New Georgia Captured as Japs Lose Central Solomons
Allied forces report the New Georgia campaign concluded with American troops occupying Bairoko harbor near Munda airfield. Japanese garrisons fled by night to Vila and other Vella Lavella approaches as U S forces secured Saluka stores and nearby airfields. Bombardments and air strikes supported the advance across the Solomons, with no American casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Munda
Bairoko Harbor
Dap
Kula Gulf
Vile
Kelembaigara
Vila
Vella Lavella Island
Kolombansgara
Solomons Campaign Declares Bukoko and Bougainville Secure
U S forces report occupation of Bukoko on New Georgia and Bougainville as the only Jap holdouts in the Solomons. They say Kolombangara garrison of about 10,000 is doomed, with 57 days of fighting ended except for minor actions.
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William
U.S
South Pacific
Bukoko
New Georgia Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Vella Lavella
Solomon Islands
Kolombangara
Russians Launch Fourth Offensive In Baltic-Front Push
Moscow reports the Red Army struck west in a new sector and overwhelmed German defenses at Sevsk, midway between Orel and Belgorod. The offensive, the fourth since July, puts Russians about 500 miles from Stalin Grad as they push toward the Dnieper and Bryansk. Sevsk seizure wiped out 500 Germans and took 700 prisoners. Kotelvo captured near Kharkov as forces skirt Poltava.
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Moscow
Sevsk
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Stalinjerad
Seysk
Dnieper
Kiev-Bryansk
Bryansk
Kiev
Kharkov
Sevak
Kotelvo
Poltava
Italians Post Alarm Signals for Allied Landing
Swiss Journal de Geneve says authorities in occupied France issued a system of signals to alert when Allied forces land along the French Mediterranean coast. The notices were reported by the Swiss paper and via UPI dispatches.
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New York
UPI
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Journal de Geneve
In & Dispatch
OWT
Plane Power Hiked Fifty Percent New Supers Gas Developed
Dr Guntay Epoloff announced a new aviation fuel boosting engine power by 50 percent. Developed by the Universal Petroleum Company of Chilean industry researchers, the gas blends with 100 octane aviation gasoline after engine redesigns. First gallon price once $3000, but claims say fuel would be cheaper, safer, and allow faster climbs and heavier loads.
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SAN Finance 8Cq
Sug. S.r
America
Guntay Eploff
Uni
Producke Company
Chilean
Dndastrey Research Jeim
Welinique
Egloff
American Institute of Cheme_ists
California
National Association of Manufacturers
Aas
Vast Pincer Squeeze on Japs Seen
Analysis of the Quebec conference points to a broad Allied pincer to cut Japan from southern islands. Mountbatten and MacArthur would lead efforts, with Burma to Truk as key air base targets, aiming to disrupt supply lines and neutralize Singapore as a naval base.
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Quebec
Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
MacArthur
Burma
Truk
New Guinea
Sumatra
Java
Australia
Canton
Ching
Truk Islands
Mount Batten
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
India
China
al- Wed
Alvleat Shoe
Malta
J Bole
Allied Raiders Bomb Italian Rail Hubs in Major North Africa Raids
U S flying Fortresses and Mitchell bombers blasted Sulmona Benevento Caserta and Catanzaro rail yards and freight works near Naples Salerno and Reggio Calabria. Fighter opposition rose as 20 enemy planes were shot down while nine Allied aircraft were lost.
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North Africa
U.S
Sulmona
Rome
Benevento
Naples
Caserta
Maples
Catanzaro
Sibari
Cerraro
Paola
Reggia Calabria
Messina
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
Sulerng
Mitchells
UU & Mitchells
Africa
Mesania
Dee
Slones
Pagin
Prats
Wittt
Jee Atl
British Bombing Raid Blasts Nuernberg In Heavy Night Assault
London reports massive nighttime raid by British bombers on Nuernberg, southern German industry hub, described as a heavy attack aimed to obliterate targets. RAF also conducted Mosquito sweeps and intruder missions against railways and Axis airfields in France and the Low Countries.
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London
Germany
Nuernberg
France
Low Countries
RAF
Berlin
Robert Ley
Hamburg
U. S
Housewife Receives Extreme OPA Penalty in Detroit
Detroit August 71 It viala ons of OPA regulations led to penalties for Nina persons including Mrs A D Wilkinson of Grosse Pointe a socially prominent figure. The extreme penalty listed a loss of all ration books until December 31 1944 and details showed substantial inventories of rationed foods and deep freeze stock. Other eight individuals faced lesser penalties up to six months suspension for alleged illicit purchases. Albert Lebrun ex president of France was reported arrested by the Gestapo at Vizille internment villa.
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Detroit
Vialaons
OPA
Nina
Frederic &. Glover
Cleveland
A. D. Wilkinson
Grosse Pointe
Shand
Italians Donating Blood For Wounded Allied Soldiers
In North Africa on August 23 volunteers from noncombatant and convalescent groups supplied blood and plasma to wounded Allied troops. Blood and plasma aided shock treatment and operations, with plasma often preserved from America and England. Medical officers praised plasma use in the Sicilian campaign and recounted emergency efforts to deliver plasma under shellfire to isolated aid stations.
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Alliey Aradquarlers
North Africa
Ives
America
England
Sicy
Edward D. Churchill
Boston
Wiliam W. Brothers
Pocatella
Idaho
Sale
San’ I Fratello
Piasita i
Henry Robert Ransom
Minneapolis
Shere
Ernest Alva Gould
Washington, D. C
Ernest Co. Cunningham
Temple
Texas
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Uleo
United States
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Secoid
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Dapau
Pig
Kahili
Jap Solomon
Navy
U. 8. Artilery
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Bairoko
Murda
Erloff
Rai
Ong Chow
Albert PB. Fong
Attu
Fong
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Pittsburg
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A. Fo Phota
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