Island Falls Liberated After Air Bombardment
American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska in the Aleutians without opposition after a heavy bombardment. The base was taken Aug 15 with no Japanese forces found, completing a 14 month campaign following Tokyo reports of landings in the Aleutians.
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Aleutian islands
Kiska island
ASHIGTON
Kiska
Tokyo
Aleutian
Alaska
Japan
U.S. navy department
Quebec
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
rocky island
Air Battle Expands as Allies Target Italy Rail Links
Allied bombers strike south of Italy focusing on railway lifelines to the north while American ships pound Gioia Tauro and Scalea. RAF and Canadian forces raid Naples area with night Wellingtons, and American fighters hit Monserrato airfield in Sardinia. Li Part prison islands found devected of German use after surrender.
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ALLIED
North Africa
Italy
Hell's Triangle
Nantes
Gioia Tauro
Gulf Gioia
Messina
Scalea
Averba
Benevento
Villa Lfterno
Naples
SARDINIA
Monserrato
Lipart
Sicilly
Quebec Conference Plunges Into Political War Plans
Canadian press report from Quebec outlines Churchill Roosevelt talks shifting from military strategy to political and economic questions after days of meetings. Plans for off ensives and movements appear settled with advisers, while key topics include terms of capitulation and post war governance.
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Quebec
C. R. BLACKBURN
C. P
Churchill
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
United States
Mr. Churchill
Stephen Early
Souvenir Mauser Rifle of D Reitz Hangs in London
The London-based High Commissioner in London owns a Mauser rifle once carried by Colonel D Reitz during the Boer War. Carved initials and tobacco scars mark the butt, a keepsake from the Orange Free State campaign. The item is cited alongside a Frederick Martin note on French Foreign Legion episodes. The page notes Italy’s naval questions and hints at continued discussion on the back page.
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South Africa
London
Orange Free State
Ottawa Journal
D. Reitz
Frederick Martin
French Foreign Legion
Dahomey
DENEYS
Missing Overseas Son of Local MP
Cardston notes Sgt Pilot Winston W Blackmore RCaf 23 son of MP John H Blackmore and Mrs Blackmore is missing after all operations overseas. He had served a year and was part of mass bombings of Hamburg. Born in Raymond he has a brother David in the Canadian active army.
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CARDSTON
Winston W. Blackmore
R.CAF
John
Raymond
David
Australians Vote in General Election Today
Nearly 4.5 million Australians vote in a pivotal general election. Prime Minister John Curtin leads Labor, while Arthur Fadden eyes a coalition return after resigning in 1941. All 76 House seats and 19 of 36 Senate seats are contested in Australia's first general election in almost three years.
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C. YATES McDANIEL
Associated Press
MELBOURNE
Australia
Labor
John Curtin
Arthur Fadden
Curtin
house of representatives
United Australia and
Country parties
Labor party
senate
Commonwealth
wuld
Reds Storm Ukraine Area
Soviet and Russian forces push through Ukraine around Kharkov and Lebedin with tank and infantry assaults. Moscow reports nearing Kharkov and advancing toward Smolensk while German defenses along the Bryansk Smolensk corridor resist. Casualty tallies and front-wide attacks are noted by Moscow and BBC reports.
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LONDON
Knotop
Kiev-Bryansk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Lebedin
Akhtyrka
Sunj
Moscow
Knetop hes
Berlin
BBC
Leningrad
Murmansk
New York
NBC
monitor
Spas Demensk
Smolensk
Russias
Bryansk
Red army
Probe Sect Gas Rations Under Scrutiny in Minnesota
Gasoline rations of hundreds of members of a religious sect gathering for an assembly in Minneapolis are under review by the Office of Price Administration. Investigators counted about 10 000 attendees while immigration agents jailed 40 Canadian sect members in Minnesota and North Dakota for alleged illegal entry.
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MINNEAPOLIS
Minn
office of price administration
OPA
federal immigration and naturalization service
Minnesota
North Dakota
United States
Earl C Maul
Minneapolis consolidated rationing board
First 1943 Wheat Delivered to UGG Elevator
From Our Own Correspondent NantOn August 21 the first load of 1943 wheat was delivered to the UGG elevator by CM Lougheed. It had been threshed that day and graded No 1 Northern.
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NANTON
UGG
Turoday
CM. Lougheed
Canadians Sailed At Dawn In Pacific Operation
Thousands of Canadian troops boarded transports at two west coast ports bound for Kiska as part of a joint Pacific campaign with United States forces. The dawn embarkation, guarded and quiet, aimed to test Canada’s combat readiness after intense training. Maj Gen G R Pearke observed the scene as the force prepared for remote beach assaults and coordinated actions with Navy and Air Force units. Remember Hong Kong framed their mission as they sailed toward the warfront.
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Kiska
Canada
Pacific
United States
Hong Kong
G R Pearke
G.O.C
Pacific Command
Heavy Air Blows At Kiska Show Pacific Bombardment
Navy described heavy bombardments against Japanese positions on Kiska from Aug 1 to Aug 11 as among the fiercest in the Pacific. Air and surface attacks totaled 106 bombing runs and 15 shelling assaults, with Japanese evacuation speculated due to fog and supply cuts from prior July bombardments. The silence ahead of landings was to prevent enemy gains and protect unloading troops.
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navy
Attu
Kiska
Pacific
Army
Wisk
Kisha
North Pacific
Aleutians
navy department
Gertrude Cove
North Head
Japs Fleeing At Salamaua
Japanese jungle troops retreat under mounting Allied pressure around Salamaua New Guinea with their defences cracking. Articles report abandoned machine guns and over 350 unburied dead as Australian and American forces press toward key positions near the coast and air base.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mited
Oredub
Komiatum
Goodview junction
Mount Tambu
Italians Expect Invasion South of Naples Reports Say
Radio France broadcast from Algiers quoted Swiss reports claiming Italy faces an imminent invasion on the Italian mainland within days, likely along the west coast south of Naples. The AP recorded the broadcast.
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LONDON
C.P
Radio France
Algiers
Naples
Associated Press
Labor swing shown in Australian election partial count
Early returns from Australia indicate a Labor gain in the general election, potentially winning up to 14 of the 73 House seats. The count covers about 4.5 million voters as polls close, with international notes on wartime shipping plans and other global items interwoven.
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ISLAND OF
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Mr. Hull
E.D.T
Hull
vovyv
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Johannes Steel
Italan
Reds Storm
Kiev
Probe Sect
ole
HERB JONES
United states army
SAILEID
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WASHINGTON
chiefs of staff
Britain
mnet
BOUNDARY CREEK
George HH. anattuck
Canadian Active Army
Saskatchewan
Jehovah's Witnesses
RISKA OCCUBRATION
Illnois
King
FINLAND
STOCKHOLM
minster
Edwin Linkomies
Paasthivi
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