Red Troops Wipe Out 4 000 Nazis
Red Army drives deep into southern Russia overrunning nearly 200 villages and destroying hundreds of German weapons as it pushes toward the Dnieper and Pavlograd. Moscow reports indicate German forces retreat in disorder along a broad front with significant losses and possible encirclement threats.
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James M. Long
London
Red Army
Russia
Caucasus
Crimea
Moscow
Pavlograd
Kharkov
Dnieper
Novorossisk
Harkov
Poltava
Italy
Balkans
France
Berlin
Naval Air Units Are Transferred Prisoners Freed
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports Italy agrees to surrender immediately Corsica transfers its naval and air units to Allied territory and hands over all prisoners. Armistice signed Sept 3 and announced Sept 11 requires cessation of hostilities and transfer of Italian fleet and aircraft.
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Associated Press
North Afri
Italy
Corsica
United Nations
Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Pi Badoglio
Shi
Iles
Ita
Yanks Hurl Back Germans To Widen Naples Wedge
Allied forces in North Africa report American and British troops expanding the Naples wedge by securing Salerno port As German armored counterattacks fail to stop the advance the bridgehead is described as firmly established Numerous German prisoners are taken and combat continues along the Salerno front as Allied air and naval support pound the area
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Naples
Edward Kennedy
North Africa
America
Fifth Army
Italy
Salerno
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Berlin
London
Sorrento
Salerno Bay
Bay of Naples
Iere
Wallace Speaks At Chicago Rally For Democracy First
Vice President Henry A. Wallace addressed a Chicago rally urging Democracy First as the path to postwar peace. He warned America First isolation risks and urged Senate passage of the Ball Barton Mateh Hill resolution to secure seven freedoms including freedom from want.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
America
Chicago United Nations Committee
Ball-Burton-Hatch-Hill Senate
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Backbone Of Italian Fleet Sails Into Allied Hands
Allied HQ in North Africa reports the Italian fleet’s core, including Roma sunk, Italia Vittorio Veneto Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio among those reaching Malta after a Luftwaffe attack. Seven cruisers and six destroyers escaped to safety. Italian ships stranded in Balearics. Germans also seized northern Italy and Rome as Allied forces advance toward Salerno and Naples. King Vittorio Emanuele reportedly still reigns in Rome.
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Noland Nogaard
North Africa
Malta
ROMA
Italy
Italia
Littorio
Vittorio Veneto
Andrea Doria
Caio Duilio
Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Eugenio di Savoia
Emanuele Filiberto Duca D’ Aosta
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Luigi Cadorna
Balearic Islands
Spain
Germany
Rome
Naples
Salerno
Eighth Army
Maida
Emanuele
Vittorio Emanuele
Allies Close In On Trapped Japs In New Guinea Fight
Allied forces drive Japanese from ridge positions below Salamaua New Guinea under heavy artillery fire. Australian and American troops push toward Lae with rivers and airdromes in play. Encircled Lae Salamaua army may number up to 20 000 and faces likely defeat amid river crossings and jungle warfare.
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C. Yates McDaniel
South Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lae
Francisco River
River Bride
Markham Valley
Malahang
Busu
Bonds Sell $1.196 Billion In First Two War Loan Days
The Treasury reports $1.196 billion in bonds sold during the initial two days of the 22 day third war loan drive. The total covers sales on Thursday and Friday as the government mobilizes funds for the war effort.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Who Dares Not To Lend His Money
London dispatch describes soldiers arriving in a foreign country and wartime supply trains, hospital scenes, and battlefield carnage. It contrasts finance hesitancy with a call to action, ending with the question Who dares not to lend.
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London
Nazis May Revive Sub Campaign
STOCKHOLM noted German authorities believed a renewed U-boat campaign was planned with a substantial portion of the battle fleet in northern Norway ready to defend against an Allied invasion. Training in the Baltic ports Danzig and Gdynia continues as new submarine crews are formed and improved anti submarine methods appear in development. The naval outlook suggests intensified submarine activity as nights lengthen and military secrets about new devices remain closely guarded.
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Stockholm
Germany
Norway
Europe
Baltic Sea
Danzig
Gdynia
Atlantic
Prisoners Exceed War Bond Quota at Raleigh Jail
Inmates at Central Prison Raleigh surpassed their third war loan drive quota, buying over 6000 in war bonds and stamps, exceeding the 4100 target. Death row inmates Willie Smith and Wayman Granger, both Negroes facing appeals, contributed 2 to the fund after asking the warden to visit their cells. Smith hails from Warren County and Granger was convicted in Columbus County.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Wake County
Ralph McLean
Willie Smith
Wayman Granger
McLean
State Supreme Court
Smith
Warren County
Granger
Columbus County
FDR Addresses U S Zionists at Columbus Convention
President Roosevelt told the Zionist Organization of America that all feasible measures were being adopted to ease the sufferings of persecuted Jews in Europe. He condemned axis atrocities and cited the secretary of state’s October 30, 1942 statement as articulating U S policy.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Zionist Organization of America
Europe
Jury Finds Jeffress Incompetent In Greensboro Case
In Greensboro Edwin B. Jeffress president of Greensboro News Company was judged incompetent to manage his affairs by a 12 man jury after 45 minutes of deliberation ending at 5:15 pm. The verdict supports the petition to determine competency amid a long ongoing case begun last October with an appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Greensboro
Edwin B. Jeffress
Greensboro News Company
Deliberat
Petiti
Carolina Supreme Court
J Allen H. Gwyn
Edwin B. Jiress
Gwyn
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