Germany Seizes Central and Northern Italy Control
German sources claim consolidation of positions in Upper Italy the Balearics and Southern France. They say over 10,000 Italian troops surrendered their arms to Nazi forces and that the major part of the Italian peninsula is under German control. The broadcasts note Italian resistance in pockets but assert continued German operations. Vittorio Emanuele III and Badoglio reportedly fled toward allied Sicily, while Crown Prince Umberto’s location remains unclear. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s forces are credited with stabilizing positions after brief clashes.
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Judson O'Quinn
London
Italy
France
JIS
Hitler
Berlin
Thermans
Transocean
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Tro Badoglio
Cupation
Algiers
Taranto
Ventotene
Naples
Pola
Adriatic Sea
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Milan
Turin
Padua
Italian Fleet Returns to Port Under Air Attack
Reports from the Mediterranean describe Italy's fleet, including battleships and cruisers, steaming into port escorted by British ships after a half hour bombardment by German bombers. The action followed broader Allied advances and indicated substantial losses among Italian ships and submarines, with several vessels damaged or interned and merchant shipping disrupted.
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Italy
Ger
Linea
Ious
Gibar
Iwo
Planes From Alexandria Lose 22 Crews in Gulf Crash
Twenty two crewmen aboard two Flying Fortresses from Alexandria vanished after two giant planes collided in midair and plunged into the Gulf about forty miles off Mexico. Navy and Army searchers failed to locate any survivors.
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Exandria
Alexandria
of Mexico
Gulf
Policy Talk Is Due Today From Hull
Secretary of State Hull will broadcast a 30 minute foreign policy address at 9 00 p m E W T over the NBC network The department describes the talk as very important and will review the foreign situation past and present It is expected to reply to charges that the department has exercised little policy and to explain present policy in light of national interests in the world today
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Washington
Hull
State Department
NBC
Department
Pearl Harbor
United States
National Press Club
Tobacco price hikes float on flue-cured markets
WFA and North Carolina agriculture officials report price increases of one to two cents per pound for all flue-cured tobacco grades in the week ending Friday. Damaged leaf and more common quality grades pull down the average, with a 66 cent dip. Weekly sales reach 31,667,949 pounds at 34.98 cents per pound. season total 97,529,811 pounds at 36.32 cents. Markets face daily blockages due to a 3.5 hour sale limit. Production forecast revised to 778,298,000 pounds, down 4.5 million from August estimate and 10.5 million from last year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
War Food Administration
State Department of Agriculture
E Wfa
WFA
Department of Agriculture
WPB Sets 1944 Construction at 3 Billion Limit
The War Production Board plans limit public and industrial construction to 3 billion dollars in 1944, a 50 percent cut from 1943, citing manpower and material shortages. Proposals require approval from WPB review committees before materials are released, with 1942 totals much higher due to war plant expansion.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
WPB
1944 Crop Goals To Be Considered At State Meeting
Raleigh officials outline plans for a three day state meeting October 5 to 7 to review North Carolina 1944 crop goals. Extension leaders discuss meat and vegetable preservation in freezer lockers and the use of funds for school lunch programs as preparations continue for district meetings and agent conferences.
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Raleigh
Washington
Dean J. QO. Schaub
N. C. State College Extension Service
Schaub
North Carolina
D. E. Bradly
State College
Bradly
Hillman Moody
The
Food Distribution Administration
Negro Farm and Home Agents
Storni admits letter to Hull sparked Argentine cabinet crisis
Former Argentine foreign minister Segundo R. Storni said he assumed full responsibility for a confidential letter to Secretary Hull requesting lend lease aid. He resigned after Hull’s rejection, and the move triggered a cabinet reshuffle amid pro Allied attacks on Ramirez neutrality policy. Unconfirmed Chilean radio reports suggested a military junta ousted Ramirez, who pledged to maintain a firm line for the nation’s dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Segundo R. Storni
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Storni
Pedro Ramirez
Storm
Ramirez
Chile
Six deer hunts set for Holly shelter area in November
Raleigh dispatch reports six managed deer hunts in Pender county's Holly shelter wildlife area during November. Hinton James, head of inland game and fisheries, says hunts run November 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 and 13, replacing October events. Up to 450 applicants, with no more than 75 per hunt, may participate. governors and other state officials, including Governor Broughton, typically attend.
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Raleigh
Holly Shelter
Pender County
Hinton James
Division of Inland Game and Fisheries
State Department of Conserine and Development
James
Broughton
Russians advance in Caucasus as German retreat stalls
Allied threats in the west and south drive Red forces deeper into southern Russia near Mariupol and the Dnieper bend. Don Cossack cavalry aided the assault on Mariupol while Soviet amphibious forces stormed Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. German resistance appears to collapse across southern Russia as Kharkov to Crimea railway traffic tightens the noose.
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Russia
Don Cossack
Mariupol
Sea of Azovv
Voinograd
Dnieper
Berlin
Caucasus
Associated Press
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Western
Taman
Crimea
Kharkov
Press Women Set Fall Meeting for Durham
The North Carolina Press Women's Association will hold its fall meeting in Durham on Sunday October 31. About 85 members from across the state are expected with plans including a dinner at the Washington Duke hotel. President Mamie Braddy leads the group with Gertrude Carraway as eastern district chair.
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Durham
North Carolina Press Women's Association
Washington Duke
Mamie Braddy
Winston- Salem Journal and Sentinel
Gertrude Carraway
New Bern
Armistice Proclamations Endorse Italian Surrender Terms
The allied commander in chief will establish an allied military government in Italian territories deemed necessary for military interests and may demand disarmament and demobilization. Badoglio and King Vittorio Emanuele urged Italians to heed the armistice terms and defend the nation against German attacks in proclamations read on a radio station.
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Italy
Eisenhower
United Nations
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Badoglio
Airmen Deal Telling Blow To Germans
American fighter bombers using Sicily tactics disrupted a 200 to 250 vessel convoy heading from Sapri toward Naples. P-38s A-36s and Spitfire groups attacked trucks armored cars and convoys along the Tanager River valley forcing German reinforcements to stall. The raids protected beachheads and the landing of more troops and matériel.
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Sicily
Sicilian
Eighth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
Naples
Tanagro River
Lagonergro
Sapri
Auletta
War makes 100 million homeless
New York dispatch reports that invading forces have displaced nearly 100 million United Nations civilians. About 68 million depend on outside aid, with 50 million Chinese and 38 million Russians homeless or moved for war production. Greece faces severe hunger with about 3 million affected.
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New York
United Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Holland
Greece
Luxembourg
Asks Uniform Rates for Rail Freight Across Nation
Washington Sept 11 Senator Stewart of Tennessee urged Congress to end rate barriers in the west and south calling them a national boomerang. He said the government will pay about 2.7 billion dollars in rail freight rates in 1943, nearly half of last year's individual income tax revenue.
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Washington
Stewart
D-Tenn
Britons Warned On Hitler Talk
Londoners reacted with notable silence to Hitler's speech as the Times warned Britons not to underrate its appeal to German soldiers and people. Continental neutrals offered little comment, while Hungary read a DNB text and said public opinion respected the Fuehrer’s words and pursued its national policy.
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London
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Duehrer
London Times
Hitler
Hitley
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Budapest
Hungary
DNB
Fuehrer
Freed Prisoners Near Capture On Swiss Frontier
Dispatches from Chiasso report several thousand British French and Greek prisoners released from Bergamo concentration camp moving toward Italian Swiss border. German forces expected near Como with prisoners crossing Ponte Chiasso and others heading to various border points. Como reportedly still held by Italians with thousands in streets, per Swiss broadcast monitored by U.S. government.
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Bern
Switzerland
Chiasso
Bergamo
Como
Milan
Ponte Chiasso
Schwarenburg
U.S
Extra Coal Mined on Labor Day as Ickes Warns
Secretary Ickes said U S coal miners produced 1 534 000 tons of coal on Labor Day. He warned the coal supply remains bad and will likely worsen before it improves, urging substantial production increases to prevent curtailment of war activities due to fuel shortages.
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Washington
Ickes
Weather summary North and South Carolina and Georgia
Slightly cooler conditions spread through the eastern portions of North and South Carolina with continued coolness in the western areas. Georgia, while remaining mild, experiences a slight drop in temperatures with cooler but mild conditions extending into Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Baruch memo urges farm draft deferment review and efficiency cuts
William T. Peacock reports Bernard Baruch analyzes manpower in wartime and urges tighter control of drafts and civilian output. He favors regular farm deferment reviews, cost cutting, and fixed price contracting to curb labor hoarding. Byrnes’ office says the memorandum is for guidance only and not public.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Capitol
Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture
Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Selective Service
West Coast
Byrnes
Nazi fleet hid in fortified Norwegian fjord network
Norwegian reports indicate Hitler’s Tirpitz and Scharnhorst lie hidden in the Altfjord protected by fortified islands at Norway’s northern tip. The German force includes destroyers and other ships, with some flotilla said to have taken part in the Wednesday raid on Spitsbergen.
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Hitler
Scharnhorst
Altfjord
Norway
Polar
Spitsbergen
Allied air actions threaten Naples area German reinforcements
Allied air forces report strikes along a 60 mile arc around Naples disabling reinforcement routes via highways and rail lines. Bombing areas north toward Salerno aimed to prevent German withdrawal southward and keep pressure on the Fifth Army bridgehead. Meanwhile the British Eighth Army moved swiftly in the toe of Italy with Montgomery claiming control of vast southern territory amid demolitions.
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Yhe
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Gulf of Squillace
Gulf of Sant’ Eufemia
Swap Shop Opens in New York At Henry Street Settlement
A Henry Street Settlement swap shop in New York operates without cash exchanges. People bring in items to trade and receive points for value, then choose any item of equal points from stock, including electronics and fur. In wartime Europe, Britain gains in the Mediterranean. Ventotene lands yield German captures. Pola Rhodes and other Italian sites reportedly surrender to German forces as Milan Turin and Padua are claimed under German control.
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New York
Henry Street
England
Greater
Radio Program Schedule for Sunday September 12
Readable radio grid lists program times and shows from 12:50 pm to 3 hours after, featuring Red Cross drama, Wake Up America, Labor for Victory, The Lutheran Hour, NBC Symphony, CBS Theater, and various music and talk shows. notes corrections, time shifts, and repeat segments across nbe, blue, mbs, cbs, and other networks with multiple hosts and performances. The schedule names many programs and performers across religious, news, and entertainment segments, reflecting wartime broadcasting variety.
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Vetworks
Red Cross
Arthur Gaeth
Sei
Rupert Hughes
America
Blu
Church of the All
Cbs
Stanley Dixon
Nbe
L. of Chicago Roundtable
Jim
Blu Ceiling Unlimited
Cba Pilgrim Radio Hour
John Chas
Sammy Kaye
Washington
Blu-West
N. Y. Philharmonic
Dbs
Fort Dix
Mbs
Upton Close
Nbbe Hanson
W. Baldwin
The
Army
Dixie
Orchestra
Bia
Mbs-West
Datce Music Orches
Andre Kostelavetx
Cove Young People's Church
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Bla Family Conc
Gladys Swarthout
Irene Rich
Radiomabe
CBS Sunday
Creat Gildersleeve
Dts
Basic
Britain
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Nbe News
Bob Trout
Cbe Alexander
Gaga
Che
Gabriel Heatter
Tmbs
Nbde
Walter Winchell
Conrad Nagel
Mbe
Basin Street
Blu Pull Baker
John BK. Hughes War
Add Tonmpahy
L. Shirer
John Stanley
Bobby Hockey
Maria Kurenko
Card of thanks for Estella Ridge's family
The family of Mrs. Estella Ridge thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death. Appreciation is also given for the beautiful floral offerings from Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Albertson and children.
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Estella Ridge
E. L. Albertson
Acknowledgments for My Father B F Bryant Death
I thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of my father B F Bryant and for the beautiful floral offerings. B B Bryant.
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B. F. Bryant
B. B. Bryant
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Dick Haymes
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Jim Ameche
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News of the World
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Rupert Hushes
Richard Maswell
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