Flying Forts Strike Orte For First Time In New Air Raids
Allied forces report Flying Fortresses hit Orte 40 miles north of Rome and hit Torre Annuziata rail yards with heavy air power. Light and medium bombers range northern toward Italy’s top, destroying gun positions and road links while facing light opposition. British and Canadian bombers pounded southern rail targets, with Axis forces retreating in parts of southern Italy. seven Allied aircraft shot down.
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Orte
North Africa
Rome
Torre Annuziata
Bay of Naples
Italy
Torce Anpunaiata
Care Pellaro
Cala~brian
Tao
Aled Fiers
Axis
Commounique
Associated Press
Naples
Salerno
Catangane
Salamaua Front Suffers Setbacks as Jap Counterattacks Rage
Allied positions at Salamaua endure pressure from renewed Japanese counterattacks along the entire front while American forces land unopposed on Arundel Island near New Georgia. MacArthur says ground losses are slight in places as air support targets enemy shore facilities and barges.
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Aled
PaelSe
Salamaus
New Guinea
Solomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Kulombangara
Selamaua
Douglas MacArthur
Slamaua
Salamaua
Lee
Voco Point
Lancing
Armede
Song Selidating
Kolombangara Island
Vila
Strang
Eree
Mitchel
Hansa Bay
Weewak
Madang
Shortind Island
Long Island
Viting Streit
Dill
Timor
Anor
Vella Lavelia
Navy Launches Hornet Carrier as Knox Promises Tokyo Raids
Newport News ceremony marks launch of aircraft carrier Hornet amid cheers and a Knox speech pledging large aerial strikes on Tokyo. He recalls Pearl Harbor and Midway victories, declaring future raids will be even bigger. Launch delayed 45 minutes due to hydraulic issue. Pastor Dempsey resigns from Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Portsmouth to lead four country churches in Amherst County Virginia.
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Newport News
United States Navy
Carrign
Flornet
Knox
Tokyo
Rising Sun
Santa Cruz Islands
James River
J. B. Woodward
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Wika Gation
Nex Renalied
Barnet Wan
Solontons
America
Pearl Harbor
Nico
Shangri la
Moe Nouthar
Portamouth
D. Ig, Dempsey
Et Jackson Memorial Baptler
Pelo
T Herford
N. C
Amherst County
Snake Bite Crisis Hits Stone Creek Holy Rollers
In Ice County a crowd of 3,500 watched Rev Lat Valentine of Pineville Ky bitten on the left foot by a rattlesnake during a snake handling service led by Revs Bil Parsons and Oscar Hutton near St Charles and Pennington Gap. Valentine, unbitten elsewhere, told followers with faith he would be all right as prayers and ritual continued. The event capped a revival of the demonstrations two weeks old.
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Virgil Q. Wacks
St. Charles
Stone Creek
Ice County
Lat Valentine
Pineville
Pennington Gap
Bil Parsons
Oscar Hutton
Valentine
Man
Atria
Heck
Arosund
Snake Biles
Denmark under Nazi rule sparks harbor battles and martial law
Fierce fires roared in Copenhagen as offshore Nazi patrols attacked fleeing Danes. Refugees to Sweden reported many drownings as German guns sank small boats. Street fighting and tank patrols marked the blackout as the king and cabinet resisted Best’s ultimatum.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Tinon
Sweden
Christian X
Arca
Baltet
Gandakrona
Streder
Eric Scavenius
Christian
Sorgerth Castle
Hermann von Eannedtan
Werner Best
Royal Guard
FDR and Churchill prepare for talks after Quebec meeting
President Roosevelt returns to Washington for follow up with diplomatic and military officials including Hull Marshall Arnold and Soong. Churchill expected within a week to join discussions on postwar policy and Japan strategy at ongoing Anglo American talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Hull
George C. Marshall
Army
H.H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Winston Churchill
Britain
Lala
Anthony Eden
Quepec
Japan
Soong
White House
Marshall
Arnold
Ottawa
Canada
Trent
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and
Dtrict
Fde-Churchill
Reds Capture Taganrog in Soviet Push Against Nazis
Soviet forces announced the capture of Taganrog in southern Russia as they drive the Nazi southern front back toward Rostov. Stalin said a bold cavalry and mechanized maneuver breached the enemy rear, with Germans evacuating and destroying the port.
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London
Josef Stall
Taganrog
Stalin
Russias
Germin
Elther Magcaw
Berlin
Donetsko- Amveoslevita
Onetsko Amyrosievka
I Taganrog
Donets
Stalingrad
Rostov
Bulgaria Faces Regency Crisis After King Boris Death
Bulgarian regency seen as split among anti German and pro Bulgarian factions with Stefan of Sofia opposing Gestapo actions. Queen Mother Toanna also anti German while Philov and Prince Kyril lean pro German. Uncertain future risks a military government aligned with Berlin and possible rupture with Russia. Public fear of German dominance grows as unrest and demonstrations arise in Sofia.
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Tatabul
Aresoulgaria
Umsettier
Boris
Monney
Bogdan Philov
Siutaon 17
Sofia
Stefan
Bulgaria
Toanna
Kyril
Ising
Philov
Pramo
Manta
Greece
Russia
Gerré
Iact
Adolf Hitler
Sunfay
la Tall
Yanks Hold 14 To 1 Ratio Over Jap Flyers
Maj Gen Nathan F Twining announced in a press conference that Solomons air forces and American ground defenses destroyed 191 Japanese planes in the month July 25 to August 26, with U S losses at 14 fighters. American pilots rescued six. U S ship losses were 21 1/2 percent as fighters downed 100 enemy planes and bombers while bombers claimed 84 fighters. Night fighters hit medium bombers and an antiaircraft crew claimed several dive bombers and floatplanes. Twining noted the lack of Japanese medium bombers despite ongoing operations near Bougainville.
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Vemyeus
P—u
Solomons
Nathan F. Twining
South Pacific
Bougainville Island
U. S
UG. S
Tava
Ant-alycran Gang
Twining
Nazis Use Mail Of Prisoners To Instruct Spies
London reports German use of British POW mail to reach spies. Officials describe prisoners writing seemingly harmless notes to British civilians, later passed to the German intelligence bureau which adds invisible ink instructions. Censorship warns that chemical marks reveal nothing to readers and notes chemical tracing on all mail. A separate item notes a tentative order aimed at easing eastern pleasure driving restrictions amid OPA concerns.
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London
England
Tntelligence Bureau
Waidl
Buri
Germany
Washington
Gonl
Justice of Price Administration
OPA
Soldier Returns Money After First Refusal to Do So
A Knoxville area family reported a man who found a wallet containing $60 sent for war bonds for John Whaley of Hillford. An anonymous caller offered to keep $50 as a reward, but the finder, dubbed the meanest Knoxvillian, later returned the money and offered to cover the cost of the Whaleys reward ad.
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Krowville
James A. Whaley
Hillford
John
Sicily
Knoxvillian
Whaley
Jan
Whaleys
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Hitler
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