Germans Block Naples Harbor
Allied forces breached Italian defenses with 10 to 15 mile advances in central and southern areas as Naples faced heavy bombardment and dockyard destruction. German ships scuttled, docks burned, and rail yards wrecked to deny the port. inland, British and American troops pushed toward Potenza, Sala Consilina, and Taranto while Western air forces targeted ships and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
North Africa
A.P
Italy
Albert Kesselring
Naples
Corsica
Bastia
Europe
Adriatic
Salerno
Genosa
Taranto
Smuggling Thrives Along Franco-Belgian Frontier
Amid wartime shortages smuggling remains brisk in the Lille Valenciennes Dunkirk belt with petty traders earning 700 to 1000 francs daily from cigarette papers while larger operators move 30 to 60 pounds of butter or hams at sharp margins. Customs nets rise but arrests fail to curb the trade as about 70 percent of locals engage in it as a livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Lille
Valenciennes
Dunkirk
Corsica Blockaded by Allied Forces in World War II
Allied sea and air power surrounded Corsica cutting off German troops fleeing Bastia, the last seaport. Combined air sea and land pressure crushed the retreat route near Solenzara, 60 miles south, as Allied warships bombarded the coastal strip and troops closed in on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Corsica
Bastia
Solenzara
Two Enemy Convoys Sunk in Aegean Sea Actions
London report states light naval forces aiding the RAF and army in the Dodecanese destroyed two enemy convoys in the Aegean. No Allied naval casualties were incurred. One convoy escort was sunk and the other damaged, per the admiralty communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
admiralty
R.A.F
Dodecanese
Turkey
Aegean Sea
Elinor Glyn Dies At 78 In London
London reports novelist Elinor Glyn died at 78 after several weeks illness. Born in Jersey to Canadian parents she gained fame for Three Weeks and for teaching Rudolph Valentino screen romance. Her work sparked controversy and she helped propel It as a symbol of sex appeal.
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LONDON
Elinor Glyn
Rudolph Valentino
Jersey
Douglas and
Elinor (Saunders) Sutherland
Toronto
Clayton Glyn
Glyn
Clara Bow
Hanover Hit By Big Fleet
Allied air forces launched a mass raid on Hanover, Britain’s biggest bomb carriers delivered a rapid strike, and American heavy bombers attacked Nantes with two more deep into France within 18 hours. The raid involved Lancasters Halifaxes and Wellingtons, with 26 bombers missing including several Canadians. Mosquito intruders hit Holland and northwest Germany as Emden and Bremen were targeted.
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GLADWIN HILL
Associated Press
LONDON
A.P
Europe
Reich
Hanover
Nantes
U.S
France
air ministry
Britain
Germany
R.C.AF
Manmadian
R.AF
Holland
ministry
Emden
Oldenburg
Bremen
Vannes-Meucon
Berlin-Bastard
Another Italian Town Captured By Allied Forces
New York dispatch from Sept 23 reports Allied forces in southern Italy have taken Auletta on the Salerno Potenza highway. Potenza lies 55 miles east of Salerno. BBC NBC broadcast says the Allied line east of Potenza dips south in a loop but no Germans are believed inside that loop, which will be straightened between Salerno and Potenza.
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Contursi
Acerno
Avigliano
Salerno
Naples
Italy
Gulf of Manfredonia
Bari
London
Dominion
Ross Munro
NEW YORK
Auletta
Potenza
BBC
Allied
NBC
Huge Draft Goes O'Seas From East Coast Port
An immense Canadian reinforcement draft left an East Coast port for Britain after Allied victories in Sicily and Italy. The shipload included nearly 300 army nursing sisters, RCAF personnel, Norwegian soldiers and Netherlands fliers, plus Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy personnel. Two hospital units were aboard, with engineers, artillerymen, tank crews, and officers including Lieut. M. L. Borrowman of Winnipeg.
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Britain
suchno
Sicily
Italy
R.C.AF
United Nations
Dominion
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
11th General
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Engineers
Canada
M. L. Borrowman
Winnipeg
RCAF Hits Heaviest Blow of War in Hanover Raid
September 24 report from ITH the RCAF bomber group supported RAF Lancasters Halifaxes and Wellingtons in a major Hanover raid. Fires visible 250 miles away climbed nearly four miles as Canadians joined RAF squadrons to strike the communications hub. One Canadian rear gunner, Fit. Set Nf. A. Moad of Clanwilliam, Man., shot down a Junkers 88 as his Lancaster was illuminated for minutes.
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R.C.A.F
C.P. Cable
R.A.F
Hanover
BR.C.A.F
Nf. A. Moad
Clanwilliam
Man
Moad
Italian Patriots Free 20,000 Allied Prisoners
London dispatch reports the Morocco radio said 26,000 British and American prisoners were freed by Italians and joined Italian patriots despite Rommel’s reward offer. The broadcast also noted 3,600 prisoners crossed into Switzerland recently.
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LONDON
IC.P
Morocco
Erwin Rommel
Yalo
Switzerland
Britain Steps Up Air Work Urges Women Into Factories
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that Britain will intensify aircraft production for 1944. He reported mobilization at a peak, with 23 million of 33 million people aged 14 to 64 in services or part time work. Seven million women are in part time roles, over a million women are in voluntary non paid jobs, and 91 percent of unmarried women 18 to 40 are employed.
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LONDON
C.P
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
house of commons
armed services
civil defence
Britain
Meat shortage pushes South Africa to charter ship
CAPE Town reports the Union government weighs chartering a vessel to import meat from Madagascar amid a domestic meat shortage and rising prices. Authorities discuss logistics, port access, and economic impact on consumers and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAPE ‘TOWN
CPI
South Africa
Union
Madagascar
Simonds Leads Canadians Decorated For Valor In Sicily
Major General Guy Simonds of Kingston earns the Distinguished Service Order in the field after leading the 1st Canadian Division in Sicily. Brigadiers Harold Graham of Trenton and Chris Vokes of Winnipeg also receive the DSO, with multiple other officers and engineers praised for gallantry, frontline leadership, and engineering feats in Leonforte, Agira, and Assoro areas.
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Simonds
Sicily
C P. Cable
Guy Simonds
Kingston
Ont
DSO
Harold Graham
Trenton
Ontario
Chris Vokes
Winnipeg
EDMONTON
D.S.C
Vokes
Leonforte
Agira
J. C. Jefferson
Edmontons
D.S.O
Bruce SutclifMfe
Toronto
Hastings and
Prince Edward
Assoro cliffs
Royal Canadian Engineers
Geoffrey Walsh
Oakville
Mat Ken Southern
Port Arthur
Leonforte bridge
Col
Walsh
Spitsbergen
Maj. Southern
brigade
Brig
Mad Southern
Sunderland
Welsh
Big Vokes
Maj. Welsh
G C. Evans
McAdam
N.B
C. E. Murdock
Macleod
Wheat Rise Under Probe
Ottawa September 22 Canadian Press Staff Writer James McCook reports rising Winnipeg grain exchange prices and bread price commitments pressuring the federal government to study the issue. No. 1 Northern wheat closed at 1.92 dollars per bushel, cash price in Winnipeg up 0.32 from the 0.90 minimum.
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JAMES McCOOK
OTTAWA
C.P.i
Winnipeg grain exchange
Northern
Winnipeg
Reds Reach White Russia
Soviet troops storm into White Russia near Gomel as German forces retreat from Poltava and platforms around the Dnieper. Berlin reports the front shifting southeast of Smolensk with Red army advances across the 730 mile line.
Japs Reel Under New Allied Blows In Pacific
A P Two blows smash at the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific as Allied forces land near Finschhafen New Guinea and destroy enemy garrison on Arundel Island Solomons. The Vila threat looms as Halsey’s forces press inland near New Georgia.
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Pacific
WILLIAM F. BONT
Associated Press Star
ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
girnson
Arundel Island
Arunsel
New Georgia
William F. Halsey
artiller r .ange
Stinis
Holombangara
Fimschhuen
tat
peacecume
Russians Nine Miles From Smolensk Frontline
News dispatch reports Red Army within nine miles northeast of Smolensk as the German central front bastion holds. Poltava captured, Gomel in White Russia advanced on over 300 villages. landmark actions announced by Moscow.
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JAMES M. LONG
Associated Press
LONDON
Moscow radio
Russia
Gomel ctor
FPoltaya
Ukraine
Moscow
Izvestia
praesidium of
the
supreme council
Reuters
Gomel
Krey
Smolensk
Dnieper
throsh
Poltava
Vorskla
Kharkov
Kiev
Kremenchug
Dnepropetrovsk
C.P
NANTES
United states air force
France
CLAEME
MADRID
O.P
Berlin
Informaciones
Niatroops
Yugoslavia
GRAZLANE
DUCE
Bertin
Rome
Rodolfo Grasiani
Bento Mussolini
TRIESTE
Reguealay
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Gulf of Taranto
St. Thomas
Times-Journal
United States
Asia Minor
Africa
national defence headquarters
Soviets
REDS
Lae
Dase
VILA
Song River
Sava Karasa
Arundel
HUON GULF
Salamaua
New Britain
Rabaul
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