Allies Report Progress at Salamaua
Allied HQ in the Southwest Pacific reports limited air operations due to bad weather while ground actions continue. On New Georgia American troops push toward Bairoko after taking Munda airfield. in New Guinea Australian forces advance north of the Francisco river near Salamaua as artillery shell defenders.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Bairoko
Salamaua
Munda
Kula Gulf
Francisco River
Solomons
Kolombangara
Vella Lavella
New Georgia Island
U. S
Wheeler Fears Soviet Move
Senator B K Wheeler of Montana fears Russia and Germany may seek a separate peace. He cites a Russian press manifesto and asserts the talks could threaten Allied victory, with Russia possibly gaining dominant Europe status if Hitler and key Nazis are ousted. He predicts Congress will focus on income tax issues next month.
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Helena
B. K. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Russia
Germany
Wheeler
Hitler
Europe
England
Goering
Congress
Danes Await Climax of Ten Day Sabotage Series
In Copenhagen and Stockholm tension rises as a 10 day series of sabotage and clashes between Danes and German soldiers continues. Nazis feared at strategic points new military control and possible internment of King Christian. German Ambassador Werder Best discussed options with Danish officials with unclear outcome. The king remains popular amid Danish resistance.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Allehanda
Christian
Werder Best
McNutt Warns of Serious Manpower Shortage in War Effort
Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt warned that father draft and new wartime manpower rules are essential to prevent prolonging the war and losing lives. He said industrial and military needs are extremely serious and that voluntary cooperation is no longer enough to curb labor turnover. He indicated fathers would be drafted after October as part of a broader plan, with care to keep some in essential civilian roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V., McNutt
McNutt
Montana
Lewis B. Hershey
Eleven Die When Fortress Crashes Near Dowrail
Great Falls dispatch reports a Flying Fortress crash on the Gibson ranch two miles from Dowrail. The bomber, from Lewistown air base, was on a routine training flight. All 11 crew members were killed and next of kin have not yet been notified. An official investigation is under way.
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Great Falls
Gibson Ranch
Dowrail
South Crooked Creek
Winnett
Great Falls Army Air Base
Lewistown Army Air Base
Brit Bombers Hit Berlin Second Time
Britain’s Mosquito bombers hit Berlin in a second night of attacks following Monday’s raid. Heavy air power from American and British bombers struck French air fields and key targets near Rouen Caen Le Havre, with reports of severe damage to Berlin industrial sites and power facilities.
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Berlin
London
U.P
Britain
Germany
Reich
Europe
France
U. S. Air Force
Tricqueville
Caen
Rouen
R. A. F. Mitchells
St. Martin
Biernay
le Havre
Bostons
Beaumont le Roger
Stockholm
Reg
Siemens
Strike at Airplane Factory Is Settled
Settlement of a strike at the Nashville Consolidated-Vultee airplane plant was announced after Governor Prentice Cooper urged rapid induction of strikers. Major E. J. Bennett said the agreement calls for workers to return to their jobs Thursday at the Nashville plant.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee Draft Boards
Army
E. J. Bennett
Army Air Forces
Air Forces
Consolidated-Vultee, Inc
Slightly Warmer Thursday With Scattered Showers
Forecast calls for a rise in temperatures on Thursday with widely scattered showers. Wednesday upper 60s to mid 40s are expected with a high near 67 and a low around 44.
Corette to Lead Boy Scout Financial Campaign Here
J E Corette Jr will direct the Vigilante council Boy Scouts annual financial drive next month with Max Dean as vice chair. A 20 teams of 10 men each will canvass donors to support the youth program. Campaign leaders include August Grunert Henry Hirsh Fred Decker Willard S Thompson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Corette, Jr
Vigilante Council
Boy Scouts of America
M. R. Leslie
Max Dean
Boy Scout
Mr. Leslie
August Grunert
Henry Hirsh
Fred Decker
Willard S. Thompson
Guy D
Roosevelts Quebec surrender demand to Hitler echoed in Ottawa
President Roosevelt warned Hitler to surrender now as the Allies push for victory in the shortest time and disclose postwar plans discussed with Churchill and King at Quebec. He said Germany would gain nothing by delaying and called for a lasting peace under a united nations framework.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Europe
Quebec
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Italy
Japan
Parliament Hill
America
Churchill
Mackenzie King
United Nations Organization
United Nations
Hitler
Roosevelt takes personal interest in Flathead Lake dispute
Congressman Mansfield prompts federal review of Flathead Lake level. Secretaries Ickes and interior officials seek a full report from Bonneville Administrator Dr. Paul Raver. Raver’s Aug. 7 assessment supports no change to the lake level, easing Montana concerns as meetings proceed in Missoula and Kalispell with Montana’s delegation.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Roosevelt
Flathead Lake
Mansfield
House
Compton White
Idaho
Missoula
Kalispell
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Paul J. Raver
Bonneville
Raver
Columbia River States Agree on Basin Development Plan
Five states Washington Oregon Wyoming Montana Idaho reached in principle agreement on unified Columbia River basin water resources development. Governors Bottolfsen and Ford said no upstream downstream differences and plan to push an overall program including storage irrigation hydro power and industrial development. A long range plan will be drafted at future advisory committee meetings and hearings are planned in Kalispell Sandpoint Coeur dAlene Lewiston Wenatchee Grand Coulee and Portland before final action.
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Missoula
Columbia River
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Northwest Development Association
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Bettolfsen
Ford
Advisory
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Compton White
Didaho
Kalispell
Mont
White Committee
Sandpoint
Coeur d'Alene
Lewiston
Wenatchee
Grand Coulee
Wash
Portland
AMGOT to AMG Rename Cuts 40 Percent in Name
The War Department officialized a shortened form going forward AMG Allied Military Government Occupied Territories becomes AMG All Allied Military Government. Critics noted connotations, but logistics prevented a name change as Sicily invasion matériel already bore AMGOT. the move shifts to AMG form.
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Washington
AMGOT
AMG
Sicily
Axis
Gestapo
Ogou
North Africa
War Department
Stronger Blows Against Japs Promised Soon
Allied authorities in the Southwest Pacific say stronger blows against Japan will come soon. Robert P. Patterson, undersecretary of war, promised Australian leaders after Allied headquarters reported progress in offensives in the Solomons and New Guinea. He spoke on arrival with Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen during tours with Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Australian officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Robert P. Patterson
Mountbatten Named Supreme Allied Commander Singapore Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten appointed supreme Allied commander in southeast Asia to direct operations against Japan from India and Ceylon. The new command mirrors North Africa and the Pacific structures and marks the first time a British officer heads a supreme Allied command.
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Ottawa
Ont
Louis Mountbatten
Britain
George VI
Southeast Asia
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Citadel
Quebec City
India
Ceylon
North Africa
South-East Asia
Burma
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Churchill Will Speak Sunday from Quebec on NBC Network
Prime Minister Churchill will deliver a 40 minute address from Quebec next Sunday at 1 p m Eastern wartime standard on the NBC network. The announcement came from the National Broadcasting Company on Wednesday.
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New York
U.P
Churchill
Quebec
EWT
National Broadcasting Company
U.S. Plane Sinks Italian Cruiser In North Africa Raid
A U S A-36 Invader destroyed the stern of an Italian cruiser off Sapri in an attack led by Captain Paul A. Striegel. Four Allied planes were lost. raids targeted rail links south of Naples and other Italian targets as Allied forces push to weaken Axis logistics.
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North Africa
Naples
Italy
Africa
Alphonse Juin
Europe
Sapri
Castrovillari
Sibari
Paul A. Striegel
Jefferson City
James L. Griswold
Maywood
Calif
Striegel
Sicily
High Command
Rome
Mediterranean
Rome Not Yet an Open City
Secretary of State Hull said Rome has not been ascertained to be an open city by the United States government. He noted there had been discussion about recognizing Rome as open, but as of today no official status has been granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rome
United States
Hull
Vatican
Hawaiian Officer Is Fined Five Thousand Dollars
Federal Judge Delbert E. Metzger fined Lieut. Gen. Robert C Richardson Jr commander of the Hawaiian department and military governor 5000 for contempt of court in a test of powers between the judiciary and the military Richardson had been cited for refusing to produce in court two American citizens of German extraction interned since Pearl Harbor who sought habeas corpus relief in Honolulu on August 25.
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Honolulu
U.P
Delbert E. Metzger
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Hawaiian Department
Richardson
Pearl Harbor
Soviets Widen Breach in Donets Basin
London reports by W. W. Hercher that Soviet forces captured Zenkov 85 miles northwest of Kharkov and widened their advance in the Donets basin killing 2,500 Germans and taking more than 60 villages. The drive threatens Poltava and Lozovaya while aiming to cut a German rail escape route.
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London
Zenkov
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Moscow
Poltava
Lozovaya
Dnieper
Donets
Bryansk
Novozybkov
Unecha
Gomel
Russia
Ukraine
Izyum
Voroshilovgrad
Lebedin
Red Army
Madrid Reports In Duce Crazy From War Headlines
Reports from Madrid relay a Rome source claiming Benito Mussolini is a prisoner on Ponza island shouting Italy has won the war. The same dispatch notes other fascist figures facing death or imprisonment including Ettore Muti, Count Alessandro Fortoni, and Franz Pagliani with various alleged outcomes.
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United Press
Benito Mussolini
Ponza
Naples
Italy
Madrid
Rome
Radio
Algiers
Mussolini
Stefani
Ettore Muti
Fascist Party
Fregene
Popolo di Roma
Allesandro Fgontoni
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William B. Dickinson
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Eighth U. S. Air Force
James E. Corette, Jr
F.D.R
New
By John Hightower
Columbia River States
By Hugh Thompson
Lord Louis Mountbatten
U.S
By Noland Norgaard
W. W. Hercher
Duce
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