World War II Timeline Highlights Major Axis Allied Moves
A chronological sweep shows Soviet advances near the Polish border and into Romania, Allied offensives across Italy France and the Pacific, major battles at Berlin Truk and Budapest, and key movements including Rome fall invasion of Normandy and Heaviest bombings on Berlin. The report lists dates, places, and unit actions across multiple theaters.
Sedition indictments and war notes span 1943 events
An index of wartime actions lists indictments for sedition, Congress reconvening, Roosevelt asking for a National Service act, the 1944 budget estimate, and actions on Japanese American loyalty, veteran bonuses, drafts, tax bills, and war production. It notes military promotions, court cases, and diplomatic shifts, including De Gaulle and Hull developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Detroit
Dumbarton Oaks
N. H
War Production Board
de Gaulle
U. S
United Nations
Italy
Dept. of Agriculture
Chicago
Edward Steltinius
Cordell Hull
Norman Littell
Southern California U Triumphs 29-0 in Rose Bowl
Southern California University dominates Washington University 29 to 0 to capture the Rose Bowl. The game highlights include strong USC defense and a decisive offensive showing to claim the national spotlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Washington U
Jag McSpaden
Los Angeles
Byron Nelson
Jimmy Daniels
Sammy Angott
Wea
Notre Dame
Yale
Big Ten
Ohio State
Big Six
Oklahoma
Southwest
Texas Christian
Southern
Duke
Pacific Coast
Southern California
Hal Newhouser
Detroit Tigers
U.,of Tennessee
S. California
Miami
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
New Orleans
Alabama
Dallas
Oklahoma A
M. Paul Krumske
Chicago
Disasters rank among wartime losses in a string of collisions and crashes
The report lists numerous wartime disasters including navy vessel sinkings off Cape May with sea losses, a Kingman Arizona bus strike killing cadets, train crashes in Texas and Missouri, airliner crashes near Memphis and Montreal, mine explosions in West Virginia and Ohio, and a massive Ringling circus fire in Hartford with many deaths and injuries. Several naval tragedies, torpedo and wreck incidents, and a Pennsylvanian tornado toll are noted, illustrating broad wartime casualties across transport and military facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
Kingman
Ariz
Novice
Texas
Naval Ordnance Depot
Hastings
Neb
Arkansas
Montreal
Canada
Portsmouth
Flagstaff
Ringline Bros
Hartford
Conn
Bellaire
Ohio
Jellico
Tenn
Portland
Maine
Navy Londing Pier
Chicago
Calif
Iceland
Newfoundland
Hanford
Limited
Sacramento
Mountain
Harmonfield
Madison
Wis
Notable Obituary Roundup of Public Figures
A long list of notable deaths across 1930s to 1940s figures including Ida Tarbell Walter Hackett William Allen White and Charles Hartigan with deaths reported in cities from Bridgeport to Washington. Also noted are military and political leaders such as Rear Admiral Don Pardee Moon Brig Gen Henry Styer and Manuel Quezon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
Husband Kimmel
Walter Short
Pearl Harbor
War and Navy Boards
Atlanta
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Fort Sheridan
Ida M. Tarbell
Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Hackett
New York
William Allen White
William Rodgers
Bethesda
Donald A. Davison
Medierranean
India
Henry D. Styer
Siberia
Coronado
Calif
George Ade
Kentland
Ind
Don Pardee Moon
Washington
Effie Cherry
Cherry Sisters
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U S Third Army Reaches Saar River and Presses Front
U S forces push through the Saar valley and reach the river as the Allied front expands on a 450 mile line. B 29 raids target Nagoya and Tokyo. Leyte operations split Japanese lines with new landings and capture of Ormoc. France and Russia sign mutual aid pact. Civil unrest and strategic moves ripple through China and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Bulgaria
Britain
Romania
Czechoslovakia
U. S. Third Fleet
Cebu
Negros
Philippines
Quebec
Finland
Tallinn
Estonia
Yugoslavia
Greece
China
Liuchow
Burma
U. S
Tirpitz
Norwegian
Holland
Vosges
Rhine River Inlunge
Belfort Bapti
Patton
Third Army
Saar River
Norway
Roer
Saar
U. S. Third Army
Saarlautern
Athens
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Leyte
MacArthur
Ormoc
France
Nagoya
Duren
Cologne
U. S. Seventh Army
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Normandy
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
San Guista
Magdeburg
Leningrad
Hitler
Namur
Marshalls
Kwajalein Atoll
Berlin
Truk
South Pacific
Marianas Islands
Stalin
Bug River
Bessarabia
Romanian
Palau Islands
Japan
U. S. Navy
Austria
Odessa
Kohima
mid-Pacific
Anzio
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Yunnan
Cassino
Leipzig
Rome
Continent
Kamaung
Cherbourg
French
Vitebsk
Zhlob
Minsk
England
Caen
Lwow
Brest-Litovsk
Tinian Island
Turkey
Germany
Guam
Marseille
Nice
Paris
Toulon
Bucharest
Alps
Uebach
WU. S. Fifth Army
Borneo
Aachen
Gen
Moscow
Churchill
Formosa
White House
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Department of Interior
Army
Pacific
Len Alben Barkley
State Department
House Committee
United States
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
Biddle
Political Action Committee
Montgomery Ward Co
FDR
Douglas MacArthur
Martin Flavin
Ware
Senate
Communist Party
Supreme Court
OPA
Uniersity
Hull
World Organization
War Manpower Commission
Conttress
Ola McMillen
Illinois
Ee, Dewey
New
John W Brickeerner
Red Cross
Treasury
Grumman
Iuto
UePnr
Charles de Gaulle
Eau de Gaulle
Wallace
Tun
Eric Johnston
US Chaiber of Commerce
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Chicip
Nates Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dacy
Philadelphia
Kennl Saher
Governors
Harvard University
Hawaii
Alaska
Unes
U. S. Department of Justice
Lincoln
John F. Dulles
Dewey
Warren
Green
Ilinois
Baldwin
Connecticut
Navy
Census Bureau
Boston Braves
Far Coleman
Casey Stennel
Joe Baksi
Tony Mauriello
Sammy Byrd
Bob Montgomery
Beau Jack U
Michigan
Clbert Dodds
Alan Ford
Utah
Dartmouth
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanal
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Tj Pensive
Brombetown
Stirp
Pensive
U. of Michigan
Ooflinois
Francisco Segura
Ecuador
Mildred
Babe) Diduikson Zane
Dorothy Germane
Gunder Haggi
Sweden
Pittsburgh
Wille Pep
Manuel Ortiz
Boston
Ann Curtis
Lee Savold
Dorothy Germainé
Bob Hamilton
Professional Golfers’ Association
Leslie Jepsen
Chicago Bears
College All Stars
Ike Williams
Baltimore
Nashville
Memphis
St. Louis Cardinals
Willie Pep
Chalky White
St. Louis Browns
San Francisco
Orting News
Art In Marion
Caranas
Bobby Doerr
Bostonmerican League
Great Lakes
Georgia
Welker Cochran
K. M. Landis
Mississippi River
J. Pinkney Henderson
Camp Robinson
Passaic River
New Jersey
Shinniston
W. Va
Lakehurst
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Lai
Bersane
Jachoring
Atkinson
Stockton
Antilla
Cuba
Palisades
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Atlantic
South Carolina
Coast Guard
Missouri Valley
Terre Haute
Cleveland
Aurbank
Tolar
N. M
Chitage
Charles C. Hartigan
Palo Alto
Thomas H. Cullen
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Phoenix
Thomas Nicholson
The
Anti-Saloon League
Mount Vernon
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
William H. Thompson
Sarah Jane Swanson
Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
Yankton
William D. Stephens
Frank Knox
Washington, D C
O. R. Gellette
Shreveport
Josef Beck
Poland
Louisa E. G. Thorp
Martin D. Morrison
Indiana
Abingdon
Betty Compton Knappen
Alan Dinehart
Hollywood
Mildred Harris
Charles Chaplin
Leslie McNair
Manuel Quezon
Saranac Lake
Isabel Irving
Nantucket
Mass
George W. Norris
Nebraska
McCook
James A. Reed
Missouri
Fairview
Mid
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Wendell L. Willkie
Hampton R. Fulmer
So. Carolina
Richard Bennett
Christiana Bond
Jane Grey
Edgar S
Boake Carter
Ellison D. Smith
Eynenbure Ss. C
Kenesaw M. Landis
Albert B. Fall
Harding
el Paso
David Ainley
U. of Illinois
Champaign
Grove
St. Joseph
Begoodrich
WN Fy
Utree
Glum
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