Second Front to Open From West Says Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament the second front will be opened at the right time and a mass western invasion will begin. He described the Mediterranean as a third front and cited Allied landings on Sardinia and Corsica to aid Italian troops against Germany.
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Churchill
Daniel London
Mediterranean
Commons
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Gran Sasso
Sardinas
Corsica
United States
Britain
Russia
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russians Break Through Smolensk Defenses In Major Push
Soviet forces blast from Velizh toward Cherkasy as they slash toward the Dnieper near Zaporozhe and Dniepropetrovsk. The Moscow bulletin claims 1,130 towns fallen, vast booty, and heavy German losses amid a broad front retreat.
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London
Smolensk
Red Army
Velizh
Kiev-Chernigov
Dneiper
Zaporozhe
Dniepropetrovsk
Moscow
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Kiev
War Today Debates Marshal Invasion Strategy Clash
The War Today questions possible aims to remove Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall from Washington. It notes Marshall favored direct invasion of western Europe from England, while British strategists doubted Cross-channel plans. Analysts debate timing and feasibility amid Allied war prospects.
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France
English Channel
Army and Navy Journal
George C. Marshall
Washington
Marshall
Western
Europe
England
Ussur
Hitler
Red Front
Jap Planes Raid Yank Bases in Solomons Area
Japanese planes raided American positions on Guadalcanal in the Solomons causing slight damage and minor casualties. The third raid in a week appeared to be a nuisance strike by bombing planes on a reconnaissance mission, with additional attacks reported on September 15 and 13 to 14 at Lunga Point.
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Solomons
Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
South Pacific
Lunga Point
Old Belt Weed Marts Open for 2nd Sales Day
In Danville and 10 other Virginia markets the 1943 opening week sales totaled over 2.09 million pounds. Danville led with 751,216 pounds sold for 310,579.98 dollars averaging 41.34 per hundredweight. Prices varied by grade with some mid to low grades rising 1 to 2 dollars per cwt.
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Danville
Virginia
Old Belt
War Food Administration
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Truman urges military to pare needs in draft plan
Senate War Investigating Committee Chairman Truman says army and navy could cut draft quotas by hundreds of thousands without weakening force. He urges minimizing manpower needs and using current service members efficiently before any father draft. He opposes delaying induction of fathers and calls for service to prove reduced requirements. Wheeler seeks Baruch critique of wartime labor hoarding amid hearings.
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Washington
Truman
D-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army
Navy
Senate
Armed Services
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Montanan
Italian Troops Increase Resistance in Piedmont
A dispatch to Corriere Del Ticino from Lugano reports Italian troops in Piedmont intensifying resistance against German forces. Fighting around Turin is described as very violent while guerrilla activity and sabotage rise in Northern Italy. Italy’s railroad network is broken in several areas, endangering German supply lines as Nazi patrols guard railroad workers.
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Bern
Switzerland
Piedmont
Italy
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Turin
Allied Planes Hit Japs New Britain Strongholds
Allied bases at Lae and Salamaua on New Guinea have fallen to MacArthur's forces. Fighter escorted bombers and intensified strafing strikes now target enemy garrisons in the area as Japan pays a high price in manpower and equipment.
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New Britain
Clen Clements
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
Liquor Books Go Into Effect December 1
Raleigh reports the state board of alcoholic control announces new liquor book rules. Before receiving a new ration book in October, applicants must present the current ration book to be punched to prevent multiple books. Coupons will bear the book’s serial number and armed forces members register with their command. Dry counties may register in wet counties. About 400,000 books are printed, fewer than last year, with December 1 as the start date. Each holder gets roughly two quarts or fifths per month. Immense combat updates note Japanese losses around Salamaua and Lae with enemy regiments and positions described, including actions at Wau, Mubo, Komiatum, Kolombangara, and New Georgia.
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Raleigh
State Board of Alcoholic Control
Carl Williamson
State Board
Wau
Mubo
Komiatum
Salamaua
Lae
Bamberi Harbor
Parapatu Point
Kolombangara Island
Navy
New Georgia
Kula Gulf
Kolombangara
United States
Munda
Roll Call on Postwar Peace Plan Set for House Vote
The House moves to adopt a resolution in favor of postwar international collaboration to preserve a just and lasting peace. Support runs across parties, with a few opponents arguing it would erode American sovereignty and drag the nation into foreign wars. Fulbright calls it the first small step in a continuing foreign policy effort.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
House
Congress
Ne Preemaders
United States
Fulbright
Sary
McCormack
D-Mass
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Jessie Sumner
R-Ii
Sumners
Berlin confirms Churchill claim on North Atlantic merchant ships
A Berlin broadcast quoted by DNB today confirms Churchill’s Commons statement that no Allied merchant ship has been sunk in the North Atlantic in the past four months. Competent military circles in Berlin corroborated the claim.
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DNB
Berlin
Chuchill
North Atlantic
Reich
Marshall Signals Major Allied Offensives Near
General George C. Marshall told the American Legion in Omaha that large scale offensives against Japan and Germany are nearly ready to begin. He said public misunderstanding lingered about Allied progress and stressed months of preparation and base-building for future campaigns. He urged patience and unity as overseas forces prepare to strike with renewed power to shorten the war.
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Omaha
Neb
America
Asia
Europe
George C. Marshall
American Legion Convention
Marshall
Himsel
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