Battleship Sunk By Foe In Battle Off Corsica
The Italian fleet saw heavy losses as six of seven battleships were accounted for. Four battleships and many cruisers arrived at Malta, while one was sunk by German bombers off Corsica. Roma, Italy’s modern 35,000-ton battleship, was wounded and reported at Palma de Mallorca hospitals.
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Malta
Roma
Mallorca
E. D. Ball
Associated Press
A.P
Italy
Palma De Mallorca
Balearics
Corsica
North Africa
GIBRALTAR
Andrea Doria
Giulio Cesare
La Linea
Spain
Gibraltar bay
Palma
Berne
LA SPEZIA
Guilio Cesare
Taranto
Cadorna
Pompeo
London
Nazi Dnieper Line Totters
Moscow reports Red army blows along a 400 mile front from the Sea of Azov to Bryansk imperil the Nazi defense east of the Dnieper and threaten the Crimean garrisons escape corridor. Mariupol Chaplino Volnovakha Barvenkovo fallen as Germans retreat from Derna river defenses near Novgorod Seversky. An encircling drive toward Kiev looms.
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MOSCOW
Sea of Azov
Bryansk
Ukraine
Red army
Dnieper
Crimean
Mariupol
Chaplino
KIEV
Volnovakha
Stalino-Marifupol
Barvenkovo
Stalino
Kharkov
Zaporozhe
Derna
Novgorod Seversky
Gomel
Dnieper bason
Red
Left Hand Corner airport scheme for postwar craft
London Times aero nautical correspondent reports a combined landplane and flying boat airport proposed for the Thames estuary near Gravesend. The plan envisions 8 million passengers annually with criss cross runways, a three mile lagoon, a marine terminal, a main railway linked to edge stations, and passenger facilities including a hotel and cinema. A £20 million project is hinted but lacks official backing. The summary also notes wartime Bible sales boosts and a surge in world distribution by the American Bible Society from 5 million to over 8 million copies between 1940 and 1942.
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London
F. G. Miles
London Times aeronautical
Miles
Thames estuary
Gravesend
Yovves
Newsweek
Wendell Willkie
Lloyd C. Douglas
American Bible Society
The Sept Hand
Continued on page 15 the terse item appears in a small local column with partial headline text and unreadable OCR fragments suggesting a public or social note in a mid century newspaper.
Lae Japs In Tough Spot
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific say the Lae garrison in New Guinea faces a desperate situation as Australian patrols cross the Busu River near Malahang air drome. The force that landed by sea on September 4 has moved up with 25 pounders to shell Lae, while another Allied force drives toward the Lae area eighteen miles southwest.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Busu
Malahang
Rome and italy leaders flee and german claims unfold
Reports from London Berlin and Bern indicate King Victor Emmanuel Badoglio and Crown Prince Umberto may have fled to Italy while Mussolini is named head of a German backed National Fascist Government. Dispatches place Italian fleet units in Palma de Mallorca and suggest Badoglio’s possible death in Rome fighting.
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ONDON
foreign office
Victor Emmanuel
Badoglio
Umberto
Italy
sions
Fetro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
centre
International
White House
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Allies Rally To Rescue Pope Far From Italy
A joint White House release from Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill addressed to Pietro Badoglio and Italians promises Allied liberating armies are coming to drive out German forces. It urges Italians to strike hard, strike home, and regain honor as the Axis collapse nears.
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F.D.R
Churchill
Hitler
Italy
White House
Pietro Badoglio
house of Savoy
Office of War Information
New York
United Nations
Egypt
Russia
Stettler Mayor Sees Launching of Frigate
Montreal Sept 11 Mayor F J Kirby of Stettler Alta witnessed the launching of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate named after his town. The ship built by Canadian Vickers Limited was christened by Mrs D W Ambridge wife of the director general of shipbuilding in the munitions and supply department Rev Sydenham Lyndsay of Montreal led the religious ceremonies.
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MONTREAL
F J. Kirby
Stettler
Alta
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Vickers, Limited
D. W. Ambridge
munitions and supply department
Sydenham Lyndsay
Train Hits Bus Kills 12 at Aldershot Crossing
A Canadian National Railways passenger train struck a stalled Bus at Aldershot level crossing near Hamilton killing 12 of 14 passengers. Two injured transported to hospital. Rain soaked pavement caused the bus to skid onto the tracks. Bodies were found on the engine cow catcher and along the right of way. It was the district’s worst accident since 1934 Christmas night.
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KATHLEEN REX
ALDERSHOT
Ont
C.P
Canadian National Railways
Hamilton
Canada Coach lanes
Waterdown
Final Class Graduates At Gordon Head
Gordon Head officers training school in Victoria issued its final class of cadets today as Defence Minister Rakton announced the closure of the centre. Training will be consolidated at Brockville Ontario. The class includes Cameron C E Hardy J W Paine B Slen J E Giles L Abrams R H Hislop Moon L W Gardiner Edmonton T Graham L M Smith W J Aird J A Herring ton R Soley Calgary G R Clack Waskatenau HO M Roche Medicine Hat A R C Harrrave Red Deer I S Comfort Ded Deer
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VICTORIA
Gordon Head
Defence
Rakton
Brockville On
Cameron C E Hardy
J W Paine
B Slen
J E Giles
L Abrams
R H Hislop
J. ©. Moon
Italians Battle Nazis In North
In North Italy the 5th Army seized Salerno and repelled German armor efforts to broaden the Naples wedge. Allied chiefs say fighting continues as British and American forces push inland near Salerno while raids hamper enemy reinforcements and large portions of Italy’s naval strength reach Malta.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
North Africa
A.P
Salerno
Naples
Italy
Berlin
Malta
Mark W. Clark
Sth
air force
Germans claim sinking battleship and four cruisers
reports from German sources say Italian warships were bombed and sunk as Allies press inland. Victor Emmanuel remains king in Rome amid chaos as Italians clash with German forces in the Balkans and in Naples. Allied troops and supplies land despite German attacks. Taranto, Ostia, and Calabria fronts show advances toward Rome and the Italian heartland.
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Mediterranean
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Italy
Balkans
Naples
Taranto
Calabria
8th army
OSTIA
Akyab Aree Heavily Hit by RAF Bombers and Fleet Attacks
British communique reports RAF bombers and fighters damaging river shipping and installations in the Akyab area of Burma. Dive bombers hit an oil jetty at Satyogya Creek. targets included sampans, oil tanks, and a pipeline along the Irrawaddy. Numerous vessels sunk or crippled. Beaufighters damaged Sampans near Ramree and Yenangsuin convoy hits noted. aerials also struck near Aungdaw and Chindwin region.
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NEW DELHI
Royal Air Force
Akyab
Burma
Britain
Satyogya Creek
bildings
Arakan
Ramree
Irrawaday
Yenangguang
Kyahkye
Yenangsusn
aungdaw
lower
Chindwin
Five Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto reaches Malta
News dispatches report the 35 000 ton Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto arrived at Malta and surrendered to Allied forces. Berlin coverage notes expected Allied offensives and heightened activity across western France and the Balkans. A separate report claims German forces bound Salerno area in Italy and air raids near Paris caused civilian casualties. Madrid confirms the Italian battleship Roma was sunk by German bombers with 25 wounded sailors hospitalized.
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MALTA
NEW YORK
Vittorio Veneto
BBC
STOCKHOLM
Berlin
France
Balkans
SPAIN
MADRID
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Mallefca
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ARCELONA
Balearc Islands
Pietro Caviglia
Caviglia
Vatican City
John La Farge
S.J
America
DNB
Sorrento
Chiasso
Switzerland
Lugano
Libra Stampa
Dwight Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
North
Clark
Die Tau
Zurich
Suitverland
Akyab Aree
P—Domei
Tokyo
Vettori
Japan
PARIS
Boulogne
WSPA
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