Violent Air Raids Hit Western Europe in Sixth Day
Allied daylight raids hit Europe with bombers and fighters targeting Amiens Abbeville and airfields in France and Belgium. Mosquito aircraft joined night strikes while naval planes sank a German E boat in the Channel. The campaign, in its seventh day, seeks to disrupt reinforcements ahead of possible invasion.
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LONDON
C.P
Europe
Paris
Amiens
Abbeville
France
Belgium
air ministry
Amens
Abbeyle
Berlin
ministry of information
Netherlands
United States
Italy Surrenders Unconditionally to Allies Enduring War Shift
Gen Eisenhower announced Italy's armed forces have unconditionally surrendered. A military armistice approved by Britain the United States and the USSR is granted. Badoglio's government agreed to terms and the armistice takes effect at the moment. The move opens the way for new Allied offensives and shortens the war.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
United States
Hitler
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Casablanca
Tunisia
Sicily
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Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
United Nations
D.T
Messina strait
Memories of Eph Tutt and Cal Coolidge on a White House visit
The article recalls Ephraim Tutt describing his boyhood worms for pins barter with Calvin Coolidge. Tutt recounts a White House meeting in the Lincoln Study where Coolidge pondered a judgeship and then asked about presidency, remarking it requires caution. The piece also notes New York’s hype over a Bronx Zoo elephant named Alice and compares it to Jumbo’s fame.
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Ephraim Tutt
Tutt
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
White House
Lincoln
Eph
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New York
Alice
Bronx Zoo
St. Thomas
Jumbo
Ottawa Hails Fall of Fascist Nation
Ottawa hails the capitulation of Italy as a major Allied milestone. Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged Canadians to rejoice while committing to speed the defeat of remaining Axis powers. He announced bells would ring and carillons play as the nation united in victory and renewed war effort.
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C. P
Mackenzie King
Italy
Canada
Sicily
Mr King
King
Peace Tower
Stalino Falls To Victorious Russians In Ukraine Sweep
The Red Army captures Stalino after encirclement moves severing the Donets rail line to Dnieperopetrovsk. Moscow reports broad advances with heavy German losses and rail disruptions as Stalin proclaims the Donets Basin cleared.
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Stalino
Ukraine
Lewis Hawkins
Associated Press
ONDON
Donets basin
Red army
Mariupol
Azov
Red Star
Donets
Dnieperopetrovsk
Russia
Moscow
Kuban
Crimea
Taganrog
Basin
Munro In Italy Three Days But Sees Little War Action
Canadian Press war dispatch by Ross Munro from Italy reports three days of action with about a dozen enemy shells and five dive bomb attacks seen near Pachino peninsula. Canadians describe invasion scenes, bombardment, and civilian reception as they advance toward Reggio Calabria.
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Italy
ROSS MUNRO
Pachino Peninsula
Sicily
British Navy Sinks Enemy Patrol Vessel and Armed Trawler
The Admiralty reports Royal Navy light coastal forces sank an enemy patrol vessel and an armed trawler in a surprise dawn attack off Frome while patrolling between Fecamp and St. Valery. The engagement, despite stronger enemy forces, ended with no British casualties or damage as ships returned safely.
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LONDON
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Frome
Fecamp
St. Valery
Italy Surrenders Read On Berlin Radio
Allied and Allied North Africa reports confirm that Premier Pietro Badoglio read the surrender message to Italians and appeared on Rome radio with German interference minimal. The Italian fleet left Taranto for Pola, while Soviet forces claimed major Donets Basin advances and the seizure of 150 towns. District 18 UMWA miners schedule a September 21 strike vote in Calgary on wage policy.
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Italy
Badoglio
Aled
North Africa
Berlin
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ardes
Victor Emmanuel
ALLIED
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
TARANTO
POLA
Adriatic
Trieste
Russia
Stalito
Donets
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