washington reports mutual war discussions between Churchill and France while Rome hints at a formal peace bid. Vatican official Galazzi travels to Washington as speculation grows on postwar planning and Marshall prepares to lead a possible European invasion.
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Churchill
Italy
Radio
Rome
Enrico Galazzi
Vatican
Washington
Atlantic
England
Airfields In Naples Area Struck Again
Allied reports state U S bombers hit Naples area airfields at Pomigliano Capodichino and the Literno and Minturno yards along with Gaeta harbor and the Caserta Maddaleni line. B 25s and P 38s attacked Capua Caputa Grazzanise while B 26 Marauders struck Grazzanise fields. several enemy planes were shot down and light raids near Bizerte caused slight damage.
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North Africa
United States
Naples
Italy
Pomigliano
Capodichino
Literno
Minturno
Gaeta
Caserta
Maddaleni
Capua
Grazzanise
Caputa
Bizerte
Red Army presses toward Stalino amid Donets advance
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army completing recapture of the high mining area in the Donets basin and advancing toward Kiev. Russian forces captured the rail junction of Kynotop and threaten Rakhmach as heavy rains and mined terrain slow German defenses. Izvestia notes German artillery behind minefields weakened as Stalino comes under Russian fire two miles away.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red
Donets
Kiev
Ukraine
Kynotop
Rakhmach
Groun
Red Army
Donets Basin
Krasnoa Ameyskoye
Stalino
Reuters
Izvestia
Mak
MacArthur Witnesses Paratrooper Landing In New Guinea
General Douglas MacArthur watched hundreds of American paratroopers bail out and seize positions in the Markham Valley behind Lae as A-20s dropped smoke to mask the descent. He observed from a Flying Fortress with Lt. Col. Charles Morhouse and Col. LeGrand Diller aboard, arriving at 7 a.m. for operations overseen by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Markham
Lae
MacArthur
Charles Morhouse
Ticonderoga
N. Y
LeGrand Diller
Syracuse
George C. Kenney
Faith Airforce
U. S. Fighters Hit Jap Rail Yards in Indo China
American P 40 planes attacked railway yards near Laokay French Indo China starting many fires and causing extensive damage. Lieut. Gen. Stilwell’s HQ announced the raid. Surviving Liberator crew from a Hankow mission Aug 21 returned to base, confirming four more Japanese fighters destroyed for a total of 37 that day.
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Chungking
Laokay
Indo-China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
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Lae- Salamaua
Vern Haugland
Monte Kleban
San Antonio
Sinopoli
Melieucea
Solano
Cera
Paige
W. A. Wheeler
Mrs. Roosevelt
Douglas B. Cornell
Mr. Churchill
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