Fifth Army Grinds Into Salerno Foothills Front Formed
Allied forces drive into Salerno foothills as Fifth Army and Eighth Army close on Italian defenses. Eisenhower announces joint front with Montgomery and Clark forces linking three beachheads on west, south and east. Contact between Allied wings tightens frontline pressure.
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Eighth Army
Taranto
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montgomery
Gen. Clark
London
Montecorvino
Clark
Algiers
CBS
Agropoli
Valle Della Lucania
Italy
Taranton
Brindisi
Bari
Apulia
Priam Grip
Salerno
Gioja del Colle
Potenza
Appennines
Gulf of Taranto
Associated Press
Berlin
Sal
Patrolman To Testify In Liquor Case
In Wilkesboro the defense plans to call Lt. W. B. Lentz of the state highway patrol as a witness in the liquor case involving two defendants, Lentz and Guy Scott of the SBI. Scott testified yesterday that he had no liquor or liquor in his car the night of June 1. The trial follows a raid on Phillip Yates’s premises over the disappearance of 90 cases of liquor, with Yates indicted for violations of prohibition laws and serving as a key state witness. Yates, free on bond, did not appear at the start of the term and is still missing. The state rested its case after a defense motion for a directed verdict was denied.
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Wilkesboro
W. B. Lentz
State Highway Patrol
Guy Scott
State Bureau of Investigation
Scott and
Lentz
SBI
Phillip Yates
Yates
Scott
Charitie
Italy
Mediterranean
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Marshal Petain
Montlucon
RAF Bombers Strafe Modsane Frontiers and Antheor Viaduct
British air raids hit Modane freight yards near the Mont Cenis tunnel and the Antheor Viaduct on the French Riviera route. Mosquitos joined night strikes on Berlin while heavy daylight bomber raids target port installations in Biscay and other Axis targets as part of a near round the clock campaign.
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London
France
Modane
Antheor
St. Raphael
Modine
Mont Cenis
Alps
Italy
Mont Cenistel
Turin
Lyon
Paris
Bay of Biscay
RAF
Munich
Gothard
Simplon
Swizerland
Eure Favors Lowering Voting Age in State
Raleigh September 17 Thad Eure secretary of state said he favored extending the voting privilege to 18 year olds in service. He cited a Salisbury mother’s card asking for the change and noted it would require a constitutional amendment. He argued it makes no sense to fight for life and country without a voice in decisions.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Salisbury
Eure
German press notes Allied Salerno initiative regain
Berlin radios and Dagens Nyheter report that German military circles acknowledge the Allies have regained the initiative in the Salerno area of Italy. The Berlin correspondent notes a shift from optimism to growing concern in the German capital this week.
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Stoc
Holm
Salerno
Italy
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Three Soviet Armies Close In On Nazis At Krasnograd
Three Russian armies push westward through southern Ukraine toward Krasnograd a Nazi bastion and rail hub on the Kharkov Dnieperpetrovsk line. German high command admits retreat from Bryansk 210 miles southwest of Moscow.
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Krasnograd
London
Ukraine
Kharkov
Allied Offensives Push Forward In Salerno And On Dnieper Front
The war page reports allied forces securing the Salerno bridgehead and advancing, while the Red Army breaks German lines east of the Kiev Zaporozhe Dnieper line, recaptures Novorossisk, and advances on multiple sectors. Stalin orders and a Moscow communique celebrate rapid gains across four fronts, threatening German defenses.
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NBC
Montecorvino
Salerno
Moscow
Red Army
Kiev-Zaporozhe
Dnieper
RED
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kuban
Caucasus
Mediterranean
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Italy
Secretary of the Treasury
Bryansk
Berlin
Dnieper River
Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Lozo- Vaya
Kharnov-Crimea
Nosovka
Nezhin
Explosion At Norfolk Navy Yard Kills 17
A blast at the Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia killed about 17 people and injured around 257, with fourteen in critical condition. Authorities attributed the explosion to ammunition in transit and ordered a board of investigation. the incident damaged hangars and multiple buildings as civilian casualties were possible.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
H. F. Leary
USN
Fifth Naval District
L. P. Treadwel
C. C. West
J. R. Tague
Brooks
Judge Advocate
Navy
C. J. MacDonald
Norfolk City
State Boosts Bond Quota by 12 Million
North Carolina increases Third War Loan quota as State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson buys bonds using 510 million from state surplus and 87 million from the retirement fund of teachers and state employees. The purchase will be allocated to counties by quota. postwar spending now rests on 830 million general fund surplus.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
North Carolina
War Review Sent To Congress By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt declares plans for new blows at Germany and Japan with definite times and places for landings, while warning victory remains distant. He cites a long, costly fight in the Orient and hints at Balkan avenues for future action as he urges demobilization planning and fair international relations. The review also calls for removing militarist leadership in Germany and Japan and for not allowing Japan to hold conquered territories or mandate islands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Europe
Congress
Hitler
Orient
Balkans
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Italy
Americas
United Nations
League of Nations
China
Eight Indicted On Nazi Spy Charges
Eight individuals including Grace Buchanan-Dineen Carl Leonhardt and Emma Leonhardt were indicted by a federal grand jury on wartime espionage conspiracy charges accusing them of collecting and transmitting U S defense information to Nazi Germany. Co conspirators from Budapest Stockholm and Lisbon were named but not charged. Penalties range from 30 years in prison to death.
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Detroit
Nazi Germany
Budapest
Stockholm
Lisbon
U. S
John C. Lehr
United States
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Carl John Wilhelm Leonhardt
Emma Elise Leonhardt
Theresa Behrens
Narianne von Moltke
Heinrich A. von Moltke
Wayne University
Fred William Thomas
Walter Joseph Abt
Romeo, Mich
Lertrand Stuart Hoffman
New York
Lehr
Allied Airmen Shoot Down 59 Japs Over New Guinea
Allied airmen claim a major victory over Japanese forces at Wewak and Lae New Guinea as Liberator bombers and escorts downed up to 59 enemy fighters in a raid. Australian and Western forces advance from the east and north toward Lae with Mala hang Wharfage and Edwards plantation secured near the town.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Lae
Malahang
Edwards’ Plantation
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
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Gulf of Salerno
Benevento
Pisciotta
U.S
Miles
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ertoso
Ateno
Atella
Nove Sea
Gulf of Toronto
8Th Army
5Th Army
Salerno- Agropoli
Fifth Army
Mountain Village
By Noland Norgaard
Desna River
Orel
DNB
Norfolk Navy Yard
By Douglas B. Cornell
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