Salamaua Falls to Allies as Lae Offensive Tightens
Allied forces drive Japanese from Salamaua on the New Guinea front as they press toward Lae. MacArthur says remnants of disintegrating troops retreat from the air and harbor town while Liberators and Fortresses strike Makassar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Dampier Strait
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Macur
Netherlands East Indies
Solomons
Huongult
Makassar
Dutch Celebes
Allied Reinforcements Pour Into Salerno Battle
Allied reinforcements rush into the 24 mile Salerno bridge head in Italy as Nazi counter attacks push the Fifth Army back at moments. British forces advance from the south and close in within about 100 miles of a junction to ease pressure on the invasion spearhead. Eisenhower directs ships and planes aiding the relief effort in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Salerno
Italy
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallipoli
U. S
Eboli
Associated Press
Cosenza
Bari
Brindisi
Adriatic
North Carolina Lost Over Seven Thousand Manufacturing Jobs
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a drop of more than 7,000 in North Carolina manufacturing employes in June, down from a peak of 394,000 last March. From Pearl Harbor to March, manufacturing rose, then fell 1,000 in April, 4,000 in May, and 2,000 in June. Nonagricultural employment totaled 724,000 in June, down 7,000 from 731,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
North Carolina
Pearl Hart
Bureau
Five Die as Navy Plane Crashes Into Guilford College Home
A Navy fighter crashed into the Knight residence at Guilford College Route One killing Mrs. Oliver N. Knight and four family members including three of her children and a Navy pilot. The blast and fire destroyed the house while survivors, including Knight’s husband and two other children, escaped or were treated for shock. A naval inquiry began in Atlanta as witnesses described the dramatic moment and scattered wreckage across the yard and nearby garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver N. Knight
Alta Winslow
High Point
Guilford College
Route One
Naval Board of Inquiry
Atlanta
Knight
Greensboro
Cornelia
Loretta Knight
Cornelia Knight
St. Leo’s Hospital
Greensboro High Point
Knight Home
W. S. Driver
Special Venire Is Drawn In Whiskey Case
In Wilkesboro a 75 man special venire from Yadkin county is ordered to try Guy Scott and Lt. W B Lentz on charges of larceny and liquor law violations tied to the alleged disappearance of 90 cases of liquor. Phillip Yates, a key witness, sought postponement. court denied, Yates at large on 500 bond. Grand jury sworn yesterday to report today on presentments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesboro
Yadkin County
Guy Scott
State Bureau of Investigation
W. B. Lentz
State Highway Patrol
Scott
Lentz
R. Hunt Parker
Cenure
Phillip Yates
Scott and
Yates
Broughton
J. F. Byers
Liberty
Germans Proclaim Fascism Is Reborn
London dispatch reports German radio declares fascism reborn under Mussolini with plans to reorganize Italy’s army, end Italy’s capitulation, and erase the Savoy rule. Nazi propaganda says Mussolini’s liberation triggers jubilation in northern Italy amid Hitler engineered upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Benito Mussolini
Radio Today
Italy
House of Savoy
Duce
Mussolini
Contempt Conviction Dismissed in Alabama Case
Contempt conviction of Ralph B. Chandler publisher of the Mobile Press and Register for editorial criticism of a court ruling was dismissed by Probate Judge Norvelle R. Leigh Jr. The judge ruled press liberty allows criticism after final judgment, unless the criticism is slanderous or libelous. The ruling noted the Willingham case had been decided before the editorial's publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Ralph B. Chandler
Mobile Press and Register
Norvelle R. Leigh, Jr
Leigh
Willingham
Nazis Retreat Fast Toward Kiev After Bryansk Fall
Soviet forces captured Bryansk disrupting German rail routes and opening the path toward Kiev and the Dnieper. Berlin claimed a German withdrawal to the Desna front, while Moscow reported a tightening Soviet advance and potential traps as the Nazis retreat across limited river crossings.
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Kiev
Ef.c
Daniel London
Bryansk
Dnieper River
Keystone
Moscow
Desna River
London
Dnieper
Dnieperopetrovsk
DNB
Berlin
Orel
Smolensk
Gomel
Financial Struggles Shape Early American War Efforts
AP Features recalls how hard it was to fund the American Revolution. In 1776 Washington begged Robert Morris for 500 pounds to secure enemy intelligence, and Morris backed the effort with his own note. Congress and states fought over money as a national treasury failed, until Morris stabilized finances, a national bank formed, and loans from France and Spain aided the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Robert Morris
Morris
Trenton
N. J
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Congress
France
Spain
War aims and vengeance in allied broadcasts toward Axis leaders
A wartime broadcast transcript quotes Mr. Hull advocating a hard peace backed by force and condemns Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo. It argues for denying leaders liberty, rooting out militarists, and naming allied targets while noting Allied advances at Salerno and Bari as German attacks press the Salerno bridgehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hull
Munich
Germany
Hitlers
Goering
Himmler
Boebs
Japan
Tojo
Italy
Count Ciano
Allied Salerno defense faces threefold difficulties
London reports a stiff Allied defense in the Salerno area with three major factors hampering progress. Long flight distances to protect beachheads, German concentration against a small target, and the failure to push back Germans enough to end artillery range from the beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Salerno
North Africa
Sicily
Draft Issue Shifted To High Command
Washington reports the administration sent the pre Pearl Harbor draft dispute to the high command for a clear manpower assessment. Senate leader Barkley urged delaying Wheeler bill action to January and proposed summoning Gen George Marshall and Admiral Ernest King before the military affairs committee for an authoritative force needs statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
High Command
Congress
Army
Navy
Senate
Barkely
Barkley
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Military Affairs Committee
Lost submarine Grenadier and two chasers reported
The navy reported the loss of the submarine Grenadier and two submarine chasers, 694 and 696, after enemy bombing in the Mediterranean on August 23. The Grenadier, built in Portsmouth New Hampshire, was about two years old with a 65 man crew and commanded by Lt. Comdr John A Fitzgerald. A Japanese raid on Funafuti Island was also noted with one enemy plane shot down and little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grenardier
Navy
United States
Funafuti Island
Ellice
Grenadier
Pacific
Mediterranean
Portsmouth
Nhh
John A. Fitgerald
Livermore
Calif
40 Cents An Hour Minimum Wage For Canning Employes
Raleigh report states that canned fruit and vegetable employers must pay 40 cents per hour after October 18. State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford announced the wage order, relayed by L Metcalfe Walling of the U S Department of Labor. About 400000 workers are covered, with roughly 110000 gaining 30 to 40 cent raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Forrest H. Shuford
Shuford
L. Metcalfe Walling
U. S. Department of Labor
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Iane
By Wes Gallagher
Lidice
HT Eee
Ukraine
Moscow- Kharkov
Desna
Chas
Stewart Towers
U. S. Naval Air Station
New Orleans
J. H. Towers
John Henry Towers
United States Pacific Air Forces
Ensign Towers
Herr Hitler
Signor Mussolini
General Tojo
Cordell Hull
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