Soviet Bulletin Counts 7.4 Million German Losses in Russia
London reports a Soviet bulletin marking two years of war claims 7.4 million German and allied casualties since June 22 1941. The figures include 1.0 million killed or wounded in the current summer, plus 25,600 prisoners. Red army advances near Kharkov Bryansk Spas-Demensk claim more villages fallen and German counterattacks fail.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
East
Russia
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Bryansk
Spas-Demensk
Stetords
Alrymen
Kursk
Soviet Monitor
Orel
Belgorod
Karachev
Neize
Britain
William Lyon Phelps Dies at 78 in New Haven
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, 78, Yale professor and famed lecturer, died at 4:50 a.m. in his home after a stroke two months earlier. Official cause pneumonia. Funeral Monday at Ballett Chapel with Yale chaplain Rev. Sidney Lovett officiating. Burial in Grove Street Cemetery among Yale founders.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Billy” Phelps
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Baltell Chapel
Sidney Lovett
Grove Street Cemetery
Whiskey plan proposed by WPB division
The Associated Press reports the War Production Board discussed a whiskey recess plan allowing distillers to resume liquor production briefly. If approved by the War Food Administration, whiskey making could occur this fall depending on grain and molasses supplies, with five days of mock whiskey production per month suggested to maintain stocks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chemical Division
War Production Board
W.P.B
Donald M. Nelson
War Food Administration
West Indies
War Toad Administration
Adust
Stalingrad Being Rebuilt At Full Speed
The Associated Press reports U S ambassador to Russia Admiral William H Standley stated after inspecting Stalingrad that reconstruction is moving rapidly. He noted some parts of a factory and the railroad are functioning and that the Russians plan a full rebuilding of the city.
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Associated Press
Moscow
William H. Standley
U. S
Russia
Stalingrad
Air War Blasts Italy's Communications Network
Allied air and naval bombardment targets southern Italy as air chief Sir Arthur Tedder commands sustained attacks after the Sicily fall. Bombers and escorts strike railways and highways around Naples, while naval forces shell Gioia Tauro and other targets along the Halten coast. Seven landing craft sunk off Swalea as RAF and US ships press the offensive in Hell's Triangle near Naples, Reggio Calabria, and Foggia.
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Belman Morin
ADL
Wester “Aeste DD
Nortalaprica
Italy
Sicdy
Sir Arthur Tedder
Pentelleria
Sicily
Ticly
Naples
Gioia Tauro
Norheast
Messina
Swalea
Ya “Hell's Triangle
Reggio Calabria
Foggia
Mitchell
Mameoder
Wellington
Japanese withdrawal from Kiska ends Pacific campaign flare
Allied forces claim Japan evacuated Kiska after two weeks of heavy air and sea bombardment. American and Canadian troops landed, finding no defenders as bombardment continued on the island and surrounding waters. Japanese bases possibly retreating to Paramushire.
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Kiska
Gertende Cove
North Head
Reynard Point
G Varrizon
Aleutians
Kuriles
Paramushire
Japanese In Full Retreat At Salamaua
Allied headquarters say Japanese troops, once threatening Port Moresby, are in full retreat from Salamaua on New Guinea's northeastern coast. The report notes air bombardment and jungle advances pushed the enemy back, with losses near 300 planes sunk over Wewak in a week.
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Salamaua
Diated
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
High Command
Associated Press
South West Pacific
Port Moresby
Australia
Sit Lion
Owen Stanley
Moresby
Paptan
Gona
Buna
Conquest of Kiska Carried Out in Strange Anti-Climax
William Worden UP reports the occupation of Kiska by US and Canadian troops ended in an anticlimax as Japanese defenders vanished. Landing began Sunday at Quisling Cove and Bamboo Bay, with thousands of troops establishing control amid wreckage and abandoned gear. No signs of living Japanese were found, with official garrison estimates ranging from 7,000 to 10,000 prior to recent reductions. Possible escape by sea or gradual attrition over months are discussed.
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William Worden
Bamboo Bay
Kiska
United States
Quisling Cove
Naval Artille
Gertrude Cove
Quisling
Aleutians
Gare ‘Rison
Washington
Ottawa
Thomas (. Ninkaid
Attu
Litvinov Relieved of Post. Gromyko Replacing Him in U S
London dispatch reports Soviet government dismissed Maxim Litvinoff as ambassador to the United States and named Andrei A. Gromyko to succeed him. The move, announced without explanation, follows Russian calls for a second front in Western Europe as Allied leaders meet at Quebec. Litvinoff had returned to Russia for consultations after a British-born wife remained in Washington.
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Associated Press
London
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Andei A. Gromyko
Washington
Ivan Mai
Kent
Suehant Peoples
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Litvinoff
Russia
Ile
Ivy Low
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Murray Favors Revenue Program Rallies Unions Behind Tax Plan
President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged unions to back a revenue program reviving an 835,000 ceiling on individual incomes to offset congressional push for a sales tax. He said Senate Finance Chair George and House Ways and Means Rep Disney oppose higher personal and corporate taxes.
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Press Ashington
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lion
Murray
George
Senate Finance Committee
Disney
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Roosevelt
Danes Urged to End Wave of Sabotage
The Danish government urged Danes to halt sabotage against German rulers warning continued attacks could bring a healing blow to Danish life as Nazis cut food and coal. Premier Erik De Seavenius and King Christian X signed a proclamation promising stability while resisting Nazi demands to prosecute saboteurs. A general transport strike in Copenhagen prompted Swiss radio to report threats of reprisals unless workers returned. Stockholm viewed the appeal as a compromising victory for Denmark.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Erik de Seavenius
Christian X
Gar Sain
Copenhagen
Christian Test Spring
Lieutenant Stansbury Joins Olympia Assignment
Lt. Charles Stansbury, formerly at Van Nuss California, has been transferred to Olympia Washington with his wife and son Charles D. Stansbury. His wife Eva Pownall traveled from Chicago to accompany him. He pilots a P 38 Lightning. The movement was confirmed by his mother Mrs. Herbert Stansbury. In Huntington, police hold an 18 year old Negro youth on suspicion of murder in the fatal stabbing of Charley Britten, with two others as material witnesses.
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Charles Stansbury
van Nuss
Cal
Olympia
Washington
Mather
Herbert Stansbury
California
Stansbury
Charles D. Stansbery
Geo
Eva Pownall
Chinego
Huntington
FH. Chapman
Negra
Charley Britten
Negra Employe
Soong to join Quebec talks on China role in Pacific strike
The war conference near Quebec will include Chinese foreign minister T. V. Soong to discuss China's part in the upcoming offensives against Japan. Meantime Allied forces report Kiska island occupied without resistance by American Canadian troops, marking a bloodless capture of the last Aleutian stronghold and a shift in war momentum.
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Associated Press
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Roosevelt
Churchill
China
Japan
Soong
Pacific
Washington
Ottawa
Kiska Island
North Central Pacific
Mr. Roosevelt
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Aleutian
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Plan More Ships For Coming Year
The combined American British Canadian shipbuilding committee was announced as plans for 1944 call for a program in excess of 20,000,000 dead weight tons with 300 fast vessels. Officials expect production about twice the U S merchant marine, aiming for about 60,000,000 tons or 5,000 ships by 1944. This aligns with a mass shipbuilding push to sustain wartime needs amid European hostilities.
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Maritime Commission
Chiefs of
Staf
U. S
Dannarg Ft
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Norway
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Stansbury Joes
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