Allied Air and Naval Forces Hit Pacific Bases in War Update
United States forces mounted air raids from Timor to the Moluccas and Philippines while Nimitz reported carrier strikes on Iwo Jima and Truk. In China Japan rushed two divisions to Hunan to defend a rail junction near Hengyang as ground fighting continued with heavy losses on both sides.
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Timor
Se Folcane Islands
China
Japan
Committee For the Study
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Iwo Island
Tokyo
Rota
Pagan
Marianas
Truk
Carolines
Hunan
Japing
Hengthe
Annihilation Nearing For Topped Germans
A World War II battlefield dispatch describes German forces trapped near the Norman front under heavy fire. British officers report a terrible beating as tanks and infantry drive the retreat, with hundreds of enemy dead reported along roads and fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Normandy
Falaise
Falaise, Shooting Up 150 Trames All Along the Carnage Was Reported Temendous
Seine
Rhinelander ad letters show booming hearts and flowers market
The Rhinelander News reports a women seeking husband ad in a Wisconsin paper drew many replies. A man named Mr Z thanked the paper for its service and noted he ran similar ads elsewhere without direct replies to his address. The piece notes repeated letters from a soldier in Italy and mentions staffing ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander
Wis
Rhinelander News
Busine
Hearts and Flowers
Mans
R. Z
Ital
Minnesotan
Explosions Ignite Fire at Quaker City Iron Works
A series of powerful explosions at Quaker City Iron Works near MILADELPHIA caused a midday fire that damaged two blocks. Several workers were injured. some were transported to hospitals while others received treatment on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miladelphia
Quaker City Iron Works
Wede
Kompitay Penson
Forrestal in London Sparks Censorship Speculation
Secretary of War Forrestal visits London prompting speculation on the purpose of his trip as censorship concerns rise amid diplomatic activity.
Local Weather Forecast Update
Cloudy and warmer with a high near 68 and a sunny possibility in the afternoon. Showers or late thunder may occur. gusty winds tonight.
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Scatieres
Bulgarian Premier appeals for aid to quit war
Premier Ivan Bagrianov urged the United States and Britain to help Bulgaria exit the war in a dramatic Sofia parliament speech. He seeks internal support as debate unfolds and signals possible negotiations with Allied powers to evict Germans and reposition Bulgarian troops.
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Istanbul
Ivan Bagdanov
United States
Britain
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bagrianov
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
Baghianov
Bagriano
Russia
Ankara
Bagdanov
Macedonia
Thrace
Benz Leads By About Fifty Votes In Wisconsin Primary
Early unofficial tallies in two counties show Alexander Benz leading Leo Vaudreuil by 50 votes for the Progressive gubernatorial nomination as 3,062 of 3,078 precincts report. Gates trails hard for lieutenant governor with 23,251. 22,714 for Windsor. The secretary of state will decide if Woelfel and Johnson qualify for November Progressive designation after official counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander O. Benz
Applicton
Leo Vaudreuil
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Benz
Vaudreuil
Clough Gates
Superior
Progressive Party
Gates
Windsor
Miss Woelfel
Johnson
Secretary of State
Fach
WEA to Buy More Dried Whole Eggs
The War Food Administration announced it will purchase additional dried whole eggs produced in September to fill new lend lease requirements. Sources say the eggs will be sent to Russia. For September egg driers may offer dried whole eggs through the WFA up to full plant capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Russia
Torrington Man to Wed Harwinton Widow in August
In Torrington Connecticut on August 26 Peter J. O'Brien will marry Mildred Costello Terreau of Harwinton. The notice references a previous June double wedding involving O'Brien's son Sgt Vin N. Now the kinship links are unclear from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrington, Conn
Peter J. O'Brien
Torrington
Mildred Costello Terreau
Harwinton
Ak O'Brien
Sgt
Vinn
Thompson brothers executed in Florida electric chair
Earl and Edward Thompson of Jacksonville were put to death in Florida’s electric chair for the murder of Joe Henry a 43 year old engineer. Henry who was the Thompsons’ mother’s fiancé was stabbed to death and his body rolled into a creek in a remote part of Duval county in January 1943 while he was rooming at the mother’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raiford
Fla
Earl
Edward Thompson
Jacksonville
Florida
Joe Henry
Henry
Thompsons
Duval County
Italian Armistice Terms Published by Nazis and Fascists
German Voelkischer Beobachter and Fascist Stefani claim the Sept 3 1943 armistice with Badoglio ceding Italian regions to France and Yugoslavia and territories to Greece. Economic provisions call for 2 million workers for reconstruction in Allied nations including 800,000 to Russia and 200,000 to each of the US, South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Britain.
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Bern
Switzerland
Voelkischer Beobachter
Stefani Today
Pietro Badoglio
France
Elba
Britain
Pantelleria
Isteria
Fiume
Zara
Yugoslavia
Dodecanese
Greece
Russia
United States
South Africa
Australia
Brazil
Robert Brody Dies In France
War department reports Pic Robert Brody 32 son of Mrs M Brody 707 Cass street was killed in action August 4 in France while serving with the infantry. He entered service March 1942 after working at Service Transfer and Storage. He trained at Fort Lewis San Francisco Camp Dix and Camp White then went overseas April 1943 and was in England before moving to France. Survived by mother three sisters and four brothers. Memorial arrangements pending.
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War Department
Pic
Robert Brody
M. Brody
Cass Street
France
Brody
Service Transfer and Storage Company
Fort Lewis
Wash
San Francisco
Calif
Camp Dix
Camp White
Ore
England
Catherine
la Crosse
Peter Rueth
Sun Prairie
Wis
R. E. Eileen
Chi
Lawrence
Crosse
Eugene
Milwaukee
James
Cashton
Emmett
Oak Forest
Nine Airmen Die in Mountain Home Bomber Collision
Mountain Home army air field reports nine airmen killed in a collision of two bombers during a combat training flight seven miles southeast of Mountain Home. The B 24 Liberator carried seven crew and the B 29 modified Marauder had two. The dead include Corporal Harold T. Skottestad from Milwaukee, Corporal Milton G. Billing from New Holstein, and Private First Class Fay R. Windel from Tabor Iowa.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Mountain Home Army Air Field
Corp
Harold T. Skottestad
Dorothy H. Skottestad
North
Cass Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Milton G. Billing
Delores M. Billing
New Holstein
Fond du Lac
Fay R. Windel
Lyle
Patricia
Tabor
Iowa
Fear Final Outburst Against Hebrews
New York report on the emergency committee to save the Jewish people of Europe. The text references perceived threats by Hitler adherents and the survival of Hebrew communities amid the war, with emphasis on danger to Jewish people in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emergency Committee To Save the
People of Europe, Inc
Gary Burst
Warsaw
Copper stockpile nears record with July total 279000 tons
Copper stocks rose to 279000 tons by end of July and are expected to climb an additional 30000 to 40000 tons this month, pushing the total to a record well above 300000 tons.
Globe and Butler yards in Superior to vote on strike
Holger Modeen president of the AFL metal trades council announced that workers at Globe and Butler shipyards in Superior will hold a strike vote from August 25 to 28. The action reflects labor tensions in the regional shipbuilding industry and involves multiple unions under the metal trades council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Holger Modeen
AFL Metal Trades Council
Globe and Butler Shipyards
Russia closes on German town as Soviet forces surge
Soviet and Polish fronts push toward Sandomierz and across a 100 mile eastern Poland sector. Konev and Rokossovsky deploy armored columns along the Vistula while Cherniakhovsky strikes east Prussia. Hitler reportedly orders garrison to fight to the last as Red forces aim for a decisive breakthrough near the Krakow Warsaw corridor.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Sisia
Stalin
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Red
Germany
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
1St
Ukraine
Sandomierz
Vistula
Radom-Kielce
Warsaw- Krakow
Soviet Union
Red Star
Hitler
Konev
Konstantin K. Rokossovksy
Praga
Large scale layoff likely in aircraft plants next year
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols told a senate committee that close to 300,000 aircraft workers may lose jobs within a year as production cuts follow lighter bomber losses. He cited 8,000 obsolete planes turned to the war property administration and warned Willow Run near Detroit could see a 50 percent job drop by December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver P. Echols
Echols
Senate
War Property Administration
Willow Run
Detroit
Liberator Believed Found After Yearlong Missing Flight
In Quebec near Chicoutimi a large search by RCAF and RAF planes located a Liberator wreckage reportedly in the Laurentides park area. Twenty four men were aboard when it disappeared on a Newfoundland to Montreal flight last October, and woodsmen say they found the bomber in rugged terrain.
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Chicoutimi
Que
Laurentides Park
RCAF
RAF
Newfoundland
Montreal
1,000 Square Miles Of Southern France Won In Swift Allied Push
Allied forces extended their beachhead toward Toulon and Marseille as Maj. Gen. Patch’s 7th Army advanced inland to about 32 miles from Toulon and 31 miles from Marseille. German torpedo boats were sunk by Allied destroyers after a night attack.
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France
Rome
Alexander M. Patch
7Th Army
Marseille
Toulon
Strasbourg
Rhone
Cap
Salernes
la Pasanne
Sollies- Pont
Garcault
Vins
Brignoles
Bormes
Ess
la Roquebrussanne
Rhone Valley
Avignon
Aix-en-Provence
Argens
Carces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Argens Valley
Maritime Alps
Draguignan
Cannes
Cap Benat
U S Armored Columns Reach Near Mantes by Seine
U S armored columns advanced within five miles of the Seine at Mantes, northwest of Paris, as German demolitions shook the capital. Berlin claimed American forces reached the river at Mantes and Vernon, with an 18 mile northeast push from Dreux creating a new envelopment that cut the enemy’s last escape route across the Seine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Seine
Normandy
Mantes
Paris
Berlin
Vernon
Dreux
George S. Patton
RAF
Guenther von Kluge
Seine River
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Patton
Chartres
Orleans
von Kluge
Nantes
Europes
Laval
Hidden Nazi Post Smashed by American Air Power
In France, August 18 four German headquarters structures near Orleans were destroyed in a surprise American fighter bomber attack. Lieut. Col. Clinton C. Wasem led Lightnings. 3,800 German vehicles were damaged or destroyed in northwest France. Ploesti raid and Paris-area operations followed as Allied forces push east toward the Seine amid wider Allied advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
France
Orleans
9Th Air Force
Clinton C. Wasem
Dover
Ohio
London
Guenther von Kluge
Bremen
Germany
Belgium
Ploesti
Western Front
Supreme Headquarters
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Paris
Nazi Morale Down in Norway After Sabotage
The Royal Norwegian information service reports several German naval personnel arrested after sabotage at the Aker shipyards in Oslo. Sabotage involved blocking an oil feed-pipe with sand. Morale among German troops in Norway is described as sinking further as criticism of Hitler and Nazi leadership grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Royal Norwegian Information Service
Aker
Oslo
Norway
Hitler
Germany
Dewey says wartime labor limits must end after war
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urges lifting government wartime labor restrictions after hostilities end to protect collective bargaining. He notes no major New York strikes since Pearl Harbor and warns continued controls could destroy free American labor and the right to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Philip Pearl
American Federation of Labor
AFL
New York
Pearl Harbor
Dewey
Tuscany
Normandy
Brittany
Provence
Pacific
Jamaica Mainland Braces for Hurricane Warning
A hurricane alert was indicated for Jamaica as a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean moved west northwestward. The warning comes as the system tracks toward the area with potential impacts to coastal regions and residents urged to monitor advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Jamaica
Caribbean Sea
Nazi Flying Wing Rocket Plane Aerial Fearless In Dive
The ME-163 rocket powered flying wing is described by Lieut Col John Murphy and pilots Cyril Jones and Jimmy Shoffit as capable of the fastest controlled flight in a vertical dive. The craft features swept back wings and a two thirds length fuselage with a glass canopy and is powered only by rocket propulsion. In combat near Leipzig allied pilots report four rocket planes attacking a Fortress formation and damaging one more at point blank range, while slower Mustangs outmaneuver them.
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Britain
John Murphy
Tulsa
Okla
Aleutians
Cyril W. Jones, Jr
Athens
Tenn
Jimmy C. Shoffit
Fort Worth
Tex
Leipzig
Murphy
10000 Evacuated From Hospitals As Robots Hit Britain
About 10,000 patients were evacuated from London hospitals after German robot bombs began a new salvo ending a 20 hour lull. The Ministry of Health said patients fit to travel were moved to Scotland Wales and northern and western England. Over a million Londoners are estimated to have left the city as railways again jammed with evacuees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Scotland
Wales
Ministry of Health
70 Villages In Maquis Hands Reported In France
London dispatch says French resistance forces occupied 70 villages in a triangular area near Troyes southeast of Paris and that police in Saone and Loire have joined the Maquis. Other notes mention German talks of surrender at Thonon Evian Lefayet and Chamonix, and French forces forcing militiamen to return to Limoges. Plounez and Paimpol in Brittany were taken by assault days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Saone
Loire
Troyes
Paris
Chartres
Thonon
Evian
Lefayet
Chamonix
Limoges
Vichy
Interior
Plounez
Paimpol
Brittany
Roosevelt Churchill meeting story declared untrue
White House secretary Stephen Early said a New York Times report that Roosevelt and Churchill would meet abroad before the November election is untrue. The president indicated a conference with the British leader would occur soon but did not specify timing or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen Early
White House
New York Times
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Paris
Times
Nine Carriers Off Riviera Beachhead Deployed
Nine aircraft carriers seven British and two American were announced as operating off the Riviera beachhead. Warplanes from the carriers attacked road and rail traffic and communications with anti aircraft fire noted but no air opposition. Force is commanded by British Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge.
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Rome
Riviera
Thomas Hope Troubridge
Child's Fall Fatal Near Granton Wisconsin
Ruth Agnes Marg two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Marg died Friday after falling into two feet of water in a basement excavation on a local farm near Granton Wisconsin.
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Granton
Wis
Ruth Agnes Marg
Elmer .Marg
Noted conductor Sir Henry Wood dies in London
Sir Henry Wood, famed conductor of the Royal Albert Hall promenade concerts, has died after a recent illness of jaundice. He marked fifty years as conductor of the Proms and was famed for his long association with London music life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Wood
Royal Albert Hall
Mystery Meteor Lands In Indiana Field No Trace Found
Report of a so called falling meteor across the Midwest with sightings from the Michigan border to the Ohio River. A scorched injured pig with a shoulder wound was found near Acton by Patricia Ann Belton, but no meteor remains were located.
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Indianapolis
Midwest
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio River
Patricia Ann Belton
Acton
Band To Give Myrick Park Program Sunday
The La Crosse Concert band will present a program at Myrick Park Sunday at 3 p m according to George E Ritter of the La Crosse park department D R Wartinbee is director of the city band presenting the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Myrick Park
George E. Ritter
la Crosse Park
D. R. Wartinbee
Italian Front Quiet as Last Florence Snipers Are Cleaned Up
On Saturday the Italian front remained largely quiet with the final Florence snipers eliminated. Sporadic fire broke along the Arno and several enemy patrols were repulsed during patrols in the upper Arno valley and the Adriatic sector.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Adriatic
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