Americans Attack Marcus Island 1200 Miles From Tokyo
United States navy says carrier task force raid on Marcus Island is presumably in progress after Tokyo claimed dawn strikes. Marcus lies 1200 miles southeast of Tokyo and 900 northwest of Wake, marking a rare wartime in progress report. Tokyo credited planes and guns for the raid and warned Japan to bolster defenses as the action could extend beyond Marcus. The statement notes radio silence until the raid concludes with the high command confident in the force's strength.
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ASHINGTON
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Federal Communications Commission
Minamitsu Shima
Pope Pius XII Urges Just Peace for World
Pope Pius XII called on global leaders to seek a just peace as World War II entered its fifth year. In a Vatican radio broadcast he urged mediation for all who seek peace, warning that those who propagate hatred and oppression face divine wrath. The pope stressed concern for all humanity over national interests and endorsed a new order grounded in peace, bread, and work.
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Associated Press
LONDON
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Vatican
Pius
HITLER
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Italy
Left Hand Corner Notes On Conductor and De Gaulle Portrait
The piece reports Bernard Heinze, Australian Broadcasting Commission conductor, battling to bring classics to Australian schoolchildren amid resistance from students and teachers. It mentions hostile props like rubber, ink, and peashooters used against performers, and notes a de Gaulle portrait by Frank Gervasi highlighting the general’s height, features, and aura. The item is presented as a newspaper column fragment with continued on back page.
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Bernard Heinze
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australia
vover
Roosevelt Calls Drew Pearson Chronic Liar
President Roosevelt labeled Drew Pearson a chronic liar during a press conference. Pearson retorted by repeating a claim that Cordell Hull holds an anti Russian attitude. Roosevelt added progress on a tri partite conference with Britain and Russia but gave no dates or locations.
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Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON
Pearson
Reds Kill 35,000 Nazis in Battle for Taganrog
Soviet forces completed the liquidation of encircled German units at Taganrog this morning, Moscow announced. The claim cited killing more than 35,000 of the enemy in the operation, following a German report that Nazis retreated in the Donets basin southwest of Voroshilovgrad.
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C.P
Moscow
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tnagrad
Berlin
D.N.B
Four Years Of War Chronicle Signals End of Nazi Rise
A four year retrospective by Steven Williams marks the Poland invasion as the war’s start at 5 45 a m on a Friday four years ago and traces the Axis advance and Allied responses through 1939 to 1941 noting Britain Churchill Greece Libyan battles and Axis conquests as the conflict unfolds toward extinction of the Nazi power.
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STEVEN WILLIAMS
Associated Press
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Poland
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Great Britain
Germany
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United States
Russia
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Denmark
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France
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Italy
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London
British Navy Bombards Italian Coast in Reggio Action
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports six teen inch guns on the Nelson and Rodney blasting coastal batteries in the Reggio area of southern Italy. The same force with Orion and several destroyers also engaged near Cape Pellaro as Pisa and Salerno routes faced heavy air strikes by American and Middle East bombers.
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Catanzaro
Middle East
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Tim Buck Party To Contest All Seats In Alberta
The Labor Progressive party plans to contest every Alberta constituency in the next provincial election. Provincial president James McPher son outlined the strategy at a Calgary meeting. The party, born in Toronto under Tim Buck, will seek cooperation with the C C F and aim to elect Labor Progressive or C C F candidates, while refusing unity with the Social Credit movement.
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C.P
Labor Progressive party
Alberta
James McPherson
Toronto
Tim Buck
Canadian Communist party
C.C.F
Labor Progressive
Social Credit party
Social Credit movement
Two Drowned At Prince Rupert
Provincial police report two 18 year old men from Prince Rupert and Hayesport drowned at Haysport after boarding the Dominion Fisheries patrol boat Wanderlust where they were employed. No witnesses. one man allegedly fell in and the other tried in vain to save him.
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B.C
Robert Carr
Prince Ruepert
Douglas Brew
Haysport
Dominion Fisheries
Great Damage In 76th Raid Berlin Assault Reported
Gladwin Hill reports RAF and RCAF heavy bombers conducted a 45 minute Berlin raid inflicting great damage in the 76th assault. Forty seven bombers were lost, with Mosquitos targeting French and Low Countries air fields as fighters swarmed the capital. Observers heard bomber drones along the coast as the Amiens Glisy attack preceded further air activity.
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Associated Press
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Berlin
air ministry
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France
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England
Amiens- Glissy
Allies Develop Plans Through Dieppe and North Africa
Ross Munro surveys Allied European invasion progress from Dieppe to North Africa and Sicily. He credits air domination for reduced losses, notes strong air power from RAF and USAAF, and highlights the navy’s role with landing craft. He argues the army must lead the invasion using the proven combined operations pattern to minimize bloodshed and achieve a northern Europe bridgehead.
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North Africa
Sicily
ROSS MUNRO
C. P. Caddler
Europe
Seldon
Messina
R.A.F
United States Army Air Corps
NAVY
France
Mediterranean
Soviet Offense Pushes Westward On Three Fronts
Russian forces press a major offensive across three fronts as Moscow proclaims second and third victories in two days. North front nears Smolensk within 45 miles, central front penetrates 40 miles into Ukraine, and south front clears Taganrog and pursues Stalingrad and Mariupol. News delayed by two-day Moscow celebration.
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Smolensk
Ukraine
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Agor
Mariupol
Moscow
Brodeur Is Elevated To Pacific Coast Admiral
Ottawa Sept 1 Rear Admiral Victor G Brodeur 31 commanding officer Pacific coast named naval member of the Canadian joint staff in Washington his temporary replacement Capt W S Godtrer 45 formerly Admiral Brodeur chief of staff Commodore W J R Beech former Pacific seanst officer goes on leave before new appointment Navy spokesman said the raise from commodore to rear admiral means little Brodeur a native of Belocir Quebec served 33 years with Royal Navy and RCN much afloat son of the late Hon L P Brodeur justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and lieutenant governor of Quebec who joined the RCN in 1909
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Victor G. Brodeur
Pacific coast
joint staff
Washington
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Brodeur
W. J. R. Beech
Pacific seanst
navy
Pacific coast command
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Quedes
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
L. P. Brodeur
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
R.C.N
England
Russians Capture 70 Settlements In 600 Mile Drive
News bulletins report the Red army breaking four salients on a 600 mile front. They say 200 settlements fell, with claims of heavy German losses and advances reaching four to seven miles. Other items note Churchill arriving in Washington for talks with Roosevelt and other wartime updates across Canada.
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C.P
Red army
Moscow
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