Posing Senator irks Army Forog
A World War II era dispatch describes a technical sergeant and Private First Class Hogan in a wallboard office as they plan a photo shoot to depict a cemetery. A senator commissions dramatic kneeling poses among crosses for a newspaper image, provoking tensions over staged heroism and ethics.
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Losoya Slated As 1-Way Street
Houston traffic officials announce a new one way downtown street plan starting Sunday. Tacoya street will be eastbound toward Houston and Travis streets while Andravis becomes one way southbound, with further street additions planned as drivers adjust.
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Forts Break Brenner Pass Rail Link
Allied air forces in North Africa claim a deep strike into northern Italy destroyed the Brenner pass rail artery. Bombs wrecked Bolzano and Trento bridges and damaged Bologna yards, blocking lines to Naples and Salerno. 34 enemy planes downed for Allied losses. one unescorted Fortress missing.
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Naples
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Salerno
Torre Annunziata
Capua
Benevento
Nazis Report New Push By Soviets
Soviet forces renewed a major offensive in the central Donets basin as German broadcasts claimed heavy artillery and air support. Russians seized Voroshilovsk Slavyanserbsk Lisichansk and Krovolets while rail links between central and southern sectors were cut.
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Hitler’s Advisers End Four Day War Council
London dispatches report Hitler’s senior advisers concluded a four day war council at the Fuehrer’s headquarters. They discussed Germany’s stance on the Russian front and warned that the meeting foreshadows further dramatic German withdrawals, possibly including the evacuation of Ukraine.
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London Daily Mail
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Ukraine
Allies sink one-third of Jap ships via U S submarines
Secretary Knox announced one-third of Japan's total merchant shipping, about 2,500,000 tons, had been destroyed chiefly by American submarines. He cited estimates of prewar tonnage and new construction, noting 77 percent of total destroyed were sunk by submarines and other forces accounted for the rest.
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Allied landing witness reports Italian invasion area blasts
Pilot Officer G Basrich of Town described from North Africa the first eye witness account of Allied forces in Southern Italy. He said bombers saw colossal explosions and what appeared to be crvat artillery near the coast of Messinia, after returning from the invasion area.
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Italy
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Crvat
B-24s Collide Fliers Die Near Birdville Fort Worth
Two Fort Worth Liberator bombers collided at about 2000 feet over Birdville early today. Seven airmen died, three perished in one plane and four in the other. Only three bodies were recovered, all from one craft that landed in a wheat field. the other plane broke in two and sank in a brush filled creek bed southeast of the crash site. Names were listed with the report.
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Japs Confer On Invasion of Italy Amid Allied Push
NEW XU Sept 6 High Japanese officials held hurried talks as the British Eighth Army advanced from the southern Italian mainland. A Domei dispatch heard by U S monitors indicated Emperor Hitohiro received Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu at the Imperial Palace for reports only.
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Allied Forces Land in Italy Mainland From Sicily
British and Canadian troops gained a foothold on the Italian mainland after crossing the Messina Strait from Sicily. Allied forces pressed inland amid rugged terrain and minefields as the invasion expanded. Reports from Berne and Stockholm noted cautious German and Allied assessments of progress and potential retreats.
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API
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Calabria
Halian
Messina
German International Information Bureau
Braadeast
Seilla
Reggin Cubshrin
Stockholm
Cinsi—Gernen
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Bertin
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Wilhelmstrasse
Sicily
Mons
Allied
North Africa
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Montgomery
Eighth Army
Italy
Hitler
Europe
United Nations Radi
Algiers
London Sees Yanks Set for Second Thrust At Italy
London speculation centers on the U.S. Seventh Army possibly being assigned a crucial new task in Italy soon after the invasion. Reports note Messina as a likely but undecided objective with Allied progress described as steady.
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Generail
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