Red Army Breaks Smolensk Defenses In Major Offensive
From Velizh to the Dnieper front, Soviet forces push toward Cherkasy and Vitebsk as they claim 1130 towns felled and 10,000 enemy dead. Paratroopers drop behind German lines near the Ditener river bend while Britain reports 734 Axis planes downed over Britain since 1939.
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L A Health Row Demands Civic Leadership in San Antonio
In a heated row over the city health department reorganization critics denounce years of political misuse. They urge strong action, noting high tuberculosis and infant mortality rates and warning against prioritizing buses and traffic over public health improvements.
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Cox Ready to Talk Health Problems
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift is named Western general. Cox signals willingness to meet San Antonio officials to reorganize the health department after threatening to cut an $80,000 grant. Miller in Austin relayed a plan for Cox to come to the city to settle the dispute with the mayor and council.
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Liberators Bomb Italian Ports as Allied Advance Pushes Italy Closer
Allied air forces bomb Venice as Fifth Army gains at Salerno and advances north of the Sele. American Liberators strike Pescara railway yards while Corsica mop up continues and German resistance on the Salerno front shows slow but steady pressure.
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British Money Ace Dies
Sir Hingsley Wool 62, chancellor of the exchequer, died in London on September 21. He led wartime finance under Churchill from May 12, 1940, shaping the pay as you go income tax plan and the wartime taxation program that funded Britain’s costly war effort.
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War Loan Halifax Harbor Mines Discovered
Ottawa reports German submarines attempted to close Halifax Harbor last June by laying magnetic mines at the entrance. Canadian and British minesweepers foiled the raid. About 60 mines were laid but no ships of importance were sunk and no Hyves were lost. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald disclosed the findings.
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French Navy Aids Fight On Corsica
French commandos from North Africa joined Corsican patriots to repel a German garrison on Corsica. Allied dispatches say Ajaccio and an air base were seized after sharp fighting as German forces retreated to the island’s eastern shore. Italian troops and French units reportedly helped in harbor bombardment and defense.
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Churchill Flags West Front Invasion From the West
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that the second front will open at the right time and a mass invasion from the west will begin, calling the Mediterranean drive the third front. He cited U.S. armored landings off Rome, Sardinia and Corsica actions, a planned tri partite meeting, and growing Allied air superiority.
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Marshall Says Large Allied Offensives Ready For Europe Asia
Gen. George C. Marshall told the American Legion in Omaha the past year and a half has been spent preparing for large overseas offensives in Europe and Asia. He said bases are being established and forces will be poured into action, with planning across North Africa Sicily Italy and the Pacific to support vast ground and air operations.
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