Russians Report Breakthroughs Across Kharkov Front
The Russian army resumed a general advance and captured Zmiev and several towns south and northwest of Kharkov, with more than 50 settlements taken and gains over six miles. Heavy German losses were reported, while Bryansk front also advanced and inflicted about 800 casualties as prisoners and spoils were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Musel
London
Kharkov
Zmiev
Donets
Sumy
Red Army
Opeshenaya
Poltava
Dnieper
Moscow Radio
Bryansk Front
Obsorok
Spas Demensk
Russia
Izyum
Donets River
Ludwig Sertorius
Lozovaya
Dniepropetrovsk
Bryansk
Zhizdra
Bryansk-Vyazma
Nazis Evacuate Italian Area
Allied reports from North Africa say German forces are evacuating the Reggio di Calabria area opposite Messina. Germans use boats to slip through the Messina strait toward Palmi as Allied air and sea forces attack railways, roads, and coast defenses. Italians appear to be left as a rearguard while Germans withdraw toward Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
U.P
Reggio di Calabria
Italy
Messina
Madrid
France
Rome
Smoke screens blamed for low Sicily casualties
Major General William N. Porter, head of the Army chemical warfare service, credited the use of smoke screens in the Sicily landing with causing few casualties. The statement was made Wednesday in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Army Chemical Warfare Service
Sicily
William N. Porter
Hungarian Cabinet Might Declare Budapest Open City
A Budapest dispatch said Premier Nicolas Kallay's cabinet is studying declaring Budapest an open city under The Hague rules. A Rome dispatch noted talks on recognizing Rome as an open city with Russia possibly joining and Sweden acting as mediator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Budapest
Neue Zeurchen Zeitung
Nicolas Kallay
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Russia
Sweden
Roosevelt to Visit Ottawa Amid Allied Conference Talks
At Quebec the Allied war conference unfolds with Anthony Eden arriving from London and President Roosevelt planned to visit Ottawa next week. Hull may join discussions as Eden possibly acts as courier to Stalin about secret conference developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Quebec
Anthony Eden
London
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Canada
St. Lawrence
Eden
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Brenden Bracken
Hull
Cordell Hull
U.S
Churchill
State Department
Foreign Office
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Sumner Welles
Moscow
War Labor Board Takes Over Anthracite Wage Clash
The War Labor Board assumed control of the 80,000 miner wage dispute after 20 weeks of talks between John L. Lewis’s United Mine Workers and anthracite operators. A Monday Washington hearing was set, inviting Lewis and UMWA secretary treasurer Thomas Kennedy, per operators’ counsel Walter Merritt.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
Walter Gordon Merritt
Husband Dead Wife Hurt After Quarrel
Charles Romano 59 died and Antoninette 53 was in poor condition after a family quarrel in Salt Lake City. Police say Romano shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun after stabbing his wife during the argument. Rotary YMCA Boys Club director Jack Squires noted a member reported a man going crazy across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Charles Romano
Antoninette
Romano
Jack Squires
Rotary-Y. M. C. A
German general Cha mier-Gliscinski dies in air force accident
Major General Wolfgang von Cha mier-Gliscinski of the Nazi air force has died in a fatal accident, according to a DNB dispatch transmitted for German publication. The report identifies him as a high ranking official amid wartime coverage from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wolfgang von Chamier-Gliscinski
Air Force
DNB
Germany
British Bombers Hit German Aircraft Plant in Penmuende Raid
London reports that RAF bombers and American escorts hit the Penmuende site, a Nazi center for air craft radio location and armament development, destroying a vital plant. USAAF Marauders attacked Woenscrecht in Holland and near Lille, with minimal losses. Berlin Mosquitos struck Berlin again as 2,500 to 3,000 Allied sorties raged for 24 hours, leaving 41 RAF planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Yahner
London
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Germany
Penmuende
U. S
Berlin
Hamburg
Europe
Marseille
Penemuende Wallop
Stockholm
French Patriots Put on Alert
Allied broadcasts from Algiers urge the French underground to stay alert for the invasion signal and to persevere in preparations day by day until called. A separate UN broadcast also urges sabotage of long distance telephone lines in southern Italy to hinder German troop regrouping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Algiers
United Nations
Reggio di Calabria
Italy
CBS
New York
Nazis Prepare Delaying Action in Italy
Aug 18 report from Bern notes Germany aims to delay invasion in southern Italy and fight to hold Brenner pass while Italy’s Badoglio signals limited will to alter the war. Analysts estimate 15 to 20 German divisions in Italy and warn rivers like the Po may not stop Allied advances as Sicily’s fall reshapes Axis prospects.
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Bern
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
Pietro Badoglio
Balkans
Austria
Trieste
Fiume
France
Belkans
Trieste-Plume
Sicily
Vienna
Budapest
Bucharest
Badoglio
Raymond Clapper Advocates Rome As Open City
Raymond Clapper writes from Washington on the Montana Standard editorial page urging Rome be treated as an open city after his swift return from a British Isles flight. He recalls flying over Rome during the first bombing and notes his recent travels in North Africa and Sicily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Raymond Clapper
Washington
Montana Standard
Clapper
Rome
North Africa
Sicily
War Manpower Commission bans intertown job moves without consent
The War Manpower Commission imposed a nationwide embargo preventing workers from moving to new towns for jobs without WMC approval. The rule requires 30 days residency in the new locality before hiring, with exceptions only if the Employment Service or WMC approves. The tightening aims to curb migration amid labor shortages impairing war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
WMO
Paul V
Roosevelt Grants WLB Stronger War Powers in Labor Crackdown
President Roosevelt issued an executive order empowering Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson to apply the harshest wartime sanctions against non compliant unions and recalcitrant employers. The measure also allows cancellation of draft deferments for striking workers under Connally Smith act authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
White House
Fred M. Vinson
WLB
William H. Davis
Connally-Smith
Vinson
War Manpower Commission and
Selective Service
Mussolini Reported Imprisoned on Bonza Island
Swiss Telegraphic Agency dispatch from Chiasso said Benito Mussolini was moved from Fort Breschia near Rome to Bonza Island a refuge with no access except by swimming. The report followed a Neue Zürcher Zeitung article noting Badoglio ordered Mussolini placed where he could not be reached by German forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Chiasso
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Fort Breschia
Rome
Bonza
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Graft probe ordered by Butte aldermen
Butte city Aldermen voted 14 to 0 to authorize an immediate graft inquiry led by Alderman John Lindquist with three council members on the committee. Mayor Barry O Leary appointed Lindquist Emmett Malone and John J Haggerty to the investigating body which may issue witness summonses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Leary
City Council
John Lindquist
Barry O’leary
Lindquist
Emmett Malone
John J. Haggerty
Will Call
South Main Street
West Mercury Street
Brown's Gulch Pioneer Dies
John Casagranda 80 a Brown's Gulch settler died at his ranch home Wednesday evening. A Tyrol native born 1863, he came to the United States in 1880 and settled in Brown's Gulch in 1889. He leaves a large family and funeral plans are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casagranda
Brown's Gulch
Casagranda
Montana
Tyrol
Austria
Silvio Casagranda
Harvey Dumont
Walter Lachance
Arthur Barsanti
Fred Casagranda
Corrine Casagranda
Butte
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Weather Forecast Cooler Thursday and Thursday Evening
The forecast calls for cooler conditions Thursday and Thursday evening. Wednesday will reach a high of 85 degrees and a low of 45 degrees.
Japanese destroyer sunk in Solomons action
Allied reports from Southwest Pacific detail air and sea victories in the Solomon Islands and surrounding areas. Japanese losses include several destroyers probably sunk at Vella Lavella, with heavy raids on Wewak New Guinea destroying many aircraft and damaging ships and oil facilities at Balikpapan.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Wewak
New Guinea
Thuusday
Solomons
Borneo
Salamaua
Vella Gulf
Vella Lavella Island
Berlin Sees Possible Peace With Allies Amid Split- Russia Aim
Berlin Radio urged a practical peace with the Allies while implying a split from Russia. The broadcast, aimed at Americans, warned of a turning point and questioned unconditional surrender, suggesting Germans might support a negotiated peace if the war ends favorable to Germany.
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London
U.P
Radio
Berlin
Britain
America
Russia
Berelin
Bill
Germany
United Nations
Japan
Munich
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United States
Arrow
Citadel
Earl of Athlone
W. L. Mackenzie King
International Soundphoto
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J. Casagranda
Yates M’danitel
Australia
Balikpapan
John A. Parris
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