Allied Warplanes Smash At Europe
Allied air forces strike Berlin for a third night as Mosquito bombers plus large bomber formations press the round the clock offensive into its fourth day. American heavy bombers and Spitfires hit Beauvais-Tille, while locomotives are targeted in Brittany and Nantes area shipping appears damaged.
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Gladwin Hill
Associated Press
ONDON
Berlin
Dieppe
Brittany
air ministry
Nantes
Modane
R.A.F
Ac ee
DNB
Le Creusot
La Pallice
France
Paris
Shark Repellent Discovery Fast Tracked for Servicemen
Collier's Weekly reports a new shark repellent that allegedly repels man-eating sharks for 24 hours after entering infested waters. The formula remains secret, but tests at Woods Hole and by Marineland researchers led by William Douglas Burden showed initial failures before expert Stewart Springer confirmed the method. The project, funded by war agencies, aims to keep sailors and swimmers safe as they enter dangerous seas.
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Collier's Weekly
J. D. Ratcliff
Colliers
Henry Field
Field Museum
Chicago
Harold J. Coolidge
Harvard
Navy
Office of Scientific Research and Development
William Douglas Burden
Florida
Marineland
Arthur 3. McBride
Arthur H. Schmidt
Ratcliff
Woods Hole Oceanographic laboratory
Massachusetts
Stewart Springer
United States
Micmac Is Launched at Halifax Shipyards Limited
HALIFAX Sept 18 hull No 12 the Micmac will sail the seas under the Royal Canadian Navy flag as ILBLC S MicMac after completion she slides down the ways at Halifax Shipyards Limited Mrs Angus L Macdonald wife of Canada's navy minister christened the ship the largest warship ever built in Canada As she slid out to the tugs the keel of a sister ship was laid and construction started on the RCNs third Tribal class destroyer The first Canadian Tribal stood 350 feet long with a narrow 35 foot beam the launch marked a milestone for Canadian shipbuilders
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HALIFAX
Royal Canadian Navy
ILBLC.S
Halifax Shipyards Limited
Angus L. Macdonald
Canada
R.C.N
Nazis Raise New Defence Front as German Lines Falter
MOSCOW September 18 reports say German legions in retreat along the eastern front after losing Bryansk the central fortress. Red Army forces press toward Kiev Smolensk and the Dnieper with advances near Kiev and Ossivenko in the Azov region. Roosevelt praised Soviet reversals while Germans rush troops to Smolensk and prepare for twin drives toward Vitebsk and Minsk. The thrust toward Kiev yielded 130 towns 2,000 German dead and abandonment of locomotives and material as Nazis pull west toward Pechuki.
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MOSCOW
Hitler
Bryansk
Kiev
Smolensk
Ukraine
Sea of Azov
Crimean
Red army
Dnieper
Azov
Ossivenko
KEDS
Washington
Roosevelt
congress
Germany
Broyansk
Stalin
Vitebsk
Minsk
Poland
Pecluki
Unionization Push Discussed at Canadian Labor Convention
Montreal Sept 18 The Canadian Congress of Labor fourth annual convention approved a report backing in principle a resolution to unionize newspaper office workers and referred it to the incoming executive committee for action.
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MONTREAL
Canadian Congress of Labor
Salerno bridgehead drive cuts 11 miles inland to Naples
Allied forces drive 11 miles inland at Salerno as German lines bend northward toward central Italy. British 8th Army joins the 5th Army to form a near united front, seizing Procida and Ponza islands while Capri falls earlier. Elba reportedly under German occupation with Italian troops surrendered. Capable German defenses shift to northern Salerno and mountain passes as Allied air and sea power press.
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Salerno
Naples
Rome
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
LLIED
NORTH AFRICA
Bay of Naples
8th Army
5th
Italy
Procida
Ponza
Capri
Elba
Corsica
Roccadaspide
5th Army
Yugoslav Partisans Advance Amid Balkan Fighting
Western Balkans battle intensifies as Yugoslav partisans push along the Adriatic from Split toward Fiume. Guerrillas concentrate near Busak and fighting rages north of Split at Ogulin and Knin with Nazis deploying dive bombers. Russians reportedly aiding Yugoslav efforts while Italian troops in the region are accused of aiding Nazis. A separate notice claims a port seizure.
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LONDON
Balkans
Adriatic
Split
Fiume
Busak
Ogulin
Knin
Dalmatia
informa
Solis
Stockholm Aftontidningen
United States office of war information
Yugoslavia
Italy
Free French
Brazzaville
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
CLAIM
NEW YORK
Little Water But Champagne Aplenty In Sicily
In Sicily Cana dians faced a water shortage yet abundant champagne. Captain Harold A. Hyman, ex Regina journalist, wrote to a Winnipeg friend about quenching thirst with champagne when no water is available, highlighting wartime hardships.
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Sicily
WINNIPEG
Harold A. Hyman
Regina
Youngest Soldier Of First War Dies
The unclaimed body of Stephen William Harvey, reportedly the youngest American veteran of the First Great War, lies in a county mortuary after dying August 13. Harvey joined the Canadian army in 1914 at age 13, fought at St Julien Ypres Somme and Passchendaele, earning the Cross of St. George and the Croix de Guerre. A hotel room displayed clippings and letters from King George V Herbert Hoover Lord Halifax and Will Rogers. Harvey later transferred from Canadian to American forces during the war.
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LOS ANGELES
Stephen Wiliam Harvey
Passchendaele
George V
Herbert Hoover
Lord Halifax
Will Rogers
Harvey
Nazis Claim Elba Taken
Berlin broadcast says German troops occupied Elba after the Italian garrison of 7000 capitulated unconditionally and were disarmed. Elba lies about 120 miles northwest of Rome, eight miles from the Italian coast and 32 miles east of northern Corsica.
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LONDON
Elba
Napoleon
Italy
Corsica
Berlin
Rome
Italan
Chinese Troops Trained In India
Chinese forces under Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek were secretly moved from China to Taca and trained in India by American officers. Regiment after regiment traveled light, then joined evacuees, undergoing intensive instruction as far as 1,000 miles from home. Some recruits had never seen automobiles or modern оружие.
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PRESTON GROVER
Associated Press
NEW DELHI
China
Taca
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
Burin
Wolves Slaughter Sheep in Quebec Farmland
Bouchette Quebec sept 18 reports roaming timber wolves have slain more than 300 head of sheep in upper Gatineau county prompting farmers to seek aid as packs roam farmland.
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BOUCHETTE
Gatineau county
Lae Capture Highlighted as Jap Base Falls in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report the capture of Lae New Guinea after a siege begun Sept. 4. Australians entered the town at 11 am Thursday and combined with American paratroopers to trap the garrison. Remnants flee into jungles as the Sth Air Force destroys installations and air bases.
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Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Lee
Salamaua
Sth
Huon Gulf
Douglas Macarthur
beard
Rabaul
New Britain
Mosher Attacks Family Bonus Plan At Labor Congress
Montreal September 18 A R Mosher president of the Canadian Congress of Labor told delegates on the final day of the fourth annual convention that a federal family bonus plan would be a vicious procedure without prior publication of National War Labor board reports and labor consultation. He spoke amid Ottawa reports that a nine dollar monthly per child allowance was under consideration with a government decision expected soon. Mosher requested the resolutions committee consider a motion protesting the plan.
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MONTREAL
P—A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
National War Labor board
Mosher
Ottawa
convention
resolutions committee
Russians Reach Gates to Old White Russia
Military dispatches reported the Red army crossed the Desna and seized Bryansk fortress, reaching the gates of White Russia. Allied forces seized Ischia and Procida near Naples to encircle the port. Badoglio believed safe behind Allied lines in Italy after breaking German defenses near Rome. Street fighting raged in Turin as Italians and Germans clashed. Admiral Standley returns to the U.S. for consultations on allied talks. Bulgaria affirms continued collaboration with Germany. RAF bombers hit railway targets in Burma as Japan’s lines in the region face pressure.
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NAPLES
North Africa
API
Ischia
Procida
Italy
BADOGLIO SALUD
ALLIED
Pietro Badoglo
Clack Lee
Badoglio
Rome
Laly
TURIN
STOCKHOLM
Svenska Dagbladet
STANDLEY
U.S
WASHINGTON
United Sites state department
William Standley
Soviet Union
BULGARIA
GERMANY
LONDON
DNB
Sofia
Debri Bojilev
A.F
BURMA
NEW DELHI
Seywa
Tindeinyan
Katha
RAF
etiamanique
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Knife
Taranto
Aliicd Corps
Giermans
Bari
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Alled
Procidla
SWITZERLAND
MAK
HAR OE
HUNGARY
Naples-Salerno
Crotone
Brindisi
Catanzgaro
W. 13 Smith
U.S.A
M. Dick
Royal Navy
Lowell Rooks
De Haan
G. Castellano
Montenari
Big New Guinea Air Base
Diego
A. R. Mosher
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