Quebec Conference Signals Turning Point for World Peace
The Quebec summit between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill marks a pivotal shift from pure victory to planning lasting peace. Leaders outline next steps for Europe and Asia as allied armies advance and dilemmas of postwar governance and security loom.
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Quebec
Europe
Asia
United Nations
Ger
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Iun
Germany
Old Citadel
Jean Frontenac
Pacific
Share
Philippines
China
Free German Group Calls for Uprising Broadcast
A German committee in Moscow urged German workers to rise against Hitler in a national uprising. The broadcast called on "every man against Hitler" to take arms and warned of a planned mass murder on an unheard of scale.
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London
Mos
Hler
Broadast
Hitler
Dewey Promotes Trade Deals Over Tariffs in Idaho Tour
Gov. Dewey urged trade agreements as a path beyond tariffs during a Idaho stop, saying quotas and government controls by other nations will shape future exchange. He teased anti-dumping laws while criticizing tariff rigidity as he campaigns with President Roosevelt’s address near. Edith Rogers and Bloom sparked crossfire over war strategy and publicity.
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Ign
Thomas E. Dewey
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Congress
Dewey
United States
Pty
Spokane
Wash
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
House Foreign Affairs Committee
London
Germany
Rogers
Gov. Dewey
Idaho Inter
Not Too Sorry Ickes Sends Barbed Reply to Dewey
Washington dispatch reports Interior Secretary Ickes responding to Governor Dewey about dropping him from the cabinet. Ickes laments the political clash joking that Dewey would prefer Roosevelt disappear and witnesses be kept incommunicado during the campaign.
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Gov. Dewey
Washington
Thom Fr. Dewey
Jackson Hole
Dewey
Quebec
Roosevelt
Road Distances to Berlin Fronts
Western Front shows 315 miles from Stolberg Russian Front 3812 miles from Outside Pultusk Italian Front 583 miles from below Rimini.
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Stolberg
Pultusk
Rimini
World War II aims set for Europe end and Japan plan
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill conclude the Quebec war conference with decisions to wind up Europe and mount a massive Allied drive against Japan. They stressed no date for Europe’s end but promised the fastest possible action against Japan once Europe ends.
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W. L. Beale, JR
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Marines Capture Peleliu Airport in Western Caroline Islands
U S Pacific Fleet reports Peleliu airport secured by Marines after heavy combat on Peleliu and Palau. Forces claim destroying several enemy tanks and press on against determined counterattacks with 1,400 Japanese killed in action. Casualties for Americans not disclosed.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Palau
Carolines
Soviets Ready For Frontal Warsaw Drive
Soviet forces push toward Warsaw crossing the Vistula near Praga and shell the city as a wider offensive expands into Yugoslavia and the Baltic region. Red Army advances reach Sofia, 60 airline miles from Skoplje Belgrade railway, while Yugoslav Partisans link with Soviet units.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Sofia
Yugoslavia
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Berlin
Riga
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Skoplje
Belgrade
Greece
Marshal Tito
Salonika
Bulgaria
Albania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Nin
Danube River
Germany
Balkan
Rutherford Schools Delay Opening Two Weeks
Rutherford county health and education boards postpone school openings by two weeks due to outbreak of infantile paralysis. Three new cases reported in different county areas were moved to the emergency hospital at Hickory.
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Rutherfordton
Rutherford County Boards of Health and Education
Hickory
Hyde County Crops Damaged by Coastal Storm
Hyde County reports crop losses from a Thursday storm in coastal counties. County agent J P Woodard estimates total crop damage at 200000 with unpicked cotton ruined, soy beans badly damaged, and pecan and other fruit trees damaged up to 75 percent.
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Raleigh
Hyde County
J. P. Woodard
Hyde
Woodard
Marines Drive Ahead In Bitter Fight For Palau
American Marines pressed from a two mile beachhead into Heleliu as they advance in the Palau Islands west of the Philippines. Japanese dead mounted while 8,000 troops on Peleliu held firm, with the airstrip a key objective for U S forces near Mindanao.
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Philippines
Heleliu
Palau
Guadalcanal
Peleliu
U. S
Palau Islands
Pelelin
Mindanao
Colt
Pitoe Field
MacArthur
Morotai Island
Halmahera
Pioe
Pacific
Peleliu Island
Ford Plans Wage Rise After War With Gov Permitting
Detroit September 16 Henry Ford said in a Ford news bureau statement that he plans to raise wages as soon as the government permits. The move follows War Labor Board signals that a national wage policy is inevitable and may lead to adjusted living costs. Ford’s plants employ about 160,000. current average is around $1.25 per hour.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford News Bureau
United States
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
White House
Ford
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Ford Automobile
Unconfirmed Report Says Hitler Seeks Sub Rosa Peace With Russia
London reports an unconfirmed Stockholm sourced tale that Hitler asked Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Oshima to seek peace with Russia. The claim cited a Bern correspondent via Morgeontidningen but no credence was given by authorities.
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Hitler
Russia
London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Stockholm
Reuters
Morgeontidningen
Bern
Hiroshi Oshima
Russia to Demand Open Bosporus Free Channel
London reports in diplomatic circles that Russia will seek Turkish demilitarization of the Bosporus and Dardanelles. The straights would be a free channel for all United Nations ships after the Balkans cleanup. Britain and the United States may support the push due to Turkey delaying relations with Germany.
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London
Russia
Turkey
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
United Nations
Red Army
Balkans
Britain
United States
Germany
Stalin
Rimini Front Still Blazing With Action
Allied forces clash near Rimini as British and German tanks fight three miles from the city. The Adriatic fortress may fall to let the Fifth Army advance toward the Po valley, with river crossings widening and Greek troops edging toward the Rimini airport area.
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Rome
Rimini
Marano
Fifth
Florence
Finns Waging Undeclared War On Former Nazi Allies
Finnish troops fight on Suursaari as German forces hold a beachhead in the Gulf of Finland. A stream of vehicles crosses into Sweden while Russians press into Finland and armistice terms with Russia unfold.
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Associated Press
London
Sweden
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Suursaari
Hogland
OWI
Yanks Break Through Siegfried Line Near Cologne
Allied forces push through the Siegfried line within 26 miles of Cologne as U S First Army gains open ground in a 24 hour drive. Third Army frees western Thionville and advances toward Metz while patrols reach near Aachen and Brest claim unconfirmed prisoner totals.
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Aachen Stadt Forest
Belgium
U. S. Signal Corps Radiophoto
International Soundphoto
Howard Cowan
Pdivilen
U. S. First Army
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Cologne
U.S. Third Army
Thionville
Saar
Metz
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen
Rhine
Berlin
Toppak
Paris
Brest
George 5. Patton
Maginot Line
Moselle
Wallendorf
Germany
Prum
Trier
Russians Fear Allies May Be Too Lenient
Moscow reports growing Russian view that Americans and British may be too soft on Nazi remnants after the war. Ilya Ehrenburg in Pravda warns against tolerating fascism and calls for decisive punishment, condemning fascist shelters in Madrid, Argentina, or Papen’s Madrid room.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Ilya Ehrenburg
Pravda
Communist Party
Lublin
Babi Yar
Germany
Europe
Madrid
Argent
Pampas
Franz
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