Salamaua Falls to Allies as Japanese Retreat in New Guinea
Allied headquarters announced that Salamaua, New Guinea, has been abandoned by a disintegrating Japanese army, with Australians pursuing northward into the mountains. The air and sea base at Salamaua marks a prewar strategic target retaken in the Southwest Pacific as Japanese survivors flee toward Lae. The town’s harbor district on the isthmus near Care Parsee remains under Allied threat while Lae is pincered by air strikes.
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C. YATES McDANIEL
Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Allied
Care Parsee
Huon gulf
Lae
New Britain
Germans Regain Some Territory At Salerno Bridgehead
Allied forces battle to hold the Salerno bridgehead as German counter-attacks push the 6th Army back at points. British and Canadian troops advance from southern Italy, closing on 100 miles from linking up to relieve the invasion front. Allied air, naval, and ground units pound German positions while field marshal Kesselring commits armored divisions against Lt. Gen. Mark Clark.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
A.P
Salerno
Italy
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D.N
U.S
Eboli
8th
Cosenza
Bari
Brindisi
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
Herman Goering
Mark W. Clark
3th Army
Trans-Ocean
British Land Forces Seize Spitsbergen Island
British troops reportedly landed on Spitsbergen after a German raid on Sept 8. Five Royal Navy destroyers reached Barentsburg at dawn and brought guns ashore, with German claims saying harbor installations and a weather station were wrecked. The piece notes a prior Allied attack by the Canadian 1st Division under Brig Gen A E Potts in Aug 1941, which destroyed mining facilities and reservoirs and evacuated about 1,000 Norwegians.
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LONDON
Spitsbergen
Arctic circle
D.N.E
Berlin
Associated Press
Barentsburg
A. E. Potts
Saskatoon
Main Nazi Line East Of Dnieper Breached
The article reports a breach of the main Nazi line east of the Dnieper with German withdrawal toward Kiev and Dnieperopetrovsk. Bryansk’s evacuation and potential encirclement risks are noted, along with rail lines from Bryansk enabling Soviet reinforcements and a broader threat to the central front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnieper
Smolensk
central front
Gomel
Sozh River
Ukraine
Kiev
NOVOROSSISK
Bryansk
Pershing Celebrates 88th Birthday Amid War Maps
Gen John J Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces in the First World War, marked his 88th birthday at a Washington hospital with war news on maps. He was reported in excellent health and keenly alert.
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WASHINGTON
John J. Pershing
Waller Reed
Escape Nazi planes land intact in the Middle East
Cairo reports two Italian aircraft that escaped German forces have arrived safely in the Middle East. The announcement was made on Monday continuing Allied efforts in the region.
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ITALY
CAIRO
Middle East
Chinese Cook Story and Guadalcanal Sniper Ammo
The Australian News Letter recalls a 1943 exchange about Major-General Joseph L. Collins using eight rounds of .30 caliber ammo for one Japanese sniper. A US reply blames aging eyesight and requests two rounds per mission, noting cocoanut tree damage and possible government claims. Continued on back page.
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GUADALCANAL
United States
U.S.A.F.1.S.P.A
Joseph L. Collins
Collins
Con
ALLISON J. BARNETT
G.SC
USAFILS
Allied raids hit Makassar and New Guinea bases in fast stretch
Allied headquarters reported ten strikes against Japanese bases from Makassar in Celebes to Vila in the Solomons. Heavy bombers dropped 27 and 49 tons on Makassar and Lae respectively, with two Allied planes listed as missing. Other actions included river craft hits on the Yawrawaddy Ramree area and a Sagaing railway and ferry terminal attack by US bombers.
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NEW GUINEA
Makassar
Celebus
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Vila
Solomons
Lae
Salamaua
Saidor
Lavtemak Bay
BURATA
Consumer Bonus Cut To 2 Per Cent
Edmonton report states provincial treasurer Solon Low announced a two percent consumer bonus on all goods bought with transfer vouchers from merchants after Sept 15 with a $100 monthly cap per account. The five percent Alberta trade marked goods bonus is ended and trade claims and the trade claim control board will be eliminated to simplify administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Solon Low
Alberta
Low
trade claim control board
Mr. Low
New Bulgarian Premier Named Dobri Bosiloff Appointed
London report says Dobri Bosiloff former finance minister named premier of Bulgaria to replace Bogdan Philov who joins the regency. Other cabinet picks include Gen Russi Russev minister of war M Sarakirov foreign minister Dotsche Christov interior Tvan Vasov commerce Dr Tvan Betshnev economics and Chrite Petrov railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Berlin
Dobri Bosiloff
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philov
Gen Russi Russev
M. Sarakirov
Dotsche Christov
Tvan Vasov
Tvan Betshnev
Chrite Petrov
United Church Meeting Chosen for London 1944
The general council of the United Church in Canada selects London Ontario to host a 10 day council meeting in 1944 marking the first such location in London in fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNITED CHURCH MEETING
LONDON
Ont
general council of the United Church in Canada
Yanks Raid Paramushiro in Kurile Islands
The United States navy said Army bombers attacked enemy shipping and ground installations in the Paramushiro area at the north end of Japan’s Kurile chain. They hit five ships and damaged ground facilities, with one transport sinking and another damaged. Twenty five Japanese fighters engaged the American planes, with ten shot down and three more likely down. Four US planes were lost and six failed to return, possibly reaching Attu. Previous raids occurred July 10, 12 and 19.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
Paramushiro island
Japan
Kurile chain
navy
Kurile
United States
Attu island
Aleutians
Pearkes Begins North Camp Inspection Tour
General Pearkes V C D S O M C commanding the Pacific command arrived by plane at Edmonton and proceeded to Wainwright for an inspection tour. He was accompanied by Major General A E Potts and Brigadier W Bostock, officers in the Pacific command.
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EDMONTON
G. R. Pearkes
V.C
Pacific command
Wainwright
Pearkes
A. E. Potts
W. Bostock
Italians Fear For Pope Pius XI
Berne Switzerland September 14 A Pi A dispatch from Chiasso reports Vatican Catholics fear for Pope Pius XI who is described as practically a prisoner of Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kesselring German troops have respected Vatican City neutral territory and Catholics discuss the pope possibly leaving the Vatican if Rome becomes a battleground
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BERNE
Switzerland
Chiasso
Der Bund
Pius XI
Albert Kesselring
Vatican City
Vatican
Rome
War Writer Dies
Daniel V. Casey aged 73, a Bar correspondent for the Chicago Record during the Spanish American War and a Chicago newspaperman for about 33 years, died in Crawfordsville after being a native of the city.
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CRAWFORDSVILLE
Ind
Daniel V. Casey
old
Chicago Record
Chicago
Fascists Return to Power on Swiss Italian Frontier
Northern Italian cities report renewed Fascist activity as militiamen reappear in black shirt uniforms. Corriere Del Ticino cites clashes in Milan Turin and Bologna, with German army intervention often decisive. Italians in the north are described as under German occupation while Rommel shifts forces toward Genoa Bologna and the Po.
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FRANK BRUTTO
Associated Press
Corriere Del Ticino
Lugano
Milan
Turin
Bologna
Italy
Como
Varese
Erwin Rommel
Genoa
Police Captain vows action over home made aerial bombs
Oakland California reports Captain Freda Barbeau pledges a counter-offensive as youths assemble aerial bombs from .22 caliber cartridges and 20 gauge shells. The projectiles are dropped from a bridge toward passers by, prompting safety concerns and police measures.
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OAKLAND
Cattf
Freda Barbeau
Tenderfoot Trixie Travels 9 Miles Home From Indiana Farm
Jeanette Watnick of Chicago reports her white terrier Trixie fled to a farm near La Porte, Indiana and returned on foot after traveling about nine miles. The dog’s paws were worn smooth from constant running along cement highways.
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CHICAGO
Jeanette Watnick
Trixie
La Porte
Ind
Allies raid Pompei area during Salerno push
Allied air forces hammered the Pompei area near Naples, targeting roads and railway junctions to cut German supply lines as the Anglo American Eighth Army advances from Salerno. RAF and Canadian Wellington bombers struck five miles of highway while American bombers hit rail links. fighters reported enemy losses among Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfes.
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NOLAND
NORGAARD
Associated Press
North Africa
Pompei
A.D
Vesuvius
R.A.F
R.C.AF
Wellington
Salerno
Naples
Pompe
Saierno
Messerschmitt
Focke- Wulf
Dornier
Dag
Italy
Paratroops Win Wings Ceremony at Canadian Camp
Canadian-trained paratroopers at Candian training school receive wings and diplomas. Lieut Robert Firlotte of Campbellton NB, age 26, spoke of readiness as Gen Kenneth Kennethart and Gen Stuart praised airborne troops. The general staff chief warned of future frontline roles in Allied operations.
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GREN ALLEN
Stall Wren SIULO
Man
Robert Firlotte
Campbellton
Canddaan
Kenneth Oenart
genral
Stuart
Sia
Heavy air activity over region reported by press
Newspaper brief notes heavy Allied air activity over the German lines with German craft reported shot down around the Pattie area. Continued on page three.
Jap Ship Sails With Canadians For Repatriation
London dispatch quotes Tokyo advices that the Tea Maru loaded with Americans and Canadians held by Japan will reach Mormugao in Portuguese India around early October. The Gripsholm left New York Sept 7 with 330 Japanese civilians and is to pick up 173 more at Rio de Janeiro for exchange at Mormugao for about 1240 U S citizens 200 Canadians and 30 Africans. The first exchange with Japan occurred over a year ago at Lourenco Marques.
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LONDON
Berin radio
Tokyo
Yokohama
United States
Mormugao
Portuguese India
Associated Press
New York
Rio De Janeiro
Japan
Lourenco Marques
Portguese
East Africa
Russians Advance In South London Area Amid War News
News bulletins report Russian forces driving west of Staiimo gained 12 to 15 miles and captured 130 localities including Wangush near Mariupol. Berlin claims reentry into Salerno while German propaganda questions Clark’s withdrawal. Allied air forces resume large bomber formations over northern France and Belgium. Edmonton hosts joint provincial and federal Social Credit caucus beginning Sept 22.
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LONDON
Moscow
Sea of trey
Staiimo
Wangush
Mariupol
Aleyesesshata
Kharkov
Paslograd
EUROPE
C.P
Mlied
channel
France
Belgium
S.C
EDMONTON
Social Credit
W. A. Falten
E. C. Manning
Fallow
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Francisco
Malta
Valetta
arene
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8th Army
Couner
Dnieperopetrovsk
DNB
Orel
Pershing
sAPERRE
Jap Makassar Base
NEW DELUT
westerday
Yrrawaddy river
Arakan
Ramree Island
Burma
Maungdaw
Rathedaung
sampans
Mayu river
Keaton
Sagaing
Paramushiro
Gen. Pearkes
North Camp
Pope Pius
TENDERFOOT
Taddat
Sime
Lim jooking
Tre
SALERAG
Ialy
Clark
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