Peace talks resume in Italy amid RAF raids on Milan Turin Genoa
In northern Italy disruptions grow as Allied air strikes hit Milan Turin and Genoa. Radio Algiers reports new peace negotiations while German envoys try to prop up Badoglio’s government. Italian socialists urge a general strike to push for a swift peace.
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London
U.P
Italy
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Algiers
Lombardy
Pietro Badoglio
Reich
Bloodied night clash amid wounded under Japanese assault
Lt Nicholas T Kliebert of Detroit recounts a seven hour siege where 11 soldiers, guarding wounded, repelled 300 Japanese attackers. He says 175 enemy were killed while 25 men remained as nothing escaped the brutal night. Four wounded officials were listed dead. Witnesses note the massacre as unarmed litter bearers aided by Serjeants Jeliotti and Petrowski.
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George Jones
U. S
Munda
Nicholas T. Kliebert
Detroit
Kliebert
Harry Jeliotti
Bridgett
Conn
Joseph Petrowski
Jap River Craft Blasted From Air
British communiqué says Beaufighters along the Irrawaddy river attacked and damaged 150 Japanese river craft including supply sampans and troop-carrying motorboats. A formation of Blenheim bombers also dropped on Maungdaw. clouds limited results but all aircraft returned to base.
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New Delhi
Irrawaddy River
Maungdaw
Bomb Attacks Hit Milan Turin and Genoa in Heavy RAF Raid
RAF Lancasters pounded Milan Turin and Genoa in a heavy night air raid aimed at pressuring Italy over Rome and the peace issue. Only two planes were lost, with one bomber missing and later reaching a North African base.
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R. A. F. Lancasters
Italy
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Badoglio
London
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Ministry
Britain
Schnzenburg
Shortage of Longies Feared for Next Winter
New York reports from the underwear institute warn of a potential shortage of longies next winter. Factors include yarn scarcity, labor shortages, and diversion of textile output to the armed forces and lend-lease.
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New York
Underwear Institute
John Doe
Grandpop
Gaps Blasted in Lines of Germans
Russian forces drive across the Ukrainian steppes widening gaps in German lines to seize Bogodukhov near Kharkov and cut the Kharkov Sumy railroad. Bryansk gains reach Orel railheads as 4,500 Germans reported killed and 58 planes shot down.
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London
U.P
Bogodukhov
Kharkov
Kharkov- Sumy
Dolzhik
Ukraine
Bryansk
Orel
Orel-Bryansk
Red Army
Moscow
Frank J. Walker Heads East for National Duties
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker ends a brief Montana vacation and heads to Washington D C with stops in St. Paul and Chicago. He plans to address Rotary clubs on the post office department and conduct a business conference before returning to the capital.
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Frank C. Walker
Washington, D. C
Butte Country Club
Montana
Seeley Lake
Walker
Hallie
Powers of Great Magnitude Given Goering
Spanish press from Berlin reports that powers of enormous magnitude are concentrated in Reichs marshal Hermann Goering. A Hitler headquarters meeting is seen as confirming that Goering, with Keitel and Doenitz, heads Germany while the army wields real power. The Nazi party remains a facade to avoid official loss of power amid a long war. Italian Fascists vanish as Badoglio governs with weakened authority.
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Madrid
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Goering
Germany
Keitel
Doenitz
Hitler
I Duce
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Badoglio
Adrano Falls to British Eighth Army in Sicily Drive
Allied forces under General Montgomery captured Adrano after a massive artillery barrage that drove enemy rearguards from the town and opened the route toward Bronte. The assault included Canadian troops and seized key highway links near Mount Etna amid German resistance from dug in 88 mm guns.
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Eighth Army
Sicily
Mediterranean
Tunis
Adrano
Mount Etna
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bronte
North Africa
Andrano
Simeto
Salso
Weather Outlook for Sunday and Monday Temperatures
Weather forecast notes little temperature change for Monday and Monday evening. Sunday's high reaching 75 degrees with a low of 44 degrees.
Navy Wins Solomons Battles In Key Vella Gulf Clash
Allied reports show U S Navy sinking a Japanese cruiser and up to three destroyers in a one hour battle near Kolombangara. Earlier actions in Kula gulf and Munda area add to total enemy losses of 23 to 26 ships with US losses of one cruiser and two destroyers. Vila reinforcement attempt thwarted by surprise strike.
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U. S. Navy
Solomons
United States
Allied
Southwest Pacific
United States Navy
Munda
William F. Halsey
Kolombangara Island
Vella Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Kula Gulf
Vila
Kolombangara
New Georgia
Gulf
Bairoko Harbor
Vellavella
Berlin Evacuates Over a Million as War Pressure Grows
The German radio says more than 1,000,000 women and children will leave Berlin in a partial evacuation. Evacuees told to carry 24 hours of food and bedding. keys to apartments to be left with air wardens. Goebbels notes non essential withdrawal is under way. Reports say air raids dropped leaflets warning Berlin’s fate echoes Hamburg’s destruction.
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London
Berlin
Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Sweden
Hamburg
Ramirez Fed Up With Defamations in Argentina
General Pedro Ramirez, president of Argentina, told a press conference he was a little fed up with defamations of his government. He said it was impossible for an Argentine military man to aspire to model the country after dictatorships, following his remarks after returning from Rosario where he spoke last night and reaffirmed democratic intentions amid rumors abroad of a fascist shift.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Rosario
Allied Victories Are Decisive Pacific War Outlook
General Douglas MacArthur said Allied wins in the southwest Pacific have been decisive of the final Pacific outcomes. He noted Japan has exhausted its resources and now faces a defensive posture as Allied progress continues and Guadalcanal and Salamaua are contrasted with a reversed scenario.
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Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
Munda
Salamaua
Allied forces push through Sicily drive toward Messina trap
Allied troops in Sicily seize Biancaville Adrano and Bronte as British Eighth Army drives on Mt Etna and closes in on Randazzo pass. American forces advance from the west amid reports of massing enemy craft in the Messina area and heavy air activity targeting transport and barges.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Mount Etna
Biancaville
Adrano
Bronte
Randazzo Pass
Messina
Belpasso
Catania
Randazzo
Eighth Army
Siope
Mt. Etna
Steiner elected Montana State Elks president in one day session
Joel J. Steiner of Lewistown was elected president of the Montana State Elks association at a one day meeting replacing the usual convention. Other officers named were Robert E. Lee Cut Bank Leo C. Musberger Virginia City Arthur Trenerry Billings and Arthur C. Baker Lewistown. Former Judge Lew L. Callaway of Helena named honorary president for 41 years of service.
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Helena
Joel J. Steiner
Lewistown
Montana State Elks Association
Missoula
Steiner
James F. Higgins
Robert E. Lee
Cut Bank
Leo C. Musberger
Virginia City
Arthur Trener
Annual Catholic Women Convene in Butte
Scores of Catholic women from western Montana attend the twenty second annual convention of the Helena diocesan council of the National Council of Catholic Women in Butte. The event opens with a pontifical mass by Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore at Sacred Heart church and runs through Tuesday afternoon with registration at the Finlen hotel and a city sight seeing tour led by Chief of Police Bart Riley.
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Montana
Butte
Helena
National Council of Catholic Women
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph M. Gilmore
Finlen Hotel
Bart Riley
Immaulate Conception Church
Norbert C. Hoff
Immaculate Conception
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