Allies Enlarge Italian Bridgehead in Donets Drive
Moscow reports a major Soviet advance in the eastern Donets basin driving Germans from key towns and rail hubs. Red armies seized 290 towns and villages, freed much of Donbas, and pushed toward Stalino and the Dnieper. Debaltsevo and Gorlovka areas saw further gains while northern sectors threatened Smolensk and Kharkov.
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Moscow
Russia
Donets
Ssiurdey
Red Army
Voroshilovgrad
Stabia
Marefa
Hharkov
Krasnograd
Dnieper
Kursk
Voro Cahilovgrad
Donbas
Gorlovka
Blavyansk
Stalino
Nikitovka
Tsovayaskays
Debaltsevo
Gorlovska
Bryansk
Smolensk
Kharkov
Poltava
Me- Tefen
Jap Count Hirohide Fushimi Dies From Air Duel Wounds
SEW YORE reports Count Hirohide Fushimi died August 26 from injuries in an air duel in the Southwest Pacific. He is identified as son of Prince Hiroyasu Pusht m, former chief of the Jap naval general staff, and at the time a first lieutenant in the U S naval air force.
Captain Killed in Ft. Worth Crash
The pilot who died in a single engined naval plane crash in Fort Worth Riverside section Saturday was Capt. R. B. Garrett O G M C 8 of the Dallas Naval Air Station. He is survived by his widow Mrs Irene Garrett of Mand Tex. The item includes weather and war loan notes with limited details.
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Dallas
INS
Fort Worth
Riverside
R. B. Garrett
Dallas Naval Air Station
Irene Garrett
Mand
Tex
San Antonio
Texas
Roosevelt Accepts Realistic War News Policy Revealed
Washington officials reveal President Roosevelt approved a government news policy to present the blood tears and cost of war to the public. The shift, in consultation with the army navy and wartime agencies, replaces idealized coverage with realism through photos reels and front news. It aims to show the toll of war while avoiding propaganda.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Army
Navy
Tokyo
U. S
Marcus Island
Churchill to Speak on Radio From undisclosed city
The White House announced British Prime Minister Churchill will deliver a short address Monday September 6 in fulfillment of a long standing engagement in a city to be announced. The 11am program will be broadcast, followed by a noon 12 o clock segment. The address is expected to carry special political significance.
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Washington
White House
Tonigal
Church HL Wail Deilyer'a
Churchill
William Hassett
Kingsbury Smpirit
S. Slott
United States
Great Britain
Vinehestay Molotov
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
Teréon
Roosevelt
Churchi
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
United Nations
Nazi Analyst Supports Allied Second Front Plan
German military analyst Lieut. Gen Kurk Ditimar told the German people that Allied insistence on a second front in North Africa and Sicily, plus the British aid effort, justified by recent Soviet setbacks, reduced German forces to only essential fronts and hampered operations in Russia.
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New York
UNS
Kurk Ditimar
Reich
Russia
Bombing of Berlin Intensifies as Allied Air Power Rains 4000 Tons
Allied bombers and fighters hammered Berlin in a third 12 night blitz, dropping roughly 4000 tons of explosives and fire bombs in 105 minutes of raid time. Lancasters led the attack, supported by American Mitchells Venturas and P-47s, with rail yards and targets across western Germany hit. Berlin fire crews and Stockholm reports noted major damage including the Wilhelmstrasse nerve center.
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London
Western
Derowger
English
Bowen
Amiens
Abbeville
Boue
Lille
J. Poll Ap d’ Hazenbrourk
France
Courtrai
Belgium
Bet- Hin
Hitlerium
Germany
Berlin
Stockholm
Wilhelmstrasse
Not Like Four Years Ago Berlin Bombed and Changed
A Stockholm dispatch describes a transformed Berlin four years after the outbreak of war. Residents shelter under ruins, Hamburg’s destruction mirrors the capital’s fate, and evacuees crowd trains amid fuel shortages. Soldiers from Paris and the east front, moved by the ruin, observe Berlin’s new reality as residents express distress and resilience.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Reichnwehr
Europe
Paris
Baby's Custody Case Involves Coffee Or Meat
Cook County Circuit Court officials were asked to decide custody of 19 month old Douglas Stewart amid claims of abusive feeding. The baby's father Cowan says his ex wife Thelma placed the child in a nursing home and alleges the mother-in-law fed raw meat, while Thelma counters that Cowan's mother fed the child black coffee.
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Chicago
INS
Cook County
Lis
Daiglas Stewart
Cowan
Willian
Bruce Cowan
Thelma
Shila
Walter
la Bay
Douglas
Italy's Salient and Seaborne War Tactics
Analysis from a wartime dispatch foresees Italy as a vast land mass offering vast beach-head opportunities for amphibious landings. With Allied sea control and air superiority, victory hinges on how long German divisions defend and how many can be spared. Terrain favors stubborn entrenched defense, but Allies can outflank via naval and air power to sever roads and railways, shaping a rapid or prolonged campaign.
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Aly
Reggio di Catatula
San Giovanni
Eisenhower
Italy
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Tunisia
Siely
Jeffers Resigns and Praises From FDR Leaders
William M Jeffers resigned as rubber director receiving a well done from President Roosevelt for guiding the synthetic rubber program. Col Bradley Dewey of Boston named to replace him as Jeffers returns to the Union Pacific. Jeffers avoided broad attacks on colleagues while noting tensions with the War Production Board.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Roosevelt
Union Pas Eific Railroad
Bill
Jetter
Col
Bradley Dewey
Boston
Dewey
Jeffers
War Production Board
Allied
Inonths
Southwest Pacific
INS
Dutch East Indies
Solomons
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Ambon
Laha
Halong
Amboina
New Guinea
New Ireland
Bougainville
Kolom- Dangara
Baruch
Navy
Army
Airline Seadromes Proposed for Atlantic Routes
Formal application filed by Pennsylvania Central Airways seeks approval to build three 64 000 ton displacement seadromes in the North Atlantic. Each 3600 foot long steel platform would house two decks for passengers freight and storage, with mid ocean landings to boost fuel efficiency and payload by about 400 percent, though experts flag weather and maintenance challenges.
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Munro
Armstrong
Hub
WACS to Enter Combat Zones in Italy and Sicily
An Army spokesman said WAC units will join the fight in Italy and Sicily once conditions permit and the headquarters transfer is completed. No women will be sent to zones of enemy fire, with most duties likely behind the front lines. The girls earned the campaign ribbon in North Africa due to accidental exposure to action.
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Cordell Hall
Dwight Eisenhower
Galvin B.baldwin
Virginia
Farm Security Administration
State Department
Baldwin
United States
Cigian
Washington
WACS
Sicily
Alfred
WAC
Chartier
WAC Frecame
Regue Fer
War Department
North Africa
Feld W
Invasion Ahead of Schedule Reported by Allied Sources
Dispatches from Allied and Rome sources indicate the British Eighth Army is extending its Calabrian coastal advance toward the Italian mainland. Reports claim new landings near Cape Spartivento and Melits, with Italians surrendering and German forces unlisted. The Rome press notes an alert across Italy and mixed assessments from Italian outlets.
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N.S
Tio
Montgomery
Lloward
Resoto
Thaly
Tmnks
Eighth Army
Guibria
Acros
Messina Stratt
Sichy
Rome
Italy
Italen
DNB
Navi Agency
Beitween Cape Spartivento
Melits
Reepia
Tabria
Bernard J. Montgomery
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