Allied Forces Pound Rail Hubs North of Naples
Allied air forces struck rail junctions at Villa Literno and Aversa north of Naples and targeted Canicello and Pomigliano d Arco as part of a broader effort to seal off southern Italy. More than 50 German fighters were downed in heavy air battles. eight Allied planes were lost. A Radio Liberation broadcast claimed invasions in Crete and along the Calabrian coast, but London discounted the reports as likely attempts to mislead.
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Radio Liberation
Crete
London
Villa Literno
Aversa
Naples
Middle East
Cancello
Pomigliano D’arco
Battipaglia
Italy
Liberation
Ministry of Information
Sicily
Calabrian
Francaleone
Cape Spartivento
Adriatic Sea
Reds Report Capture of 30 Villages Near Kharkov Front
Moscow said a Russian column north of Kharkov advanced three and a half miles and seized 30 villages. German losses pegged at 9,500 killed, 138 tanks and 32 planes. Russians claimed gains along Bryansk Spas Demensk and Donets fronts with heavy fighting near Kharkov and across the Dnieper approaches.
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A. I. Goldberg
London
Kharkov
Moscow
Red Army
Bryansk
Spas Demensk
Donets
Poltava
Dnieper
Voroshilovgrad
Red
Debaltsevo
Ilovaiskaya
Mius
Alibi Offered in Draft Violation Case in Seattle
United States Commissioner Harry M. Westfall heard an alibi from a man charged with selective service violation. He said he had trouble with his wife and did not tell his draft board where he went to prevent his wife from finding him.
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Seattle
United States
Harry M. Westfall
Removal of Envoy Indicates That Stalin Is Impatient
London dispatches report the recall of Maxim Litvinoff from Washington and Ivan Maisky from London signaling possible strain between Soviet Russia and Western allies. The move suggests Stalin’s impatience with Allied military pace and may foreshadow shifts in diplomacy ahead of Europe invasion. Eduard Benes travels to Moscow to seal a Soviet Czech alliance mirroring the 1935 pact.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Ivan Maisky
Russia
Litvinoff
United States
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Far East
Europe
Andrei A. Gromyko
Maisky
Eduard Benes
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Russian Recall Sparks Talk of Major Diplomatic Shift
Washington observers expect an important development after the recall of Soviet ambassador Maxim Litvinoff. They link his removal to potential shifts in Stalin era policy and a possible new Russia strategy may emerge in the coming months.
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Washington
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
White House
Germany
Russia
United States
Joint War Aid Committee Is Announced
Quebec August 22 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the creation of a joint war aid committee to study lend lease problems for the United States and Canada. Maj. Gen. J H Burns was named chairman of the US section and E P Taylor was named head of the Canadian section. The panel may serve as a prototype for future lend lease collaborations with other nations. Secretary Stimson and Soong joined the Quebec war council as Allied orders move toward Tuesday’s final session.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
J. H. Burns
Munitions Assignment Board
United States
Great Britain
E. P. Taylor
Churchill
Council
Stimson
T. V. Soong
China
Germans Block Italian Peace
In Bern Italy, Aug 22, reports say the German occupation of Italy hinders Badoglio’s effort to exit the war. Leopol Piccardi speaks to bombed Milan Turin and Genoa workers about obstacles to peace, while Italians fear Rome blocks a large German Anglo Saxon clash. German troop numbers rise via the Brenner pass.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Badoglio
Leopol Piccardi
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Chiasso
Rome
Italia
Brenner Pass
Liquor Board Hosts Educational Conference in Kalispell
The Montana Liquor Control Board opens the first of six conferences in Kalispell on Monday with board members brewery representatives and tavern keepers. The aim is to impress beer dispensers with the need to strictly follow laws governing beer sales.
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Kalispell
Montana Liquor Control Board
Spain Defines Present Policy in Week El Espanol
Madrid dispatches report Spain remains out of the war by its own free decision and that Franco's regime is above international events. The piece follows a two hour interview between Sir Samuel Hoare and Franco and Gomez Jordana, with no communique issued. London says UK will demand strict neutrality and no harboring Axis war criminals.
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Madrid
Spain
el Epanol
Italy
Samuel Hoare
Francisco Franco
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Germany
Tangier
Morocco
London Dispatches
The
Evening News
Franco
Serious Shortage of Beef Predicted
Chicago report from August 22 notes a serious beef shortage forecast for winter and spring unless meat management principles are adopted. The livestock and meat council cites corn belt farmers buying fewer young cattle for feeding, with feeder cattle in four major markets down 47 percent from 1942 and many cattle diverted to black market operators.
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Chicago
Livestock and Meat Council
Livestock Producing and Meat Packing Associations
Kansas City
St. Paul
Omaha
Additional American Troops Reach Britain
Additional thousands of United States troops arrived in Britain including air force personnel and Negro soldiers after an uneventful crossing, it was disclosed Monday.
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London
United States
Air Force
Britain
Allied forces seize guns on Baanga in Solomons action
Allied reports say American troops on Baanga island captured enemy field guns that had shelled Munda air field on nearby New Georgia. Australian troops dominated high ground at Sala-maua and pressed Japanese defenses on the Salamaua isthmus as Allied planes bombed south of the Francisco river.
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Baanga Island
Solomons
Allied
Australia
U.P
Salamaua
New Guinea
Munda
New Georgia Island
Francisco River
Farm Workers Sought to Boost Harvest Labor Force
The U.S. Crop Corps calls for 750,000 additional workers by October 1 to expand the 11 million farm labor force for peak harvest. OWI notes this is essential to harvest bumper crops with emphasis on September and October. Department estimates show millions of manhours needed in California and across crops. Volunteers set a record in harvesting this year’s early crops.
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Washington
U.P
U.S. Crop Corps
Office of War Information
OWI
Department of Agriculture
California
Weekend Coolness Forecast With Sunny Skies
Weather forecast shows continued cool conditions on Monday and Monday evening. Sunday temperatures reached a maximum of 70 and a minimum of 44, with dry conditions and light winds anticipated through the period.
Danes Commit New Sabotage on Fyn Island
Stockholm reports new acts of sabotage in Denmark with bomb explosions in Odense on Fyn. All rail and telephone lines to Fyn were cut as clashes between patriots and soldiers are described. The Danish appeal to halt violence follows clashes and resistance activity amid Nazi occupation.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Odense
Fyn
Christian
Norway
Vidkun
Brazil Builds 300,000-Strong Army for Expedition Abroad
In a radio address from London on the war anniversary, Brazilian ambassador Jose Moniz de Aragao stated Brazil now fields an army of 300,000 and an expeditionary force ready to fight abroad. The expeditionary unit awaits orders from the Allied high command to move to the battle front.
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London
Jose Moniz de Aragao
Brazil
Truth Tells of Furlough Delay in Kingman Air Field Telegram
The Public Relations Office at Kingman Army Air Field released a candid GI telegram to a squadron commander. It joked about meeting the wrong woman and being late for money from the Red Cross, requesting a one day furlough extension and noting the line No woman no money.
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Kingman
Ariz
Kingman Army Air Field
G. I
Red Cross
Troop Carrier Command Demonstrates Sicily Invasion Drive
Colonel Reed G. Landis led a public demonstration at Alliance Army Air Base showing how the First Troop Carrier Command delivered airborne forces to Sicily. Paratroopers, B 24s, and fighters simulated the invasion to illustrate the unit’s rapid, sustained airlift from England to Oran and Port Moresby rescues during World War II.
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E. E. Makiesky
Neb
Army Air Forces
Sicily
Alliance Army Air Base
Reed G. Landis
Indianapolis
Troop Carrier Command
Airborne Command
Lery
Low Countries
United States
D. Arthur Walker
Alliance Air Base
Landis
England
Oran
North Africa
Port Moresby
Australia
Coral Sea
Fall of Kiska Gives U.S. Vital Base
Allied commanders say the Kiska withdrawal establishes a strong base within 900 miles of Japan. The move enables a multi-force push toward the Japanese homeland, with the Eleventh Air Force coordinating with other commands to close in from multiple directions.
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Kiska
U.S
Island
Japan
Aleutian Islands
John L. de Witt
Western Defense Command
United States
Alaska
Aleutian Island
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Eugene Burns
Amchitka Island
William O. Butler
Eleventh Army Air Force
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Allied Air Power
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Eleventh Air Force
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