World War II Enters Fifth Year as Allies Advance
London reports World War II begins its fifth year with the Allied nations advancing on multiple fronts. Nazi forces retreat in Russia as Allied air attacks intensify. Italy faces catastrophe while American troops push in the Pacific. Berlin warns residents to evacuate, yet Allied pressure grows across Europe.
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London
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Warsaw
Third Reich
Russia
Axis
Germany
Italy
Pacific
Europe
Block Buster Fire Bombs Fall on Berlin
RAF heavy bombers struck Berlin in a 45 minute assault using blockbuster and incendiary bombs aimed at beginning a new year of war for Germany. The air ministry said great damage was inflicted in the second major raid in eight days with 47 bombers and one fighter lost.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Air Ministry
France
Low Countries
Nuernberg
Ruhr
Pope Pius XII Appeals for a Just Peace Across Belligerents
Pope Pius XII urged world leaders to seek a just peace as 1943 opens, stressing a global welfare over any single nation. He prayed for cooperation toward peace bread and work, warned against those who sow hatred and injustice, and blessed those pursuing a real new order.
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London
Pius XII
Pius
Hitler
Caldwell Man Wounded in European Theater
Pvt. Walter Caldwell of Rigby wounded in action in the European area as announced by the War Department. His mother Mrs. Erma Frick resides in Rigby.
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Washington
Walter 8. Caldwell
Rigby
War Department
Erma Frick
Plenty Meat Now But Famine Ahead
Kansas City livestock leaders from 15 states warn of a spring beef famine amid a current meat glut. Frank B Boice of Sonoita Arizona, president of the American National Livestock Association, says government policies curb feeders who would finish steers, pushing cattle to slaughter. He urges adoption of a meat management plan to balance supply with demand.
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Kansas
Utah
Idaho
Frank 8. Boice
Sonoita
Aziz
American National Livestock Association
Kansas City
Corn Belt
Boice
Fire at William E. Haskell Camp Alerts Nearby
A night blaze at the camp of newspaper executive William E. Haskell in Peekskill New York woke him and his caretaker when a horn in the garage sounded as heat from the fire expanded the horn mechanism. The camp was leveled but both occupants escaped unharmed.
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Peekskill
N. Y
William E. Haskell
Chinese forces recapture Hengli near Canton
Chinese high command reports Hengli town in Canton region retaken after heavy fighting. Chinese casualties cited as over 200 Japanese soldiers killed in the engagement.
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Chungking
Hengli
Canton
Allied Reports Highlight New Guinea Air War Shifts
Allied lines in the Southwest Pacific say Japanese air bases at Wewak and Salamaua face heavy raids. From 20 to 25 planes were downed on the ground, while 92 tons of bombs hit Wewak air dromes. Japanese reinforcements are pulled back toward Hollandia as American and Australian forces push near Vila and Arundel Island.
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Fiji Island
Southwest Pacific
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross
Corp
Jack Strasnick
Malden
Mass
Air Transport Command
Signal Corps
New Guinea
Wewak
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Formosa
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Salamaua
Solomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Vila
Kolombangara
Eight Chute From Plane Lands Bomber At Pocatello Base
Lt. William C. Lawrence of Little Rock Arkansas and Lt. Homer L. Disharoon of Salisbury Maryland safely crash landed a four engine bomber at Pocatello air base after eight crew members parachuted to earth. The plane damaged its landing gear in a first landing attempt at 6 am and after a second touch down took off again. When damage was found eight crew bailed out while Lawrence the pilot and Disharoon the co-pilot stayed aboard to land the ship. No one was injured and the aircraft was damaged only slightly.
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William C. Lawrence
Little Rock
Ark
Homer L. Disharoon
Salisbury
Pocatello Air Base
Lawrence
Disharoon
No Game Tonight Postponed Doubleheader Set
The Ali Heidelberg and Flyers game is postponed to 7 p m Thursday. A doubleheader will be played to decide the series. Heidelberg leads 2 1 if they win the first game, otherwise a second seven inning contest may be needed for Shaughnessy honors.
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Ali Heidelberg
Flyers
Jack Halliwell
Heidelberg
Shaughnessy
Condition Serious In Drought Area
The weather bureau reports scattered showers and lower temperatures brought relief to the eastern area last week. In the southwest persistent heat and drought have become detrimental to late crops over an increasingly extensive area with conditions serious in many drier sections, especially Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Bureau
Lake Region
Pacific Coast
Japanese Fly New Plane At Kahili Airfield Attack
U S fighters battled 50 to 60 Zeros while striking Kahili airfield on Bougainville. 36 enemy planes were destroyed with very light American losses. The clash over Kahili Field revealed the new Type 3 fighter in action, though not yet superior to the Zero.
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U. S
South Pacific
Kahili Airfield
Bougainville Island
Corsair Warhawk
Airacobra
Kahili Field
Japan
Bombers Hit Pisa Leaning Tower and Pisa Trap
Allied bombers struck Pisa home of the leaning tower of Pisa begun in 1173 and completed in 1350. The eight story marble tower leans over 16 feet and remains unstable despite cement injected in 1932. London reports Red Army drive near Azov coast costly for Hitler with 35,000 dead and 5,100 captured as gains are declared along a 600 mile frontline.
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Associated Press
Northwest African Airforce
Pisa
Romano Pisano
William of
Innsbruck
London
Red Army
Azov Sea
Taganrog
Hitler
Police Sit and Serve In Blackout Shutdown
In Jefferson City Missouri a motorist left a car with headlights on during a blackout. Police officers solved the problem by sitting on the headlamps for about twenty minutes.
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Jefferson City
Danish King Loyal amid German Rule as Uprisings Grow
Eyewitnesses report German patrols patrolling Copenhagen and Lyngby while King Christian and Queen Alexandra make a brief public appearance under guard. Danes cheer them despite civil restraint orders as authorities claim normalcy. refugees say at least 2000 Danes died in Sunday clashes with German troops and mass shootings continue.
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Stockholm
Christian X
Sweden
Hermann von Hennecken
Christian
Alexandria
Sogenfri Castle
Lyngby
Sorgenfri
Hanneken
Copenhagen
Denmark
Synthetic tires to approach prewar wearability soon
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers said all-synthetic tires set to roll next year will near prewar wearability. If the 35 mile per hour limit is lifted, drivers could use synthetic casings at normal speeds without tire failure. Manufacturers, after early 15 000 mile tests, have learned much and expect mileage to rival rubber as familiarity grows.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Sailor Confined After Stealing Brig General Car
A sailor identified as Gerald Francis Davis took Brig General M G McConnel's automobile from a downtown street, drove two blocks, and was apprehended. McConnel leads Idaho's selective service and Idaho Lt Guard. Davis is wanted at Farragut Navy Training Station on desertion charges and officers plan to return him.
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Boise
Gerald Francis Davis
M. G McConnel
Gm. McConnel
Idaho
Selective Service
Ltnr Guard
Davis
Farragut Naval Training Station
Reds Bearing Down on Axis Defenses
Moscow reports the Red Army pressing the southern sector of the German eastern front with heavy bombardment and armor crossing the Ugra river after two days of fierce fighting. General Vassiliy Sukolovskii’s western front forces advance on the vital Yelnya railway hub and highway junction.
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Moscow
Red
Taganrog
Smolensk
Vassiliy Sokolovsky
Yelnya
Ugra
Churchill speech clarifies Soviet stance on Japan and war limits
In a Quebec speech Churchill argued it would be unsuitable for Russia to attend the Anglo American conference focused on prosecuting the war against Japan. He noted the Soviet Union already faced a five year nonaggression pact and a brutal war burden, making further action unlikely.
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Britain
Churchill
Quebec
Russia
Japan
America
Moscow
Germans Quit New Sector in Donets Basin Front
The DNB reports another German retreat on the eastern front in the Donets basin southwest of Voroshilovgrad. Germany plans to shorten the home front and form operative reserves as lines are pulled back toward Stalino. Soviet attacks in Mius Rulsk and Vyazma sectors are said to be repelled after fierce close combat.
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London
DNB Ger Man
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Mius
Rulsk
Vyazma
Sea of Azova
Smolensk
Navy carrier raid on Marcus Island presumed in progress
The navy said a carrier task force raid against Marcus Island is presumably in progress after Tokyo reported dawn strikes. The spokesman noted the raid was scheduled for September 1 and that no direct radio updates would be issued until radio silence could be lifted, marking the first in-progress raid disclosed in 20 months.
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Washington
Navy
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Marcus
Japan
United States
Deal to Head Kiwanians
Kiwanis clubs from Utah and southern Idaho gather in Salt Lake City for a victory conference to name Idaho State Senator Edson Deal of Nampa as district governor. Deal has strong Idaho support as the year for Idaho to supply the governor who will succeed Verner Hewlett of Salt Lake City. Emerson of Pullman and Grademann announce talks on wartime administrative issues as divisional meetings, banquet, and victory ball follow.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Edson Deal
Nampa
Verner O. Hewlett
Deal
Hewlett
Earle F. Grademann
J. N. Emerson
Pullman
Wash
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
Emerson
August Weather Review and Forecast
The article notes a warmer September ahead with Indian summer imagery and optimistic outlook for vegetable platters. August ended slightly warmer than normal by 1.1 degrees, with precipitation above average by 0.12 inches. Highest August temp 96, lowest 44. yesterday 75/55, mean 65. Sun set 8:05, rise 6:55. Forecast: rising temperatures.
Planes Pound Rail Yards and Coastal Batteries in Italy Campaign
American heavy bombers flew a 1000 mile raid from northwest Africa targeting Fixe rail yards airfields and factory. Liberators struck Pescara while medium bombers hit Salerno Consenza and Catanzaro rail lines. British battleships hammered coastal batteries near Reggio Calabria and Cape Pellaro with minor enemy resistance. Pisa remains a key rail junction north of Rome.
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North Africa
Italy
Fixe
Salerno
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Middle East
Pescara
Cairo
Reggio Calabria
Bombing Ravages Berlin In Six Waves On Aug Twenty Three
Eyewitness reports from a German frontier dispatch cite British bombers striking Berlin in six waves on August 23. Western areas burned with Fehbellinerplatz and Steglitz heavily destroyed. about 6 000 buildings hit plus 2 500 from the March raid.
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Bern
Berlin
Mariendorf
Stalingrad
Gazette de Lausenne
Fehbellinerplatz
Fehrbelliner Plats
Bayrischer Plats
Guntzelstrasse
Steglitz
Hameburg
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OPA
Auto Watchdog
Mrs. Roosevelt
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Seyensween
Wake Island
Central Pacific
A. Vv. W
Cape Pellaro
Strait of Messina
Rome
Florence
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