Unconditional Armistice Is Granted Italy
Allied announces Italy surrenders unconditionally under a military armistice approved by Britain the United States and the USSR. Gen Eisenhower says Italian government bound itself to terms and hostilities end at once. Truce reached last Friday in Sicily with Messina Strait invasion proceeding.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
United States
Tunisia
Sicily
United Kingdom
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
United Nations
Marshal Badoglio
Messina
Stalino Falls to Red Army After Fierce Soviet Drive
Soviet forces captured Stalino in a hard fought advance in the Donets region. German communique confirms evacuation after destroying military installations as Red Army presses toward Mariupol and severs the Donets rail line.
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Stalino
Donets
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Red Army
Red Star
Donets Basin
Dnieperopetrovsk
Paratroop Artillery Joins Lae Advance in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report field guns parachuted with American troops at Nadzab now fire on Japanese positions toward Lae in the Markham valley. A 100-man Japanese patrol was routed near Singana plantation as Australian infantry neared Malahang and the Busu river.
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Vern Haughland
Southwest Pacific
Nadzab
Markham Valley
Lae
Singana Plantation
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Busu River
Malahang
U. S
The
Fall of Italy Signals Final Phase in World War
London reports Italy has fallen signaling the western world enters its decisive final stage. The collapse opens the German southern position to Mediterranean campaigns as Allied forces prepare for destiny ahead. The loss is described as a major payment on Hitler's defeat and a blow rivaling 1918 Germany's southern flank collapse.
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Italy
London
Mediterranean
Hitler
Kaiser
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria- Hungary
Italy Surrenders but Po Front Still Holds Key
The Italian government accepts unconditional surrender affecting its controlled areas, while German forces along the Po line in northern Italy may resist. If Germans defend the Po, heavy fighting could ensue, though bombing via the Brenner pass might force retreat. Uncertainty remains over Italian fleet control at Pola and La Spezia as Germans may hold both ports.
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Italy
Brenner Pass
Germany
Badoglio
Pola
Adriatic
la Spezia
Henry Fonda Sued for Paternity Obligations
Henry Fonda now serving in the U S Navy has been summoned by a superior court commissioner to show cause on October 26 why he should not pay medical expenses and support for the daughter of Barbara Thompson of Long Beach California pending trial of a suit in which she alleges he is the baby's father. Thompson seeks five thousand dollars for medical expenses two thousand dollars monthly support up to ten thousand dollars in attorneys fees and court costs.
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Los Angeles
Henry Fonda
U. S. Navy
Barbara Thompson
Long Beach
Calif
Burrus Memorial Hospital Trustees Plan Endowment Drive
Editorial praises Burrus Memorial Hospital trustees for organizing to raise a substantial endowment to fund future hospital facilities. The author notes the city already mobilizes for causes, but supports the push to secure a large trust fund and begin construction when conditions allow.
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High Point
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Train Wreck Toll Rises to Seventy-Eight in Philadelphia
The Labor Day Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional Limited disaster killed 78, with 23 unidentified victims and nine of the 16 cars derailed on the northeast curve. Hospitals report 99 injured, six of whom may die. Mrs Marian Berry McCauley of New York is one missing passenger.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
City
Washington
New York
Marian Berry McCauley
Ian
McCauley
William Barbour
Law
Marshall Reveals New War Plans
General George Marshall states Allied plans for an invasion of northwestern Europe are virtually complete and victories over Japan are well advanced. He notes the Casablanca conference first outlined the second front and confirms air and other operations in Northwestern Europe were reviewed and approved.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
European
Europe
George
Marshall
Japan
Army
Casablanca
Stimson
Davidson College Founder Dr William J Martin Dies
Dr William Joseph Martin 74 president emeritus of Davidson College died in a Richmond Virginia hospital after six months illness. Native of Columbia Tennessee he graduated from Davidson in 1888 with AB and earned MA from Davidson MD and PhD from Virginia. Funeral and burial planned for Davidson but arrangements not announced.
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Davidson
William Joseph Martin
Davidson College
Richmond
Martin
Columbia, Tenn
University of Virginia
Argentina’s Lease-Lend Aid Request Rejected
Washington reports say Argentina asked for American lease-lend materials on August 5 and was firmly refused by Secretary Hull. Vice-Admiral Ando Storni claimed pro allied status while remaining neutral in the hemisphere, but Hull asserted Argentina conducts Axis trade and harbors agents. The exchange, public in both nations, warned that Argentina could be labeled disloyal if relations shift.
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Washington
Brazil
Argentina
Ando Storni
Eparaty
Hull
Buenos Aires
Storni
Axis
Italy
France
U. S
Storm
Questions Arise From Surrender
Questions arise from Italy's surrender as AP reports on the fate of the Italian fleet based around seven battleships split between Pola and Spezia. Possible German withdrawals from the Po valley and the future of 25 to 30 Italian garrison divisions in the Balkans and France are examined along with 250,000 Italian workers in Germany and the impact on Hitler's Balkan satellites.
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Associated Press
Pola
Adriatic
Spezia
Po Valley
Balkans
France
Germany
Hitler
Balkan
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Crotia
Italy
War Bond Message by Morgenthau for 15 Billion Drive
Secretary Morgenthau urges the nation to buy War Bonds in September to raise 15 billion dollars for the war effort. He emphasizes individual sacrifice, the impact on equipment and the survival of soldiers, and the need for broad public participation to fund victory.
No Comment From FDR Churchill On Italy Surrender
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill neither issued formal remarks after Italy capitulated. The news, deemed big and celebrated by American officials, was conveyed to Eisenhower and then shared with Churchill as he delayed in Washington after the Quebec conference. Secretary Hull also withheld a statement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Churchill
Great Britain
Italy
Stephen Early
General Eisenhower
Quebec
Onv
Hull
Stranded Fire Chief Returns After Chicago Trip
Fire Chief Alexis B. Cuneen came to Larchmont and apologized to the village board after his trip to a fire chiefs convention in Chicago in his department car. The board censured him for poor discretion and he will appear before the ration board to explain the journey, which began with a request for gasoline coupons from Pittsburgh.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Alexis B. Cuneen
Chicago
Red Department
Harry E. Goeckler
Cuneen
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